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Paul Bara Reserve Brut NV
$100.00Considering that this is a ‘entry level’ Champagne, but there is a lot going on here. Paul Bara’s emblematic wine, predominantly pinot noir of course, with some balancing chardonnay. Cut fresh flowers, savoury spice, green apple, cherry and strawberry. Energetic, frothing, rich and fleshy with grilled nuts, savoury notes, white cherry and strawberry. Slightly waxy […]
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Bonnaire Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc 2013
$120.00A blend of two of Cramant’s greatest parcels, The sheer weight and power of Buisson, tempered and refined with the finesse of Le Bateau. Grilled nuts, yellow flowers, Dijon, mint, stewed apple, rhubarb, citrus marmalade and treacle notes. Rich, immense and expansive, the Champagne’s breadth a study of controlled power and refinement. Blanc de Blancs […]
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Gosset Grand Blanc de Blancs NV Brut
$165.00Too many Blanc de Blancs are sour and overtly mineral, making them difficult to enjoy, let alone drink. Gosset as ever manages to assemble a Champagne of completeness, a combination of invigorating freshness and a blanket of texture and fruit. At first subtle, but that doesn’t last as the beautiful aromas of burnt butter, nougat, […]
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Gosset Celebris Rose 2008
$425.00I like to drink Champagne, like any other wine and to not sip. I critique Champagne no differently to any other wine, the attributes of concentration, complexity of flavour, textural evenness, length of presence and the harmony of elements. So when I tasted Gosset’s Celebris Rose 2008, I knew instantly I was in the presence […]
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Iggy Maywald 1926 Barossa Valley Syrah 2021
$90.00The Maywald vineyard is in Light Pass, on Terra Rossa Soils. One of the best Barossan reds from this vintage, showcasing the virtuosity of Igor as a winemaker, making the absolute best out of the Maywald vineyard. Intensely aromatic and purer with dark cherry, Guinness, blackcurrant, bitter chocolate, kirsch, clove spice, fresh herbs, pipe tobacco […]
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David Moreau Santenay Beaurepaire 1er Cru 2022
$160.00The 2022 Santenay Beaurepaire ler Cru contains 15% whole bunches, though I would have guessed a little more. Black pepper and pencil box on the nose interlace the black fruit, backward and tight at the moment. The palate is pliant, with fine tannins lending this a silky texture. There is lovely harmony here, poised and […]
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David Moreau Santenay Cuvée S 2022
$115.00The 2022 Santenay Cuvée S, named after Moreau‘s grandmother Simone, comes from colluvial soils that tend to suffer millerandage. It has a refined and elegant bouquet with red cherries and crushed strawberry scents – fine mineralité here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins, an “airy” Santenay with impressive purity and grace. Feels very sustained on […]
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David Moreau Meursault Les Pellans 2022
$200.00The 2022 Meursault Les Pellans has a refined and quite understated bouquet, hints of praline infusing the citrus fruit, and touches of beeswax. The palate is well-balanced, with touches of orchard fruit on the entry, matched by a crisp line of acidity. Superb mineralité here; this is a Village Cru punching at the weight of […]
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David Moreau Santenay 1er Cru Beaurepaire Blanc 2022
$155.00The 2022 Santenay Blanc Beaurepaire ler Cru has a lovely bouquet with Conference pear and touches of flint in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with Golden delicious, pear and a hint of ginger. This takes time to unfold, gaining more elegance and depth towards the finish. Very pretty. 91-93 points – Neal Martin, Vinous.com […]
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Claude Riffault Les Boucauds 2022
$100.00“Matured in barrel for 10 months, the 2022 Sancerre Les Boucauds reveals a delicate, pure bouquet of pear, peach, spring flowers, spices and menthol, followed by a moderately weighted, textured and layered palate with bright acids, a lively, fleshy core of fruit and a long, ethereal, mineral-laced finish enhanced by a saline aftertaste. This is […]
