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The wines we carry at Picnics Fine Foods are selected only after being tasted and evaluated for the level of pleasure they will bring to our customers.  Please feel free to contact us with any questions or special orders.

$26.00

Vasse Felix

Heytesbury 2002

91% Cabernet Sauvginon, 6% Shiraz and a 2%mix of Malbec and Merlot, from select vineyards in Western Australia.  Full Throttle, fruit and herb driven Cabernet with great structure that is almost completely smothered by the dense concentration.  Robert Parkers web site lists the current price of this bottle at $42-$55.  I’d like it at that price, but at $26, I’m in love!

Robert Parker 91 Points: “The impressive, dense ruby/purple-colored 2002 Heytesbury Proprietary Red, primarily Cabernet Sauvignon with tiny dollops of Merlot, Malbec, and Shiraz, offers up scents of cigar smoke, dried Provencal herbs, blackberries, and currants. It is the fullest-bodied, most concentrated and structured of the Vasse Felix offerings. Chocolate, cedar, and black currant characteristics appear in the flavor profile of this moderately tannic offering. Give it 1-2 years of bottle age, and consume it over the following 10-12.”