12 Days of Christmas
A full case of wines chosen from our range. Some reds, whites, sparkling and perhaps something else too… but contents will vary!
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2015 Château Arnaud Saint Estèphe
Cabernet Sauvignon | Merlot | Cabernet Franc | Petit Verdot
A classic left bank Bordeaux. Bold, black fruited, powerful but with Saint Estèphe elegance. Deep ruby colour with a hint of purple. Blackcurrant, crunchy redcurrant and bramble. A hint of violet, baking spice and liquorice. The tannins are strong but fine, perfect for red meats, and the finish is exceptionally long.
6 bottle case – £200
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2016 Castaño Coleccion (6bts)
Monastrell / Cabernet Sauvignon
From 50 year old bush vines on stony, sandy and limestone soils. The grapes are hand harvested and sorted. Fermented on the skins in stainless steel tanks, the wine then undergoes maturation for 10 months in new French oak barrels.
Deep shiny garnet colour with violet highlights. On the nose it is complex, with ripe blackberries aromas of blueberries and raspberries along with delicated clove and pepper spices. Aged in oak it has cacao and vanilla nuances. Soft on the palate with sweet tannins, good concentration, a complex mouthfeel and velvety finish.
2017 Chianti Classico, Tenuta Casenuove (12bts)
Located in the heart of the ancient Chianti Classico region, in Panzano in Chianti, one hour’s drive from Florence, Tenuta Casenuove covers 105 hectares spread over a succession of hills and valleys. There are 28 hectares under vine (in organic conversion), the rest of the estate largely laid to forest and olive groves. Planted high above the Pesa river at altitudes of 370 to 490 metres, in soils rich in the famed local galestro, a rocky, schistous clay terrain.
This Chianti balances dark fruits with freshness, a touch of spice and a subtle savouriness. Perfect for roast meats, hard cheeses and hearty autumnal fare, this is a wine we can’t get enough of.
2019 Benevolent Neglect Chardonnay
Benevolent Neglect || California || Chardonnay
Sourced from Massa Estate in Carmel Valley. This organic vineyard is a great example of what the Santa Lucia Highlands can offer.
Instantly recognisable as a Californian Chardonnay, yet it possesses a wonderful lightness of being that’s difficult to express without a glass in your hand. Elegance, purity of fruit with a gentle touch of oak to add depth, it’s hard to go wrong with this one!
The winemakers Ben Brenner and Matt Nagy say Chardonnay is often described as crisp or heavy oak, “why choose when you can have balance?”
Very limited supply.
2019 Benevolent Neglect Riesling
Benevolent Neglect || California || Riesling
Sourced from a 45 year old site up near Ukiah, Mendocino, nearly 200m above sea level.
Fermented long and cool in stainless steel, with the ferment stopped dry, retaining 15.5g/l R.S. It’s exceptionally well balanced with the high acidity you’d expect from a Riesling. Wonderfully composed with plenty of depth and complexity, a firm favourite of ours yet in very limited supply. This is the last ever vintage of this wine as the farmer ripped up the vines and replaced them with Chardonnay stock after the 2019 harvest.
Best to secure your bottles quickly before they run out!
2019 Castaño Solanera (6bts)
70% Monastrell / 15% Cabernet Sauvignon / 15% Tintorera
From bush and trellis vines on majority limestone soils. Hand harvested and sorted, then destemmed without pressing and fermentation with natural yeasts in small stainless steel vats. Matured for 10 months in French (70%) and American (30%) oak barrels.
Deep dark red, clean and bright. Aromas of ripe red fruit (plum, cranberries) and spices. On the palate, the ripe red fruit notes return along the jam and spices. The oak notes are totally integrated. Full, complex and structured, with elegant silky tannins and good balance.
2022 Calusari Pinot Grigio
Cramele Recas || Romania || Pinot Grigio
The winery has been fully fitted out with stainless steel, automatic temperature controlled tanks for fermenting and storing the wine. The primary vinification facility has been completely renewed with the best possible equipment for gently crushing, de stemming, pressing the grapes- in order to be able to maintain all the quality in the grapes. All of the grapes for this wine come from their own estate and are harvested early in the morning to avoid the heat which would otherwise cause the juice to become pink during fermentation.
The grapes were lightly crushed and then further cooled to 8°C before a gentle pressing in state of the art vacuum presses. Free run juice is separated from the heavier pressing and decanted into stainless steel temperature controlled tanks for 48 to 72 hours, until perfectly clarified. The clear juice is transferred to stainless steel fermenters and inoculate with selected yeast to begin fermentation which takes 3 weeks at 10°C. The wine is kept on fine lees until bottling.
Lovely, opulent aromas of grapefruit and peach follow through to a lithe body, with loads of fruit as well as abundant melon and apple character and citrusy acidity.
Serve at 8°C to 10°C with chicken, fish dishes, light seafood dishes.
