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Taylors Late Bottled Vintage Port 2017
$60.00Dense ruby black centre with a narrow brick rim and cerise highlights on the edge. The essence of this superb LBV is the fine red berry and stone fruit character, wonderfully fresh and vibrant, which bursts immediately from the glass. Raspberry, cherry and red plum, subtly infused with richer notes of blackcurrant and liquorice, dominate […]
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Fonseca 10 Year Old Tawny Port NV
$75.00Fonseca 10 Year Old Tawny is russet in colour with brilliant crimson highlights and a fragrant, ripe-fruit bouquet. Its smooth, silky texture and subtle oak nuances are balanced by a fresh acidity and tannic “grip” that culminate in a long, elegant, plumy finish. Shop ALL Sweet Wines
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Fonseca Late Bottled Vintage Port 2018
$60.00This has a spiced sweet-berry character with hints of cassis, chocolate, vanilla and bark. Full-bodied with firm tannins, yet it is textured and velvety with creamy sweetness and a deep dark-fruited finish. Unfiltered. Drink or hold. 93 points – James Suckling The wines used to produce Fonseca LBV were drawn from a reserve of […]
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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 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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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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Christian Moreau AC Chablis 2023
$75.00There 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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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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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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Gilbert Museum Release Riesling 2016
$55.00From a single vineyard sitting at 845m elevation on a northeast aspect. Makrut lime leaves, lemon-lime cordial, candied green apple and dried hay. A slip ‘n slide of succulent acidity followed by sunflower kernel, silver needle tea and a woven fabric of texture. This is only beginning to hit its stride with baked clay minerality, […]
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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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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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Mullineux Granite Syrah 2019
$210.00This is (just) my pick of the trip in 2019… Ginger and violet aromas segue into a palate of remarkable grip and persistence, with energetic acidity and a savoury, satisfying finish. 97 points – Tim Atkin MW The deep GRANITE soils on this Jakkalsfontein farm allow for deep root growth and a larger natural […]
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Dr Burklin-Wolf Bohlig PC Riesling 2021
$105.00Fuller bodied than the Altenberg and the shape is rounder, the palate ample. Mandarin blossom, yellow peach, grapefruit, lime preserve, spring jasmine and lavender. Grippy and mineral, the acidity abundant with a hints of mustard and sunflowers as the wine opens up. Focused and controlled, almost hedonistic and will live for a very long time. […]
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Dr Burklin-Wolf Altenberg PC Riesling 2021
$105.00Incredibly pristine, intense and pure. White peach, jasmine, lemon, lemon zest and salty. Delicacy and refined power, with a pinch of herbs, zesty grip and minerals. Waters Wine Co Very ripe lemon character and an elegant harmony of restrained power, ripe acidity and a subtle chalky minerality that build at the long polished finish. […]
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Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2020
$235.00“The 2020 Vintage Port from Noval, which was picked from 1 to 22 September, has a residual sugar of 115g/l. It is forward and lively on the nose with macerated black cherries, cassis, raisin and pressed iris flowers. Fine delineation and focus. The palate is medium bodied with an attractive peppery entry. Lively, good depth […]
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Dagueneau Jurancon Les Jardins de Babylone Moelleux 2016
$385.00The 2016 is equally stunning but far more youthful and therefore, more delicate and discrete than the 2015. It’s a vibrantly racy wine with mixed citrus and fresh-cut apple notes and a juicy, vibrant close. Both vintages are Germanic in style, less so dessert wines but more for drinking throughout the meal (the way you […]
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Jasper Hill Emily’s Paddock Shiraz 2024
$125.00One of the enduring, great heroines of the Heathcote wine region; a wine significant in history and beautifully defining the concept of terroir. Inky dark purple and dense in hue – a Heathcote trademark. Taut and focused, far more than its ’24 sibling; Emily isn’t going anywhere too soon. Rather, it’s got time on its […]
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Bulman Gary’s Vineyard Grenache 2025
