Wines for Lamb
Wines for Lamb
Zensa Primitivo
Regular price £13.95Organic black-grape skinned silkiness in a glass - should be a staple in every household!
This is a big and powerful red wine, dark red in colour. The nose has plenty of dark fruit aromas, plums, black cherries, chocolate, dried fruit and slight herbaceous notes. The palate is full, dense and rich with intense ripe fruit. There are more plum and spice flavours on the palate. The finish is has a touch of residual sugar, giving some natural sweetness, and is full, rich and lingering.
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
ABV: 14 %
Grape: 90% Primitivo, 10% Merlot
Tenute Fiorebelli Cabaletta Rosso Trevenezie 2023
Regular price £10.95A deliciously rich yet supple red that's perfect to enjoy along side hearty, rustic Italian cuisine.
Intense ruby-red colour with a complex bouquet reminiscent of prunes, cherries and redcurrants. The oak ageing adds a pleasant roasted and spicy aroma. On the palate it is full-bodied, supple and well-balanced with a long finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
ABV: 13%
Grapes: 70% Corvina, 20% Rhondinella, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
Food Match: Great with Antipasto like cured meats and olives, but equally as good with hearty bean and beef stews.
Felino Malbec 2023
Regular price £18.95Put a steak on the griddle pan, prepare a fresh green salad and crack open a bottle of this delicious Malbec - Heaven!
Irresistible pure blueberry fruit make this a particular favourite of ours. Made by legendary Californian Wine Maker, Paul Hobbs.
Country: Argentina
Region: Mendoza
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Malbec
Escena Rioja 2022
Regular price £11.25A modern style Rioja Joven with juicy fruit driven characters of black cherry and raspberry combined with subtle sweet vanilla spice. Medium – bodied with a creamy smoothness leading into a fresh finish.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
Grapes: Tempranillo
ABV: 13%
Henry of Pelham Old Vines Baco Noir 2020
Regular price £21.95Wild berry and smokey notes are deftly handled at Henry of Pelham, where this variety has become their recognised flagship red wine. A deep ruby colour with hints of dark purple; blackberry and plum aromas with coffee, cedar wood and smoky notes. Dry and full-bodied with pronounced black cherry flavours lingering on a smoky finish.
Country: Canada
Region: Niagara Peninsula
Grapes: Baco Noir
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Great with roast lamb and all the trimmings
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Baco Noir's origins go back to 1894, when French grape creator François Baco crossed Folle Blanche with an unknown member of the American Vitis riparia family.
His intention was to create phylloxera-resistant vines that retained their Old World French character. At one time Baco Noir was grown in Burgundy and the Loire, but it was gradually phased out of the Old World and has since become one of North America's more successful hybrids.
De Alto Rioja Reserva 2018
Regular price £18.95A classic Rioja Reserva with beautifully intertwined fruit and oak flavours.
Beautiful blackberry notes with spices, smoky and subtle nuances of vanilla, toffee and tobacco. An excellently balanced wine which offers layers of red berry fruits on the palate, laced with vanilla and hints of mocha.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
Grapes: Tempranillo 80%, Garnacha 15%, Graciano 5%
ABV: 13.5%
Château Pineraie Cahors Tradition 2021
Regular price £16.25The original home of Malbec - Cahors in France. Argentina is the young upstart trying to take this regions crown!
Intense berry fruit with plum, blackberry and lots of spice. Vanilla and soft oak as well as violets and a potpourri character add complexity, which is balanced by gentle tannins.
Country: France
Region: Cahors
ABV: 14%
Grapes: 85% Malbec, 15% Merlot
Food Match: Roast Spring lamb with rich red wine gravy
The Cloud Factory Pinot Noir Marlborough 2022
Regular price £15.95Pretty and poised Pinot.
Classic cranberry and red current aromas giving us a wine with enough bite and texture to be foody but with enough generosity of fruit to be a delicious glass on its own. A touch of oak in the wine making lends a little soothing creaminess to the finish.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
ABV: 13%
Grape: Pinot Noir 100%
Le Riche ‘Richesse’ 2022
Regular price £19.95From the true masters of Cape Cabernet - the benchmark Stellenbosch Cab. 2015 was the winner of platter 5* best Cabernet Sauvignon in South Africa.
