Connoisseurs Case
White Wines
- 2010 Domaine Michel Chavet et Fils - St. Veran Burgundy France
- This is delicious St. Veran grown on stony, clay limestone. The resulting wine is fine, crisp, clean, fresh and minerally, with excellent intensity and personality.
- 2010 Pouilly Fumé L’Ammonite Domaine de Maltavernes - Loire, France
- A super example of properly made Sauvignon, one to be savoured. Ripe and concentrated gooseberry fruit with hints of citrus and a tangy herbaceous edge. Steely, dry and elegant, a wonderful wine.
- 2009 Schlumberger Pinot Gris Les Princes Abbes - Alsace, France
- Rich and concentrated, full of ripe tropical fruit aromas mixed with spice and honey wrapped up with a clean dry finish. A great match with smoked fish and Chinese dishes.
- 2010 Circle of Life - Stellenbosch, SouthAfrica
- With a fanfare of Plaudits from Jancis Robinson MW, James Platter and Christian Eedes. A blend of Sauvignon/Semilion/Chenin, On appearance this wine shows an alluring green tinge. Revealing delicate flavours of melon and hints of tropical fruit, the tension between the tight mineral core and creamy middle palate allows for great complexity and a long persistent finish.
- 2010 Palio di San Floriano - Verdichio, Italy
- The 2010 vintage was awarded the IWC Gold and Verdicchio trophy.
Complex and developed characters, pale straw in colour with greenish gold highlights, intense aromas of honey and almond blossom, rich and full flavoured with concentrated peachy fruit and a grapefruit tang.
Red Wine
- 2007 Domaine Faively Mercurey Rouge - Burgundy, France
- One of Burgundy’s great Domaines. Full of ripe raspberry fruit with hints of violets and good minerality. A long and silky soft beautifully textured wine.
- 2004 Chateau Bernadotte Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc - Bordeaux, France
- An excellent Cru Bourgeois acquired by the super second growth Ch. Pichon Comtesse de Lalande in 1998. Fresh cassis and menthol aromas on the nose, soft and rounded with a rich fruit palate great depth and a long structured finish. A fine Bordeaux that is drinking perfectly.
- 2010 Syrah ‘Les Candives’ Yves Cuilleron - Rhone, France
- A top star Domaine. A wine that is silky and pure, with dark brooding red fruit cherry and blackberry, nicely spiced with subtle soft tannins and a long lingering finish, a great wine.
- 2004 Poggio Rosso Chianti Classico Riserva - San Felice, Italy
- 90% Sangiovese 10% Colorino. “Felice is sweet, elegant and perfumed in its layers of dark cherries, tobacco, earthiness, new leather and spices. In this vintage Poggio Rosso is especially refined with gorgeous balance and a poised personality that should guarantee very fine drinking.” The Wine Advocate.
- 2004 Monte Real Reserva – Rioja, Spain
- Dark cherry, leather, spicy oak and dried fruit aromas follow through to the palate, sweet ripe red fruit and attractive cherry tannins are balanced by fresh acidity. Rich, warm and classically poised.
- 2008 Centauri Red Blend - Chile
- Jancis Robinson MW 17pts. Wines of Chile awards top 10. Cassis and fresh red fruit intermingling with bilberry, the palate is broad and rich with vibrant fruit and lively acidity and well integrated fine-grained tannins. This will drink superbly with game.
- 2007 Mountadam Patriarch High Eden Shiraz - Australia
- Mountadam is a highly praised producer; the wine is intense brick red, rich and spicy with cracked black pepper and intense black fruit balanced by subtle oak. A very impressive concentrated wine with great length.
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