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Borgogno Langhe Nebbiolo 2021
$60.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A stellar, sumptuous nebbiolo that steadily unfolds layers of perfume, flavour and texture. A heady scent of rose petals, redcurrants and dark cherries is lifted by notes of cinnamon and Moroccan spice. Medium to fullish in weight and supported by a spine of drying tannins that become more assertive and gravelly with aeration, it moves with richness and smoothness towards a savoury finish of exceptional length and refreshing acidity. If you’ve never understood what proper nebbiolo can deliver and don’t wish to pay the earth, it’s a fine place to start.
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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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Cannibal Creek Sauvignon Blanc 2022
$40.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Few drinkers of serious Australian wine are even aware of this very Loire-inspired expression from Gippsland in Victoria. Scented with floral notes of lychees, gooseberries and passion fruit backed by meaty, waxy and nougat-like aromas, it’s luscious and layered, long and gentle. Underpinned by minerals and marzipan, it finishes long and savoury with lingering notes of cured citrus and a bright acidity.
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Castle Rock Estate Porongurup Riesling 2024
$32.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Penetrative, heady scents of iris, lavender, pear and apple skin are lifted by a whiff of lime. Forward and juicy, with a luscious core of ripe fruit that drives long and focused down a pithy, almost crunchy backbone, it culminates in a lingering finish of racy, refreshing acids. A fine expression of this benchmark wine.
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Castle Rock Estate Porongurup Shiraz 2021
$36.00Jeremy’s score 92/100A long, smooth and seamless, faintly rustic (in a positive sense) shiraz whose meaty presence of brambly blackberries, blackcurrants and blueberries is underpinned by a fine, slatey spine. Its meaty, spicy fragrance of vivacious dark fruits reveals notes of chocolatey oak, cracked pepper and a charming earthiness, while it finishes long and and licorice-like. It’s varietally correct, but has much in common with good pinot, and should flesh out over the medium term.
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Celler de Capcanes Mas Donis Rosat de Garnacha 2022
$33.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Scented with strawberries, raspberries and citrus rind lifted by a whiff of mineral and pink flowers, this round, generous grenache rose delivers a smooth, juicy and mouthfilling presence of pristine fruit wrapped in gentle, refreshing acids.
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Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvee NV
$90.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Composed of more than 85% from Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards, it reveals a complex creamy bouquet of dried flowers, cracked yeast, bright aromas of strawberries, red cherries and stonefruit backed by nuances of mushrooms and dried straw. It’s long and richly flavoured, chewy and complex, unfolding an evolved and handsomely fruited palate that finishes fresh and mineral, finishing dry-ish with just a trace of sweetness.
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Champagne Forget-Brimont Brut Premier Cru NV
$80.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A stylish, complex and layered Champagne whose smoky bouquet of brioche, citrus, nougat and nutmeal reveals a hint of mineral. It’s round and creamy, long and crackly, with a pleasing pinot noir-driven palate of small red fruits backed by developed meaty and yeasty notes extending towards a lingering finish of lemon and grapefruit nuances. It’s clean and almost savoury, bordering on dry.
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Champagne Laherte-Frères Les Beaudiers Rosé de Saignée 2018
$175.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A stunning rosé Champagne made exclusively from a small pinot meunier planting around 60 years of age. Its bright perfume of rose petals and strawberries precedes a generous, round and stylish palate of pleasing concentration, balance and length. Underpinned by a fine chalkiness, it extends long and savoury, finishing dry and mineral.
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Champagne Larmandier-Bernier Latitude Blanc de Blancs NV
$140.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A beautifully measured, stylish and savoury Champagne (100% chardonnay) whose alluring bouquet of yellow flowers, creamy yeasty notes, white peach and a hint of mineral is evolving some toasty, buttery aspects. It’s superbly long, finishing with a refreshing and almost bone-dry finish of brittle, but tightly knit acidity.
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Chateau de Beaucastel Coudoulet de Beaucastel Cotes-du-Rhone 2020
$75.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Very classy, smooth and polished, this southern Rhone blend of roughly 30% each of grenache, shiraz and mourvedre is completed with 10% of carignan. While it retains its shape and style, it builds considerable richness with aeration, suggesting a long and rewarding cellar life. Scented with pristine dark flowers and berries, with notes of spice, roasting meats and earthiness, it’s long and unctuous, supported by a fine-grained spine of drying tannin before finishing with lingering suggestions of smoke, leather and tobacco.
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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.
