Weekend wines

Very Limited. Sylvie says she drinks more of this wine than she sells. Slight spiciness on the nose, herbs too. Honeyed and with a gentle grip. Intense and vivid. – Importer’s Notes

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Gentle Folk Onkaparinga Valley Sangiovese 2023

$65.00

Well here it is! A new wine in the portfolio for 2023. Meticulously farmed twenty-six year of vines from the boniest and highest section of the Turnbull Vineyard in Charleston have allowed us to realize our dream of making site specific Sangiovese. It’s still young and primary but with the natural acidity and the fine […]

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Rob Hall Harriet’s Vineyard Blanc de Noir 2021

$50.00

“Traditional method sparkling made from 100% Pinot Noir grown at Harriet’s Vineyard. 9 months in barrel before Tirage. Hand disgorged. Zero dosage.” – Rob Hall

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Bondar Rayner Vineyard Shiraz 2022

A very classic style, finessed. Rich and plush, almost full bodied with blueberry, mulberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, Vietnamese mint, black olive, seaweed, soy and five spice. Terrific weave and tension of sweet fruit and savoury elements. Very long, with a mineral, inky close. Also a terrific bargain. Waters Wine Co From the two oldest blocks […]

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Place of Changing Winds Heathcote Syrah 2022

Place of Changing Winds Harcourt Syrah 2022

The Harcourt vineyard is in the Bendigo G.I. A cooler site with high elevation makes it ideal for Syrah and watch this space; Gamay. One of the country’s leading Syrah’s the wine sees two years in mixed wood and 50% whole bunches. Dark fruits, blackcurrant, blackberry, blueberry, dark cherry, fresh compost, sweet spice, soy, pink […]

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Lelie van Saron Syrah 2020

A remarkable wine, particularly when you consider the vineyard is barely 20 years old. You don’t need old vines to make great wines, but you do need a great site, and the Bos vineyard in the cool climes of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde is incredible. The soils are of weathered granite, no doubt a defining feature for […]

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Iggy Forreston Adelaide Hills Syrah 2021

$50.00

A great vintage in the Adelaide Hills. Extended skin contact and 2 years of maturation in seasoned French oak has enhanced the power and vibrancy of the vintage, weaving the long, long tannins with the pure, generous, ripe fruit. Tangy red fruits of sour cherry, plum and redcurrant mix with blueberry, blackberry, cola and baking […]

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Dawson James Chardonnay 2020

$65.00

From the Far Horse Block of the Meadowbank vineyard, situated in the Derwent Valley, Southern Tasmania and planted in 2000. Awesome Chardonnay, and for lovers of the grape, whatever your stylistic preference, this one’s for you. Rich, it is full bodied, yet the wine’s so fresh and tensile with masses of tangy acidity. Yellow and […]

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Swinney Mourvedre 2022

$42.00

This is a variety that is finding a safe, comfortable home in Frankland River. Lovely perfumed red fruits on the nose displaying a slightly earthy, dusty raspberry and light plummy character. The palate is soft and supple. It’s medium weight with a fine chalky ironstone thing treading through the palate. The cradle of tannins […]

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Carl Loewen Riesling ‘Alte Reben’ 2021

From 50-70 year old vines, rooted in Devonian slate. Lime zest, fresh earth, minerals, white cherry and blackcurrant. Loewen’s wines possess that rare combination succulence, breadth and richness, tensioned by intense acidity and mineral presence. There is a hint of sweetness, essentially a feinherb, not that it’s labelled as such, and the balance is impeccable. […]

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Chateau du Cedre Chateau 2022

$55.00

Made from 90% Malbec with 5% Merlot and 5%Tannat. The vines are rooted in clay and limestone soils, with an average age of 30 years old. As always, absolutely no additions except some sulphur at bottling. Aged for 18 months in large format oak and 500L barrels, none new. Very complex wine, the aromatics are […]

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Nadeson Collis Rose de Saignee 2020

$70.00

Disg. March 2024. Jack and Lois Doeven’s Drumborg site is again the source for the Rosé de Saignée. Ray Nadeson and Maree Collis have worked with this site for 20-odd years, placing great value on the vineyard’s high natural acidity at full ripeness. The composition here is Meunier at 42%, Pinot Gris at 39% and […]

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Nadeson Collis Inception NV

“A very vinous sparkling, composed, rich, silky in texture, the Inception sees around 25% solera material blended with the remaining wine, chardonnay from 2017. The combined wines are matured in barrel. It’s a bold sparkling with honey on toast, cashew and sea-spray characters. Fuller in flavour, it shows a zingy tang of acidity and vigorous, […]

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Domaine la Remejeanne Cotes du Rhone Les Chevrefeuilles Rouge 2022

