TASTING NOTES
The wine is rich, spicy, has a lot of red fruit in the palate, soft tannins but a very good structure. It can be drink young but is also able to age a few years.
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RHONE
The Rhone Valley stretches almost 500 miles from North to South and is home to some of France's oldest vine plantings that were first cultivated in Roman Times. The region is split into Northern and Southern Rhone, both of which are very contrasting regions. From the North, the appellations of Hermitage and Cote Rotie produce some of the most famous and rare wines from Syrah, harvested from the very steep slopes carved into the hillsides. It is also here that the world's best Viognier is produced from the Condrieu appellation.
Heading to the warmer South and a sizeable 13 grape...
varieties are permitted in the appellations, with Grenache appearing as the predominant red varietal, most famously celebrated in the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The range of grapes grown also provides refreshing alternatives to Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Pinot, Cabernet and Merlot.
When compared to the wines offered from France's other leading winemaking areas, the wines of the Rhone Valley are comparatively cheap. As well as offering plenty of diversity from North to South, the area therefore produces some of the best value wines in the world. This, coupled with an incredible run of excellent vintages over the past 10 years, makes the Rhone Valley one of the most exciting and attractive wine producing regions in the world.
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2014 Côtes du Rhône Rouge Sommelongue, Domaine André Brunel
Bottle 75cl £14.40
2014 Crozes Hermitage Rouge, Domaine Barret
Bottle 75cl £17.00
2014 Côtes du Rhône Blanc Becassonne, Domaine André Brunel
Bottle 75cl £14.90
2013 Côtes du Rhône, Domaine Charvin
Bottle 75cl £15.69
TASTING NOTES
This wine is an interesting and very well made blend of Grenache blanc, Bourboulenc, Clairette, Picardan, Marsanne, Roussanne, Picpoul blanc & Picpoul gris. A wine which is all at once complex, elegant, fresh and rich. The layers of flavour you find in the glass are enticing from ripe peach and nectarine, to lemon peel, honey and ginger. A wine lover's...
more2012 Blanc, Domaine Gourt de Mautens
Bottle 75cl £35.60 £25.70
2014 Grenache, Domaine André Brunel
Bottle 75cl £9.85
TASTING NOTES
Heady aromas of dark berries, cherry pit, lavender and anise, with a bright mineral quality that gains power with air. On the palate, focused, impressively concentrated black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors. Fine-grained tannins give the persistent finish shape and grip but they play second fiddle to this wine's sexy fruit and floral qualities.
more2008 Rouge, Domaine Gourt de Mautens
Bottle 75cl £35.60 £25.70
2013 Côte Rôtie Réserve, Domaine Ogier
Bottle 75cl £44.60 £36.20
2012 Côtes du Rhône Lieu-Dit Clavin, Domaine de la Vieille Julienne
Bottle 75cl £14.60 £11.00
Magnum 150cl £65.20
Bottle 75cl
Case of 6
£172.20
£189.60
TASTING NOTES
Imagining the sweetness and purity of diverse berry fruits found in the corresponding “L’Esquerda” bottling allied to the saline savor of the corresponding “Vignes de Bila-Haut” will give you an idea of what awaits from the glass of 2011 Cotes du Roussillon Villages Latour de France Occultum Lapidem …there is, unsurprisingly, at least as much sheer complexity on display here...
more2011 Côtes du Roussillon Villages, Chapoutier
Magnum 150cl £65.20
Bottle 75cl £7.60
2006 Grenache, Domaine André Brunel
Bottle 75cl £7.60
Bottle 75cl £19.80
2010 Blanc, Domaine Gourt de Mautens
Bottle 75cl £19.80
Bottle 75cl £10.28
Case of 12 £123.34
2009 Côtes du Rhône Rouge, Domaine de l'Ameillaud
Bottle 75cl £10.28
Bottle 75cl £10.28
2005 Cairanne, Côtes du Rhône Villages, Domaine de l'Ameillaud
Bottle 75cl £10.28
Bottle 75cl
£11.00
£14.60
Case of 12
£131.98
£175.18
2012 Côtes du Rhône Lieu-Dit Clavin, Domaine de la Vieille Julienne
Bottle 75cl £14.60 £11.00
Bottle 75cl £11.18
2005 Crozes Hermitage Blanc, Domaine Barret
Bottle 75cl £11.17
Bottle 75cl
£25.00
£30.60
Case of 6
£150.00
£183.60
2013 Condrieu Les Terrasses du Palat Blanc, Francois Villard
Bottle 75cl £30.60 £25.00
Case 6 x 75cl
£154.20
£213.60
Magnum 150cl
Case of 3
£181.48
£270.80
TASTING NOTES
Heady aromas of dark berries, cherry pit, lavender and anise, with a bright mineral quality that gains power with air. On the palate, focused, impressively concentrated black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors. Fine-grained tannins give the persistent finish shape and grip but they play second fiddle to this wine's sexy fruit and floral qualities.
more2008 Rouge, Domaine Gourt de Mautens
Bottle 75cl £35.60 £25.70
