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  1. Paul-Henri Thillardon Chenas Les Carrieres 2019
    Paul-Henri Thillardon Chenas Les Carrieres 2019
    Pretty and perfumed, the 2019 Chénas Les Carrières wafts from the glass with notes of sweet berry fruit, potpourri, peonies and spices. Medium-bodied, pure and lively, with fine tannins and lively acids, despite the warm conditions, it's surprisingly reminiscent of the Thillardon brothers' 2016 vintage. WILLIAM KELLEY, The Wine Advocate
    2019
    Gamay
    France
    352
  2. Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette 2022
    Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette 2022
    The "regular" bottling of 2022 Corcelette from Monsieur Bouland is another lovely example of this very strong vintage. It is deep, bright and sappy, offering up a nose of red and black cherries, sweet cranberries, vinesmoke, gamebird, a dollop of fresh thyme and a very pretty base of soil tones. On the palate the wine is vibrant, full-bodied and deep at the core, with a fine foundation of soil, bright acids, moderate tannins and great focus and grip on the long, complex and beautifully balanced finish. Of all of Daniel's outstanding 2022s, this is certainly the first cuvée I would be reaching for to drink now, as it has a sense of wide open generosity that is not evident with most of his other, more structured wines from this vintage. This is not to say that it will not also age long and gracefully, but the regular Corcelette is not going to demand cellaring time before it gives up the goods. 2024-2060. JOHN GILMAN
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  3. Gregoire Hoppenot Fleurie Les Moriers 2021
    Gregoire Hoppenot Fleurie Les Moriers 2021
    Hoppenot farms almost three-hectares of this imposing east-facing terroir overlooking the famous windmill of Moulin-a-Vent. Les Moriers shares a border with Poncié, Les Roches and Les Garants and the vines at the top of the vineyard lie a stone’s throw from the winery.

    Vine age varies from 35 to 90 years. Rising from 260 metres on the Moulin-a-Vent border to 340 metres at the top of the slope, this steep hillside contains two mineral rich soil types: the vines at the top of the slope are on very poor soils of shallow granitic sand; then it becomes heavier in the Bas de Moriers with increasing clay concentration over the granite bedrock. Grégoire Hoppenot farms in both sectors, reserving the best fruit for this single-terroir bottling.
    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
  4. Jean-Paul Thevenet Morgon Tradition 2023
    Jean-Paul Thevenet Morgon Tradition 2023

    15 – 30 years on average on granitic soil. 100% Bio-dynamic. Pure red fruits, a refreshing acidity, medium-bodied wine with an earthly complexity. The result of all this is a wine that has a vibrant bouquet with perfumed dark cherries and red currant. The palate is ample possessing beautiful silky tannins.

     

    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  5. Chateau Thivin Brouilly Reverdon 2023
    Chateau Thivin Brouilly Reverdon 2023
    From a site rooted in sand over pink granite, the 2023 Brouilly Reverdon offers vibrant aromas of crushed violet and peony petals, dark cherries and a touch of chocolate spice. Medium to full-bodied, it features a concentration perfectly balanced for the structure of the wine, offering an infusion of fruit, tangy with acidity. With its pillowy texture supported by talc-like, enveloping tannins, the wine leaves a lasting impression of joy and approachability. KENNA WELLS, Wine Advocate
    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  6. Chateau Massereau 'Cuvee K' Graves 2012
    Chateau Massereau 'Cuvee K' Graves 2012

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    2012
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
    France
    356
    $67.00
  7. Philippe Viet Beaujolais Régnié "Haute Ronze" Mosaïque 2022
    Philippe Viet Beaujolais Régnié "Haute Ronze" Mosaïque 2022
    A fresh and mouthwatering Regnie with raspberries, red plums, stone, chocolate and oranges on the nose. It’s medium-bodied, bright and delicious with sleek tannins. From organically grown grapes. Drink now or hold. JAMES SUCKLING
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  8. Domaine Chermette Moulin a Vent Les Trois Roches 2022
    Domaine Chermette Moulin a Vent Les Trois Roches 2022
    Smells darker than the Fleurie cru, more ‘masculine’, dare I say it! With blackberries and black cherries in the mix, and a touch of liquorice. Dark earth, dark chocolate with grainy tannins. Black pepper finish. Dark in profile all the way as it seems but still light enough to easily drink a few glasses with no problems whatsoever. KASIA SOBIESIAK, The Wine Front
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  9. Henschke Keyneton Euphonium Shiraz Blend 2021
    Henschke Keyneton Euphonium Shiraz Blend 2021

