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EDWIN SOON DANIEL CHIA SANDY CHNG Trained as an economist The lecturer at Temasek A chef by training and an oenologist, Polytechnic’s Culinary & since 1996, Chng Soon is an international Catering Management is a sommelier with wine consultant who Diploma programme Singapore Airlines moderated the wine also co-developed the and a wine educator tastings. Author of Asian Wine Lexicon with Wines and Spirits several books on and is the President/ Education Trust of wine, tea and food, Convivium Leader of London. He is certi ed he now also nurtures Slow Food (Singapore). by the Society of sommeliers. Wine Educators and the Court of Master Sommeliers.

TAN KAH HIN JANICE KOH NICOLA LEE LAM FOOK PING The founder and The  rst Singaporean A second-generation The recipient of the grand seneschal of female to achieve a member of the wine scholarship by the Confrerie des Certi ed Sommelier Commanderie de Asian Gastronomic Chevaliers du Tastevin certi cation by the Bordeaux Singapore, Awards of Excellence was past president Court of Master Lee is the Consul in 2011, Lam is on a of the International Sommeliers, Koh fell General of the never-ending journey to Wine & Food Society in love with wine while Ordre des Coteaux expand his knowledge of Singapore and studying at Le Cordon de Champagne on oenology. co-founder of the Bleu in Australia. in Singapore. Commanderie de Bordeaux and Ordre des Coteaux.

STEPHANIE TAN YING HSIEN MAGDELENE TANG CHRISTINE YAP RIGOURD He recently quali ed as Owner of the quaint Yap has been a keen Rigourd graduated the  rst Singaporean Mag’s Wine Kitchen wine enthusiast since from Tain L’Hermitage Master of Wine, the off Boat Quay, Tang 1991. A member of Sommelier School, most prestigious global is a banker-turned- the Confrerie des formerly serving as wine quali cation. Tan chef who lives to Chevaliers du Tastevin, commis sommelier owns Taberna Wine cook, eat, drink and she particularly loves for Chateau Smith Academy where he travel. She prefers Old World reds. Haut La tte and head hosts tastings and to be called Mag. sommelier of Le classes. He also speaks Charlemagne. She is and judges at wine the wine director at events extensively. Raf es Hotel Singapore.

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WHITE WINE OF SWEET WINE RED WINE NON-VINTAGE THE YEAR OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR CHAMPAGNE OF THE YEAR NEWTON JOHNSON, FAMILY ASKERNE, MARCHESI DE’ VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY HAWKE’S BAY FRESCOBALDI, LUCE DELLA LOUIS ROEDERER, BRUT 2013 NOBLE SEMILLON 2007 VITE, LUCE, IGT 2012 PREMIER NV

ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND ITALY FRANCE PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE $90 $60 $198 $100 FROM FROM FROM FROM STELLEZ VINE HOCKHUA WINES WATER AND WINE GRAND VIN

Gold and bright. Forward and Deep golden tea colour. Inviting This racy, expressive wine has Light yellow with medium bubbles. intense with coconut, vanilla, citrus, aromatic scent of coconut, cocoa, dark and red fruit  avours – from Pound cake and hazelnut, chalk peach, sweet oak, pineapple, mixed honeyed apple and Chinese coconut plum and cherry to blackberry and and minerals with  orals. Medium- tropical fruit and some crisp apple candy. Mouth- lling  avours of currants. With it comes cedar box, bodied with high acids, yet round notes. Flavoursome, balanced and pineapple and treacle. Rich but not chocolate, vanilla and spices, woven with good concentration and complex. Hint of nuts on the  nish. cloying, with pleasant acidity. Made with tannins. A be tting sangiovese- balance. Soft ripe fruit including Rich yet elegant. The rising star in from clones sourced from two sides merlot blend, from the effort of the kumquat and apricot, with a Hemel en Aarde Valley, along the of the Tasman sea. Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi and long  nish. scenic Hermanus wine route. Robert Mondavi families.

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WHITE WINE OF SWEET WINE RED WINE NON-VINTAGE VINTAGE THE YEAR OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR CHAMPAGNE OF CHAMPAGNE OF THE YEAR THE YEAR NEWTON JOHNSON, FAMILY ASKERNE, MARCHESI DE’ TAITTINGER, COMTES DE VINEYARDS CHARDONNAY HAWKE’S BAY FRESCOBALDI, LUCE DELLA LOUIS ROEDERER, BRUT CHAMPAGNE BLANC DE 2013 NOBLE SEMILLON 2007 VITE, LUCE, IGT 2012 PREMIER NV BLANCS VINTAGE 2005

ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND ITALY FRANCE FRANCE PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE $90 $60 $198 $100 $285 FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM STELLEZ VINE HOCKHUA WINES WATER AND WINE GRAND VIN CULINA

Gold and bright. Forward and Deep golden tea colour. Inviting This racy, expressive wine has Light yellow with medium bubbles. Very clear, medium yellow with  ne intense with coconut, vanilla, citrus, aromatic scent of coconut, cocoa, dark and red fruit  avours – from Pound cake and hazelnut, chalk bubbles. Nose of tropical fruit, blue peach, sweet oak, pineapple, mixed honeyed apple and Chinese coconut plum and cherry to blackberry and and minerals with  orals. Medium- ginger, nuts, bruised red apple and tropical fruit and some crisp apple candy. Mouth- lling  avours of currants. With it comes cedar box, bodied with high acids, yet round raspberry. Light yet frothy with deep notes. Flavoursome, balanced and pineapple and treacle. Rich but not chocolate, vanilla and spices, woven with good concentration and autolysis biscuit character, toast and complex. Hint of nuts on the  nish. cloying, with pleasant acidity. Made with tannins. A be tting sangiovese- balance. Soft ripe fruit including some caramelised fruit. Citrus fruit, Rich yet elegant. The rising star in from clones sourced from two sides merlot blend, from the effort of the kumquat and apricot, with a pomelo and duku notes balance out Hemel en Aarde Valley, along the of the Tasman sea. Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi and long  nish. the  avours. This wine  nishes nutty scenic Hermanus wine route. Robert Mondavi families. toasty, and long.

