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Brand’s Laira Blockers Cabernet Sauvignon 2024
$22.00Jeremy’s score 91/100A polished, plush and varietally expressive young cabernet whose densely packed aromas of cassis, mulberries, dark plus and cedar/chocolate oak precede a long and sumptuously flavoured palate whose pristine core of ripe fruit is underpinned by a fine, firmish spine of slatey tannins. There’s just a hint of mint and menthol about this fine Coonawarra red that should continue to develop in the bottle for at least a decade.
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Chateau de Rayne Vigneau Sauternes 1986
$280.00Jeremy’s score NR / 100A warm summer following a cold winter and cool springtime has delivered a beautifully mature and complex dessert wine right in the window of balance between development and freshness.
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Chateau Langoa Barton Grand Cru Classe 2019 (375 ml)
$95.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Laden with intense dark berries, cherries and plum-like fruit knit with classically cigarboxy oak and supported by a fine, silky extract, this elegant and flavoursome St Julien is scented with dark flowers, dried herbs and cedar. Impressively long, measured and sumptuous to enjoy now, but with the ability to age long and gracefully.
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Chateau Margaux Cabernet Blend 1983
$3,100.00Jeremy’s score 98/100An exercise in balance and finesse, this is a classic Margaux that delivers a truly exceptional bouquet of smoky, cigarboxy and underbrush, with a long, silky and red-fruited palate that seamlessly extends forever. One of the highlights of this spectacular vintage.
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Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Le Petit Mouton (Formerly Le Second Vin) Cabernet Blend 1993
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Craiglee JADV Shiraz 2021
$50.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Given a splash of around 2% viognier – which adds to the floral nature of its perfume as well as the flesh and roundness of its palate – this is an elegant, savoury and mineral shiraz of medium weight. It’s spicy, peppery and musky, with a floral lift to its wild aromas of dark cherries and berries. Supported by a fine, powdery spine, it’s soft and generous, extending long and balanced towards a lingering savoury finish.
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Giaconda Beechworth (Formerly Estate Vineyard) Shiraz 2013
$80.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A youthful, elemental shiraz whose briary aromas of cassis, blackberries, dark plums and smoky dark chocolate oak are lifted by spicy, peppery notes and reveal meaty, charcuterie-like undertones. Full to medium-bodied, it’s rather oaky in its youth, with a withdrawn presence of blackberries, dark plums, cassis and blueberries tightly knit with cedar/chocolate oak and underpinned by a firm but fine and crunchy backbone. It just needs time for its components to integrate, its acids to soften and for its savoury aspects to become more pronounced.
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Giaconda Beechworth (Formerly Estate Vineyard) Shiraz 2015
$115.00Jeremy’s score 96/100Dark and smoky, with deep, spicy aromas of plums and berries backed by earthy, mineral notes. Long and deeply flavoured, with length and drive, it seamlessly marries dark fruits with chocolatey oak and meaty undertones, culminating in a measured, savoury finish.
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Giaconda Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013
$300.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A supple and fine-grained pinot whose heady, floral perfume of red flowers, red cherries and berries has a dusty, cedary oak-derived note, a hint of musky spice, nuances of dried herbs and a note of Sicilian blood orange. Medium to full-bodied, itÕs long and elegant, with translucently clear core of cherry, plum and berry flavours and tight-knit crunchy tannins backed by a faint meatiness, a hint of clove and fennel. ItÕs likely to build substantial richness before then becoming finer and more savoury as it matures. Reminiscent of the stellar 1989 edition.
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Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2014
$135.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Austere and traditional, waiting to unfold deep layers of fruit and minerality, this faintly toasty and oily riesling has an alluring bouquet of white flowers, apple, pear and like juice backed by suggestions of schist and lavender. ItÕs rich and concentrated with a long and assertive palate of translucent lime juice, apple and pear-like fruit backed by a fine chalkiness and tightly wrapped in a taut acidity, finishing bone-dry and vivacious.