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    2021
    Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, shiraz
    Australia
    387
  10. Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Les Sept Vignes 2023
    Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Les Sept Vignes 2023
    The 2023 Côte de Brouilly Les Sept Vignes offers aromas of dark cherry, ginger spice and dried purple petals. Full-bodied and concentrated, the wine opens with broad shoulders, finding more shape along the mid-palate, influenced by a lining of chalky tannins that accumulate weight as it progresses, finishing with a satisfying, lasting impression of wet stones.  KENNA WELLS, Wine Advocate
    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  11. Domaine Chapel Chiroubles 2018
    Domaine Chapel Chiroubles 2018

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    2018
    Gamay
    France
    352
  12. Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Plan B 2021
    Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Plan B 2021

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
  13. Frederic Berne Regnie 'aux Bruyeres' 2020
    Frederic Berne Regnie 'aux Bruyeres' 2020
    A liquer and cassis ripeness with blackberry, black currant and overtly ripe raspberry. The palate has a liqeur richness with extreme structure. Very present tannins. Very long and built for the long haul.
    2020
    Gamay
    France
    352
  14. Le Tertre du Lys dOr 2019
    Le Tertre du Lys dOr 2019

    Shimmers medium gold. Vibrant notes of toffee, ginger and baked pineapple aromas waft from the glass. It's still incredibly youthful with touches of honey starting to emerge adding another layer to the luscious palate. Spiced nectarines mix with subtle hints of marmalade and umami notes of white button mushrooms in the mouth, alongside ginger, toffee and apple tarte tatin flavours - it's intriguing and incredibly delicious. The finish is mouthwatering, a trickle of acidity cleanses on its way out. This generously sized bottle of Sauternes should be shared lavishly with friends and a plate of cheese. Don't hesitate here. GABRIELLE POY, PWS

     

    2019
    Dessert
    France
    481
  15. Domaine de Vernus Chiroubles 2022
    Domaine de Vernus Chiroubles 2022

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    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  16. Herve Souhaut La Souteronne 2021
    Herve Souhaut La Souteronne 2021

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    467
  17. Philippe Viet Beaujolais Morgon "Corcelette" 2022
    Philippe Viet Beaujolais Morgon "Corcelette" 2022
    This is showing aromas of crushed stone, pine cones, dark berry fruit and orange peel. It’s medium-bodied, supple and focused, with deliciously creamy tannins. Drink or hold. JAMES SUCKLING
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  18. Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Les Griottes de Brulhie 2023
    Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Les Griottes de Brulhie 2023
    From the steep slopes of the Côte de Brouilly, the 2023 Côte de Brouilly Les Griottes de Brulhié delivers a bold profile of chocolate, blackberry and cherry, complemented by sous-bois, graphite and spice. The palate opens softly, with a plush and rounded entry, transitioning into a mid-palate marked by brisk, chalky tannins. Tangy acidity balances the medium to full-bodied weight, while the graphite lingers long after the fruit fades. Bright and dynamic, this is a wine worth seeking out. KENNA WELLS, Wine Advocate
    2020
    Gamay
    France
    352
  19. Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly La Chapelle 2023
    Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly La Chapelle 2023
    The 2023 Côte de Brouilly La Chapelle, from the steep slopes (50% grade) at the top of Mont Brouilly, offers a thunderous and wild aromatic profile, with dark berries, plums, chocolate, eucalyptus and cracked pepper dominating the nose. The concentrated, sappy fruit on the palate is matched by a taut structure and salinity, suggesting immense power beneath its poised and fresh exterior. Fine-grained tannins, seamlessly intertwined with graphite and flinty minerality, gracefully sheath the wine, drawing it into a tapering, polished finish. A work of both power and restraint, it reveals just enough of its character to appreciate its inherent sophistication needed to tame the latent energy. this is a wine with immense potential, promising further depth with time. KENNA WELLS, Wine Advocate
    2020
    Gamay
    France
    352
  20. Domaine de Vernus Fleurie 2022
    Domaine de Vernus Fleurie 2022

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    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  21. Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Village Les Tours 2020
    Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Village Les Tours 2020