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RIVES BLANQUES, ODYSSEE CHARDONNAY 2013

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From Limoux in southern France comes this incredibly fresh chardonnay with lemon, minerals, pineapple, frangipani  ower and more. Citrus  avours, balanced, smooth and enjoyable.

LENTON BRAE, RODNEY STRONG SOUTHSIDE VINEYARDS, CHALK CHARDONNAY 2014 HILL CHARDONNAY 2012

ORIGIN AUSTRALIA ORIGIN PR I CE USA $52 PR I CE FROM $53 WINES ONLINE FROM CERTAIN CELLARS Pale gold with nuances of zesty lemon, Medium-gold minerals and grapefruit. chardonnay. Notes Balanced with a hint of of tangerine, citrus barley, this chardonnay fruit, apple, pear and from Margaret River parsley make for a is medium-bodied smooth, balanced and elegant with a wine from Sonoma. smooth texture.

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RIVES BLANQUES, ANVERS WINES, FOX CREEK ODYSSEE ANVERS CHARDONNAY 2012 CHARDONNAY 2013 CHARDONNAY 2010

ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN AUSTRALIA FRANCE AUSTRALIA PR I CE PR I CE PR I CE $55 $50 $55 FROM FROM FROM WORLD WINE VAULT WEIN AND VIN WEIN AND VIN This McClaren Vale From Limoux in This chardonnay chardonnay has a southern France comes from Adelaide Hills pale-gold appearance, this incredibly fresh showcases peach, with aromas of chardonnay with lemon, banana, toffee and persimmon, mango, minerals, pineapple, candied pineapple apricot and citrus, and frangipani  ower and nuances, a forward with good minerality. more. Citrus  avours, vanilla aroma and Sarawak pineapple balanced, smooth  avours with caramel and gun int aroma, and enjoyable. on the  nish. If you plus a lightly sweet like your wines big edge on the  nish. and bold, this is it.

LENTON BRAE, RODNEY STRONG DUTTON- HARTFORD PLANETA, DOMAINE BLAIN- ZIND HUMBRECHT, GERARD BERTRAND, SOUTHSIDE VINEYARDS, CHALK GOLDFIELD, COURT, RUSSIAN CHARDONNAY 2013 GAGNARD, CLOS WINDSBUHL AIGLE ROYAL CHARDONNAY 2014 HILL CHARDONNAY CHARDONNAY 2013 RIVER VALLEY CHASSAGNE- CHARDONNAY 2010 CHARDONNAY 2013 2012 CHARDONNAY 2012 MONTRACHET 2013 ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ORIGIN ORIGIN PR I CE AUSTRALIA ORIGIN USA ORIGIN ORIGIN FRANCE FRANCE PR I CE PR I CE $78 PR I CE PR I CE USA USA FROM FRANCE $52 PR I CE $65 PR I CE PR I CE $100 $160 GIORGIO FERRARI FROM $53 FROM $75 $93 FROM FROM WINES ONLINE FROM CALIWINES FROM FROM WEIN AND VIN ASIA WINE CERTAIN CELLARS SARMENT SARMENT NETWORK One of the best wines Pale gold with nuances This straw-coloured in the  ight, this Sicilian Old-gold colour that’s of zesty lemon, Medium-gold chardonnay from Pale-straw chardonnay wine oozes a perfume Light gold, with peach, not too clear. Complex Medium gold-coloured minerals and grapefruit. chardonnay. Notes California has notes of from Sonoma County of stone fruit and apricot, lemon, vanilla nose of ripe peach, wine perfumed with a Balanced with a hint of of tangerine, citrus banana and vanillin, with a hint of tropical pineapple. Mouth- and oak. Complex mushroom, chiku, distinct combination barley, this chardonnay fruit, apple, pear and creamy citrus-pineapple fruit, ripe apple,  lling with crisp tropical in taste, with hints of grapefruit, pineapple, of white  orals, citrus from Margaret River parsley make for a overtones and a hint of butterscotch and fruit, young ginger and butter and brioche. cooked green beans, peel, lemon, minerals is medium-bodied smooth, balanced Thai basil. Lemon and nutty toffee overtones. vanilla pod. Smooth, Nice aftertaste. pear and citrus. Well- and pineapple, with a and elegant with a wine from Sonoma. pineapple with some There’s wood and texture, balanced and rounded acids and a hint of vanillin. Crisp, smooth texture. smoke in the mouth there’s vanilla, but it’s has a long  nish. big  nish. Biodynamic, lovely acids, balanced and dryness. A layered all integrated with fruit. un ltered, unexpected and with quite a long wine that  nishes round The wine has good and an utterly sexy  nish. The surprise is and ripe. texture and a creamy Alsatian wine. that the wine is from  avoursome  nish. the Languedoc.

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BALBI SOPRANI NEBBIOLO D’ALBA 2012

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Elegant wine, under- lined by crushed raspberry, sandalwood and small red fruit. Medium tannins with mouth- watering fruit. Ready for drinking.

CORDERO DI ALDO CLERICO, PELASSA, BAROLO PAOLO SCAVINO, DOMENICO MONTEZEMOLO, BAROLO 2010 2009 BAROLO CAROBRIC CLERICO, CIABOT LANGHE NEBBIOLO 2006 MENTIN BAROLO DOC 2010 DOCG 2009 ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ITALY ORIGIN P R I C E P R I C E ORIGIN ITALY ORIGIN $74.90 $90 P R I C E ITALY FROM FROM ITALY P R I C E $118 P R I C E CAVEAU WINES HOCKHUA WINES $71 FROM $178 FROM SARMENT FROM ENOPLUS CELLARMASTER Brown rust-coloured Brown colour with WINES wine with aromas of orange highlights. A blend of three crus, (SINGAPORE) This nebbiolo has dried leaves and cherry, Developed nose with this wine oozes the tawny hues and notes with a hint of wood, and cherry, vanilla, violet classic aromas – cherry, of wild cherry, violet forest  oor. Still young, and candy  oss. Harmo- raspberry, mushroom, Crafted in the modern and pepper. Chewy but opens up with swirl- nious and with  nesse; red berry, nuts, herbs style, this barolo is racy tannins, leather and ing. Elegant, attractive, a little bit woody. and  owers. There is and rare. Fresh violet, meat  avours, balanced structured, with grippy depth and breadth with cherry, vanilla, dried by fruit. Will continue tannins; but everything super tannins; lots of coconut, tobacco – all developing for up to is well-balanced. room to grow. woven subtly together. 10 years. Complex, long  nish. Potential to evolve.

