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The Catena family has been involved in winemaking for over a century, having immigrated to Mendoza from the Italian wine growing province of the Marche. Having planted their first vineyards in 1902, the family has become one of the largest and most successful producers in Argentina. Their philosophy has been always that a great wine originates in the vineyard. Their commitment to quality is paramount and their wines are the result of the combined efforts of a top quality team headed up by two of Argentina's most respected and talented wine experts, vineyard director Alejandro Sejanovich and winemaker José Galante. Under the guidance of Dr Nicolas Catena, the company's painstaking research into all aspects of vineyard selection and grape growing, complemented by their investment in state-of-the-art technology, has made them true pioneers of the Argentinean wine industry.

	Catena Alamos Bonarda 2004 6x75 cl The result of this careful handling in the winery is a wine of dark violet color with purple tones. The nose offers concentrated plum and black cherry aromas. The wine has a soft elegant mouthfeel with rich concentrated fruit flavors and ripe sweet tannins. Price: £46.35 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 6x75 cl The result of this careful handling in the winery is a wine of dark violet color with purple tones. The nose offers concentrated plum and black cherry aromas. The wine has a soft elegant mouthfeel with rich concentrated fruit flavors and ripe sweet tannins. Price: £46.35 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alamos Chardonnay 2004 6x75 cl The Alamos Chardonnay 2004 presents a light yellow color with green hues. The nose offers rich tropical fruit aromas with citrus and floral notes. The mouthfeel is full of concentrated apple and pear fruit flavors with tones of vanilla and sweet spice from light oak aging. The finish is clean and fresh with bright, crisp acidity.` Price: £46.35 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alamos Malbec 2006 6x75 cl Price: £46.35 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Chardonnay 2004 Single Bottle Price The 2004 vintage of the Catena Chardonnay offers the best of three high altitude vineyard sites. The La Pirámide vineyard produces tropical fruit flavors and aromas with a rich mouthfeel. The Domingo vineyard adds notes of citrus blossom and white peaches. The Adrianna vineyard provides pear and fig flavors with an excellent minerality and bright acidity. The wine shows a greenish yellow color. The nose shows mango, banana and apple fruit flavors with hints of sweet spice and wet stone. The mouthfeel is full yet clean, with pear and fig fruit flavors and finishing with fresh, crisp acidity. José Galante, Winemaker Price: £11.97 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Chardonnay 2004 6x75 cl The 2004 vintage of the Catena Chardonnay offers the best of three high altitude vineyard sites. The La Pirámide vineyard produces tropical fruit flavors and aromas with a rich mouthfeel. The Domingo vineyard adds notes of citrus blossom and white peaches. The Adrianna vineyard provides pear and fig flavors with an excellent minerality and bright acidity. The wine shows a greenish yellow color. The nose shows mango, banana and apple fruit flavors with hints of sweet spice and wet stone. The mouthfeel is full yet clean, with pear and fig fruit flavors and finishing with fresh, crisp acidity. José Galante, Winemaker Price: £68.34 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 Single Bottle Price The Catena 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon has an opaque violet color. The nose offers focused aromas of cassis and black cherry fruit with touches of grilled green pepper and smoky toast. The mouthfeel is full and well structured with ripe red currant fruit flavors and notes of cigar box. The finish is long and complex, with ripe sweet tannins. Price: £12.42 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 6x75 cl The Catena 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon has an opaque violet color. The nose offers focused aromas of cassis and black cherry fruit with touches of grilled green pepper and smoky toast. The mouthfeel is full and well structured with ripe red currant fruit flavors and notes of cigar box. The finish is long and complex, with ripe sweet tannins. Price: £71.04 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Malbec 2005 Single Bottle Price The first super-premium Argentine Malbec introduced into the international market, Catena Malbec has become a benchmark for the exceptional price to quality ratio which this most Argentine of grapes can offer. The 2002 vintage continues this legacy. A blend of two unique vineyard sites and microclimates, the 2002 Catena Malbec offers the dark, violet color typical of Argentine Malbec. The Nicasia vineyard offers explosive floral aromatics while the Angelica vineyard provides rich, ripe blackberry fruit elements. The soft, sweet mouthfeel and ripe, velvety tannins are characteristic of the Angelica terroir. This wine shows the great potential of Argentine Malbec. Price: £12.42 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Malbec 2005 6x75 cl The first super-premium Argentine Malbec introduced into the international market, Catena Malbec has become a benchmark for the exceptional price to quality ratio which this most Argentine of grapes can offer. The 2002 vintage continues this legacy. A blend of two unique vineyard sites and microclimates, the 2002 Catena Malbec offers the dark, violet color typical of Argentine Malbec. The Nicasia vineyard offers explosive floral aromatics while the Angelica vineyard provides rich, ripe blackberry fruit elements. The soft, sweet mouthfeel and ripe, velvety tannins are characteristic of the Angelica terroir. This wine shows the great potential of Argentine Malbec. Price: £71.04 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alta Chardonnay 2004 Vintage 2003 - Region Mendoza - Grape Varieties 100% Chardonnay -Wine Maker Jose Galante - Alcohol by vol 13.9 Tasting Note Bright and fresh with cool-climate melon and apple fruit, with some richer fig notes underneath and integrated toasty, nutty oak. Producer info Nicolas Catena was the third generation of his family to make wine in Mendoza but the first to see the potential in planting higher and higher vineyards in search of cool climate sites ideal for the production of fine wine. Today, over a decade on from the first Catena Malbec in 1994, he works with his daughter Laura (who extraordinarily juggles her work as an ER surgeon in San Francisco with the family business) in their relentless pursuit of the finest possible quality wines from their unique vineyard lands. Price: £23.50 