2014 North America
Bottle
£29.37
Bottle 12 x 75cl 12cs
Fiona Hayes, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£29.55
Bottle 12 x 75cl 5cs
Fog Monster is the exciting California project from Chris and Andrew Mullineux – the couple behind Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines, one of South Africa’s most iconic names. Andrea is Californian, so in between harvests in the Cape and when visiting family in the US, the couple decided to start a small label – Fog Monster.
They make the wines at a custom-crush facility, working with fruit from some particularly special vineyards. The red comes from Bedrock – the same remarkable site that gives its name to the Bedrock Wine Co.. The vines were planted in the 1880s, and are a complex field blend, dominated by Zinfandel. Thanks to 50% whole-cluster, the wine is fresh and perfumed – with lifted red fruit and spice joining the core of darker fruit. The age of the vines gives the wine remarkable concentration. Layered and rich with fine-grained tannins, it builds to a long spicy finish. Drink now to 2025.
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Bottle
£37.80
Bottle 12 x 75cl 7cs
Light ruby in colour with some paling of the rim, this has pure and lifted red berry fruit aromas with a restraint and herbaceous note that is more commonly associated with Burgundian Pinot. The texture is silky, and the tannins fine-grained, with a supple and juicy coating. There is a spicy character that flows through the wine, which continues on the finish with a jasmine tea note. Drink now to 2028.
Bottle
£38.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle
£53.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle
£63.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs
Fiona Hayes, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£63.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle
£63.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 19cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 11cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 4cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 14cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 15cs
Case price (Bottle 3 x 75cl)
Bottle 3 x 75cl 31cs
The wines from the extremely hot drought year, 2014, were just bottled prior to my visit. The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon reflects the vintage's precociousness and front-end loaded, flattering style. It is medium to full-bodied, shows beautiful fruit purity, deep black raspberry and blackcurrant fruit, moving toward blacker berries. There is a floral characteristic, spice, and a full-bodied, lush mouthfeel with silky tannin. Drink it over the next 25 years.
Robert M. Parker, The Wine Advocate (autumn 2016)
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Bottle
£315.00
Bottle 3 x 75cl 81cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 2cs
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
Bottle
£385.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 7cs
Bottle
£398.68
Bottle 3 x 75cl 2cs
Case price (Bottle 3 x 75cl)
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£456.00
Bottle 3 x 75cl 19cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bright ruby in colour with purple tints, the nose offers prominent pepper spice with red berry and purple fruit aromas. Liquorice and garrigue notes add layers of complexity. The wine has a good level of concentration with balance and finesse. The tannins are powdery with some grip and the wine finishes with a pleasant juicy core. Drink now to 2023.
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Gary Owen, Private Account Manager
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Martyn Rolph, Fine Wine Sales Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd.
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager. Berry Bros. & Rudd.
Peter Newton, Private Account Manager.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Vivid ruby-red. Expansive, spice-accented aromas of red and blue fruit liqueur, Asian spices and candied flowers are lifted by a minerally nuance. Silky, broad and alluringly sweet in the mouth, offering sappy black raspberry, boysenberry and lavender pastille flavors that become more energetic with air. In a seamless, elegant style. A refreshing jolt of minerality adds focus and cut to the impressively long, youthfully tannic finish.
Josh Raynolds, Vinous (autumn 2017)
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