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Adrien Renoir Le Terroir Champagne NV
$195.00Disgorged in April 2021 with 1.6 grams per liter dosage, Renoir’s NV Extra-Brut Grand Cru Le Terroir (2018 base) is showing very well, unfurling in the glass with aromas of nashi pear, crisp yellow orchard fruit, clear honey and freshly baked bread . Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a layered but tightly wound […]
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Cobaw Ridge 2023 Chardonnay & Pinot Pack
$330.00 Per case of 3Out of Stock
Three Pack contains 1 bottle each of the following : Cobaw Ridge Chardonnay 2023 Cobaw Ridge Original Block Pinot Noir 2023 Cobaw Ridge High Density Pinot Noir 2023 Cobaw Ridge Chardonnay 2023 Multi dimensional, intense, vibrant, expressive energy, minerality, savouriness all with our usual trade mark acidity. Winemaker’s Notes 100% estate Chardonnay, certified organic with […]
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Christian Moreau AC Chablis 2023
$80.00There is ample Chablis typicity to the nicely fresh aromas of citrus, pear and sea breeze. The sense of freshness is enhanced by the vibrant and detailed middle weight flavors that culminate in a lightly stony and appealingly textured finish. This should drink well young but repay mid-term keeping. (88-90)/2027+ Burghound.com , October 2024 […]
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Moreau-Naudet Chablis 1er Cru Beauregard 2022
$145.00The most south-westerly of all the Chablis Premiers Crus, Les Beauregards is one of its coolest due to its altitude and location at the end of Chablis’ Left Bank. It’s also one of the steepest (meaning the clay soils are shallow, and the limestone marl is never far from the surface) and one of the highest, rising […]
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Michel Lafarge Beaune ‘Aigrots’ 1er Cru Blanc 2021
$255.00A tiny 0.23Ha plot. First slope of Beaune, next to Clos des Mouches. Top of the slope planted with Chardonnay. Vines aged 37 years. Vertical press so pressing is very slow. Aged on only fine lees. 10% new oak. ‘There is one barrel of the 2021 Beaune Clos des Aigrots 1er Cru Blanc this year whereas […]
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Chardonnay 2023
$75.00A recent addition to the Moss Wood portfolio showing the great strides that have been taken in managing the Ribbon Vale vineyard. This is probably the best release yet. It was a superb season and its shows in a wine of elegance and refinement, yet with layered complexity and sophistication. Nice lemon scents yield to […]
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Stanton & Killeen Vintage Fortified 2007
$85.00Australia’s most convincing Vintage Port style wine. Utterly consistent and repeated tastings of back vintages have left me in no doubt. Will they go 50, or a hundred, or more? The last vintage from Chris Killeen and one that will live on for at least another couple of decades. Rich, deep and concentrated, showing great […]
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Vincent Dancer Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles 2022
$590.00Les Pézerolles is a site just above Les Petits Épenots and Clos des Epeneaux and is, therefore, one of Pommard’s highest Premiers Crus. It regularly produces some of the village’s finest reds. It’s a site that gives finesse—in the context of Pommard—and is widely considered to generate a style that is as much Volnay as Pommard. Some big names work […]
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Thibaud Boudignon Savennières Clos de la Hutte 2021
$255.00‘Matured with 30% new oak, the 2021 Savennières Clos de la Hutte was made with grapes grown in clay topsoil with schists. It exhales a perfumed, precise bouquet with aromas of pineapple, lemon oil, spring flowers and spices. The full bodied, seamless and layered, crystalline and pure, concentrated and mineral palate has a delicate core […]
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Bondar Higher Springs Grenache 2022
$75.00A stunning fragrance, like taking a walk through a spice, fruit and smoke-laden market. Compote of tangy red fruits, mulberry, blood orange, rose verbena, Middle Eastern spice and sandalwood. Medium bodied, with an incredible depth of flavour, intensity and palate drive. Textured, with smoldering nebbiolo-like tannins that become finer as the fruit is long. Incredible, […]
