Marc Jomain makes compacy, stylish wines with a real sense of place. His benchmark Puligny-Montrachet is elegant and long, with refined mineral characters. Presented in stylish wooden packaging.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Château Caronne Ste-Gemme, Haut-Médoc Gift in Wood
An excellent Bordeaux that's sure to impress. Smoky on the palate, with ripe fruits, black pepper and subtle oak, it can either be cellared or drunk immediately.
Chablis, Domaine Servin Gift in Wood
Chablis makes a perfect gift for a white wine lover, offering a happy marriage good value with a well-regarded 'name' and available here in a stylish wooden box. This is one of a handful of estates in Chablis who only produce wine from their own estate and never sell to negoçiants – an impeccable guarantee of consistency and quality. The grapes come from old vines grown on a soil mix which gives the wine the typical steely and flinty edge which Chablis is so famous for.
Oyster Bay Merlot Gift in Wood
An excellent value gift in its attractive wooden box from popular New Zealand winery Oyster Bay. Hawkes Bay had the warmest season so far this millennium, which has produced a glorious concentration of fresh fruit flavours, elegance and balance. Lively aromas of summer berry fruits reminiscent of raspberry and strawberry lead to a zesty, flavourful and refreshing palate with a lingering finish of crunchy red apple.
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc Gift in Wood
One of our most popular wines, this wooden-boxed Gift Pack is sure to impress. The Oyster Bay Estate takes great care in treating each batch of wine as individual. Cool fermentation and immediate bottling is completed to retain all the wonderful fruit aromas and flavours that are present. Pronounced aromas of gooseberry and tropical fruits sit alongside a subtle herbaceousness creating a crisp, elegant and refreshing wine.
Château Méaume Gift in Wood
Classic claret really works well presented in a wooden box. Alan Johnson-Hill used to be a financier before settling at Château Méaume, north of Pomerol. Since then he has gained a justifiable reputation for quality winemaking with this rich, plummy claret and its soft Merlot fruit.
Mâcon-Lugny, Louis Latour Gift in Wood
Presented in stylish wooden packaging, this is one of Majestic's longest-standing and most popular wines – sophisticated white Burgundy at a very affordable price. Well defined, buttery lemon bouquet with crisp fruit flavours.
Château Haut-Brion 1999 Pessac-Léognan, Gift
One of Bordeaux's five top-tier 'first growths', this is the wine to select when your gift really needs to make an impact. 'A blend of 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Cabernet Franc, this has the classic baked-earth and smoke aromas on the nose, complex rich, dark fruit on the palate, and a gorgeous ripeness of the finish. Full-bodied, very clean and ripe this will drink from now to 2025.' Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 94 Points
Château Léoville Poyferré 1996 St-Julien, Gift
From one of Bordeaux's most prestigious names, this fully mature wine will delight any wine lover. A tightly knit wine showing plenty of black fruit, violets and cigar box notes. Rich and full, with firm tannins.
Château Calon-Ségur 1998 St-Estèphe, Gift
Produced by the redoubtable Madame Gasqueton at one of St-Estèphe's leading properties this wonderful wine is drinking fabulously now in its second decade. Any follower of Bordeaux wines will recognise Calon-Ségur instantly and be extremely impressed!