The initial attack is delicate, the alcohol is well balanced, this is a well balanced wine with form tannins. A wine that is easy to drink.
Colour
Ruby red with violet hues.
£5,00
1 Bottle:£4,50
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2007 was a stellar growing year in Lazio. Four star year considered good.
One of our best quality to price ratio wines we carry at the Cellar Door. An every day, smooth and easy drinking red and a great accompaniment to food. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 85/100
85 Points for a fair every day drinking wine, a good trade off between price and quality.
Bright white straw colour, with green hued flecks.
£5,50
1 Bottle:£4,50
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Best drunk as an accompaniment to food, the wine is dry with a great aroma. As with all good DOC wines this is meant to complement food and not to overpower it.
A great wine to accompany food at a very good price. Good quality, cheap, dry white. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 85/100
A score of 85 for this 2007 wine. Despite the wine being very young, as it is meant to be drunk, it is still bursting with bouquet and flavour.
Sweet, ripe black cherry, and chocolate notes with undertones of vanilla.
Colour
Beautiful dense ruby with purple hues.
£6,50
1 Bottle:£5,50
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Four stars year considered excellent.
A really charming, traditional wine from the vineyards of Sicily. A wine that highlights the unique characteristics of that region at a very special price. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 85/100
A score of 85 for a "classic" from Sicily. Nero d'Avola is one of the most famous products of the region. There are very few bottles that reach DOC status, indeed only one DOC is imported into the states. We are proud to have a DOC in this variety especially at this price.
Full-bodied with a strong tannic structure; very pleseant
Colour
Intense ruby red with violet reflections
£7,50
1 Bottle:£5,00
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Umbrian wine growing is coming forward in leaps and bounds and Tudurnum are one of the most well known producers. A nice every day drinking Cabernet Sauvignon in an area not well known for this grape. An interesting wine.
Very intresting wine with a great balance beetwen price and quality. We suggest to try it with important meal dishes MORE INFO
TCD Score: 87/100
87 Points for the Cabernet Sauvignon from the Umbrian countryside.
An Umbrian Merlot from a top producer, we've placed it on sale for you to try an exceptional value bottle of wine, a real quality to price stunner. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 86/100
86 points for a respectable every day drinking Merlot from Umbria.
White dry citron DOC wine. Lightly tannic, light and slightly bitter, bitter sweetish taste.
Colour
Straw brilliant yellow
£7,50
1 Bottle:£5,00
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Four stars year considered excellent
One of the best Est!Est!!Est!!! wines in production and with a 30% discount to The Cellar Door customers to encourage you to try this staple of Lazio wines. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 86/100
86 Points for one of the best examples of Est!Est!!Est!!!
Structured, tannic, soft, full-bodied flavours of black fruits, rose petal and tobacco. A dry long finish.
Colour
A ruby red colour with violet reflections.
£7,50
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Four star year considered very good.
Great little red with a strong personality. We would expect to pay double for a bottle of such quality. This is a bargain. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 85/100
This wine from the Campania region scores 85. The Irpinia Aglianico is traditionally the cheapest expression of the Aglianico grape but being a little more mellow than a full blown Taurasi isn't always a bad thing. This is a great table wine and works perfectly to compliment most meat and pasta dishes.
The wine has a bitter chocolate character but the primary flavour is of dried figs or prunes.
Colour
A ruby red colour with garnet reflections.
£9,50
1 Bottle:£9,00
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TCD Opinion
The 2004 Salice Salentino Riserva has all the classic nose and palate of a Negro Amaro-based wine. Its packed with red fruit, has hints of leather and a smooth alcoholic warmth. Drinking well in 2007 but could take 1-2 years more to fully reach it's potential.
The Prince of Salento wine's. This is a riserva bottle from one of the regions most famous vineyards. For those who like the big meaty reds of the south. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 88/100
A score of 88 for a well balanced hearty red. If price were included whilst scoring the wine would be in the 90's. We highly recommend you try this wine.
In Friuli the Chardonnay grape has an ideal climate which produces a wine of elegance, structure and balance. The additional time in bottle before release creates more harmonious structure and balance.
Colour
Brilliant yellow.
