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Smart Wines is a fine wine merchant based in Ascot, Berkshire. Listing unusual and boutique wine from across the world and specialising in Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhone Valley & New Zealand.
We source Wines With Character from interesting regions which have something to offer. If there is anything you can't see, Contact Us and we might be able to point you in the right direction. Smart Wines will always have something interesting going on.
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Wines with Character
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The 2006 is superior to the 2005, with deeper, dark ruby colour, sweeter black cherry and berry fruit, with notes of pepper, herbs, and spice. It is an attractive, charming, delicious wine which will drink over the next 7-8 years. |
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Producer Name: Chateau Redortier Vintage: 2006 Bottle Price: £13.95 Case Price: £167.40 |
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The 2004 Cote Rotie has fruit and structure akin to to the 2000 & 2001 vintages. As in all of his recent vintages the wine is oaked in its first year with new oak and only 30% at that.
This is a great wine which... |
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Producer Name: Stephane Ogier Vintage: 2004 Bottle Price: £55.00 Case Price: £330.00 |
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A crisp, buoyant, flavourful wine made from ripe fruit and cool ferments Partially oak aged for three months with lees exposure. Pale, with ripe sweet-fruit characters, subtle wood influence and a fresh finish. |
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Vintage: 2007 Bottle Price: £9.95 Case Price: £119.40 |
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This wine is made from a selection of Nelson and Marlborough grapes. The result is a full bodied wine that has layers of fruit flavours that are associated with the different soil types and climatic conditions in these areas.
Brilliant lemon... |
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Vintage: 2007 Bottle Price: £10.95 Case Price: £131.40 |
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Ch Filhot 2001 is made in a light, fruity style emphasizing finesse and elegance, it exhibits abundant amounts of sweet pineapple and sealing wax-like characteristics, along with pure, clean flavours. Slightly sweet, it does not possess the... |
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Vintage: 2001 Bottle Price: £14.50 Case Price: £348.00 |
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The Mâcon-Villages "Champ Brûlé" is a blend from three different villages. The vineyards from Vergisson (40%) give the mineral character and the finesse (limestone dominated soils) in the wine, Davayé (30%) ripe... |
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Producer Name: Ch de Fuisse Vintage: 2006 Bottle Price: £9.65 Case Price: £115.80 |
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Ch. Caronne Ste. Gemme 1999 55% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot 5% petit verdot.
A mild and humid autumn followed by a rather dry winter. The start of spring shows a hectic climate which leads to a difficult flowering. June and July... |
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Vintage: 1999 Bottle Price: £12.95 Case Price: £155.40 |
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Last evening I tried the 2008 Le Petiot, AC Touraine Sauvignon from Domaine Ricard.
I have been tasting Vincent’s wines for five or six years, I guess, and rate him as one of the best producers of Sauvignon Blanc in the Cher Valley. Of... |
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Producer Name: Domaine Ricard Vintage: 2009 Bottle Price: £8.25 Case Price: £99.00 |
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The only Aloxe Corton made with 100% Pinot Gris, called Pinot Beurot in Burgundy. Only 1,000 bottles are made each year and the wine spends 1 year in new oak. This wine goes with nearly all types of food, it is an opulent rich wine with balanced... |
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Producer Name: Comte Senard Vintage: 2004 Bottle Price: £28.25 Case Price: £339.00 |
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Meursault Clos du Cromin is deep green-gold in color and pungently spicy in aroma, suggesting a brush with botrytis in this clay-rich, relatively water-retentive site. Javillier believes in avoiding new barrels for this wine, “because Clos du... |
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Producer Name: Patrick Javillier Vintage: 2004 Bottle Price: £25.00 Case Price: £300.00 |
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