Regional Classic Wines

Foxwood Bruno's Block Chardonnay 2006
Golden coloured, with rich aromas of fully ripened fruit and slight oaky overtones. The palate brings a combination of melon and peach flavours from the beautifully ripened summer berries. The oak is a subtle background influence to these delicious fruit flavours, the result of marvellous vintage conditions in 2006.
13% vol

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Foxwood Dawn Picked Viognier 2006
New to the Languedoc region, Viognier has an exciting future. Straw in colour but with a touch of gold; tropical fruits and floral flavours dominate the palate with some subtle underlying melon characters. A crisp and refreshing light acidity balances the intense fruit characters.
13.5% vol

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Foxwood Old Bush Vine Syrah 2006
A good, deep purple colour with bountiful spicy fruit aromas. Shows a classy balance between alcohol weight and mature fruit flavours delicately spiced with peppery overtones. The tannins are firm but supple in the mouth. Drinks well now but will mature nicely with 1-2 years' bottle aeging.

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Foxwood Gravelstone Merlot 2006
A rich red colour with purple hue and really generous lifted berry fruit aromas. The palate shows some good, ripe berry flavour and a nice touch of oak on the nose carrying through to a soft, ultra-friendly, satisfying drop on the palate.
13.5% vol

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Domaine de La Garelle Chardonnay VDP de Vaucluse 2005
A Domaine produced wine from 8 year old vines and a good yield of 35hl/ha which gives a good quality wine with plenty of body. It has a lovely golden yellow colour with slight green highlights. The nose is flowery with honey, apples and a slight spiciness. The taste is mouth filling with lots of white fruits and citrus but with a hint of sweetness. It has a very smooth finish and a good length.

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Domaine de La Garelle Merlot VDP de Vaucluse 2002
A lovely rich and fruity Merlot from 6 year old vines with a yield of 48hl/ha. It is matured in stainless steel to maintain all the fruit characteristics. It has a purplish colour with slight garnet highlights and a nose full of red fruits and blackberries with a definite smokiness. The taste is of red fruits and a hint of coffee. It has an excellent balance of alcohol and tannins which gives the wine a good overall balance.

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Domaine de La Garelle Syrah VDP de Vaucluse 2004
A lovely purple red with bright highlights, this wine is 100% Syrah from vines of 13 years of age. It is aged in stainless steel to ensure maximum fruit quality. The nose is of good, rich red fruit with hints of truffles and traces of violets. It has rich, spicy fruit on the palate with a good length and a good cellar life is anticipated by the producer.

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Domaine de la Garelle, Cote du Luberon Cuvee Speciale 2003
Garnet red with hints of purple. On the nose it is powerful and complex - raspberries, gooseberries together with plums and cherries The bouquet is at first pleasantly flowery and dominated by violets but then dried fruits come through strongly and these are repeated on the palate. The finish is rich with a touch of roasted almonds. This is a full bodied wine with soft tannins. It is supple, fresh and always inviting. Will cellar well for up to 8 years.

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Dom. de la Garelle, Cote du Luberon Cuvee Pere Antoine Rouge 2001
This cuvee has a fine garnet colour with purple depths. The nose is complex and the scents come through in a particular order. First, red fruit with very faint animal overtones, then flowers, most strikingly violets with a resinous cypress tang. This is followed by dried fruits, vanilla and a touch of pepper. It is very round in the mouth and has a long smokey finish. It is ready to drink now but will improve over another 10 years.

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Chateau Coujan AOC Saint Chinian Gabrielle de Spinola 2004
It is hard to imagine, when standing on the chalk hills of Château Coujan, 140m above sea level, that they were once an old coral area of the Mediterranean. The soil structure coupled with owner Florence Guy's passion, certainly explain the quality of the wines. While her husband works as an architect, Florence runs these beautiful vineyards, which were established by her father way back in 1967. A picture book setting, which even boasts its own 17th Century chapel, this is the kind of place that makes one consider giving up the day job and becoming a winemaker.
A blend of classic southern French grape varieties produces a wonderfully rich and full wine with a deep colour and aromas of dark berry fruits with hints of spices. Soft tannins, a good length and great finesse give this wine a classy feel. Try it - we feel sure you will love it.

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Price: £10.20

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