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The Christmas Wine Selection
Champagnes
Louis de Custine Brut NV @ £19.95/bt
Buy 12 and save 20% £239.40 £191.40/cs (£15.95/bt)
The classic party Champagne - at this price you can afford to celebrate Christmas in style.
Pierre Moncuit Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV @ £23.75/bt
Buy 12 and save 16% £285 £239.40/cs (£19.95/bt)
Jancis Robinson MW has described this as very lively, delicate and extremely refreshing as well as one of the most delicious – we couldn’t agree more.
Taittinger Brut Réserve NV @ £32/bt
Buy 12 and save 25% £384.00 £287.40/cs (£23.95/bt)
Produced from a blend of 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot wines the Brut Réserve has peach and vanilla aromas. Classic biscuity flavours embellished with fresh fruit and honey. Aged up to four years in Taittinger's cellars, it has matured perfectly for drinking.
Bollinger Special Cuvée @ £37/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £444 £395.40/cs (£32.95/bt)
Special Cuvée is quite simply superb. Madame Bollinger famously said she could think of no occasion when she wouldn’t want to drink her Champagne!
Dom Pérignon 2000 @ £92.95/bt
Buy 6 and save 11% £557.70 £495/cs (£82.50/bt)
There is tremendous elegance to this Champagne with plenty of body and texture. Deeply impressive and ready for drinking, this is the epitome of a great vintage Champagne.
Comtes de Champagne 1999, Taittinger @ £130/bt
Buy 6 and save 27% £780 £570/cs (£95/bt)
Best in class at IWSC 2009. Exceptionally fine bubbles, a delicate nose of brioche and vanilla. Fresh and smooth with creamy, fruity flavours of pink grapefruit and white peach. A long, rich finish – surely one of the finest champagnes around today.
Cristal 2002, Louis Roederer @ £150/bt
Buy 6 and save 6% £900 £840/cs (£140/bt)
“Seriously precocious nose with notes of apple blossom, fresh strawberries, clotted cream, cashews and lightly toasted hazelnuts plus a barely detectable hint of oak. Great concentration of apple crumble flavours with very fine bubbles and a crisp backbone of acid. Long creamy finish. Drink now to 2029.” 96+ Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
White Wines
Garnacha Blanca 2008, Las Colinas del Ebro, Terra Alta @ £7.95/bt
Buy 12 and save 12% £95.40 £83.40/cs (£6.95/bt)
"Medium straw-colored it exhibits an attractive perfume of mineral spring flowers white peach and melon that jumps from the glass. On the palate it is exceptionally concentrated mouth-filling and vibrant with plenty of spicy fruit good depth and a fruit-filled finish.’’ 90 Points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.
Sauvignon de Touraine 2008, Alain Marcadet @ £8.95/bt
Buy 12 and save 11% £107.40 £95.40/cs (£7.95/bt)
One of the greatest bargains on the list, crisp, refreshing wine with gooseberry on the nose and delicious citrus on the palate. A classic Touraine Sauvignon and probably the best on the market today.
Gavi di Gavi 2008, Tacchino @ £12.80/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £153.60 £138/cs (£11.50/bt)
This Gavi di Gavi from Italy is a fresh vibrant wine made from 100% Cortese grapes with elegant citrus fruit, excellent minerality and is drinking beautifully now.
Chablis 2008, Billaud-Simon @ £14.75/bt
Buy 12 and save 12% £177 £155.40/cs (£12.95/bt)
Justifiably one of our most popular wines - for the perfect example of a Chablis you need look no further.
Sauvignon Blanc 2008, Cloudy Bay, Marlborough @ £19.95/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £239.40 £215.40/cs (£17.95/bt)
The world’s most famous New Zealand Sauvignon. The 2008 has deliciously vibrant aromatics that infuse the tropical fragrance of fresh passion fruit and juicy pineapples. The palate is long and succulent combining exotic fruits beautifully complemented by crisp natural acidity and a hint of lime zest.
10X Chardonnay 2007, Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula @ £20.10/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £241.20 £216/cs (£18/bt)
One of the hot properties this year from Australia’s Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Super attractive mineral nose. Concentrated, well-balanced and fresh fruit with good, natural acidity.
Pouilly Fuissé 2008, Christophe Cordier @ £21.25/bt
Buy 12 and save 20% £255 £204/cs (£17/bt)
A dash of citrus fruit and really refreshing minerality mark this as a great example of why Macon wines are proving great rivals to their more illustrious and expensive neighbours - superb!
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Mazures 2008, Paul Pillot @ £28.30/bt
Buy 12 and save 20% £339.60 £271.68/cs (£22.64/bt)
One of our favourites. Ripe, open, tropical fruit. Very pure and well-balanced. Wonderful freshness - very attractive, early drinking style.
Puligny-Montrachet Le Trezin 2007, Francois & Antoine Jobard @ £39.75/bt
Buy 12 and save 20% £477 £381.60/cs (£31.80/bt)
Minerality and purity are by-words for the Jobard domaine where the wines produced by the father and son team, depending on the vintage, generally require patience to show at their best. However the 2007 is a year that lends itself to drinking now.
Condrieu Deponcins 2007, Francois Villard @ £44.65/bt
Buy 12 and save 25% £535.80 £400/cs (£33.33/bt)
Villard is the master of Condrieu. Shows peachy, apricot fruit as well as a thrillingly nervy minerality. The palate doesn’t disappoint either, with very ripe, fleshy fruit, rich texture and a complex, rich, mineral finish. Very impressive.
