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Swinney Grenache 2020
$35.00Unbelievable complexity. Floral, rose petals five spice, Morello cherry, chocolate, pastille blackcurrant and thyme. Pure and silky palate, and like the nose, terrific delineation of flavours. Textually caressing, the tannins move from chalk to velvet, gripping your attention. Assertive and refined, impossibly beautiful and a masterclass of the variety. Good luck finding a better Grenache […]
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Vanguardist MVG Grenache 2020
$50.00The Grenache that produces this wine comes from an outstanding vineyard in Blewitt Springs. A hidden gem of sorts, the high ‘Silver Sands’ vineyard was planted by Robert Rende and his father Michael some 50+ years ago. The summer of 2020 was the third hot and dry vintage in succession. Small patches of rain during […]
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Deviation Road Altair Sparkling Rose NV
$33.0055/45% pinot noir/chardonnay. The base vintage is 2018 with reserve wines added; 40 months on lees. Disgorged October, 2021. 8g/L dosage. A finely beaded, salmon-pink sparkling that rates among Australia’s best. Confidently presented with complexity and poise, Altair wears a delicate sheen of savoury autolysis with almonds, baked pastry, poached pear, bright red berries aromas. […]
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Yangarra Old Vine Grenache Museum Release 2015
$45.00“From bush vines planted in 46, 50% whole-berries, wild yeast and kept on lees in used French oak for 10 months. So fragrant it’s breathtaking. To start, a whirl of perfectly ripe raspberries and red currants, patchouli and subtle Middle Eastern spices. The palate is tightly wound, with raspberry-like acidity, more pronounced tannins in the […]
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Rieslingfreak No 2 Polish Hill Riesling 2021
$29.00Bright, fresh citrus, perfumed, floral, generous. Rieslingfreak’s 2021 No 3 Riesling is a fruit salad and more. The palate matches the aromas – lemon, lime, orange pith, green melon, even a hint of berries. Great fruit and acid weight. Another fantastic release! Bright, pale yellow colour, with a very attractive flowery bouquet: gardenia, dried flowers, […]
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Yangarra Shiraz Museum Release 2015
$40.00Estate fruit, 50% whole berries, a portion of whole bunches, wild ferment and aged in French oak 25% new for 17 months. Excellent dark-purple hue; succulent and velvety texture with some power to the chiselled tannins, savoury yet pristine fruit the keys. 95 Points – Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion 2018
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By Farr Chardonnay 2021
$95.00“Reserved, quiet bouquet of stone fruits including white peach and pear, a hint of fresh-baked bread, the palate delicate and restrained, soft and round, with a clean, dry finish enhanced by a trace of grip. There’s good intensity and the wine has a seamless balance. It should build richness and complexity with a little more […]
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Domaine Naturaliste Rebus Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
$29.00Out of Stock
Top 100 Wines of 2021 – Matured for 12 months in French oak (40% new). The bouquet is a fragrant mix of cassis and cedar/cigar box, the intense palate with a tapestry of flavours of cassis and savoury bay leaf. Yet it has the lightest of tannin touches encouraging a quick return to the glass. […]
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Moss Wood Margaret River Pinot Noir 2018
$65.00I have been fortunate in recent years to taste many bottles of this wine from the 1980s in masked lineups, each time (although less as time wore on) confounded as to their provenance. Moss Wood pinot noir has developed a reputation over the years for its capability to age gracefully in the cellar. Here, through […]
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Te Mata Elston Chardonnay 2020
$45.00Immense, proportioned Chardonnay, but with a tingling freshness to match the creamy, nutty spiciness. Full bodied, with yellow fruits, grapefruit, orange blossom, lime and lemon zest. Flinty and funky; slight savoury note and a moreish chewiness. For those who never fell out of love with Chardonnay. Waters Wine Co A somewhat forward-developed, medium to full […]
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Te Mata Coleraine Cabernet Merlot 2020
$120.00Out of Stock
PRE-ARRIVAL DUE MID-APRIL Without doubt, one the few wines outside of Bordeaux that can rub shoulders with the very best. One of the wine world’s great bargains, Te Mata’s 2020 Coleraine will rank as one of New Zealand’s greatest ever wines. Offering a floral nose, red and dark fruits and violets. The palate is ethereal, […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva 2015
$100.00A giant leap into the La Rioja Alta nexus of sweet fruit and rich, tannic power. Cherry cola, mushroom compost, red fruits, blueberry, cigar box and cinnamon. Rich, almost full bodied, the fruit is ripe and glossy, the tannins, initially tight, but sweeten and melt with time in the glass. A terrific combination of charm […]
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Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir 2018
$88.00The emblematic wine of the estate, coming off all the vineyards. Complex; there’s just so many flavours here, too many to put down. Clove, aniseed, plum, pastille, black fruits, raspberry and nutmeg. The fruit is so sweet and expressive, but without any heaviness. Voluminous, round and as close to generous as Rippon gets. Incredible width, […]
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Domaine Naturaliste Purus Chardonnay 2020
$50.00Out of Stock
A blend of Dijon clones 76 and 95, from the south of Margaret River. Fermented and matured on lees in French oak (40% new). Occasional bâtonnage throughout 10 months in barrel. This is the first Purus since 2014; the earlier vintages contained Gingin clones. Distinctly mineral with crushed granite, quartz and sand littered throughout the […]
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Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
$127.00Fine-boned, linear cabernet sauvignon with dark berry, violet, dark chocolate, cedar, new leather and spicy oak flavours. It’s a perfectly-balanced wine with obvious cellaring potential. A complex wine with underlying power. 96 Points – Bob Campbell, The Real Review There was some debate around a decade ago that this iconic Margaret River winery had […]
