Champagne is sparkling wine. Many people use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine but in some countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation.Specifically, in the EU countries, legally only that sparkling wine which comes from the Champagne region of France can be labelled as Champagne.
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes.Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol, carbon dioxide, and heat. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different styles of wine. These variations result from the complex interactions between the biochemical development of the grape, the reactions involved in fermentation, the roister, and the production process. Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine. These typically restrict the geographical origin and permitted varieties of grapes, as well as other aspects of wine production. Wines not made from grapes include rice wine and fruit wines such as plum, cherry, pomegranate, currant and elderberry.
Colour: Deep ruby red. This is based on reviewed market descriptions for Chronos Red.
Nose: Dried cherry, black tea, liquorice, tomato and leather, with subtle hints of oak and spice. This is taken from the winery-linked product description and supported by retailer records describing tomato, raspberry, spices and liquorice.
Palate: Rich body with solid tannins and concentration, showing dark fruit depth, savoury structure and oak-backed complexity. This is based on reviewed retailer and importer tasting descriptions for the wine.
Finish: Long and lingering. This is based on reviewed market descriptions for Chronos Red.
Colour: Deep ruby to garnet-red. This is an inference based on the wine’s mature Xinomavro style, long oak ageing and bottle development, as the reviewed sources did not publish a separate official colour line.
Nose: Tomato, blackberries, spices and liquorice. This is taken directly from reviewed importer tasting notes for Chronos Red.
Palate: Rich body, solid tannins and a remarkable aftertaste. This is taken directly from reviewed importer tasting notes for Chronos Red.
Finish: Long, structured and persistent, with savoury spice and mature Xinomavro depth. This is an inference based on the reviewed tasting notes, the extended oak ageing and the wine’s stated long ageing potential.
Colour: A radiant pale pink with sparkling intensity and graceful effervescence.
Nose: Subtle and fine, with delicate red berry aromas, citrus zest, and a floral, refreshing lift.
Palate: Creamy and smooth, evolving into wild strawberry character with excellent balance and precision.
Finish: Elegant and persistent, with a lightly raspberry-toned close and lingering freshness. This finish wording is a light expansion from the official palate note.
Colour: A radiant, sparkling pale pink with graceful effervescence.
Nose: Subtle and fine, with red berry aromas, citrus zest, and a floral, refreshing lift.
Palate: Creamy and smooth, developing into a noble wild strawberry character with excellent balance and precision.
Finish: Elegant and persistent, with a lightly raspberry-toned close and lingering freshness. This finish wording is a light expansion from the official palate note.
Nose: Intense aromas of mature red fruits, plum, and hints of pepper.
Palate: Velvety and balanced, with soft tannins, ripe fruit, and an easy, rounded texture. This is a light expansion of the producer’s official tasting note.
Finish: Aromatic, fruity, and pleasantly lingering.
Colour: Ruby red. This is supported by matching reviewed tasting descriptions.
Nose: Cherry, raspberry, and red fruits, with hints of toasted nuts, liquorice, black pepper, and soft spice. This is supported by your listing and matching reviewed tasting notes.
Palate: Medium-bodied and balanced, with pure fruit flavours, soft tannins, and fresh acidity. This is supported by reviewed tasting descriptions.
Finish: Clean, dry, and gently spicy, with red fruit and a soft nutty note lingering through the close. This is supported partly by reviewed tasting descriptions and partly inferred from the wine’s profile
Colour: Straw yellow with fine and lasting perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Complex, intense, and delicate, with rose, wisteria, wildflowers, yellow peach, apricot, citrus, and a pleasant hint of sage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Velvety, pleasantly sweet, intense, and persistent, with good acidity that enriches its freshness and balances the high sugar content. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Floral, fruity, and gently fresh, with lingering sweetness and a soft sage note. This is an inference based on the official bouquet and palate description.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Straw yellow with fine and lasting perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Complex, intense, and delicate, with rose, wisteria, wildflowers, yellow peach, apricot, citrus, and a pleasant hint of sage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Velvety, pleasantly sweet, intense, and persistent, with good acidity that keeps the wine fresh and balances the high sugar content. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Floral, fruity, and gently fresh, with lingering sweetness and a soft sage note. This is an inference based on the official bouquet and palate description.
