At 90 years of age, Robert Mondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. Robert Mondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. Robert Mondavi Winery is located in the heart of Napa Valley, California. The first major winery built in Napa Valley in the post-Prohibition era, Robert Mondavi Winery helped establish the foundation for the modern-day California wine business. Its mission-style architecture, with the expansive archway and bell tower designed by Cliff May, has become an enduring landmark that evokes California's winemaking history. This Merlot comes from several vineyard in the Napa Valley region. The great influence of terroir on Merlot vines is revealed with an array of different flavors developed in diverse soil-types and mesoclimates. Mondavi like the vibrancy of the Merlot grown the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area , while the pure fruit expression of Stags Leap District AVA Merlot and the rich, deep flavours of Merlot cultivated in the Oakville AVA are also used in this wine. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Malbec adds structure and spice to this wine. Mondavi handcrafted the wine with extended maceration and 14 months of ageing in French oak barrels. Gentle clarification through barrel-to-barrel racking enabled the wine to be bottled without filtration and fully capture the silky, complex character. Rich and silky, the Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Merlot unfolds with layers of berry and plum. Nuances of violet and spice add interest to the lush fruit character, while the complex flavour profile and velvety texture come from Merlot grapes grown in the diverse soils and climates of the southern half of Napa Valley. (12 x 75 cl)
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USA, California, Napa Valley
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Robert Mondavi
Product ID:
46952
RobertMondavi PRIVATE SELECTION Cabernet Sauvignon Central Coast California
Description: At 90 years of age, RobertMondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. RobertMondavi have long recognized the distinctive vineyards of California's coast. For decades they have sourced fruit from coastal regions, and in 1994 introduced RobertMondavi Private Selection wines to exhibit the high quality and character of the coastal grapes and vineyards. This Cabernet Sauvignon has vibrant notes of dark plum, blackberry and spice from grapes grown in Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. This forward fruit expression is laced with soft vanilla nuances from ageing in French and American oak barrels, culminating in an enjoyable, complex finish. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £64.16
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RobertMondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville California
Description: At 90 years of age, RobertMondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. RobertMondavi Winery is located in the heart of Napa Valley, California. The first major winery built in Napa Valley in the post-Prohibition era, RobertMondavi Winery helped establish the foundation for the modern-day California wine business. Its mission-style architecture, with the expansive archway and bell tower designed by Cliff May, has become an enduring landmark that evokes California's winemaking history. All of the grapes for this wine were grown in the world-renowned Oakville region surrounding our winery. Designated an American Viticultural Area in 1993, Oakville is distinguished by an alluvial fan extending from the base of the Mayacamas Mountains that form the valley's western border. The Oakville bench, which lies against the hills, has well-drained soils that allow deep rooting and the development of complex flavours in the grapes. Mondavi selected all Oakville bench vineyards for this wine, including 82% from RobertMondavi's historic To Kalon Vineyard. Mondavihand-harvested the grapes into 40-lb. boxes during the cool morning hours. The clusters were then hand-sorted on tables in the To Kalon fermentation cellar for optimum quality. The grapes were destemmed and lightly crushed directly into a new 17-ton oak fermentation tank. The must was fermented with a combination of native and cultured yeast for layers of complexity, and follwed this with 24.5 days of skin contact to soften tannins. After the free-run wine was drained off the pomace, the drop-gate was opened to gravity-convey the pomace to a gentle basket press. The wine was then gravity-fed to barrels to undergo malolactic fermentation and ageing. To achieve natural clarity, the wine was racked three times during 16 months of ageing in traditional French oak chateau barrels . The wine was then bottled without fining or filtration. The ripe, sweet fruit character of the Cabernet Sauvignon exudes creme de cassis and juicy blackberry character. Complex nuances of spices, vanilla, minerals and cedar weave through the lush fruit flavours culminating in a long finish. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £143.29
