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Doyard Extra Brut 'Monts Ferrés' 1er Cru 2016, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Champagne, Champagne
“Disgorged this year with 0.6 grams per liter dosage, the 2016 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Monts Ferrés unwinds in the glass with aromas of crisp nashi pear, yellow stone fruit, mirabelle plum, buttery pastry, honeycomb and oyster shell. Full-bodied, pure and seamless, it's deep, enveloping and vinous, with a tensile spine of acidity, an ultra-refined mousse and a long, saline finish. Produced from a parcel in Vertus that was farmed organically and biodynamically, this is one of two lieu-dit bottlings produced by Charles Doyard before his untimely passing in 2017.” 97, William Kelley, Wine Advocate, Dec 2023
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Pierre Girardin Meursault Les Grands Charrons 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Meursault, Burgundy
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Pierre Girardin Meursault Le Limozin 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Meursault, Burgundy
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Pierre Girardin Meursault Les Narvaux 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Meursault, Burgundy
“A slightly broader ranging nose reflects notes of pear, apple, carnation, mineral reduction and crushed anise. There is slightly better richness, density and volume to the enveloping and caressing yet quite punchy flavors that deliver fine length on the balanced and mildly austere finale that offers just a bit more depth.” 89-91, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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Pierre Girardin Meursault Les Tillets 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Meursault, Burgundy
“Ripe and fresh aromas include those of white and yellow peach, lemon confit and a whiff of acacia blossom. The racy and nicely stony middleweight flavors possess the innate finesse of a fine Tillets, all wrapped in a clean, lingering and dry finale. This could use better depth so a few years of keeping should be beneficial.” 88-91, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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Crystallum Pinot Noir Peter Max 2021, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Walker Bay, South Africa
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Crystallum Chardonnay The Agnes 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Walker Bay, South Africa
“The 2022 Agnes, aged in older barrels for ten months, has a neutral nose at first, unfolding with yellow fruit, light crushed stony scents, and just a touch of melted wax. The palate is well-balanced with a slightly viscous opening and good concentration, but it needs more tension and nerve on the finish. One of the earliest drinking cuvées from Crystallum”. Neal Martin, Vinous, Aug 2023
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Bachelet-Monnot Bourgogne Côte d'Or 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Bourgogne, Burgundy
“Smoky aromas of petrol, lemon-lime and pear give way to delicious and nicely voluminous flavors that are unusually fine in the context of what is typical for the appellation, all wrapped in an appealingly dry and persistent finale. Worth checking out”. Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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Bachelet-Monnot Maranges 1er Cru la Fussiere 2022, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Maranges, Burgundy
“A more expressive and admirably pure nose freely offers up its array of red pinot fruit, spice and subtle floral nuances. The intense and beautifully delineated medium weight flavors possess a borderline pungent minerality, indeed the mouthfeel is like rolling a small pebbles on one's tongue, all wrapped in a long, firm and youthfully austere finale. Lovely and understated”. 89-91, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Apr 2024
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Bachelet-Monnot Santenay Les Prarons Dessus 2022, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Santenay, Burgundy
“This is the first wine in the range to display any reduction and here it's enough to suppress the fruit. Otherwise, there is slightly better volume to the equally stony and well-detailed medium weight flavors that terminate in an austere, moderately compact and sneaky long finish that is slightly less rustic”. 88-91, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Apr 2024
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Bachelet-Monnot Chassagne-Montrachet 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Chassagne-Montrachet, Burgundy
