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Mount Riley Merlot Malbec Marlborough NZ
Description: At the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island, the waters of the Marlborough Sounds meet steep hills rising to the south-west. Their peaks are the Richmond Ranges, dominated by the distinctive crag of Mount Riley. Inland, the mountains look down on the stony-soiled vineyards of the Wairau Valley. From here, and other famous parts of the Marlborough region, a reputation for outstanding wines has spread around the world. Distinct regional characteristics have been celebrated and Mount Riley Wines owners John Buchanan and Steve Hotchin aim is to produce premium quality wines that are as unmistakably part of Marlborough as Mount Riley itself. Mount Riley has five vineyards, totaling 252.5 acres of the Wairau Valley and Seventeen Valley areas.This wine is a blend of Merlot and Malbec from our Seventeen Valley Vineyard as well as a little Cabernet from the Wairau Valley. An excellent growing season has produced fully ripe fruit of outstanding quality. The wine was aged in French and American Oak barriques for eight months and has produced a full bodied complex wine, full of lovely berry fruit with balanced oak characters. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £136.98
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Mount Riley SEVENTEEN VALLEY Chardonnay Marlborough NZ
Description: At the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island, the waters of the Marlborough Sounds meet steep hills rising to the south-west. Their peaks are the Richmond Ranges, dominated by the distinctive crag of Mount Riley. Inland, the mountains look down on the stony-soiled vineyards of the Wairau Valley. From here, and other famous parts of the Marlborough region, a reputation for outstanding wines has spread around the world. Distinct regional characteristics have been celebrated and Mount Riley Wines owners John Buchanan and Steve Hotchin aim is to produce premium quality wines that are as unmistakably part of Marlborough as Mount Riley itself. Mount Riley has five vineyards, totaling 252.5 acres of the Wairau Valley and Seventeen Valley areas. The 34 acre Seventeen Valley vineyard was established 1996, and Mount Riley's pioneering nature took it to this relatively new area, five minutes south of Blenheim and away from the Wairau Valley. The Seventeen Valley Vineyard has a unique mesoclimate, with soil that is extremely stony and of low fertility. All of which make it perfect for the production of high quality, intensely flavoured Pinot Noir, Merlot, Malbec and Chardonnay. Seventeen Valley is Mount Riley's premium Chardonnay and is produced from carefully selected parcels of exceptional grapes from several vineyards throughout the Wairau valley. The winemaker has fermented this wine in French barriques carefully selecting only the finest for this wine. This Chardonnay exhibits attractive melon and tropical fruit flavours overlaid with a nutty complexity from extended lees maturation. Mouthfilling and packed with flavour it has a great finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £128.00
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