This is the only red wine produced by Le Riche that is not 100% Cabernet. A reincarnation of Le Riche's classic Cab Merlot blend, this is an exceptionally lovely, classically Bordelaise blend. Restrained but appealing on the nose with typical red fruit aromas of plum, cherries and milled pepper are balanced by an aroma of finely ground graphite found in Left Bank Bordeaux. The palate is a masterpiece of blending - hugely appealing with juicy mouth-filling flavours of red berries, plums and smoky hints balanced with a fine, soft tannic structure and rounded finish. Finely structured and phenomenally fine, Christo Le Riche has more than stepped into his father’s shoes!
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
ABV: 14.5%
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Petit Verdot
The backbone of the range, it’s a phenomenal expression of Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon when it’s allowed a maritime influence, and it is this that sets it apart and marks it as truly Bordelaise. With carefully selected fruit from the cool gravelly slopes facing False Bay to the rich red granitic soils around Stellenbosch, the wine gains its complexity by expertly blending fruit from 4 specifically diverse terroirs.
Iveriuli Saperavi Dry Red 2021
Regular price £14.25Saperavi is tipped to be the 'new Malbec' by a few well known wine critics. This ripe, Georgian red is full of red cherry and mulberry aromas and flavours, with layers of vanilla. Wonderful, soft rounded tannins with a long, juicy finish.
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Grapes: Saperavi
ABV: 13%
Food Matches: Red meat dishes, stews and casseroles, roast lamb or mature hard cheeses.
Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.
George Margvelashvili is the founder at Tbilvino Wines - where this delicious wine is made. Established 60 years ago, and over this period Tbilvino have become one of Georgia’s pioneering producers. Almost dormant at the end of the Soviet era, the winery was acquired by the Margvelashvili brothers, who set out to restore the facilities, and moved away from quantity to quality production.
The Ladybird Organic Red 2019
Regular price £19.95Complex nose with hints of spice, chocolate and mocha. Good structure with plum and mineral complexity and a lingering finish.
Country: South African wine
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet & Malbec
ABV: 14%
Finca Constancia Seleccion Red 2020
Regular price £14.75Made from a blend of six indigenous and international grape varieties, this is a truly distinctive wine, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Petit Verdot, Graciano and Cabernet Franc, each adding a new dimension and complexity.
The grapes were hand picked and aged in a mixture of American and French oak barrels for 6 -12 months. The result is a full-flavoured wine, with intense berry aromas, beautifully integrated sweet oak and hints of leather and spice.
Country: Spain
Region: Castilla
ABV: 14%
Grapes: 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Syrah, 16% Cabernet Franc, 10% Tempranillo, 4% Graciano, 4% Petit Verdot.
Eté en Provence Rosé
Regular price £16.25Very pale, a transparent onion skin pink. Generous fruit and restrained elegance: flavours of white peach, melon and berries, with satisfying weight and a clean, dry finish.
Country: France
Region: Provence
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault
ABV: 13%
Margaux Château La Galiane 2016
Regular price £37.95Velvety smooth, rich, concentrated and supple. Flavours of cassis, bramble and black cherry with a sheen of vanilla from the oak ageing.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux, Margaux
ABV:13.5%
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Serve 12 to 14 degrees C
Food Match: Red meat dishes such as beef Wellington or roast lamb.
Logodaj Melnik 55 2023
Regular price £17.95Medium to full bodied with a dark ruby colour and aromas of black cherries and berries, sweet spices and vanilla. The finish is soft and long with hints of black pepper and tobacco.
Country: Bulgaria
Region: Struma Valley
Grapes: Melnik 55
ABV: 14%
Food Match: Red meat dishes especially roast lamb, charcuterie and hard cheeses.
Bolney English Sparkling Cuvee Brut Rosé 2019
Regular price £48.95One of the leading Producers in the English winemaking revolution. Enjoyed by everyone except the French...
The sparkling rosé is a seriously sophisticated wine that offers notes of raspberry and wild strawberry, with subtle savoury undertones adding complexity. The sparkling wine is produced following the same traditional method as is used to produce Champagne, providing a luxurious, flavour-filled wine.