Nose: Intense, delicate, and refined, with roses, cherry, raspberry, ripe citrus fruits, and final spicy notes of sage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Sweet, elegant, harmonic, and balanced, with long aromatic persistence and enough acidity and tannin to balance the high sugar content. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Brilliant, subtle pink colour, with fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Intense, elegant, and complex, with floral and fruity notes, mainly mixed berries, currants, and wild strawberries. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Fresh, delicate, soft, and structured, with balanced acidity. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Pleasant and persistent, with lingering red-fruit freshness and a clean brut lift. This is based on the official producer tasting notes and the producer’s tasting summary.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Brilliant, soft pink with fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Intense, elegant, and complex, with floral and fruity notes, especially mixed berries, currants, and wild strawberries. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Fresh, delicate, and softly structured, with balanced acidity. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Pleasant and persistent, with lingering red-fruit freshness and a clean brut lift. This is based on the official producer finish description and style profile.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Bright straw yellow, with fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Typical and refined, with fruity notes of green apple, pear, and citrus fruits, alongside floral notes of white flowers, acacia, wisteria, and lily of the valley, with sage and spice in the finish. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Soft, harmonious, and elegant, with a slim body and lively yet balanced acidity. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Fresh, clean, and gently fruity, with floral lift and balanced acidity. This is an inference based on the official palate and bouquet description.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Bright straw yellow, with fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Typical and refined, with fruity notes of green apple, pear, and citrus fruits, plus floral notes of white flowers, acacia, wisteria, and lily of the valley, with sage and spice in the finish. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Soft, harmonious, and elegant, with a slim body and lively yet balanced acidity. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Clean, fresh, and gently fruity, with floral lift and a polished sparkling finish. This is an inference based on the official palate and bouquet description.
Colour: Straw yellow with gold reflexes, fine and persistent perlage. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Nose: Elegantly fruity with hints of apple, white peach, and citrus fruits, with delicate hints of acacia flowers in the finish. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Palate: Fresh, light, and pleasantly lively, with a good balance between acidity and sugar, making it elegant and refined. This is based on the official producer tasting notes.
Finish: Clean, bright, and gently fruity, with lingering freshness and a soft sparkling lift. This is an inference based on the official palate description.
Nose: Small red berries such as strawberry and raspberry, with a flattering, fragrant Pinot Noir character. This is based on the official producer tasting notes for multiple recent vintages.
Palate: Fresh and elegant, with crunchy fruit and fine tannins. This is based on the official producer tasting notes for multiple recent vintages.
Finish: Clean, lightly structured, and gently persistent with red fruit and fine tannic grip. This is an inference based on the official palate descriptions and the 2022 note describing a slightly tannic, structured finish.
Colour: Deep ruby red with dark cherry-toned intensity. This is an inference based on the wine’s full-bodied style, Merlot-led blend and barrique-aged Rosso Toscana profile, as Brancaia does not publish a separate colour note on the official 2018 page.
Nose: Aromas of currant, violet and cocoa. This is taken directly from Brancaia’s official tasting note for the 2018 vintage.
Palate: A wine of great structure, with elegant, firm and creamy tannins. This is taken directly from Brancaia’s official tasting note for the 2018 vintage.
Finish: Rich and intense, with sweet currant and wild berries characterizing the finish. This is taken directly from Brancaia’s official tasting note for the 2018 vintage.
Nose: Delicate and complex bouquet with fruity notes of peach, green apple and lemon, plus floral notes of acacia and rose. This is taken directly from the official technical sheet.
Palate: Fresh and light on the palate, with balanced acidity and body; round and full bodied structure. This is taken directly from the official technical sheet.
Finish: Clean, fresh and softly rounded, with lingering fruit and floral elegance. This is an inference based on the official palate description and Extra Dry style.
Colour: Bright garnet, tending from intense ruby red toward garnet as it ages. This is taken directly from the official published colour description for Brunello di Montalcino.
Nose: Intense, persistent, ample and ethereal, with scents of undergrowth, aromatic wood, berries, light vanilla and jam. This is taken directly from the official published aromatic description for Brunello di Montalcino.
Palate: Elegant and harmonious, vigorous and racy, dry, warm, lightly tannic, robust and harmonious. This is taken directly from the official published palate description for Brunello di Montalcino.
Finish: Lengthy aromatic persistence. This is taken directly from the official published finish description for Brunello di Montalcino.
Colour: Intense ruby red. This is taken directly from the official published colour note for Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli.
Nose: Elegant nose with notes of red fruit, leather and spices. This is taken directly from the official published nose note for Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli.
Palate: Persistent and balanced. This is taken directly from the official published palate note for Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli.
Finish: Long and seductive. This is taken directly from the official published finish note for Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli.
Colour: Deep ruby red tending towards purple. This is based on published tasting notes for the current producer-listed market vintage of La Fuga Brunello di Montalcino.
Nose: Hints of berries, orange peel, flowers and cedar, with notes of walnut and wet leaves. This is based on the official published tasting notes for the 2019 vintage presented by the producer.