2022 Calusari Pinot Noir
Cramele Recas || Romania || Pinot Noir
100% estate grown gapes from the Uberland Hill vineyard. Conventional new world viticulture and meticulous canopy management. Grown on a variety of soils, from cracking clay to limestone rich loam. All vineyards are non-irrigated. Trained to vertical shoot positioned trellis with 2 to 4 canes per vine with replacement spurs. Intervine soil management by cultivation. Yields from 5 to 15 tonnes per hectare.
25% of the grapes were transferred directly into 1000 kg bins without being destemmed then sealed and put through a carbonic maceration and fermentation for 10 days in order to produce a strawberry, fruity part of the blend. The remaining 75% was destemmed, lightly crushed and then macerated and fermented normally at 25°C in stainless steel automated fermenters. Both wines where then separately pressed and the noncarbonic maceration wine was lightly oaked for 2 months with French oak before blending.
Gorgeous flavours, almost syrupy in its concentration. Dark, rich and potent, with layers of black cherry, raspberry and cinnamon. Deep, with pretty fruit cake and spicy aromatics. A lovely long and lingering finish.
Pair with:semi hard cheeses, salmon, tuna, pork dishes made in the oven, duck, turkey in red sauce.
2022 Cramele Recas Mixed 18
2022 Solara Orange
Cramele Recas || Romania || 69% Riesling, 22% Sauvignon Blanc
A mountainous terrain surrounds the vineyards and dominates the landscape.
Refreshing like a white wine, with the complexity of red wine. This orange wine is made by leaving the grape skins and seeds in contact with the pressed juice, creating a deep orange-hued finish. The wine ferments naturally without the addition of yeasts, sulphur or any other additions. The different varieties are then blended and before a natural cold stabilisation, and bottled unfiltered and unfined.
Dark straw in colour with orange hints, the nose is a delicate mélange of quince, poire william and a hint of vanilla. A complex and structured wine, with elegant but discreet fruit flavours of stone fruits, backed up with a powerful tannin structure and long finish. A natural minimal intervention wine which is well balanced and structured yet pure and incredibly fresh.
Pair with: hard and semi hard cheese, tuna steak and chicken.
3 for Dinner
3 for Dinner
Three surprise bottles of wine from our range. A red, a white and perhaps a sparkling, but contents will vary!
6 for a Party
6 for a Party
A mixed half-dozen wines chosen from our range. Likely a couple of reds, a couple of whites and a sparkling, but contents will vary!
What We’re Drinking (12 btls)
A 12 month subscription to our “What We’re Drinking” mixed 12 bottle case.
This is a one time payment, up front, to receive 12 bottles of wine direct to your door every month for a year from the date of purchase.
In addition to 12 bottles of wine, you will also receive the following benefits for a full 12 months:
- Free delivery to your doorstep.
- First access to additional limited parcels of extraordinary wine (some bottles may even be included in your case).
- Presale to our wine events before anyone else.
- Invites to a members only wine tasting every 3 months.
Typically, the cases will be dispatched towards the last few days of each month (we need time to try the wines throughout the month!), and so it is possible you will receive each case at the start of the next calendar month. For example, we would ship January’s case around the 29th, and it would likely arrive with you on the last days of January, or the first few days of February.
If you need to make any alterations to delivery addresses, dates or require any other assistance, please email me at ryan@harperwells .com as soon as possible and I will do my best to accommodate your needs.
Return to the previous page to place your order by clicking here.
What We’re Drinking (3 btls)
A 12 month subscription to our “What We’re Drinking” mixed 6 bottle case.
This is a one time payment, up front, for 3 bottles of wine chosen by us.
In addition to 3 bottles of wine, you will also receive the following benefits for a full 12 months:
- First access to additional limited parcels of extraordinary wine (some bottles may even be included in your case).
- Presale to our wine events before anyone else.
- Invites to a members only wine tasting every 3 months.
For the 3 bottle option, delivery will be an additional cost dependant on where you are located. Alternatively you may collect the wines from our store free of charge.
Typically, the cases will be ready towards the last few days of each month (we need time to try the wines throughout the month!).
If you need to make any alterations to delivery addresses, dates or require any other assistance, please email me at ryan@harperwells .com as soon as possible and I will do my best to accommodate your needs.
Return to the previous page to place your order by clicking here.
What We’re Drinking (6 btls)
A 12 month subscription to our “What We’re Drinking” mixed 6 bottle case.
This is a one time payment, up front, to receive 6 bottles of wine direct to your door every month for a year from the date of purchase.
In addition to 12 bottles of wine, you will also receive the following benefits for a full 12 months:
- Free delivery to your doorstep.
- First access to additional limited parcels of extraordinary wine (some bottles may even be included in your case).
- Presale to our wine events before anyone else.
- Invites to a members only wine tasting every 3 months.
Typically, the cases will be dispatched towards the last few days of each month (we need time to try the wines throughout the month!), and so it is possible you will receive each case at the start of the next calendar month. For example, we would ship January’s case around the 29th, and it would likely arrive with you on the last days of January, or the first few days of February.
If you need to make any alterations to delivery addresses, dates or require any other assistance, please email me at ryan@harperwells .com as soon as possible and I will do my best to accommodate your needs.
Return to the previous page to place your order by clicking here.