Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc Adelaide Hills South Australia
Where it's from:
Australia, South Australia, Adelaide Hills
Price per case:
£66.92
Bottles per case:
6 x 75 cl
Style:
Zesty/Aromatic Dry Whites
Description:
Shaw and Smith’s Sauvignon Blanc remains their flagship wine and the benchmark for Australian Sauvignon Blanc. This Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc from Shaw and Smith is made from 100% Adelaide Hills fruit, principally from their own Balhanna and Woodside vineyards. The result however, is an excellent wine. It is light, bright lemony yellow, with greenish lights, and has pure varietal perfumes giving way to a clean, fresh palate with the lively acidity considered a benchmark for Australian Sauvignon Blanc. Once again, this wine is sealed under a Stelvin closure to ensure it reaches you in perfect condition. (6 x 75 cl)
Region:
Australia, South Australia, Adelaide Hills
Producer:
Shaw & Smith
Product ID:
23947
Rivera Salice Salento DOC Puglia
Description: Salice Salentino DOC rosso is the most typical red wine of the Salento, the extreme south of Puglia, a blend of the area's traditional grape varieties, the negroamaro and some malvasia nera. State-of-the-art vinification and several months' ageing in oak barrels have given it its lively ruby hue, fragrances of dark berry fruit, full body, and lingering finish with a classic bitterish note. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £93.12
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Rivera TRIUSCO Primitivo Puglia IGT
Description: Testing notes: very deep violet colour; intense bouquet of blackberry and raspberry with spicy hints of toasted almonds; full, warm and smooth on the palate with a taste of dried plums, chocolate and jam Area: Andria Vine: 100% Primitivo. Area of Production: 60% Primitivo di Manduria D.O.C. and 40% Primitivo di Gioia del Colle D.O.C. area. The Primitivo is cultivated in Apulia in two areas with quite different terroir that give to the wine different characteristics. At the south end of the region, in the sunny and flat Salento peninsula on the Ionian See the variety shows the maximum character and body in the areas of Sava and Manduria. On the Murgia hills in the area of Gioia del Colle in central Apulia, the altitude and the cooler climate give the Primitivo more elegance and finesse. Soil Structure: calcareous-argillaceous soil with an altitude of 40-50 mt and stony hills at 300-350 mt. . Trainig System: bush-trained. Harvest period: first week of September and last week of September . Vinification: after pressing, the maceration takes place in stainless steel vats for 10-15 days at the controlled temperature of 28ºC. Wine Aging: after a new months in vitrified concrete vats, the wine is aged in a French oak barriques for 6-8 months. Finally it matures for 12 months in the bottle. Analytical data: alcohol 14%; total acidy 6.00 g/l; pH 3.45; residual sugar 2.5 g/l; total S02 80 mg/l. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £73.15
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Rivera FEDORA Castel del Monte DOC Puglia
Description: The Wine: straw yellow in colour; fresh fruity bouquet; dry delicate and harmonious taste, pleasantly acidic and fruity. Area: The Murgia hills north-west of Bari Vine: Bombino Bianco, Pampanuto and Chardonnay Grapes. Production Area: the Castel del Monte D.O.C. zone, extending over the Murgia hills north-west of Bari. Soil: features deep sandy an d calcareous soil. Age of the Vineyards: varies from 10 to 15 years. Growing System: trellis trained and espallier. Wine Harvest: first week of September [mid August for the Chardonnay]. Wine Ageing: the wine is matured in stainless steel vats. After refrigeration, it is filtered first with multi layered filters which give the wine its brilliance, than, just before bottling, it is filtered through sterilising membranes. The wine is ready for sale in March. Fermentation of Must: fermented at a controlled temperature of 16-18ºC after having added selected yeasts to the decanted must. Alcoholic fermentation lasts about ten days. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £81.92
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Rivera ROSE Castel del Monte DOC Puglia
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Rivera RUPICOLO Castel del Monte DOC Puglia
Description: The Rupicolo is a red wine obtained with a careful vinification of the indigenous red grape varieties of the Castel del Monte DOC area, such as Montepulciano and Nero di Troia . The former grape variety gives it fruitiness and drinkability while the latter gives it character and moderate structure. The result is a young pleasant all round red wine with a good ageing capacity. Taste: Ruby red colour. Full aromatic bouquet. Soft, dry harmonious taste, lightly tannic. Area of production: The Castel del Monte DOC extending over the Murcia hills north west of Bari. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £88.45