£10,00
1 Bottle:£7,00
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Four stars year considered very good
A classic of northern Italian wine making. A full and pleasent taste with a complex bouquet. Well priced. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 85/100
85 Points for a refreshing Northern Italian Chardonnay. 30% off this wine for a limited time only.
A harmonious and well balanced wine with a fine finish.
Colour
Intense ruby red.
£10,00
1 Bottle:£9,50
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The 2006 Tuscan growing season is considered average.
Morellino di Scansano is a wine very similar in flavour profile to Chianti. If you enjoy a quality Chianti but want to pay 50% less this wine is a super smart buy. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 88/100
A score of 88 for an "alternative to Chianti" representing fantastic value for money.
Lovely notes of dark fruits, easy drinking. Well balanced.
Colour
Dark Ruby Red
£10,50
1 Bottle:£9,00
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A very respectable Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
The first ever Diecicoppe, a new elite Montepulciano d'Abruzzo from Pasetti. Easy drinking, superbly balanced wine with high versatility that will grace any dark meat... MORE INFO
TCD Score: 87/100
87 Points for a superb initial effort from Pasetti.
50% Nero d'Avola, 25% Merlot, 20% Syrah, 5% Cabernet Franc
Year
2005
Alcohol
13.5 %
Taste
The wine is mid to full bodied with great balance. The tannins are appropriate and there is a long and silky finish.
Colour
Ruby red with purple hue.
£11,00
1 Bottle:£7,50
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TCD Opinion
Wines like this for £5/€7.50 do not present themselves everyday. This is a tasty wine, to be enjoyed today of a very high quality.
Exceptional quality. A really flavourful wine that is a triumphant blend of the grapes from the most famous producer in Sicily; Planeta. Superb value for money. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 88/100
88 Points for a wine from Sicily's top producer in one of the best vintages in living memory. A wine to be enjoyed.
Its full body warms the palate and is sustained by a good acid content which makes it a truly unique Wine.
Colour
Full, ruby red.
£11,00
1 Bottle:£7,50
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Deep ruby red with garnet hue. Wide and full bouquet recalling morello cherry, blackberries and prunes. A hint of aromatic herbs and the typical note of stone give this wine serious features to which oak have added a gentle touch of vanilla. Dry, austere, flavoursome, rather acidulous and tannic taste.
30% off a classic wine of Veneto wine making from one of the finest producers in the area. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 87/100
87 Points for a wine that just gets better and better year on year.
High quality wine sold at a good price. If you're looking for a very good bottle for a party or dinner then this is a good bottle to go with. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 88/100
Witth 88 points on 100 this wine was born from one of the most important southern wineyards. The score points-out its quality
Full-bodied, structured, with firm yet pleasing tannins.
Colour
Intense ruby red.
£12,50
1 Bottle:£11,50
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Four stars year considered good
The Nebbiolo d'Alba might not pack the same punch as the Barolo from Poderi Colla but at this price what you get is a brilliant expression of pure Nebbiolo finesse. Give... MORE INFO
TCD Score: 89/100
With 89 points on 100 Nebbiolo Cascine Drago is an elegant companion for all italian meat/pasta dishes.
Vintage very difficult for the Sicilian viticulture. Climate occurrence that has encouraged massive attacks of mildew that has led to loss of production. However, the fewer bunches per vine, brought to an excellent quality of the product. Harvest very early especially for whites.
100% Nero d'Avola (known also by the name "Calabrese").
Year
2001
Alcohol
12.5 %
Taste
Flavors of black cherry, plum, vanilla, and rich earth highlight the understated elegance of this wine. Aged in barriques to add new levels of flavor and complexity which are realized in a full bodied, long lasting, velvety finish.
Colour
Dark Ruby red.
£14,00
1 Bottle:£12,50
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TCD Opinion
Four stars year considered good
Eloro Pachino Riserva is one of the finest examples of the Nero D'Avola currently available on the market. For a DOC riserva wine, this is a bargain price. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 88/100
A score of 88 for this reserve that shows all its body. The year is good indeed and helps the charming flavour.
A chorus where Nebbiolo gives the peak performance with Dolcetto in the background. Spicy and/or vinous notes characteristic of the two varieties, mellowed by ageing. Very rich but non-aggressive.
