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Tasting
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LAMBORGHINI
Yes, these are the same people who make the ultra fast and expensive sports cars, which may say something for the wine! |
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30 |
75cl |
Campoleone
RP -
One of the most spectacular wines made in Italy, this
unfined/unfiltered, Merlot/Sangiovese blend (about 3,400 cases
produced) boasts an extraordinary perfume of saddle leather,
smoke, cassis, prunes, and plums. Rich, full-bodied, and
voluptuously-textured, with layers of concentrated fruit, a
magnificent seamlessness, and a huge, explosive finish. It is a wine of great stature as well as intensity. |
2000 |
£39.00 |
RP95
2002-17 |
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24 |
75cl |
Campoleone
RP -
This famed 50%
Merlot/50% Sangiovese blend comes from a parcel of just under 20
acres. The compelling 1999 Campoleone (20,000 bottles produced)
was aged in 100% French oak and bottled without fining or
filtration by oenologist Riccardo Cotarella. A dense opaque
purple colour is accompanied by scents of new saddle leather,
blackberry and cassis fruit, liquorice, roasted meats, and
graphite. Full-bodied and sweet, with a fabulous texture, ripe
tannin, adequate acidity, and brilliant definition, this is a
tour de force in winemaking. |
1999 |
£69.00 |
RP96
2001-16 |
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MASCARELLO, GIUSEPPE
Yes, this is a really
excellent source for wonderful Barolo wines at fair prices.
Try the Monprivato, but give time to age in your cellar! |
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10 |
75cl |
Barolo Monprivato
RP -
The 2001 Barolo
Monprivato, a light to medium red, represents the highest level
of elegance, with a captivating nose of roses, tar, orange peel,
cinnamon and liquorice, followed by layers of sweet dark fruit
and minerals that evolve in a never-ending counterpoint of
aromas and sensations, with much depth, precision and freshness
on the finish. Everything is perfectly in balance here – still
my guess is that this great wine is showing only a hint of its
potential. It is one of the finest Monprivatos in recent memory
and a wine no one who is passionate about Barolo should be
without. |
2001 |
£51.00 |
RP95
2009-26 |
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PICCOLOMINI, CIACCI
Top wines at affordable prices! |
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29 |
75cl |
Ateo Rosso Toscana
RP - The 1998 Ateo (a blend of 60% Sangiovese and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon) is a gloriously ripe, full-bodied, velvety-textured effort with a dark ruby/purple colour, plenty of smoky, earthy, blackberry, cherry, and currant fruit, a touch of graphite, decent acidity,
and a seamless, opulent, voluptuous finish. |
1998 |
£19.00 |
RP93
2001-13 |
| 31 |
75cl |
Rosso di Montalcino
RP - Ciacci Piccolomini's 2000 is the finest Rosso di Montalcino I have ever tasted. This deep ruby/garnet-coloured, outrageously rich Rosso boasts an explosive bouquet of smoke, dried herbs, black fruits, tobacco, and fruit cake.
Luscious and opulently-textured, with a sensual, velvety-textured feel that cascades over the palate with no hard edges. |
2000 |
£17.00 |
RP91
2002-10 |
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PIRA,
LUIGI
A top Barolo address, making great wines at prices that are fair considering their quality! |
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21 |
75cl |
Barolo
Margheria
RP - The dark plum-coloured 1998 Barolo Margheria exhibits structure as well as a backward character.
It is full-bodied, with outstanding concentration, offering notes of chocolate, black cherry liqueur, spice box, and earth. There is plenty of glycerine, moderate tannin, and a long, 40-second finish in this tightly-knit effort. |
1998 |
£37.00 |
RP94
2001-17Great Barolo Year! |
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SCAVINO, PAOLO
One of our favourite Barolo estates, making wines in a more modern, easy to drink style. Lots of fruit, body and style. |
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27 |
75cl |
Barolo
ST - Good full red. Musky aromas of cherry and redcurrant. Sweet and chewy, with very good clarity of flavour, if a bit reduced today. Firmly built
Barolo with plenty of dimension, offering solid structure and good verve for the vintage, not to mention personality. Finishes long and firmly tannic. |
2000 |
£27.00 |
ST90
2005-14
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75cl |
Barolo
Bric dell Fiasc
RP - A dramatic, provocative effort is the 1998 Barolo Bric del Fiasc. It possesses awesome levels of concentration,
considerable power, immense body, and a fabulously pure, concentrated style. With impressive quantities of black fruits, liquorice, minerals, asphalt, earth, and truffles, this Barolo is notable for its purity, high extract levels, and seamlessness. |
1998 |
£52.00 |
RP94
2004-18Great Barolo Year! |
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14 |
75cl |
Barolo
Bric dell Fiasc
RP -
From a well-known
Castiglione Falletto vineyard, the 1997 Barolo Bric del Fiasc
reveals the essence of cherry jam in its massive constitution.
