From the Spanish, family owned Bodegas Faustino, the 2001 Faustino I Reserva is made with mostly Tempranillo grapes, along with Graciano and Mazuelo. It was aged in a mix of French and American oak barrels for 26 months before being bottled. A good red wine also calls for a gorgeous bottle, hence why this comes in a frosted bottle with a traditional portrait on the label.
Smooth and well rounded.
Faustino – I – Gran Reserva
18 Months in French & American Oak!
With its smoky black fruits and cinnamon spice, this is a lesson in how to age gracefully.
Delicious with crispy duck or roast lamb.
Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva 2006 Red Wine
From http://www.winesfromspainusa.com/wine/campo-viejo-reserva
Tasting Note
One of the stalwarts of old-school Rioja, Campo Viejo’s Reserva shows a mushroomy, toasty, and forest floor nose, and rather than a big and lush fruit basket of aromas, this has red cherries and currants, as well as darker cherries and plums. The mouth is round, almost lush, though tartness (even citrus!) and stoniness garner just as much attention as the riper fruits. The finish has length and toasted mushrooms. Drink now or in the next five years.
Wine Description
Produced in a typical Rioja style, Campo Viejo displays a fruit-driven influence. The wines show good fruit concentration and balance influenced by the use of American oak, which is the hallmark of Campo Viejo. The wine expresses a complex nose of blackberry, cherry, and black plum balanced with aromas of clove, pepper, vanilla, and coconut. On the palate, it is a smooth, full, elegant, and balanced wine with a long finish.
About the Winery
This cutting-edge DOCa Rioja winery was fully operational starting with the 2002 vintage and is situated at the premium estate of Santa Cruz, which borders the old Roman road from Logrono to Fuenmayor. Built underground and covered entirely by vegetation, the winery not only offers the latest in winemaking facilities to ensure the utmost attention to quality, but also serenity, stable humidity and temperature, as well as natural ventilation. Campo Viejo sources grapes from its own high-quality estate vineyards surrounding the winery, where the soils are perfectly balanced with sand, loam, and clay. Additional grapes are sourced from controlled vineyards within the Rioja Alta region, where the growing cycle, viticultural practices, and grading are strictly controlled by the Campo Viejo winemaker.
Baron Philippe de Rothschild is a French Red wine that is created from a single grape variety being Pinot Noir. It is rich purple red in colour with deep plum and red berry fruit aromas. On the palate it is deliciously creamy with milk chocolate flavours melting in to the mouth mixed with wild red berry fruits.
Tasting notes
Rich purple red colour, with deep plum and red berry fruit aromas. Luscious, soft and fruity.
Baron Philippe de Rothschild Pinot Noir Red Wine
Les Galets Roulés, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
2012
15% | 6x75cl | cork
Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre
France | Rhone
Boutinot France Rhone
The One-Liner
Châteauneuf-du-Pape for the modern wine drinker. Dangerously enjoyable!
Tasting Notes
Garrigue aromas lead to a palate of sweet, ripe fruit and liquorice flavours. A traditional and classic style of Châteauneuf-du-Pape with a bit of a twist.
Les Galets Roules, Chateauneuf du Pape 2012
Château Ramage La Batisse, AOC Haut Médoc Cru Bourgeois, and Chateau de Belcier, AOC Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux, are high-quality producers in the Bordeaux area of France, with 650,000 bottles produced per year. The wines’ quality is demonstrated by the regular awards, medals and mentions in the sector’s reference guides.
Mellow, ripe and profound fine red with cedar wood, cassis and liquorice complexity; an absolutely classic Haut Médoc Cru Bourgeois with 10 Gold Medals since 2003!
Château Ramage La Batisse Red Wine Bordeaux Cru Bourgeois 75cl (Single bottle)
If you’ve ever wished you’d bought great vintage Cru Bourgeois claret years ago so you could enjoy it now, at perfect maturity, and congratulate yourself on its outstanding value vis à vis current vintages, Château Ramage la Batisse Haut-Médoc 2003 is a godsend.
From Bordeaux himself, our Buyer Jean Marc has many friends in the region and was contacted by one about this 2003. The family had held onto the wine, but now needed space in the cellar, so were offering it at a great price.
With an amazing 10 medals to its name and its ripe, rounded harmony of flavours, the wine was a must have. All cedar wood, cassis and liquorice complexity, this is classic Haut Médoc. Stand the bottle upright a few hours, then decant before serving with lamb.
The medals won are as follows:
– GOLD Medal at the 2006 Concours des Grands Vins de France
– GOLD Medal at the 2007 Korea Wine Challenge
– GOLD Medal at the 2008 Vinalies (China)
– SILVER Medal at the 2006 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
– SILVER Medal at the 2006 Austrian International Wine Challenge – Vienna
– SILVER Medal at the 2006 Mundus Vini International Wine Competition (Germany)
– SILVER Medal at the 2011 Concours des Meilleurs Vins Francais en Asie (Hong Kong)
– SILVER Medal at the 2009 Selections Mondiales Des Vins De Canada
– BRONZE Medal at the 2011 Cathay Pacific International Wine and Spirit Competition (Hong Kong)
– BRONZE Medal at the 2011 Wine Style Asia Awards (Hong Kong)
And in the press:
– 87pts in Wine Spectator (USA) in 03,
– Recommendation and 3 Stars in Decanter Magazine (UK) in 06
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