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Sicilian
Syrah - New!
This rich red wine is robust and displays deep colours
underlaid with delicious aromas of ripe cherries,
plums and bitter chocolate. The concentration of berry
fruits, silky tannins and spices wrap tightly together
and blend into a seamlessly fine, lingering finish.
German
Riesling - New!
Medium to full-bodied, this elegant wine has a fruit
packed nose that reveals a full palate of pineapples,
peaches and honeydew melons. This straw coloured,
dry white wine is balanced by a mild streak of acidity
leaving a lasting impression of tropical fruits and
floral tones.
Italian
Amarone
Blesssed with abundant sunlight, the terraces and
valley floors in the Veneto region provide an encouraging
home to the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara grapes.
Deep garnet in colour, this is an assertively full-bodied
wine with a delectable nose of black cherries, dark
chocolate and oak. On the palate it offers opulent
dark fruit flavours cradled by firm tannins culminating
in an almost endless finish.
Chilean
Merlot
The warm dry summers, moderate rainfall and stony
ground in the Maipo Valley, provides a great microclimate
for the Merlot grape. This medium bodied wine offers
elevated succulent juicy berry flavours accentuated
by delicate aroma notes of coffee and vanilla oak.
Ruby red in colour, it boasts of velvety tannins and
a long fulfilling fruity aftertaste.
California
Cabernet Sauvignon
The vineyards in the Central Coast appellation are
so diversely gifted with sun soaked mornings and cool
foggy nights that it fosters intense, mature flavours
a robust tannin structure. This plushly built wine
has intricate layers of luscious black currants and
cherries followed by black pepper laced with toasted
oak resulting in a dramatic finale of flavours.
Australian
Shiraz, Riverland Region
The hot, dry days and cool nights of Australia's Riverland
region are ideal conditions to grow the intense Shiraz
grape. The best examples will be full, yet soft and
rounded out with oak - which is exactly what you will
find in this Shiraz. Warm black fruit and berries
will entice the nose, while flavours of red fruit,
black cherry and chocolate round out the experience.
Washington
Pinot Blanc
The Pinot Blanc grape thrives in the Columbia Valley
and is protected by the Cascade Mountains. It thrives
in dry summers and cold to arctic freezing winters.
These factors come to play in creating a wine that
is refreshingly fruity with zesty citrus and intense
green apple notes. Light straw in colour, this medium
bodied wine's softness makes it very enjoyable when
young. Its no small wonder that this wine is gaining
strong recognition in the New World.
Australian
Chardonnay, Riverland Region
Abundant sunshine, a warm climate, lack of humidity
and controlled irrigation allows growers in the Riverland
wine region of Australia to produce consistently premium
grapes. From Australia's largest wine producing region,
we bring you our Australian Chardonnay. This supple,
elegant wine boasts rich aromas of honey and tropical
fruits while apples, melon and vanilla oak tantalise
the palate.
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