ADI BADENHORST MIXED CASE
These are some of the very best and characterful wines we have ever tasted. Adi Badenhorst, surfer, parrot breeder, woeful Elvis impersonator and multi award winning winemaker at Rustenberg for nearly a decade, has flown the nest and is going it alone (almost). He has co-founded AA Badenhorst Family Wines with his cousin, Hein, and father, Andre, on a small piece of earth in the Paardeberg, Swartland in South Africa. Here he hand crafts amazing wines made from near organic grapes grown on ancient bush vines and fermented using very basic equipment - and the result is astonishing. These are very serious wines that you won't see at the local supermarket!
AA BADENHORST SECATEURS CHENIN BLANC 2009
JANCIS ROBINSON - ‘A fabulous bargain. Very fresh, floral and honeyed with masses of intensity and flavour (presumably because of the age of the vines) but with a satisfyingly dry finish. Over delivers in the most delightful way – 17/20.’
AA BADENHORST SECATEURS RED 2007
JANCIS ROBINSON – ‘Another bargain, a blend of Shiraz with Cabernet, Grenache and Carignan. Dense, soft, round. Very gentle and easy with the merest hint of molasses – 16.5/20.
AA BADENHORST FAMILY WHITE 2007
JANCIS ROBINSON – ‘Full, honeyed but not fat nose. Pretty exciting. Masses of acidity at this point – from the Sauvignon and Chenin? Still very youthful but complex and promising. Still chewy but with real bottom – 16.5+/20.’
AA BADENHORST FAMILY RED 2006
JANCIS ROBINSON – ‘Seriously good South African red; I kept coming back to it. There is such confidence and complexity here (even after a week in an opened bottle). Some minerals, no greenness, not a hint of burnt rubber! Very serious, thoughtfully made wine that is still chewy but is SO sophisticated. Limpid and lovely texture. Layers. Leather, treacle, no sweetness, some minerality, schist? But it’s cool overall. Not quite ready but a coiled spring – 18/20.’
Price: £165.00
Special Discounted Case Price - £165.00.Free delivery within 30 miles. All wines offered subject to availability. Vintages may change.
Oz Clarke 250 Best Wines 2010 12 Bottle Mixed Case Offer for Spring/Summer
Special Discounted Case Price - £83.00
Each year, Oz Clarke, Britain's favourite wine writer and personality chooses his Top 250 Best Wines in his Wine Buying Guide. In 2009 Oz choose four of our wines. This year he has chosen the new vintages from our own Domaine de la Souterranne (which he also featured last year) as well as two of our best selling Chilean wines.
Domaine de la Souterranne ‘Cuvee Christophe’ Old Vine Carignan 2007, France - £11.50
"The Oxford Wine Company has several wines from the Domaine de la Souterranne in deepest southern France, and they’re all worth a look. This is my favourite, because it comes from ‘old vine Carignan.’ Carignan is one of the great ancient Mediterranean grape varieties but because it can be made to produce oceans of tasteless plonk, re-planting has been banned in most vaguely smart vineyard regions. But as the vines get old, the amount of fruit they produce diminishes and the flavour explodes into something quite unlike anything the trendier, more modern grapes can offer. This is a dark, rich, black fruit stew, almost syrupy in its consistency and tangled up with horsehair. Somehow some overbaked blackberry tarts have found their way into the mix, along with melted liquorice sticks, as has the shimmering heat of sunbaked stones. This is old-fashioned, palate-challenging and mouth-wateringly good."
Domaine de la Souterranne Merlot ‘Cuvee Guillaume’ 2007, France - £7.99
"It does help when you’ve got a star New World winemaker involved if you want to hit the road running. Australian David Morrison specializes in maximizing the fruit flavours in the wines he makes, often in areas that didn’t know the meaning of fruit before he arrived. Southern French Merlot can be dull, baked stuff but the only baked flavour here is the chewy bits at the edge of the raspberry jam tart. The rest is ripe raspberry fruit, refreshing acidity and a surprising waxy texture which makes the wine terribly easy to drink."
Nostros Reserva Pinot Noir 2008, Chile - £6.99
"I’m delighted to see more and more juicy, scented, irresistible Pinot Noir coming out of Chile. Every year, more good Pinot Noir vineyards seem to spring up. Every year the wine is good. Every year it’s affordable. This Pinot has gentle loganberry and black plum fruit, a lush, almost fat, texture – but it’s beautifully balanced – and an exotic scent of eucalyptus."
Rio Alto Classic Merlot 2008, Chile - £5.95
"Rich, dark red plum and raisin stew. This is excellent chunky, chewy red. You get some real sense of ripeness through that slight raisin taste, but the basic flavour is big, broad, plummy and fresh. They also do a Shiraz (also £5.95) which is a gentle, blackberryish red that reminds me ever so vaguely of my first school camping trips under tarpaulin. No, please, no details."
THE OXFORD WINE COMPANY 12 BOTTLE MIXED CASE OFFER FOR SPRING / SUMMER
Special Discounted Case Price £59.00
The case can be ordered by telephoning 01865 301144 or email theo@oxfordwine.co.uk Free delivery within 30 miles.
1 bottle of each – special price of £59.00 - until end of winter.
THE OXFORD WINE COMPANY 12 BOTTLE MIXED CASE - contains 1 bottle of each wine. Special discounted price of £59.00
Cuvee de la Baume Blanc 2008 - crisp, clean and appley
Dry River Pinot Grigio 2008 - citrus blossom, lime and grapefruit
Castillo de Moro Airen/Sauvignon Blanc 2008 - tangy, zesty fresh wine
Kintu Sauvignon Blanc 2008 - grassy ultra fresh hedgerow flavours
Wildwood Chardonnay 2007 - citrus fruits and green apples
Matra Hill Pinot Grigio Blush 2007 - hints of cherries and pears
Cuee de la Baume Rouge 2008 - spicy raspberry and berry fruit flavours
Castillo de Moro Tempranillo/Syrah 2008 - soft and succulent with spicy notes
Kintu Merlot 2008 - ripe plum and red berry flavours
Dudley Stone Cabernet/Shiraz 2008 - ripe blackcurrent with blueberry flavours
Borsao Garnacha 2007 - spice and woodland berry fruit
Terra Dacica Pinot Noir 2007 - smooth raspberry and strawberry fruit
All wines offered subject to availability. In the case of a wine that is no longer available The Oxford Wine Company will substitute with another wine of equivalent quality. Vintages may change.
