Vintage: 1997
Type: Bordeaux
Country: France
An excellent wine from St. Emilion made from merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. The flavours were intense and full, which you would expect from a St. Emilion. This wine needs to be decanted and left to breathe, as the wine took some while to open up. Recommended.
Vintage: 2004
Type: Vintage Champagne – Grand Cru
Country: France
This vintage champagne is absolutely outstanding. Everything that you come to expect from Michel Lenique but with that vintage taste and finish. excellent bubbles and a great flavour. Not to be had every day though, save this bottle for a special occasion!
Vintage: Non-Vintage
Type: Champagne – Blanc de Blancs
Country: France – Pierry
This champagne is fantastic. Great overall taste with plenty of small refined bubbles. A gem, if you can find it!
Vintage: Non-Vintage
Type: Champagne
Country: France – Pierry
This non-vintage champagne is a special selection that is available only through 3D wines. The house, Lenique is based in Pierry and they have been around for a long time and know how to make Champagne. This champagne has amazing bubbles, both small and plentiful that seem to last forever. The taste is great and there is almost no after taste. Very good and highly recommended.
Vintage: 2001
Type: Blend of 7 grape varieties
Country: Rioja, Spain
Wow x 10! This wine was for me the highlight of the Tesco Wine Fair 2009. As a fan of their Finca (2004), I knew this blended wine would put a smile on my face.
The seven grapes are blended just right to produce a wine that is worthy to age in oak barrels for three years before being tenderly laid down for a year in bottles. These seven grapes that are perfectly married are Tempranillo (of course!), Graciano, Garnacha, Mazuelo, Viura, Malvasia, and White Granache.
The tannins are rich and the concentration of the fruity flavours is just exquisite. Yummy, yummy! I predict a purchase of a case in my future. At almost £16 per bottle in store, you might think this is over-priced for a Rioja, but believe me, every drop is worth it. Not a red wine for beginners or girly white wine drinkers because they simply wouldn’t know how to appreciate its complex formula.
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Vintage: 1993
Type: Bordeaux
Country: France – Bordeaux
We had this wine with a meal at a club restaurant for our 1 month anniversary.
Wow.
The wine was incredibly balanced with great black cherry flavour and earthy tones. Quite mature and smooth, the edges of the wine were almost clear.
Now I know why this wine is considered one of the best around. Highly recommended, if you can find it. We were lucky as it was part of the club’s cellar and they didn’t overcharge for it.
Vintage: 2003
Type: Shiraz
Country: Australia – Mclaren Vale
I had a bottle of this included in a mixed case and I was unsure what to make of it. I had had Rosemount’s excellent GSM, so I was expecting something special. Boy was I not let down! An excellent wine, that is great now and should last for quite a few more years. I loved the oak flavours and bouquet and the wine had a deep rich crimson colour.
I need to go fine a case of this stuff…
Vintage: 2003
Type: Tempranillo
Country: Spain
I have ordered this wine twice at the Fire Stables in Wimbledon and have not been disappointed. Full of oakey goodness, full bodied and an amazing aroma. Buy it you can find it!
Vintage: 2004
Type: Tempranillo
Country: Spain
This wine is amazing. Great full bodied oaky taste with lovely vanilla and blackberry flavours. Highly Recommended!
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Vintage: 2003
Type: Grenache Syrah Mourvedre
Country: McLaren Vale – Australia
Another amazing wine. Full Bodied and Oaky, with great flavours. Highly recommended.
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