Curious Whites
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Marc Bredif Vouvray 2020
$33.00From one of the most famous names in the Loire Valley, Marc Bredif’s Vouvray Classic is brilliant pale gold. On the nose, there is a fine bouquet full aromas of white flowers and yellow fruit such as pears. Citrus notes such as grapefruit. The palate is gentle with a lovely vivacity with agreeable notes of […]
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Domaine Cauhape Jurancon Sec ‘Chante des Vignes’ 2018
$32.0060% Gros Manseng and 40% Camaralet, crushed and destemmed then macerated on skins for 12 hours before pressing. Cool-fermented in stainless steel and matured on lees for 5 months. 13.5% Alc/Vol. The nose expresses a fine and intense bouquet, with notes of citrus and exotic fruits coming from the Gros Manseng, along with hints of […]
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Yangarra Estate Vineyard Blanc 2021
$28.00Yangarra’s superb Estate Blanc is a blend of white varieties sourced in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and grown on newly planted cuttings on their single-vineyard Estate in McLaren Vale. The Blanc is a great value white bursting with concentration, freshness of flavour and marked natural acidity.
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La Battistelle Montesei Soave Classico 2020
$30.00The ultimate dry white wine – light and refreshing yet packed full of intense flavours and serious complexity. White flowers, pear, stone fruits and red cherry flavours with a hint of marjoram. Waters Wine Co This wine comes from several small south-facing vineyards in the historic Soave Classico area, from vines predominately between 70 […]
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Jo Landron Muscadet Sevre et Maine La Louvetrie 2019
$36.00Landron’s La Louvetrie is a blinder of a wine, packed full of juicy fruit and vibrant Atlantic zing. The new vintage is not dissimilar to last year’s stunner, with generous, zesty, pithy, lemon/lime fruit alongside a ton of salinity. It glides with fantastic vibrancy across the palate. Oodles of compact fruit balanced by a mouth-watering […]
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Luis Seabra Xisto Ilimitado Branco 2019
$48.00The 2019 is a blend of Rabigato 60%, Viosinho 20%, Gouveio 15% and Códega 5 % coming from several plots of small 35-60 year old vines on mica schist soils at 500-600m in Meda, the Douro Superior. The Cima Corgo subregion is noted for extreme highs and lows in temperature. These stressed vines produce low […]
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La Petite Mort VMR Qvevri 2019
$32.00Out of Stock
La Petite Mort’s VMR Qvevri 2019 is made from whole berries of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne fermented in terra cotta amphora for 67 days – skins and all. The Viognier gives fruit and perfume while the Marsanne lends it’s waxy texture and the Roussanne gives a hint of savouriness. Bottled un-fined and un-filtered. A unique, […]
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Rippon Gewürztraminer 2019
$52.00More digestive than a fruit bomb, complex, textural, salivating and screaming for charcuterie or delicately spiced asian foods. Yet smells of rose petals, turkish delight, rose hip tea, and drying herbs. Delicious! Smells sweet but not bubblegummy and cartoony, more Turkish market spice and rosewater bath in the most refined, evocative sense. Succulent in texture, […]
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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Orange 2020
$48.00Out of Stock
Complex and fine and Wow! Orange, citrus, spice, lavender and apple. Juicy, and subtly textured. There’s some white pepper, cherry, orange pith and Cointreau. Terrific finesse, and a style of wine we wouldn’t usually go for, but this is amazing. Waters Wine Co. 87% Pinot Gris, 7% Muscat, 4% Riesling and 2% Gewürztraminer. Sourced from […]
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Bondar Fiano 2021
$27.00Bondar’s 2021 Fiano is made with fruit from the Lacey block, three kilometres due east of the pristine Maslin Beach coastline. Some skin contact and ageing in old French barrels gives this fresh, aromatic variety texture and complexity. A cracking example of one of McLaren Vale’s rising star white varieties. Click here for our full […]
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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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LAS Vino CBDB 2019
$59.00Out of Stock
Review for the 2018 – Light straw-yellow colour, slightly cloudy in the glass – an unfiltered appearance. Lemon, herb and floral aromas, very attractive. The wine is bright and fresh, crisp and lively, with a dry finish and brisk acidity. A touch of nuttiness. Honey grew the longer it was in the glass. Struck-flint notes […]
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Jo Landron Muscadet Sevre et Maine Le Fief du Breil 2016
$60.00Le Fief du Breil comes from a single, six-hectare biodynamically farmed vineyard, situated on a south-facing slope above the Sèvre river in La Haye-Fouassière. Fief is a term from the Middle Ages which means a piece of land once associated with (and probably owned by) the local Abbey or Duke. This in turn infers quality, as the local […]
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Dr Edge Amber 2021
$38.00Floral and musky, a combination of spring jasmine and roses. More direct than the Rouge or Gold with yellow peach, dried apricot, mandarin and preserved lime. Chalky mouthfeel and there’s a softness to the palate, with less evident acidity. A terrific alternative to cocktails! Waters Wine Co
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Domaine de Souch Jurancon Monplaisir Sec 2018
$55.00Domaine de Souch’s Monplaisir Sec is pure, ethereal and extraordinarily complex. Apricot, peach, honey, melon and pineapple. The palate is all dancing lightness and yet the wine has immense presence. Neat, discreet and balanced acidity. Delicious and unique. Grown on clay and limestone soil with puddingstone, “Poudingue” in French. The vineyard is located on the […]
