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750ml
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$47.54
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$46.59
Cherry candy, mulled plum and steeped red currant notes give this a caressing and flattering feel while black tea and...
375ml
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$15.99
$17.94
Made with wild blueberries which are small, concentrated and brimming with flavor. Blueberries are slowly fermented...
750ml
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$32.80
6 bottles:
$32.14
This is a young, fruity style of Late Bottled Vintage. It emphasizes red fruits with a full, sweet richness. The...
750ml
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$199.94
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$195.94
Deep red color with dense violoet tones. Intense and elegant aromas dominated by ripe black fruits such as...
750ml
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$37.60
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$36.80
The Monastrell 2019 Estrecho was produced with grapes from vines planted on sandy soils that matured in 2,000-liter...
750ml
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$12.86
$14.29
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$12.76
A spicy nose with red plums, berries and white pepper. This is firm, juicy and also a little tart, with crunchy red...
500ml
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$65.94
Thanks to centuries of Venetian trading influence, the wines of Santorini were initially celebrated as strong and...
500ml
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$56.80
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$56.00
Deep amber in colour with brown highlights. On the nose, there is a lot of dried fruit notes, dates, plums and...
500ml
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$113.94
A beautifully developed nose opens with aromas of burnt caramel, figs, buckwheat, and honey with notes of pine...
375ml
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$41.94
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$41.10
• San Colombano, Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia bianca grapes from vines planted in the early 1970s.
• Loamy clay...
375ml
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$40.99
$43.94
An exquisite Vin Santo, with aromas and flavors of brown butter, caramel, molasses, gingerbread and roasted walnut...
750ml
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$20.23
$22.48
12 bottles:
$17.41
Bright and juicy, offering red plum, dark currant and wild cherry flavors, with fruitcake notes. This is full of...
750ml
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$109.00
6 bottles:
$107.80
The 1975 Colheita Port (Feuerheerd’s) is a blend of 35% Touriga Franca, 15% Touriga Nacional, 20% Tinta Barroca,...
500ml - Case of 12
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$43.06
Intense golden yellow in color with an amber glow. Fine aromas of citrus, white flowers, honey, candied orange peel,...
750ml
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$83.94
The 2017 Vintage Port, not quite bottled when seen but the final blend, is a field blend (with typical grapes like...
750ml
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$32.40
$36.00
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$28.12
The NV 10 Year Old Tawny was bottled in 2013 with a bar top cork. It comes in at 106.7 grams per liter of residual...
750ml
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$54.36
$60.40
12 bottles:
$49.40
Today it is part of the Fladgate Partnership - alongside Taylor’s, Croft and Wiese & Krohn - but like many of the...
Dessert Wine Grenache Mourvedre Port Blend
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
Mourvèdre is a fascinating and ancient grape varietal, thought to have been introduced to Spain by the ancient Phoenicians over two thousand years ago. Since then, it has found a home in many regions of France, and has gone on to be a key grape varietal in the New World, where it is often blended with Grenache and Syrah varietals to make a beautifully rounded and balanced red wine. The Mourvèdre grape itself is renowned for holding a complex set of flavours, which are often described as meaty or gamey, with plenty of bramble fruit notes. As such, they are often served with dark meats, and are enjoyed in many countries across the globe. The grapes are not the easiest to cultivate, as they require plenty of sunshine alongside well irrigated soil. However, their quality and unique attributes mean that wineries all over the globe continue to persevere with this special varietal.
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.