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GRAN CAMPO VIEJO – Cava NV 75cl Bottle Reviews
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GRAN CAMPO VIEJO – Cava NV 75cl Bottle Pure Delight
This fabulous fizz is a blend of Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada grapes. A classic Reserve style, it is aged for a minimum of 18 months. It is the perfect celebratory drink and an ideal party sparkler.
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JACOBS CREEK – Sparkling Rose 75cl Bottle Deals
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Jacob's Creek Sparkling Rose is a non-vintage, bottle fermented, sparkling wine. Made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes from a variety of Australia's grape growing regions it brings together a combination of warm and cool climate characters. Being a non-vintage sparkling, complexity and consistency of style is achieved by including both current and prior vintages. Typically, the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes are harvested early in vintage when they have fresh varietal flavours and high natural acidity. The retention of natural acidity is important to the style of this wine, giving the palate a crisp and vibrant finish.
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VEUVE DU VERNAY – Demi Sec 75cl Bottle Deals
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VEUVE DU VERNAY – Demi Sec 75cl Bottle Pure Delight
Pale straw in colour, fresh, fruity and floral on the nose. The palate is full with delicate apple and pear fruit flavours complimented by smooth velvety bubbles. This wine is perfect served as an aperitif and with fruit desserts.
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VEUVE DU VERNAY – Brut 75cl Bottle Reviews
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Pale straw in colour, fresh, fruity and floral on the nose. The palate is full with delicate apple and pear fruit flavours complimented by smooth velvety bubbles. This wine is perfect served as an aperitif or with salads, fish, white meats and fruit desserts.
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TURKEY FLAT – Sparkling Shiraz NV 75cl Bottle Online
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TURKEY FLAT – Sparkling Shiraz NV 75cl Bottle Review
Every spring Turkey Flat select a few of their finest barrels of Shiraz to become base wines for this bottle of fermented sparkling wine. Base wines are matured in seasoned French oak hogsheads for up to three years before being tiraged in the traditional champagne method. Following this second fermentation the wine is left to mature in the bottle on lees for 10 months before disgorgement and liquoring with very old Australian vintage port ranging in age from 14 to 40 years. Very dark ruby red, subtle and complex aromas of plums, prune, cherry, blueberry pastries, panforte, dark chocolate and earth follow onto a full bodied and intensely flavoured palate. Rich yet fresh on the palate, very fine and soft tannins and lingering complex flavours. Cellar up to 10 years Bottled- November 2005 Colour- very ruby red Nose- plum, blackberry, blueberry, chocolate & earth Palate- rich & concentrated with flavours of plums, cherry & wood spice, with a long, fine tannin finish Cellar- up to 10 years. turkeyflat
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ROEDERER ESTATE – Quartet, Anderson Valley Brut NV 75cl Bottle Online
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ROEDERER ESTATE – Quartet, Anderson Valley Brut NV 75cl Bottle Review
Tasting Notes: This crisply elegant multi-vintage wine dazzles with complex pear, spice and hazelnut flavors. Fresh and lightly fruity, with great finesse and depth of flavour. Equally comfortable with candlelight dinners and summer picnics, the Anderson Valley Brut is not just for toasting! It's also wonderful with egg dishes think brunch, sushi, spicy Asian food, fish and white meats with creamy sauces. Crush: Only the cuvee first pressing of 120 gallons/ton is used, gently pressed from the pulp with minimal skin contact. Fermentation: Fermented at 65F in high-grade stainless steel tanks. No malolactic fermentation, to ensure the wines age well and retain the fresh style that is one of the characteristics of Roederer wines. Reserve Wines: Special oak-aged reserve wines make up 11-15% of the final blend. En Tirage: Aged a minimum of two years on the yeast. Winemaking / Technical Notes: Roederer's winemaking style is based on ownership of its own vineyards and the addition of oak-aged reserve wines to each year's blend. Aged from one to three years, these special wines help create a multi-vintage cuvee in the traditional Roederer style, known for its body, finesse and depth of flavour. Roederer Estate Anderson Valley Brut builds on the 200-year winemaking tradition established by Champagne Louis Roederer in France. The first California sparkling wine produced by Roederer, the Anderson Valley Brut has established a reputation as one of California's premier sparklers.
