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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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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.
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Chateau Filhot Sauternes 2019
$48.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A very classy and artfully balanced dessert wine with plenty of fruit and considerable botrytis influence. Scented with peach, melon, apricot and orange rind with a whiff of marzipan, it’s long and mouthfilling. Its viscous, creamy and richly fruited palate is backed by a hint of vanilla oak and wrapped in soft acids, finishing with suggestions of lemon and brioche.
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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
$340.00Jeremy’s score NR / 100 -
Clarnette Grenache 2022
$39.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Scented with musky spices, rose petals, dark cherries and whiff of blueberry, it’s smooth, supple and gentle, with a powdery spine of loose-knit tannins that will build more firmness with time. Gentle, unctuous, easy-paced and packed with perfectly ripened fruit, it finishes quite savoury in a southern Rhone-ish style, with a lingering core of flavour, mouthwatering acids and a suggestion of red licorice. Recently opened, it was at its best of Day 3, which gives you some idea of its quality, balance and ageability. A totally unexpected pleasure.
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Clarnette Viognier 2022
$36.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A spicy scent of white peach, apricot and tangerine lifted by musky, floral aromas precede a long and very restrained palate whose shape and restraint present an appealing alternative to the more oily and coarse expression of many viogniers. It’s savoury, dry and lively – a positive match for many sweet and spicy Asian dishes.