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Swinney Farvie Syrah 2020
$155.00This is a Syrah that will make the wine world sit-up and think what is possible for this variety in Frankland River. In fact, it is one of a number from several producers showing a new direction and exploration for Syrah from this region. The typical Australian model for Shiraz has been tossed out here. […]
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Swinney Farvie Grenache 2020
$155.00The combination of subtle floral perfumes and more rustic slightly herb and ferrous aromas is engaging. The mouthfeel and palate take this wine into a heady zone with the chalky mouthfeel and fruit intensity working harmoniously. There is a distinct ferrous ironstone character with that slightly wild influence that comes from a small volume of […]
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Larmandier Bernier Latitude Blanc de Blancs NV
$110.00Latitude is a 100% Côte des Blancs Chardonnay from vineyards on the southern side of Vertus. These are roughly on the same ‘Latitude’ and the name also hints at the breadth of texture that the wines from these sites (having more clay in the soil) tend to offer up. In the cellar, Larmandier uses mostly […]
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Savage Never Been Asked to Dance 2020
$55.00Out of Stock
The 2020 vintage releases see a very welcomed return of Duncan’s fabulous old vine Chenin Blanc sourced from a 67 year old organic dry farmed bush vine vineyard grown on decomposed granite soils. Whole bunch pressed and spontaneously fermented in neutral Stockinger 600 litre barrels, this third release screams its granitic terroir with complex aromatics […]
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Giant Steps Wombat Creek Vineyard Chardonnay 2019
$60.00There’s striking freshness of lemon and yellow grapefruit here with a chalky, stony, flinty edge. The fresh fruit carries subtly spicy oak nicely. There are grapefruit and fresh yellow-peach flavors in abundance. This carries energetic, acidity-fueled drive and delivers impressive balance, as well as length. So long and juicy. Drink or hold. 97 Points, James […]
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Ox Hardy Slate Shiraz 2019
$70.00Another vintage another remarkable Slate Shiraz from Ox Hardy. Deep, rich intense purple. Bold and lively, hints of spice and florals. Intense blackberry, raspberry and rich dark liquorice. Medium-bodied with grippy, powdery tannins that move through to a long, smooth finish.
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Laughing Jack Moppa Hill Block 6 Shiraz 2018
$40.00“Shawn Kalleske has achieved wonderful balance and poise in the warm ’18 season, upholding all the deep, dark, brooding power of Barossa shiraz and – vitally – energising it with fantastic natural acidity and fine, polished tannins. The result is a delight to behold; an enticing core of compact blackberries, satsuma plums and fresh licorice. […]
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Larmandier Bernier 1er Cru Longitude Blanc de Blancs NV
$135.00The name here refers to the ‘vertical’ nature of the geographic locations of the vineyards as well as the style of wine that results from the very chalky soils of these sites – a more linear, mineral style of wine. The vineyards are located in Cramant, Avize, Oger, and Vertus (north of the village), which […]
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Savage Follow the Line Cinsault 2020
$50.00Now in its seventh vintage, the Follow the Line red from Duncan Savage has almost certainly become one of the most highly respected old vine Cinsault reds in South Africa. As always, the fruit comes from a 40-year-old dry farmed bush vine vineyard in Darling grown on decomposed granite soils. The 2020 also includes a […]
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Hofgut Falkenstein Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese ‘Feinherb’ 2020
$65.00Wonderful wine, that displays the Saar’s scintillating raciness and it’s capacity for richness, complexity and power. Aromatically complex with petrichor, kummel spirit, gardenia, lavender, blackcurrant, green apple, which peach, green snake (as in the lolly) and preserved lemon. Richness and power, combine with lightness and elegance. Poised and regal with a long carry and the […]
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Corymbia Chenin Blanc 2020
$30.00Pure, and reminiscent of the likes of Eben Sadie or Donavan Rall. Complex, tight, but not tense, fluffy almost. Citrus, sunflowers, stone fruits, cherry, melon and green apple. Lees-ey, creamy. Remarkable combination of amplitude and texture, fruit and minerality. There are some fascinating herbal elements of watercress and sage that impart a gathering firmness, towards […]
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
$60.00Out of Stock
Strongly varietal aroma with blackcurrant, cedar and a subtle floral note. A core of sweet fruit with a subtle liquorice, spice and anise influence wraps around a backbone of fine, soft tannins. An elegant wine that is approachable now but promises to develop well with bottle age. 96 points – Bob Campbell, The Real Review […]
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Giant Steps Primavera Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
$65.00From the Primavera vineyard at Woori Yallock, planted in 2001 on the same red soil as Wombat Creek. Both destemmed (55%) and whole-bunch components. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. A very bright crimson purple. So pure and perfumed with briary cherries, ripe redcurrants and freshly cut roses. Poised, juicy and energetic, the wine has so much […]
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Bannockburn Chardonnay 2021
$60.00Classic Aussie chardonnay. Full bodied with stone fruits, preserved lime, brine, oak spice, cashews and cream. So well done, full bodied and utterly refreshing, with a saline close and subtle grip. Waters Wine Co. Whole-bunch pressed, fermented wild in French hogsheads and puncheons (20% new), 10 months on lees, partial mlf. True to the Bannockburn […]
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Rieslingfreak No 10 Zenit Riesling 2022
$35.00Spices and herbs and yeasty touches to sniff: gardenia florals and sweet basil herbiness, the palate dry and yet soft textured, taut and tense, with firm acidity and tight structure. A wine of real finesse, the fruit quite reserved at this early stage. High potential but it needs time. 95 Points – Huon Hooke, The […]
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