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BARRIERE FRERES, GRAND BATEAU BORDEAUX ROUGE BALBI SOPRANI 2011 NEBBIOLO D’ALBA 2012 ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN P R I C E ITALY $51 P R I C E FROM $50 TOP WINES FROM HOCKHUA WINES Layered with black fruit, tea leaves, meat and Elegant wine, under- spices. This merlot- lined by crushed rasp- cabernet franc blend is berry, sandalwood and the fruit of a collabora- small red fruit. Medium tion between Maison tannins with mouth- Barriere and sister watering fruit. Ready company Chateau for drinking. Beychevelle.

CHATEAU CORBIN, CHATEAU HAUT CORDERO DI ALDO CLERICO, PELASSA, BAROLO PAOLO SCAVINO, DOMENICO XX DE CORBIN SAINT-CLAIR, MONTEZEMOLO, BAROLO 2010 2009 BAROLO CAROBRIC CLERICO, CIABOT 2010 PUISSEGUIN SAINT LANGHE NEBBIOLO 2006 MENTIN BAROLO EMILION 2010 DOC 2010 DOCG 2009 ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ITALY ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN P R I C E P R I C E ORIGIN ITALY ORIGIN P R I C E FRANCE $74.90 $90 P R I C E $63 P R I C E ITALY FROM FROM ITALY P R I C E $118 P R I C E FROM $75 CAVEAU WINES HOCKHUA WINES $71 FROM $178 “I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY THE SEXINESS O’BATIGNOLLES FROM FROM SARMENT FROM HOCKHUA WINES ENOPLUS CELLARMASTER Brown rust-coloured Brown colour with WINES Chateau Corbin is one wine with aromas of orange highlights. A blend of three crus, (SINGAPORE) AND VIVACIOUSNESS OF THE LUCE. IT TOOK ON of the oldest estates in Beautiful fruit; juicy This nebbiolo has dried leaves and cherry, Developed nose with this wine oozes the Saint-Emilion. This mer- and lovely presenta- tawny hues and notes with a hint of wood, and cherry, vanilla, violet classic aromas – cherry, lot-cabernet franc has tion. Multifaceted with of wild cherry, violet forest  oor. Still young, and candy  oss. Harmo- raspberry, mushroom, Crafted in the modern nuances of spearmint, currants, pastilles and and pepper. Chewy but opens up with swirl- nious and with  nesse; red berry, nuts, herbs style, this barolo is racy A FEW BIG NAMES AND CAME OUT TOPS!” currants and crushed a touch of sweetness. tannins, leather and ing. Elegant, attractive, a little bit woody. and  owers. There is and rare. Fresh violet, berries, alongside toast Warm and balanced. meat  avours, balanced structured, with grippy depth and breadth with cherry, vanilla, dried and wet earth notes. This merlot, cabernet by fruit. Will continue tannins; but everything super tannins; lots of coconut, tobacco – all Has depth. Nice acids, franc and cabernet developing for up to is well-balanced. room to grow. woven subtly together. MAGDELENE TANG, ON THE RED WINE OF THE YEAR tight and  rm all the sauvignon blend 10 years. Complex, long  nish. way through. Enjoy with has  nesse. Potential to evolve. roast goose, sauteed beef and the like.

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CULLEN WINES, ST HUGO, CABERNET ATLANTE, PAOLO E XANADU, XANADU LA RESERVE DE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2010 NOEMIA D’ AMICO, ESTATE CABERNET LEOVILLE BARTON, SAUVIGNON CABERNET FRANC SAUVIGNON 2011 2010 MERLOT 2013 2011 ORIGIN AUSTRALIA ORIGIN ORIGIN P R I C E ORIGIN ORIGIN AUSTRALIA FRANCE $70 P R I C E P R I C E AUSTRALIA FROM ITALY P R I C E P R I C E $75 $90 PERNOD RICARD FROM FROM $64.50 SINGAPORE $71 FROM FROM TOP WINES WEIN AND VIN HAI CHOO WINES & ANGRA WINE & SPIRIT SPIRIT IMPORTERS Deep red; medium This purple-red wine This is the second intensity with cassis and from Margaret River has wine of both Chateaux Purple-red cabernet cedar on the nose. Ripe Dense and deep notes of wood incense, Langoa and Leoville sauvignon-merlot and intense  avours of purple-red wine from dark plum, liquorice, Barton. It is elegant with blend. Attractive cassis, blackcurrant, liquorice Umbria. Bold and leather, sandalwood subtle fruit and oak mint and eucalyptus and cinnamon, and intense with blackberry, and Chinese tea. Full nuances. It’s attractive, notes. Ripe and intense with good structure. black cherry, cloves, structure, medium- thanks to the soft with blackcurrant, Medium full-bodied, coffee and dark bodied and with a tannins and longish, blackberry, cocoa, balanced and with a chocolate. Full-bod- long dry tannic  nish. powerful  nish. coffee and some vanilla long dry  nish. ied, very  ne tannins, notes. Medium full-bod- lengthy and with depth. ied, balanced and with a long  nish.

