Cab.Sauvignon
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£9.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1,012cs
Hervé achieves remarkable consistency year on year, but still manages to capture the characteristics of the vintage: his ’14 is delicately perfumed, with an array of dark fruit aromas, and shows crisp acidity yet sufficiently supple tannins to be uncorked now. Six months in new oak might overwhelm a lesser Bordeaux Supérieur, but are just right in this case, contributing extra complexity to the nose and roundness to the palate. A truly marvellous accompaniment to roast beef, lamb or venison.
Will Heslop, Wine Buyer
The blackcurrant fruit is fresh and lifted and a seam of pure gravel runs right through its core. Only old oak is used here bringing an elegance and restraint much more associated with the Old World. This is highly recommended as an alternative for those who enjoy a glass of easy drinking Claret.
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer (Spring 2019)
Bottle
£13.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 50cs
Bottle
£14.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 40cs
Bottle
£16.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Magnum
£29.00
Magnum 6 x 150cl 2cs
This wine is a bin-end, discounted by 30%.
Classic Coonawarra Cabernet, cool blackcurrant fruit with a hint of mint. Lovely intensity. Tannins are fine and well-integrated, good depth across the palate with an attractive ‘juiciness’ to the fruit. Silky and feels very complete already, the benefit of releasing to the market with some bottle age. This is a very fine but generous Cabernet, simply a very impressive wine which will age beautifully (but there’s no need to wait!) Drink 2019 – 2026+
Martyn Rolph, Private Account Sales Manager
The aromas immediately announce the variety, displaying intense characters of blackcurrant, red berry, black olive and a subtle hint of menthol. Combined with the nutty oak aromas, this wine delivers a complex yet elegant bouquet.
The palate of this wine has a perfectly aligned structure, weight and intensity creating a backbone for longevity. The aromas on the nose follow through onto the palate and these full bodied, spicy flavours combined with pin point acidity and firm, grainy tannins deliver a wine of stature and grace. This wine will continue to develop in complexity and interest for as long as you can manage to cellar it.
Winemakers Note
Bottle
£29.75
Bottle 6 x 75cl 53cs
Fiona Hayes, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£29.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 13cs
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 6 x 150cl 1cs
Bottle
£50.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 14cs
Fiona Hayes, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£50.97
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Fiona Hayes, Wine Buyer (winter 2018)
Bottle
£65.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 11cs
Bottle
£89.00
Peter Newton, Private Account Manager
Case price (Magnum 3 x 150cl)
Magnum 3 x 150cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£118.00
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 29cs
Case price (D. Magnum 1 x 300cl)
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle
£198.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Robert Parker
Bottle
£265.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 10cs
Bottle
£385.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs
Case price (Bottle 3 x 75cl)
Bottle 3 x 75cl 6cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum
£450.40
Magnum 3 x 150cl 17cs
Bottle
£465.00
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Case price (Bottle 3 x 75cl)
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Stuart Rae, Fine Wine Commercial Manager
Returning to my original tasting notes, it is clear I must have been utterly captivated by the 2012 Promontory. Descriptors referencing black forest gâteaux, macerated blueberries and baking spices of all kind were scribbled with haste to capture the character of the wine before the next intriguing layer unfurled. On reflection, my initial excitement remains palpable, what a truly glorious offering. The precision and purity on the nose is remarkable, a crystalline clarity like you’re smelling in high definition, there’s lots of everything but not too much of anything. Cherry and blackcurrant fruit is rich and dense, but held in check by granite and cool stone. Left in the glass, a cooling freshness persists. So fine is the interplay of lustrous berries and svelte, silky tannins that, for a red of such grand proportions, it seems almost refreshing. All before a finish that lasts an age. Outstanding and a real joy to drink, an experience any wine lover should aspire to.
Jared Ehret, Private Account Manager
The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
It is adaptable to a wide range of soils, although it performs particularly well on well-drained, low-fertile soils. It has small, dusty, black-blue berries with thick skins that produce deeply coloured, full-bodied wines with notable tannins. Its spiritual home is the Médoc and Graves regions of Bordeaux where it thrives on the well-drained gravel-rich soils producing tannic wines with piercing blackcurrant fruits that develop complex cedarwood and cigar box nuances when fully mature.
The grape is widely planted in California where Cabernet Sauvignon based wines are distinguished by their rich mixture of cassis, mint, eucalyptus and vanilla oak. It is planted across Australia and with particular success in Coonawarra where it is suited to the famed Terra Rossa soil. In Italy barrique aged Cabernet Sauvignon is a key component in Super Tuscans such as Tignanello and Sassicaia, either on its own or as part of a blend with Sangiovese.