“This had just been bottled and not surprisingly, it was noticeably reduced. Otherwise, there is good verve and solid volume to the succulent and caressing medium weight flavors that also conclude in a moderately austere bone-dry finale. This is presently very compact and a wine that could also use better depth so at least a few years of patience will be necessary”. Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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Bachelet-Monnot Puligny Montrachet 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Puligny-Montrachet , Burgundy
“Smoky reduction dominates the nose save for a glimpse of floral character. By contrast there is good verve and freshness to the utterly delicious, sleek and well-detailed medium-bodied flavors that coat the palate on the clean, dry and balanced finale. This is an excellent, and really quite classy, Puligny villages and definitely recommended”. 89-92, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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Bachelet-Monnot Meursault Clos du Cromin 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Meursault, Burgundy
“Here too there is evident floral influence suffusing the ripe aromas of Granny Smith apples, pear and hazelnut. The dense, delicious and mouthcoating medium weight flavors possess plenty of sappy dry extract that is buffered by a firm and bright acid spine on the lightly stony, long and balanced finale. Fine quality here”. 89-91, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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Rémi Jobard Bourgogne Blanc Côte d'Or Vieilles Vignes 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Bourgogne Côte d'Or, Burgundy
“A discreet application of wood can be found on the essence of poached pear, floral and citrus confit-scented nose. There is better energy, if not the same richness or density as the aligoté, to the delicious medium weight flavors that retain good delineation on the clean, dry and balanced finale. This is quite good for its level and worth considering”. Allen Meadows, Burghound, Jun 2024
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E. Pira Chiara Boschis Barolo Mosconi DOCG 2020, 0.75L
Nebbiolo from Barolo, Piedmont
“Red/ruby in color, the 2020 Barolo Mosconi is more red-fruited on the nose, with lifted freshness in its delicate spice of red raspberry, anise, dried roses, and dusty earth. It has a more linear feel, with ripe tannins, a chalky texture, and wonderful, pure notes of apricot on the finish. An absolutely gorgeous red, the 2020 vintage for Cannubi really shines and Chiara has knocked it out of the park”. 98, Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck, May 2024
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Sandhi Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills 2022, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Sta. Rita Hills, California
“The 2022 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills comes from declassified fruit grown at Domaine de la Côte, plus purchased fruit from three other vineyards, including La Rinconada. It's a particularly complex and expressive iteration of Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir from Sandhi. It has an alluring perfume of raspberry, strawberry, tea leaves, tobacco, potpourri and gravel dust, and it reveals botanical undertones as it spends time in the glass. The light-bodied palate has a deep core of spicy, herbal fruit, a frame of chalky tannins, energetic acidity and a long, layered finish.” 94, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Dec 2023
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Jean-Luc Pasquet Grande Champagne Cognac L’Organic 07 NV, 0.75L
Cognac from Cognac Grande Champagne, Cognac
“I always get excited about excellent younger brandies, such as this organic expression from Jean Luc Pasquet, which replaces their previous Tradition Familiale and is slightly younger, with a minimum of seven years, all from the estate in Grande Champagne. Light amber, with an expressive nose of pineapple, licorice and toasted marshmallow, as well as tobacco, which carries all the way through the palate, balanced by pear and grapefruit. The soft, dry finish reveals notes of cocoa. Really impressive Cognac that falls somewhere between VSOP and XO. (40% abv)” 94, Jason Wilson, Vinous, Jan 2019
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La Spinetta Il Rose Di Casanova IGT 2023, 0.75L
Sangiovese / Prugnolo Gentile from Tuscany, Tuscany
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Donnachadh Family Vineyards Estate Rose of Syrah Sta Rita Hills 2023, 0.75L
Syrah from Sta. Rita Hills, California
“Bright and fresh. Juicy, light red fruits — strawberries, watermelon, citrus — with a hint of the savory character of its Syrah underpinnings. Dry, clean and mineral with a slightly saline finish. Irrepressibly fun and refreshing” Producer Notes
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Donnachadh Family Vineyards Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills 2022, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Sta. Rita Hills, California
