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Alexander Valley Vineyards FAMILY VINEYARD Merlot Sonoma County
Description: This is winemaking at its best, huge ripe fruit is expertly handled here to ensure that it doesn't dominate, and the balance and sublime flavours are testament to a restrained and elegant style with a blockbuster finish. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £228.25
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Jackson Wine Estates LEGACY Alexander Valley California
Description: Established in 1989 Legacy is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from selected blocks in Alexander Mountain Estate vineyards. Legacy selected five lots of wine from the estate vineyards in the eastern mountains and hills enclosing the southern end of the Alexander Valley. Elevation holds the key to this wine’s combination of boldness and elegance with more than 80% of the grapes used to make this wine grown at elevations of at least 2,000 feet. Most of the Cabernet Sauvignon was chosen from selected blocks planted at 2,400 feet on Alexander Mountain Estate. Higher altitude creates its own climate, different from the vineyards planted on the valley floor. Even on the warmest summer days, the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean twenty miles away can be felt. Soils, too, are significantly different, on the mountain, the soil is thin, rocky and gravelly, this helps produce fruit that is complex, rich as well as concentrated. To complement the powerful fruit only small, thin-staved French oak barrels are used to age this wine for 16 months. The resulting wine is supple, with flavours of cedar, black currant and dark chocolate. Look also for hints of smoky toastiness and concentrated black cherries. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £289.84
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Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier South Australia
Description: Yalumba, the pioneer of Viognier in Australia, has devoted 20 years to the growing and making of this rare and exotic Rhone variety. The distinguished Vaughan family vineyard, originally planted by Yalumba in 1980, is acknowledged as the first significant Viognier resource in Australia. Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier is rich and opulent with intense varietal flavour (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £66.22
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Keith Tulloch Shiraz Viognier Hunter Valley Australia
Description: Aged in new and one year old barriques to add an extra spicy lift and cedary complex allure this blend of Shiraz and Viognier is a well made wine. Showing fully-ripe and cherry fruit characters from the Shiraz combined with the subtle overlay of honey suckle and spicy perfume from the Viognier, it is a great illustration of this duel varietal combination from the Hunter Valley. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £68.28
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Jackson Wine Estates STONESTREET Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley California
Description: J. Stonestreet & Sons Vineyard & Winery began in the autumn of 1989 when Jess Jackson purchased a small vineyard and winery in the rolling hills bordering southern Alexander Valley. He named the winery in honor of his late father, Jess Stonestreet Jackson, and dedicated it to the task of handcrafting wines using traditional methods while showcasing modern techniques. Stonestreet quickly garnered international acclaim for powerful red and luscious white wines. Following this early success, Jess Jackson acquired the nearby Alexander Mountain Estate in 1995 and focused Stonestreet on mountain wines, particularly the Bordeaux varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, in addition to small amounts of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc from older vineyards on the mountain. Christopher’s Cabernet Sauvignon illustrates the colour and flavour intensity of Alexander Mountain Estate fruit. Vineyards for this Christopher’s Cabernet Sauvignon are 2,400 feet above sea level. Lean, rocky, and well-draining soil and cooler temperatures have lower yields and produce smaller grape clusters and berries. This smaller fruit contains deep, vivid color and rich, rewarding flavour. The resulting wine is deep and concentrated displaying rich varietal characteristics of dark berry and cassis with hints of spice and chocolate on the nose. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £199.49
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