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DOWIE DOOLE
Born in the 1990s through Drew Dowie and Norm Doole’s frustration at having to send their fruit to other wineries to vinify, Dowie Doole came to set a precedent for McLaren Vale. The winery’s range is an exploration of this region’s terroirs and the many varieties that generations of grape growers have brought with them from Europe. A great marriage of tradition, innovation and a little rebel spirit can be found in all their cuvées. From complex Shiraz, spicy Grenache and Tempranillo blend, to elegant Chenin Blanc, their range is one of the most interesting and contemporary in 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
2016 Spitting Spider Shiraz, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £9.60
Bottle 75cl £18.08
Case of 6 £108.48
2015 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £18.08
Bottle 75cl £9.40
Case of 12 £112.60
2016 Spitting Spider Chardonnay, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £9.40
Bottle 75cl £9.60
Case of 12 £115.18
2016 Spitting Spider Shiraz, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £9.60
Bottle 75cl £20.08
Case of 6 £120.48
2016 G & T, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £20.08
Bottle 75cl £20.22
2012 Roussanne Marsanne, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £20.22
Bottle 75cl £11.98
Case of 12 £143.62
2017 Hooley Dooley, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £11.98
Bottle 75cl £15.18
2009 Estate Shiraz, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £15.18
Bottle 75cl £16.82
Case of 12 £201.76
TASTING NOTES
“The palate; dry, long and fine, revealing lovely citrus fruits; pink grapefruit, and tangerine. Combined with strawberries and raspberry adding fruit sweetness. Finishing with a lovely acid line delicately balanced with a slight phenolic grip from the Vermentino.” Armit Wines
more2018 Rosé, Dowie Doole
Bottle 75cl £16.82