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The Club focus this month is on the Americas - North and South - the wines and the regions. Top Californian producers such as Robert Mondavi and Ravenswood pitch their skills against their Southern hemisphere counterparts such as Casablanca, Undurraga and Finca Las Moras. A varietal feast with a few novel compilations. |
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Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon
Mondavi Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon, United States 2006
2 x 75cl Bottles (RRP €14.99 each)
A classic mature cabernet in all its glory - blakcurrants, plums,leather and smokey vanilla oak. Pure elegance with a long delicious fruity finish. |
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Aliwen Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
Undurraga
Chile 2007
2 x 75cl Bottles (RRP €11.99 each)
This Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot blend is full of voluptuous blackcurrant fruit giving a super-ripe concentrated wine of great class. Wonderful weight and length of finish. |
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Ravenswood Zinfandel Vintners Blend
Ravenswood
Zinfandel, United States 2007
2 x 75cl Bottles (RRP €13.99 each)
Well developed nose with baked plummy fruits, cedar and vanilla. There are sweet, ripe dried fruits - figs and prunes - on the palate, with balanced acidity and chewey, well structured tannins. |
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Oveja Negra Sauvignon Blanc / Carmenere
Via S.A.
Sauvignon Blanc / Carmenere, Chile 2008
2 x 75cl Bottles (RRP €11.99 each)
Ripe tropical fruit aromas on nose with a well balanced palate of concentrated luscious fruits. The grapes used to create this wine were harvested early in the morning to conserve the lush fruit flavours. |
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Antisto Malbec - Mendoza
Georges Vigouroux
Argentina 2007
1 x 75cl Bottle (RRP €12.99 each)
The result of a long lasting relationship between Bertrand Vigouroux in Cahors with the growers of Mendoza to produce a Malbec based wine in both Cahors and Mendoza bearing the same name. It has a soft round palate with fresh berry flavours - ideal to drink with grilled meats, roasts and excellent with cheese. |
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Las Condes Merlot
Vina Casablanca SA
Merlot, Chile 2008
1 x 75cl Bottle (RRP €11.99 each)
The grapes for this Merlot were handpicked. The grapes remained with the skins for 6 days at 2°C cold maceration before the fermentation. The alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at 24-25°C. Malolactic fermentation took place naturally in tanks and in barrels. 30% of the wine remained in French and American oak barrels for 6 months. |
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Las Moras Viognier
Fincas Las Moras
Viognier, Argentina 2008
1 x 75cl Bottle (RRP €10.99 each)
A dry wine laden with ripe luscious tropical fruit flavours of apricots and pineapples / Something a little different from the normal. Makes a great aperitif. |
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Las Moras Pinot Grigio
Las Moras Winery
Pinot Grigio, Argentina 2009
1 x 75cl Bottle (RRP €10.99 each)
This Pinot Grigio varietal, although more associated with Northern Italy has certainly found a new home in Mendoza. It is remarkably fresh with soft tropical fruit flavours. It produces a delicious crisp dry white wine with a burst of citrus fruits and a long finish. |
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| Total RRP: €152.88
Mixed Case Price: €119.00
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