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is scented of cranberry sauce, bitter orange, Angostura bitters and tea leaves with earthy undertones. The medium-bodied palate offers a concentrated core of nuanced fruit and vibrant acidity. It has a firm, somewhat rustic frame of tannins and a long, perfumed finish. It will pair well with heartier dishes." 90, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Jan 2024
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Donnachadh Family Vineyards Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills 2022, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Sta. Rita Hills, California
"The barrel-fermented 2022 Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills has vibrant scents of green pear, acacia, hazelnuts and beeswax. The palate is light-bodied and laser-focused yet offers a highly concentrated core of creamy fruit, and it has a long, nutty finish. It will benefit from a couple of years in bottle." 91, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Jan 2024
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The Pinot Project Pinot Noir 2021, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from California, California
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Kofererhof Sylvaner R 2021, 0.75L
Sylvaner from Alto Adige Valle Isarco Eisacktal, Trentino Alto Adige Südtirol
"The 2021 Sylvaner R captivates, at first nuanced and understated, yet gains in volume and depth. Cardamom, stone dust and dried flowers complicate depths of crushed apricot and nectarine aromas. It washes across the palate with silky, nearly-oily textures. A stimulating, acidic core perfectly offsets a wave of mineral-tinged stone fruits and sweet spices. The 2021 resonates with salty tension, puckering the cheeks in its youthful state as lemon zest and green apple nuances fade. The 2021 is exciting to taste, but it's even more exciting to fantasize about what's to come with more bottle age. Brilliant." 94, Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Piedrasassi Syrah PS 2021, 0.75L
Syrah from Santa Barbara County, California
"The 2021 Syrah Santa Barbara County is scented of black raspberries, candied blackberries, cracked pepper, smoked meats and green olive. The medium-bodied palate is bright and chalky with restrained yet nuanced fruit and a long, latent finish. I would be inclined to drink it on the earlier side after a couple hours in a decanter, and its freshness will allow it to pair widely at the table. 2,436 cases produced." 92, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Dec 2023
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Tepozan Tequila Reposado NV, 0.75L
Tequila from Jalisco, Jalisco
This is our Reposado, or "rested" expression of Tepozan Tequila. Aged 6 months in white oak, whiskey barrels from Kentucky. This is natural, sustainably-farmed, pure and untouched tequila made with the cool volcanic waters deep beneath the distillery. Tepozan Tequila expresses the terroir of the Highlands of Jalisco. No additives, no flavoring and only using fully-matured agave, just as tequila should be.
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Rémi Jobard Bourgogne Blanc Côte d'Or Vieilles Vignes 2021, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Bourgogne Côte d'Or, Burgundy
."Complicating notes of pear, white flowers, marzipan, apple, beeswax, lime zest, and a fashionable hint of light reduction; this is an attractively medium-weight Bourgogne Blanc punching above its niveau and revealing fine mid-palate density throughout; fresh, saline, citrus-driven, and persistent, this complex Bourgogne can be drunk now or aged for the short or medium term."
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JL Vergnon Blanc de Blancs 'Conversation' Grand Cru Brut NV, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne
“The nose of the NV Champagne Grand Cru Conversation Brut lifts with a stylistically sweet perfume that translates through the entire range. It offers notes of sweet pastry, ripe peach, and honeydew melon, and the palate is medium-bodied and has ripe juicy fruit as well as a kiss of sweetness, with green apple candy, key lime, and white flowers. Approachable now, it would make a wonderful aperitif or an after dinner reset, given there is a hint of that generosity from the dosage. Drink over the next 8-10 years.”
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Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, 0.75L
Cabernet Sauvignon from Mt. Veeder, California
"Loaded with character and energy, this version reveals heavy notes of zesty sweet bay leaf and sassafras that infuse a core of steeped red currant and mulberry fruit, all carried by bright acidity and iron-laced tannins. The long finish pulls everything together, with the fruit, savory and mineral elements in harmony. Showing an old-school touch, this has a long life ahead. Best from 2025 through 2045. 4,000 cases made."
