Unique Wines
Almost all the wines we stock are quite unique. Many are from rarely seen varieties, or products of heroic winemaking, reflecting the terroir and the style of the producer in very distinctive ways.
But there are some wines which take unique to a different degree - to puzzle and delight and surprise even very jaded wine experts.
Brut Rosé 1er Cru Nature (ZERO DOSAGE) Champagne Roger Brun Aÿ-Champagne SOLD OUT Ref: 3388021
Once in a while we come across something very special, and this wine is just that! The first time I visited Brun, this wine had not been released for sale, but I was offered a taste of the zero dosage version, which would not normally be offered for the UK market. But this wine was just fabulous and I managed to get hold of a limited amount.Composition is 90 % Pinot Noir, 10 % Pinot Meunier, from Mareuil/Ay and Mutigny. It's made using saignée - like a red wine, but the maceration is shorter, one or two days instead of the minimum 5 days for red wine production. Vinification is in stainless steel. It's only made in good years, with very mature grapes from old vineyards, and in small quantities. Fruity and intense, crisp and of course very dry, with a long lingering finish. Stunning stuff, very moreish indeed.
Philippe Brun describes it thus:- "Rare! Made the authentic way, direct from harvest.".
Was: £31.80 (Including VAT at 20%)
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Dornfelder QbA Trocken 2009 (RED) Weingut Kollmann-Lex,Thörnich) SOLD OUT Ref: 4930072
This is a treat. A very dark inky ruby red, approaching opaque, this wine has a nose whch is creamy and earthy with notes of cooked dark berry fruit. On the palate there is full, ripe dark fruit - loganberries and blackberries - with a chalky, earthy overtone, and a slightly herbal note. Lovely creamy texture, and good length, with some spice on the long finish. This really is a lovely wine, and quite a find. Can be drunk on its own, or with food (pork schnitzel, spicy sausages work well).12.5% ABV, 2g/litre residual sugar, 5.3g/litre acidity. Serve 14-16°C - also works well chilled - treat as you ould a mid-weight Beaujolais Cru, like a Chiroubles or Côte de Brouilly.
We are delighted that this wine has been selected for the OZ CLARKE 250 BEST WINES 2011 guide - weighing in at number 76 out of 250 - in which the following description appears:-
"Red wines in the Mosel, whatever next? Red grapes need warmth and the ultra-cool Mosel has always been a light white domain. Yet here we are in the very good Riesling village of Klüsserath with a really lovely red. If that isn't proof of global warming... Actually Dornfelder performs best when it's not too hot and this is a lovely ripe yet cool style, scented with apple blossom and orchard leaves, flowing with a plum and apple juice sweetness and acidity that softens its minerality and fades away to a scented lingering aftertaste."
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Was: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)
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1. Dornfelder QbA Trocken 2011 (RED) Weingut Kollmann-Lex,Thörnich) (Ref: 4912004)2. Graacher Domprobst Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) Trocken (RED) 2009 Weingut Philipps-Eckstein (Ref: 4930099)
