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Paul Bara Comtesse Marie de France Grand Cru 2012
$265.00Wow. A thoroughly complete Champagne, combining power, richness, elegance and finesse. Very complex aromatics of winter honey, cherry pie, mint and mixed flowers. Such beautiful texture, an even palate of silken flow. Flow is the word. Such effortless drinking, remarkable when you take into account the sheer presence and volume of flavour. There is a […]
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Paul Bara Grand Millesime Brut 2014
$155.00A Champagne of great immediacy, instantly showing itself. The exuberance of pinot noir, with homey, ripe cherry, raspberry, strawberry, violets and mint. Bara’s Champagnes are never too rich, almost always balanced with some zesty chardonnay and the fact that there is never any malolactic fermentation. Rich and vinous with great pinot character, cashew, savoury spice, […]
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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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Claude Riffault Mosaique Calcaire 2023
$75.00Calcaire Mosaique is a great village-level Sancerre, offering an opulent and expressive profile with yellow fruit, white flowers, and herbal undertones, complemented by a rich, juicy palate that reflects its limestone origins.
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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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Eastern Peake Original Block Pinot Noir 2022
$125.00Sourced from the estate’s 1983 plantings, with only one barrel produced (a mere 22 dozen released to the public). The linger of flavour here is excellent. This pinot noir puts some runs on the board and then some. It’s an earthen, spicy, cherry-and-strawberry-accented wine, with cedarwood oak, mint and sweetly extravagant herb notes pulsing throughout. […]
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Eastern Peake 1989 Block Pinot Noir 2022
$125.00The colour is deep and bright with a strong purple rim and the bouquet is quite marked by char-oak and dark-berry/dark-cherry fruit aromas, bold and bright. The oak gives a distinct smoky, fivespice note throughout the wine, which has a lovely silky mouth-feel and a very long, sustained and seamless carry. Marvellous focus and precision […]
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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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Bubb and Pooley WKR Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
$75.00There isn’t a lot of Cabernet grown in Tasmania, but after tasting the range at Domaine A and Bubb + Pooley I would hope other growers take notice and start planting. 2022 is the inaugural release of Cabernet Sauvignon off the White Kangaroo Road (WKR) vineyard, the home of Bubb and Pooley. Expressive aromas of […]
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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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Antoine Jobard Beaune 1er Cru Les Montrevenots 2021
$275.00“More open higher tones here – pretty floral accents too – that’s fine! Lots of energy and flavour dimension. The flavour is highly accessible and modestly cushioned. Long and interesting, indeed absorbing wine. I love!” Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report A very high, cold, rocky, late-ripening site, Montrevenots is at the top of the hill on the Pommard […]
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Antoine Jobard Pommard 2021
$275.00“Also a nose of depth and guarded darker fruit. Broad, mouth-filling wine – a fine, grainless tannin as a support for everything else. Modest bitters add extra complexity to these finishing flavours. Another wine to wait for, but perhaps becoming accessible a little before the previous Beaune.” Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report “The 2021 Pommard Village has […]
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Lalu Barbera d’Alba 2021
$80.00Organic. Lalù’s Barbera from fruit purchased from Monforte’s San Sebastiano—a site that Lara Rocchetti and Luisa Sala believe is exceptional for this variety. Made with a third each of whole-berry (Leroy style), whole-bunch and destemmed fruit, the wine fermented and was raised entirely in concrete, where it aged for eight months. Lalù’s is a radiant, […]
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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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Chantereves Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Tuyaux 2021
$200.00The Chanterêves team has been purchasing fruit from Les Tuyaux since 2019. This small plot of 60-year-old vines is located at the northern end of the appellation, next to Aux Herbues on the border between Vosne-Romanee and Nuits-Saint-Georges. Soils are relatively deep, stony and light in colour. Chanterêves’ Nuits-Saint-Georges wines always look more Vosne in […]
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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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Clos Mogador Priorat Tinto 2020
$220.00The 2020 Clos Mogador comes from a very challenging vintage in Priorat, a year with lots of rain and some fungus problems that are very unusual in the zone, which is usually very healthy. They bought a further four hectares so they could keep the volume despite the difficulties with mildew. The wine is more […]
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David Moreau Santenay Rouge 1er Cru Beaurepaire 2021
$145.00The 2021 Santenay Beaurepaire 1er Cru has a clean and pure bouquet with precise and pure red cherry and strawberry fruit, wilted rose petal and light violet aromas percolating through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with gentle grip, a little foursquare in style. A small amount of chalkiness towards the finish is detailed, though […]
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Theo Dancer Vin de France Jurassique Savagnin 2021
$210.00Emphasising purity and terroir rather than flor-aging notes, this is Savagnin ouillé sourced from the fossil-rich marl soils of L’Étoile, in Jura’s southwest. The grapes were pressed and put directly into large oak barrels. The resulting wine is superb. So fine, racy and delicious with lovely texture and a gorgeous, tangy close. Drive, length and finesse; this […]
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Evening Land Seven Springs Chardonnay 2021
$115.00Aged in used Austrian barrels, perfectly suited to the opulent, yet chiseled and structured Chardonnay. Immensely complex aromatics with notes of nougat, lemon zest, lime, kaffir lime, frangipanni, sage and fleshy orchard fruits. Very tight and coiled, some textural grip, tarragon, clove and saltbush that coats and grips the palate. Long finish, seemingly dreamy in […]
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Hees Auener Romerstich Auslese 9 2021 (375ml)
$90.00The Römerstich location is Marcus Hees’ top Auen location. The 35-50 year old vines grow at an altitude of 280 metres on the typical slate-weathered soils of the region. Spontaneous fermentation, maturation 50% in stainless steel and 50% in the 500 litre Tonneau and 1200 litre Stockinger Fuder. The Rieslings from Römerstich are somewhat more generous and expressive than those […]
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Mullineux Granite Syrah 2020
$210.00The deep GRANITE soils on this Jakkalsfontein farm allow for deep root growth and a larger natural canopy. This is incredible for allowing the grapes to retain acidity and purity which ultimately leads to tight, yet fresh tannins and a more lifted perfume. Like all 3 Single Terroir Syrahs, this wine is 100% foot-crushed, whole […]
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Mullineux Schist Syrah 2020
$210.00The SCHIST Syrah is grown on our Roundstone Estate in the Swartland, home of Mullineux. Planted in 2000, we have been working intimately with this vineyard since 2005 and it is the reason that we purchased the property. The structured SCHIST soils make for structured, broader tannins and create the darkest perfume of all our […]
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