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Piaggia Poggio de'Colli Toscana 2020, 0.75L
Cabernet Franc from Carmignano, Tuscany
"The darkly alluring 2020 Cabernet Franc Poggio de' Colli takes its time in the glass, slowly awakening with a dusty mix of red currants, pepper-tinged rose, exotic curries and the slightest touch of animal musk that adds gravitas. This is velvety smooth yet finessed. It's cool-toned in feel with a potent wave of tart raspberry fruits that saturates the palate with savory spice and mineral tones. It leaves a coating of fine tannins and a staining of berry concentration through the finale, tapering off sapid and long, yet perfectly balanced. What a radiant vintage for the Poggio de' Colli, Piaggia's varietal Cabernet Franc. Revisit it in five years to see some real sparks fly. (Drink between 2026-2034)" 97 Eric Guido, Vinous.com
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Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau Pouilly-Fuissé Pastoral 2021, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Pouilly-Fuissé, Burgundy
"This exquisite white Burgundy is clean and precise, with notes of nectarine, yellow plum, lemongrass, and crushed rock. It is taut and lifted with a fine beam of minerality that gives a harmonious, balanced finish." Importer Notes
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Bachelet-Monnot Bourgogne Blanc 2021, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Bourgogne, Burgundy
"There is enough reduction to push the fruit to the background. There is impressive richness and volume to the delicious flavors that are blessed with plenty of sappy dry extract on the lemon, clean and dry finale."
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Pierre Girardin Vosne-Romanee 2021, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanee, Burgundy
"A fine red wine with a deep ruby color and complex aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine is balanced, with silky tannins and a long, elegant finish." Importers Notes
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Château de Plaisance Anjou La Grande Piece 2021, 0.75L
Chenin Blanc from Anjou, Loire
“The 2021 La Grande Pièce is one of the Plaisance's single vineyard wines. It's a less-frosted site with pudding stones creating a solar effect on the vines. Half aged in amphora and half in mainly-used barrels. Lemon, apple, almond croissant pastry. Excellent intensity, concentration and persistence. There's an element of tenderness, but linearity pervades this wine like a train on a track.” 92, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
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Château de Plaisance Anjou Zerzilles 2021, 0.75L
Chenin Blanc from Anjou, Loire
“The 2021 Zerzilles is its usual powerful self, lying in wait like a lioness to pounce on her prey for her hungry lion cubs. It has a sudden spurt of power and energy striking through the palate. While light in body, it has innate power, masses of concentration and an electric charge of crackling acidity. This is a pup of a wine that's going to need time.” 95, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
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Joseph Colin Puligny-Montrachet Le Trezin 2020, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Puligny Montrachet, Burgundy
"Beautifully layered aromas of smoked green apple, acacia and plenty of citrus elements give way to equally good volume and even more minerality on the impressively long and unusually powerful flavors that possess outstanding depth and persistence for a villages-level wine. This is built on its minerality though ultimately, it's the intricate and finely wrought balance that makes this such a standout. If you can find it, don't hesitate. *Outstanding, Top Value!*" 92 Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, June 2022
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Pierre Girardin Vosne-Romanee 2020, 0.75L
Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanee, Burgundy
"A fine red wine with a deep ruby color and complex aromas of red fruits and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine is balanced, with silky tannins and a long, elegant finish." Importers Notes
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Joseph Colin Saint-Aubin Murgers des Dents de Chien 2020, 0.75L
Chardonnay from St. Aubin, Burgundy
“An ultra-fresh and cool nose reluctantly offers up its aromas just sliced citrus, white peach and mineral reduction. The delicious, intense and impressively voluminous flavors possess fine mid-palate density along with plenty of minerality that adds a sense of lift to the citrus, serious and built-to-age finale. This is one to strongly consider.” 92 Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, June 2022
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Joseph Colin Chassagne-Montrachet 2021, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Chassagne Montrachet, Burgundy
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Evening Land Chardonnay Seven Springs Estate La Source 2019, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon
