Nipozzano Castello Nipozzano Mormoreto Toscana IGT
With sandy soils and a south-western exposure, the Mormoreto vineyard is located 300 metres above sea level. Mormoreto 2018 boasts a lovely, intense and radiant ruby-red colour. The bouquet is most intriguing, with fruity notes of cranberry, raspberry, fig jam and black cherry. The spiced notes, including tea and roasted coffee bean, are wonderfully balanced. It is fresh, complex, persistent balanced and well-rounded on the palate with silky smooth, well-integrated tannins.
DUCKHORN NAPA VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Co-founded by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn in 1976, Duckhorn Vineyards has spent nearly fifty years establishing itself as one of North America’s premier producers of Napa Valley wines. Blending fruit from estate vineyards and top Napa Valley growers, this Cabernet embodies the complexity of the valley, while offering a seamless balance between fruit, oak and tannins. To add balance, complexity, and detail, the Cabernet is blended with 4% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc, yielding a wine that is approachable in its youth, yet worthy of cellaring. Matured for 18 months in 100% French oak barrels, of which 50% were new. This voluptuous wine reveals aromas of spiced blackberry, blueberry, and blackcurrant, milk chocolate and liquorice. On the palate, lively acidity adds poise and brightness to the blackberry and black raspberry flavours, with rich, chocolatey tannins and notes of black tea adding suppleness and sophistication to a long, luxurious finish.
WYNNS Coonawarra Estate Cab Sauv
A classic Coonawarra Cabernet with pristine dark berry/ cassis aromas, fine-grained tannins and underlying savoury nuances, it develops into a rich, chocolaty wine with age. In a super vintage, this wine can look astonishingly like a 2nd or 3rd growth Bordeaux with its pure cassis aromas and cedary complexity.
Château d'Armailhac Pauillac
A famous 5th growth Bordeaux from the classic appellation of Pauillac that has undergone many name changes over its life. Starting life as Mouton d'Armailhac before changing in 1956 to Mouton Baron Philippe which changed to Baronne to commemorate the Baron's second wife. In 1991, the Baron's daughter decided to give the Château an original name to separate it from the other Mouton's and Château d'Armailhac was born. Situated across the road from the famous Mouton, the estate is run separately, but with equal care. Wines of great concentration and intensity are produced, as one would expect from such pedigree. The 2009 is the perfect example of this with a wine of fantastic intensity and concentration. One of the finest d'Armailhac's is living memory, swathes of blueberry, roasted meats and espresso coffee characters are present early and will only further develop with careful ageing over the next 20 years.
Craggy Range Sophia Blend
Craggy Range Sophia Blend is a dark garnet colour. Lifted aromatics of dark berries, cassis, cocoa and wooden spices. Rich sweet fruit and hints of caramel are surrounded by firm fine tannins which provide elegance and great length on the palate.
Fontodi Case Via Syrah
Katnook Estate OR Katnook Odyssey Cabernet Sauvignon
Dont miss this rare chance to secure a magnificent wine from a top producer thats in seriously short supply. Made by an acclaimed winemaker at the top of their game, this is a slice of wine history you dont want to miss. Add it to your collection while you can.
Petaluma Petaluma Coonawarra
"This Cabernet dominant wine is Coonawarra through and through. Black currant and plum are complemented by spice and black fruits, with cedar and abundant soft sandy tannins. Rich and full, it also displays Coonawarra elegance and suppleness, and is a vintage that is immediately drinkable, but one that will age gracefully for some years." - Andrew Hardy, Petaluma winemaker.
