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Italy
Tuscany - Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot
- ABV 15.5%
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2016 - 2028
This is Andrea Franchetti’s flagship wine from here, the extremes of southeast Tuscany, the wilds of the Val’d’Orcia. The blend of 60% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot. 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot has been impeccably crafted by Andrea, in line with the complexities of the vintage - bright, complex and poised - lovely wine.
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Italy
Tuscany - Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot
- ABV 13.0%
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2016 - 2028
This is Andrea Franchetti’s flagship wine from here, the extremes of southeast Tuscany, the wilds of the Val’d’Orcia. The blend of 60% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot. 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot has been impeccably crafted by Andrea, in line with the complexities of the vintage - bright, complex and poised - lovely wine.
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Argentina
Mendoza - Malbec
- ABV 14.5%
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2020 - 2029
Deep ruby-garnet, this offers almost white wine aromatics, complementing attractive primary fruit, summer pudding berries and cherries. Wonderfully fresh and enticing, appetising and upbeat, the palate is light and airy - rather lovely in fact with precision and focus through to a crescendo on the finish – stunning.
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France
Burgundy - Pinot Noir
- ABV 13.0%
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2019 - 2023
This is the first vintage that this wine has been made under the new Côte d’Or appellation. It is made from a 2.5 hectare parcel of around 70 year old vines and is 20% whole bunch vinified in 2017. Displaying excellent density for its level, this is substantial, with bright red berries and forest fruits alongside ripe, supple tannins – a bit of a snip.
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France
Bordeaux - Merlot blend
- ABV 14.0%
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2014 - 2032
The palate is sweetly generous with layers of flavour that blossom across the palate, with a barely contained wild quality to the fruit that will require a sustained “imprisonment of bottling” to deploy
its spectacular qualities.
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France
Burgundy - Pinot Noir
- ABV 13.5%
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2020 - 2027
Gilles Jourdan is the sole owner of this exceptional 0.96 hectare holding of blue marl. There are two parcels here, one being 70 years old, the other 40. Very happily (for next year’s offer, that is), this was one of the few parcels at the domaine which was not hit by the hail in 2018. Dark cherries and kirsch on the nose, leading into a palate of forest fruits. This is a longstanding C&B favourite and a wine which consistently punches above its level. 12% new oak.
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France
Bordeaux - Merlot blend
- ABV 14.5%
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2021 - 2028
Black cherry and fine smokiness on the nose, with quite beautiful violet perfume. With more time in the glass, the aromas become more red-fruited and open - very 2015, very accessible. Finely textured on the fore-palate, with charming soft, silkily giving blackcurrant fruit, offset by a detailed tannic framework. You feel this gives a glimpse of what the grand vin might achieve in the future. A showstopper!
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France
Burgundy - Pinot Noir
- ABV 13.5%
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2022 - 2031
This, the highest of the domaine’s vineyards, just above the Clos des Varoilles, comprises one hectare of vines,
with an average age of over 60 years. The soil is very shallow here – just 50cm – over a gravel and limestone bedrock, naturally low-yielding. This has 20% new oak in
2017. A lovely deep ruby colour, with sweet, dark berries on the nose. The palate is sweetly fruited, with a broad, supple entry, fleshy and giving on the mid-palate, coming to a nice grippy point on the finish
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