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    Where available, tasting scores and notes are by the
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Or any other wine review source indicated.
     
    SPARKLING WINES from the LOIRE
Made by the Traditional Champagne Method (Méthode Traditionnelle).
In the heart of the Loire Valley; the House Louis de Grenelle makes excellent sparkling wines.
Created in 1859, it remains the last family owned house.
    These Saumur sparkling wines are an ideal substitute for NV Champagne at much lower prices, and their quality leaves nothing to be desired - please try a bottle!
7
75cl
Saumur Blanc Brut
'IVOIRE'
Caves de Grenelle, Saumur
NV £ 8.00 Dry, with lots of body and character
47 75cl Saumur Blanc Demi Sec
'IVOIRE'
Caves de Grenelle, Saumur
NV £8.00 Medium dry, a favourite with the ladies
56 75cl Saumur Rosé Brut
'CORAIL'
Caves de Grenelle, Saumur
NV £ 8.00 Our most popular sparkler; ideal for parties and receptions as it seems to appeal to most palates!
35 75cl Saumur RED Sparkling Wine
'ACAJOU'
Caves de Grenelle, Saumur
NV £ 8.00 Try this for something different; your reception/dinner guest will find this a refreshing change!
36 75cl Saumur Blanc Brut
'TENDANCE'
Caves de Grenelle, Saumur
NV £ 9.00 A lovely cuvee, soft gold, with lovely refreshing lemony taste.
Highly Recommended
22 75cl Saumur Blanc Brut
'GRAND CUVEE'
Caves de Grenelle, Saumur
NV £10.00 A Top cuvee, on a par with good NV Champagne.
           
    ANJOU      
    CHATEAU de CHAMBOUREAU
This is a good address for good value Savennières wine.
   
 
12
75cl
Savennières Blanc 1999 £10.00 Good vintage, fruity, soft and round.
2004-08
5
75cl
Savennières Blanc 2000 £ 8.00 Special BIN END Price
           
    CLOS de la
COULEE-de-SERRANT
The proprietor Nicolas Joly is considered the godfather of Savennières. Connoisseurs have long known of the legendary longevity and quality of his  Savennières coulée-de-serrant wines from the Clos de la Coulée-de-Serrant vineyard which is managed according to very strict Biodynamic principles.
    Really Top Quality for those of you who want the best!
23 75cl Savennières
CLOS de la COULEE de SERRANT
Wine Spectator -
Rather tight now, with a strong, sinewy feel to the ginger, chamomile, orange blossom, quince and humus notes. Almost bony, but it reveals some of its latent flesh with patience in the glass before turning remarkably elegant and lengthy in the end.
2002 £39.00 WS93
2008-25
           
    DOMAINE de CLOSEL
This is one of the top Savennières  estates and well worth seeking out.
Very good wines, which are difficult to obtain in the UK.
   
 
45
75cl
Savennières
CLOS du PAPILLON
Robert Parker - The 1999 Savennières Clos du Papillon offers an exuberant nose of almonds and white flowers. This plump, medium-bodied wine is packed with almonds, marzipan, and loads of well-ripened white fruits. It is rich, broad, and flavourful.
1999 £12.00 RP87
2004-12
12
75cl
Savennières
CLOS du PAPILLON
1998 £10.00 Special BIN END Price
           
    CHATEAU de FESLES
This is a really Top Estate; according to the American Wine Guru Robert Parker, the Bonnezeaux from this domaine deserves to be in a category of its own.
Probably the best sweet wine from the Loire!
   
Bonnezeaux from Ch. de Fesles is:
Made with 100% Botrytised Chenin Blanc grapes, which are hand picked in 5-7 pickings. Fermented in oak casks for 1-2 months, then stored a further 10-15 months in oak barrels before release.
36 37.5cl BONNEZEAUX
(Sweet Dessert Wine)
A
classic sweet dessert wine vintage.
Bright yellow hue with green tints.
Bouquet of fresh fruits, spice and a touch of oak. Very smooth on the palate, great with as an aperitif or with Roquefort or Stilton.
This wine will only improve with further aging.
2002 £18.00 Now-2027
60 75cl BONNEZEAUX
(Sweet Dessert Wine)

As above, but in 75cl bottles.
 
