Nose: Almost earthy nose with soft spices and zesty citrus. Bright.
Palate: Dark sugar, hints of butterscotch, nutmeg, cedar and pepper.
Finish: Develops with white pepper and agave.
Nose: Fragrant toasted barley, dried grass, a little kipper smoke, citrus peels, green apple and brown sugar.
Palate: Honeyed oak and fruity coffee with that Islay peat again making its character gently known. Spicy porridge, lime and dry toast.
Finish: Peaty, peppered oak.
Nose: Good core of juicy barley. Ryvita with salted butter. Cinnamon-dusted-red berries, with a little green apple skin following it up.
Palate: Chomp Bars - lots of chewy caramel and chocolate here. Picks up from lively spice along the way, with a little bit of waxy orange peel on the mid palate.
Finish: Orange lingers. Surprisingly long, with the rye notes from the nose coming back in full force.
Nose: Treacle and butterscotch, with baked pineapple, sweet malt and fig.
Palate: Honeyed cinnamon and barley sugar, with a smidge of salt bringing balance alongside ripe orchard fruit.
Finish: Crystallised ginger lingers alongside vanilla and milk chocolate.
Nose: Pungent, juniper, cardamom, almond, menthol, black tea.
Palate: Spicy and slightly sweet with aniseed and vanila. Piney juniper notes emerge and grow to dominate.
Finish: Spicy juniper finish with delicate liquorice.
The centerpiece of Querciabella's winemaking operations since the winery's debut, Querciabella Chianti Classico has consistently ranked at the highest levels of critical acclaim while delighting wine enthusiasts the world over.Querciabella's Chianti Classico represents the pinnacle of high-altitude, perfectly exposed Sangiovese fruit. A beautiful balancing act of crisp, inviting acidity, pure varietal fruit flavour and character deriving from sourcing the grapes from top sites in three of the the denomination's best sub-zones. A wine and food lovers' delight. Grapes are carefully selected in the vineyards, and harvested by hand into 8 kilo crates. They are destemmed, never crushed, then conveyed into temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, where alcoholic fermentation and maceration take place. Maceration lasts about 12 days. After completing full malolactic fermentation, the wine is transferred into barriques and tonneaux. The oak is 100% French (5% new, remainder consists of second and third-fill barrels). The wine is regularly racked and tasted during the entire maturation period, which may last up to 14 months.
Nose: Berry fruits and sweet cereals. White grape, a touch of black olive and custard cream.
Palate: Vanilla, manuka honey and red berry coulis. Dried figs, banana chips and a touch of spice.
Finish: Truffle and honey.
This French oak barreled wine has an intense bouquet and an extremely full structure on the palate. The body is velvety, harmonious and the complexity deserves a special mention.
Recommended with sauced meat, aged cheese, heavy soups, grilled steak and lamb chops.
A medium bodied red wine with strong fruity aromas of Cherry accompanied with spicy notes of pepper and cinnamon. It is a young wine with a long finish.
Nose: Soft, rich and creamy, with woodspice, cinnamon and dried fruit to the fore. Then notes of butterscotch and roasted nuts arrive, along with soft, fruity touches of mango, menthol and green apple.
Palate: Rich and decadent, with plenty of weighty spice at first – cinnamon, clove and toasty oak – then softer notes of apricot and spring flowers. Lovely soft mouthfeel, and great balance.
Finish: The spices and toasty oak linger longest, softly fading in unison.
Nose: Cherry blossom and green tea provide a floral and sweet aroma.
Taste: Complex, multi-layered, yet harmonious flavour of various botanicals. Traditional gin taste in the base, plus characteristic Japanese botanical notes with yuzu as the top note. Smooth and silky texture.
Finish: The crisp Japanese sansho pepper brings a little spiciness to the finish.
Nose: Soft, approachable, ripe fruit, and old oak with a dash of ginger and honey.
Palate: Soft again with sweet malt, a gentle grainy oak, and a distant smoked honey.
Finish: Delicate and smooth.
Saint Clair Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 has aromas of sun-kissed dark berries, boysenberry and freshly picked blackberries, are interlaced with toasted wood notes and a hint of dark chocolate. The palate is full of sumptuous dark berries, layered with freshly ground coffee beans and dark chocolate. A hint of cinnamon spice leads into a savoury finish.
