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Bertha nv Lounge Cava, Spain

A  young Cava wine which has gone through only 9 to 13 months of maturation. It is this youthfulness that provides its most appreciated values - it is fresh, fruity, aromatic and with prevailing primary aromas of the grape itself. The grape varietals chosen for its elaboration are Xarel·lo and Parellada. Cava Bertha Lounge is a special cava with contemporary touches. A different glass adapted to our times. Easy to drink and perfect to experiment with.

Welcome wine at April 2016 event

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Rob Dolan 2012 True Colours Chardonnay Yarra Valley, Australia

Rob Dolan 2012 True Colours Chardonnay Yarra Valley, Australia

Rob Dolan is a towering, ex-Aussie rules football player and somewhat god-like in his home city of Adelaide, South Australia. However, it’s in the Yarra Valley, Victoria where he has been making his name for the past 20 years as a winemaker. In 2011 he acquired the Yarra Burn Winery, which was a state of the art winery. In 2012 he released the first wines under his ownership, simply known as” Rob Dolan”. The True Colours range refers to the fact that Rob never hides his true colours. He is friendly, approachable and extremely likeable – just like his wines!! The winery also doubles as a consultant winemaking facility.

In 2013 Rob won the James Halliday “2014 Newcomer of the Year” award.

This Chardonnay, after 10 months in barrel has amazing freshness of fruit but swathed in creamy oak. The palate is full of stone fruit and has balanced acidity.

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Guicciardini Strozzi Cusona Brut nv Spumante di Vernaccia di San Gimingnano, Italia

The Strozzi family are the 15th generation of descendants of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, otherwise known as La Gioconda, painted by Leonardo da Vinci and also count themselves as ancestors of Sir Winston Churchill.

The Cusona estate spreads over 530 hectares and is situated amongst the green Tuscan hills, close to the medieval town of San Gimignano (known as the medieval Manhattan).  It's here, back in 994, that the earliest wines were produced.

The Vernaccia grapes used in the production of this wine were harvested early to capture the vibrant acidity necessary to produce a well-made sparkling wine.  The bubbles are produced using the Charmat method and the wine is allowed to develop in contact with the yeast lees for several months.  

This wine is delicately fruity with hints of pear, apple and citrus fruits, complimented by brioche notes.  An excellent aperitif, that pairs well with an assortment of canapés.

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Some Young Punks 2014 Sauvignon Blanc Adelaide Hills, Australia

Some Young Punks' texture-rich, zingy Clare Riesling is sourced from 3 sites in the Valley (from north to south): Gully View and Milburn in Watervale and Mocandunda (next to Hanlin Hill), each lying around 440 metres above sea level with a vine age of 14-26 years. 

The winemaking takes in a mixture of whole bunch pressing (80%) and destemming and crushing prior to pressing, before fermentation in a mixture of stainless and neutral oak. A quarter of the wine is fermented with indigenous yeast. The finished wine is a refreshing Kabinett style with only 10.8% alcohol, a gentle 25g of residual and mouth-watering, crunchy acidity. Peach flesh with strong lime and lemon zest on the nose; the palate is saturated with clear, textured fruit - think the mouthwatering flesh of a ripe, cold Feijoa pear - and 2014's incisive, cleaning acidity draws the wine to a succinct close, making it seem a good deal drier than the figures suggest.

October 2015 paired with Green Beans

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Niepoort 2009 Tiara Douro DOC, Portugal

Very complex, intense citric and green apple notes. With a wet stone mineral character, even though coming from a warm year, shows only freshness in the aroma. The palate is vibrant and intense with fresh fruit flavors and exceptional lightness. Dryer than previous versions, Tiara 2009 is marked by its mineral character.

October 2015 paired with Greek Salad

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Quinta das Maias - $17

Spicy, toasty, full-bodied and fruity, this is a wine that is packed with plums, fresh red fruits, and a great burst of ripe acidity. Delicious and very accessible.

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Thelema 2012 “Sutherland” Pinot Noir - $25

This Pinot Noir was aged in French oak barrels for 9 months. The wine shows pure fruit aromas, lovely perfumed forest floor characteristics and hints of smoky spice. Earthy flavours of wild strawberry and spice on the palate end in a long, refined finish.

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Zyme Reverie Valpolicella $27

A light and informal Valpolicella blend with a bright ruby color and crisp aromas of forest fruit and sour blueberry. It’s a thin, easygoing wine that would pair with four cheeses pizza.

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Villa Chiopris Prosecco $19.00

The grapes are harvested in the vineyards of Villa Chiopris, with only the best grapes being selected. The must is cleaned through cold settling in order to create the sparkling wine base. Fermentation is carried out at low temperature. When the fermentation is complete, the product is filtered and placed in autoclaves and subjected to a sparkling process at a controlled temperature between 14° and 3°C degrees. At the end of this period, the wine is bottled and then there is a further period of refining in the bottle before the wine is distributed. 

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS:
It has a straw-yellow color with a fine, vivacious perlage.Its bouquet is typical, harmonious and fruity. The taste is fruity, vaguely aromatic and vivacious.

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Niepoort 10 Year Tawny Port (45.99) Portugal

Apricots, crystallized citrus peel and a little nuttiness on the nose of this fortified wine from Portugal. the palate has great structure with a long finish of dried fruit and orange peel, with hints of toffee, caramel, and honey. Full bodied and lush with lots of sweet fruit and a subtle finish that goes on and on. Fabulous representation of a 10 year Tawny Port

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Comenge Tempranillo (32.99) Spain

Plush, full and smooth body. This wine has balanced out in the bottle after 14 months in French and American oak. Dark unctuous smoky fruit with notes of gingerbread and black pepper.

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