"The grapes for La Source come from just down the slope in the Seven Springs vineyard from the top-of-the-line Summum bottling, but are tended with the same biodynamic methods, and the fermentation is the same. They are now using 500 litre Austrian puncheons from Stockinger with a very light toast, and the slightly reductive style still shows the influence of mentor Dominique Lafon. La Source is similar to Summum but creamy and a bit softer, yet it has a charm of its own." 94 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter Magazine
"A wine of depth and presence, this Chardonnay offers an array of intriguing flavors, from apple and stony mineral to lemon verbena and blanched almond. Takes on richness toward the steely finish." 94 Tim Fish, Wine Spectator
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Dominio de Anza/Diego Magaña Bierzo Tinto Selección de Parcelas 2020, 0.75L
Mencía / Bastardo / Garnacha Tintorera from Bierzo, Castilla Y Leon
I found earthier notes and a darker aromas in the 2020 Dominio de Anza Selección de Parcelas, a common thing in the 2020s, perhaps a little reductive. In 2020, part of the wine comes from a new plot on slate soils in the village of San Lorenzo, and perhaps it has some notes reminiscent of a Barolo. The profile of the wine has changed: it's not as aromatic as the 2019, and it has a different texture with more noticeable tannins. This 15% of the wine from a different zone and soil has changed it. It might require more time. 8,900 bottles produced. 94 Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate, Jan 2022
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JL Vergnon Blanc de Blancs Eloquence Extra Brut NV, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne
The NV Extra- Brut Eloquence Grand Cru is another impressive wine in this range from Vergnon. The low dosage of three grams per liter brings out freshness and energy. Lemon peel, mint, white flowers and crushed rocks build effortlessly in the glass. The release, based on 2017 with 20% reserve wines, is gorgeous. Give this a good bit of air, as it opens nicely over time. Disgorged May 2021. 93 Antonio Galloni, Wine Advocate, Nov 2022
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Pierre Gimonnet Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru Spécial Club 2015, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Cote de Blancs, Champagne
"A super-elegant and very graceful champagne that you sink into like a huge, velvet sofa. The ravishing orange-blossom aromas make this really hard to resist! Very suave and silky finish. From vines planted in 1951 and 1991." 95 James Suckling
"The 2015 Extra- Brut Special Club Chouilly Grand Cru is a very pretty, exotic wine. Tangerine oil, jasmine, lemon peel, mint and white pepper add tons of aromatic flair to this airy, gracious Champagne. There is a sense of transparency to the Chouilly that is quite appealing. Readers should expect a taut, linear style. Dosage is 4 grams per liter." Disgorged Oct 2021. 92 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com, Nov 2022
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Geoffroy Blanc de Rose Rosé de Saignée Extra Brut 2013, 0.75L
Pinot Noir / Chardonnay from Cumières , Champagne
"... Blanc de Rose is superb. Rich, effusive and so wonderfully inviting, the Blanc de Rose checks all the boxes. Sweet floral accents meld into a core of red berry fruit, cinnamon and blood orange. Two years post-disgorgement, the 2013 has an extra kick of bottle complexity that rounds things out nicely." 94 Antonio Galloni, Vinous
"Derived from the 2013 vintage and disgorged in March 2019, the latest release of Geoffroy's NV Extra-Brut Rosé de Saignée Blanc de Rose is showing nicely, offering up scents of crisp apple, rye toast, red berries and cherries. Medium to full-bodied, chiseled and precise, it's seamless and textural, with a notably elegant, fine-boned profile by the standards of this habitually vinous, broad-shouldered cuvée." Disgorged Nov 2021. 93 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, Mar 2021
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Crystallum Chardonnay The Agnes 2018, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Walker Bay, South Africa
"The 2018 The Agnes comes from five vineyards in Hemel-en-Aarde and Overberg, aged in 228- and 500-liter barrels with 10% new oak. It has a discreet bouquet with subtle pressed flower and shale-like aromas that suggest this is a Chardonnay for cellaring. The palate is wonderfully poised, revealing hints of vanilla and coconut flakes on the entry, countered by a crisp line of acidity and a pleasing tautness on the finish. Excellent." 92 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Nov 2019
