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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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David Franz Old Redemption XO Tawny NV
$75.00An XO tawny port; a blend of shiraz, dolcetto, grenache and pedro ximénez with a base blend that was started in 1947. Deep amber with captivating aromas of dried fruits, Christmas cake, toffee apple, brandy snaps, rancio, mahogany, polished leather and candied citrus rinds. Ditto on the palate, which is impossibly layered, complex and long […]
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J&S Fielke Blanc de Blancs 2024
$50.00This spends time in older oak. It’s a fine-boned and yet flavoursome sparkling wine that shows off some very pleasing saline minerality and nutty savouriness in a tight frame of green apple crunch, citrus freshness, fuzzy peach notes and a prettiness of sugared almonds and halva sweet-savoury characters. Bubbles are tight, the wine almost vinous […]
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Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir 2025
$109.00Serré, planted in 1984 and certified organic in 2021, is the oldest high-density vineyard planting in Australia. The vineyard was inspired by Stuart Hooper’s love of the great wines of Burgundy, and its tight spacing, low trellising and low-yielding vines combined with the uniqueness of our place in the world, contribute to produce wines of […]
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Joshua Cooper Dash Farms Chardonnay 2025
$75.00Planted in 1999, Dash Farms sits perched at over 450m ASL on the Southern granitic slopes of Mt. Alexander (Leanganook) looking back towards Mt Macedon and the Macedon Ranges. Like Ray-Monde, it sits just outside the Macedon Ranges GI. Ripening for Chardonnay occurs around a week earlier than my family’s vineyard Cobaw Ridge. These lean granite […]
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Bicknell FC Lance Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon 2025
$85.00From the Lance vineyard in St. Andrews and off a block planted in 1976. 100% whole berries and matured in older barriques. A gorgeous crimson purple. This literally soars from the glass, with its fruit-driven nose redolent of blackcurrant, red cherry, lavender and just a soupçon of dried herbs. Medium bodied, the wine’s crunchy fruit […]
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Bicknell FC Lance Close Planted Pinot Noir 2025
$85.00100% destemmed and matured in a mixture of seasoned barriques, hogsheads and puncheons. Exceptionally fragrant, with aromas of wild strawberry, perfectly ripe red cherry, floral notes and alpine herbs such as wild thyme and gentian. Concentrated and finely detailed, the tannins are almost hidden by the wine’s plush, beautifully fruited and energetic palate. Finishes long […]
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Daosa Late Disgorged Blanc de Blancs 2017
$175.00Sparkling or Champagne that spends this amount of time on lees, 90 months in this case, can have too much savouriness and leesy-ness, without enough freshness or fruit. However, the Daosa Blanc de Blancs is gorgeous, mineral, generous and intense, without any loss of freshness or fruit profile. It’s a remarkable feat in sparkling winemaking […]
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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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Daosa Blanc de Blancs 2021
$80.00100% Chardonnay, 100% Bizot Vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley. Subtle aromatics of oak spice, white flowers, madarin blossom, white peach and roasted walnut. Velvet, almost silky, focused, concentrated and utterly fine. White and yellow peach, grapefuit, white cherry, pink lady apple and savoury spice. Seamless and effortless, one of the finest Blanc de Blancs in […]
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Daosa Piccadilly Valley Rose 2022
$60.00Pinot Meunier (66%), Pinot Noir (30%) and Chardonnay (4%). The Pinot meunier really shines, with very open aromatics of strawberry, cinammon, raspberry, sandlewood and Scotch Finger biscuit. Rich, full bodied, soft, open and creamy. As with all Daosa sparklings, some extract and texture to fill and grip the palate, which is very long, flecked with […]
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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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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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J&S Fielke Blanc de Blancs 2023
$48.00This comes from the Deanery vineyard in Balhannah, grown organically. Wild ferment, to barrel, unsulphured until just before bottling. The wine remained on lees for 18 months. The ’23 season’s lighter frame gets savouriness built in, and seamlessly. Gingery notes, stewed apple strudel with cinnamon, nashi pear, salted almond and light honeycomb notes. Assured, fine […]
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Nocturne Single Vineyard Wilson Chardonnay 2024
$65.00This lovely, supple, subtle wine, while being just that, still has trademark Margaret River fruit weight and drive. Think blossom, white nectarine, purity all wrapped in a Nocturne Chardonnay mineral blanket. Generous, flashy yet restrained with a touch of the 2024 sun. Mineral-edged aromas of lemon zest, grapefruit, struck match, sea spray, wet stones and […]
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