Kings of Europe Premium Selection

Kings of Europe Premium SelectionSo successful was the standard kings of Europe mix we thought we better put a top shelf premium one together! If you are a serious fan of European wine then you won't find a better selection of high performing, big hitting reds from the Superpowers of European wine production France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. This new mixed case includes: 1 x Lab Lisboa Vinho Tinto 2016 (Italy) Awarded Best Buy: Wine Enthusiast Magazine Awarded Gold Medal: China Wine

So successful was the standard kings of Europe mix we thought we better put a top shelf premium one together! If you are a serious fan of European wine then you won't find a better selection of high performing, big hitting reds from the Superpowers of European wine production – France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

This new mixed case includes:

1 x Lab Lisboa Vinho Tinto 2016 (Italy)

Awarded Best Buy:  Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Awarded Gold Medal: China Wine & Spirits Awards 2017

Awarded Gold Medal: Asia Wine Trophy 2017

Awarded Silver Medal: Sakura Women's Wine Awards 2018

Lab Vinho Tinto is a very aromatic red packed with berry fruit and plummy complexity. Notes of ripe black and red fruits. On the palate, juicy plums and dark berry fruit flavours with plenty of fresh yet fine tannin that adds structure to the finish, along with flavours of spice and liquorice. Just delicious and deserving of its two Gold Medals.

1 x Château Franc Couplet Cuvée Privilege 2016 (France)

AWARDED GOLD MEDAL: Concours de Bordeaux 2017

AWARDED GOLD MEDAL: Gilbert Gaillard 2017

AWARDED SILVER MEDAL: Concours de Paris 2017

Dark ruby color. Red fruit aromas with plum and cherry jam and vanilla hints from the oak ageing. Well balanced, rich structure with refined tannins. A very good example of value for money Bordeaux.

Revel in the delightful, rich fruit and depth of this claret from a family estate in Entre-Deux-Mers. With a proud medal winning pedigree, Chateau Franc Couplet is a cuvée from the Entre Deux Mers and typifies the style for which this region is renowned. It displays good depth of colour with expressive ripe cassis and dark plum aromas. It's smooth, rounded and elegantly proportioned with just a subtle hint of spice - the epitome of modern claret.

1 x Monte das Promessas (Portugal)

AWARDED GOLD MEDAL: CITADELLES DU VIN 2018

From the acclaimed 'Best Young Winemaker of Portugal' comes Monte das Promessas, a lovley juicy silky smooth wine, with an abundance of fruit.This wine is from a small area called the Monte das Promessas, composed of 7 gently sloping hills of young vines that range in altitude from 100-200m.
Abundant sunshine during the day, cool and fresh nights, with temperatures moderated by the nearby Atlantic Ocean help to create a balanced super drinkable wine made from Castelão, Syrah, Touria France and Cabernet Sauvignon.

1 x Miopasso Nero d’Avola 2017 (Italy)

Awarded Double Gold Medal: Sakura Wine Awards 2019

RECOMMENDED: Decanter Magazine

RECOMMENDED: IWC

Ridiculously delicious. It is made using the 'Apassimento' method of production where a portion of the grapes are air-dried before fermentation and is best-known as the standard method used for producing the blockbuster Amarone wines of Veneto in northern Italy. But used here in sunny Sicily the result is an explosively fragrant, concentrated, rich and flavourful wine with fabulous length and freshness on the finish. Exciting stuff, really one of the most interesting reds we've found in ages.

"Deep, purple/red with an incredibly intense nose featuring black pepper and spices. The palate offers layers and layers of fruit with bursts of dark berry fruit, offering excellent balance and complexity, with a soft, long finish."
-Winery Notes

1 x Fortant de France Cabernet Sauvignon 'Terroir Littoral' 2017 (France)

AWARDED GOLD MEDAL: Gilbert & Gaillard 2018

This southern French beauty is bursting with red fruit aromas with plum and cherry dominate with a hint of vanilla from the oak ageing. Well balanced, rich and completely drinkable!

The grapes for the Fortant de France Cabernet Sauvignon are sourced from selected vineyards located in the coastal valleys around Sète in southern france. The coastal terroir is sunny and bountiful, offering delectable, exuberant wines with flavours of red and blue fruit. Boasting relatively young and rather fertile soils, this terroir, with the help of modern viticultural and winemaking techniques, is well-suited to bringing out all of the aromas and flavours of each grape variety as well as those produced during fermentation such as thiols, terpenes and esters.

1 x Domaine Lafage 'Tessellae' Carignan Vieilles Vignes 2014

Awared 93/100 POINTS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Awared 92/100 POINTS: eRobertParker.com

"A beautifully composed and expressed wine made from old vines, the complex bouquet shows dark plum, dark chocolate, cedar and floral characters with nuances of game and Christmas spices. The palate is concentrated and richly fruited, yet not heavy, and offers velvety texture and sweetly rounded tannins. The wine delivers an abundance of delectable flavours, while remaining stylish and structured. At its best: now to 2019" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"A crazy value, the 2014 IGP Cotes Catalanes Tessellae Carignan Vieilles Vignes is one of the best examples of this variety from the Roussillon, and the fact that it sells for a song is just icing on the cake for the consumer. Coming all from schist soils and 70-year-old vines, raised 12 months in a mix of concrete tanks and demi-muids, it offers tons of black raspberry and black cherry fruit, licorice and dried spices to go with a super sexy, heady, seamless style on the palate that keeps you coming back to the glass. Drink this blockbuster over the coming 2-3 years" eRobertParker.com