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January Premium Six Pack - Jewels in the Crown
DOZEN: $4,404.00 or $367.00 each
PLEASE NOTE - DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE PACKS SOME WINES HAVE SOLD OUT - PART II OF THIS PACKS SEES CRISTOM CHARDONNAY REPLACEING PEAY CHARDONNAY
It's the cream of the crop from our direct import portfolio in this month's pack and for something a little different we are also including a selection of some styling drops from a few of our favourite producers here in Australia. This is some of the greatest and classic winemaking regions in France and Italy as well as some brilliant new wines from the California coast.
Look at that line-up. This one is an absolute belter!
Three whites and three reds so you are covered for any holiday fiesta that comes your way or just in need of something a little special to treat yourself.
NB. The wines below are organised with the first 3 wines family and the last 3 wines are friends.
| Zind Humbrecht Riesling Roche Roulee 2021 |  |
| Stunning citrus fruit, generous body and excellent concentration with a vibrant acidity makes this a very expressive and appealing dry riesling, that does all the things people expect from Sancerre which it doesn't always deliver. Long invigorating finish STUART PIGOTT, jamessuckling.com The nose is wonderfully flinty with promising reduction. The palate is dry, rather serene and round. Subtle flavors of sun-ripened Mirabelle skin appear on the mid-palate, then tapers to a long, taut lemon finish. The bone-dry lemon zestiness has a long echo. (Bone-dry) ANNE KREBIEHL MW, Vinous Vivacious and uber refreshing, this positively hums with a primal energy and delivers it all with an emphatic snap of rocky mineral tension that clings to the medium bodied, pithy, zesty fruit that struts across your mouth like it has somewhere important to be. I love its vim and vigour, at no point is your palate not fully engaged and enlivened. It carries all this character with seeming ease as it slowly unwinds at the back. The next day there was a distinct florality and a potent lemon oil note that really got me excited. Also the more textural, phenolic, extract components were a little more positively influential. This speaks volumes for the wines ability to age and evolve gracefully in the bottle, but it's a thrill to drink now. Gorgeous. ROSCOE |
| Cristom Eola Amity Hills Chardonnay 2021 |  |
| Winemaker Daniel Estrin calls this wine one of tension and generosity. A blend of fruit from Eileen, Louise and the Paul Gerrie vineyards, this wine spends 11 months in barrel and four to five months in stainless steel. Effusive florals lead the aromatic display with a bruised apple note and stony petrichor. The palate is honeyed and shows that tension as well, with Pacific-inspired salinity, chamomile and beeswax carrying the finish. DECANTER What a pretty nose of white peaches, white lavender, hazelnuts and salted almonds. Full-bodied yet fresh, with sleek, salty layers. Excellent texture and complexity. JAMES SUCKLING The 2021 Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills is fresh and floral with notes of quince, yellow flowers, and honeycomb. Medium-bodied, with ripe golden fruit on the palate and fresh underlying acidity to balance things out nicely, it's drinking well now and will drink well over the next 4-6 years. JEB DUNNUCK |
| Correggia Nebbiolo La Val dei Preti 2019 |  |
| The 2019 Roero Riserva La Val dei Preti is a rich, resonant wine. Macerated cherry, spice, cedar, worn-in leather, tobacco and dried flowers fill out the layers nicely as this mid-weight Roero gradually opens with a bit of aeration. A wine of substance and character, the 2019 will drink well for another decade or more. ANTONIO GALLONI |
| Fighting Gully Road Verdicchio 2022 |  |
| The white grape of Italy's Marche region is now in Australia and looking already well at home. Bright lemon-green tinged hues. Saline, sea breeze scent with lemon, quince, straw and a light dusting of lantana florals. Races at a clip across the tongue, zesty, fresh with light tropical fruits and almond skin bite. Super-refreshing if served chilled. JENI PORT, Halliday Wine Companion |
| Tillie J Aligote 2023 |  |
| Such stylish packaging, and the theme continues through to the contents of the bottle GARY WALSH Mark my (James') words. Tillie Johnston is going to become a great winemaker. She began her career in 2012, one of the vintage crew at Coldstream Hills, and says her love for pinot noir began there. She then spent 4 of the next 8 years drifting between the Northern and Southern hemispheres unerringly picking the eyes out of an all-star cast of wineries: Leeuwin Estate, Brokenwood, Cristom (Oregon), Keller (Rheinhessen), Framingham (Marlborough) and Yarra Yering. Since then, she's been assistant winemaker at Giant Steps to Steve Flamsteed and Jess Clark. JAMES HALLIDAY Watch out for Tillie. She is on the up. You've probably seen us a chat a few times about her wines now and this is the second pack we have put her in. If you didn't guess, we love what she is doing and this aligote from the King Valley is a cracking exanple right from our backyard. Pure and linear, this wine captures the fine boned structure of a cool growing season. On the palate, baked goods, apple and custard and a subtle nuttiness most likely from the addition of the chardonnay lees. The driving acidity holds the influence of the new oak at bay. |
| Crittenden Estate 'Kangerong' Pinot Noir 2022 |  |
| Gold Medal, 96 points, Mornington Peninsula Wine Show 2023 The origin of the name Kangerong can be traced back to the Bunurong People. The surrounding area, now known as the Kangerong basin, is home to our 27 acre family farm; an area which we feel is ideally suited to the Peninsula's more recent agricultural pursuit of wine grape growing - in particular the regional heroes of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The nose of the Kangerong Pinot has pretty floral notes and subtle spice, kirch like fruit and that little amaro lift you often see in the Mornington. On the palate you'll find black cherries, spice and a velvety texture from thoughtful oak handling. TIght and focused fruit but they flow easily and readily. This looks serious and at once easy-going in its delivery |