Curious Whites
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Unico Zelo Jade and Jasper Fiano 2018
Add to cart$20.00in any six
$22.00 per single bottle
Fiano in Australia can be flabby, oily and quite frankly, boring. But not the Jade and Jasper from Unico Zelo! Fantastic varietal expression of stone fruits, citrus and green apple. This wine has super vitality and remarkable freshness. Winemaker’s notes: A labour of love and passion, originally hailing from Southern Italy – Fiano is a […]
Producer: Unico Zelo
Producer: Unico Zelo$20.00in any six
$22.00 per single bottle
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Chalmers Dott Malvasia Istriana 2017
$25.00in any six
$27.00 per single bottle
2017 Malvasia Istriana is golden straw coloured and has delicate spiced apple, lemon and hay aromas with a crisp, mineral palate of fresh cut red apple, fine structure and pleasant acidity. Dott. Hand-picked on the 2nd March, chilled overnight and whole bunch pressed into stainless steel for a cool, natural fermentation on fine solids. After a […]
Producer: Chalmers
Out of Stock
Read moreProducer: Chalmers$25.00in any six
$27.00 per single bottle
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Spinifex Vermentino 2018
$25.00in any six
$27.00 per single bottle
The 2018 Vermentino from Spinifex is a terrific example of this variety. It has a fabulous, fleshy texture that still keeps super fresh and vibrant with the tangy acidity. There’s a powdery grip from the subtle, whole bunch ferment notes. Really complex with bosc pear, nettle and a gentle nutty close. Sourced from a 1-acre […]
Producer: Spinifex
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Read moreProducer: Spinifex$25.00in any six
$27.00 per single bottle
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Yangarra Estate Vineyard Blanc 2019
Add to cart$24.00in any six
$28.00 per single bottle
A highly esoteric blend of 74% grenache blanc, 12% roussanne, 6% clairaut, 5% picpoul and 3% bourbelenc that is winemaker Peter Fraser’s salute to the wines of centuries past. Lest anyone think the vinification is of similar natural antiquity, think again. It will grow rich and textured as it ages. 93 points – Halliday Wine Companion, […]
Producer: Yangarra
Producer: Yangarra$24.00in any six
$28.00 per single bottle
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Coriole Fiano 2018
Add to cart$25.00in any six
$29.00 per single bottle
“Fresh fruit on the nose, with lemon, a hint of pineapple and suggestions of complexity from grape solids in the fermentation. There’s an intriguing sweet/savoury interplay in the flavours and the length is excellent. Pritzker noted, “lime and fairy floss nose. Bright palate entry. Rolls across some hints of soft green herbs. Carries the length […]
Producer: Coriole
Producer: Coriole$25.00in any six
$29.00 per single bottle
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Nick Spencer Fiano 2019
Add to cart$26.00in any six
$30.00 per single bottle
Distinctly floral, almost soapy perfume, apricot and liquorice root, and a fair amount of exotic spice. It’s an unusual version of Fiano, but it has the texture going on, with fine chalk and raw almond grip, golden apple and bitter lemon, a waxy richness, and enough acidity to balance. Finish is long, aromatic, and juicy. […]
Producer: Nick Spencer
Producer: Nick Spencer$26.00in any six
$30.00 per single bottle
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Domaine Cauhape Jurancon Sec ‘Chante des Vignes’ 2017
Add to cart$29.00in any six
$31.00 per single bottle
60% 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 […]
Producer: Domaine Cauhape
Producer: Domaine Cauhape$29.00in any six
$31.00 per single bottle
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Garagiste Le Stagiaire Gewurztraminer 2018
Add to cart$28.00in any six
$32.00 per single bottle
From Mornington Peninsula gewurz vines off a 30-year-old-or-so vineyard. Grapes squashed and juice sent to older oak barrels and wine sits on dead yeast floaties for months then the thing gets bottled and we drink it. Floral, fruity, rose water-meets-nashi pear scents. Palate is slick and then tightens up to a squeaky finish with some […]
