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Online Catalogue  >  Wines of the Month

Wines of the Month

For February, we've selected a couple of superb wines from our Alto Adige range from northern Italy - a stunning Sauvignon Blanc from Peter Dipoli, one of the regions's best producers, and a splendid Cabernet-Merlot blend from Gert Pomella's Weingut Milla - one of the rising stars of the region. As ever there's a split case of 6 of each wine.

 

February 2010 White Wine of the Month
Sauvignon Blanc "Voglar" 2007
Peter Dipoli
Egna, Südtirol
 Ref: WHITEFEB10
**
Parker rates the 2007 vintage in Alto Adige highly for many whites. He also rates Peter Dipoli very highly, and his Wine Advocate says of his 2006 Sauvignon (to whjch he gave 92 points):-

".......The 2006 Sauvignon Voglar is gorgeous. This is one of the few Italian Sauvignons that reconciles varietally true aromatics with ripe but beautifully balanced fruit. Notes of ripe pears, peaches, apricots, minerals, flowers, and spices all make an appearance as this superb white opens in the glass."

My own note for the 2007...

This wine has a light golden yellow colour, with a nose of spice and minerals, very rich and lush. The palate is powerful, creamy and tropical, with peach and apricot dominating, underpinned by a soft minerality. Nice finish, with good length, minerals and tropicals again. Reallly nice, a good food wine.

It wasn't worth buying the 2006, as there was so little available, so I bought the 2007, of which there is better availability, and which Dipoli himself rates as a better wine than the 2006.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case of this wine £232.32 - offer price £219. 



Price:  £219.00 Including VAT at 17.5%
February 2010 White Wine of the Month<BR>Sauvignon Blanc "Voglar" 2007<BR>Peter Dipoli<BR>Egna, Südtirol

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February 2010 Red Wine of the Month
Centa 2005
Gert Pomella
Weingut Milla, Kurtatsch
 Ref: REDFEB10
**(*)££
"Centa" is a Cabernet-Merlot blend comprises 40% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 40% Merlot. The grapes used are on average younger than those in the other Pomella wine, Milla, and the production process is subtly different - apart from the difference in variety proportions, the barrel-maturation is a bit shorter and is in used oak.

Centa is a woman's name, like Milla, the other Pomella wine. During Roman times a military road ran through the site of Pomella's vineyards, and the origins of the name are believed to be associated with this.

The grapes for Centa are grown on a south-easterly facing slope on clay and limestone soils. The wine is aged 24 months in oak barrels of varying ages prior to blending, when storage in stainless takes over. The bottling finally takes place about 35 months after harvest, and then the wine is aged in bottle a further 12 months before release.

A dark garnet with expressive aromas of cherries and dark fruit. The palate is juicy and dense, packed with super-ripe dark fruit with well integrated oak. Huge length. A powerful wine which is only now getting into its stride - already drinking nicely but with anticipated maturity 2010-2017. Parker gave 91 points to the 2004 vintage of Centa and has yet to rate the 2005.

Serving temperature: 18-20°C; drink with grilled meats and pasta dishes. ABV 14%.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case of this wine £211.56 - offer price £199. 



Price:  £199.00 Including VAT at 17.5%
February 2010 Red Wine of the Month<BR>Centa 2005<BR>Gert Pomella<BR>Weingut Milla, Kurtatsch

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Split Red/White
February 2010
Wines of the Month Case
 Ref: SPLITFEB10

6 each of this month's red and white wines of the month.

 



Price:  £209.00 Including VAT at 17.5%
Split Red/White<BR>February 2010<BR>Wines of the Month Case

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Wines of the month from earlier months

January 2010 White Wine of the Month
Welschriesling 2008
Erich Sattler
Weinbau Sattler, Tadten
 Ref: WHITEJAN10
£
A fresh, zesty fruity Weslchriesling with orchard fruit flavours, and a hint of lemon. Serve chilled as an apéritif or with with a wide variety of foods. Great value.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case £109.68 - offer price £104. 



Price:  £104.00 Including VAT at 17.5%
January 2010 White Wine of the Month<BR>Welschriesling 2008<BR>Erich Sattler<BR>Weinbau Sattler, Tadten

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January 2010 Red Wine of the Month
Zweigelt Reserve 2007
Erich Sattler
Weinbau Sattler, Tadten
 Ref: REDJAN10
*(*)
£
The grapes used to make this wine are from the best vineyards where yields are lower. It was aged in Allier barriques (60% new) for 12 months. A truly huge wine, this does not fail to please. Dark saturated ruby red, nearly opaque. Deep roasted aromas on the nose, with cassis, blackberry, ripe strawberry cinnamon, and vanilla. On the palate ripe fruit with a fine woven structure, good extraction, and hints of sweetness and spice. Hugely juicy and sappy, powerful and complex with soft tannins. Very long finish, with nougat aromas and lots of fruit, yet very dry. Huge length and very good ageing potential.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case £220.08 - offer price £208. 



