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View Catalogue Welcome Welcome to our 2020 Portfolio. At Premium Wines we see wine as the expression of a family, a land, a climate, and ultimately of an origin. It is that wine-making heritage we express in our careful choice of wines. In an industry dominated by large powerful groups, Premium Wines share with you a personal and innovative experience. Our focus is on supplying your customers with top quality wines that ultimately produce nothing but pleasure when consumed. These are the measures of quality that matter and we take great pleasure in delivering that experience to you. Our Mission To continue as the most efficient, responsive and cost effective family-owned agent and distributor of quality wines in Ireland. We are confident that within this portfolio you will unearth many gems to grace your wine list and satisfy your customer needs. We continue to be the Wine Supplier of Choice and exceptional customer service remains our top promise to you. To make this catalogue easy to use, wines are listed in order by country and region. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and we look forward to working with you in the year ahead. James O’ Hara Managing Director EST 2006 Prices are quoted ex VAT. Reg Company no. 425358 Vat Reg No. IE 9572928J 2 Table Of Contents Function & Pouring Wines ........................... 1 ORGANIC WINES......................................................2 CHAMPAGNE............................................................. 3 Sparkling Wines & Prosecco ......................... 4 Argentina ................................................................. 5 Australia .................................................................... 7 Chile ............................................................................. 11 France .......................................................................... 13 South of France ................................................... 21 Germany ...................................................................... 23 Italy ............................................................................... 24 New Zealand ............................................................ 32 Portugal .................................................................... 33 South Africa ............................................................ 34 Spain .............................................................................. 35 USA ................................................................................ 39 Fortified Wine ...................................................... 40 3 Function & Pouring Wines White Selection Red Selection Australia Australia Harbour Bridge - Chardonnay Harbour Bridge - Shiraz Harbour Bridge - Semillion Chardonnay Harbour Bridge - Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Smithfield Cellars - Chardonnay Smithfield Cellars - Shiraz Smithfield Cellars - Sauvignon Blanc Chile Chile La Conda - Cabernet Sauvignon La Conda - Sauvignon Blanc La Conda - Merlot Las Mondes - Chardonnay Las Mondes - Cabernet Sauvignon Las Mondes - Sauvignon Blanc Las Mondes - Merlot Sol Del Oro - Sauvignon Blanc Sol Del Oro - Cabernet Sauvignon Sol Del Oro - Viognier Sol Del Oro - Syrah France France Francois Jamet - Chardonnay Francois Jamet - Cabernet Sauvignon Francois Jamet - Sauvignon Blanc Francois Jamet - Merlot Le Ruse - Chardonnay Le Ruse - Cabernet Sauvignon Le Ruse - Sauvignon Blanc Le Ruse - Merlot Italy Italy Bisol - Pinot Bianco 2.0 ltr bottle - Veneto Rami - Montepulciano 2.0 ltr bottle 75 cl bottle 75 cl bottle Borsari Inzolia - Sicilian Borsari - Cabernet Sauvignon - Veneto Flavorelli - Pinot Grigio - Veneto Cordone - Pinot Grigio - Terra Sicilian Le Merlaine - Toscano Villa Cornaro - Valpolicella - Veneto Palazzi - Pinot Grigio - Veneto Villa Cornaro - Montepulciano Villa Cornaro -Soave - Veneto Villa Cornaro - Merlot Villa Cornaro - Pinot Bianco - Veneto South Africa South Africa Dragonfly - Pinotage Dragonfly - Chenin Blanc Mountain Ridge - Cabernet Sauvignon Mountain Ridge - Sauvignon Blanc Rozendaal - Pinotage Rozendaal - Chenin Blanc Spain Spain Borsao - Grenache Borsao - Macabeo, Muscat Rosé Wines Rosé Wines USA Italy Tracker Jack - White Zinfedel Villa Cornaro - Pinot Grigio Rose 1 The consumption of organic wine is now out-pacing the consumption of non-organic wine. Organic wine is wine made from grapes pesticides, fungicides and herbicides. difference in the way that organic wine grown in accordance with principles of is defined relates to the use (or non-use) organic farming, which typically excludes The legal definition of organic wine varies of preservatives during the winemaking the use of artificial chemical fertilizers, from country to country. The primary process. Morellino Di Scansano Poggio Nibbiale 2015/16 Sangiovese more... page 25 Jean Louis Denois 2015 Mes Vignes de Saint Paul 50% Syrah, 35% Merlot, 15% Grenache more... page 21 Jean Louis Denois 2018 