Tropical notes of passionfruit, grapefruit and blackcurrant combine with salty mineral notes. The palate is rich and weighty and full of flavours of grapefruit and blackcurrant along with green notes of nettle and capsicum. A subtle sea salt character leads to a long lingering mineral finish.
Loaded with notes of black olives and black cherries, the full-bodied 2017 Gigondas is rich and velvety in the mouth. I'm not sure it's quite as good as the 2018, but it's certainly no slouch, with a long, silky finish that picks up a hint of cocoa.
Nose: Sweet with spices and stem ginger in syrup. Orange zest, freshly ground black pepper and mixed peels.
Palate: Thick, spicy palate with notes of Seville orange marmalade and allspice. Peanut butter, toffee and barrel char develop later on.
Finish: An oily, spicy finish
Soft white wine, intriguing and inviting, made with Garganega and Chardonnay grapes, with a straw yellow color with greenish reflections and the scent of white flowers, jasmine and citrus fruits
Nose: Soft vanilla and sawdust as it opens, leading on to notes of dried fruit and mixed nuts.
Palate: Drying at first with oak and cinnamon, before hints of fresh apple and caramelised pear bring a juiciness to the palate.
Finish: A very subtle touch of smoke develops underneath toffee and blueberry on the finish.
Nose: Floral, summer meadow notes, followed by mellow rounded juniper and zesty, citrus freshness.
Palate: Gentle mouthfeel, with initial dry juniper joined by growing sweetness, showing lemon tart & orange marmalade, garnished by a wave of fresh lemon zest, followed by bolder juniper & light dryness, before all the flavours harmonise into one integrated taste.
Finish: Dryness leads, with spicy juniper & a hint of lemon tart emerging.
Nose: Clean with white pepper spirit and very faint coffee bean and vanilla notes.
Palate: Very slight sweetness and creamy mouthfeel. Subtle grainy notes and black pepper spirit with faint liquorice and mocha coffee.
Finish: Clean peppery finish with faint mocha coffee.
Nose: Clean with faint black pepper and charcoal.
Palate: Again very clean. Subtle minerality with cracked black pepper spice. Faint sensation of peppermint freshness.
More cracked black pepper spice with chargrilled peppers.
The Nik Weis St. Urbans-Hof Estate Riesling "From Old Vines" represents everything you can expect from a fine Riesling from Germany's renowned Mosel Valley. A classic representative of Mosel Rieslings. This wine opens with the delicate aromas of refined fruits. Artfully balancing sweetness with acidity, it fuses freshness with filigreed minerality to deliver a simple, sincere white wine for every day.
Nose: Flinty, mineral, charcoal and cracked black pepper.
Palate: Cracked black pepper with slight sweetness, creamy mouth feel and hint of aniseed, liquorice and sweet citrus.
Finish: Slightly sweet with cracked black pepper. Hints of grainy aniseed, liquorice and charcoal.
Nose: Complex Indian spices are well integrated with piney juniper, nutty angelica and lime led zesty citrus.
Palate: Zesty citrus and assertive spice but neither overwhelm the juniper.
Finish: Earthy and cinnamon spiced with sweet liquorice.
A refreshing, light, semi-dry wine bursting with tropical fruits like pineapple, pear and green apple. The perfect aperitif wine! Also terrific with food that has a hint of sugar and spice, such as Thai and Gujarati cuisines. Serve well chilled.
Our Dindori Reserve Viognier is an exotic elixir of peach and lychee flavours. Floral, spicy, stunning. Great as an aperitif and terrific with spicy food. Serve well chilled.
Sula's Riesling is a fruity aromatic wine with hints of Green apples, Guava and Capsicum. Best enjoyed nicely chilled, Riesling is a versatile wine for pairing with food, because of its balance of sugar and acidity. Pairs well with Indian, Thai and Chinese cuisine. Serve well chilled.
This is the wine that made the world sit up and take notice of Indian wine. Herbaceous, crisp and dry, with aromas of bell peppers, intermingled with tropical fruits like passion fruit and gooseberry (amla) with a racy, zingy finish.