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Superb blend of Chenin , white Grenache and Viognier. All three are fermented separately in old oak, amphora and clay vats. This as well as some skin contact gives lovely texture and body to the wine. Slightly saline finish. A Cellar Door team favourite.

Country: South Africa

Region: Wellington

Grapes: Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Viognier

ABV: 13.5%

Blankbottle Wine

Classic English Sparkling Wine made with love from succulent Chardonnay grapes, plucked by hand from Platon Loizou's vines in Hertfordshire at the moment of maximum lusciousness!

Country: England

Region: Hertfordshire

Grapes: Chardonnay

ABV: 12.5%

The Four Acres Estate is a small family run vineyard and orchard set on a hillside above the Ash Valley in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire.
After a lifetime spent in the travel industry, Platon Loizou decided that he wanted to get back to his Cypriot roots and fulfill a long-term dream of making wine. Since 2010 he has been out in all weathers, getting closer to nature tending his precious vines, nurturing them from saplings to maturity, bolstering his knowledge by consulting at every step with some of the best vinters in the country.

Liquid golden honey in a tiny bottle - a very special, hard to make wine.

Country: Canada

Region: Niagra Peninsula

Grapes: Vidal

ABV: 9.5%

Lovely lemon yellow in colour with light golden nuances. Elegant aromas of brioche and dried fruit balanced by salinity and minerality which is typical of the region. Good texture on the palate, light toasty, complex and crisp acidity with a persistent and long finish.

Country: Portugal

Region: Vinho Verde

Grapes: Alvarinho

ABV: 12.5%

Delicious top-notch California Chardonnay. All the requisite hallmarks with pineapple, peach and fig notes with a touch of creamy spice.

Country: USA

Region: Napa Valley

ABV: 14.1%

Grapes: Chardonnay

Today, there are many physicians who have become winery owners, winemakers and winegrowers, but Dr. Tony Truchard was one of the first in California. He bought his first 20 acres on the Napa side of the Carneros region in 1973 when he was still practicing internal medicine in Reno. He continued to acquire parcels until he now farms 270 acres of mainly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Carneros district. Francis Mahoney, of nearby Carneros Creek Winery, helped with the initial plantings. A winery was built in 1989 and caves were added later.

Fresh citrus fruit and apple aromas, with liquorish and tropical notes...

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro Valley

Grapes: 56% Rabigato, 32% Gouveio, 12% Viosinho

ABV: 18%

Wonderful as a long summer drink with a slice of fresh orange and tonic...

Serve at 6 to 8 degrees centigrade

Rustic in a pretty way; your classic rosy-cheeked farmer's daughter. Violets on the nose. Great structure, pure elegance.

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

ABV: 12.5%

Grapes: Pinot Noir

Burgundy is renowned for a jigsaw of small plots, fitting side by across the rolling cotes and cru with many different owners - the result of equal inheritance. While some heirs want to make wine, others prefer to live their lives elsewhere, meaning their plots go unloved. Enter Patrice du Jeu, a Parisian restaurateur with the dynamism and energy to revive such plots. Together with family and friends, he managed to buy several parcels in excellent terroirs of the Côte de Beaune including Santenay, Chassagne Montrachet and Mercurey. Joining with white Burgundy expert Jean-Baptise Alinc the wines of these heirs - Les Héritiers - are both technically competent and beautifully crafted.

Round and elegant wine with classic, subtle buttery notes balanced by juicy acidity. A top quality white Burgundy with more than 10 year aging potential.

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Grapes: Chardonnay

ABV: 12.5%

Supple and sumptuous, ripe and ridiculously moreish. It's ready to drink Barolo baby!

Awesome aromas of orange skin, ripe plums, and tobacco leaves. Vibrant tannin and acidity. Lovely!

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmonte

14% ABV

Grape: Nebbiolo

With four generations of the same family making fine Chablis wines, you are sure to enjoy an authentic, high quality and delicious wine from this domaine.

Country: France

Region: Chablis

ABV: 12.5%

Grapes:  Chardonnay

Domaine Besson makes a Chablis style that is a little more accessible than some other domaines. These wines therefore can be enjoyed from an early age, unlike some Chablis where to get the best from the wine it is necessary to cellar the wine to allow it to develop. 

Great structure, balance and elegance. If you love Nuits St Georges and Gevry Chambertin, this is a must try from Italy's finest producer of Burgundy clone Pinot Noir.

Country: Italy

Region: Lombardy, Oltrepo Pavese DOC

Grapes: Pinot Nero

ABV: 12.5%

Conte Vistarino Wine

The Vistarino estate in Rocca de’ Giorgi, Oltrepò Pavese has been owned by the same family for hundreds of years. Carlo Giorgi di Vistarino introduced the Pinot Noir grape to the region at the end of the 19th Century, now his great granddaughter Ottavia is
taking the lead. Pinot Noir has become synonymous with the province, and by using state-of-the-art vineyard and winery technology, Ottavia is producing consistently high-quality, complex and elegant wines.

Red fruit aromas: red currants and raspberries. Full and fruity on the palate, with great length and minerality. The tannins are silky and ripe.

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir

ABV: 13%

Another beauty from genius winemaker Pieter Walser. A tiny production and not made every year, 100% Verdelho, from the oldest vineyard of the variety in the country. Incredible concentration and energy and what a great nose! Concentrated lime peel and a little chalkiness too, with a super zingy palate - apples and sherbert, gloriously mouth-filling, broad and long, with a very biscuitty finish and saline streak.

Country: South Africa

Region: Wellington

Grapes: Verdelho

ABV: 13.5%

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