A clear, bright wine with subtle aromas of blackcurrant bud, river stones and rock salt. The vibrant palate is fresh, juicy and textured with mineral notes layered with blackcurrant fruit through to a refreshing, zesty finish. Winemaker Chole Gabrielsen has crafted an outstanding wine that allies stunning value with high quality.
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Red Wine2018 Rioja Edicion Limitada, Ramon Bilbao
£1650Add to BasketRamon Bilbao Edición Limitada Crianza offers a different and more opulent style of Rioja, which retains elegance and freshness at the same time.
In the glass, it has an intense ruby red colour with black cherry glints. High fruit intensity on the nose, with a perfect balance of dark fruit and oak on the palate. The spicy nuances play a key role, with black pepper, cloves and cumin. Fresh wood aromas with notes of cocoa, dry tobacco leaves and mint and a smooth, fruity mouth-feel with a long finish. Polished tannins and refreshing acidity.
“Sourced entirely from the north-western corner of the Rioja Alta, this refreshing pure Tempranillo confirms the move away from toasty oak at Ramón Bilbao towards wines with more fruit expression and balance. Scented, racy and refined with lovely focus and brightness.” 93 Points – Drink 2022-27: Tim Atkin MW – Special Report Rioja 2020 (2017 Vintage)
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2018 Chardonnay Costa & Pampa, Trapiche
£1650Add to BasketThis cool-climate coastal Chardonnay was the brainchild of Trapiche winemaker Daniel Pi and his vision has produced sublime wine. In the glass, it is a golden colour with slight greenish tones, the nose has notes of green apples, pear and hints of toast and butter. It is fresh in the mouth with a marked mineral presence and a long and unctuous finish.
Described by Decanter Magazine as ‘a pure style that’s astonishingly affordable.’
Awarded 97+ points by Oz Clarke who described the 2018 Chardonnay: ‘Up there with the best Chardonnays, I have tasted from Argentina. The vineyards are on the coast just south of Buenos Aires – an experiment, a risk, a dream – and it works; this beauty swirls with oatmeal, hazelnut, soft white apple flesh, peach and honey. It’s scented with apple blossom and honeysuckle and its lemon acidity is as subtle as the cotton that threads through a silken bedsheet.’
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2017 Blanc, Olifantsberg
£1650Add to BasketThe vision was to produce a great white Rhône style blend from the Breedekloof region. This beautifully layered wine with opulent fruit flavours of white peach, ripe apricot and delicate citrus notes complemented by hints of floral and dried green herbs. The palate is rich, textured and elegant.
The vineyard is located on the fertile slopes of the Olifantsberg Mountain Range at altitudes from 250 metres to 450 metres above sea level. It endures harsh conditions, with wide diurnal temperature swings and strong winds. During the winter the mountain peaks are snow-covered, keeping the vines dormant for longer. Cold winters, coupled with the summer winds, ensures the slow ripening of the grapes and helps to maintain healthy vines, contributing freshness and elegance to the wines. The vineyards are farmed using sustainable practices, helping to maintain the biodiversity within the vineyard and soils. The Roussanne and Grenache Blanc are young plantings on the estate and are grown on shale soils, the Chenin Blanc is grown on sandstone/shale soils, which lends freshness to the wine. The training is ‘sur eschalas’ in order to maximise the number of vines per hectare and to protect them from strong winds.
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2020 The Dry Dam Riesling, d’Arenberg
£1650Add to BasketThe Dry Dam Riesling 2020 has a delightfully lifted nose, loaded with lemons, limes, jasmine and Granny Smith. The palate displays a wonderful balance between acid and sweetness, giving that Dry Dam hallmark of sherbet-like character. Full of flavour yet pristine and refined. Drinks perfectly well young but promises to age well, developing toasty, marmalade notes for beyond a decade.
The Name. : In 1992 d’Arenberg’s neighbours built a dam that remained empty, as it was a dry winter. The next year it rained but the dam was jinxed and didn’t hold water. A dry dam was bad news for d’Arenberg’s neighbouring farmers but promises good results for their old, dry-grown, low-yielding vines.
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Red Wine2018 Footbolt Shiraz, d’Arenberg
£1650Add to BasketThis delicious highly regarded shiraz is named after Footbolt, the prize racehorse of Joseph Osborn. In 1912 Joseph sold his beloved horses to purchase the d’Arenberg property and so the wine making story began.
In the glass, this 2018 Shiraz has a lifted, aromatic nose with luscious plum and red berry aromas. The palate is soft and cuddly and concludes with some firm tannin and acidity. There are flavours of mulberry, pomegranate, dried herbs and earth, with a finish that is a little wild and rustic.
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2019 Minervois ‘La Régence’, Domaine La Rouviole
£1650Add to BasketLa Rouviole is located in the renowned Cru La Livinière area of Minervois. Wines are made from blends of Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault and Carignan from the best and oldest plots of the estate.
This 2019 Minervois ‘La Régence is a full-flavoured and perfumed wine showing notes of ripe cassis with elegant cedar and chocolate notes and a fine, velvety texture.
