March 2013
We have put together a selection of wines
ideal for current drinking this spring. The chancellor delivers his 2013 budget
on March 20th and this may well increase duty on alcohol – it invariably
does!
(Please feel free to mix cases)
List
Offer
Price
Price
WHITE
2011 Saumur Blanc, Dom des Hauts de
Sanziers
£8.75 £7.95
Award winning ripe fruity well balanced
Chenin Blanc
with nice weight and structure
2011 Touraine Sauvignon ‘Le
Clos’
£8.75 £7.95
Very attractive ripe Sauvignon from Vincent
Roussely
in Touraine. Made organically.
2011 Château de la Roulerie, Chenin Sec
£11.50 £10.65
Stunning dry and beautifully balanced
Chenin
from Philippe Germain in Anjou .
Goes very well with oriental food.
2011 Quincy , Domaine des
Ballandors
£12.75
£11.85
Gold medal winning Sauvignon from this
appellation
near Sancerre made by the hugely talented
Jean Tatin.
It is beautifully balanced and most
appealing.
2011 Pouilly Fumé,
DomaineTreuillet £12.95
£11.95
This classic Pouilly from Sébastien
Treuillet
has a lovely blackcurrant nose, elegance
and wonderful balance and minerality.
2010 Savennières Clos de
Coulaine
£12.95 £11.95
Claude Papin has made a delightful floral,
honeyed
dry Chenin full of fruit with a
lovely minerality.
It has a really good length and balance.
SPARKLING
Crémant de Loire, Domaine de
Nerleux £11.50
£10.50
Regis Neau’s ever popular, delicious
dry sparkler
is made from 70%Chenin Blanc & 30%
Chardonnay
and makes a wonderful aperitif!
RED
2011 Saumur Rouge Dom des Hauts de
Sanziers £8.75 £7.95
Dominique Tessier’s gold medal winning
Saumur has
Lovely mouthwatering fruit with good wight
and a fresh finish.
2011 Chinon Domaine de la
Noblaie
£10.25
£9.35
Outstanding organically grown Chinon from
top young
vigneron, Jérôme Billard, it is packed with
ripe fruit.
It has an attractive nose of violets and
alovely balance.
2010 Anjou Gamay ‘Sur Spilite’ Ch.
Pierre-Bise £11.95 £10.95
Claude Papin’s Gamay has a big structure
with intense
fruit and a long finish. No Lightweight!
2011 Sancerre Rouge ‘Les
Pierris’
£12.95
£11.95
Made from 100% Pinot Noir, this is an
elegant
attractive and stylish wine from the
Champault brothers.
2010 St Nicolas-de-Bourgueil ‘Les
Coutures’ £15.25 £13.95
Frédéric Mabileau’s superb St Nicolas has
had a great following
for a number of years. Made from 40 year
old vines,
it is aged in oak for 9 months. This wine
is made organically.
E &OE
RSJ 33 Coin Street, London SE1 9NR
Tel: 020 7928 4554
E-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com
Tom King@work in the Loire
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