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Like a vintage Port without the alcohol and sweetness. Lovely deep, rich colour. An almost perfumed nose and a soft, smooth palate. Jolly nice!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Real Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48220276359433,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/8979\/8921\/files\/Sanguinhal_TourigaNational2019_Portugal.png?v=1736516843"},{"product_id":"excelsior-gondolier-merlot","title":"Excelsior, Gondolier Merlot 2021, South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"\u003eThis Merlot pays homage to Gondolier, one of the most renowned thoroughbred racehorses bred at Excelsior. Six months after receiving extensive physiotherapy on an injury to his hind leg that had left him completely lame, Gondolier won the 1985 Durban July, South Africa’s most prestigious horse race. Today Gondolier is regarded as one of the legends of South African horse racing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"\u003eThis Merlot comes from vines planted on calcareous soils and represents the best Merlot produced on Excelsior. The vines are 10 years old and fully mature, thus providing us with grapes of concentration and complexity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"\u003eThe 2018 vintage was well known as the drought vintage in the Western Cape. The Robertson region was no different and Excelsior only had 50% of the normal irrigation water available. Fortunately, near perfect growing conditions were experienced. The days were warm and dry and cool night were experienced throughout the growing season resulting in a very healthy crop of very good quality. Some cultivars did experience the worst frost damage in 30 years, but this influenced quantity over quality. The grapes were hand harvested at 25 degrees Balling, and then fermented for 6 days on the skins. 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This Hackney sire was a champion in Britain and America, winning first prize four times at the London Hackney show and in New York, in the days when the Hackney was the king of the world. He went on to win many titles in South Africa, including that of Rosebank’s Champion Stallion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\"\u003eThis Cabernet comes from the oldest vines on the farm. They were planted in 1988 in the best calcareous soils. This vineyard is farmed like a bush vine with no trellising wires and no tucking in of shoots. This ensures lots of sun exposure to enable ripening. The growing conditions of the 2015 vintage were ideal with a very healthy crop. Although it was a dry warm year, there were few heatwaves \u0026amp; little rain leading up to the harvest of this vintage. This wine was hand harvested and fermented for 7 days on the skin. This was followed 20 months of ageing in small oak barrels of which 50% were new. 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This grape variety will be blended with complementary grape varieties such as Syrah, which will bring colour and aromatic complexity, or Mourvèdre, conferring good potential of keeping and notes of black fruits, truffles or undergrowth, but also with accessory grape varieties such as Clairette, Cinsault, Carignan or Marsanne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48220278456585,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/8979\/8921\/files\/DomainedesNymphes_BaumesdesVeniseRed.png?v=1731011140"},{"product_id":"martinez-alesanco-eco","title":"Martinez Alesanco, Ecologico Organic Rioja 2016, Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003eSo much to say! Tim Atkin gives it 90\/100. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe 2016 vintage marks the second coupage, or blending, of this organic Tempranillo with 14% Garnacha Tinta, sourced from two plots facing each other at 650 meters in the small village of Badarán. Predominantly fruit with a touch of wood. 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