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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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I was given a bottle of La Rosine by a friend as a joke on my surname and I nearly didn't drink it. Since then I have followed everyone of his vintages and go and taste twice a year at the cellars. My only regret is that I am unable to obtain enough... |
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Producer Name: Stephane Ogier Vintage: 2005 Bottle Price: £27.00 Case Price: £162.00 |
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The Grande Marque House of Joseph Perrier is still family owned and run today, over 180 years after it was founded. This NV Brut Champagne is aged for at least 3 years in the old Roman cellars to make a fruity wine, all too easy to drink as an... |
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Vintage: N.V. Bottle Price: £24.95 Case Price: £299.40 |
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60% cabernet sauvignon, 35% merlot, 5% petit verdot
Tasting note:
Has an attractive, mineral-stony fruit character on the nose. Shows a classical and elegant style, not very dense, but more of a well polished middleweight. There... |
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Vintage: 2004 Bottle Price: £7.15 Case Price: £171.60 |
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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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Vin Santo Arèle is an exclusive wine, in all ways, obtained from slow fermentation of grapes, allowed to dry on grates – called arele – and pressed during Easter Week. For this reason it is called Vino Santo, fine,... |
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Producer Name: Cantina Pravis Vintage: 1997 Bottle Price: £17.99 Case Price: £107.94 |
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Pale yellow and hints of green. Nice and clean. While on the nose: Intense ripe fruit, peaches, apple, citrus and white flowers. Fresh and mineral. The palate is rich, ripe, crisp and fresh.Very nice mineral towards the end.... |
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Producer Name: Ch de Fuisse Vintage: 2005 Bottle Price: £12.25 Case Price: £147.00 |
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The nose is fine with fruit notes. It is pleasant revealing elegance and an attractive, aromatic palette. The palate is round with great freshness and marked notes of citrus fruits. It is a compelling wine--profound, balanced and persistent on the... |
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Producer Name: Patrick Javillier Vintage: 2004 Bottle Price: £26.00 Case Price: £312.00 |
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This wine is made from Pinot Noir at the domain, the grapes from the youngest vines are made into rosé wines to obtain a crisper finish. This rosé is a wine to be drunk young (1 to 3 years) in order to appreciate its fresh and... |
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Producer Name: Pierre Prieur Vintage: 2008 Bottle Price: £13.50 Case Price: £162.00 |
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Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel draws primarily from a wide selection of our oldest, most historic and shyest-bearing Zinfandel blocks in Contra Costa County. Grapes were planted by Italian and Portuguese immigrants in the sandy, phylloxera-resistant... |
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Vintage: 2007 Bottle Price: £18.00 Case Price: £216.00 |
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Light yellow with a pale straw hue. A lifted nose of citrus, fresh stone fruit characters and melon. The palate is clean and fresh, subtle lees characters, is quite fruit derived and has great poise. This wine will age beautifully over the next 4-5... |
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Vintage: 2008 Bottle Price: £9.50 Case Price: £114.00 |
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