Clear the Cave - January

On the Menu

• L’Ameillaud - Vin de Pays de Vaucluse - 2012 - Vaucluse, France
  Smoky black and blue fruit scents are complicated by suggestions of licorice and cracked pepper. Focused and chewy on the palate, offering bitter cherry and black currant flavors and a hint of cured meat.


• Tinhorn Creek - Merlot - 2010 - South Okanaga, Canada
  Established by the Shaunessy and Oldfield families on the South Okanagan’s legendary Golden Mile Bench in 1993, Tinhorn Creek is a very special winegrowing project, comprising 150 acres of spectacular vineyards in two distinct areas, one on either side of the valley.


• Domaine Isle Saint Pierre - Cabernet - 2010 - France
  Isle Saint-Pierre is a small island in the middle of the Rhone River, just 25km south of Arles and 15km from the sea. The vineyards, planted at the very heart of the Camargue region, stretch over 170 hectares around the island.


• Jackson Triggs - Sauvignon Blanc - 2013 - Niagara Estate, Canada
  Pale straw colour with a lively nose of gooseberry and lemon; fruit character is replayed on the palate; crisp and dry, with light / medium body.


• Réserve Durand - Sauvignon Blanc - 2015 - Sancerre, France
  From a small producer in France's Loire Valley comes this dazzling white wine, rich with grapefruit and gooseberry aromas. The estate boast mature 25-30 year old vines and a mix of chalky, silicious soils.


• Château Roc de Ségur - Bordeaux - 2011 - Bordeaux, France
  This ripe, smoky, wood-aged wine shows ample fruit as well as solid tannins. The wine has richness and spice, the wood well balanced by black plum and final juiciness.

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