100% Chenin more... page 21 Domaine De Sérame 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon more... page 21 Domaine De Sérame 2018 Chardonnay more... page 21 2 There is a Full List of Champagnes Champagne Available upon Request Champagne Pol Roger All the know-how of our firm is revealed occasions. The Brut Réserve is a blend in its ability to reproduce each year a in equal parts of the three champenois blend which is consistent in style and in grape varieties: pinot noir, pinot meunier quality. Elegant and refined, the cuvée and chardonnay from 30 different crus. Brut Réserve is the champagne of all 0399 Pol Roger Reserve Brut N/V Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay Champagne Bollinger In 1911, Georges Bollinger’s British agent More than a hundred years later, the name gave him the idea for the name Special of Bollinger’s key figure champagne still Cuvée - “special” written the English way, symbolizes both its expertise and its without an accent. He thought the French history. expression “Brut sans année” was no match for such a subtle champagne… 0394 Bollinger Special Cuvée (6 x 1) N/V 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier. Champagne Georges Cartier Located on Avenue de to its philosophy, the House selects the Champagne, in Epernay, best grapes from the best villages to Capital of the Champagne make well-balanced and easy-to-drink region, Georges Cartier creates champagnes. wines for pleasure. As a tribute 0400 Georges Cartier Brut Traditional (6 x 1) N/V 1/3 of each grape variety, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay 0401 Georges Cartier Brut Rosé (6 x 1) N/V Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay Jean Louis Denois 040 Jean Louis Denois Tradition Brut (6 x 1) N/V Pinot Noir/Chardonnay 3 Sparkling Wine Marques de Monistrol CAVAROSE Marqués De Monistrol - Rosé Cava (6 x 1) N/V Pinot Noir, Monastrell Prosecco Villa Cornaro 0410 Prosecco Frizzante DOC - Villa Cornaro (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera 0417 Prosecco Frizzante DOC - Villa Cornaro ( Cork) (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera 0411 Prosecco Extra Dry DOC - Villa Cornaro ( Cork) (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera Perl Anima PERL02 Perl Anima Bianco Frizzante IGT Vento (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera PERL01 Perl Anima Cuvèe Extra Dry Millesimato ( Cork) (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera 4 Prosecco Santa Chiara 0415 Prosecco - Santa Chiara (6 x 1) N/V Tappo Vitte Vino Frizzante 041 Prosecco - Santa Chiara (Cork) (6 x 1) N/V Tappo Raso Vino Frizzante 0414 Raboso Rosato - Villa Rosé (6 x 1) N/V Vino Frizzante Tenuta San Giorgio 0412 Prosecco - Tenuta San Giorgio Brut ( Cork) (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera 0418 Rosa Gemma Rosa Spumante ( Cork) (6 x 1) N/V Pinot/Noir Glera 0413 Tenuta San Giorgio Prosecco Spumante Extra Dry (6 x 1) N/V 100% Glera Veneto 04188 Galanti Prosecco Extra Dry (20cl) ( Cork) (24 x 1) N/V DOC Treviso 5 Argentina Mendoza Chukkers Polo is Argentina’s Second Sport next esteemed Bodegas Escorihuela Gascón cultivated are those that can best express to Soccer. A Chukker is the word used of San Rafael, Mendoza. The winery in themselves at this altitude. for each of the 8 periods in a Polo game, the heart of Argentina’s wine lands, 700 Our Chukkers Malbec comes from the metres above sea level, the varieties 404 Chukkers (6 x 1) 2018 Malbec Butchers Block Mendoza is by far the largest wine responsible for roughly 70 percent of Mendoza, producing red wines of great region in Argentina. Located on a the country’s annual wine production. concentration and intensity. high-altitude plateau at the edge of The French grape variety Malbec has the Andes Mountains, the province is its New World home in the vineyards of BB02 Butchers Block (6 x 1) 2018 Malbec Goyenechea La Vasconia was the name given to of two varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon sides and secure maximum morning and the estate by its founders -themselves and Merlot. The vines are planted afternoon sunlight. of Basque origin- in 1908, when they in north-south rows to optimize sun first planted vertically-positioned vines exposure on their eastern and western GOYE1Goyenechea Torrontés (12 x 1) 2018 Torrontés 409 Goyenechea Roble (12 x 1) 2018 100% Malbec 409A Goyenechea Centenario Reserve Malbec (12 x 1) 2017 100% Malbec GOYE2Goyenechea 5th Generation Grand Reserva (12 x 1) 2015 100% Malbec 6 South Australia Coonawara Butchers Block BB01 Butchers Block (6 x 1) 2016 Shiraz McLaren Vale Garnacha – Tempranillo is a hugely areas of the country. It is essentially a popular blend that combines two of simplified form of the classic Rioja Blend Spain’s core red-wine varieties to produce (in which Mazuelo and Graciano are both red and rosé wines from various added into the mix). WOOD1Woodstock (6 x 1) 2014 Semillon, Sauvignon
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