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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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Clarnette Shiraz 2024
$35.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Heady and floral, this deep, dark shiraz of medium to fullish weight reveals spicy, peppery aromas of intense, pastille-like black, red and blue fruits backed by cedary oak. It’s soft, round and plump, with a core of silky fruit underpinned by a fine, drying mineral spine that carries the palate to a long, spicy finish of red licorice, cola and mineral. There’s a lot of very classy shiraz here for its price. And in 2-3 years there will be even more!
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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.
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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2022
$32.00Jeremy’s score 92/100A luscious, mouthfilling white of medium weight whose deep, heady perfume suggests white peach, melon, honeysuckle plus a whiff of spice and dried herbs. It’s long and smooth, with a creamy core of fruit underpinned by a fine, powdery texture and finishing with a refreshing,frisky acidity.
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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2023
$32.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Simply delicious, this beautifully balanced, creamy and layered chenin blanc reveals a faintly smoky and waxy bouquet of green melon, white peach and creamy, nutty, nougat-like undertones. It’s luscious but far from heavy – delivering a creamy, nutty core of white peach, melon and apple that extends long and generous down a fine chalkiness towards a mouthwatering finish of soft, measured acidity.
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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Tempranillo Malbec Blend 2023
$44.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Genius winemaking and a superbly managed site has created the best Swan Valley red in decades. Laced with fiery scents of paprika and eastern spice, its heady bouquet of dark violet-like floral notes, blackberries, dark plums, briar and dark chocolates reveals a hint of roasting meats. It’s sumptuous and bloody, long and mouthfilling, unfolding a smooth core of dark, perfectly ripened fruits framed by firmish fine tannins before finishing with softness, savoury qualities and a lingering note of licorice.
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Coulter C2 Sangiovese 2022
$34.00Jeremy’s score 91/100Earthy, faintly mineral aromas of dark plums, dark cherries, cedar/dark chocolate oak and gravelly undertones reveal suggestions of meatiness and licorice. It’s medium to fullish in body, with a juicy, fiery core of bright, faintly confectionary dark cherry, plum and berry flavours underpinned by fine, grippy tannins. True to variety, it finishes with some savoury, meaty aspects and a distinctive acidity.
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Coulter C3 Pinot Noir 2023
$34.00Jeremy’s score 91/100A bright, perfumed young pinot whose musky aromas of raspberries, cherries and rose petals reveal a hint of citrus oil and spice. It’s long and supple, with a village Beaujolais-like weight, with a juicy core of fruit supported by fine, powdery tannins and a hint of dusty oak, finishing with a vivacious acidity. Over the last 2 years it has developed really pleasing roundness, drive and softness, which remain underpinned by a fine cut of mineral tannins. It finishes with a really pleasing note of red licorice. Ready to enjoy now, but has 2-3 years of real excellence ahead.