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SMITH HAUT RUTINI, TORRES, MAS LA RODNEY STRONG PHILIP TOGNI, KENZO ESTATE, LAFITTE, LE PETIT ENCUENTRO BARREL PLANA 2010 BROTHERS, CABERNET RINDO 2010 HAUT LAFITTE 2010 BLEND 2010 CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2008 SAUVIGNON 2011 ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN SPAIN ORIGIN USA P R I C E P R I C E FRANCE ARGENTINA ORIGIN USA P R I C E P R I C E $114 P R I C E $192.60 FROM USA FROM $90 $90 P R I C E $164 CULINA VINUM FINE WINES FROM FROM $148 FROM WEIN AND VIN ASIA WINE FROM WATER AND WINE NETWORK CERTAIN CELLARS Deep dense red. Dark Medium density, dark This bright garnet cab- fruit with some musky From Napa Valley, this red wine from Napa ernet sauvignon-merlot This deep red blend notes. Ripe and juicy Deep red, moderate is a deep dense dark Valley. Cedar and black blend offers notes of has dark cherry, prune  avours of black plum, density. Sweet berry red with a bright red fruit aroma. Very com- blackcurrant, spices and cassis aromas, black cherry and coffee. nose, ripe and intense rim. Cedar and black plex and intense with and some mint. The along with leather, Fleshy, full-bodied,  avours of blackcurrant, fruit on the nose. Nose notes of black plum, attack is refreshing and spices and oak. It is beautifully balanced, blackberry, cocoa, of pencil shavings, black cherry, black- pleasant. Soft tannins creamy and bursts with  ne tannins and a coffee and liquorice. earth and undergrowth. berry, savoury wood but still evident. Young with fruit and herbal long  nish. Full-bodied, structured, Medium full-bodied, spices, cedar, coffee, but drinking well. notes. The cassis balanced and dry  ne tannins, with chocolate and more. and berry  avours persistent. It can mature a dark fruit and smoky Full-bodied, structured, settle the medium for a further  ve years. aftertaste. Medium balanced,  ne dry tan- tannins. It  nishes acids, creamy ripe tight nins, persistent  nish. GOODBUY medium long, with a and long. dark-fruit aftertaste.

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SHAW VINEYARD TERRAS D’ALTER, CAVE DE ARAMIS, ARAMIS ANVERS WINES, ESTATE, OUTEIRO RED 2012 CLAIRMONT, BLACK LABEL ANVERS SHIRAZ WINEMAKERS CROZES-HERMITAGE SHIRAZ 2008 2007 SELECTION SHIRAZ 2010 ORIGIN 2009 PORTUGAL ORIGIN ORIGIN P R I C E ORIGIN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA $50 P R I C E P R I C E ORIGIN FROM FRANCE P R I C E $55 $60 AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE FROM FROM P R I C E STRAITS WINE $51 FROM HOCKHUA WINES HOCKHUA WINES $50 COMPANY FROM O’BATIGNOLLES WORLD WINE VAULT This wine is intense with A McLaren Vale wine With a healthy dose of Complex with a vibrant dark spicy notes, incor- that is brimming with petit verdot, this syrah nose of spices,  owers, porating black pepper, ripe red fruit. Full Ripe dark cherry, spices, blend from Alentejo pink peppercorn, dried blackberry, eucalyptus, structure with high plum, mixed red and seduces with its smoky orange peel, red fruit, mocha, liquorice and acidity,  ne grained black fruit, smoke and cocoa-chocolate-rasp- earth, strawberry and currants. Medium acids, tannins, oaky with spice in the nose and berry fruit notes and red berry. Ripe balanced, dry and with blackberry and mouth. Good sticky savoury-spicy dry  nish. tannins, creamy texture and structured with a a very long  nish. blackcurrant and and fairly long  nish. long  nish. a long  nish.

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PICARDY, SHIRAZ MOUNT LANGI SCHILD ESTATE, CHATEAU MARIS, LA DOMAINE DE 2011 GHIRAN, CLIFF BAROSSA VALLEY TOUGE SYRAH 2011 L’ECHEVIN EDGE SHIRAZ 2013 SHIRAZ 2013 GUILLAUME DE ROUVILLE 2012 ORIGIN ORIGIN AUSTRALIA ORIGIN ORIGIN FRANCE P R I C E P R I C E AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA ORIGIN $62 P R I C E P R I C E $75 FROM FROM FRANCE $68 $68 P R I C E HOCKHUA WINES WEIN AND VIN FROM FROM $75 TOP WINES WINES ONLINE FROM HOCKHUA WINES This cool-climate shiraz From the Minervois-La with sweet red fruit From Victoria, this wine This deep ruby wine Liviniere commune tastes European. Some is ruby in colour with exhibits red currant, comes this syrah- Deep dense wine with viognier and malbec orange highlights. with nuances of mint grenache that is a restrained nose. The were added to the Citrus peel, kirsch, and blue  owers. Dry- vini ed in concrete syrah and grenache blend to bring out the with hint of pepper ness on the back palate and oak foudre. blend offers aromas complexity and fresh and leather. Medium and a longish  nish. Bottled and un ltered, of dried red and black fruit  avours. full-bodied, good this organic wine is fruit, leather and concentration, notable succulent and redolent a hint of farmyard. acids upon entry, of smoke, bacon, Medium full-bodied, balanced and farmyard, blackberry, structured and with an eminently drinkable. wild herbs, olive elegant, long  nish. and pepper. GOODBUY GOODBUY

