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Champagne Gobillard Ratafia (France)
19% ALC.(medium-dry, NOT SPARKLING, full-bodied)This is Champagne grapes, harvested, partially-fermented, then fortified with Brandy (also made from Champagne Grapes). Tastes a bit like Pineau de Charentes (if you've had that) or a bit like Grapey White Port (only better!). Drink chilled as an Aperitif (when in France) or Digestif (when in th UK) with cheeses. Interesting, different, unusual & downright delicious.
Price: £10.79
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Moscato Passito 1/2 bot.2003/04 (Italy)
12% ALC.Light, delicate, grapey, with that "freshly-made-feeling". Absolute bargain!
Price: £5.59
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Trentham Noble Taminga 2003 1/2 Bot (Aussie)
11.5% ALC.(White, screwtop)"Arguably the best value dessert wine on the market." The Daily Telegraph Taminga is a grape variety crossed from Sultana & Gewurtztraminer, however you certainly don’t have to know this to appreciate just how good (& good value) this wine is. It is much, much better than some of the big Aussie firm’s versions that are more readily available. Gorgeous.
Price: £6.19
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Weltevrede Cape Muscat (Half) 2006 (S.A.)
16.5% ALC. Was £6.99Tastes like luxurious liqueur chocolates - fabulous, not to be missed.
Price: £7.39
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Kaapzicht Hanepoot Jerepigo 2006 (S. Africa)
19% ALC. (S Africa)Sweet, fortified white dessert wine made from Muscat grapes. This wine has a bouquet of fresh Honeysuckle & Freesia & a deliciously sweet grape flavour.
Price: £8.19
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Etim Late Harvest Grenache 2005 50cl bot (Spain)
15% ALC.A real treat. Sweet but not too sweet- think dark cherries and boozy raspberries. Great with anything chocolatey.
Price: £8.19
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Essencia Orange Muscat 1/2 bot.2006 (USA)
15% ALC. (White, well..more gold actually USA)A mere 15% by volume alcohol, although it appears a lot lighter in the mouth than that. It has great balance, length & flavour. It is a great value little dessert wine & is a richer alternative to the Brown Brothers version from Australia. Slightly fortified.
Price: £8.49
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Elysium Black Muscat 1/2 bot.2006 (USA)
15% ALC.A black/red pudding wine with unctious fruit. Has touches of raisins & figs character. A bit like a kinda light port? but fruitier? Well worth a try & everyone who tries it seems to like it.
Price: £8.49
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Hollick 'Nectar' Riesling 2006 1/2 bot (Aussie)
12.5% ALC. (Aussie)
Price: £9.69
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Sarria Moscatel 2005 (Spain) (50cl)
15% ALC.(Spain)Golden yellow colour. Clean, clear and bright. Intense and complex nose (characteristic of the varietal), ample and sweet in the mouth. Lengthy finish showing raisin, peach and honey characters, the aromatic and fruity essence of the Ribera Baja of Navarre.
Price: £9.89
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Castelnau de Suduiraut (Sauternes, France) 2004 1/2 bot
14% ALCA golden beauty. Second wine of Chateau Suduiraut (one of the best). Ripe & ready, could be cellared ad infinitum if required too.
Price: £12.25
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Pedro Ximenez, Castilla (50cl, Spain)
15% ALC. (50cl) (Known as PX in the trade) Was £19.85Monsieur (Fernando) Castilla certainly knows how to make pudding wine. This is one of the finest I have tried in 17 years of flogging them. It is ultimately dense & concentrated; smells & tastes of Christmas personified in a glass. It is based on a forty (40!) year old Solera (hence Antique PX) & delivers a dark brown, liquid hit of flavour that you have never tasted before. Treat like an extraordinarily good liquer, a small gloop is all that you will need to muse upon for quite some time.
Price: £18.99
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