2002 £32.00 2010-35
9 50cl BONNEZEAUX Gift Boxes

As above, but in a special 50cl bottle gift pack.

2002 £46.00 As above but in a special gift pack with a specially created bottle.
A lovely gift for the discerning wine enthusiast!
24 50cl BONNEZEAUX 'Rustica'
(Sweet Dessert Wine)
Wine Spectator -
Concentration and balance mark this white, which is intense yet lively, sweet yet refreshing, with flavours of dried apple, vanilla, peach and honey that linger on the finish. Elegant and harmonious, it will continue to improve with age.
1997 £27.00 WS92
Now-2018

In special 50cl Rustic bottles.

1997 was a TOP Bonnezeaux Vintage - wonderful wine!

36 75cl BONNEZEAUX
(Sweet Dessert Wine)
Wine Spectator -
Concentration and balance mark this white, which is intense yet lively, sweet yet refreshing, with flavours of dried apple, vanilla, peach and honey that linger on the finish. Elegant and harmonious, it will continue to improve with age.
1997 £30.00 WS92
Now-2018

1997 was a TOP Bonnezeaux Vintage - wonderful wine!
36 75cl BONNEZEAUX
(Sweet Dessert Wine)

A wonderfully mature wine, which will be just right with Foie Gras, Roquefort or Stilton.
 

1989 £38.00 Now-2017
           
    CHATEAU de la ROULERIE
This is a good domaine (owned by top estate Chateau de Fels), making very full and round wines, with plenty of substance and fruit. Great value!
     
147 75cl Anjou Blanc
 'Les TERRASSES'
100% Chenin Blanc grapes are hand-picked; wine is aged for 1 month in oak barrels to give it body and structure, then aged a further 9 months on its lees to give it further depth of taste.
2003 £12.00 A really lovely, refreshing yet elegant wine. Lots of aromatic complexity, plenty of exotic fruit with a long finish.

Highly Recommended.
23 75cl Anjou Blanc 2002 £11.00 Classic vintage; lovely fruit with plenty of fruit and body.
12
50cl
Couteaux-du-layon
CHAUME AUNIS
1998 £18.00 Very good sweet white dessert wine.
This will keep for years; Now -2035
           
    DOMAINE de SALVERT
We have recently discovered this very good small 'artisan' vineyard (25 hectares), making very fine wines with lots of care and dedication. Their wines represent great value; especially the sweet Couteaux du Layon - please try a bottle!
    All these wines are on Special Offer as a means of introducing you to this fine domaine.

Please do try some of these wines and let us have your comments!
0
75cl
Couteaux-du-layon 2003 14.00 A very well balanced white aperitif/dessert wine, refreshing and not too sweet.

Lovely by itself or with Foie Gras.
8
50cl Couteaux-du-layon
'GRAIN NOBLES'
2001 £14.00 A really top quality 'late harvest' white dessert wine with lots of depth and structure.
Lovely mouth feel with a long finish. Will continue to improve over the next 10 years with good cellaring!

This wine goes very well Foie Gras, Roquefort Cheese and desserts of white fruits.
           
    CENTRAL REGION      
    DOMAINE
DIDIER DAGUENEAU
Considered one of the top winemakers for Pouilly Fumé; Didier Dagueneau is a perfectionist, with total focus on quality; who is trying to produce Pouilly-Fumés that have grand cru-like complexity, richness and ageing potential.
     
29
75cl
Pouilly Fumé
PUR SANG
Stephen Tanzer -
Light gold. Pungent, incisive citrus and citrus peel aromas-especially lime-with exotic melon, peach, smoked meat and magnolia nuances. Concentrated, spicy and fresh, with tooth-rattling acidity buffered by a sweet, toasty note and deep peach, pear and lemon flavours. Finishes impressively deep and long, with a taut citrus zest character. A real essence of Loire sauvignon blanc.
2004 £59.00 ST93
2007-15
24
75cl
Pouilly Fumé
SILEX
Stephen Tanzer -
Yellow-gold. Exotic, leesy toast, butter and smoke atop rich peach, yellow apple and tangerine aromas. Broad, dense and chewy, with deep, powerful apricot, pear and tangerine flavours and a smoky, buttery quality that persists through the finish. Mineral notes sneak in on the very back, along with building acidity, giving this a taut, citrussy quality. Richer and deeper than the Pur Sang.
2004 £68.00 ST92
2009-18
           
    DOMAINE A. NEVEU
A very good source for top Sancerre.
     
