Swift Wines Syrah 2019
Whole Bunch 2019 Syrah. With hand selected fruit, a field blend of Chave (60%) & Mass Selection (40%). Naturally barrel fermented, hand plunged. This harmonious blend of land, climate, vines, people & culture represents the pinnacle of Syrah. The wine has elegance & poise with great fruit concentration. 1145 bottles produced: 3rd Edition
Szent Tamas Percze Furmint 2015
A stunner of a white wine. This is dry and zesty with layers of baked orange, tangerine cake, almond powder, citrus blossom and lime curd. The palate is rich with ripe mango and peach flavours layered with yellow florals and a touch of grapefruit. Lovely!
Tabernero Vittoria Malbec 2016
It has a deep purple colour. Aromas of figs and dried apricots and a lot of vanilla stand out in its scent. These are reinforced on the palate with tastes of prune and caramel. Tannins are refined and elegant and leave sensations of softness and roundness on the palate.
Te Mata Estate Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Aromas of yuzu, guava, kaffir lime and luscious white nectarine give way to palate of passionfruit, grapefruit, gooseberry, pear and crushed herbs, with just hint of sea-salt and smoke at the end of the long dry finish. Cape Crest ’19 is a blend of 86% Sauvignon Blanc, 8% Semillon and 6% Sauvignon Gris.
TED Mount Edward Pinot Gris 2020
TED Pinot Gris – another summer sipper or however you prefer to drink your wine on a hot summers day …. delicious, dry in style, lots of fruit flavour, refreshing acidity and and soft texture. What’s not to like – like Pinot Gris ? then this is for you, sustainably grown of course.
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Terres Dorées Charme de Jean-Paul Brun Cremant de Bourgogne
Great alternative to famous Champagne! Méthode Traditionelle which is joyful and lively with zesty acidity, vibrant fruit flavours with a faint echo of toasted nut and brioche aromas.
Testalonga Baby Bandito Stay Brave 2020
The Testalonga Baby Bandito Stay Brave was hand-harvested and 100% Destemmed into open 1500L fermenters. Fermented on the skins for 6 days before being pressed off into a 3300L old oak Foudre and 2 x 500L barrels. No yeast (or other) inoculation or additives apart from a small amount of SO2 shortly before bottling. Ambient fermentation (the juice/ wine is not cooled). 100% malolactic fermentation. A clarifying filtration was done, not fined.
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Testalonga Follow Your Dreams 2019
Testalonga Baby Bandito Follow Your Dreams wine is a hugely aromatic and medium-bodied skin contact Carignan with aromas of crushed berries and flowers. The palate reveals sour cherry, strawberry and bright acidity, but then evolves to sweeter potpourri-like floral notes of violets and a lingering savoury finish.
Testalonga Keep On Punching 2019
The Testalonga Keep On Punching is a pure wine, with a nice weight the wine has aromas of pear, apple and white peach plus potpourri and a touch of earthiness. On the palate, you’ll find a freshly opened box of Maldon sea salt, but it’s light and extremely flavourful and full of zipping and zing.
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Teusner Empress Riesling 2021
This Riesling shows great fruit purity, and once your palate negotiates the initial pure citrus flavours, the wine glides across the mid-palate with an energetic gait showing hints of mineral ‘wet slate’, orange blossom, white flowers and talc.
Unison Reserve Maestro Chardonnay 2018
Pale Gold in colour. Lashing of baking spice, fresh ripe apricots, yellow flowers, toasted almonds and hints of fresh cream, give complexity and intensity to the aromatics. The palate is rich with a velvety texture and packed with stonefruit, toasted nuts and a citrus finish. Enjoy this chardonnay in its youth, or cellar carefully for enjoyment over the next 5 years.
Unkel Carnival Sauvignon Blanc 2019
1/2 stainless steel & 1/2 old French oak, this is Sauvignon with generosity and personality. Very short amount of skin-contact (18 hours) to give the palate some texture and tension, flavours are more stonefruit spectrum (as opposed to green/grassy/herbaceous) and there is a nice fine line of acidity and salinity to it too.
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Unkel Jurassic Pinot Noir 2020
This Pinot is a lighter, more fruit-forward style than many. When the sun dips into the horizon, it’s time to rip out the sundowners! Aimed at those looking for a red wine for warm weather imbibing, look no further. It’s light in weight but has a burst of raspberries that is focused by a bright drive of acidity.
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Untermoserhof St. Magdalener Classico 2017
A fresh, fruity wine that is very versatile and easily digestible, but never simple. The wine is composed of 95% Schiava and 5% Lagrein.