It is a powerful, full-bodied effort displaying pronounced black
cherry liqueur-like aromas and flavours, huge extract and
glycerine, and 14.5-15% alcohol. Remarkably pure, delineated,
and balanced for a wine of such massiveness. |
1997 |
£62.00 |
RP95
Now-2020TOP Vintage! |
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SIMONELLI-SANTI
Aristocratic estate making very good dessert wine. |
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15 |
50cl |
Vin Santo
(Sweet Dessert Wine) |
2000 |
£17.00 |
Made mainly from Malvasia and Trebbiano, the grapes are dried in open lofts prior to pressing. The wine is then stored in small barrels for 3 years prior to release.
Top Quality! |
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TENUTA dell'ORNELLAIA
One of the TOP Tuscan
estates making the famed Ornellaia and Masseto wines.
We have decided to be more modest; and will
feature their 'drinking' wines which are very well made by the
same top wine maker, but priced for enjoyment without breaking
the bank! |
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24 |
75cl |
Le Volte
A blend of Sangiovese,
Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Pleasant red cherry and smoke aromas are complemented by mint
and spice. Soft and sweet on the palate, with juicy flavours of
red cherry and plum fruit. |
2006 |
£16.00 |
2008-14
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TINAZZI La BASTIA
A very good produces, his wines are hard to get hold of, especially in a great vintage like 1997! |
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75cl |
Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico |
1997 |
£32.00
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Top quality vintage; drinking well now and until 2020. |
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75cl |
Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico |
2001 |
£29.00
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Another fine vintage, which will keep to 2030:
Wonderful slightly sweet opening flavours lead through a complexity of tastes to that bitter spicy finish -just what Amarone should taste like. |
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VALDICAVA
One of the very best
Brunello producers, wines are very classic, with lovely full
flavours. |
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42 |
75cl |
Brunello di Montalcino
WS -
Dark-coloured, with
intense aromas of ripe fruit, coffee and toasted oak.
Full-bodied, with a depth of ripe fruit and delicious black
liquorice flavours and silky tannins. Beauty. |
1999 |
£47.00 |
WS94
2006-22 |
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VALDIPIATTA
Another family business focusing on quality, they regularly get top marks from the Italian wine press! |
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9 |
75cl |
Vino Nobile
di Montepulciano
RP - The 2000 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, a dark ruby, offers the warm, ripe, almost roasted nose of a hot vintage. The
ample flavours, dense and rich, upholster the palate with velvety tannins, and the concentration is balanced with much suppleness and roundness. |
2000 |
£24.00 |
RP90
2005-12 |
| 22 |
75cl |
Vino Nobile
di Montepulciano
Vigna d'Alfiero
RP - The spectacular 1999 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Vigne d'Alfiero boasts a saturated ruby/purple colour as well as a compelling perfume of blackberries, currants, new saddle leather, and espresso.
Dense and full-bodied, with great fruit, elegance, and succulence/suppleness. |
1999 |
£29.00 |
RP92
2004-17 |
| 6 |
75cl |
Vino Nobile
di Montepulciano
Reserva
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1995 |
£28.00 |
An excellent vintage; an intense and complex wine with rich and powerful flavours.
Now - 2015
Has won a Silver Medal at the International Wine Challenge 2000 in London.
Bin End Price |
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VOLPI
Our favourite 'value for money' estate; try these wines, I am sure you will not be disappointed! |
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29 |
75cl |
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
'Bucaro' |
2001 |
£10.00 |
Made from organically grown grapes; full of fruit and flavour.
Judicious use of oak that gives this wine a very smooth structure.
Wonderful with pasta and pizza! |
| 36 |
75cl |
SU SU SU
Made from a blend of 95% Barbera and 5% Cabernet; this is an intense wine with a rich velvety taste with powerful flavours of red and blackberry fruits. |
2001/3 |
£12.00 |
A firm client favourite: goes well with Cheese, Pasta and Red Meat dishes. Has a long expansive finish and will provide great pleasure.
Now-2010 |
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