{"title":"Swig Christmas Portfolio Tasting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThank you so much for joining us last night. We had a blast, and it was wonderful to see so many of you again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are offering the following discounts across the wines poured on the evening. To redeem, enter the following codes at the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e final stage of checkout: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHRISTMAS1522 - 15% off orders of £200 and over\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHRISTMAS1022 - 10% off orders of £120 and over\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscounts live until midnight 6th December\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have any questions, please email us on wines@Swig.co.uk - we'd be delighted to help.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"distant-noises-cabernet-sauvignon-2019","title":"Distant Noises Cabernet Sauvignon 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn outstanding Cabernet for this price. We've tasted many at £25 to £35 that do come close.  A perfect mix of all the elements of beautiful \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCabernet: \u003c\/span\u003eblackcurrants, slight herbaceous notes, pencil, cedar, tobacco, and it's now getting velvety, but with just the right amount of grip on the finish that makes it good with food.  Lots of class and quality winemaking from Tom Carson, one of Australia's most awarded winemakers.  Just 13% alc. Will keep for a few more years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDistant Noises is Tom's (Yabby Lake Winemaker) own winemaking project. The fruit is sourced from Yarra, and the winemaking is as sensitive, precise, assured as befits Tom's name. The real beauty of Distant Noises though? It's the price! Tom has set himself the challenge of making premium Mornington Peninsula wine at a price that you rarely see for wines from this region. Why, in this venal old world, would he do that? Because he wants to. He's achieved pretty much everything else there is to achieve in wine. He's reached the summit several times over. Distant Noises is his chance to do that rare thing of making a cracking wine that is accessible to many, that gives as many people as possible the pleasure of the wines he makes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DISTANT NOISES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37559947329721,"sku":"AYABBYLAKR19B03","price":16.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/products\/DistantNoisesCabernetSauvignon.jpg?v=1758880668"},{"product_id":"st-romain-la-perriere-domaine-buisson-2019","title":"St Romain La Perriere Domaine Buisson 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou could compare this to Meursault 'Meix Chavaux' Roulot. Or for Puligny, it's a bit 'Clavoillon' but without the weight. The style is lean, racy, steely, with a citrus palate, with some nice fruit to carry it, but it's that lovely incisive nature that singles out this wine. (A bit Coche). The aromas are fine and very lifted and appealing, with acacia flowers, lemon and white peach. The palate is silky and fine and evolving nicely with a delicate hint of white-buttered toast with a lovely minerality and sharp, limestone tang that I like so much. Very long and graceful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDomaine Henri et Gilles Buisson is a sensational producer. They are most definitely a feather in our cap. We don’t come across producers like this often, that aren't already being imported to the UK. In fact, it would be just a few like this in a lifetime, such is the quality of terroir they have, but more importantly what they’re doing with it. Perriere is one of 4 lieu-dits made by the Buisson brothers, each as good as the last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BUISSON, H AND G","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41552360734905,"sku":"FBUISSONW19B02","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/products\/saint-romain-perriere-domaine-buisson.png?v=1637663391"},{"product_id":"morgon-guy-breton-2021","title":"Morgon Guy Breton 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of the original ‘Gang of Four’ who spearheaded the natural wine movement in Beaujolais in the 1980s, Guy Breton's estate is only three hectares, most of which is around Morgon. Vine age between 8 and 80 years old. Mid smudgy crimson. Smells of tiny wild red berries and peppery herbs. Full of pure energy and life. Mouth-watering red fruits, fragrant and juicy on the palate. Incredibly fine tannins. Likely to age well but already delicious now. \" 17\/20 points, Jancis Robinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGive it a good swirl and allow those lovely cherry blossom and cherry fruit notes to come through. Bergamot, stewed strawberrry, cranberry and just a little liquorice. Such soft tannins, and a lovely lithe and elegant palate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the famed ‘Gang of Four’ (Breton, Jean Foillard, Jean-Paul Thevenet and Marcel Lapierre) credited with starting the natural wine movement around the village of Villié-Morgon in the 1980s, Guy Breton is rightly considered one of the most important Beaujolais producers in recent history. Sure, natural wine has become trendy McTrendy, but we prefer to concentrate on the intrinsic quality of the wines. From just 3ha around the cru of Morgon, Breton’s Beaujolais are possessed of a fruity vibrancy, ethereality and tension that are a marvel to behold, and show what can be done when natural winemaking is allied to obsessively careful vineyard management and a deep understanding of the entire winemaking process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GUY BRETON","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42823821721785,"sku":"FBRE02R7521","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/products\/MorgonNV_4bed5052-9ca6-4aec-af70-0f5a23c0f6d7.jpg?v=1748535484"},{"product_id":"st-romain-combe-bazin-domaine-buisson-2020","title":"St Romain 'Combe Bazin' Domaine Buisson 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt has a beautiful nose that could satisfy you on it’s on own! There's such clarity to the perfume of violets, sweet pea and ripe British cherries, spiked with cinnamon and a little oak spice. The palate is so svelte, with lingonberry cordial, Danish rodgrod, with a mineral tinge. Really vibrant, and drinking well already, but will age and mellow beautifully. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e'Who is Burgundy’s next superstar? Who’s the next Roumier, Rousseau or Coche?' Neal Martin wrote last year in Vinous.com, in response to being asked the question by many.  He went on to cite Domaine Henri et Gilles Buisson as one in just a handful of producers Burgundy lovers should really know about. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eJasper Morris MW in InsideBurgundy.com writes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;\"\u003eHaving tasted the Buisson 2018s in the summer, I came back for a second visit in early December so as to take a view on their 2019s (and to buy some of the brilliant 2018s for myself). \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis tasting confirmed what was already obvious – that the Buisson brothers are one of the star acts of the Côte de Beaune.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThey dare all and they achieve it, managing an astonishing purity in their wines, of both colours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"  \"If you are not yet aware of the brilliant wines of Fred and Franck Buisson (Domaine Henri \u0026amp; Gilles Buisson), it is time to rectify the omission\" - Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDomaine Henri et Gilles Buisson is a sensational producer.  We don’t come across producers like this often, that aren't already being imported to the UK. 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