SHAW VINEYARD TERRAS D’ALTER, CAVE DE ARAMIS, ARAMIS ANVERS WINES, GROVER ZAMPA, JACOB’S CREEK, BROTHERS IN FIVE GEESE, JON’S E. GUIGAL, COTE- TORBRECK, ESTATE, OUTEIRO RED 2012 CLAIRMONT, BLACK LABEL ANVERS SHIRAZ GROVER LA ST HUGO SHIRAZ ARMS VINEYARD, BLOCK RESERVE ROTIE BRUNE ET BAROSSA VALLEY WINEMAKERS CROZES-HERMITAGE SHIRAZ 2008 2007 RESERVE 2012 2010 BROTHERS IN ARMS SHIRAZ 2012 BLONDE DE GUIGAL RUNRIG 2009 SELECTION SHIRAZ 2010 SHIRAZ 2007 2007 ORIGIN 2009 PORTUGAL ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN P R I C E ORIGIN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA INDIA AUSTRALIA ORIGIN AUSTRALIA ORIGIN AUSTRALIA $50 P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E ORIGIN FROM FRANCE AUSTRALIA RHONE, FRANCE P R I C E $55 $60 $$77.30 $80 P R I C E $100 P R I C E $419 AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM P R I C E STRAITS WINE $51 $89 $110 FROM HOCKHUA WINES HOCKHUA WINES BUYAN PERNOD RICARD FROM HOCKHUA WINES FROM CULINA $50 COMPANY SINGAPORE FROM O’BATIGNOLLES HAI CHOO WINES & GRAND VIN WORLD WINE VAULT SPIRIT This wine is intense with A McLaren Vale wine Fashioned by Michel Moderate tempera- An Australian cult wine With a healthy dose of Complex with a vibrant dark spicy notes, incor- that is brimming with Rolland, this deep ruby St Hugo, named after tures and sandy soils Fragrant wine with with aromas of dried petit verdot, this syrah nose of spices,  owers, porating black pepper, ripe red fruit. Full wine made from shiraz the grandson of Johann A Langhorne Creek at a high-elevation  orals, spices, herbs, berries, citrus and Ripe dark cherry, spices, blend from Alentejo pink peppercorn, dried blackberry, eucalyptus, structure with high and cabernet brings Gramp (founder of wine with a deep vineyard in McClaren pepper and blackberry. raisin. Reminiscent of plum, mixed red and seduces with its smoky orange peel, red fruit, mocha, liquorice and acidity,  ne grained with it beguiling aro- Orlando wines which opaque centre, black Vale contribute to the An elegant, full, dry and amarone, this Barossa black fruit, smoke and cocoa-chocolate-rasp- earth, strawberry and currants. Medium acids, tannins, oaky with mas of rosewater, red owns Jacob’s Creek), fruit with a hint of rich aromas of red balanced wine with a Valley wine is quite spice in the nose and berry fruit notes and red berry. Ripe balanced, dry and with blackberry and berry and  owers. Long is better known for its  orals, leather and fruit, red berry, rose long  nish. unique in style, with a mouth. Good sticky savoury-spicy dry  nish. tannins, creamy texture and structured with a a very long  nish. blackcurrant and  nish and reminiscent iconic cabernet. This spice. Layered with and a leafy freshly dry, ripe and slightly and fairly long  nish. long  nish. a long  nish. of a Crozes. This wine is shiraz stands out too,  avours of stewed crushed peppery taste. warm  nish. of Indian origin. with  avours of pome- fruit and candied peel. Chocolate and violet granate, maraschino Grippy tannins and nuances make this a cherry and dark fruit, quite a big wine. memorable wine. alongside a long  nish.

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ITALIAN HIDDEN GEM HIDDEN

CALCAGNO ANTONINO FRANCESCO, ETNA ROSSO ARCURIA DOC 2013

ORIGIN ITALY P R I C E $56 FROM WATER AND WINE

Unique nose of sour plum, white pepper, spices and leather. Firm and lightly stemmy with a lean structure and medium body. Dry tannins and intense  nish; great with roast or grilled MALBEC meats and cheeses. Nerello Mascalese grape of Sicily’s Etna. GOODBUY

TRAPICHE, TERROIR SERIES FINCA DOMINGO SARMIENTO FARNESE, EDIZIONE MARABINO, MALBEC 2009 CINQUE AUTOCTONI ARCHIMEDE 2012 2013 ORIGIN ORIGIN ARGENTINA ORIGIN ITALY P R I C E ITALY P R I C E $67.50 P R I C E $82 FROM $82 FROM GOLDEN HUNG HO FROM TOP WINES MARKETING TOP WINES Ruby red wine from Dense red purple with Notes of caramelised Sicily. Mixed fruit bright red rim. Notes of cherry with earth and aromas, with  avours lightly oaked red berry sun-ripened  avours of of cherry and plum. and plum. Full-bodied black cherry with a hint Full-bodied, strong tan- dry wine with  avours of of hay, peppers, cocoa nins but velvety texture. crushed red berry, spices, and liquorice. Intriguing It comes across quite chocolate and blackberry. blend of primitivo, san- masculine and long. Balanced, elegant, giovese, negroamaro, structured, layered, malvasia rosso  nely textured, persistent, and montepulciano. creamy and with a long  nish. Utterly delicious.

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ITALIAN HIDDEN GEM HIDDEN

CALCAGNO ANTONINO FRANCESCO, ETNA GOODBUY ROSSO ARCURIA DOC 2013

ORIGIN ITALY P R I C E $56 FROM WATER AND WINE BRANCOTT PICARDY PINOT ROBERT FOLEY, BERNHARD HUBER, DOMAINE PIERRE MEYER-NAKEL, ESTATE, TERRACES NOIR 2012 PINOT NOIR 2011 BIENENBERG DAMOY,GEVREY SPATBURGUNDER Unique nose of sour MARLBOROUGH SPATBURGUNDER CHAMBERTIN CLOS TROCKEN 2012 PINOT NOIR 2010 GG 2011 TAMISOT 2011 plum, white pepper, ORIGIN ORIGIN spices and leather. Firm AUSTRALIA USA ORIGIN and lightly stemmy with P R I C E P R I C E ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN GERMANY a lean structure and me- $75 $100 P R I C E NEW ZEALAND FROM FROM GERMANY FRANCE dium body. Dry tannins PRICE P R I C E P R I C E $199 HOCKHUA WINES CERTAIN CELLARS and intense  nish; great $60 $155 $186 FROM with roast or grilled MALBEC FROM FROM FROM SCHMIDT VINOTHEK meats and cheeses. PERNOD RICARD WEIN AND VIN WATER AND WINE (SINGAPORE) This Western Australian Deep ruby with cran- Nerello Mascalese grape SINGAPORE wine is herbal with berry, cherry, leather, of Sicily’s Etna. cherry, bacon, spices and hints of truf- Medium ruby. Smoky Medium ruby. Smoke Deep garnet. Smoky Smoky with sour almond and strawberry.  e earth and raspberry. and grassy with sour and spices underlining with spices, cherry and cherry, leather and Precise, de ned fruit, Has potential to evolve. cherry and strawberry. wild strawberry, dark  orals. There are notes spices. Fine tannins, a balanced, dry, fresh Only in its third vintage, Medium-bodied, dry cherry and rose. Me- of fresh  owers, red light creaminess and with a long  nish. Enjoy this could be an up and with graphite and fruit dium-bodied with  ne berry and even some mid-palate persistence. within three years. coming wine to watch. nuances. Elegant. tannins and soft creamy braised meat. It has Good intensity and fruit. The wine is enjoy- elegance,  nesse and a long  nish. able now, yet should long  nish. GOODBUY mature splendidly.

