Majestic Wine

Villa Maria Private Bin Merlot Cabernet 2009/2010 Hawkes Bay

This 'Bordeaux blend' comes from various sites within Hawkes Bay, including the famed Gimblett Gravels area, which provides a warm climate and stony, free-draining soils, suiting the Bordeaux grape varieties superbly.

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Esperanza Malbec 2010/2011 Mendoza

This is a rich, ripe wine with plenty of smooth black fruit and warming hints of spice. On the palate it is just as fruity with soft tannins and a long finish.

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Umbral de Los Tiempos Malbec 2008/2009 Familia Alonso

Deep ruby red in colour. The aromas are of ripe bramble and red fruits, with hints of pudding spice and delicate oak. Concentrated and juicy on the palate, with robust but fine-grained tannins.

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RM Nicholson 2009 Rustenberg, Stellenbosch

This wine was named in honour of one of the estate's former owners, Reg Merriman Nicholson, who lived and worked as winemaker at Rustenberg for 30 years, the wine has rich fruit flavours and bold tannins.

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La Posta Malbec 2009 Pizzella Family Vineyard, Uco Valley

Estate owners Pablo and Paula Pizzella are both PE teachers by profession. No doubt they supplement their family's fitness regime by hand-harvesting their 10 hectare Andean vineyard, which sits at the lofty altitude of 930m.

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Viñalba Malbec Touriga Nacional 2009

An intriguing blend of mature-vine Malbec with the traditional Port grape, Touriga Nacional, in a dry and fruit-driven style.

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Catena Alta Malbec 2008 Mendoza

Full bodied on the palate this elegant wine explodes with black cherry fruits and spices like black pepper. Soft tannins follow to a lingering finish.

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  Feel free to mix Fine Wines with “regular” wines to make up your order of 12 bottles (or more!) in total. However, at least 6 bottles must be Fine Wine products, because Fine Wines require special distribution from our temperature-controlled Fine Wine Centre in London. Original wooden cases not available ouside the M25.

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Château de Gaudou Cuvée Tradition 2008/2009 Cahors

Lots of ripe, black fruit with the Merlot rounding out the tannins to give a softer, more approachable appeal.

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Terrazas de Los Andes Selection Malbec 2008 Mendoza

From vineyards situated at over 1000 metres above sea level, this is a Malbec of Mendoza's trademark intensity and purity of fruit, which is further enhanced by use of only the free-run wine.

Marquis de Pennautier Rosé 2010/2011 Cabardès

From the estates of the historic 17th century Château de Pennautier in Cabardès, which is the only region of France to bring together the grapes of Bordeaux and the Rhône in its blends.

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Paul Mas Estate 'Gardemiel Vineyard' Malbec 2010 PGI Pays d'Oc

From a single vineyard plot located 200km from Malbec's birthplace in Cahors, this modern Malbec echoes both the Old World rusticity of Cahors, and the inky fruitiness found in the Malbecs of Argentina and the rest of the New World.

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