Vasse Felix ADAMS ROAD Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Margaret River Western Australia
Where it's from:
Australia, Western Australia, Margaret River
Price per case:
£64.03
Style:
Powerful Reds
Description:
Vasse Felix was the first commercial vineyard and winery to be established in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. The vineyard took its unusual name from an early event in the district. Vasse was a French seaman who drowned last century when his longboat overturned near the site of Busselton while exploring the coastline on the ship 'Geographe' under Captain Freycinet. Paradoxically, Felix is the Latin word for fortunate or luck. Thus the name refers to a favoured place in Australia discovered by the French. This wine displays a fine, deep crimson colour with royal purple hues. A complex aroma of mulberries, fruit jubes, bay leaf and dusty Cabernet is intertwined with spicy oak. The palate is soft and rich with fine emery-like tannins and a crisp tang reflecting itÕs cool climate origins. Flavours of stewed rhubarb and cranberries leave a lasting impression long after the last sip.
Region:
Australia, Western Australia, Margaret River
Producer:
Vasse Felix
Product ID:
31919
Vasse Felix Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Margaret River Western Australia
Description: This classic Dry White reflects the cool vintage showing grassy, lime juice, pineapple and guava aromas. The palate is fresh and lively with gooseberry and lime flavours and finishes with a minerally acidity that is refreshing. This wine is essentially ''unoaked'' however since the 2000 vintage a portion of Semillon has been fermented with French oak to further increase complexity and flavour. The wine is intensely fruity, bursting with vibrant and bright aromas and flavours making it a wine that suits the Mediterranean climate and food culture found in Australia. The term Classic Dry White was first coined in Margaret River at Vasse Felix in 1987, representing a blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. A small portion of Chardonnay is added to this blend to increase the mouthfeel and complexity. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £66.89
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Vasse Felix ADAMS ROAD Shiraz Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Vasse Felix was the first commercial vineyard and winery to be established in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. The vineyard took its unusual name from an early event in the district. Vasse was a French seaman who drowned last century when his longboat overturned near the site of Busselton while exploring the coastline on the ship 'Geographe' under Captain Freycinet. Paradoxically, Felix is the Latin word for fortunate or luck. Thus the name refers to a favoured place in Australia discovered by the French. This wine displays vibrant varietal shiraz characteristics, offering ripe plum and cherry liqueur flavours, combined with chocolate and mocha aromas. Classic regional savoury and white pepper characters provide complexity and lift the fruit intensity. Vanillin and sweet smokey oak aromas provide further depth and complexity to the attractive fruit profile. The wine delivers upfront fruit sweetness with soft cherry fruit. The palate fruit profile is exactly as the wine smells and provides good fruit depth and ripeness. Full bodied, supple, soft, well structured and balanced by the firm yet velvety tannin profile, the oak tannins provide subtle, grainy textures on the finish and overall added length and complexity.
Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Heytesbury Cabernet is the highest selection of fruit and wine from the Vasse Felix cellars. First produced in 1995, it has received 9 trophy's and 17 gold medals at national and international wine competitions. The wine is a deep red with purple hues. The aroma has a dense complexity that will open up with age. Hints of orange chocolate, cassis, cedar, juniper berry and cloves. The palate is rich, long and well balanced. Ripe plum and chocolate/coffee flavors fill the mouth. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £89.69
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Vasse Felix HEYTESBURY Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Heytesbury Cabernet is the highest selection of fruit and wine from the Vasse Felix cellars. First produced in 1995, it has received 9 trophy's and 17 gold medals at national and international wine competitions. The wine is a deep red with purple hues. The aroma has a dense complexity that will open up with age. Hints of orange chocolate, cassis, cedar, juniper berry and cloves. The palate is rich, long and well balanced. Ripe plum and chocolate/coffee flavors fill the mouth. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £176.59
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Vasse Felix ADAMS ROAD Chardonnay Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Vasse Felix has been crafting Chardonnay since 1990. The aim has always been to produce a fruit driven style with subtle oak and yeast influences. The grapes are sourced from long-term contract growers throughout Western Australia. The climatic and clonal differences allow different parcels of fruit to be fermented separately in predominantly new French oak barriques. All the barrels are fermented in coolrooms at 120C to preserve the fruit flavours in the wine. The final blending occurs 11 months later with a portion of 'unoaked' Chardonnay, producing a wine of subtle oak complexity, length and mouth filling flavour.
Vasse Felix HEYTESBURY Chardonnay Margaret River Western Australia
Description: INTRODUCTION The Heytesbury Chardonnay represents the best quality chardonnay fruit for the vintage. The juice is barrel fermented in new and used French oak barriques. Winemaking techniques such as whole bunch pressing, malolactic fermentation and lees addition are used to gain a more complex array of options for blending the best possible wine. After 10 months on lees all the barrels are tasted and the process of blending begins. At the end of blending we believe we have a wine that has subtle complexity, strikingly pure fruit flavours and a full bodied mouthfeel that is clean, restrained, refreshing and completely balanced. WINEMAKERS COMMENTS Pale to mid straw in colour. Pristine, vibrant fruit aromas dance in the glass. Fruit characters of nectarine, tangerine and grapefruit enveloped with roasted nuts and crème fraiche coming from malolactic fermentation and long maturation on lees in the barrel. The palate is crisp but also creamy with a great purity of minerals and fruit. New oak has been used sparingly in this wine giving a tight structure and elegance. A wine that reflects its cool climate heritage and will develop well over 4 (6 x 75 cl) Price: £107.86
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Vasse Felix Chardonnay Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Pale to mid straw in colour. The aroma displays fruit characters of pineapple, rockmelon, nectarine and flint. Secondary characters of roasted almonds, crème brullee, and attractive French oak complement these flavours. The palate is smooth, with a rich creamy fruit texture that fully covers the palate. The acid is noticeable, giving the wine a long clean and crisp finish.
Vasse Felix Shiraz Margaret River Western Australia
Description: A dark and vibrant wine in the glass with royal purple hues. The nose reflects a warm vintage in 1999. Aromas of chocolate, spice and leather mixed with coconut coming from American oak ageing. The wine is complex and complete (6 x 75 cl) Price: £95.68
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Vasse Felix Semillon Margaret River Western Australia
Description: Pale straw in colour, this wine displays lanolin, lemon rind and lemon grass aromatics combined with subtle perfumed French oak, rosemary and thyme. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £66.89
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Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Margaret River Western Australia
Description: A very dark wine with crimson hues. It displays a complex nose with cranberry, plum and raspberry aromas. An earthiness and mahogany notes come from the oak maturation. The palate is rich but tight with sweet berry and plum flavours, with fine tannins and balanced acidity
Concha y Toro TERRUNYO Carmenere Puente Alta Rapel Valley Chile
Description: 'Terrunyo' is the Spanish word for the French 'terroir', carrying all the same implications of micro-climate, soil and exposure to sun. The Carmenere is grown on a single vineyard site in the Peumo Valley, with a hot, Mediterranean-style climate. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £81.97
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Concha y Toro TERRUNYO Carmenere Puente Alta Rapel Valley Chile