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alta Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 An excellent example of what microclimate blending can bring to Cabernet Sauvignon in Mendoza, this wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the lime, clay soil in Lot 3 of the La Pirámide vineyard and the sandy, lime soil of Lot 3 in the Domingo vineyard. The 2002 vintage was cooler than usual in La Pirámide, with average March temperatures at 1.5° C below normal, resulting in complex aromatics and firm structure. March conditions were slightly warmer than usual in Domingo, with average temperatures reaching 1.7° C above normal, offering generous cassis fruit flavors and touches of frosted mint. This vintage should be enjoyed in 5 to 7 years and will continue to improve over the following 12 to 14 years. Price: £27.50 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alta Malbec 2002 Decanter magazine (Feb. 2005) rates the 2002 as “Outstanding. The vintage that put Argentinian Malbec on the map.” Press Quote "By the year 2015, the greatness of Argentinean wines made from the Malbec grape will be understood as a given. This French varietal, which failed so miserably on its home soil in Bordeaux, has reached startling heights of quality in Argentina. Both inexpensive, delicious Malbecs and majestic, profoundly complex ones from high-elevation vineyards are already being produced, and by 2015 this long-ignored grape's place in the pantheon of noble wines will be guaranteed." Robert Parker,Food and Wine Price: £30.98 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alta Malbec 2004 6x75 cl 100% Malbec sourced from the sandy soils of the Adrianna vineyard, the sandy, clay soil of Lot 18 in the 70 year old Angélica vineyard, and the sandy soils of Lot 1 in the Altamira vineyard. The Adrianna vineyard saw slightly warmer March temperatures, with averages about 2° C above normal, resulting in excellent color and aromatic structure. The Angélica vineyard also experienced warmer than usual temperatures, with March averages some 2.3° C above normal, offering a generous texture and soft, silky finish. In Altamira the warm conditions, with March averages 1.8° C above normal, lent a rich sweetness on the mid palate. This vintage should be enjoyed in 6 to 7 years and will continue to improve over the following 12 years Price: £168.58 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alta Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 6x75 cl An excellent example of what microclimate blending can bring to Cabernet Sauvignon in Mendoza, this wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the lime, clay soil in Lot 3 of the La Pirámide vineyard and the sandy, lime soil of Lot 3 in the Domingo vineyard. The 2002 vintage was cooler than usual in La Pirámide, with average March temperatures at 1.5° C below normal, resulting in complex aromatics and firm structure. March conditions were slightly warmer than usual in Domingo, with average temperatures reaching 1.7° C above normal, offering generous cassis fruit flavors and touches of frosted mint. This vintage should be enjoyed in 5 to 7 years and will continue to improve over the following 12 to 14 years. Price: £148.73 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Alta Chardonnay 2004 6x75 cl Producer info Nicolas Catena was the third generation of his family to make wine in Mendoza but the first to see the potential in planting higher and higher vineyards in search of cool climate sites ideal for the production of fine wine. Today, over a decade on from the first Catena Malbec in 1994, he works with his daughter Laura (who extraordinarily juggles her work as an ER surgeon in San Francisco with the family business) in their relentless pursuit of the finest possible quality wines from their unique vineyard lands. Price: £125.95 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Zapata 2002 The 2002 Nicolás Catena Zapata presents a dark, opaque violet color. The nose is packed full of ripe black berry fruit aromas, with layers of eucalyptus, black pepper, and mineral notes. The mouthfeel is full, yet supple, with a soft, generous texture. On the palate, the wine offers rich, concentrated flavors of cassis and black currant fruit interwoven with notes of cigar box, sweet spice and vanilla. The finish is long and lingering, with well structured tannins and racy acidity. Price: £48.34 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Lafite Catena Caro Cabernet/Malbec 2003 Single Bottle Price 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Malbec Wine Maker Estella Perinetti Tasting Note Soft cassis, blackberry and cedar on the nose with more cassis, leather and plum fruit on the palate all lifted by some floral violet notes. Elegant and refined. Producer info A joint venture between Bordeaux’s Domaines Baron de Rothschild-Lafite and Argentina’s Catena, Caro was the result of an attempt to combine Bordeaux and Argentina in terms of people, knowledge and grapes by making a Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec blend drawing on the expertise of both parties. First released in 2002 with the 2000 vintage, Caro has quickly gained a reputation as one of Argentina’s icon wines. Price: £28.79 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Catena Zapata 2002 6x75 cl The 2002 Nicolás Catena Zapata presents a dark, opaque violet color. The nose is packed full of ripe black berry fruit aromas, with layers of eucalyptus, black pepper, and mineral notes. The mouthfeel is full, yet supple, with a soft, generous texture. On the palate, the wine offers rich, concentrated flavors of cassis and black currant fruit interwoven with notes of cigar box, sweet spice and vanilla. The finish is long and lingering, with well structured tannins and racy acidity. Price: £231.48 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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	Lafite Catena Caro Cabernet/Malbec 2003 12x75 cl 50% Cabernet Sauvignon & 50% Malbec Wine Maker Nicolas Catena Alcohol by vol 14 Tasting Note Rich, full-bodied wine with black fruits, violets and spice on the nose. The palate's big, juicy tannins support the concentrated fruit with smoky, tobacco edges from the oak. Producer info A joint venture between Bordeaux’s Domaines Baron de Rothschild-Lafite and Argentina’s Catena, Caro was the result of an attempt to combine Bordeaux and Argentina in terms of people, knowledge and grapes by making a Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec blend drawing on the expertise of both parties. First released in 2002 with the 2000 vintage, Caro has quickly gained a reputation as one of Argentina’s icon wines. Price: £344.22 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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