Producer: Garagiste
Producer: Garagiste$28.00in any six
$32.00 per single bottle
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Marc Bredif Vouvray 2017
Add to cart$29.00in any six
$33.00 per single bottle
From 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 […]
Producer: Marc Bredif
Producer: Marc Bredif$29.00in any six
$33.00 per single bottle
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Mengoba Brezo Blanco 2018
Add to cart$29.00in any six
$33.00 per single bottle
Mengoba’s entry level white is a blend of 85% Godello and 15% Dona Blanca. The 2018 Brezo Blanco is a stunning, fresh, mineral wine. Notes of citrus and a touch of pepper. No oak is used. This is an elegant, delicious wine. The grapes are sourced from a variety of Bierzo’s highland terroirs. The Godello […]
Producer: Mengoba
Producer: Mengoba$29.00in any six
$33.00 per single bottle
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Corzano e Paterno Toscana Bianco Il Corzanello 2017
Add to cart$31.00in any six
$34.00 per single bottle
Lots to love here. Green apple, lemon, quince, fennel and pear. Light on the front of the palate, but then the wine fills out, becoming broader. Lovely fleshy fruit, but keeps it’s focus as it grows. Subtle spice and grip on the finish. Really interesting and lovely. Very versatile. WWC, January 2019. While Chianti is […]
Producer: Corzano e Paterno
Producer: Corzano e Paterno$31.00in any six
$34.00 per single bottle
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La Petite Mort VMR Amphora 2018
$30.00in any six
$35.00 per single bottle
2018’s Amphora Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne blend is hands down the finest skin contact, natural, orange, call it what you will, white wine we’ve had from Australia. Spending 67 days in qvevri on skins, unfiltered, unfined, sulphur at bottling. This is delicious and extremely complex. Slightly oxidative (not dirty, not sherry!), white flowers, oily bitter walnuts, […]
Producer: La Petite Mort
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Read moreProducer: La Petite Mort$30.00in any six
$35.00 per single bottle
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La Petite Mort Marsanne 2017
Add to cart$30.00in any six
$35.00 per single bottle
Marsanne anywhere can taste and feel like anything, but this rendition from La Petite Mort wears its name on the front and back of the shirt. Peach, white and yellow, apricot, honeydew, green apple and honey. Textural grip but with an incisive structure. Fermented in oak. Fuller and more mouthfilling than one would expect, but […]
Producer: La Petite Mort
Producer: La Petite Mort$30.00in any six
$35.00 per single bottle
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Alfredo Maestro Lovamor Albillo 2017
$34.00in any six
$39.00 per single bottle
The 2017 Lovamor is a medium to full-bodied, orange wine. Bright acidity, with exotic notes of orchard fruits, flowers, and minerals. A wonderful wine to have as an aperitif or with charcuterie and cheeses. Made from 100-120 year old Albillo old vines. Grown on clay-limestone at 800 to 1100 meters elevation in the Ribera del […]
Producer: Alfredo Maestro
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Read moreProducer: Alfredo Maestro$34.00in any six
$39.00 per single bottle
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Guilhem & J-Hugues Goisot Bourgogne Aligote 2015
$36.00in any six
$40.00 per single bottle
This fabulous, old vine Aligoté is drawn from parcels of 40 and 92 year old vines, planted on the high, cool slopes of St-Bris. Aligoté is notorious for requiring old vines and the right soils to produce wines of quality, and Goisot’s holdings – in the lieux-dits of Croix Rougeot, Côte de Coutance and Côte […]
Producer: Goisot
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Read moreProducer: Goisot$36.00in any six
$40.00 per single bottle
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Exopto Rioja Horizonte de Exopto Blanco 2016
Add to cart$38.00in any six
$41.00 per single bottle
