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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 du Cros Loupiac 1988
$85.00Jeremy’s score NR / 100 -
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
$340.00Jeremy’s score NR / 100 -
Maison Haslinger et Fils Brut NV NV
$45.00Jeremy’s score NR / 100 -
Mount Mary Quintet Cabernet Blend 2010
$285.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A deep, alluring perfume of violets, cassis, raspberries and mulberries is augmented by fresh, fine-grained cedar/vanilla oak and undertones of dried herbs. With time it has begun to reveal suggestions of wet wool and lanolin, losing the brightness of its youth. It’s still supple and fine-grained, with a lively core of red berry flavour, but it’s drying out from the finish and does finish with some slightly edgy and awkward aspects.
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Mount Mary Quintet Cabernet Blend 2011
$250.00Jeremy’s score 91/100Willowy and elegant, with the structure, length and balance and mature with grace. Dusty and faintly herbal aromas of small black and red berries, mulberries and violets backed by restrained oak and musky forest floor undertones, reveal a hint of capsicum. Initially plump and juicy, it’s medium to full-bodied, with restrained but lively black and red berry and plum flavours supported by reserved oak and a supple spine of dusty tannin. It finishes with length and persistence, but with some underlying herbal notes and a suggestion of green-edged acidity.
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Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz 2016
$120.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Full to medium in weight, with a spicy, cigarboxy presence of sour-edged cassis, dark plums and chocolatey oak with a perfume of violets and five spice and undertones of roasting meats. Supported by firm, gravelly tannins, it lacks its typical core of intensity and finishes with a note of currant.
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Penfolds St Henri Shiraz Cabernet Blend 2010
$210.00Jeremy’s score 97/100Quite possibly the finest St Henri yet released. Superbly balanced, with a deep, spicy bouquet whose dense aromas of blue, black and blood red fruits are lifted by an alluring perfume of red and blue flowers, a hint of cracked pepper and backed by suggestions of smoked meats, minerals and graphite. It’s smooth and sumptuous, with a long, velvety marriage of unctuous meaty fruit wrapped around a fine, grainy backbone and underpinned by chocolatey, faintly tarry nuances. Delivering near-perfect adherence to style, it finishes with wonderful length and harmony.
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Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz 2005
$650.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Deeply flavoured, this firmly structured, ripe and astringent shiraz reveals a briary, spicy bouquet whose deep scents of mulberries, dark cherries, blackberries and smoky vanilla/cedar oak are backed by nuances of dark olives. Brooding and deeply layered, with dark plum and berry flavours underpinned by drying, sinewy tannins, it is likely to flesh out with more fruit sweetness and roundness in the years ahead.
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Wantirna Estate Amelia Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2005
$90.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Very stylish and shapely, presenting a lightly smoky expression of sweet berries, fresh vanilla/dark chocolate oak and undertones of dried herbs backed by very faint suggestions of mint and meatiness. Underpinned by firm, loose-knit dusty tannins, it’s long and harmonious, with brightly lit flavours culminating in a bittersweet finish. Tightly focused and finely balanced: a cellar style.
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Wantirna Estate Amelia Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2008
$90.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Simply a beautiful wine, exuding elegance and regional style. Scented with fresh cassis, mulberries and dark cherries backed by nuances of blackberries, tight-knit chocolate/cedary oak, briar and dark olives, it’s long and silky, supple and fine-grained. Its intense, pristine and almost sour-edged fruit moves seamlessly down the surprisingly firm palate, finishing with wonderful brightness and length. Certain to age gracefully.