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The Rose & Crown Hotel
Le Huret,
Alderney
UK Channel Islands
Delivery on Alderney is free :-) we deliver Monday to Saturday between 10am and 1pm.
Please note that we cannot deliver off-island.
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Château Sainte Barbe Reserve Privé 2006
Wine; vintage: 2006; ABV: 14.5%;
Grape varieties: Merlot;
Datasheet
color: red
country: France
vintage: 2006
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Chateau Sainte Barbe
History
Chateau Sainte Barbe was built between 1760 and 1770 by Jean-Baptist Lynch. The Lynch family arrived in Bordeaux at the end of the 17th Century, fleeing religious persecution in Ireland. The family owned several wine merchants and Châteaux and reached the highest positions in Bordeaux society. Jean-Baptiste Lynch himself became Mayor of Bordeaux between 1809 and 1815.
Lynch was first a Bonapartist and was at the head of the Bordeaux delegation to the christening of the King of Rome, Marie Louise`s and Napoleon`s son. After Napoleon`s defeat, Lynch quickly became a royalist, but when Napoleon returned from the Island of Elbe and realised that his good friend had betrayed him, he issued orders for Lynch`s capture and condemned him to death.
Fortunately Lynch fled, Napoleon`s comeback was short-lived and once the British sent Napoleon to St Helène, Jean Baptist Lynch came out of hiding. Louis XVIII subsequently named him Count and Lord of France.
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Château Saint Barbe Merlot 2007
A red produced from 100% Merlot grapes. The bouquet is full of fruit with notes of healthy fully ripe berries, prunes and white flowers. In the mouth the texture is velvity, full and round. Typically the flavour is soft, velvety with a touch of black cherries and dark plums. [read on...]
A B V: 13.5% Vintage: 2006 Color: red Country: France Code: 72780
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