Today’s wine plays homage to the austerity of the rocky limestone soils and old vines planted in the highland limestones of Ábalos. Exopto’s white is a blend of Viura with some 10% Garnacha Blanca and the remaining 5% split between Malvasía Riojana, Jaén Blanca and Torrontés, picked predominantly from white vines that are co-planted in […]
Producer: Bodegas Exopto
Producer: Bodegas Exopto$38.00in any six
$41.00 per single bottle
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Francois Chidaine Vin de France le Chenin d’Ailleurs 2016
Add to cart$39.00in any six
$42.00 per single bottle
This great value, lip-smacking, crystalline Chenin from the southern soils of the Limoux region (more famous for its sparkling wines), is made in the spirit of Montlouis. A more racy, juicy and playful style than this grower’s northern Chenin, yet it remains classically detailed and pure, with teasing aromas of ripe citrus, yellow plum and […]
Producer: Francois Chidaine
Producer: Francois Chidaine$39.00in any six
$42.00 per single bottle
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Keller Silvaner Trocken 2018
Add to cart$38.00in any six
$43.00 per single bottle
In a blog article I wrote recently, I stated that if I had to chose one producer, it would be Keller. The Keller Silvaner Trocken 2018 is a prime example as to why I would make such a statement. Served with Scallops, on a bed of pea and mint puree and blood sausage, the match […]
Producer: Keller
Producer: Keller$38.00in any six
$43.00 per single bottle
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Robert and Bernhard Plageoles L’Ondenc Sec 2016
Add to cart$41.00in any six
$44.00 per single bottle
Dry white made from the rare Ondenc grape variety. This textural salty-savoury white is superb and comes from a small parcel of this obscure, ancient Tarn variety that was originally planted in 1983 (a time when Ondenc was almost extinct). Plageoles started with just two rows of vines rooted in the argilo-calcaire of Cahuzac-sur-Vère, though […]
Producer: Robert and Bernhard Plageoles
Producer: Robert and Bernhard Plageoles$41.00in any six
$44.00 per single bottle
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Jo Landron Muscadet Sevre et Maine Le Fief du Breil 2013
Add to cart$42.00in any six
$45.00 per single bottle
Whilst the old Landron wines are fascinating and complex, the truth is that this wine is our pick of the lot and is just drinking brilliantly at five years of age. As you might expect from the oldest, low yielding vines of this great estate, this is a Muscadet at its most confident and expressive. […]
Producer: Jo Landron
Producer: Jo Landron$42.00in any six
$45.00 per single bottle
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Domaine Cauhape Jurancon Sec ‘Geyser’ 2017
Add to cart$43.00in any six
$46.00 per single bottle
30% Gros Manseng, 30% Petit Manseng, 30% Camaralet, 5% Lauzet and 5% Courbu Blanc, crushed and destemmed then macerated on skins for 12 hours before pressing. Cool-fermented in stainless steel and matured on lees for 5 months. 14% Alc/Vol. Beautiful complexity and freshness on the nose, evoking citrus and exotic fruit notes, along with hints […]
Producer: Domaine Cauhape
Producer: Domaine Cauhape$43.00in any six
$46.00 per single bottle
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Exopto Rioja Horizonte de Exopto Blanco 2017
Add to cart$41.00in any six
$47.00 per single bottle
Absolute drop dead bargain. Its difficult to describe the complexity, nuance and excitement this Exopto Blanco 2017 conjures. Everytime I came back to taste the wine it had evolved into something else. Always throwing up a whole new set of flavours. It has a rich, full bodied, lanolin texture and there’s a briskness to its […]
Producer: Bodegas Exopto
Producer: Bodegas Exopto$41.00in any six
$47.00 per single bottle
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Valenciso Blanco 2016
Add to cart$45.00in any six
$48.00 per single bottle
Valenciso’s Blanco is earth-to-glass white Rioja and a seriously gorgeous white Rioja to boot. It’s crafted from 80 to 100 year old vines of Viura (70%) and Garnacha Blanca (30%), sourced from four highland vineyards around Haro and Villalba. After a wild ferment, the wine is aged on lees in Russian, steam bent, untoasted oak […]
