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Rieslingfreak No 5 Clare Valley Off Dry Riesling 2026
$25.00Perfumed and inviting – red apple, white peach and mandarin, with a lift of orange blossom and honeysuckle. The palate is lush yet poised, stone fruit and apple wrapped in a gentle sweetness, cut by a sherbet-like zing of acidity. Rich through the middle, but finishes clean, bright and long. Some of the most […]
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Traviarti Nebbiolo 2022
$75.00The 2022 vintage, of which we bought up the entirety of stock that was left, is showing magnificently. 2022 was a cool and wet season, ensuring a very late harvest, excellent for Nebbiolo and the development of long, complex tannins. Aromas of cool and tangy red and hedge fruits, baking spices, lavender and rose, and […]
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Rieslingfreak No 2 Polish Hill Riesling 2026
$35.00Highly perfumed – nashi pear, gardenia and yuzu lift from the glass, with flashes of lime, guava and tropical fruit. The palate is both crisp and textural, with a fine, talc-like mineral slip. Sweet-edged apple and guava meet spice, almond and a touch of richness, all cut by a bright, electric line of acidity. Long, […]
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Nomads Garden Prosecco 2024
$25.00A vibrant lemon colour, immensely perfumed with a mouth watering acidity tempered by just the right amount of residual sugar and texture, all complemented by a delicate fine bead bubble. Sourced from a single vineyard and fermented using only the naturally occurring wild yeast indigenous to that vineyard. Their ambition was to create a bright, […]
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Curator Wine Co Hamlets Shiraz 2023
$28.00Hamlets Shiraz (formerly Parishes Shiraz) is a blend drawn from multiple sub-regions – or “hamlets” – across the Barossa Valley, bringing together a diverse expression of site. Sourced predominantly from three vineyards planted in the 1950s in Vine Vale, Nuriootpa and Ebenezer, the wine is complemented by select declassified barrels from the CWCo Shiraz program, […]
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Deviation Road Altair Sparkling Rose NV
$38.0055/45% 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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Bondar Violet Hour Shiraz 2024
$30.00Andre Bondar and Selina Kelly approach McLaren Vale shiraz like young renovators who’ve just inherited an old mansion from an eccentric old aunt. What was once dark has had the light let in, abundant artifacts and ornate over-stuffing replaced with cleaner lines and more open space. It’s still the beautiful place it always was, but […]
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A Rodda Whitlands Chardonnay 2025
$50.00Lifted aromas of red apple and wild meadow flowers are complemented by flinty mineral notes, delicate spice and the freshness of wet stone. The palate is layered and finely textured, where vibrant acidity and lees-derived complexity combine to create a mouthfeel that is both creamy and precise. A pronounced mineral thread drives the wine through […]
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A Rodda Willow Lake Vineyard Yarra Chardonnay 2023
$55.00Fresh and youthful, with lime, grapefruit, and lemon aromas enhanced by toasted cashew oak. The palate is intense and refined, tensioned with mouth-watering acidity and a long, satisfying carry. Lovely now and will age well.” 95 points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review A striking, quality chardonnay from a top Yarra Valley vineyard. Adrian […]
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Bannockburn SRH Chardonnay 2025
$109.00From a 12-row block of P58 clone planted in ’76. Matured in French hogsheads and puncheons (40% new); 70% mlf. A very bright green gold. Interestingly, this is the most restrained and subtle of Bannockburn’s ’25 chardonnays, and, no surprise, also the most complex. Aromas of perfectly ripened stone fruits, orange pith and lemongrass precede […]
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Bondar Fiano 2025
$30.00Mainly from Ben Lacey’s Branson Road vineyard in Tatachilla, supplemented with fruit from the Minchella family, also in Tatachilla. Predominant steel ferment, with some older oak and amphora, then blended and raised in steel for four months. The ’24 was the best Bondar fiano I have seen, and this sits squarely beside it. Golden apple […]
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Gembrook Hill Estate Pinot Noir 2025
$65.00One of Australia’s finest pinot noirs that shames many overpriced icons. As always, simple winemaking; complex results. Destemmed completely, cold soaked and fermented naturally, with 3 weeks on skins (a long time for pinot noir) and matured in French wood, Hogsheads, 20% new. Unfined and unfiltered. Perfume, such perfume. Summer fruit compote, perhaps a bit […]
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Fighting Gully Road Aglianico 2018
$45.00The winemaker has a close connection with Italy, hence the decision to plant 1450 individually-staked aglianico vines on a terrace at FGR. A fascinating grape brought to life and, importantly, managed beautifully, massaging its notoriously high tannin and acidity and bringing forth a veritable cavalcade of exotic, savoury aromas and flavours in bramble, black cherry, […]
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Rieslingfreak No 8 Schatzkammer Riesling 2026
$35.00Bright and playful – lemon sherbet, guava and hibiscus lift from the glass. Light in alcohol, with a perfect tension between succulent sweetness and crackling acidity. Tropical and citrus notes glide across the palate before a razor line of freshness snaps it shut. Clean, precise, and seriously moreish. Firstly, if you were drinking this […]
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Crawford River Riesling 2024
$58.00A very bright green gold. Smells like the essence of perfectly ripened lemon and lime, jasmine and frangipani together with a little apple blossom. Gently textured, this flows mellifluously across the palate, finishing saline, chalky and long. Just a touch richer than the ’23 and a beautiful wine to drink now and over the next […]
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Savage Never Been Asked to Dance 2024