Valcatrina by Santos Lima Rosé 2019
Produced from typical local varieties and respecting the region’s winemaking tradition, this blend resulted in an aromatic wine with exuberant flavour well balanced with a refreshing mineralogy and pleasing acidity, which will definitely please you and leave good memories.
Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018
A wine with great tension and incredible layers of red fruit, spice and earth. Silky fine tannins compliment the vibrant acidity, giving the wine length and memory. This wine is drinking beautifully at release and will continue to do so for at least a decade.
Vandal Gonzo Combat Rouge 2020
Vandal Wines was set up by three unnamed, masked Marlborough winemakers as an escape from the restrictions of their day jobs. Field blend from a single vineyard in the Southern Valleys of Marlborough. 50% whole cluster fermentation Only hand plunged once during fermentation. Small batch pressed. 6 months aging on full yeast lees. Natural (wild) fermentations (Alcohol and 100% malo lactic fermentation). Unfined and unfiltered. Supple and cloudy with nice sweet, alluring, spicy raspberry and cherry fruit. No sulphites until bottling. There’s a juicy, grippy edge to the fruit with some nice spicy hints.
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Vandal Gonzo Militia Blend 2020
Vandal Wines was set up by three unnamed, masked Marlborough winemakers as an escape from the restrictions of their day jobs. The Gonzo Militia is a field blend, picked together on the same day and vinified together. The blend is unusual to say the least 20% Viognier, 20% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Gris, 15% Riesling, 15% Syrah, 5% Chardonnay, 2.5% Tempranillo and 2.5% Muscat, sourced from a single site in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys region. After pressing 50% is macerated on its skins for 24 hours, the whole is fermented in neutral French oak barrels using the natural yeasts and undergoes malolactic fermentation. The wine then spends 6 months on its lees with battonage, lees stirring, before bottling un-fined and un-filtered. The wine has delicate pink hue to its golden colour with a slight haze due to the lack of fining and filtration. The flavour is wild with a creamy mouth full of peach, plums with lemony, green apple acidity and nutty notes from the casks. A complex and fascinating break from the norm.
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Vandal Pet Bat 2020
Vandal Wines was set up by three unnamed, masked Marlborough winemakers as an escape from the restrictions of their day jobs. Hand harvested Muscat 50% and Chardonnay 50%. Fruit was sourced from a 30 year old single vineyard in the Southern Valleys of Marlborough. Grapes were gently pressed and co-fermented ‘wild’ in seasoned French barriques at ambient temperatures with high solids. At 10 g/l residual the wine was bottled to capture natural effervescence. Harmless yeast sediment remain.
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Villa Jolanda Barolo 2013
A great nose filled with dried red cherries, crushed black rose and stewed black plums. With liquorice on the back palate that leads into the long finish.
Vincent Couche Rose Desir Extra Brut
Vincent Couche isn’t afraid to experiment. He made this rosé Champagne by using carbonically macerated Pinot Noir, saignée Pinot Noir and macerating Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Three methods adding to the sheer complexity you’ll find. Dry on the palate but exuding a salmon-colored rosé with aromas of cherries, pomegranate and citrus all at once.
Vitalba Albana Romagna Anfora 2018
This is a so-called Orange wine and that means nothing more or less that it is a white wine made from white grapes but whose skins ripen with this wine and the skin contact has been no less than 95 days in Georgian amphora (Kvevri). The great thing about an Orange Wine like this one is that you can taste many red wine characteristics in this orange wine. The color of this “Orange” wine is deep and light orange. The scent is calm yet very complex, with notes of very ripe fruit, candied peel, honey and marzipan. Surprisingly a lot of juice with a very rich aftertaste in which one encounters a lot of ripe stone fruit.
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Wittmann Spätburgunder Rotwein Trocken VDP 2018
Great example of German Pinot Noir! It’s fresh and light, packed with red berry flavors and gentle oak influence. Very elegant wine with good depth and long finish. If you are Pinot Noir fan – it’s definitely worth trying!
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Xavier Bénier Cote de Brouilly 2018
Grapes are from a 1.7 hectare vineyard with schist soil, with vines over 100 years on the clock!!. Fermented with natural yeasts in neutral oak with 25 days maceration. Aged in foudre [large wood casks] for 8 months. Unfiltered. The expression of the grapes is healthy, frank and crunchy, the wine offers the superb intensity of a tasty fruit. The finish offers a nice length and a spicy freshness. It is a delightful wine, very balanced, very well crafted.