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| Sierra Grande |
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| Central Valley |
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| Sierra Chardonnay 2008 |
(6) |
£5.10 |
£30.60 |
| Sierra Sauvignon Blanc 2008 |
(6) |
£5.10 |
£30.60 |
| The Sauvignon is dry with good fruit and acidity whereas the Chardonnay is a more medium styled wine. |
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| Sierra Merlot 2008 |
(6) |
£5.10 |
£30.60 |
| Sierra Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 |
(6) |
£5.10 |
£30.60 |
| The Merlot is typical of fruit driven new world wines, while the Cabernet Sauvignon is in a rather more traditional style. |
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| Torreon de Paredes |
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| Torreon de Paredes Sauvignon Blanc 2007/2008 |
(12) |
£6.40 |
£76.80 |
| Delightfully fresh elegant and pleasing Sauvignon which is good as an aperitif or with food. |
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| Torreon de Paredes Chardonnay 2007/2008 |
(12) |
£6.40 |
£76.80 |
| Full flavoured but well balanced, this Chardonnay goes well with food. |
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| Torreon de Paredes Cabernet Sauvignon 2004/2005 |
(12) |
£6.40 |
£76.80 |
| A lovely easy well flavoured Cabernet Sauvignon that is a truly excellent example of a wine to drink on all occasions by all ages. |
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| Torreon de Paredes Merlot 2007 |
(12) |
£6.40 |
£76.80 |
| The Merlot deserves special mention. Full flavoured but with quite some style it really does deliver a good glass of wine. |
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| Vina Estampa |
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| Colchagua Valley |
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| Estampa Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2007 / 2008 |
(6) |
£6.10 |
£36.60 |
| Estampa Carmenere Merlot 2007 |
(6) |
£6.10 |
£36.60 |
| Both of these are full bodied, but well balanced wines. The Carmenere / Merlot deserves particular mention and does will with all strong red meat dishes. |
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Estampa Reserve |
(6) |
£7.20 |
£43.20 |
| Sauvignon Blanc 2008 |
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| Estampa Reserve |
(6) |
£7.20 |
£43.20 |
| Carmenere |
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| Andes Peak |
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| Santa Emiliana, Casablanca Chile |
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| The Santa Emiliana vineyards have an increasingly good reputation for consistency and quality and a growing market share in the sale of Chilean wines. |
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| Andes Peak Sauvignon Blanc 2008/9 |
(6) |
£5.35 |
£32.10 |
| This is a perfect partner to salmon an ddelicately flavoured white fish. Not too overpowingly zippy and tangy to spoil their flavour, but with plenty of fruit. |
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| Andes Peak Chardonnay2008/9 |
(6) |
£5.35 |
£32.10 |
| A well balanced and rounded wine, this lovely lemony yellow Chardonnay has a flavour hinting of bananas and pineaples and is particularly good with food. |
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| Andes Peak Merlot 2008 |
(6) |
£5.35 |
£32.10 |
| An excellent example of New World Merlot, round, soft and full of flavour but with good underlying tannins. |
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| Andes Peak Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 |
(6) |
£5.35 |
£32.10 |
Although this wine does not have the full fruitiness of its brother above,
it has a powerful earthy structure typical of Cabernet Sauvignon but ending
with a mellow note. |
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| Andes Peak Reserve 2003/2005 |
(6) |
£6.15 |
£36.90 |
| Cabernet Sauvignon |
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| As you would expect, this is a better structured wine with more ageing potentioal but is drinking well now. |
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Los Vascos |
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| Barons Philippe de Rothchold - Lafite |
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| Los Vascos Chardonnay |
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£7.65 |
£91.80 |
| Very well made wine with good up front fruit. Lovely clean easy drinking. |
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| Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 |
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£7.40 |
£88.80 |
| Still one of the most popular wines to come out of Chile. |
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| Los Vascos Rose 2007/2008 |
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£6.79 |
£81.48 |
| Full of lively berry flavours. |
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| ARGENTINA |
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| Intis |
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| Intis Chardonnay Chenin 2007 |
(12) |
£5.10 |
£61.20 |
| This is easy drinking party wine with druit and style that is excellent value. |
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| Intis Merlot / Malbec |
(12) |
£5.10 |
£61.20 |
| Trying to find value wine under £5 is always a challenge. This is a definate success, soft accessible new world wine that can be drunk with or without food. |
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| Goyenechea |
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| Goyenechea Sauvignon Blanc 2006/2007 |
(12) |
£6.10 |
£73.20 |
| Light, fresh easy drinking with good firm finish. |
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| Goyenechea Chardonnay 2006/2007 |
(12) |
£6.10 |
£73.20 |
| A wonderfully ripe flavoursome chardonnay, but without any oak at all. |
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| Goyenechea Merlot 2006 |
(12) |
£6.10 |
£73.20 |
An excellent glass of New World Merlot, rich and full with a mellowness that
suggests it is perfect for drinking now. |
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| Goyenechea Malbec 2006 |
(12) |
£6.10 |
£73.20 |
| Rich fruit flavours combine well with the tannins. Good. |
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