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Rivera IL FALCONE Riserva Castel del Monte DOC
Description: The Wine: intense garnet red, a heady full bodied aroma; rich, noble bouquet; dry robust rich flavour. Area: Hills in the northern zone of the Castel del Monte D.O.C. region. Vine: Aglianico Grape. Production Area: the Castel del Monte D.O.C. zone, extending over the Murgia hills north-west of Bari. Grape Processing: vinification is done using traditional submerged manta system, carefully controlled in order to extract the noble tannins & the best of the varietal characteristics, which reach their height after slow ageing in barrels and in the bottle. The maceration lasts 8-10 days; the must, separated from the skins, continues to ferments for several days at a temperature of 25-28ºC. Refining of the Wine: the wine is aged for a few months in vitrifed winery containers, where malolactic fermentation takes place. The true maturing process begins, first in 225 litre barriques for about 12-14 months & continues in the bottle until the wine is ready for the market. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £78.32
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Rivera CAPPELLACCIO Aglianico Riserva Castel del Monte Puglia DOC
Description: The Wine: deep ruby colour, complex bouquet due to the harmonic blending of the varietal features of the wine and spiciness of the wood in which it has been aged; sufficiently tannic but not too aggressive with potential for a long ageing period that will improve its characteristics. Area : Castel del Monte Vine: Aglianico Grape. Production Area: hills in the northern zone of the Castel del Monte D.O.C. region. Soil Features: limestone soils. Growing System: double Guyot. Refining of the Wine: the wine is refined for 12 months in 225 litre French oak barriques in order to mature the wine without adding a dominant oak flavour. Further Grape Processing: vinification is done using traditional submerged'' manta system, carefully controlled in order to extract the noble tannins and the best of the varietal characteristics. Fermentation is carried out at controlled temperature around 28ºC. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £65.69
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Fire Road SauvignonBlanc New Zealand
Description: This newcomer in Blenheim, is dedicated to the production of modest quantities of high quality SauvignonBlanc and Pinot Noir. Fire Road SauvignonBlanc is very fine and very lively with a pervasive gooseberry character, delicate tropical nuances, and excellent acidity. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £136.26
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Jordan Estate BRADGATE Chenin BlancSauvignonBlanc Stellenbosch RSA
Description: Rich, tropical, pear-drop flavoured Chaenin Blanc compliments the ripe citrus and green fig intensity of SauvignonBlanc to produce a wine for immediate enjoyment, gaining complexity with bottle fermentaion. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £81.85
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Rivera PUER APULIAE Nero di Troia Castel del Monte DOC
Description: Testing notes: deep, impenetrable purple-red colour; intense, fresh aroma of black berry fruits, star anise and violets; concentrated and full-bodied flavour with long spicy black berry fruit on the palate; close-knit but soft tannins in the finish. Area: Castel del Monte. Vine: 100% small-berried Nero di Troia. Area of Production: Castel del Monte D.O.C. area, extending over the rocky Murgia hills north-west of Bari. Vinification Process: maceration in stainless steel vats lasts for 20 days in order to obtain the greatest possible extraction of aromatic and colour substances. The considerable tannin content was softened with careful pump-overs and micro-oxygenation. Ageing: after fermentation the wine underwent malolatic fermentation in the new French oak barriques where it stayed for 14 months. The wine was neither cooled nor filtered and aged for a futher 6 months in bottles before sale. Planting density: 4,800 per hectare. Grapes per hectare: 70-80 quintals. Harvest Period: last ten days of October. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £130.58
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Beringer STONE CELLARS SauvignonBlanc California
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