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LANGLOIS-CHATEAU – Cremant de Loire Rose 75cl Bottle Reviews
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LANGLOIS-CHATEAU – Cremant de Loire Rose 75cl Bottle Nice but not the best
Delicate partridge-eye colour due to the age on lees. This varietal wine is a perennial favourite and often sells faster than Langlois can produce it, although they never compromise on quality to release early. The flavours are of pure raspberry and blackcurrant with a freshness that leaves a good many more illustrious sparkling Rosés standing. The Crémant de Loire Appellation is among the most demanding sparkling wine appellations in France far more stringent than, for example Saumur or Vouvray Brut, for the former of which the Langlois wines would naturally qualify. Under the auspices of Bollinger, Langlois has further augmented the regulations to equal, and even exceed, those of Champagne: A majority of chalky soils, very favourable to elegant wines. Hand picking in small baskets in order to collect only the best grapes. 150 kg of grapes for 100 litres of must. A minimum maturing of 12 months in bottle. Selection of the grapes on the best terroirs of the area of Saumur. Total control of the pressing on our pneumatic press. Fermentation in small vats, allowing precise control. A minimum maturing of 24 months in bottle, or more, depending on the cuvée. 'Don't be a Scrooge and crack open a dirt-cheap pink hoping the hue will mask its faults. It won't. Serve instead this redcurrant and strawberry laden rosée made, a la methode champenoise, from cabernet franc grapes, and rejoice.' Jane MacQuitty The Times 22 November 2008.
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LANGLOIS-CHATEAU – Cremant de Loire Brut 75cl Bottle Reviews
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LANGLOIS-CHATEAU – Cremant de Loire Brut 75cl Bottle Dont miss this one
Vibrant and racy fruit, bready yeast flavours and zesty appley freshness is accompanied by the waxed-lemon flavours of Chenin Blanc – a variety so clearly suited for sparkling production due to its fine acidity. The fifth Chardonnay adds fruitiness and depth. The Crémant de Loire Appellation is among the most demanding sparkling wine appellations in France far more stringent than, for example Saumur or Vouvray Brut, for the former of which the Langlois wines would naturally qualify. Under the auspices of Bollinger, Langlois has further augmented the regulations to equal, and even exceed, those of Champagne: A majority of chalky soils, very favourable to elegant wines. Hand picking in small baskets in order to collect only the best grapes. 150 kg of grapes for 100 litres of must. A minimum maturing of 12 months in bottle. Selection of the grapes on the best terroirs of the area of Saumur. Total control of the pressing on our pneumatic press. Fermentation in small vats, allowing precise control. A minimum maturing of 24 months in bottle, or more, depending on the cuvée.
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GREEN POINT – Vintage Rose 2005 75cl Bottle Reviews
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GREEN POINT – Vintage Rose 2005 75cl Bottle – Just What the Doctor Ordered
A beautiful rosé colour with pink-bronze and light red tones. A definite aroma with both spicy and red berry characters from Pinot Noir in addition to well developed and complex fresh bread and yeast aromas derived from long yeast age. A fresh and soft entry with strawberry and red fruit flavours which continue to a crisp and tightly structured middle and back palate. Complex flavours and hints of delicate red wine characters linger in the mouth for a long and rewarding finish.
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GREEN POINT – NV 75cl Bottle Deals
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GREEN POINT – NV 75cl Bottle Dont miss this one
Mid to light straw yellow. Floral notes with fig and subtle toasty aromas. The wine has a creamy and soft front palate, which continues to a lingering Brut dry finish. Flavours of white peach, honey and roasted nuts blend harmoniously to create a complex wine with a refreshing finish. Green Point Non Vintage Brut is a fresh and delicious sparkling wine, combining rich flavour and superb delicacy. Cool climate grapes provide a delicate fruit core, intertwined with subtle yeast character. A blend of cool regions including Central Victorian Highlands, Strathbogie Ranges, King Valley and Yarra Valley.
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