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LARNAUDIE- G.H.MUMM, BRUT BRUNO PAILLARD, HIRAULT, BRUT LE ROSE BRUT PREMIERE CUVEE PRESTIGE CUVEE MV PREMIER CRU NV ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN P R I C E ORIGIN FRANCE $90 P R I C E FRANCE FROM P R I C E $104.86 PERNOD RICARD FROM $89 SINGAPORE FROM CAVEAU WINES EPIPHANY WINES Salmon pink with  ne Very clear, medium bubbles. Aromas of Light yellow and  ne bold, and medium brioche, raspberry, slow bead of bubbles.  ne bubbles. Chalky strawberry and white Lime, ginger, yeast, almond with lemon berry. Clean, ripe, bread, pear, apple, peel and pomelo. intense with pomelo high acids, and honey Medium body, and duku fruit notes. nougat notes. Balanced  orals and fresh Medium body, balance and long. persistent  nish. and long  nish.

TAITTINGER, BRUT PHILIPPONNAT, JOSEPH PERRIER, PAUL DETHUNE, RESERVE NV ROYALE RESERVE CUVEE ROYALE BLANC DE NOIRS, BRUT NV DEMI SEC NV GRAND CRU NV

ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN P R I C E FRANCE FRANCE FRANCE $110.50 P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E FROM $114 $115.50 $116 CULINA FROM FROM FROM CELLARMASTER HAI CHOO WINES WATER AND WINE WINES & SPIRIT Very clear, pale (SINGAPORE) medium gold with  ne Crystal clear with medi- bead. Nutty biscuits, Light yellow and  ne um-gold tones. Honey brioche, red apple, Light gold champagne bubbles. Floral, nutty nougat nose and apple. strudel, walnuts and with slow bead. Notes with honey, brioche Light body, good acids pear. Complex and of honey and ripe and hint of shiitake. and with a dry, long light-bodied with good apple, some chalk Intense palate with  nish. The wine offers balance and length. and minerals with ripe fruit, yellow plum, minerals in the mouth lemongrass. Medium mango, pomelo and and has a  ne texture, full-bodied and lengthy mandarin orange. along with grapefruit, in the  nish. Medium-bodied, lemon peel and ginger lively and light-footed. blossom  avours. Wonderful balance.

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SOUTHERN

RHONE

TAITTINGER, BRUT PHILIPPONNAT, JOSEPH PERRIER, PAUL DETHUNE, PIERRE PETERS, VIEILLE FRANCE, HENRI GIRAUD FUT ROGER SABON, RESERVE NV ROYALE RESERVE CUVEE ROYALE BLANC DE NOIRS, CUVEE DE RESERVE BLANC DE NOIRS DE CHENE BRUT MV CHATEAUNEUF- BRUT NV DEMI SEC NV GRAND CRU NV GRAND CRU NV BRUT NV DU-PAPE RESERVE 2012 ORIGIN ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN FRANCE P R I C E P R I C E FRANCE FRANCE FRANCE FRANCE FRANCE ORIGIN $110.50 P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E $257 FROM FROM FRANCE $114 $115.50 $116 $127 $222 P R I C E CULINA SARMENT FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM $90 CELLARMASTER HAI CHOO WINES WATER AND WINE WEIN AND VIN TOP WINES FROM WINES & SPIRIT WEIN AND VIN Very clear, pale (SINGAPORE) Very clear gold medium gold with  ne Crystal clear with medi- Medium gold with  ne Light gold champagne champagne made of bead. Nutty biscuits, Light yellow and  ne um-gold tones. Honey bubbles. Spicy with made of 100 per cent chardonnay and pinot Straightforward but brioche, red apple, Light gold champagne bubbles. Floral, nutty nougat nose and apple.  owers, acacia, pear, chardonnay. Nutty noir. Slow bubble rate blooms into a mouthful strudel, walnuts and with slow bead. Notes with honey, brioche Light body, good acids apple and a touch of biscuits with gun int, and few bubbles. of spices and blue fruit pear. Complex and of honey and ripe and hint of shiitake. and with a dry, long honey and yeast. Clean grass and walnut. Apricot, yellow plum,  avours. Balanced light-bodied with good apple, some chalk Intense palate with  nish. The wine offers and  ush with white Medium full-bodied mango and kumquat and full-bodied, with a balance and length. and minerals with ripe fruit, yellow plum, minerals in the mouth fruit. Good length, with grapefruit, with some  oral nuanc- velvety sweetish  nish. lemongrass. Medium mango, pomelo and and has a  ne texture,  nishing austere but brioche, buttered es. Light and dry with Unmistakable Cha- full-bodied and lengthy mandarin orange. along with grapefruit, ever so complex. toast and spices on dried lemon, apple, teauneuf with 80 per in the  nish. Medium-bodied, lemon peel and ginger the palate. Complex and pear on the palate. cent grenache and 10 lively and light-footed. blossom  avours. and medium length. Medium full, soft, round per cent each of syrah Wonderful balance. and long. and mourvedre.

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SHAW VINEYARD OLSEN WINES, ESTATE, PREMIUM THE OLD BAILEY 10 BOTRYTIS YEAR OLD SEMILLON 2008 ORIGIN ORIGIN AUSTRALIA P R I C E AUSTRALIA P R I C E $55 FROM $50 FROM HOCKHUA WINES WORLD WINE VAULT Luscious, intense and The 2014 Sweet Wine plush, this wine made of the Year continues of muscat is liquid to impress with mature dessert with  avours of notes of rose and ripe brown sugar, treacle, chiku. Textured palate caramel and roasted with good structure. walnut. The  nish is dry, long and warm.

OREMUS, TOKAJI GROOT ASZU 6 PUTTONYOS CONSTANTIA, 2003 GRAND CONSTANCE 2012

ORIGIN HUNGARY ORIGIN P R I C E SOUTH AFRICA $117.70 P R I C E “THE WINES SELECTED THIS YEAR HAD VERY FROM $160 VINUM FINE WINES FROM STELLEZ VINE Vega Sicilia’s sweet EXPRESSIVE NOTES AND CHARACTERS THAT Hungarian wine is South Africa’s oldest medium-bodied with a wine estate offers an clean, lively tart  nish. iconic wine made of MADE THEM HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND RESULTED Aromas and  avours red and white muscat straddle that of roasted de frontignan. It has a barley, ripe pineapple, complex nose of honey- sour cream and suckle, rose, eucalyptus IN A FULFILLING SENSORY EXPERIENCE.” custard apple. and apricot. The entry is smooth, the  nish a little short but what a lovely bittersweet SANDY CHNG ending it gives!

