FORTIFIED & SWEET
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STONES RESERVE GREEN GINGER WINE 750ML
$19.99Grapes used in the production of the Stone’s Special Reserve are sourced from our own vineyard estates and premium, carefully selected growers. Following crushing and fermentation the base wine is clarified to provide a delicate white wine base. Meanwhile, Ginger roots of the finest quality have been infusing in high strength spirit. This is then added to the base wine and a few “secret” processes performed to create this new, powerful Ginger elixir. Not for the faint hearted, this super premium version of Stone’s Ginger Wine is a brilliant, deep golden brown in colour. Intense, pungent ginger and spice aromas hint at what lies within. On the palate up front, fiery ginger flavours are balanced by a rich, unctuous sweetness. The wine finishes extremely long with powerful ginger, caramel and spice flavours. Super “on the rocks”, as a mixer or blended with soda water for a spirited version of dry ginger ale. Coeliac Friendly
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CAVALIER GREEN GINGER WINE 750ML
$17.99A classic Green Ginger Wine, made in NZ with premium Marlborough grapes and zesty natural ginger. A dominant aroma of dark Manuka honey and spiced apricot pudding. On the palate the earthy sweetness is rounded off with a bold warming ginger that dives right down your throat and leaves you with a lingering spicy sensation. Vegan friendly.
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BOOKMARK TAWNY PORT 750ML
$21.99The Bookmark fortified wines embodies Angove’s philosophy of providing the consumer with the highest possible quality product at a most affordable price. This wine was blended from selected parcels of old fortified tawny that have been aged in large and small oak barrels. It shows developed fruit/oak characters that are nicely underpinned by the use of the fine brandy spirit.
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COCKBURNS SPECIAL RESERVE PORT 750ML
$39.99Tasting notes Our Special Reserve still has the lusciously ripe, vibrant fruit of youth and lovely tannins, which give it the slightly peppery spice on the tongue. But it also has the elegance of age: the softness and smoothness that can only be achieved by slow ageing in old oak barrels. That’s what puts the Special in Special Reserve. Food pairing It pairs particularly well with cheese and other desserts. And it will stay good for up to six weeks once you’ve opened it.
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SANDEMAN FOUNDERS RES PORTO 700ML
$37.99Named in honour of the Founder, this Reserve is one of Sandeman’s greatest Portos. Selected from the finest ”lots” of each vintage and aged for 5 years. Full of the power, fruit and fire that distinguishes classic Porto, Founders Reserve is the culmination of two hundred years of expertise.
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SANDEMAN RUBY PORTO 700ML
$32.99Descended from the fiery ruby Porto Wines originally shipped by George Sandeman in 1790, Sandeman Porto Ruby is still made traditionally to be rich and robust yet with a special depth of flavour and the finesse, achieved by expertly blending wines from Sandeman´s large and varied stock.
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SANDEMAN TAWNY PORTO 700ML
$32.99Selected from the lighter wines of each year, these Portos are chosen for ageing in small oak casks to develop their style. Sandeman Porto Tawny has the fruit and style of great Porto but with an added finesse. Pale in colour and light in body this Porto is superb as a chilled aperitif, or accompanying an appetizer, yet satisfying when served at the end of a meal. Tasting: Clear red amber colours with a light intense body, open up to aromas of vanilla and evolved dried fruits. The elegant harmony and fresh flavour of red fruits unfold in the mouth and combine with the complexity of wood ageing and a good finish.
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PENFOLDS CLUB TAWNY 750ML
$24.99750ml “In 1844 Christopher Rawson Penfold planted vines on the slopes of Magill to produce fortified wines. Penfolds is now proud to present a range of fortified wines that is a continuation of over 165 years of winemaking tradition and represents the finest collection of wines of this style in Australia. Origin: South Eastern Australia. Maturation: Matured in seasoned small oak casks (hogsheads) at the Penfolds Kalimna Tawny Cellar, in the Barossa Valley. Variety: Grenache, Mourvedre,, Shiraz (Syrah). First Vintage: Non Vintage.” 17.5% Alc
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TAYLOR’S FINE TAWNY 750ML
$34.99Taylor’s Fine Tawny is drawn from wines selected for their smoothness and mellow character. These are aged for up to three years in oak casks in Taylor’s cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. The individual wines are then blended together a few months before bottling for balance and completeness.
Taylor’s Fine Tawny Port is particularly popular in Continental Europe where it is drunk predominantly as an aperitif. For those preferring a lighter style, this versatile port can also be enjoyed after meals.
Bottled when ready to drink and does not require any further ageing in bottle.
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TAYLOR’S FINE RUBY 750ML
$34.99Taylor’s Fine Ruby a blend of full bodied Port wines aged for around two years in large oak vats in Taylor’s cellars, or ‘lodges’, in Vila Nova de Gaia.
As they age, they gain smoothness and elegance while retaining their fruitiness, intensity and youthful ruby colour. They are then blended together for balance and consistency. With its firm tannins and concentrated fruitiness, Fine Ruby is perfect for the classic port-and-cheese combination.
It is particularly good with blue-veined and richly flavoured soft cheeses. It also pairs well with berry fruit and dark chocolate flavours and, like all red Ports, makes an excellent after dinner drink.”
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DOW’S FINE RUBY PORT 750ML
$34.99The grapes used in the production of Dow’s Fine Ruby are a blend of traditional Portuguese varieties from the Douro Valley. Dow’s Fine Ruby is aged in seasoned oak casks for an average of 3 years, and bottled when ready to drink. Exuberant youthful fruit flavours make it perfect for informal drinking. It is ready to drink and enjoy when bottled and does not require further ageing
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DOW’S FINE TAWNY PORT 750ML
$34.99A superb Tawny from a leading Port house. Dow’s Tawny is a very fine and delicate style, with pretty red fruits balanced by nutty depth derived from an average of three years aging in small oak casks. Owned by the historic and also very modern Symington family stable of Ports, the Dow’s has both pedigree and sheer quality on its side.
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TAYLOR’S 20YO PORT 750ML
$109.99Taylor’s is one of the most highly respected producers of aged tawny Port wines. 20 Year Old Tawny Port is fully matured in seasoned oak casks each holding about 630 litres of wine. Here, over many years of ageing, the Port wine gradually takes on its characteristic amber ‘tawny’ colour, slowly developing the complex mellow flavours and the smooth luscious palate which are the hallmarks of this style of port. Taylor’s blends its magnificent 20 year old tawny Ports from its extensive reserves of old cask aged Ports matured in the firm’s cool and tranquil cellars (known as ‘lodges’) in Oporto on Portugal’s Atlantic coast. In the 20 Year Old tawny, the fruit has mellowed further than in the 10 Year Old, and the spicy, nutty aromas of ageing are more powerful and intense. The most popular 20 Year Old Aged Tawny Port in the United States of America. These Port wines are bottled when ready to drink and do not require any further ageing in bottle.