Palate: Full-bodied, with firm velvety tannins, a juicy texture, concentrated flavour and impressive harmony between aroma and taste. This is based on the official published tasting notes for the 2019 vintage presented by the producer.
Finish: Long, persistent and aristocratic, with moderate tannin grip. This is based on the producer’s technical sheet description of a very persistent finish with aristocratic tannins, supported by market tasting notes noting moderate tannins on the aftertaste.
Colour: Intense garnet red. This is based on the official published tasting notes.
Nose: Concentrated aromas of ripe blueberries, blackberries and cherries, enhanced with a hint of spicy oak. This is based on the official published tasting notes.
Palate: Rich, full bodied and complex, beautifully balanced and lingering. This is based on the official published tasting notes.
Finish: Long, warming and persistent, with dark fruit depth and polished structure. This is an inference based on the official published palate note and overall producer profile.
Colour: Ruby red. This is based on the official published tasting notes.
Nose: Blackberry and cherries. This is based on the official published tasting notes.
Palate: Supple, with light tannins and plenty of flavour. This is based on the official published tasting notes.
Finish: Fresh, smooth and easy-drinking, with soft tannins and lingering red fruit. This is an inference based on the official published tasting notes.
Colour: Deep ruby red. This is taken directly from the published colour note for the wine.
Nose: Bold fruit aromas of Morello cherry and plump blackberry, with dried fig, prune and light spicy notes of cinnamon and clove. This is taken directly from the published tasting notes for the wine.
Palate: Ripe black cherry fruit and dark bitter chocolate, with well-rounded tannins and an elegant, complex balance. This is taken directly from the published tasting notes for the wine.
Finish: Soft tannins with an alluring note of sweet spices on the finish. This is taken directly from the published finish description for the wine.
Colour: Ruby red. This is taken directly from the published colour note for the wine.
Nose: Red fruit aromas on the nose, with cherries and subtle spice. This is taken directly from published tasting notes for the wine.
Palate: Soft, savoury and enveloping, with juicy fruit and a balanced structure. This is taken directly from published tasting notes for the wine.
Finish: Nicely long, with ripe berry fruit, sweet spice and a balanced, hearty close. This is based on published tasting notes and review summaries for the wine.
Colour: Deep ruby red. This is based on the visible appearance of the wine and the expected colour profile of Valpolicella Superiore.
Nose: Ripe cherry, red berries, soft plum and gentle spice. This is based on the expected aromatic style of Valpolicella Superiore in this format.
Palate: Smooth and fruit-led, with juicy cherry, light blackberry, soft spice and a rounded medium-bodied texture. This is based on the expected palate profile of Valpolicella Superiore.
Finish: Clean, balanced and gently warming, with lingering red fruit and a touch of spice. This is based on the expected finish profile of Valpolicella Superiore.
Colour: Bright, deep ruby red. This is taken directly from the current official producer tasting note for CastelGiocondo.
Nose: Sweet violet, dog rose, wild berries, star anise, black pepper, white pepper, tea leaf, tobacco leaf and coffee beans. This is taken directly from the current official producer tasting note for CastelGiocondo.
Palate: Fresh, round and tannic, with well-matured, caressing tannins and layered fruit and spice. This is based on the current official producer tasting note and recent trade-sheet profile.
Finish: Very long, extremely persistent and slightly balsamic, with hints of licorice. This is based on the current official producer tasting note for CastelGiocondo.
Colour: Pale yellow with fine and persistent perlage. This is taken directly from the official technical sheet.
Nose: White flowers, green apple, jasmine, pear, melon, white peach and fresh almonds. This is based on the official technical sheet and the current product description.
Palate: Fresh, velvety and well balanced, with lively bubbles and delicate fruit notes. This is based on the official technical sheet and the current product description.
Finish: Clean, light and refreshing, with gentle fruit and floral lift. This is an inference based on the official palate description and style.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep red-purple with intense violet tones. This is taken directly from the reviewed producer and merchant descriptions for the release.
Nose: Intense liqueured cherry, wild berries, vanilla, toastiness, cocoa, coffee and a light balsamic note. This is based on the reviewed producer tasting notes and merchant descriptions for the release.
Palate: Smooth, fresh and well-structured, with silky balanced sweet tannins. This is taken directly from the reviewed producer tasting notes for the release.
Finish: Long, velvety and sweet, with lingering cherry richness and gentle cocoa-toned depth. This is based on the reviewed producer and merchant descriptions for the release.
Colour: Rose petal pink, with persistent mousse and a chain of fine bubbles. This is taken directly from the official published note for the release.
