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La Petite Mort Saperavi 2021
$40.00Without doubt, the finest Saperavi in Australia. Made traditionally in Amphorae, left on skins for 180 days and a small dash of Sulphur the only addition. Yet despite this, the tannins are silky and the fruit vivid and fresh. Deeper than the 2020, brooding, with blackberry, mulberry, plum, blackcurrant and raspberry. There’s a ferrous element […]
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Savage Follow the Line Cinsault 2021
$65.00From a Stellenbosch vineyard on decomposed granite. 50% whole-bunch fermentation while maturation lasts 12 months in old 500-litre barrels before a further 10 months in foudre. Heady aromatics with top notes of musk and violets before red and black berries plus pepper. The palate shows great fruit density, fresh acidity and fine tannins. A refined, […]
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Chateau de Coulaine Chinon 2020
$40.00Mostly from younger vines up to about 15 yo, this wine is vinified in cement tanks using indigenous yeast and aged in a combination of large old oak and cement tanks. Deeply coloured and rich ripe bramble black fruit aromas with excellent lift and freshness. The 2020 shows generous fleshy fruit on the palate with […]
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Sadie Family Swartland Treinspoor 2021
$145.00The 2021 Treinspoor is Sadie’s Tinta Barocca that the man himself likens to Nebbiolo, also opining that it is a wine that needs considerable ageing. These vines were planted in 1974, and the blend includes 40% whole clusters. It has a complex, succinctly defined bouquet with melted tar and graphite infused dark berry fruit, a […]
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Mullineux Kloof Street Rouge 2020
$30.00The Swartland Rouge is a Mediterranean style red blend based on Syrah with other Rhône varieties. The grapes are sourced from vineyards on the different soils in various parts of the Swartland. This seductive blend of Southern Rhône varieties has a perfumed nose of violets, spice and purple fruit. The medium to full bodied, food-friendly […]
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CRFT Rohrlach Vineyard Mencia 2022
$30.00Strawberry, raspberry and pomegranate on the nose, with fresh beetroot, cinnamon and liquorice. The palate is plush and round, loaded with juicy sweet fruit, it lingers with notes of vanilla and boysenberry. Organically grown and made (uncertified), this is the first release of CRFT’s new Rohrlach Vineyard Mencía. A vibrant, fresh, early-drinking style, this […]
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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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Beeslaar Pinotage 2020
$100.00If ever you had any doubts about the potential of Pinotage, the 2020 Beeslaar will put paid to them. From a 2.5 ha vineyard, dry grown, shale soils and old bush vines. Open top fermentation, followed by 20 months in French oak barriques. Very simple stuff, but the wine is far from simple. Intense aromas […]
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Scions of Sinai Heldervallei Cinsault 2021
$60.00A wine of stunning aromatic expression, vivid flavours and grace. Floral, with savoury and sweet spices, smoke, rough earth, summer fruit compote and sage. Medium bodied, coarsened silk and pure flow. The very definition of elegance and in a mould that is simply unattainable outside of South Africa. Waters Wine Co The 2021 Heldervallei […]
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Bondar Monastrell 2022
$34.00Bondar’s Monastrell (Mourvedre) is a limited release (only 100 dozen are made). It comes from fruit off the Lacey vineyard in Willunga, where rocky clay loam soils lie over the revered Kurrajong geology formation. The 15-year-old vines here are farmed with minimal inputs, and the winemaking follows a similar path, with hand-picking, no additions, and […]
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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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Metzer Family Cinsault 2019
$45.00Out of Stock
100% Cinsault. A single-vineyard wine from a dry-land, bushvine parcel situated on the lower foothills of the Helderberg West peak. The block was planted in 1964 on heavily weathered granitic soils and features a healthy sprinkling of Chenin Blanc, erroneously planted to replace dead Cinsault vines The wine shows delicate flavors of red cherries, cranberries, […]
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Vanguardist Mourvedre 2021
$65.00Charming is the first thought that comes to mind upon tasting the 2021 Vanguardist Mourvèdre. Absolutely gorgeous aromatics of fennel rhubarb, licorice, blackcurrant, spiced plum and custard. The fruits so sweet, but in no way sickly or jubey. The palate’s so fine, the flavours so pure the texture supple and translucent. Blueberry, blackberry, sweet and […]
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Luis Seabra Mono A Tinto Alfrocheiro Dao 2019
$92.00Dao, not Douro, from a 35 year old vineyard of granite soils. The variety is Alfrocheiro, which accounts for about 3% of total plantings in Portugal. Handpicked, wild fermented, with 40% whole cluster. A long maceration of 26 days, before being transferred to a 300o litre oak foudre for 14 months. Dark colour and the […]
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Luis Seabra Xisto Cru Tinto 2019
$120.0080 year old vines of Rufete, Touriga Franca, Tinta Carvalha, Alicante Bouchet, Donzelinho Tinto, Malvazia Preta and others. From 2 individual vineyards, vinified separately, with 100% whole bunch inclusion. Wild fermented, maceration of 29 days and aged in 228litre used French oak barrels for 22 months. Stunning, gorgeous succulent fruits of cherry, cream, kirsch, blackberry, […]
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Vanguardist Mourvedre 2022
$65.00About as refined as you could imagine, with immense detail, poise, balance and beautiful texture. Like the Grenache this is very aromatic, but with black, briary and red fruits, flecked with potpourri, black olive and garrigue herbs. The tertiary element is in no way rustic and at the forefront is perfectly ripe, cool fruit. Texturally […]
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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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Luis Seabra Indie Xisto Tinto Douro 2019
$89.00From vines at least 70 years of age. A single vineyard from Alijo at the very high altitude of 580 metres with blue schist soil. Variteals are Tinta Barroca, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Rufete, Malvasia Preta, Donzelinho Tinto, Touriga Brasileira and Touriga Femea. Foot trodden, naturally fermented with100% whole cluster, with only a […]
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Luis Seabra Mono C Tinto Castelao Dao 2018
$82.00If you are in doubt, Castelao is the varietal. Grown on yellow slate over clay loam at an altitude of 490 metres. Hand picked, 100% whole cluster and wild fermented in stainless steel. A very long maceration of 25 days. Transferred to 500 litre French oak barrels after fermentation, for 16 months. Lifted and ethereal […]
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Cavallotto Dolcetto D’Alba Vigna Scot DOC 2020
$50.00Cavallotto’s single vineyard Dolcetto D’Alba Vigna Scot DOC 2020 hails from 2.3 hectares of 30 year-old vines located within Castiglione Falletto’s legendary Monprivato cru. These Dolcetto vines face east, meaning it is cooler and later ripening. On these great soils, the mature vines, low yields and traditional winemaking result in a layered, deep and remarkably […]
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Leeu Passant Wellington Old Vines Cinsault 2020
$140.00From an historic parcel of dry farmed bush vine Cinsault planted in 1900 in the deep sandy alluvial soils in Wellington. This is South Africa’s oldest registered red wine vineyard. Grapes are crushed to tank, with 100% whole clusters. Fermentation begins without inoculation and the wine was pigeaged twice a day. After fermentation, 3 weeks […]
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Brendan Stater-West Saumur Rouge 2020
$70.00The Saumur Rouge comes from a young south-west vineyard of Cabernet Franc in Brézé, in the lieu-dit La Ripaille. The soil profile is predominately sandy-clay of 1.5m in depth. Brendan is just the second grower with La Ripaille. (The other is Antoine Foucault of Domaine du Collier.) Harvest is sorted in the vineyard then destemmed 100% […]
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