Price:  £208.00 Including VAT at 17.5%
January 2010 Red Wine of the Month<BR>Zweigelt Reserve 2007<BR>Erich Sattler<BR>Weinbau Sattler, Tadten

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Split Red/White
January 2010
Wines of the Month Case
 Ref: SPLITJAN10

6 each of this month's red and white wines of the month.

 



Price:  £156.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Split Red/White<BR>January 2010<BR>Wines of the Month Case

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December 2009 White Wine of the Month
Graacher Domprobst
Riesling Spätlese (Fuder #9) 2003
Willi Schaefer
 Ref: WHITEDEC09
***
A restrained nose of minerals and gunflint, much more intense on the palate than the nose suggests, with excellent slatey attack highly expressive of the Domprobst terroir, and orchard fruit. Powerful yet refined; rich, intense, persistent with a long dry finish. 8.5% ABV.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case £225

 



Price:  £216.61 Including VAT at 17.5%
December 2009 White Wine of the Month<BR>Graacher Domprobst<BR>Riesling Spätlese (Fuder #9) 2003<BR>Willi Schaefer

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December 2009 Red Wine of the Month
Quinta do Além Tanha
Old Vineyards 2004
Quinta dos Avidagos
Santa Marta de Penaguião, Douro
 Ref: REDDEC09
***
This is an exceptional wine - a real find, and one of the best Portugese reds I have tasted. It's made from a blend of Tinta Roriz , Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, and Carvalha. Decanter named the 2004 vintage one of the best Portuguese red wines in it's price category and described it as "Dusty and developed with a hint of black cherry. Notes of vanilla oak. Round, juicy and complex."

It's a big well-structured wine, with a lovely nose of cream, and a blend of asian spices, which reflect on the palate along with rich dark fruit. There are hints of chocolate, cloves, and nutmeg. It's smooth, velvety, soft, and has superb structure; a huge finish which goes on forever. Probably best to decant and leave to breathe for an hour or so before drinking. Probably one for food.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case £277.80 



Price:  £268.21 Including VAT at 17.5%
December 2009 Red Wine of the Month<BR>Quinta do Além Tanha<BR>Old Vineyards 2004<BR>Quinta dos Avidagos<BR>Santa Marta de Penaguião, Douro

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Split Red/White
December 2009
Wines of the Month Case
 Ref: SPLITDEC09

6 each of this month's red and white wines of the month.

 



Price:  £242.66 Including VAT at 17.5%
Split Red/White<BR>December 2009<BR>Wines of the Month Case

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November 2009 White Wine of the Month
Riesling 2007
Innere Bergen
Weingut Familie Zull
Schrattenthal
 Ref: WHITENOV09

This Riesling is a single vineyard wine, from a south-facing site on an outcrop of urgestein soils. It's a pale yellow, with a nose of fragrant of flowers and ripe stone fruit, and a hint of smoke. On the palate it is juicy, with yellow stone fruit and minerals, a creamy texture and lively acidity. Needs a few minutes in the glass to open up; long powerful finish.

Normal price for a 12-bottle case of this wine £193.20. 



Price:  £186.98 Including VAT at 17.5%
November 2009 White Wine of the Month<BR>Riesling 2007<BR>Innere Bergen<BR>Weingut Familie Zull<BR>Schrattenthal

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November 2009 Red Wine of the Month
Zweigelt 2006
Erich Altenriederer
Traismauer-Wagram
 Ref: REDNOV09
££

A dark brick red, with spice, nutmeg, pepper and earth on the nose. On the palate it's a juicy sappy wine, with spice, cherries, and dark berry fruit flavours. Good length, gamey and spicy. An excellent value Zweigelt.

This wine was selected for the OZ CLARKE 250 BEST WINES 2010 guide - in which the following description appears:-

"Zweigelt is a smashing grape, but it's almost unheard of outside it's native Austria. It's delicious and peppery when it's not quite ripe, but so long as you don't spoil it with too much oak, you can ripen it right up and keep it's character. This is dark purple and the flavour is bursting with fruit and spice - cranberry, red cherry, raspberry and plum, with hints of ginger and allspice and a dryness of stones and wood bark that keeps the wine cool and northern, and leaves the impression of ripe red fruit grown in a forest glade."

 

Normal price for a 12-bottle case of this wine £119.40. 



Price:  £115.46 Including VAT at 17.5%
November 2009 Red Wine of the Month<BR>Zweigelt 2006<BR>Erich Altenriederer<BR>Traismauer-Wagram

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Split Red/White
November 2009
Wines of the Month Case
 Ref: SPLITNOV09

6 each of this month's red and white wines of the month. 



Price:  £151.73 Including VAT at 17.5%
Split Red/White<BR>November 2009<BR>Wines of the Month Case

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