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The Second Wine of the prestigious Premier Grand Cru Classé – Château Lafite-Rothschild – the Carruades de Lafite 2019 reflects the identity of the great terroirs of Pauillac.

The 2019 Carruades de Lafite wine is a beautiful with currant, sweet-tobacco and wet-earth aromas and flavors. This Carruades de Lafite is a medium-bodied with a dense center-palate and tight, polished tannins. Fresh, with tension. This is a powerhouse wine that shows little of the radiance.

This 2019 Carruades De Lafite has a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc.

96 points James Suckling
95 points Decanter
94 points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Casa Ferreirinha Callabriga has a deep ruby colour. This Casa Ferreirinha Callabriga wine has an intense and complex aroma with floral notes, tropical fruit, black and red fruit, spices and a minerality that contains hints of wet shale. Wood of great quality is well-integrated and contributes to the aromatic complexity. On the palate, it has good volume, with excellent, rounded tannins and a fantastic acidity. Further aromas of red and tropical fruit come to the fore, along with floral notes and hints of cocoa, courtesy of an excellent maturation.

Casa Ferreirinha was the first Douro producer dedicated entirely to making table wines, rather than Port. Its origins date back to 1952 when Fernando Nicolau de Almeida produced the first ever vintage of Barca-Velha and kickstarted the quality revolution in Douro table wines. Named after the legendary Dona Antónia Ferreira, one of the formidable widows of the world of wine, Casa Ferreirinha pays homage to the memory of this visionary woman. Today, the winemaking team is headed up by Luís Sottomayor, who restrains the Douro’s natural exuberance to produce wines that have a vibrant freshness allied to a lovely texture and depth.

The 2021 Casa Ferreirinha Planalto Douro wine has a lemon yellow in colour with golden lights. On the nose, intense floral notes stand out with hints of tropical fruit and earthy, slightly shrubby tones. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied with a lively and well-integrated acidity, alongside floral notes and touches of white peaches. This 2021 Casa Ferreirinha Planalto Douro has a long finish and fragrant.

Portugal’s best selling Douro white wine and it is easy to see why. Vinified from grapes grown at high altitude (Planalto translates to “High Plains”) to maintain freshness and delicacy in a hot arid region. A refreshing, mineral rich, citrus, and floral flavoured wine.

The 2019 Casa Ferreirinha Quinta da Leda wine has a deep ruby in colour. This Casa Ferreirinha Quinta da Leda has complex and intense aromas of black fruits, with spicy hints of black pepper and cloves. There are balsamic hints and subtle menthol notes with very well-integrated oak. On the palate, it has fine tannins, with a well-developed acidity resulting in a long finish.

This vineyard in the Douro Superior is used as part of the blend for the legendary Barca Velha. In other years, it shows its qualities as a single-vineyard wine. The 2015 Quinta da Leda is a blend of 50% Touriga Franca, 20% Touriga Nacional and 15% each of Tinto Cão and Tinta Roriz, aged for 18 months in an equal mixture of new and used French oak.

96 Wine Enthusiast
94 Wine Spectator
94 Mark Squires – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The 2019 Casa Ferreirinha Vinha Grande wine has a deep ruby colour and intense aromas of flowers, strawberry and raspberry fruit, a touch of black pepper and well-integrated oak. The palate has well-integrated acidity, velvety tannins, a delicate minerality and notes of red berries. This Casa Ferreirinha Vinha Grande wine is elegant and has a long finish.

Vinha Grande is the second oldest wine of the Douro Valley (behind Barca Velha) and its heritage is noticeable in every sip. The Casa Ferreirinha Vinha Grande 2016 ia a elegant, complex wine with the structure of a fine Bordeaux exhibiting flavours of blackcurrant, leather and subtle oak spice.

The 2020 Cave Valcombe Blanc d’Amour Fendant wine is from the protected by the surrounding mountains, the main valley in Upper Valais and also lower Visper Valley enjoy a very dry, warm steppe climate. The Blanc d’Amour Fendant wine has bright yellow color with the aromas lime blossoms, mineral. This white wine has a round, slightly dry, balanced with nice vitality.

The Cave Valcombe Blanc d’Amour Fendant is the best-known wine from beautiful Valais, Switzerland. The protected name Fendant the local name for Chasselas is exclusively reserved for wine made from the Valais Chasselas grape. Fendant comes from the French word “fendre” (to split), an image recalling the plump ripe grapes that “burst open” with the slightest pressure from your fingers.

The Cave Valcombe Blanc d’Amour Fendant wine is best paired with shrimp and seafood salads, meat and sausages, fish, raclette, fondue, and snails from Burgundy.

This 2022 Cave Valcombe Nuit D’Amour Dole has an intense garnet red color. The Nuit D’Amour Dole has a crisp, fruity nose with fresh hints of black cherry and blackberry. Pleasant berry and flowery notes on the palate. An essential Swiss wine.

The Dôle is a ritual blend of Pinot Noir (majority) and Gamay. The blend of this 2020 Cave Valcombe Nuit D’Amour Dole consists of at least 85% Pinot Noir and Gamay, where the Pinot Noir must dominate. The Dôle is a protected name for this Valais wine.