$65.00Chenin Blanc from a Paarl vineyard planted in 1956. Matured in neutral 600-litre barrels for 10 months. Leesy, flinty notes before peach, soft citrus, orange, ginger and other spice on the nose. Great depth of fruit, zesty acidity, the finish lightly grippy in texture and saline in flavour. Alc: 13.28%. 95 Points – Christian Eedes, […]
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A Rodda Smiths Vineyard Beechworth Chardonnay 2024
$85.00A bit of a sleeper at first, with airy notes of flint, nutmeg and fennel coming to the fore. With a little more nudging, spiced stone-fruits and earthy wafts of fresh moss appear. The core exudes a quiet confidence, anchored by stone-fruits layered with flint, white button mushroom and sweet spices. It’s been handled with […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva 2019
$120.00The 2019 Vina Ardanza is a highly impressive, full-bodied blend of 80% older-vine Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha from two different parts of Rioja grown at the same altitude. The producer’s own American oak was used to age the Tempranillo 36 months and the Garnacha 30 months, 20% new. The fruity nose of black cherry and […]
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Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2024
$50.00Twelve months in 300L French Tronçais barrels followed by three months on lees in tank before bottling. Chardonnay, the undoubted strength of Beechworth, was one of the first fruits picked in the ’24 vintage at FGR, retaining sensational, energised acidity while keeping a pretty tight flavour profile. Spring blossom aromatics mingle with tangy citrus and […]
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Noemia A Lisa Malbec 2024
$75.00Made with grapes from the Alto Valle de Río Negro in Patagonia, the 2024 Malbec A Lisa reflects the winery’s recent trajectory. With a primarily floral profile and precise notes of fresh plum, this red immediately invites a sip. The combination of juicy fruit and a subtle herbal touch typical of the region creates an […]
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Standish Wine Co The Standish 2021
$135.00Very deep colour and remarkably vivid considering the presumably long period in wood. There is bright purple towards the rim, fading from the deep blackness of the core, suggesting the inclusion of whole bunches. Intense aromatics, florals, black fruits, sweet and savoury spice. It’s not overly complex at present but the flavours are utterly captivating […]
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Bellebonne Blanc de Blancs 2019
$120.00100% single-vineyard Pipers River chardonnay produced in the traditional method by sparkling wine queen Natalie Fryar. Pale straw with a superfine, energetic bead and mousse. Notes of apple, white peach, nectarine and citrus fruits with underlying hints of clotted cream, sea spray, freshly baked brioche, clover blossom, dried shiitake, shortbread, creamed honey and crushed stone […]
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CRFT Arranmore Gruner Veltliner 2025
$30.00CRFT’s signature Grüner Veltliner, capturing the variety’s layered complexity and textural depth. Aromatics are vivid and intricate – nougat, smoke and mushroom alongside peach, pear, honeysuckle and jasmine. Powerful yet tightly coiled, this release shows a more compact, tensile structure than previous Arranmore expressions. The palate is silky and creamy, with notes of clove, aniseed, […]
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Paralian Marmont Vineyard Grenache 2024
$45.00Pale in the glass and engagingly savoury, feeling a little less up-front fruitful than the ’23 at the same stage, but certainly no less for it. More, perhaps. This is savoury, with pressed flowers, dried cranberry, damson and macerated cherries, warm stone, whole spices – fennel seed, clove, cardamom – and a little blood orange […]
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Chacra Trienta Y Dos Pinot Noir 2024
$260.00“The aromas of this red are rather endless, with rose petals, rose stems, strawberries, sliced oranges, crabapples and hints of white pepper and peaches. Medium-bodied with depth of fruit. intensity and crushed stone flavors. Linear, racy and vibrant, with brightness and energetic length. From vineyards planted in 1932. 11.2% alcohol. Drink or hold.” – 98 […]
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Chacra Chardonnay 2025
$245.00“Wow. This is really complex, with sliced apples, lemons, flint, stones and a hint of limes on the nose. It’s floral and aromatic with white flowers. Long, long finish. Complex and thoughtful. Drink or hold” – 99 points, James Suckling From 40 year old vines with alluvial stones covered in calcaire. The wine is intense […]
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The Wanderer Upper Yarra Pinot Noir 2025
$60.00From a single vineyard in Yellingbo in the Upper Yarra; 20% whole bunches, 20% new oak. Medium bright crimson. Fragrant and spicy aromas of red and black fruits, rose bush and a touch of allspice. The fruit has thoroughly swallowed up the oak. Medium bodied, with excellent depth and very persistent, fine-grained tannins. Finishes long. […]
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Chacra Mainque Chardonnay 2025
$125.00“The saltiness in this chardonnay is so impressive, with aromas of sliced apples, honey, crushed stones and honeysuckle. Medium- bodied, crunchy, vivid and flavorful, with hints of peaches and grape skin” – 96 points, James Suckling From 3 parcels with a range of sand, clay, and pebble soils. Warmer conditions yielding bolder flavours this year, […]
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La Rioja Alta 904 Gran Reserva 2015
$250.00A perfumed nose of plums, mulberries, mushrooms, caramel, sweet tobacco and sweet spices. Full-bodied with velvety, fine tannins and lively acidity. Balanced and supple with a creamy texture. Delicate and precise with a long, polished finish.97 points – James Suckling COLOUR: cherry, garnet rim AROMA : balanced, complex, ripe fruit, spicy, fine reductive notes, […]
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Nocturne Single Vineyard Forrest Chardonnay 2024
$65.00Excellent, fitting the mold of sleek, stylish yet powerful chardonnays that have captivated the chardonnay lovers’ community. Flinty with reductive notes, showing struck match, kaffir limes, sea spray, grapefruit and apple blossoms. The palate is taut and refined with a generous fruit profile. So distinctive and impressive. From winemaker Julian Langworthy. Drink or hold. Screw […]
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