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NiePOoRTland Tawny Dee Port Half Bottle
£10.95
Niepoort have been making wines and ports in the Duoro Valley since 1842, the business being passed through five generations. The Tawny Dee originates from low-yielding vineyards in Cima Corgo region of Douro Valley with an average age of three and a half years
Tawny Dee is very well balanced with youthful fruity flavours and complex hints of dried stone fruits and delicate nutty aromas. Drink with nut-based desserts, fruit pies, crème brûlée and non-blue cheeses. A smaller bottle that’s perfect for just a little tipple!
NiePOoRTland Ruby Dum Half Bottle
£10.95
Niepoort have been making wines and ports in the Duoro Valley since 1842, the business being passed through five generations. The Ruby half of the Niepoort ‘twins’ is a classic rich Ruby, with assertive bright primary fruit.
Ruby Dum retains its youthful, strong character, dominated by red cherries and plums with great freshness from ageing in large wooden vats in the cool cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia. Pairing well with dark chocolate desserts, cheddar, gouda and brie cheeses. A smaller bottle that’s perfect for just a little tipple!
Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla En Rama 37.5cl
£11.95
A fine Manzanilla that’s powerfully aromatic. Fresh, with a salty tang, with plenty of acidity together with a very satisfying lemon twist to the finish. A natural Product with plenty of colour, weight and concentration.
Bodegas Diez-Merito Bertola Manzanilla Sherry
£12.95
Similar to Fino but produced closer to sea, this Manzanilla has young fruit notes and pastry aromas, followed by a light and delicate palate of almonds and salty hints.
Bodegas Diez-Merito Bertola Fino Sherry
£12.95
Bone dry with a fresh, feisty piquancy. Plently of nut aromas and flavours with a ripe salinity. It makes a great aperitf but also pairs with different tapas dishes in cluding chorizo and calamari.
Diatomists Manzanilla Sherry 375ml
£12.95
100% Palomino and aged for 5 years in bota, this is an invigorating white wine with a subtle, floral, mineral nose. Great intensity with sea breeze salinity running through an impressive structure, there is tension on the palate. The yeasty, baked bread flavours are in balance with apricots and golden apples. In the mouth the texture is silky and round, with an extremely long and clean finish. A unique style of Manzanilla to be served chilled with food or as an aperitif.
Lacuesta Vermouth Blanco
£13.95
Twenty plants and herbs are used in preparing this white vermouth. The nose shows soft flower aromas (chamomile or mint) with some vanilla sweetness. The palate is smooth, with flavours of liquorice, cinnamon and ginger. It should be served cold, accompanied by a slice of lemon and an olive.
Barbeito Boal 5 Year Old Reserva Madeira
£14.95
Barbeito are one of the smallest Madeira Wine producers, only founded in 1946 but has an extraordinary reputation. Ricardo, the founder’s grandson took over in the ‘90’s, reinventing the traditional wines and techniques. He was the first to bottle Madeira wine without adding caramel and has also bottled from a single cask, which was once a traditional way.
A medium sweet wine with aromas of dried fruit, honey and floral notes. It has a slight smokiness on the palate yet finishes fresh and tangy. Delightful on its own, but partners very well with semi-sweet dishes (such as poached figs, ginger cake), and can be very successful with a cheeseboard.
Sivipa Moscatel De Setubal
£16.95
SIVIPA is the company name for all the wines produced by the Cordoso family, the vineyards are distributed between siblings and cousins as inheritance from previous generations. The main winery, Quinta do Piloto is in Palmela and is one of the only few producing Moscatel Roxo as a varietal wine.
Described as an entry-level fortified wine but this is so much more. There’s dried fruit, caramel, spices, florals and especially citrus orange peel. Sensational wine!
Barbeito Rainwater 5 Year Old Reserva Madeira
£16.95
Shipped by Sail from Madeira!
Barbeito are one of the smallest Madeira Wine producers, only founded in 1946 but have an extraordinary reputation. Ricardo, the founder’s grandson took over in the ‘90’s, reinventing the traditional wines and techniques. He was the first to bottle Madeira wine without adding caramel and has also bottled from a single cask, which was once a traditional way.
Recreating the classic style of Rainwater, medium dry in character. Dried fruit, orange blossom and crystallized fruit aromas with a soft yet full bodied palate and a long minerally finish. An excellent aperitif, but also wonderful with French Onion Soup, Welsh Rarebit, cheeseboard, mushroom dishes, and game terrine.
Emilio Hidalgo Pedro Ximenez
£17.95
A rich, yet complex expression of Pedro Ximenez. Rounded, layered, and sweet, with maple, chocolate and raisins, perfect as a digestif or poured over vanilla ice cream. A sweet dessert wine that manages not to be overtly cloying, yet still with that classic stickiness.
Diatomists Oloroso Sherry 375ml
£17.95
Brilliant mahogany lights up the glass and prepares you for an alluring toasted hazelnut aroma. Made from 100% Palomino aged for 12 years in bota, this is a very silky and fine Oloroso with a luscious feel in the mouth. Orange peel gives a pronounced freshness to complement a backbone of brooding, nutty flavours. On the end the solera comes to the fore leaving a vanilla and cigar box finish which is persistent and long. The perfect accompaniment with game or after a meal with or without cheese.
