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Best of the Loire, £80
3:52pm Thursday 4th September 2008
The Loire Valley is well known as the home of Sauvignon Blanc, but as well as this classic grape variety many other quality wines are produced from different grapes. Here is a mixed case featuring some of the best examples.
The Best of the Loire Valley mixed case ocosts £80 and includes three bottles each of each of the following four wines.
Sauvignon de Touraine, Domaine Guy Allion 2007: This ultra-fresh, fine and minerally sauvignon blanc is full of mouth-watering and refreshing fruit - delicious!
Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine sur Lie, Hauts Pemions 2007: This is s serious top-class example of Muscadet at its best. A far cry from your basic examples, this sur Lie has plenty of refreshing fruit to balance its mouth-watering crispness.
Rosé d'Anjou, Les Celliers du Prieure 2007: Fuller rosé style with raspberry and strawberry fruit, plus nuances of fresh cherry and hedgerow fruit, this is the perfect aperitif served well chilled.
Touraine Cabernet Franc, Les Quatre Pierres, Guy Allion 2005: The Loire produces some great reds from both pinot noir and the aromatic cabernet franc variety. This example has smoky redcurrant fruit and plenty of minerally crispness that makes the wine vibrant and fresh in the mouth.
The Oxford Times Wine Club is run in association with The Oxford Wine Company. Free delivery of your wine is available within 30 miles of Oxford. Please allow up to ten working days for delivery of your wine. If you have any questions about your order, contact The Oxford Wine Company on 01865 301144 quoting The Oxford Times Wine Club or email: info@oxfordwine.co.uk
If you would like to buy unmixed or mixed cases of wines that you have particularly liked from The Oxford Times Wine Club at the same special discounted prices, please contact Theo Sloot at The Oxford Wine Company on 01865 301144 or email theo@oxfordwine.co.uk
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