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Outstanding Langton's Classification. John Parker's long and distinguished career in the industry fuelled a desire to produce a great Australian wine from within the nation's preeminent red wine region, culminating in the release of Terra Rossa First Growth, mostly the Reynella clone of Cabernet Sauvignon with a tenth of Merlot.

$11099each $1331DOZEN EACH DOZEN Parker Estate was built from the ground up in the right way, with the intention of producing precisely this style of wine. Established in 1985 by an old industry salt, quality winemaking was the only priority and commercial constraints played no part in the development. Integral to the style and structure of First Growth is the seven day warm fermentation and four to six weeks of maceration on skins. Individual parcels are then matured eighteen months in a selection of mostly new, Seguin Moreau Chateau and Taransaud Chateau, 228 litres French oak barriques. The final assemblage is returned to oak before egg fining and bottling.

Mid to deep red purple hue. Highly complex nose, showing dark berry fruit and forest floor characters, tobacco and spice notes within a lifted smoky French oak frame. Intense palate with rich ripe black fruit, liquorice notes and firm structured savoury tannins. Medium bodied but with very intense fruit and good perfume, a magnificently proportioned Cabernet Merlot accord.

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Parker Estate was built from the ground up in the right way, with the intention of producing precisely this style of wine. Established in 1985 by an old hand within the industry, quality winemaking was the only priority and commercial constraints played no part in the development. A mostly Cabernet wine with small portions of Merlot and Petit Verdot, grown to an exceptional site, ranking as one of South Australia's finest. The fruit is characterised by very dark colours, super ripe flavours, excellent complexity with good alcohol, density and structure.

$3399each $407DOZEN EACH DOZEN Vinified from fruit picked off fully mature vines which produce a limited yield of 1½ tonnes/ acre, planted to the Parker Estate's Terra rossa over limestone Coonawarra property. Integral to the style and quality of the finished wine are unique soils and mesoclimes, so favourable to the noble cepage of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Following a warm fermentation, a little over half the grapes are treated to a long maceration of thirty days, the balance receive a shorter ten day maceration. Parcels are matured in a combination of new and prior use 228 litre French oak barriques for twenty two months. The final wine is assembled and returned to oak before an egg white fining and bottling.

Deep red tint. Intense deep dark fruit with some dark chocolate, prunes and charry vanillan and coffee oak aromas. The palate is rich and dense with a solid core of dark fruit running along the entire length. Impressively dense and solid structure, but also showing some faint leafy Cabernet notes typical of southern Coonawarra vineyards. To be decanted before service and savoured alongside the finest meats.

Partisan wines are created to be fundamentally endowed with maximum varietal character and discernible McLaren Vale charm. Partisan are people who care about the soil and environment, nurturing and caring for the land. Good wine is the objective but sustainable viticulture and respect for nature are the priority. Brimming with violets and morello, rich blood plum fruits jump out of the glass, the seductive appeal of Tempranillo from the Vale, juicy ripe fruits throughout, bubbling with succulent bright red berry characters, supported by the finest, pliant tannins.

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Deep garnet red colour. Expansive nose of fragrant dark cherry fruits, violets and red floral, savouryness and lithe pepper spice. The palate is a showcase of pure unforced McLaren Tempranillo, medium to full bodied with dark berry flavours, a seductive fruit sweetness and soft savoury tannins, vital freshness and exquisite length, a match to venison bangers or goat's meat cottage pie.

The Partisan team are people of the soil, taking up McLaren Vale viticulture at a time in history when others were pulling out their vines to pursue more lucrative agriculture. They now take aim with each vintage, at identifying the most superior parcels of McLaren Vale fruit, to craft a range of wines which can best articulate their unique provenance and sense of place. A generously proportioned Grenache Shiraz Mouverdre, offering an exquisite length of intense blackberry fruit flavours, supported by fine grainy tannins and a measure of flattering, judicious oak.

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Deep garnet red colour. Floral spicy pepper, musk and morello Grenache fruit, wrapped in rich dark chocolate, Shiraz and Mourvedre, the alluring complex aromatic infusion of rapberry, spices and plum. The whole package is held together nicely by a palate of fresh acidity and supple well knitted grainy fruit, the hallmark characters of brightness, approachability and chocolatey McLaren Vale tannins.

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Pasqua have established an enviable reputation for excellence after almost a century of the finest Veneto vintages. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo are enjoyed throughout the world of wine for their food friendly nature, deliciously dry, savoury palate and delicate, affable tannins. Pasqua take the pick of fruit from the choicest Abruzzo vineyards and match the quality of harvest with a minimalist vinification aimed at retaining the character and charm. Match with meats and Italian style recipes, a bliss alongside piquantly seasoned cheeses or well hung game.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Parcels of Montepulciano grapes are harvested off choice sites, planted to calcareous clay soils astride the most scenic, undulating landscapes of Abruzzo. Batches are crushed and treated to a period of cold maceration for optimal extractions of colour and tannin, followed by a traditional vinification at 25C to 28C, regularly plunged and pumped over in controlled fermenters. Upon completion, components are sent for a course of malolactic, rackings for clarification and term of bottle age.

Bright purple red. Aromatic nose of red apples, bramble and glace fruits, anise and elegant spice over a background of coffee licorice notes. A full bodied palate of ripe fruit flavours, blackberries and morello cherries, dark olives, tomato leaf and plum, all seasoned by fragrant spice notes and supported by a length of the gentlest tannins.

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The noblest varietal grape of Italy, essential to the great first growths of Tuscany and Chianti, Sangiovese also makes a highly attractive table red, brimming with all the character and charm of the world's most approachable styles in food friendly wine. A collation of harvests from fine vineyards in Puglia, are crafted by the Pasqua team into a fruit forward style that's lined with supple tannins while being pleasingly dry. The first choice to accompany porcini pappardelle or polpettini e penne, a blissful pairing with cotoletta vitello or trancio di salmone.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Essential to the success of Pasqua is an inventory of the finest vineyards in the premiere winegrowing districts of Italy. Sangiovese is harvested from good sites in Puglia, husbanded by dedicated growers at complete ripeness, bunches are gently crushed to avoid harsh tannins and cold settled for optimal extractions. Ferments are vinified to dry and treated to a month of natural, spontaneous malolactic, followed by assemblage into the finished wine and bottling for a term of bottle age before release.

Ruby red colour. Ripe berry aromas, cassis, smoked meat and tar notes, cherries and blueberry fruit. A luscious blackberry palate, made savoury by black olive characters, garniture and leaf. Soft tannins are in support of the well rounded, elegant structure, lengthy and satisfying before a lingering, velvety finish.

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