Rupert & Rothschild Classique19. 95 per bottle ABV 13. 5% Merlot 51%, Cabernet Sauvignon 34%, Cabernet Franc 9%, Petit Verdot 6% This is the first vintage to include Cabernet Franc in the blend, which lifts the texture making for a more elegant wine, although Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon still dominate the assemblage. This is Classique at its very best and after 16 months in French oak and a few years in the bottle this vintage is singing! A complex and smoky nose starts off

the nose reveals profound notions of chocolate-covered cherries

and they had to work to control ripeness and power and perhaps the possibility of more aggressive tannins

This is a fantastic wine for the money

unctuous mouth-feel with a long

James Suckling

It offers a generous display of crunchy

Terroir : Amancaya is the Quechua name of an endemic flower of the Andes found in the Mendoza area

Best served with summer salads or grilled chicken

Medium dry

Grenache Noir (30%)

Full bodied and packed with sour cherry

Today there are 108 acres (44 ha) of vineyards