“It’s always a pleasure to meet with the indefatigable Peter-Allan Finlayson, whose wines at Crystallum I have been shoveling praise upon since his debut vintage …. [he] was on hand to guide me through his latest releases, although he admitted that he had forgotten to bring one of them. Probably had his mind on other things: the impending 2017 harvest and the fact that now he oversees not just Crystallum but Gabrielskloof, whose wines I have reviewed separately. Hopefully the reviews speak for themselves, merely consolidating everything that I have written before, principally that these are some of South Africa's finest Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays. Attesting to that was the fine performance of his wine when served against the likes of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti of J-L Trapet at a lunch in Cape Town just a few days earlier. I asked about recent developments at Crystallum, and Fin—as he is known in these parts—told me that he had recently bought a piece of his own land for Crystallum, located around two kilometers past Creation, therefore outside the Hemel-en-Aarde region. At the moment he is still buying fruit from growers, but this single hectare of Pinot Noir is a start to obtaining "dirt" that he can call his own. As usual, these wines are highly recommended, although quantities remain frustratingly small.” Neal Martin, Vinous.com 2015/2017
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Donnachadh Family Vineyards Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills 2021, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Sta. Rita Hills, California
"The 2021 Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills is the first vintage of Chardonnay from Donnachadh. It was barrel fermented and matured for around 10 months. Its aromas combine bright herbal, green apple and pear tones with underlying savory hints. The light-bodied palate is bright and fresh,yet offers a touch of anchoring creaminess that draws out the finish. Proprietor Drew Duncan says that for this vintage, fruit came from the Donnachadh estate, although that may not be the case in the future as this new project really gets up and running." 94 Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Dec 2022
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Jaimee Motley Wines Peter Martin Ray Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains 2018, 0.75L
Cabernet Sauvignon from Santa Cruz Mountains, California
"Jaimee Motley's 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Peter Martin Ray is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Rich and layered in the glass, the 2018 has that extra kick of mid-palate density and volume that the 2017 doesn't, the result of a far more even and favorable growing season. Dark plum, mint, lavender, spice and dried herbs all develop with a bit of air, but it is the wine's balance that is most compelling. The 50% whole clusters are barely perceptible. What a wine..." 91-94 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com, Jan 2021
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Von Winning Sauvignon Blanc II Trocken 2021, 0.75L
Sauvignon Blanc from Pfalz, Pfalz
"Sauvignon Blanc II grows in different vineyards and ferments in stainless steel. The wine offers pure pleasure with ripe aromas of passion fruit and yellow gooseberry, fresh acidity and moderate alcohol. Shouldn't be missed on any deck or with any oyster." - Producer Notes, Von Winning
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Bernhard Ott Gruner Veltliner Ried Rosenberg 2017, 0.75L
Gruner Veltliner from Wagram, Wagram
"From 60-year-old vines picked on September 29, Ott's Feuersbrunner 2017 Grüner Veltliner Ried Rosenberg 1ÖTW is super clear, precise and fresh on the nose where tropical and stone fruit aromas such as apricots, white peaches, nectarines, papayas and mangos are displayed. Full-bodied, lush and round with very fine acidity and good structure, this is a densely woven, fleshy, super elegant, persistent and very powerful Veltliner with an impressive but slightly massive finish. Super sexy but I tend to prefer the Spiegel from the 2017 vintage. Tasted at Schloss Grafenegg and three weeks later in Vienna, both September 2018." 93 Points, Stephen Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Racines Chardonnay Bentrock 2019, 0.75L
Chardonnay from Sta. Rita Hills, California
"A gorgeous wine, the 2019 Chardonnay Bentrock Vineyard dazzles with its purity and translucence. Crushed rocks, lemon confit, white flowers and mint give the 2019 its brilliant, sculpted personality. Soaring aromatics and bright saline accents build into the regal finish." 96 Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Altos las Hormigas Appellation Paraje Altamira Malbec 2019, 0.75L
Malbec from Altamira, Mendoza
"The 2019 Malbec Appellation Paraje Altamira is made with grapes from the eponymous Uco Valley GI and aged for 18 months in untoasted foudres. A rich violet in hue. The subtle, clean and austere nose offers notes of plum and cherry along with violet and herb aromas against a cedar backdrop. In the mouth, the core is provided by a juicy freshness while the texture is chalky. A little reactive grip makes for a compact, nimble and linear flow that guarantees it will grow in the bottle. Fresh grapes appear at the back of the throat enhanced by the tannins. Keep for a while before drinking to allow its subtle character to develop properly." 94 Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
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