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DRY WHITE WINE

– VARIOUS GOOD BUY

SHAW VINEYARD OLSEN WINES, ESTATE, PREMIUM THE OLD BAILEY 10 BOTRYTIS YEAR OLD

SEMILLON 2008 GOODBUY ORIGIN ORIGIN AUSTRALIA P R I C E AUSTRALIA P R I C E $55 FROM $50 FROM HOCKHUA WINES WORLD WINE VAULT Luscious, intense and The 2014 Sweet Wine plush, this wine made D’ARENBERG, BRANCOTT ESTATE, VOYAGER LIVIO FELLUGA, M.CHAPOUTIER, of the Year continues of muscat is liquid D’ARENBERG LETTER SERIES ESTATE,VOYAGER PINOT GRIGIO 2013 M.CHAPOUTIER to impress with mature dessert with  avours of brown sugar, treacle, THE LAST DITCH MARLBOROUGH ESTATE CHENIN CONDRIEU notes of rose and ripe VIOGNIER 2010 SAUVIGNON BLANC BLANC 2014 ‘INVITARE’ 2013 chiku. Textured palate caramel and roasted ORIGIN with good structure. walnut. The  nish is 2013 ITALY dry, long and warm. P R I C E ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN $62 AUSTRALIA ORIGIN AUSTRALIA FROM FRANCE P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E NEW ZEALAND GIORGIO FERRARI $50 P R I C E $50 $106 FROM $50 FROM FROM SUTL WINES AND FROM HAI CHOO WINES & CULINA SPIRITS SPIRIT Italy’s pinot grigio spe- PERNOD RICARD cialist offers a complex, SINGAPORE engaging wine with this Straw-medium gold Straw-coloured A pale straw wine with oft-overlooked variety. wine with aromatic wine with aromas of The pioneer of sau- notes of peach, apricot, Re ned and  avour-  orals complemented chamomile, dried vignon blanc in the orange and custard some with lime, white by a hint of peas, yellow persimmon, clotted Marlborough region apple. Balanced with  orals, white stone fruit, plum, apricot and cream, oak, butter offers a wine that is a nice soft entry herbs and apple. nectarines. Fat, weighty, and banana liqueur.  avoursome and tex- and a medium  nish. A soft but balanced balanced, long and with Medium  nish and tured. This wine exhibits Excellent example of long  nish. a spicy  nish. Opulent! quite delightful. its signature style of the varietal. passionfruit, guava, pomelo, gooseberry, lime, white pepper and more. It is also OREMUS, TOKAJI GROOT balanced and crisp with ASZU 6 PUTTONYOS CONSTANTIA, a long  nish. 2003 GRAND CONSTANCE 2012

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PIANCORNELLO, ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2011

ORIGIN ITALY P R I C E $60 FROM CERTAIN CELLARS

Garnet with brown highlights. Plenty of red fruit with mushroom and chocolate. Medium-bodied, long velvety  nish with spicy notes, and ripe plum. Excellent example of a traditional style aged in older tonneaux.

AVIGNONESI, LA VELONA, VINO NOBILE DI BRUNELLO DI MONTEPULCIANO MONTALCINO 2008 2010

ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ITALY P R I C E P R I C E $70 $68 FROM FROM SARMENT CERTAIN CELLARS Sweet plum giving Sweet fruit including way to ripe berries. strawberry and raspber- Some cherry and meat ry. The fruit continues  avours, nice chewy on the palate, with tannins and a  nish some earth, cocoa and that’s warm and long. spices coming through. Balanced and long  nish.

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PIANCORNELLO, TENUTA IL CAPARZO, FELSINA, CHIANTI CASANOVA DI PIANCORNELLO, IL MOLINO ROSSO DI POGGIONE, BRUNELLO DI CLASSICO RISERVA NERI, BRUNELLO DI BRUNELLO DI DI GRACE, MONTALCINO 2011 BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2010 MONTALCINO 2010 MONTALCINO 2010 IL MARGONE MONTALCINO 2009 2010 SELEZIONE 2010, CHIANTI CLASSICO ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ITALY ITALY P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E ITALY ITALY ORIGIN $60 P R I C E P R I C E $95 $108 $110 FROM FROM FROM FROM ITALY $90 $95 P R I C E CERTAIN CELLARS GIORGIO FERRARI GIORGIO FERRARI CERTAIN CELLARS FROM FROM $115 WORLD WINE VAULT GIORGIO FERRARI FROM TOP WINES Garnet with brown Wild berries with some A very fruit-driven wine Ripe strawberry, dried highlights. Plenty of Brick red, cherry Garnet with some minty and stalky nuanc- with aromas of mint cherry and very ripe red fruit with mush- and plum with some amber tones. Meaty, es on the nose. Savoury and sea salt. There are sweet fruit on the Ruby red with garnet room and chocolate. candied fruit. Minerally, with sweet strawberry,  avours that include cherry, plum, small fruit palate. Medium tannins re ections. Preserved Medium-bodied, long steely, balanced and cherry and purple herbs, spices and sweet and even some herbs. and lovely  nish. cherry on the nose and velvety  nish with spicy smooth. Lightly warm in  owers. Heavy tannins, ripe fruit. Tight and Tannins balanced developing cured plum notes, and ripe plum. the  nish. bittersweet  nish and longish  nish. by lots of fruit. The in the mouth. Some Excellent example of a harmonious from  nish is vibrant. development is detect- traditional style aged in beginning to end. ed and there is good older tonneaux. structure in this wine with high tannins. Good for maturation.