18
75cl
Sancerre Blanc
Le MANIOR
An exotic wine
with a tropical fruit component, honey, melon, with plenty of body and breadth of flavour.
2002 £17.00 A top estate, making excellent Sancerre - we can highly recommend this refreshing wine!
           
    CHINON      
    DOMAINE
OLGA RAFFAULT, SAVIGNY-en-VERON
This is a top domaine that has been making very pure Chinon wines  for 4 generations; in fact  Olga Raffault was the first female vigneron in France!.

The white wine is made in very small quantities, so is usually in demand - it will keep for 10-12 years.
    We import these wines direct from the Domaine and have UK exclusivity.
122
75cl
CHINON Blanc
'LE CHAMP-CHENIN'
2006 £12.00 This is lovely, but only produced in small quantities; so a real rarity
Very 'lively' when young, these white wines will mature for 10-15years and develop very fine mellow taste of honey and almonds - wonderful!
80
75cl
CHINON Blanc
'LE CHAMP-CHENIN'
2000 £12.00

Drinking very will now, lovely and smooth with white fruit aromas. Very full with a very long finish.

           
    SAUMUR      
    DOMAINE DES ROCHES NEUVES
This is a top biodynamic domaine run by Thierry Germain - of the Chateau des Fesles, Bernard Germain family.
The white is extremely elegant with good minerality, and a full round fruit taste. This wine is great by itself or with white meats and fish.
    These wines are very popular in France; so are very difficult to obtain for export to the UK.

The Revue du Vin de France (issue 513), considers this one of the best domaine's in the Loire.
No wonder they are sought after, especially as they are constantly sold-out as only small quantities are made.

 
57 75cl Saumur Blanc
L'INSOLITE
From 70 year old Chenin Blanc vines; cultivated using biodynamic methods.
This is a truly brilliant wine; firm body with lovely penetrating minerality, coupled with plenty of white fruit taste and a long finish to match.

This is  a TOP vintage which can be drunk now or kept up to 10-15years.
2005 £14.00 A really lovely, refreshing yet elegant wine. Lots of aromatic complexity, firm structure balanced by plenty of exotic fruit with a long finish.
A personal favourite!

Highly Recommended.
           
    CHATEAU YVONNE
This domaine produces excellent wine using organic methods from some 12 different vineyard plots; wines are aged in oak for 12-18 months after vinification resulting in very full bodied tasty wines with plenty of fruit, body and structure.
    All these wines are on Special Offer as a means of introducing you to this fine domaine.

Please do try some of these wines and let us have your comments!
4
75cl
Saumur Blanc 2001 £14.00 Special BIN END Price
           
    NANTES      
    VINS de GRANDES CUVEES
We are particularly pleased to introduce you to this high quality and age-worthy Muscadet wine.
They are not your 'normal' Muscadet and are worth exploring.
 
   
Most Muscadet today tends to be thin, acidic or flabby, and drunk too young.
These wines come from some of the best vineyards and are meant to be laid-down to reach their best.
4
75cl
Muscadet Sevre et Maine,
 Sur Lie.
Grand Fief de la Cormeraie
Wine Spectator - 
A lot of flavour intensity, but it's lean and refreshing, a lemon note that leaves the palate clean as a whisper.
2000 £15.00 Special BIN END Price
           
    TOURAINE      
    DOMAINE HUET
This estate is considered to be one of the best Vouvray sources. The wines here are very pure and profound, as well as being age worthy.
     
6
75cl
Vouvray Blanc
La HAUT LIEU Sec (dry)
This is a medium-bodied, well-focused, and opulent wine crammed with layers of almonds, chalk, and candied minerals. Gorgeously pure and silky-textured, it is accessible now and will easily keep for 8-10years.
2002 £12.00 Special BIN END Price
           
 

Page Last Updated 07.11.2008

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Tel: +44 (0) 771 880 6337 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7581 4851 Email: randbwines@aol.com

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