Pelee Island Winery ECO TRAIL Chambourcin Cabernet Franc Ontario Canada
Where it's from:
Canada, Ontario
Price per case:
£120.98
Bottles per case:
12 x 75 cl
Style:
Powerful Reds
Description:
The Island is rich in winemaking history. In 1891, Captain J.S. Hamilton, the president of Pelee Island Wine Company and J.S. Hamilton & Co., began construction of a three-storey building made from stone quarried on Pelee Island. Named the Wine House, it was located on five acres near the west dock on Pelee Island. From the winepress on the third floor, juice was piped to thousand-gallon vats on the lowest level. Initially, the cellar of the Wine House contained between 15 and 18 of these vats. In 1979 the Pelee Island Winery was re-established by a group committed not just to building a world-class winery, but also to the natural heritage of the island. The century old tradition of grape growing on the island continues. Pelee Island Winery now produce around 2 dozen different wines, and are the largest VQA wine producer in Ontario. This classic Bordeaux grape gives a wine with rich berry flavours and balanced tannins, and a 'gout de terroir' finish. . (12 x 75 cl)
Region:
Canada, Ontario
Producer:
Pelee Island Winery
Product ID:
41618
Spice Trail White
Description: Fruity, flavoursome white wine designed to be consumed with spicy foods. This wine has both the necessary body and intense fruit characters to match the power of spicy, hot dishes. Enjoy with your favourite Indian, Thai or Oriental dish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £68.74
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Spice Trail Red
Description: Made exclusively to go with Britain's most popular cuisine (12 x 75 cl) Price: £68.74
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Domaine Ganevat Poulsard Vieilles Vignes Cotes du Jura
Description: Grown in Jura since the 13th century the Poulsard's grape is an enchanting oddity! Pale colour with flickering orange and a bouquet showing plenty of sous-bois and fruits in eaux de vie, it has a silk 'n' spice trail in the mouth showing redcurrants, bilberries and rhubarb tied up with liquorice shoelaces. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £181.40
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Azienda Agricola Sottimano CURRA Barbaresco
Description: The Sottimano family have worked hard to elevate their estate into the top echelon. Particular attention is given to the cultivation of the vineyards; in this way, through very low yields, it is possible to produce structured, full bodied wines, which can be aged for several years. Since 1990, the vines have undergone only natural treatments with no use of pesticides, artificial fertilizers or weedkillers; the traditional diseases that normally afflict the vineyards are treated using eco-friendly products. During the vinification no selected yeasts are employed, and the wines are bottled without filtration or fining. The Curra vineyard is just east of Cotta (12 x 75 cl) Price: £481.06
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Chateau de Combebelle Syrah Grenache St-Chinian
Description: The centuries of grape cultivation in this area has inspired this producer to believe they can grow the fruit to make the great wines of today. The result is a well made red that is concentrated, showing complex aromas and flavours of dark forrest fruits and spice. Produced from biodynamic techniques the fullbodied style is well defined by the rich tannins on the lengthy finish. Chateau Combebelle is a 20 hectare property in the St Chinian appellation, here they grow Syrah and Grenache in a unique site at 280m above sea level on deep red clay soil. Chateau de Combebelle is owned by comte cathare and their main objective is to cultivate their vineyards with absolute respect for the environment so that their wines may express as naturally as possible their origin. They seek to preserve their local eco systems in as natural as state as possible, researching ways of allowing their vines to establish natural defences against their different predators. Here they feed the vines compost, made on each of their farms according to the Biodynamic principles, to ensure the soil is nurtured with live matter. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £95.88
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Chateau de Caraguilhes LE JARDIN DE GALATEE Rouge Corbieres
Description: This old estate has a spectacular amphitheatre of vineyards in the midst of the Corbieres garrigue. Chateau de Caraguilhes are pioneers of organic vinification in the Languedoc where strictly natural growing techniques have earned the vineyard the coveted European 'Ecocert' organic certification. They have a passionate belief in maintaining a balanced eco-system in the Caraguilhes vineyards. No synthetic chemical products, pesticides, insecticides, weed killers nor any chemical fertilisers are employed. The resulting yields are around 35 hl/ha and the wines reflect the terroir with authority and elegance. Traditional vinification methods include manual harvest, carbonic maceration, and 50% barrel ageing in Vosges or Allier oak, with vat toasting adapted to each grape variety. Wines are cold racked, and very lightly fined and filtered. Jardin de Galatee Corbieres Rouge is a blend of 30% each Carignan, Grenache and Syrah with 10% Mourvedre. Made with the carbonic maceration technique, it shows a stylish berry fruit and aromatic herb bouquet, with clean ripe fruit on the palate and silky tannins. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £115.58
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Luna Vineyards Sangiovese Napa Valley California
Description: In 1995, two seasoned wine veterans shared a vision for a distinctive Napa Valley winery that would produce wines in the artisan fashion of the Old World Masters. George Vare and Mike Moone were major influencers in the industry when they decided to launch Luna Vineyards. Together, they selected a prime piece of property at the southernmost end of the Silverado Trail and set about to transform it into a landmark winery. President Mary Ann Tsai heads a dedicated team in crafting Napa Valley wines of intricate character and exquisite taste, using techniques such as co-fermentation and natural yeasts to achieve distinctive results. Luna has achieved critical acclaim and is quickly becoming known for producing wines whose timeless attributes evoke a lifestyle of refined taste and sophistication. 'Full medium red. Sweet, high-toned aromas of dusty cherry, sappy blackberry and leather. Supple, dense and round, with a terrific core of blackberry and spices, with the wine's oak component in the deep background. Offers excellent grip without being at all hard or rigid. At once pliant and serious, with a satisfyingly fleshy, ripe finish. In sap and texture, this struck me as rather like a merlot/cabernet franc blend.' Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £260.22