Colour
Very intense, deep ruby red, with the purple reflections typical of young Dolcetto.
£16,00
1 Bottle:£14,50
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Five stars year considered legendary.
Luxury dark purple in the glass, looks thick and jammy because it is. 85% dolcetto and 15% nebbiolo d'alba go into an interesting blend that starts a little sharp but has... MORE INFO
TCD Score: 90/100
90 points for a legendary Piedmont wine, this is one of the best vintages and the best example of Poderi Colla's Bricco del Drago in our opinion.
Full, dry, austere and structured, but harmonious and with great softness at the end
Colour
Deep red, with a very slight burgundy edging.
£16,00
1 Bottle:£14,00
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Four star year - considered good
Beautiful nose full of spices, blackberries, cappuccino & oak, super structure and rounded tannins, a medium to full bodied wine with a fruity, pleasant, long and silky... MORE INFO
TCD Score: 90/100
90/100. This is one of the best Chianti's we have tasted from 2003. A really powerful Chianti yet smooth and balanced. Really hard to fault this wine, highly recommended.
One of the best value wines in Italy, a superb blended wine utilising the Sangiovese grape and using Arnaldo Caprai's unique terroir and vinification processes. This bottle is the value of Umbria, ea 90 point star buy win.
Bargain blend with a nice 8% discount. We want you to try this wine, intense flavours and nose. Fans of big wines are going to be converted. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 90/100
90 Points for one of the best blended wines in Italy at this price.
This vintage has been characterised by abundant rains in winter and by mild temperatures. Excellent weather conditions during maturation and colouring of the fruit on the vine, the vintage occurred on 18th Sept. and the temperatures were high and dry.
Nero d'Avola and Syrah together. These kissing cousins compliment each other beautifully in a low yield very special bottle. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 90/100
90 points for one of the best wines of the area from a superb vintage.
Typically soft and full with a light aftertaste of jam, pleasantly spiced.
Colour
Dark red ruby with garnet red tones.
£25,50
1 Bottle:£23,00
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Five star year - considered legendary
An outstanding year and a really special price for this Riserva from the Taurasi vineyards. The best "price to quality" wine on the website. Cannot be recommended highly... MORE INFO
TCD Score: 91/100
This Riserva scores a huge 91 points out of 100. Taurasi Riserva is a part of the Elite of Italian wines and would be in anyone's Top 10 Italian wines.
On the palate it is very full-bodied while also elegant, almost feminine. Straightaway intense and pleasing, long and soft, with a finish of great finesse and appeal and firm, sweet tannins.
Colour
Characteristically Nebbiolo in color, i.e. intense ruby red with subtly lighter reflections that connoisseurs will recognize.
£30,00
1 Bottle:£27,00
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Five stars year considered legendary
An incredible price for a year that is already gaining acclaim from critics. Highly recommended. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 91/100
With 91 points for a quality Barbareco at a very attractive price. The 2005 is of a very high quality.
There is an after taste of mint, cherries, plums, berry fruit and chocolate. Full-bodied and well-structured with shifting hints of sweetness. Long and fresh tasting .
Colour
Fascinating garnet reflections apparent to the eye within deep ruby red colour
£38,00
1 Bottle:£34,00
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A famous wine of strength and complexity, long aged and at an incredible place. If you like Amarone you have to try this wine. MORE INFO
TCD Score: 92/100
92 points for a really outstanding bottle of wine. The bouquet here is an experience and the palate is silky smooth. A beautiful amarone.
Dry, warm, well-balanced in its austerity, broad and persistent.
Colour
Garnet red, intense and brilliant, with light orange hints.
£54,00
1 Bottle:£38,00
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One of the best vintages for Brunello of the past 10 years, the 2003 Brunello di Montalcino was a critics favourite and the highest scoring for Caparzo ever. In very high demand.
The estate's top bottling, the 2003 Brunello di Montalcino La Casa, is a strong effort. More concentrated than the normal bottling, it offers notable finesse in its... MORE INFO
TCD Score: 93/100
With 93 out of 100 Brunello's "La Casa" took the wine world by storm for a fantastic Brunello in an exceptional year. From selected grapes comes an unique flavour, deep and fascinating.
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