Eastbourne Beer Festival
Wine
Bar at the Festival
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Festival Wine Bar
Wines
The following wines were available at the Festival Wine Bar: White
1) Hanseret White 2003, First River Winery, 12.5% South Africa Light, crisp, refreshing wine. Aromatic guava and spicy notes on the nose. Soft tropical fruit palate. 2) Unwooded Chardonnay 2003, Currabridge, 13.5% Australia Light straw colour with clean peach and ripe melon characteristics. A rich and fruity palate finishes refreshingly crisp. 3) Vin de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne 2003, Domaine de Saint-Lannes, 12% France A blend of Colombard, Ugni Blanc and Gros Manseng gives a pungently perfumed, but clean and attractive wine. It has good fruit weight with a zingy acid finish and notable length. 4) Chardonnay 2002, Los Espinos, 13% Chile Crisp, lively citrus and tropical fruits with underlying toasty and buttery notes. 5) Falerio 2003, Saladini Pilastri 12.5% Italy Italian organically-grown grapes Trebbiano, Passerina, Pecorino and Falanghina are combined with Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc to give a ripe, rounded wine with a surprising length and finish. 6) Marsanne 2002, Les Jamelles 12.5% France Peaches and acacia flowers on the nose. Balanced, ripe tropical fruit and a long subtle finish. Rosé 7) Syrah 2003, Santa Rosa, 13.5% Argentina Expressive dry rosé giving ripe red fruit aromas and flavours. Red 8) Ruby Cabernet/Sangiovese 2002, Currabridge, 14% Australia An amazingly fruity rich blend showing ripe redcurrant and blackberry flavours. 9) Merlot 2002, Los Espinos, 13.5% Chile Lusciously textured, packed with plummy fruit in a generous but soft style. 10) Rosso 2002, Borgo Selene 12.5% Italy A soft, rounded, quaffably silky-smooth blend of Nero d’Avola and Nerello Mascalese from Sicily. 11) Hanseret Red 2003, First River Winery 14% South Africa Deeply coloured with an intense berry and mint aroma. Beautiful chocolatey oak and spicy notes characterise the palate. 12) Vino de Mesa Tinto NV, Rio Robles 12% Spain This medium bodied and delicately oak-aged Tempranillo-based wine is really a non-classified Rioja. Vanilla and soft fruit notes. 13) Clos de Campagnoles VdP d’Oc 1998, Milhau-Lacugue 13% France A well-integrated blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Showing wonderful raspberry and plum fruit characters rounded and mellowed by six years of gentle maturation. Subtle, extended length. |
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