The 2023 Chain of Ponds Black Thursday Sauvignon Blanc wine is intensely aromatic gooseberry, lychee and paw paw with lifted hints of grapefruit, all integrated with subtle passion fruit, lemon citrus and nuances of peashoots and cucumber. On the palate this Sauvignon Blanc wine is lively and vibrant with intense fruit, balanced acidity and a voluptuous mouthfeel of subtle fruit sweetness.

This 2023 Chain of Ponds Black Thursday Sauvignon Blanc wine is best paired with Fresh seafood, Vietnamese Chicken Salad or equally suited to a lazy afternoon in the sun. For a more peculiar pairing try our suggestion of nachos, poké bowl, chicken sandwiches or chicken nuggets.

The 2022 Chain of Ponds Corkscrew Road Chardonnay wine has an elegant nose displaying lifted primary fruits of peach, grapefruit, rock melon, nectarine and fig with secondary characters of subtle spicy oak and baked brioche. On the palate this Chardonnay wine displays balanced linear acidity and exceptional fruit length with balanced oak and a subtle creaminess on the finish.

This Chain of Ponds Corkscrew Road Chardonnay wine is best with Scallops with sweetcorn purée and pancetta crumb. For a more peculiar pairing try our suggestion of Mac & Cheese, peanut butter toast, Anzac biscuits, buttered popcorn or Hot Cross Buns.

93pts, “Hand-picked and sorted, part wild-fermented in French oak, part on full juice solids, part with eight cultured yeast strains, 20% mlf, 10 months in oak. Skilled winemaking at work, with attractive white peach/melon fruit.” ~ 2021 Halliday Wine Companion

The 2021 Chain of Ponds Graves Gate Shiraz wine has the aromas of redcurrant, fresh raspberries and black olive balanced by plums, hints of mulberry and cedary spice. Lifted sweet notes of vanilla and cashews. The Shiraz has a deep cherry red with slight purple/plum hue. The palate is rich and lively displaying primary red fruits with hints of white pepper and blueberry along with good savoury supporting oak. This Graves Gate Shiraz wine is lively acid and slightly chalky tannins give savoury and textural length to the palate.

The 2023 Chain of Ponds Pilot Block Chardonnay wine has a pale straw with a green hues. The nose shows lifted floral and citrus notes with integrated peach, fig, nectarine and fresh green apple. The fruit is integrated with savoury spicy oak and a hint of vanilla. On the palate there is intense stone fruit characters of roasted peach, fresh nectarine with integrated fig and citrus notes. This Chain of Ponds Pilot Block Chardonnay wine has a savoury oak rounds out the palate with a slight textural edge balancing the creamy soft finish.

The Chain of Ponds Pilot Block Shiraz 2019 has a dark Cherry Red with brick red hue. Intense dark cherry fruits, rhubarb nuances and chocolate on the nose. Dark cherry, chocolate and red stone fruits on the palate. A well balanced acid structure supports the wine while complementing the interesting and persistent sour cherry and fruitcake finish.

The 2019 Chain of Ponds The Cachet Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot wine has a deep cherry red with deep red hue. Intensely complex nose showing dark red fruits, plum, balanced spice of cloves with nuances of smoke, hints of menthol and tobacco. Generous palate of dark fleshy fruits upfront with subtle spice and smokiness.

This Chain of Ponds The Cachet Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot wine has an intense full bodied palate with savoury tannins. Well-balanced acidity with good fruit length balanced with savoury oak tones.

The Charles de Fere Chardonnay Brut Sparkling wine has lovely pale golden color with delicate bubbles. An elegant and expressive nose with aromas of almond and quince. The attack is strong and fine. This Charles de Fere wine has a aromatic expression reveals flavours typical of Chardonnay with floral and toasted nuances.

Quality sparkling wine from the world-renowned French sparkling wine producer, Charles de Fère. Supple and elegant, made with traditional methods of winemaking giving its expressive character.

This Charles de Fere Chardonnay Brut Sparkling wine is perfect as an aperitif, on special occasions like weddings or accompanying seafood. The Alcohol content is 12%.

Awards:
2018 – Chardonnay du Monde – Silver medal
2017 – 1001 DEGUSTATIONSCOM – 2 Etoiles
2015 – Chardonnay du Monde – Silver medal

The 2019 Charles Melton Cabernet Sauvignon wine has a wonderfully complex cigary sweet lift. On the nose, whilst the amalgam of dark fruits holds your interest with a myriad of complementary notes. The attack into the mouth gives an extraordinary sweet plushness with great dark fruits/chicory flavours supported by a fleshy mid palate sweetness that lingers. This Charles Melton Cabernet Sauvignon wine is rich, but not massively constructed wine with a balanced palate of fine proportions.

The 2021 Charles Melton Father In Law is a delicious Barossa Shiraz, a real fruit driven style which will appeal to lovers of big “ballsie” reds. Perfect for the next family gathering. Sweet spicy almost Christmas plum pudding scent, rich and warm. Full but not overly big, showing the typical bit of Clare Valley linear structure in contrast to the Father in Law’s, shall we say, less linear profile.