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Vintages 2024 Buyers Guide
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OUR TOP HOLIDAY ICEWINE BUY

Reif Estate Vidal Icewine 2021
Sweet, Vibrant, Rich *** 93-points
VINTAGES ESSENTIAL #544791 - NOW $19.95
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BEST BUY HOLIDAY SPANISH RED

Godelia Mencia Red 2018
VINTAGES NOVEMBER 30 - #368043 - NOW $19.10
Ripe, Complex, Raspberry-Plum *** (90.5-points)
This classy 100% Mencia from Bierzo in north-western Spain has a deep intense purple colour. The gently spicy very attractive nose shows lots of bright ripe plum, black cherry and raspberry with some minerally, gently cedar, faintly earthy notes. Dry, medium bodied, harmonious and quite complex with bright, ripe, plum-cassis-raspberry flavours balanced by faintly smoky, refined cedary notes on the lingering, well structured finish. Aged for 12 months in French oak. Terrific now, especially with lamb.

A VERY TURKEY-FRIENDLY RHONE

Halos de Jupiter 2022
VINTAGES DECEMBER 14 - 276956 - NOW $17.40
Ripe, Juicy, Cassis-Black-Cherry **+ (89-points)
This is the 17th Vintages release over the past decade. It is deep purple colour with an attractive, gently spicy, juicy, ripe plum purée nose with some cassis-tinged cedar notes. Dry, medium bodied, harmonious, gently spicy, ripe, plummy, black cherry puree flavours with a lingering, fairly crisp, cedar-vanilla finish. This juicy, versatile, ready-to-drink, HOLIDAY CROWD PLEASER has 15% alcohol and under 4 g/L residual sugar.