Producer: Valenciso
Producer: Valenciso$45.00in any six
$48.00 per single bottle
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Domaine de la Pepiere Chateau Thebaud 2015
Add to cart$45.00in any six
$48.00 per single bottle
The 2015 Château-Thébaud is an exceptional wine from Domaine de la Pepinere. Made from Melon de Bourgogne grapes grown on granite subsoil, the wine spends 30 months on lees before bottling. Abundant aromas of citrus, green apple and pear continue through to the palate. Driving, vibrant acidity. Textural and complex. Utterly delicious. Click here for […]
Producer: Domaine de la Pepiere
Producer: Domaine de la Pepiere$45.00in any six
$48.00 per single bottle
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Chateau de Coulaine Chinon Blanc 2014
Add to cart$50.00in any six
$54.00 per single bottle
This comes from a tiny plot of 23 year old vines just opposite the chateau with a full south exposure planted in clay over limestone, and also a few rows of 7 year old vines located up behind the chateau. Made with indigenous yeast and aged on lees in barrel for 12 months and then […]
Producer: Chateau de Coulaine
Producer: Chateau de Coulaine$50.00in any six
$54.00 per single bottle
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Valenciso Blanco 2017
Add to cart$48.00in any six
$55.00 per single bottle
Valenciso’s Blanco 2017 is a seriously gorgeous white wine. Super pretty and aromatic. Crushed citrus and savoury notes and a juicy, silky, tangy vibrant palate. There’s good texture too thanks to the low yields from ancient vines. The finish is salty, savoury and refreshing. The Blanco is crafted from 100+ year old vines of Viura […]
Producer: Valenciso
Producer: Valenciso$48.00in any six
$55.00 per single bottle
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Damien Laureau Savennieres “La Petite Roche” 2018
Add to cart$50.00in any six
$58.00 per single bottle
Damien Laureau’s 2018 La Petite Roche has a greater concentration of fruit than the 2016, riper acids and more succulence. To put this in perspective though, Laureau makes extremely pure, precise and mineral chenin blanc and the 2018 is true to form with just a little bit more flesh. A truly gorgeous wine for slightly […]
Producer: Damien Laureau
Producer: Damien Laureau$50.00in any six
$58.00 per single bottle
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Jo Landron Muscadet Sevre et Maine Le Fief du Breil 2015
Add to cart$52.00in any six
$60.00 per single bottle
The 2015 Fief du Breil from Jo Landron is a stunning Muscadet. Layered, fleshy (if not served too cold!), complex and earthy with a long, racy and nutty close. A wonderful bargain from one of the Loire’s finest and most respected growers. If you haven’t tried this wine, you must! “This is Jo Landron’s cru […]
Producer: Jo Landron
Producer: Jo Landron$52.00in any six
$60.00 per single bottle
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Terroir Sense Fronteres Brisat 2017
Add to cart$54.00in any six
$62.00 per single bottle
The dark-straw color with orange reflexes and the bold tannins on the palate mean that this is, in some sense, an orange wine. Lots of nuts and dried herbs, but also some dried apricot on the nose. Quite long. Mostly grenache blanc plus some macabeu. Drink or hold. 92 points, JamesSuckling.com Brisat is made from […]
Producer: Terroir Sense Fronteres
Producer: Terroir Sense Fronteres$54.00in any six
$62.00 per single bottle
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Francois Chidaine Les Tuffeaux Montlouis 2015
Add to cart$63.00in any six
$68.00 per single bottle
This much-loved 100% Chenin Blanc is made from late harvested grapes from a range of Chidaine’s old Chenin plots – including the Clos du Volagray, Saint-Martin and Grillonnieres – sites that have stony soils and are heavy in yellow limestone (or tuffeaux). These vines range in age from 30-90 years and are always cropped at […]
Producer: Francois Chidaine
Producer: Francois Chidaine$63.00in any six
$68.00 per single bottle