Nose: Expressive red fruits such as strawberries and redcurrants, with subtle floral notes of rose petals. This is taken directly from the official published note for the release.
Palate: Generous and elegant, dominated by the freshness of fruit such as wild strawberries and bilberries. This is taken directly from the official published description for the release.
Finish: Rounded and fresh, with a sensation of softness on the finish. This is taken directly from the official published finish note for the release.
Ageing: one year in barriques from Allier and one year in oak casks still from Allier (2000 lt). After a soft clarification, the wine is bottled for a further period of maturation in
the bottle, the lenght depends from the characteristics of the vintages, but never less than 12 months.
Shelf-life: The wine will reach its peak 6-8 years after the harvest, but its life can vary considerably depending on the vintage
The Russian River Valley climate is defined by a regular intrusion of cooling fog from the Pacific Ocean a few miles to the west. Much like the tide, the fog ebbs and flows, arriving each evening, cooling the area down from its daytime temperatures by as much as 35 to 40 degrees. This natural air conditioning provides for an extended growing season where the grapes mature slowly for optimal development and maintain a good level of natural acidity. The Russian River Valley’s loam and alluvial soil compositions create a very rich and fragrant Pinot Noir that offers pronounced floral notes and a distinct earthy character.
Made with fruit grown entirely in the Dry Creek Valley appellation, where the combination of climate and location produces excellent Zinfandel fruit with intensely concentrated flavor. Half of the fruit was crushed whole, and the must (seeds and skins) was fermented in open-top fermentors for maximum color extraction and flavor enhancement.
Our Zinfandel is unique in that it’s blended with one of our favorite selections of Petite Sirah. Even though the Zinfandel from this terrific vintage showed great complexity on its own, we added Petite Sirah to enhance the structure of the wine. A combination of French and American oak enhanced the fruit’s spice qualities, giving the wine some shoulders as well.
This Zinfandel is dense and complex, with a touch of Petite Sirah to enhance the flavors of strawberry jam and cassis. The perfume of the wine is dark fruit, sweet spice, and toasty vanilla.
The perfect brunch beverage, Carta Nevada Brut is a fabulous accompaniment in a fruity cocktail, with Asian food, small-plate meals, light sandwiches, or green salads.
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Cordon Negro Brut Extra Dry uses the same luscious Spanish grape varieties as Cordon Negro Brut, embracing Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada grape varieties, with slightly higher alcohol levels and a dosage of 23 grams per liter. The light, fruity Macabeo, combined with the robust, powerful depth of Xarel-lo, and the demonstrative finesse of the Parellada grapes delivers a great balance of aroma and acidity.
Cordon Rosado is the vibrant pink partner of Freixenet’s famous Cordon Negro. Made using the same traditional techniques as Champagne, two charming Spanish red grape varieties, Trepat and Garnacha, give Cordon Rosado its subtle hue.
Perfect companion to picnics, fruit salads, afternoon teas and BBQ’s. Why not try a glass of this sweet Spanish sparkler with some cheese or a lip puckering paella?
Freixenet Cordon Rosado is an award winning wine.
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Presented in a striking cut-glass bottle, Freixenet Prosecco blends superior quality with stunning beauty. Using its extensive sparkling winemaking expertise, Freixenet has created a stand-out, high quality and stylish wine that is the perfect for any occasion.Made from the finest Glera grapes in Italy’s Prosecco region of Veneto, Freixenet Prosecco is as distinctive as it is delicious, with the lively effervescence of ripe lemon, hints of green apple, and grapefruit flavours.With a delightful light and fresh finish, this prosecco can be enjoyed to celebrate every occasion in style. What’s more, the stunning bottle makes for a great centrepiece at any celebration, or to impress family and friends over an evening meal. Perfect with shellfish, light meats, desserts or as a sophisticated aperitif.
A family-owned business with over 150 years of wine-making heritage in the Catalonia region west of Barcelona, Freixenet is renowned for the quality and consistency of its sparkling wine. With the mission of helping people celebrate, here at Freixenet we create quality fizz with a dash of style, in every bottle
Fermentation: two months with charmat method
Taste: fresh and fruity, great for a long aperitif
Serving suggestions: enjoy “solo” or with cocktails, try with lemon spritz
Colour: Straw yellow with shades depending on the year. This is taken directly from the official winery tasting note.
Nose: Tropical notes combined with citrus and stone fruits. This is taken directly from the official winery tasting note.
Palate: Tasty and fresh, with intense salinity. This is taken directly from the official winery tasting note.
Finish: Complex, with cocoa, passion fruit and grapefruit, supported by harmonious acidity. This is taken directly from the official winery technical note.