AVIGNONESI, LA VELONA, MASTROJANNI, VINO NOBILE DI BRUNELLO DI BRUNELLO DI MONTEPULCIANO MONTALCINO 2008 MONTALCINO 2010 2010

ORIGIN ORIGIN ORIGIN ITALY ITALY ITALY P R I C E P R I C E P R I C E $70 $130 $68 FROM FROM FROM SARMENT ANGRA WINE & CERTAIN CELLARS SPIRIT IMPORTERS Sweet plum giving Sweet fruit including way to ripe berries. Ruby red with a hint of strawberry and raspber- Some cherry and meat mint on the nose. Love- ry. The fruit continues  avours, nice chewy ly sweet red berry and on the palate, with tannins and a  nish currants on the palate. some earth, cocoa and that’s warm and long. Fresh acids, tannins, spices coming through. juicy, leading up to a Balanced and savoury  nish. long  nish.

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SHAW VINEYARD VINA CHOCALAN, ZIND HUMBRECHT, KUNSTLER, REICHSGRAF VON ESTATE, MALVILLA RIESLING RIESLING 2012 HOCHHEIM HOLLE KESSELSTATT, WINEMAKERS 2009 2008 GRAACH SELECTION JOSEPHSHOFER ORIGIN RIESLING 2014 RIESLING GG 2012 ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN CHILE P R I C E GERMANY P R I C E $60 P R I C E ORIGIN ORIGIN $50 FROM $99 AUSTRALIA FROM WEIN AND VIN FROM GERMANY P R I C E P R I C E HOCKHUA WINES SCHMIDT VINOTHEK $50 (SINGAPORE) $100 FROM Buttery and honeyed FROM WORLD WINE with lime, limestone, WEIN AND VIN VAULT Pale gold with nuances of banana sour green mango Reminiscent of wet liqueur, kerosene, and a long full pebbles on a sunny Pale-gold riesling with From Canberra chrysanthemum and  nish. From Alsace’s day, this medium-gold white  orals, lanolin, District, this cool- dried lemon peel. keenest proponent of wine is creamy, lemony citrus and ripe lemon climate wine is an Forward and minerally; biodynamic farming. and honeyed all at the peel. Honeyed with unexpected but a touch of salinity same time. Long  nish. minerals, concentrated impressive wine with elevates this wine of but lean. aromas of green plum, medium maturity. green apple, camomile and golden kiwi.

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FERRARI, PERLE TRENTO DOC 2007

ORIGIN

GOODBUY GOODBUY ITALY P R I C E $84 FROM CELLARMASTER WINES (SINGAPORE)

This blanc de blanc 100 per cent chardonnay SHAW VINEYARD VINA CHOCALAN, ZIND HUMBRECHT, KUNSTLER, REICHSGRAF VON from Trentino, North ESTATE, MALVILLA RIESLING RIESLING 2012 HOCHHEIM HOLLE KESSELSTATT, SPANISH WINE Italy, stands out with its WINEMAKERS 2009 2008 GRAACH white  oral notes, green SELECTION JOSEPHSHOFER apple, bread crust ORIGIN RIESLING 2014 RIESLING GG 2012 and crispiness, along ORIGIN FRANCE ORIGIN with a long dry  nish. CHILE P R I C E GERMANY P R I C E $60 P R I C E ORIGIN ORIGIN $50 FROM $99 AUSTRALIA FROM WEIN AND VIN FROM GERMANY P R I C E P R I C E HOCKHUA WINES SCHMIDT VINOTHEK $50 (SINGAPORE) $100 FROM Buttery and honeyed FROM WORLD WINE with lime, limestone, WEIN AND VIN VAULT Pale gold with nuances of banana sour green mango Reminiscent of wet liqueur, kerosene, and a long full pebbles on a sunny Pale-gold riesling with From Canberra chrysanthemum and  nish. From Alsace’s day, this medium-gold white  orals, lanolin, District, this cool- dried lemon peel. keenest proponent of wine is creamy, lemony citrus and ripe lemon climate wine is an Forward and minerally; biodynamic farming. and honeyed all at the peel. Honeyed with unexpected but a touch of salinity same time. Long  nish. minerals, concentrated impressive wine with elevates this wine of but lean. aromas of green plum, medium maturity. green apple, camomile and golden kiwi.

VALDUERO, MARQUES DE VALDUERO RESERVA MURRIETA, 2009 CASTILLO YGAY RESERVA 2005

ORIGIN SPAIN ORIGIN P R I C E SPAIN $113 P R I C E FROM $160 TOP WINES FROM SINGAPORE STRAITS WINE Deep ruby wine that’s COMPANY gushing with strawberry, raspberry, mint, chocolate and vanilla. This traditional-styled Medium acids, dry and wine is drinking well ripe  nish. Drinkable, but is an excellent but, if you allow this candidate for mid-term modern-styled wine maturation. Deep to mature for several ruby with a pungent years, you will bouquet of red berry be rewarded. and oak. Rich  ne tannins. Very enjoyable. Quite delicious.

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ANGRA WINE & HOCKHUA WINES SPIRIT IMPORTERS Tel: 6482-6006 Tel: 6532-7791 O BATIGNOLLES ASIA WINE Tel: 6338-0190 NETWORK Tel: 6533-2646 PERNOD RICARD SINGAPORE BUYAN Tel: 6235-5055 Tel: 6223-7008 SARMENT CALIWINES Tel: 6636-9863 Tel: 9622-8269 SCHMIDT VINOTHEK CAVEAU WINES (SINGAPORE) Tel: 6735-2700 Tel: 6275-7888

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CERTAIN CELLARS STELLEZ VINE Tel: 6270-3230 Tel: 9756-4509

CULINA SUTL WINES AND Tel: 6474-7338 SPIRITS Tel: 6278-8555 ENOPLUS Tel: 6725-9893 TOP WINES Tel: 6468-3866 EPIPHANY WINES Tel: 9749-1681 VINUM FINE WINES Tel: 6735-3700 GIORGIO FERRARI Tel: 6749-3565 WATER AND WINE Tel: 6745-4470 GOLDEN HUNG HO MARKETING WEIN AND VIN Tel: 6562-0798 Tel: 9009-3827

GRAND VIN WINES ONLINE Tel: 6465-3081 Tel: 6468-2982

HAI CHOO WINES WORLD WINE VAULT & SPIRIT Tel: 6659-6368 Tel: 6515-6540

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