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Fattoria Rodano Chianti Classico 2019
$40.00The style of the Rodáno Chianti bottlings is traditional, with Sangiovese playing a dominant role in all of the estate’s various bottlings. The Chianti Classico (a blend of 90% Sangiovese with 5% each of Colorino and Canaiolo) is aged entirely in large Slovenian “botte,” and the Riserva is a combination of these large casks and a small […]
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La Battistelle Montesei Soave Classico 2022
$32.00Aromatically complex, every sniff revealing something new. White flowers, marjoram, white peach, lemon and melon. Delicate palate, light almost, but with pulpy fruit. For all its lightness, the wine has terrific personality, the flavours clear and precise and a structure that is entirely wrapped up by the fruits, flowers and spice. Absolute lunch perfection. Waters […]
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La Battistelle ‘Battistelle’ Soave Classico 2021
$40.00Despite being a single vineyard and not a blend like the Montesei, there are similarities. Wildly complex, with white flowers, honeysuckle, lemon zest, grapefruit, white peach, orchard fruits and mustard seed. Deep and focused with greater amplitude and a peacocks tail of flavour and texture. The palate is at once succulent and light on its […]
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Massolino Moscato D’Asti 2022 (375ml)
$30.00Massolino’s Moscato has long been a benchmark example of the style, but it’s only produced in tiny quantities. Drawn from hand-harvested grapes, a good portion of the vines are rooted in the prime calcareous soils of Serralunga. Massolino’s Moscato is more savoury and complex than the more typical examples. As always, this is bursting with […]
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La Battistelle ‘Roccolo del Durlo’ Soave Classico 2021
$45.00Out of Stock
Dense and rich with yellow peach, paw paw, apricot, cherry, kiwifruit, lime and gardenia. Old vines and low yields on a steep gradient lend themselves to contraction, structure and individuality. The palate is unctuous, and it’s hard not to imagine taking a bite out of a perfectly ripe peach, or cherry or taking a spoon […]
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Cantina Marangona Lugana 2021
$35.00The first Turbiana I have tasted, wishing I had encountered the varietal years ago. Spring Jasmine, green apple, white peach, nectarine and lemon zest. Subtle textural grip and hints of cream embellish an otherwise linear, mineral palate. Super fresh, pitched perfectly, like a brilliant Soave in that it has the perfect fruit, acidity and flesh […]
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Badia a Coltibuono Cultusboni Cetamura Chianti 2020
$38.00All of Badia a Coltibuono’s Chiantis share the same DNA and it is evident throughout all the wines. Classic, poised and balanced. Certainly the softest, plumpest and fruit driven of the three releases, with less tertiary elements. Red fruits, dried flowers, tobacco and the lovely skinsy Sangiovese tannins that hold it all together. Perfect bistro/restaurant […]
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Cantina Marangona Lugana Tre Campane 2019
$45.00The young Alessandro Cutolo is one of the up and coming producers of Lugana, making bone-dry wines of great personality from organic vineyards at the heart of the DOC. The splendid Tre Campane comes from select old vines grown on deep clay soils. Aged on the lees in stainless steel, the enticing nose has delicate lemon rind […]
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Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico Riserva 2017
$90.00Sangiovese as Burgundy. Lifted aromatics of red and dark cherry, dried cranberry, raspberry, lavender, geranium and sage. Expansive palate, with an almost effortless poise. Medium bodied, vivid, the tannins absorbed by the longer wood ageing, making them longer, sculptural and melting. Wonderful interplay of fresh, crunchy red fruits, earth, herbs, spice and flowers. Very long […]
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Cigliuti Langhe Nebbiolo 2018
$56.00This 2018 Langhe Nebbiolo is a fantastic introduction to the Cigliuti style of pure, ripe fruit framed by supple tannins and cleansing acidity. A lighter style Cigliuti but by no means light. Classic aromas of cherries and roses lead onto a fine yet sumptuous palate. 100% Nebbiolo from 15-year old vines growing on the Bricco […]
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Giannitessari Soave 2021
$30.00Made from mostly Garganega, with Trebbiano providing aromatic lift and structure. Quite succulent for a Soave, and softer, broader than the Classico. Melon, almonds, frangipani, lemon, apricot and white peach. Very easy to drink, with a perfect tension of zing and gentle texture to match with food, or not, it really doesn’t matter. Waters Wine Co […]
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Fighting Gully Road Chianti 2019
$32.00When bushfire smoke destroys your 2020 harvest, you call upon friends for help. The 2019 Chianti is produced from wine sourced from a long time friend in Tuscany. Made from Sangiovese, Colorino and Canaiolo and aged in large wooden casks – in nearly every respect the same as our typical Fighting Gully Road Sangiovese is […]
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Cantina della Stazione Langhe Favorita DOC 2021
$45.00100% Vermentino. Perfumed and aromatic, with notes of creamy lees, apricot, white peach, nectarine, lime zest, Mirabel plum. Cherry and thyme. An absolutely fascinating wine, a delight to taste and utterly absorbing to drink. Salty, and electric, with a silky glide. The fruit is incredibly intense, bright and tangy. Ripe, but mouth-watering. The shape is […]
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Cascina delle Rose Dolcetto d’Alba ‘A Elizabeth’ 2020