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Chateau de Caraguilhes LE JARDIN DE GALATEE Blanc Corbieres
Description: This old estate has a spectacular amphitheatre of vineyards in the midst of the Corbieres garrigue. Chateau de Caraguilhes are pioneers of organic vinification in the Languedoc where strictly natural growing techniques have earned the vineyard the coveted European 'Ecocert' organic certification. They have a passionate belief in maintaining a balanced eco-system in the Caraguilhes vineyards. No synthetic chemical products, pesticides, insecticides, weed killers nor any chemical fertilisers are employed. The resulting yields are around 35 hl/ha and the wines reflect the terroir with authority and elegance. Traditional vinification methods include manual harvest, carbonic maceration, and 50% barrel ageing in Vosges or Allier oak, with vat toasting adapted to each grape variety. Wines are cold racked, and very lightly fined and filtered. The grape blend for Corbieres Blanc Jardin de Galatee is 60% Grenache Blanc, 25% Marsanne and the remaining 15% Bourbelenc and Malvoisie. This wine is Part barrel fermented in new Allier and Vosges oak and given 3 months new oak maturation to flesh out the wine’s structure. This has produced a full-bodied wine with attractive citrus fruit flavours and good freshness. The palate is smooth textured with very delicate oak supporting a surprisingly ripe, long finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £115.58
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Torre Fornello DONNA LUIGIA Malvasia Colli Piacentini DOC
Description: Donna Luigia Scotti Douglas, descendant of a noble Scottish family and widow of Count Zanardi Landi, grand duke of Tuscany, bequeaths the whole estate to her daughter in 1862. The will lists the whole of the Estate with great accuracy. In her will, Donna Luigia demands that the estate should never be split up, and that is why it came down complete to the present owner, including the vineyards, while it is fascinating to notice how each parcel of land had kept its own name. In 1972 the whole of the estate was sold to the Sgorbati family, winemakers of tradition from the surrounding area. Since 1991 Enrico Sgorbati, son of Giuseppe and Fernanda, has overseen winegrowing and in 1998 he started making high-quality wines in the old manor-house, now entirely restored. The vineyards of the Torre Fornello estate cover an area of 55 hectares on the hills around Piacenza, in the commune of Ziano. Here soil and climate are particularly suitable to winegrowing, an activity that has been going on since Roman times. The vineyards are under controlled cover crop, which forces the vines to a natural competition, resulting in lower yields per hectare, but of higher quality and more resistant to moulds. While every single winemaking and stocking stage follows the guidelines regulating organic products and the result is eco-friendly, high-quality wines. Clear yellow straw coloured wine with decisive golden reflections, intense perfume and immediate hints of fuit, at first evasively and then decisively. The intense and fruty flavour are both harmonious and pleasing. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £201.07
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Luna Vineyards Barrel Fermented Pinot Grigio Napa County California
Description: In 1995, two seasoned wine veterans shared a vision for a distinctive Napa Valley winery that would produce wines in the artisan fashion of the Old World Masters. George Vare and Mike Moone were major influencers in the industry when they decided to launch Luna Vineyards. Together, they selected a prime piece of property at the southernmost end of the Silverado Trail and set about to transform it into a landmark winery. President Mary Ann Tsai heads a dedicated team in crafting Napa Valley wines of intricate character and exquisite taste, using techniques such as co-fermentation and natural yeasts to achieve distinctive results. Luna has achieved critical acclaim and is quickly becoming known for producing wines whose timeless attributes evoke a lifestyle of refined taste and sophistication. Reminiscent of the finest Pinot Grigios of France and Italy, the 2004 Luna Pinot Grigio is a delicate wine with beautiful natural acidity. The winemaking team worked closely with small vineyards in Napa ensuring our high standards are met from vineyards inCarneros, Napa, and other cool areas in Northern California. After 7 months in barrel the wine is showing a delicate balance of fig, peach, rose petals and ripe melon on the nose. The mouth has heady minerality with obvious toasted bread with layers of spices of cinnamon and nutmeg. The use of the French Oak is apparent in its ability to hold the wine up without overpowering the delicateness of the wine. The finish folds seamlessly into persistent fig and wet stone. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £204.77
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Azienda Agricola Sottimano FAUSONI Barbaresco DOCG
Description: The Sottimano family have worked hard to elevate their estate into the top echelon. Particular attention is given to the cultivation of the vineyards; in this way, through very low yields, it is possible to produce structured, full bodied wines, which can be aged for several years. Since 1990, the vines have undergone only natural treatments with no use of pesticides, artificial fertilizers or weedkillers; the traditional diseases that normally afflict the vineyards are treated using eco-friendly products. During the vinification no selected yeasts are employed, and the wines are bottled without filtration or fining. Fausoni is a very small, south west-facing vineyard of 1ha in Neive. It is so small in fact, that Sottimano is the only house making a Fausoni at the time of writing this review. In the winery the wine undergoes maceration on the skins in steel vats with temperature control for 6-7 days, malolactic fermentation in barriques and ageing in French oak barriques for 22 months. The Barbaresco 'Fausoni,' from 40-year old vines, is the most floral of Sottimano's offerings with aromas of cassis, currant and mint, and a firm core of vibrant acidity. Brilliant ruby red colour and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas that start with hints of cherry, plum and violet followed by aromas of liquorice, menthol, tobacco, vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon and mace. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and pleasing crispness, however balanced by alcohol, full body, intense flavours and good tannins. The finish is persistent with flavours of plum and cherry. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £253.65