$39.00

I once heard from a Californian wine grower that syrah (or shiraz) was a chameleon of a grape variety, adapting itself to a plentitude of environment’s, wine making techniques and varietal bedfellows. It is for me, the greatest French varietal of them all. I was so taken by Remejeanne’s Chevrefeuilles rouge for it’s freshness, complexity, […]

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MMAD Rose 2024

$38.00

The second release of rosé for MMAD, and from all varieties on the old vineyard: grenache, shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and chenin blanc. Like the 2023, the proportions are a mystery, and lifted herbal notes of cabernet again lead the aromatics, but the colour has been dialled down to a classic coral pink. Grenache lends red-fruited […]

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Paul Pillot Bourgogne Blanc 2022

$100.00

A beautiful and pure Bourgogne expression. Gardenia, white peach, lemon, tangy apple, cream, and wood spice aromatics. Everything is subtle and poised, a wine of filigreed elegance and delicate finesse. It’s not light by any means, and the fruit hasn’t been forced at all, rather it’s tensioned by gentle acidity, cream, fleshy substance and the […]

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Evenfall Chardonnay 2023

A thoroughly complete Australian chardonnay, Evenfall’s white has a foot in just about all the stylistic camps and the total sum of its parts is awesome. Has all the drive, tang and mineral intensity of Chablis and the darker fruits, texture and flesh of Meursault. Lovely aromatics of gardenia, pastry, cashew, preserved lime, yellow peach […]

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Seppeltsfield Para 21 Year Old Tawny 2003

$105.00

Single-vintage tawny from the 2003 vintage, shiraz fortified with brandy spirit and laid down for oxidative aging in old hogsheads. I can sit down and sniff this all day. It constantly shifts, like watching the light and clouds move from a mountain viewpoint. Caramelised dried citrus fruits and rind, rancio, espresso, candied hazelnuts, mahogany, grilled […]

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Taylors Vintage Port 2016

$220.00

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In 2016 Taylor’s began picking in Vargellas on 17 September, followed by Pinhão Valley estate on 23 and 26 September. The 2016 Vintage Port has an aristocratic bouquet with tight wound aromas of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, black olive and a light, marine-tinged element, perhaps almost peat-like. The palate is just beautiful with fine, chiseled […]

Place of Changing Winds Tradition White 2022

$80.00

It’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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Gembrook Hill JKM Pinot Noir 2022

$95.00

Two barrels only, about a third whole bunches. The DNA of the estate in overdrive. Sweet and tangy red fruits of raspberry, English strawberry, plum, cranberry, dark cherry and rhubarb. Lovely succulent palate of incredible textural complexity. Cashmere and slick, yet the finish is bookended by firm skinsy tannins. The fruit is abundant, but what […]

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Greenock Creek Third Estate Shiraz 2020

Aromas of cherry, violet, plum, chocolate and woody notes. Intense and full bodied, a real attack of flavour. Enveloping with red fruits, the most in this lineup, blackberry, mulberry, chocolate, vanilla, fennel and wood char. Round in shape, fleshy and driven with lively acidity and lacey, chalky tannins. For all its size, this is remarkably […]

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Place of Changing Winds Mari Magno Pinot Noir 2022

Mari Magno is the new, first-level Pinot Noir label. This year’s wine is based on fruit from POCW’s échalas (staked, bush-vine, co-planted) block, topped with fruit from the neighbouring young-vine block. It has had an extra 12 months in bottle because the team wanted to learn what this extra time would bring to a wine from these vines. […]

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Toro Albala Don PX 2021 (375ml)

The Don PX wines come from the youngest, sweet vintage wines of Toro Albalá. The carefully selected Pedro Ximénez grapes were hand-harvested and then left to dehydrate under the sun on straw mats for about seven days. The grapes were then pressed and, when the perfect balance between sugar, alcohol and acidity was reached in […]

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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Shiraz 2023

$74.00

If I had to a serve a South Australian shiraz to a European, unversed in Australian wine, then this would be it. Fragrant, with a compote of brambly, red and blueberry fruit, bitter chocolate, Middle Eastern spices, fresh compost, licorice subtle oak. Lucious and sexy, with an intensity and lavishness of fruit that could only […]

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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Grenache 2023

$74.00

Phenomenally complex with tar, English summer fruits, blackcurrant, sweet and savoury spice, cola, blood orange and mixed flowers. It’s very expressive from the aromatics to the finish, the palate, succulent and silky, yet the tannins authoritative. Such a serious grenache, without the loss of sensuality. Long, long, long. Amazing. Norris at Waters Wine Co […]

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Bondar Midnight Hour Shiraz 2023

A great vintage for this wine, but let’s be honest, they’ve all been pretty great! A cooler year, allowing greater hang time and the development of more complex flavours. Rich and full bodied, with a certain weightlessness. Supple and silky, with a dark fruit profile, violets, sweet earth, chocolate and tangy red fruits driving from […]

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Henri Germain Bourgogne Aligote 2022