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Chateau Lamothe-Vincent Bordeaux Superieur Heritage Red
The classic Bordeaux blend, of course, is Cabernet/Merlot, and here we have a classic indeed, but with 80% Merlot. Very St-Emilion-esque! Multiple-Gold-Medal winner, this “Heritage” cuvee has been aged in French oak barrels for 12 months and is quite simply as typical a claret as you could wish for at a very affordable price. Drink now to 2024.
Merlot
Big & Robust Reds
France
2016
750 ml
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Fitou by Jeff Carrel
Gutsy and very intense soft red, yet good acidity makes this a great food wine….
Red BlendsBig & Robust RedsFrance2016750 ml14%+£15.00
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Le Grenache dans le Peau by Jeff Carrel
Big, soft, creamy tannins….I’ve got you under my skin….15.5% of lovely Grenache, which, by the way, is the predominant grape variety in a Chateauneuf du Pape….just saying….
Red BlendsSoft & Smooth RedsFrance2016750 ml14%+£15.00
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Laurent Miquel Chateau Cazal Viel Vieilles Vignes
Classic Languedoc blend of old vines Syrah for the grip and colour and fruit, Grenache for fruit and Mourvedre for perfume. It’s big and dark and 15% alc. A year in 2 and 3 year old oak barrels to soften it out so it’s both great with food or on its own. 91 Parker Points. Drink now to 2025
Red BlendsBig & Robust RedsFrance2017750 ml14%+£15.00
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Château d’Or et de Gueules ‘Trassegum’ Red
Château d’Or et de Gueules ‘Trassegum’ Red
Selected from the best parts of the vineyard, this is a blend of Syrah, Carignan and Mourverdre. Each varietal is kept apart and aged in 500 litre oak barrels for 12 months. Only then do they decide upon the final blend. Once made, the finished wine is aged for yet another 12 months in those same barrels before bottling. Only 10% of the barrels are new wood, so there’s no “in your face ” oakiness here!
Diane only releases this wine if she feels it is up to her highest standards of quality. So, no 2002 vintage ‘ it was all sold off in bulk to the ‘négociants’. The 2003 vintage was a cracker. No 2004 vintage either; that, too, was not good enough, the 2005, 2007 and 2009s brilliant…as was the 2011.
And then along came the equally scrumptious 2103, and the super 2015 and now the fab 2016. What more can I say? Drink now to 2026 (really!)Red BlendsBig & Robust RedsFrance2016750 ml14%+£15.75
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Ridgeback Estate Chenin Blanc
Possibly as good an example of South African Chenin Blanc as you could wish to find….so no surprise it was awarded Four Stars in the 2017 Platter’s Guide
Other Single Varietal WhiteOakey WhitesSouth Africa2015750 ml14%+£16.00
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Domaine l’Abbé Dîne Côtes du Rhône Villages 2014 Vintage
Very, very delicious, spicy red made from 80% Grenache, 60 year-old vines. This Côtes du Rhône Villages is intensely perfumed, spicy, peppery, mouthwateringly-satisfying, and better than any Chateauneuf du Pape under £20 in my humble opinion! Good firm tannins make it a great food wine. As Nathalie, the owner puts it; “Le millésime 2014 est dans la souplesse et le velours. Très bons.”
Drink now to 2022
Red BlendsRich & Fruity RedsFrance2014750 ml14%+£16.00
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Brunelli Ripasso “Pa’Riondo”
This is a serious contender for the Hughes Family Turkey Dinner Red.
Rich, complex but very silky textures make this a delight. The Ripasso technique consists in refermenting a Valpolicella on the sugars and yeast-rich grape skins of the area’s top wine, Amarone.
This results in the wine becoming full-bodied, with a great concentration of colour and perfume.Corvina Veronese 65%, Rondinella 25%, Corvinone 10%.
Red BlendsBig & Robust RedsItaly2017750 ml14%+£16.00
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Ridgeback Estate Journey Red South Africa
This is Ridgeback Estate’s red Bordeaux Blend given the top Bordeaux Chateau treatment. Now the list of awards; Four Stars Platter’s, Gold at Michelangelo, Gold at Wime Awards.
Drinking now (with your Roast beef) and will cellar until 2020.Red BlendsOakey RedsSouth Africa2015750 ml14%+£16.50
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Ridgeback Estate Viognier
Viognier comes in many styles now. This beauty from South Africa is rich, fat, oily and unctuous, yet with lovely balance.
ViognierRich WhitesSouth Africa2019750 ml14%+£16.50
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Felline Primitivo di Manduria
Based on the huge popularity of “Fellone” I thought we should have a closer look at the Primitivo grape. Here’s one of four more, each with a distinct “terroir”. What’s the Italian for “terroir”, I wonder? This one is distinctive due to the red soil of the vineyards. Aged for six months in French oak.
PrimitivoBig & Robust RedsItaly2017750 ml14%+£17.00
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Giravolta Primitivo di Manduria
Based on the huge popularity of “Fellone” I thought we should have a closer look at the Primitivo grape. Here’s one of four more, each with a distinct “terroir”. What’s the Italian for “terroir”, I wonder? This one is distinctive due to the calcareous white soil of the vineyards. Aged for nine months in French oak.
PrimitivoBig & Robust RedsItaly2016750 ml14%+£18.00
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