$45.00Named after a family friend Elizabeth, who has been helping with the harvest since 2000. Sourced from two vineyards, Tre Stelle (planted in 1958) and Marcorino (planted in 1944) crus. Serious territory here. Abundant and intense, with notes of crushed red fruits, cut flowers, blood plum and savoury spice. The most linear wine of the […]
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Fletcher C21 Langhe DOC Chardonnay 2021
$55.00Labelled as Fletcher, as half of the fruit is bought, the other from his own vineyard on the Bricco Capre. Classic chardonnay flavours, yet the shape and structure are all its own. Grapefruit, peach, jasmine, subtle oak notes and rock melon. Super intense palate, so bright, tight and coiled. The fruit is of the highest […]
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Albino Rocca Nebbiolo d’Alba 2018
$52.00Like the vast majority of the Rocca wines, the Nebbiolo d’Alba derives from a single site–again a parcel right on the southern border of the Barbaresco region in the Seno d’Elvio subzone. The Nebbiolo vines here vary in age from 15 to 60 years. The 2018 was matured for 12 months in large Austrian and […]
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Bartali Chianti 2021
$25.00Mostly Sangiovese with 20% Canaiolo. Classic trattoria chianti. Fragrant, medium bodied, and cool across the palate. Violets, cherry, a touch of bitter orange, redcurrant and bay leaf. Slick and angular, the fruits sweet and tangy. Very savoury, mouthwatering and lip smacking with crushed herbs, terracotta tannins and bright acidity. Perfect casual drinking. Waters Wine Co Shop […]
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Cantina D’Arcy Langhe Nebbiolo 2020
$105.00Myers’ drop-dead gorgeous Langhe bottling is based on two 30-plus-year-old parcels of Nebbiolo rooted at the foot of Barbaresco’s famous Ronchi Cru. This celebrated, limestone-rich site runs along the southern belt of the appellation, near the town of Barbaresco itself. The deeper soils of the vineyard’s lower climbs gives a more open style of wine—exactly […]
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Massolino Barolo 2019
$110.00“The 2019 Barolo is a very serious wine. Readers looking for an easygoing, entry-level Barolo will not find that here. Bright and sizzling with tannin, the 2019 is going to need at least a few years to fully come together. Crushed rocks, red/purplish fruit and dried flowers emerge with some coaxing, but this is really […]
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La Torre Brunello di Montalcino 2017
$130.00Black cherry, red cherry, plum, lavender, cassis, dried herbs, lavender wood, tobacco and leather. Sensuous and expressive, full bodied, but with a lightness of touch that makes you forget about its tannic presence. The carry is very long and here the tannins kick in – robust and burley, carried by fine acidity. Earthy elements of […]
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Cascina delle Rose Mixed Pack
$549.00 Per case of 6A few words from Ned Goodwin MW on the vintages: “2019 is the first of a triumvirate of very good vintages, following the forward, frisky and imminently approachable 2018’s. To make recent comparisons, 2019 is dense of extract with a bulwark of firm, marked tannins. It is frequently compared to 2013, by others to 2016. […]
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Cantina della Stazione Dolcetto d’Alba DOC 2021
$45.00Bright and perfumed aromatics of brambly fruit, cherry, plum, mulberry, clove and cocoa. The colour is vibrant, translucent and gentle, and you can taste the effortless and poised flavours. Juicy and sleek, savoury; the tannins tight and linear, evolving towards Cocoa powder. Gourmand in style, there’s lots of flavour, abundant texture and plenty of freshness. […]
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Cascina delle Rose Barbaresco ‘Tre Stelle’ 2018
$130.00Intense and lifted aromatics of earth and floral notes. Sweet red fruits, cherry, raspberry, cranberry, pastille black fruits, Lavender wood and sage. Rich, expansive, pure, ethereal and intense. Nutmeg, meaty notes, fresh compost, blackberry, ripe red fruits and tobacco leaf tannins. Loose knit, open and ready to drink now – the threads of tannin are […]
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Voliero Rosso di Montalcino 2019
$50.00The 2019 Rosso di Montalcino lifts up with a pretty herbal and floral display, gaining richness with time in the glass, as wild strawberries and brown spice come forward with hints of white pepper and smoke. It boasts silky textures over a medium-bodied frame, with masses of ripe red and black berries contrasted by salty […]
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Collemattoni Rosso do Montalcino 2020
$45.00A defining traditional Brunello producer, Collemattoni’s wines offer a magical tension of lightness and power, pure fruit and earthy/meaty/herbal savouriness. Made from 100% Sangiovese and aged for 14 months in Slovenian oak, the ageing has burred some of Sangiovese’s angular structure, without sacrificing any brightness or energy. Tangy and pure with fruits of blackberry, cassis, […]
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Ca Matta Valpolicella Classico 2020
$35.00If I had to show a Valpolicella, a bottle that was a classic and typical example of the region, then it would have to be from Ca Matta. A classic blend of 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 5% Molinara e Rebo and at only 12.5% alcohol, this looks tastes and feels like times past. Violets, […]
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Cantina della Stazione Barbera d’Alba DOC 2021
$45.00Dave Fletcher’s wines all possess a cool, savoury sleekness, but in the Barbera we find more flesh, mid palate weight and rounder shape. Perfumed and heady with bright. Dark, blue and bramble fruits. Some tertiary notes too of cocoa powder, Asian spices and turned earth. There’s a little more heft here and the tannins, savoury […]
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