Barbeito Malvasia 5 Year Old Reserva Madeira
£18.95
Barbeito are one of the smallest Madeira Wine producers, only founded in 1946 but has an extraordinary reputation. Ricardo, the founder’s grandson took over in the ‘90’s, reinventing the traditional wines and techniques. He was the first to bottle Madeira wine without adding caramel and has also bottled from a single cask, which was once a traditional way.
Aromas of toasted almonds, honey and hints of smoke. Lightly caramelized fruits bring a freshness on the palate. A sweet wine, but with great balancing acidity. This really complements desserts with caramel, dried fruits and toffee.
NiePOoRTland Ruby Dum Port
£19.95
Niepoort have been making wines and ports in the Duoro Valley since 1842, the business being passed through five generations. The Ruby half of the Niepoort ‘twins’ is a classic rich Ruby, with assertive bright primary fruit.
Wonderful, rich Ruby Port full of cherry and plum flavours. Fantastic ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired labels, it’s even shipped to England by sailing boat! Pairing well with dark chocolate desserts, cheddar, gouda and brie cheeses.
NiePOoRTland Tawny Dee Port
£19.95
Niepoort have been making wines and ports in the Duoro Valley since 1842, the business being passed through five generations. The Tawny Dee originates from low-yielding vineyards in Cima Corgo region of Douro Valley with an average age of three and a half years
Tawny Dee is very well balanced with youthful fruity flavours and complex hints of dried stone fruits and delicate nutty aromas. Drink with nut-based desserts, fruit pies, crème brûlée and non-blue cheeses.
Seven Of Hearts Coupe’s Cuvee
£19.95
The sixth vintage of this release, the 2015 wine is the first to be sourced from the Luminous Hills vineyard in Oregon. Aged in French oak for two years and then fortified with brandy from Pinot Noir grapes, this is ultimately a Pinot Noir. A sort-of Port, with tawny characteristics and richness, it pairs well with cheese, chocolate and also fruit or cream based pastries – creme brulee or even an eclair!
Pineau des Charentes Rastignac
£21.95
Taking it’s name from the ambitious character in Balzac’s Pere Goriot, this is a sweetish, fortified wine from Charente-Maritime. Very rich aromas made up of fresh fruit (peach, plum and fig) and dried fruit (almond, prune). On the palate, fresh fruit dominates, with citrus flavours helping to balance the sweetness. The finish has a hint of honey and vanilla. A gorgeous aperitif, but can go well with duck too.
Pineau des Charentes is such a wonderful and underrated tipple, made from Ugni blanc grape must, blended with 2 year old Cognac, you should be drinking more of this!
Berto Vermouth Bianco
£22.00
An old, traditional recipe that produces the original amber colour and allows for it to reach a real elegance.
Floral and vanilla spice aromas but soft on the palate. Full-bodied and spicy on the finish.
Bodegas Diez-Merito Bertola Amontillado Sherry
£23.95
A full-bodied roasted hazelnut nose wiht hints of honey, orange and caramel. Salinity on the palate with plenty of nut and earth notes with a hint of peppery oak. Long, spiced warm finish.
Bodegas Diez-Merito Bertola Oloroso Sherry
£23.95
Particular walnut aromas, combined with balsamic notes, subtle dried fruits, toasted hints, tobacco and autumn aromas with noticeable spicy notes.
Niepoort LBV Port
£24.95
Niepoort have been making wines and ports in the Duoro Valley since 1842, the business being passed through five generations. Ancient vines, hand picked and 100% foot trodden and fermented in the circular granite lagares at Vale de Mendiz. This wine ages 4-6 years in large old oak vats (opposed to Vintage, that ages 2-3 years). LBV fills the gap between the rubies and the vintage ports since a Ruby Port should be drunk quite young and a great Vintage Port may need 15 to 20 years to really open up and show its splendour.
Lots of fruit characters, mainly forest fruits with dark chocolate aromas and a slight spicy note, someacidity provides a great freshness. Drinking beautifully now but will also cellar and improve for a couple of decades. This pairs well with chocolate desserts, cheddar and brie cheese as well as rich red meats or game.
Carcavelos Villa Oeiras 7 Year Old 375ml
£26.50
Villa Oeiras is a wonderful new producer making old wines. The old estate of the Marquis de Pombal is now under the ownership of the local authority, and they are investing in their heritage to revitalise the vineyard areas and the almost-forgotten style of wine that is Carcavelos.
A great alternative to white port! Lots of fruit – sweet orange and dried stone fruits with a hazelnut and almond nuttiness provided by 7 years of ageing. This is definitely a sweet desert wine but is well balanced with caramel and biscuit notes.
Ramos Pinto Vintage Port 1995
£74.95
Deep, dark red. The nose combines mature dark fruits with spice and floral notes. The flavour is intense, lively with some notes of cedar and cinnamon. Smooth and silky. A fine example of Vintage Port that is ready to drink and will develop further over the next decade.