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£12; 15%
Very drinkable Muscat de Beaumes de Venise. Tea-and-orange-peel as usual but stronger on the orange sharpness. Slightly sweeter than usual, so matched up quite well to a sweet summer pudding with lemon and ginger ice-cream and sweet summer fruit coulis.
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