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Damien Laureau Savennieres “Les Genets” 2016
$75.00Damien Laureau makes this Savennieres from a selection of the sandier soil terroirs, mostly from the Moulin de Beaupréau lieu-dit. Les Genets is tank fermented, then matured in barrel for 12 months, followed by a final elevage in tank for another 4-6 months. This cuvée comes from older vines, at least 25-years old, planted on […]
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Domaine Overnoy Savagnin Type 2016
$110.00The Domaine Overnoy Savagnin spends four years sous-voile and two in bottle. Wow! here is complexity – citric, saline in the mouth and complexed by curry leaf, saffron and baking spices. Has super length and complexity with a finish that goes on and on.. gastronomic and salivating all at once. This is quite remarkable. Andrew […]
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Michel Lafarge Aligote ‘Raisins Dores’ 2018
$55.00From vines planted in 1937. This wine is a from a 0.8ha block on deep clay over limestone. Whole bunch pressed into stainless steel for fermentation and then aged 3-6 months in old barriques. The 2018 Bourgogne Aligoté Raisin Dorés has a delightful bouquet of yellow plum and light lemon curd aromas that are well […]
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Luis Seabra Xisto Cru Branco 2019
$90.00Rabigato is the variety, 70-80-year-old-vines the star. Epic wines here. Drinks with potency and power, saline mineral veins, light caramel notes in green apple, green melon and stone fruits. Has a sense of great Burgundy to it, unadorned though, about fruit and savouriness with body. A lot going on here. A real experience wine. The […]
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Savage Never Been Asked to Dance 2020
$55.00The 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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Sadie Family Swartland Skerpioen 2020
$130.00Accessible young, as it tends to be, but also capable of ageing well in bottle, this is a coastal, 50/50 blend of Chenin Blanc and Palomino grown on highly unusual sand and limestone soils. Aromas of citrus and almonds lead into a palate that is engagingly fresh, briney and salty, finishing with a pithy tang. […]
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Benjamin Leroux Bourgogne Aligote 2019
$70.00Screwcap. As followers of Domaine Comte Armand will know, Leroux has considerable pedigree with this variety. This year’s release is solely from a parcel of 50-year-old Estate-grown fruit in Meursault’s Les Belles Roses. This site is home to Aligoté Doré, the high-quality, low-yielding cultivar of this variety which takes on an ochre colour when fully ripe. […]
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Thierry Germain Cep by Cep Anjou Blanc 2020
$38.00Chenin is so versatile, combining the weight of chardonnay and the racy flavours of riesling. Luscious and tense, the 2020 Cep by Cep is both playful and serious. Stone fruits, preserved lemon, grapefruit, grilled nuts and lime with mouth watering acidity. Try with anything from roast chicken to Pad Thai. Waters Wine Co. This delicious Chenin […]
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Mullineux Old Vines White 2019
$50.00Pale straw in colour, this wine has a nose of ripe, green citrus fruit and Christmas spices. The palate is fresh and richly textured, with notes of ripe pears, almonds and peaches, and a clove-like finish. Best served at about 12 ˚C, this wine will show optimally when decanted in the first 3 years after bottling. The […]
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Sadie Family Swartland Palladius 2019
$245.00Seventeen grapes from 11 sites make up the blend of this celebrated Swartland white, created to combine “two worlds in one – weight and tension”, according to Eben Sadie. Perfumed and exotic, it’s daringly unoaked, with peach, apricot, green apple and lime flavours, aromatic spices, layers of complexity and a racy, balanced finish. 96 points, […]
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Pato & Wouters Nossa Calcario Bical Branco 2020
$68.00Expressive nose of lime, preserved lemon, oyster shell, peach and smoke. Terrific weight, a genuine step up in intensity, concentration and depth. Abundant acidity drives and frames the wine with saline and seaweed notes. Pure and with more cutting intensity. Very special wine. Waters Wine Co 100% Bical – The grapes are handpicked from one […]
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Luis Seabra Granito Cru Alvarinho 2019
$65.00All alvarinho grape variety; very pure, very saline, very expressive. This is really great, geez that saline character is strong, so appealing, mouth-watering and refreshing, lots of juicy yet firm texture, green herbs and cucumber in a tonic water kind of feel. Refreshing, lots going on, a brilliant, crystalline finish full of appeal. Super stuff. […]
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Domaine Overnoy Savagnin Ouille 2017
$100.00The 2017 Overnoy Ouille is a Savagnin topped up in the Burgundian manner. The grapes are harvested by hand from vineyards on blue marl soils. Vines are mostly 40 years of age. Natural fermentation as are all the wines and bottled with a tiny dose of sulphur. The nose is salty and fresh, with green […]
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Albamar 69 Arrobas Albarino 2018
$73.00The fruit comes from a selection of different Albariño vineyards from the Valle de O Salnés in Rías Baixas. Their seaside location, granitic soils and old vines give this wine its unique character. The fruit is hand-picked whole bunch fermented with indigenous yeast and aged for a year in stainless steel on its lees without […]
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Dr Edge Gold 2021
$38.00Reminded me of Scrumpy from my time in England. Baked apple, custard, savoury spice, chalky texture. Great session drinking and very accommodating with a load of dishes. Delicious stuff. Waters Wine Co
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