$78.00Springs Hill vineyard; 14% whole bunch, with 91 days on skins, then 172 days in a sandstone amphora. Pale in the glass, and typically spicy on the nose. Dehydrated orange and clove, dried cherry and cranberry, rosehip, coriander seed, cardamom, cassia. Tannin’s quite a thing, as with its sibling (Glen’s Vineyard), but here the sandy, […]
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Ministry of Clouds Silk & Stone Grenache 2024
$75.00From the Smart vineyard in Clarendon, with mostly original 1922-vine fruit employed, along with some from 1955; 63% whole bunch, about four weeks’ total skin time, then old puncheons for élevage. Pale in the glass and evocatively aromatic, as is the Smart vineyard way. Sour cherry, Campari, wormwood, dried orange peel and coriander seed. The […]
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Daosa Blanc de Blancs 2021
$80.00A pitch-perfect Blanc de Blancs. This stellar release offers up richness, savoury detail of brioche and nougat and bristles with mineral charges of brine and chalk. It goes taut with citrus and crunchy green apple characters. Layers on layers of flavour and yet a levity and vitality in tow. A marriage of all the right […]
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Daosa Piccadilly Valley Rose 2022
$60.00This is 66/30/4% pinot meunier/pinot noir/chardonnay. Disgorged September 2024. This is a delight. Frisky sparkling of great energy, immense character, light savouriness and distinct, expressive mineral charm. A striking saline, briny vein through tart cranberry, rosehip tea, crisp red cherry and dashes of sweet spice, green almond and white pepper. So fragrant; tightly wound fizz […]
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Manuele Priolo Roero Anime Nere Vigneto Eroico 2023
$195.00This is Nebbiolo, but not as you know it. From Manuele Priolo’s extraordinary, near-vertical Anime Nere vineyard in Monteu Roero, this is a wine of remarkable delicacy, perfume and energy. Pale and luminous in colour, it opens with an intoxicating perfume of wild strawberry, raspberry, sour cherry and rose petals, with hints of blood orange […]
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Savaterre Premium Pack 2024
Original price was: $220.00.$208.00Current price is: $208.00. Per case of 2Pack contains 1 bottle each of the following: Savaterre Chardonnay 2024 Here is the art of winemaker laid bare, in all of its beauty as well as mystery. It’s a slow reveal, all the better to take in a wine both plush in fruit and fine in structure, citrusy fresh and oak defined, savoury influenced […]
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Vanguardist Grenache 2024
$70.00The Vanguardist calling card, the defining wine. Deeply savoury and intense, layered, detailed, chiselled, seriously complex. The vintage conditions were a little easier in ’24 than ’23, with a little more warmth, but this continues the Vanguardist upward trajectory with a theme of transparency, elegance and refined detail. Dehydrated cranberry and goji, barberry, amaro herbs […]
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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Monthelie Rouge 1er Cru Champs Fulliot 2024
$230.00The new Champs Fulliot cuvée comes from four periods of plantings, between 30 and70 years ago. It displays a greater depth of colour, than the other reds in the Pierre-Yves Colin/Caroline Morey stable. Raspberries dominate the nose along with a pleasing nutty note, good body here, a feeling of correctly ripe fruit, building very well […]
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Alheit Vineyards Huilkrans Chenin Blanc 2022
$165.00First vintage of this wine since 2019. Chenin Blanc from Skurfberg vineyards planted between 1974 and 1989 on red sand over clay. Lemon, grapefruit, hay and almond on the nose while the palate shows stupendous concentration, fresh acidity and a decidedly bitter finish – great intensity of flavour. A dramatic wine, full of character. 97 […]
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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Shiraz 2024
$75.00From the Hickinbotham vineyard, with these vines planted in 1971 to red soils studded with ironstone. It’s an elevated, relatively cool site and certified biodynamic. This was fermented mostly as whole bunches, with a long élevage of almost two years in an old, thick-walled demi-muid. Yes, just one, with 600 bottles produced. Dark plum, blackberry, […]
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Stefano Lubiana Late Disgorged 2013
$85.00The Late Disgorged 2013 from Stefano Lubiana is a world-class traditional method sparkling wine, crafted from biodynamically farmed Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Pale golden in the glass with a fine, persistent bead, it opens with lifted aromas of lemon and crisp apple, underpinned by a subtle saline edge. Layers of brioche and honeyed almond add […]
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Premium Chardonnay Pack
Original price was: $220.00.$208.00Current price is: $208.00. Per case of 3A curated collection of premium Chardonnay – refined, expressive and built to impress. Three Pack contains 1 bottle each of the following : Christian Moreau Chablis 2023 There 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 […]
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