Contrada Santo Spirito is a project of Antonio Moretti Cuseri, the owner of iconic properties Tenuta Sette Ponti and Podere Orma in Tuscany and Feudo Maccari in Sicily. Morretti fell in love with the 14 ha estate planted to autochthonous grapes between 500-700 m, located between Passopisciaro and Randazzo, on the slopes of Mount Etna. This Nerello Mascalese is crafted from 60+ year-old ungrafted vines, fermented in wood and stainless, where it rested for 6 months. Anise, red liquorice, red florals, dried strawberry, worn leather, tobacco and walnut shells fill the textural, lighter-bodied palate, scented with raspberry, wild cherry, thorns, and gripped with herbal, fine hewn tannins. Subtle soil salts linger on the finish, brightening the finish. Rabbit, wild mushrooms would make an excellent pair.
Dense purple in colour with a bouquet of cedar, black fruits and vanilla oak; full-bodied and dry, the black plum and blackcurrant flavours are nuanced with bitter chocolate and finely resolved tannins.
Carménère blended with 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Dense purple in colour with a spicy, blackcurrant, cedary nose augmented by notes of red flowers and pencil lead; medium-bodied, dry and savoury with plum, blackcurrant and dark chocolate flavours; firmly structured.
Highland Park is arguably the most balanced of all Single Malts. Nose reveals subtle peated malt combined with floral and spicy overtones. Mouth-filling flavours convey a wide spectrum of fruit, malt, spice, refined peat smoke and an elusive herbal mineral note on the finish.
Aromatic gooseberry, green herb and flinty mineral lead the way for lovely green gooseberry in the mouth. Zingy fresh acidity, mineral and notes of passion fruit linger on the finish. A great value, classic Kiwi Sauvignon.
Straw coloured with a hint of lime, this lightly aromatic Chardonnay offers a nose of sun-warmed apples with a floral note; medium-bodied, richly extracted flavours of sweet apple and baked lemon fill the palate.
One of the lowest-priced white Burgundies you can buy, and, I have to say, it’s better than many at twice the price. A clean, fresh nose of apple, citrus and floral notes. It’s unoaked and crisp on the palate with green apple flavours and touches of citrus and minerals. Nice with fresh fish dishes.