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RobertMondavi Moscato D'Oro Napa Valley California
Description: At 90 years of age, RobertMondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. RobertMondavi Winery is located in the heart of Napa Valley, California. The first major winery built in Napa Valley in the post-Prohibition era, RobertMondavi Winery helped establish the foundation for the modern-day California wine business. Its mission-style architecture, with the expansive archway and bell tower designed by Cliff May, has become an enduring landmark that evokes California's winemaking history. The MOndavi Moscato d'Oro is made from the white Muscat Canelli grape which has an intensely perfumed character. There are only limited plantings of the delicate Muscat Canelli grape in Napa Valley and Mondavi selected these grapes entirely from our Wappo Hill Vineyard in the Stags Leap District American Viticulural Area . This region, located on the southeastern flank of Napa Valley, is renowned for its unique volcanic and gravelly loam soils. Mondavi tasted the Muscat Canelli grapes repeatedly in the vineyard to assess flavour development. When the grapes reached optimum maturity, they were immediately hand-harvested. Next the grapes were gently pressed in whole clusters in an enclosed membrane press to capture the grape's delicacy and minimize tannin extraction. Cold-fermentation of the juice took place in stainless steel tanks with a yeast strain selected to accentuate the variety's exotic floral character. Fermentation was stopped by chilling when there was still about 12.5%-unfermented sugar in the wine. This level of sweetness, balanced with crisp acidity, enhances the lush fruit flavours of Mondavi's Moscato d'Oro. Moscato d'Oro has aromatic notes of honeysuckle, ripe peach and citrus that weave through the silky, sweet flavours and crisp finish. (12 x 37.5 cl) Price: £145.03
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RobertMondavi Pinot Noir Carneros Napa Valley California
Description: At 90 years of age, RobertMondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. RobertMondavi Winery is located in the heart of Napa Valley, California. The first major winery built in Napa Valley in the post-Prohibition era, RobertMondavi Winery helped establish the foundation for the modern-day California wine business. Its mission-style architecture, with the expansive archway and bell tower designed by Cliff May, has become an enduring landmark that evokes California's winemaking history. Mondavi hand-selected 93% of the grapes for this wine from the Los Carneros region, which spans the southernmost tip of Napa and Sonoma Valleys. This region, designated an American Viticultural Area in 1983, has become famous for developing intensely-flavored Pinot Noir grapes that produce wines with vibrant fruit character. The Los Carneros AVA is known for its strong winds, nutrient-lean, clay loam soils and a nightly blanket of cold fog rolling off the San Francisco Bay. 45% of the harvested came from grapes at the RobertMondavi Huichica Hills Vineyard, a site planted to more than 23 clones of Pinot Noir for flavour complexity in the wine. The clones were selected for their small, flavour-intense berries, looser clusters and color intensity. The balance of the wine comes from other cool climate vineyards with complementary flavours. This Pinot Noir wine has opulent flavours and a silky, seductive texture giving the wine layer upon layer of dark red cherry, floral, cola and spice character. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £244.01
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RobertMondavi WOODBRIDGE Shiraz California
Description: RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. For over twenty-five years Mondavi's Woodbridge winery have been making fine wines in the Lodi region, one of California's oldest winemaking areas. It has grown in a quarter century, but still operates like a very small winery in many ways with gentle, hands-on techniques in the vineyards and winery that result in smooth, great tasting wines. This wine is a blend of 77% Syrah, 16% Petite Sirah, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Viognier. Dark, rich and velvety, this Shiraz exudes lush blueberry, blackberry and black cherry character. The fruit-driven aromas and flavours have enticing floral and dark chocolate nuances. This shiraz is full-bodied, with good balance and a firm, supple tannic structure showing hints of vanilla from oak barrel ageing that linger on the finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £90.84
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RobertMondavi PRIVATE SELECTION Chardonnay Central Coast California
