These are some of our favourite wines that we think you'll enjoy with your Spring time meals this March and April.
Wimbushes Vineyard St Albans 2020 Rondo Rosé
Regular price £16.95The first vines planted in St Albans since Roman times - how very exciting! Bright, raspberry pink colour. Clean, fresh and dry rosé style. Packed with strawberry and cranberry flavours with a hint of spice on the finish. We're very proud to be stocking this wonderful locally grown wine.
Very limited stock, so order while you can (but please don't be greedy). We are limiting purchases to one case of 6 per household.
Country: England
Region: St Albans, Hertfordshire
Grapes: Rondo
ABV: 11.5%
Made by Michael Rhodes of Thurston Place, Suffolk
Conte Vistarino Costa del Nero Pinot Nero 2018
Regular price £16.95A deep ruby red with garnet hues. With a rich and appealing scent, fresh and wide with scent of Pinot Nero grapes even if softly refined in oak. Fine on the pallet, delightful, smooth, full bodied, very well-balanced with a pleasant mineral long finish. Tannins and acidity go together very well and the result is strength and harmony at the same time.
Country: Italy
Region: Lombardy, Oltrepo Pavese DOC
Grapes: Pinot Nero
ABV: 13%
Il Cascinone Monferrato Chiaretto Rosé DOC 2019
Regular price £10.45Fresh, crisp and clean with a hint of ripe raspberries, citrus and red cherries. A delicate pink colour. A delicious Chiaretto from the heart of Piemonte - sure to give adamant French pink wine lovers a compelling alternative.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmonte, Monferrato
Grapes: Barbera, Pinot Noir
ABV: 12%
Chateau Musar 2015 Red
Regular price £33.00A deep red colour, with aromas of sweet cherry, plum and dried fruit together with a subtle spice element and hint of tobacco. The wine has a soft, rounded mouthfeel with lots of flavour and fruit concentration – caramel, mocha, ripe red fruits which are supported with soft, velvety tannins and a spicy finish.
One of the best younger vintages of Musar we tried - with wonderful rich, sweet fruit character. Don't underestimate this wine's longevity tough - this wine will still be drinking beautifully in 20-30 years time, guaranteed.
Lebanese, unique. From the historical wine producing Bekaa Valley and produced by master winemaker Serge Hochar. Concentrated plum and blackberry fruit, hints of fig, prune, distinct liquorice and spice. Fine, supple tannins, with hints of cedar and cinnamon. Long finish. Château Musar wines last for decades and can be enjoyed with just about everything!
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan
ABV: 14%
Iona Elgin Pinot Noir 2018
Regular price £23.95Succulent black cherry aroma, bright but delicate and hints of forest floor, with underlying floral and spicy notes. On the palate, the wine is powerful, with silk-textured length.
Country: South Africa
Region: Elgin
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Food match
Beef Bourginon with mushroom or braised lamb shanks.
In early 1997, Andrew Gunn, an engineer by training was contemplating his next career move. Having always loved the outdoors, the prospect of farming appealed to him and feeling young and energetic enough to start a new career, left the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg to begin the search for the ‘perfect’ farm.
After months of searching and 40 farm visits later, Andrew and a very tired estate agent stumbled upon a solitary run down apple farm on a mountain top overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The prospect of a suitable farm in Elgin intrigued Andrew and on driving through the valley, he became excited by the beauty of the area. Surrounded by the Kogelberg Biosphere and Forestry the property had no agricultural neighbours. The rolling hills and the drive up the mountain to where the farm was situated, 420 meters above sea level, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, was unlike anything he had ever seen. It was love at first sight.
As he drove in and stopped in front of a rather run down Herbert Baker homestead, he felt, “this is where I would like to live”, and the view from the front of the house overlooking the Elgin Valley below, made up his mind.
NOAH Bramaterra 2017
Regular price £37.95Noah’s Bramaterra is comprised of 70% Nebbiolo, 20% Croatina and 10% Vespolina and is a beautifully balanced wine with flavours of cassis, cherries, wild strawberries, white truffle, rose water and orange marmalade and blending together seamlessly, followed by a wonderfully firm and mineral finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Alto Piedmonte
Grapes: Nebbiolo, Croatina, Vespolina
ABV: 13,5%
The Bramaterra DOC is a relatively small appellation in Piedmont with the ability nevertheless to produce outstanding wines. Nebbiolo dominates the blends but the DOC allows for flexibility in small percentages of other varietals.
