Description: Les Vignobles Foncalieu Les Illustres Coteaux D’Ensérune 2009 pours a deep red, and immediately releases the heady aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant, intertwined with raspberry, vanilla and hints of cinnamon. In the mouth the wine is smooth and expansive, filling up with ripe dark plum and forest fruits, maintaining a perfect balance between freshness […]
Pizzorno Merlot Tannat 2010 Uruguay
itemprop=”image” Description This Pizzorno Merlot Tannat 2010 from Uruguay pours a deep impressive dark red, yet is fragrant and floral with light fruits of raspberry and summer blossoms. Rich and smooth on the tongue from the first sip, it embodies the taste of raspberry coulis, elderflower, rosehip, summer ripe plums and a hint of mountain […]
Le Versant Merlot Pays d’Oc 2011 Les Vignobles Foncalieu
Description: This Le Versant Merlot Pays d’Oc 2011 Les Vignobles Foncalieu is one of the superb reds in the flagship range from Les Vignobles Foncalieu. It pours a bright red colour, and is full of the aroma of blackcurrant and open woodland. In the mouth it fills with blackcurrant and oak, slight vanilla notes, with […]
Chateau Lanessan Haut Médoc Delbos Bouteiller 1997
Description: Chateau Lanessan Haut Médoc Delbos Bouteiller 1997 pours a bright ruby red with a complex and elegant aroma of black cherry, cedar and leather. Good structure in the mouth, with loads of black currant, dark berries and some charcoal in the mid-palate. It has a long lingering finish, revealing all the earthy flavours from […]
Bernard Magrez Tivoli Médoc 2004
Description: Situated in the communes of Saint-Christoly and Valeyrac, the Magrez Tivoli vineyard benefits for the superb “Crus du Médoc” terroir. The wine is made from 40 year old vines that grow in the gravelly soil; each grape is harvested individually by hand in the tradition way to ensure that only the best make […]
Hope River Silver Series Sparkling Rose
Description: This sparkling rose is described on the bottle as having 50% less alcohol than a standard sparkling Merlot rose. The Silver Series denotes it as part of the reduced alcohol wine range from Aldi. On pouring you get a large foam head that doesn’t linger, leaving a sparkling, very peachy pink, rose wine emitting […]
Calvet Bordeaux Superieur 2010
Description: Deep ruby red in colour, this has the gentle aroma of blackcurrants. Somewhat light bodied it has a smooth taste of blackcherry and dark plums, but without any of the woody complexity you might like to find in a higher priced wine. Not refreshing enough or smooth enough to be drunk enjoyably on its […]
Grapevine Merlot 2011
Description: Deep ruby in colour, there is a clear blackcurrant aroma. This is a very smooth wine, simple in taste of light blackcurrent and oak. It is remarkably uncomplex, yet has the roundness you might expect from a better wine. It is a perfect cheap drinking wine, or used as a ubiquitous red wine for […]
Castello di Montegiove Mi.Mo.So Orvientano Rosso DOC 2009
Description: Blended from Umbrian Sangiovese, Merlot, and Montepulciano grapes grown in the vineyards of the Castle, this wine is aged 12 months in Oak Slavenian casks, before bottling at the Castle and rested for a further 6 months. The wine is a deep ruby red colour, the aroma being delicate, understated, and hinting at blackberries. […]