Description: At 90 years of age, RobertMondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. RobertMondavi have long recognized the distinctive vineyards of California's coast. For decades they have sourced fruit from coastal regions, and in 1994 introduced RobertMondavi Private Selection wines to exhibit the high quality and character of the coastal grapes and vineyards. Mondavi harvested 96% of the grapes for the Chardonnay from the Central Coast AVA, with 81% of the fruit selected from Monterey County and 15% from Santa Barbara County. The balance of the fruit was selected from the North Coast AVA. The marine influence of these two regions slows ripening of Chardonnay grapes, developing vibrant flavours and retaining crisp acidity. Once harvested the grapes were pressed to capture the fresh, lively flavours. 44% of the wine was fermented in small oak barrels for complexity, with the balance in stainless steel tanks to enhance the fruitiness of the wine. After the wine was fermented dry, a selected portion of the blend undergoes partial malolactic fermentation to give a rich, round mouthfeel. Finally barrel-fermented ageing of the wine occurred sur lie in small French and American oak barrels for 10 months to integrate flavours and add soft oak nuances. To heighten the wine's floral and spice aromatics, Mondavi added dashes of Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier. Elegant tiers of fresh pear, apple and tropical fruit character mingle with delicate floral accents while the wine's vibrant flavours and beautiful balance come from vineyards along California's Central Coast American Viticultural Area . Here, cool Pacific winds temper the summer sun and give Chardonnay grapes ripe flavours with crisp acidity. Fermentation in a combination of small oak barrels and stainless steel tanks wove oak complexity through the wine's array of fruit flavours, and when the wine was aged on yeast it enhanced the silky texture and lingering finish. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £64.16
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Frescobaldi & RobertMondavi DANZANTE Sangiovese IGT Marche
Description: Frescobaldi & RobertMondavi have come together to produce an Italian wine that captures the La Dolce Vita lifestyle. This character is even reflected in the name Danzante which means dancing. The grapes for this wine are sourced from hillside vineyards in the Marche region. The ideal climate for growing great grapes, has produced typical Sangiovese full of intense and spicy character. A ruby red coloured wine with luminous reflections and an intense bouquet that releases flavours of ripe fruit such as cherry, Plum and Blackberry while accentuating the hints of spice. A medium bodied wine with soft tannins and an enjoyable finish.
RobertMondavi RESERVE Fume Blanc Napa Valley California
Description: At 90 years of age, RobertMondavi remains the global emissary for these wine. His vision was to create wines in California that belong in the company of the great wines of the world. RobertMondavi is known for producing hand-crafted wines of distinct style. Representing the best of California wine growing regions, including the legendary Napa Valley, each of the wines offers unique qualities and characteristics. In 1966, Robert G. Mondavi founded the RobertMondavi Winery to create wines in California that belong in the company of the world's finest. For over three decades, the winery embodies the RobertMondavi family's commitment to excellence, innovation and the production of distinctive wines. The RobertMondavi Winery is the flagship brand for the estate and these elegant, limited-production wines define the very best of Napa Valley. RobertMondavi Winery is located in the heart of Napa Valley, California. The first major winery built in Napa Valley in the post-Prohibition era, RobertMondavi Winery helped establish the foundation for the modern-day California wine business. Its mission-style architecture, with the expansive archway and bell tower designed by Cliff May, has become an enduring landmark that evokes California's winemaking history. The Fume Blanc Reserve is handcrafted from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grapes selected exclusively from the historic To Kalon Vineyard. Located at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains in Napa Valley's Oakville region, To Kalon has deep, alluvial soils that create a myriad of flavors in Sauvignon Blanc grapes. The To Kalon terroir is truely expressed in the wine as a silky melange of tropical fruit, floral jasmine tea and exotic spices. The Juice is Fermented entirely in small, French oak chateau barrels and the yeast is frequently hand-stirred during more than ten months of barrel ageing. These traditional techniques enhanced the rich texture and complex flavours of the To Kalon fruit. Limited Availability. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £123.01
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