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ASTROLABE
Named after a 19th-century explorer’s ship, Astrolabe is Simon and Jane Waghorn’s voyage into winemaking exploration in New Zealand’s Marlborough region and is now 100% family-owned. The family-owned estate is rightly celebrated for wines that express the variety of their soil and the nuances of their terroir: from the Wairau and Awatere Valleys to the Kekerengu Coast. Astrolabe wines reflect the Waghorn’s innovative treatment of specific parcels and winemaking process to capture undiscovered qualities of individual grape varieties, resulting in some of the most pure and elegant wines from the region.
NEW RELEASES
2017 Giusto Di Notri, Tua Rita
Bottle 75cl £52.68
TASTING NOTES
The blend consists of 95% Tempranillo from 40-year-old vines in Las Cuevas, El Palo and Las Monjas in Rodezno, complemented with 5% Graciano from the Montecillo estate in Fuenmayor. The Graciano gives the wine an aromatic intensity and acidity, to carry the structure and elegance of the Tempranillo. The grapes are vinified separately in four-and-a-half-year-old American oak for three years, and...
more2012 Gran Reserva Viña Arana, La Rioja Alta S.A.
Bottle 75cl £35.08
2017 Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia, Ornellaia
Bottle 75cl £38.68
2010 Viña Ardanza, ‘Selección Especial’, La Rioja Alta S.A.
Bottle 75cl £23.68
Ratafia René Geoffroy, Champagne Geoffroy
Bottle 50cl £28.18
Cumières Rouge Traditionnel, Champagne Geoffroy
Bottle 75cl £30.18
2013 Camartina, Querciabella
Bottle 75cl £68.68
2017 Kekerengu Coast Sauvignon Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £17.98
Bottle 75cl £12.60
Case of 6 £75.60
2013 Kekerengu Coast Sauvignon Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £12.60
Bottle 75cl £16.84
Case of 6 £100.98
TASTING NOTES
Pure, focused wine with a delicacy of structure, finishing crisp and dry. Stonefruit and pear flavours dominate, followed by some light citrus. Will age gracefully over the next six years. Great as an aperitif, with shellfish and seafood, pâtés, poultry, pork and light game as well as creamy mushroom or egg dishes.
more2015 Province Pinot Gris, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £16.84
Bottle 37.5cl £17.06
Case of 6 £102.36
2013 The Wrekin Vineyard Late Harvest Chenin Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 37.5cl £17.06
Bottle 75cl £17.98
Case of 6 £107.82
2017 Kekerengu Coast Sauvignon Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £17.98
Bottle 75cl £19.12
Case of 6 £114.72
2016 The Wrekin Vineyard Chenin Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £19.12
Bottle 75cl £12.56
Case of 12 £150.58
2017 Durvillea Pinot Gris, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £12.56
Bottle 75cl £27.20
Case of 6 £163.20
TASTING NOTES
Lemon gold. Fresh-cut passionfruit, guava, lime curd, currant leaf and citrus zest. Powerful passionfruit, guava and limoncello flavours, and a rich texture with a very long finish. This wine will continue to develop rewarding flavour and bottle complexity with ageing. Seafood of all types (especially oysters), leafy summer salads, or as an aperitif.
more2016 Taihoa Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £27.20
Bottle 75cl £14.52
Case of 12 £174.10
2016 Durvillea Pinot Noir, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £14.52
Bottle 75cl £17.40
Case of 12 £208.72
2016 Province Pinot Gris, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £17.40
Bottle 75cl £17.40
Case of 12 £208.72
2018 Province Sauvignon Blanc, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £17.40
Bottle 75cl £17.94
2014 Province Chardonnay, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £17.94
Bottle 75cl £18.56
Case of 12 £222.58
2015 Province Chardonnay, Astrolabe
Bottle 75cl £18.56