Chablis Grand Cru Les Blanchots Vieille Vigne 2006, Billaud-Simon @ £65.05/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £780.60 £702.54/cs (£58.55/bt)
One of the Domaine's finest wines with very good reason - tremendous depth and mineral complexity. Chablis does not get any finer than this and drinking Grand Cru Chablis at Christmas is a pleasure we all know will deliver ample satisfaction.
Red Wines
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2008, Rimbaldi @ £6.29/bt
Buy 12 and save 21% £75.48 £59.40/cs (£4.95/bt)
A wine that represents fantastic value for money. Deep red colour; the bouquet a wine with a full-bodied taste followed by a well balanced tannic finish. Serve with pasta and red meat. Drink now to 2011.
Pinot Noir Reserva 2007, Luigi Bosca, Mendoza @ £11.95/bt
Buy 12 and save 17% £143.40 £119.40/cs (£9.95/bt)
"The cherry-colored 2007 Pinot Noir was barrel-fermented and aged in oak for eight months. It has enticing varietal aromas of raspberry and strawberry leading to a friendly velvety-textured sweetly fruited Pinot with attractive flavors and good length." 90Points,Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Arrocal 2007, Ribera del Duero @ £12.30/bt
Buy 12 and save 19% £147.60 £119.40/cs (£9.95/bt)
‘’Deep ruby. Sexy aromas of black raspberry, vanilla and violet, with a spicy undercurrent. Supple and gently sweet on the palate, offering round dark berry preserve flavors and no rough edges. The finish delivers solid punch and strongly echoes the dark berry note.’’89 Points, Stephen Tanzer
Cabernet Merlot 2007, Lenton Brae, Margaret River @ £13.65/bt
Buy 12 and save 40% £163.80 £99/cs (£8.25/bt)
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot blend. Fruit cake and spice-like floral notes of Petit Verdot. On the palate, there is the blackcurrant rush of Cabernet Sauvignon with mid palate sweetness and fleshy mouth feel of the Merlot.
Château Grand Bert 2006, St-Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux @ £18.35/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £220.20 £198.18/cs (£16.52/bt)
Owned by the Lavigne-Poitevin family for six generations, with Sophie and Laurent being current custodians, this St-Emilion Grand Cru is made from 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Aged in oak for 18 months, it is very approachable, with rich fruit and smooth tannins.
Gala II 2006, Luigi Bosca, Mendoza @ £20/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £240 £216/cs (£18/bt)
Made with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, Gala 2 is a very complex Argentine wine with an intense purple colour. Opulent dark fruit on the palate with a silky, satisfying finish. Great reviews abound for this New World star.
10X Pinot Noir 2008, Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula @ £23.80/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £285.60 £255/cs (£21.25/bt)
Lovely overt raspberry and blueberry fruit and Asian spice on the nose. The palate is bursting with red berry fruit, coffee beans and spice, balanced by fresh acidity. Long and intense finish. Another winner from Australia’s Mornington Peninsula.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2007, Domaine de Cristia @ £25.60/bt
Buy 12 and save 22% £307.20 £239.40 (£19.95/bt)
‘’The dense ruby/purple 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape (90% Grenache and 10% Syrah) is very sexy and rich, with a beautiful nose of blueberry, blackberry, charcoal, and tapenade. Fabulously concentrated, with silky tannins and a layered, rich mouthfeel, this stunning effort is already irresistible, and should drink well for a decade or more.’’90 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Château Lagrange 2003, 2nd Growth, St-Julien @ £35/bt
Buy 12 and save 6% £420 £395/cs (£32.95/bt)
‘’Aromas of blackberry and currant with just a hint of black licorice follow through to a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and subtle ripe fruit, giving licorice and mineral undertones. Complex and refined. Very well done.’’ 92 Points, Wine Spectator
Empyrean 2002, Coonawarra, Australia @ £48.70/bt
Buy 12 and save 32% £584.40 £395/cs (£32.92/bt)
Empyrean is fragrant and perfumed with hints plums currants and cedar. The palate has currant and cedar flavours with fruit sweetness, intensity and balance. The long aftertaste is of black currant and dark chocolate. A worthy flagship wine for this benchmark estate.
Sauternes and Port
Cyprès de Climens 2002, Sauternes@ £19.95/half bt
Buy 24 and save 10% £478.80 £430.92/cs (£17.96/half bt)
After Yquem, Ch. Climens is probably one of the best chateaux in Bordeaux’s Sauternes and Barsac. The second wine, Cyprès de Climens, is deeply impressive.Beautiful nose, with good ripeness and lots of botrytis. Delicious palate, very sweet, with balancing acidity and barley sugar fruit. Elegant, round and racy.
Graham 1994 @ £46/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £552 £489/cs (£40.75/bt)
‘’In a port tasting, tasting Graham's is almost like tasting a big, rich, succulent Merlot after a group of blockbuster, tannic Cabernets. Sweeter and more obvious than many ports, the opaque purple-colored 1994 is fruity, powerful, and rich, with an addictive hedonistic quality. It will be ready to drink in 8-10 years and keep for up to 30. As always, this is a showy, flamboyant port that has the advantage of being slightly sweeter than other 1994s. A great Graham's. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2035.’’
96 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Armagnac
Bas Armagnac 10 Ans d’Age, Domaine d’Espérance @ £46.50/bt
Buy 12 and save 10% £558 £502.20/cs (£41.85/bt)
From the Montesquiou estate in the Grand-Bas-Armagnac comes this superb Armagnac with smooth aromas of vanilla and marmalade and beautifully fruity character. It makes sense to add a bottle or two to your Christmas order.
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