The vineyard is located in the heart of the ‘Petit Causse’ terroir, in the Cru La Livinière production area, which lies between Carcassonne, Béziers and Narbonne. The 30-year old vines are grown on the hillside plots, on clay-limestone soil. The clay component retains moisture and nourishes the vines through the warm, summers, while the limestone imparts elegance to the resulting wines. The vineyard is orientated towards a southern exposure, which captures exceptional sunshine, over 300 days per year, which enables the grapes to reach excellent maturity and concentration. The Mediterranean is less than 25 miles away, which influences the vines with cooling oceanic breezes. The vineyard is surrounded by scrubland, with thyme, lavender, rosemary and almond, fig, cherry and olive trees all contributing to the aromatic complexity of the wines. The vineyard is managed using strict organic processes.
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2020 ‘Bull Ant’ Shiraz, Lake Breeze
£1650Add to BasketThe playful label was inspired by the bullants which are known to harass vineyard workers. This 2020 vintage is a ripe, full-bodied wine that has benefited from 15 months of oak maturation. It shows aromas reminiscent of plums and chocolate with a touch of earthy complexity. The palate is rich and full of black fruits and has a long soft finish.
A wine that could partner a cheese plate equally as well as a rare fillet steak. It is drinking well now but will age gracefully for the remainder of this decade.
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2019 Footbolt Shiraz, d’Arenberg
£1650Add to BasketThis delicious highly regarded shiraz is named after Footbolt, the prize racehorse of Joseph Osborn. In 1912 Joseph sold his beloved horses to purchase the d’Arenberg property and so the wine making story began.
In the glass, this 2018 Shiraz has a lifted, aromatic nose with luscious plum and red berry aromas. The palate is soft and cuddly and concludes with some firm tannin and acidity. There are flavours of mulberry, pomegranate, dried herbs and earth, with a finish that is a little wild and rustic.
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2021 Billi Billi Shiraz, Mount Langi Ghiran
£1650Add to BasketMount Langi Ghiran is continually listed as one of the most beautiful vineyard sites in Australia. The vineyard’s towering granite cliffs and loamy red soils contribute to its extraordinary sense of place. These geological features play a crucial role in shaping the character of the wines produced here.
Billi Billi Shiraz has long been known as an exceptional value cool climate Shiraz and this 2021 vintage shows the wine at its peak. Finely structured tannins frame this medium-bodied, generous wine, with loads of spice and a full basket of fruit flavours. Billi Billi Shiraz is sourced from a selection of premium cool climate vineyards throughout Victoria; including a portion from the Mount Langi Ghiran vineyards, home of the iconic Langi Shiraz.
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Red Wine
2020 Swartland Rouge, Kloof Street
£1675Add to BasketProduced by Chris and Andrea Mullineux, the Kloof Street wines represent balance, freshness and superb value. They act as the perfect starting point for discovering Swartland’s wines. It is immediately evident in the glass that as much care goes into these wines as Mullineux’s Single Terroir Syrahs and Chenin Blancs.
The spicy perfumed nose has undertones of dark fruits. Each variety in the blend adds balance to the wine. Tinta Barocca brings tannin, Cinsault brings perfume, Carignan brings freshness, Grenache brings fruit character, and the Syrah ties it all together.
A blend of eight vineyard parcels, this wine is made from sustainably farmed fruit sourced from different parts of the Swartland. The vines are aged between 12 – 40 years. Two parcels of Syrah and one of Cinsault come from the stony shale and schist-based soils of Kasteelberg, which retain heat well and aid in the ripening of bold fruit. One parcel of dry-land, bush vine Syrah, one of Carignan, one of Grenache and a single parcel of gnarly, old, dry-farmed Tinta Barocca bush vines are all grown on the decomposed granite soil of the Paardeberg. This soil promotes the production of complex wines with lifted acidity. The final parcel is Mourvèdre grown on the rolling, iron-rich soils west of Malmesbury.
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2018 Soave Classico ‘Monte Fiorentine’, Ca’Rugate
£1695Add to BasketCa’Rugate has been awarded the prestigious ‘Tre Bicchieri’ award rating from Gambero Rosso multiple times, making it one of the most awarded producers in the competition and has been hailed by the New York Times as one of the “Top Five producers of High-End Soave”.
Rich and golden in colour, a wonderful example of a Soave Classico, with the beautiful layering of exotic, tropical fruits and a touch of minerality. Full and rich in flavour, this is a structured wine with a fresh, mineral finish.
The fruit for this wine comes from the six-hectare Monte Fiorentine vineyard in Brognoligo di Monteforte d’Alpone. The volcanic origin of the land results in limestone and basalt characteristics, in which the Garganega grapes flourish.
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2015 ‘Coleccion’ DO Yecla, Bodega Castano
£1695Add to BasketThe Castaño family owns over 410 hectares of vineyards in the Yecla DO in south-eastern Spain. 80% of these vineyards are planted with the native Monastrell variety. For several generations, Bodegas Castaño has been a pioneer in this region and has come to symbolise the best of what southern Spain has to offer: rich, warm climate wines made from grapes grown at altitude, resulting in wines of great character and finesse.
The grapes for the 2015 ‘Coleccion’ were harvested from 70-year-old Monastrell vines and 32-year-old Cabernet Sauvignon vines, planted at 750 metres above sea level. Dark and intense in colour, this wine is complex on the nose, with ripe black fruit aromas, notes of roasted coffee and chocolate. Soft on the palate, the wine is full-bodied yet delicate, with marked but elegant sweet tannins, and a long finish.