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Sailor Seeks Horse Dijon Clone Pinot Noir 2022
$85.00Gilli and Paul Lipscombe believe that the best Chardonnay and Pinot Noir is grown at the viticultural edge. Wine lovers looking for deep colour, extract and high acidity will not find it here. Indeed, this is what Pinot Noir was like twenty years ago, and I liken these wines to a combination of Volnay’s austerity […]
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Place of Changing Winds Tradition White 2022
$80.00It’s not everyday that you are able to taste a chardonnay (one third) with Marsanne and Roussanne making up the rest of the blend. According to Remi, the components are selections of the various ferments that are the most fruit forward. Rich, luscious, full bodied and wildly complex. Honeysuckle, yellow fruits, preserved and fresh citrus, […]
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Michel Lafarge Beaune ‘Aigrots’ 1er Cru Blanc 2020
$225.00First slope of Beaune, next to Clos des Mouches. Top of the slope planted with Chardonnay. Vines aged 37 years. Vertical press so pressing is very slow. Aged on only fine lees. 10% new oak. ‘The 2020 Beaune Clos des Aigrots 1er Cru Blanc, which has been pressed using a vertical pressoir since 2017, has […]
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Spreitzer Lenchen Riesling Spatlese ‘303’ 2019
$90.00The Spreitzer Oestrich Lenchen Riesling Spätlese ‘303’ was first produced in the year 2000 and honours the Spreitzer brothers Grandfather who harvested his legendary Trockenbeerenauslese from the same vineyard in 1920 – which garnered a record sugar level of 303 degrees Oechsle. Coming exclusively from the Eisenberg this is rich with red apples and sweet acacia […]
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Hees Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Trocken 2021
$75.00Characterised by its high ripeness and clean fruit, this Riesling from the upper Nahe fascinates with its immense juiciness. There are also stony notes and some graphite. Matured for 8 months on full yeast, 75% in stainless steel, the rest in a used tonneau, a type of barrel with a capacity of approx. 900 litres.
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Gembrook Hill JKM Pinot Noir 2022
$95.00Two barrels only, about a third whole bunches. The DNA of the estate in overdrive. Sweet and tangy red fruits of raspberry, English strawberry, plum, cranberry, dark cherry and rhubarb. Lovely succulent palate of incredible textural complexity. Cashmere and slick, yet the finish is bookended by firm skinsy tannins. The fruit is abundant, but what […]
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Fabien Coche Auxey Duresses 2021
$140.00From the lieu-dit of Les Clous which has more limestone soil giving a fresher finer aspect to the aromas and the structure. This vineyard is full south facing and situated between the village Auxey and its neighbouring hamlet of Petit Auxey to the west with the vines averaging 30 years old. Just 20% new oak […]
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Nicole Lamarche Vosne-Romanee 2020
$210.00“Mid pink-purple in colour, notably reduced nose. Too much to blow off. Very pretty elegant pure red fruit on the palate, with good concentration, plenty of oak and the slight firmness from the reduction. That apart, this is excellent, and very long. Scored on the basis that the reduction will depart.” 89-92 points, Jasper Morris MW, […]
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Diel Reserve Pinot Noir 2018
$85.00Dark and intensely savory nose with a hint of roasted meat. Only medium-bodied, but the tannins are full and compact. Long finish that’s slightly drying. The first vintage of this wine. 91 points – James Suckling Hand picked over several passes, naturally fermented in open wooden vats with a portion of whole clusters. Pigeage […]
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Francois Millet et Fils Chambolle-Musigny Les Foucheres 2020
$400.00A cool vineyard just 50 metres south of Musigny where Francois perfected his craft at Comte de Vogue. It’s a cool site, facing northeast with sparse soils of limestone and gravel. A vineyard of great expression and high toned intensity, yielding wines of great concentration, yet pretty and elegant. The 2020 is incredibly expressive with […]
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