Beautifully packaged so it makes a great gift too.
Country: England
Region: Sussex
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Borga Cabernet Franc
Regular price £10.95An intense ruby red wine. Very fresh and full bodied, lovely finish. Perfect with game or aged cheeses.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 12.5%
Andreas Syrah 2021
Regular price £24.95Aromatic, medium to full bodied and powerful, with good extraction of the sweet flavours of black ripe fruits. Elegant with good texture and firm tannins, giving wine great ageing potential. A touch of mint, with lavender notes. Firm, well balanced oak and long finish with fresh, spicy, integrated mouthfeel.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
ABV: 14%
Grape: Shiraz
Andreas only produce this wine - and they are good at it. The wine is aged for 18 months in French and American oak and bottle matured for another year. Winemaker Shaun Meyeridricks' first first vintage was in 2018, since joining Andreas from Boekenhoutskloof where he was previously making exemplary Shiraz.
Waterkloof Circumstance Mourvèdre 2020
Regular price £21.00An elegant rendition of this normally unruly varietal. Features raspberry, dark fruit and herbal notes whilst an almost meaty, wild aroma can be detected on the nose. Typical vigour expected from this varietal, with a high concentration of fine tannin and a surprising lightness of touch helped by the lower alcohol.
Country : South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grape: Mourvèdre
ABV: 13.5%
Living soils and a natural approach to winemaking means that each of the single-varietal wines in the Circumstance range is truly defined by the circumstances influencing the chosen varietal and vineyard blocks, including: soil, aspect, altitude and vintage. The Mourvedre is from a single, windswept, south-facing (less sun exposure) block 250-300m above and a mere 2 miles from The Atlantic. These factors combine to produce low yields, balanced grapes and wines with a true sense of place. Production was a miserly 4 tons per hectare. Mourvedre is one of the few varietals with enough wind-resistance to plant as bush-vine on Waterkloof. Grapes are hand-harvested and brought to the cellar by horses for hand-sorting. Bunches are sorted and whole-bunch fermentation happens spontaneously with wild yeast in large, open-top wooden fermenters. Manual punch-downs or foot-pressing take place 1-2 times per day and the wine is left on skins for 30 days before going through malolactic fermentation in old 600 litre barrels then ageing for 16 months in the same vessels. No fining, just a light filtration. No additions other than sulphur. Vegan friendly, biodynamic wine. 6 barrels made.
Champagne Deutz Brut NV
Regular price £51.95White flowers, toast, brioche, marzipan and ripe pears on the nose. On the palate, the wine is full and elegant with the freshness of Chardonnay and richness of Pinot Noir. Wonderfully balanced with a fruity finish.
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Grapes: Pinot Noir 1/3 - Pinot Meunier 1/3 - Chardonnay 1/3
ABV: 12%
Donna Elvira Fringilla Falanghina DOC 2019
Regular price £15.95Golden colour with hints of green. Aromas of blossom, pineapple, yellow plum and dried herbs on the nose. Balanced, fresh, but ripe palate of fleshy apricots and yellow peaches.
Country: Italy
Region: Campania, Irpinia
Grapes: Falanghina
ABV: 13.5 %
Domaine des Tourelles Red 2022
Regular price £14.95Rich, ripe and fruity red with black plum and dark cherry fruit. Soft, silky tannic structure.
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Grapes: Cinsault, Syrah, Carignan
ABV: 14%
Food match
Mediterranean meat dishes with grilled vegetables
Bodegas Luis Cañas Selección de la Familia Rioja Reserva 2019
Regular price £33.95Elegant and complex nose with a good concentration of black fruit, thyme and rosemary with secondary aromas of leather and tobacco leaves. Hints of black fruit jam and liquorice warm, with a long, delicious and persistent finish.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja
Grapes: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14.5%
Barolo DOCG 2020 Cascin Adelaide
Regular price £39.95Supple 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: Piemonte
14% ABV
Grape: Nebbiolo
Laibach The Ladybird Organic White 2022
Regular price £17.95Fresh and complex with notes of white peach, almonds and a hint ripe papaya. Expressive on the palate with a lingering finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Chardonnay, Chenin,and Viognier
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: Paella