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    2020
    Gamay
    France
    352
  22. Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Les Clos 2022
    Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Les Clos 2022
    The 2022 Côte de Brouilly Le Clos comes from more clayey soils at the bottom of the titular hillside. Showing fine mineralité and tension on the nose, it offers raspberry and light blackcurrant leaf aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, a touch of licorice on the mid-palate with blood orange and spice box on the finish. This will require two or three years in bottle but will be worth the wait. KENNA WELLS, Wine Advocate
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  23. Willie Smiths Pommeau de Tasmanie 18.2%
    Willie Smiths Pommeau de Tasmanie 18.2%

    Aged in small apple brandy casks for over 12 months, this rich and generous liqueur is a result of blending pressed French and British heirloom apple varieties with our apple spirit.

    Complex and well-structured with baked apple and spice, balanced with firm tannins and cask influence.

    Our take on the traditional aperitif from North-West France – enjoy as such or serve with blue cheese or dessert. WILLIE SMITH

    NV
    Calvados
    France
  24. Domaine de Vernus Regnie 'Vernus' 2022
    Domaine de Vernus Regnie 'Vernus' 2022
    Enveloping nose of red fruit and summer flowers that's wonderfully bright and subtle for the 2022 vintage. As sleek as it is elegant on the very focused, medium-bodied palate. Terrific precision and vitality at the very long, polished finish. From the vineyards next to the house on granitic soil. Sustainable. Drink or hold. STUART PIGOTT, JamesSuckling.com
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  25. Alex Foillard Brouilly 2021
    Alex Foillard Brouilly 2021

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
  26. Alex Foillard Cote de Brouilly 2021
    Alex Foillard Cote de Brouilly 2021

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
  27. Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly La Chapelle 2022
    Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly La Chapelle 2022

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    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  28. Jean-Paul Thevenet Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2023
    Jean-Paul Thevenet Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2023
    Jean-Paul Thévenet is certainly a name in everyone's ear ever since Kermit Lynch dubbed him, together with Marcel Lapierre, Guy Breton and Jean Foillard, as Beaujolais' famous "Gang of Four" in the '80s. The essence of their philosophy: take a step back, appreciate and cultivate old vines, apply organic farming practices, avoid the use of sulphur, let natural ferments do their magic and help the terroir express itself through minimal intervention. Following these principals, each of them has proven that Beaujolais is more than just 'Nouveau' and can indeed produce meaningful, complex and wonderful wines.
    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  29. Domaine des Trouilleres VDF Eruption 2020
    Domaine des Trouilleres VDF Eruption 2020

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    2020
    Gamay
    France
    423
  30. Radikon RS (75% Merlot and 25% Pignoli) 2022
    Radikon RS (75% Merlot and 25% Pignoli) 2022

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    2022
    Merlot
    Italy
    391
  31. Damien Coquelet Chiroubles VV 2020
    Damien Coquelet Chiroubles VV 2020

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    2020
    Gamay
    France
    352
  32. Gaia Vinsanto 2012
    Gaia Vinsanto 2012

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    2012
    Assyrtiko, Dessert
    Greece
    479
  33. Lafarge-Vial Fleurie 2022
    Lafarge-Vial Fleurie 2022

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    358
  34. Felsina Vin Santo 2015 375ml
    Felsina Vin Santo 2015 375ml

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    2013
    Dessert
    Italy
    495
  35. Lafarge-Vial Fleurie Joie du Palais 2022
    Lafarge-Vial Fleurie Joie du Palais 2022

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    358
  36. Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Zaccherie 2023
    Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly Zaccherie 2023
    The 2023 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie Geoffrey offers aromas of cooked cherries, sweet oak spice and a touch of black pepper on the nose, with reserved flavors that suggest potential for further development. Full of concentration on the palate, the wine begins plush and broad but narrows gracefully under taut, cinching tannins, leading to a finish laced with subtle flint and a saline edge. The oak presence is pronounced at this stage but poised to integrate further, though not a perfect match given the poised nature of the wine. KENNA WELLS, Wine Advocate

     

    2020
    Gamay
    France
    352
  37. Terre Lazzaroni 'Cagliostro' Rosso 2018
    Terre Lazzaroni 'Cagliostro' Rosso 2018

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    2018
    Merlot, Refosco
    Italy
    391
  38. Roger Groult Calvados 8yo Pays d'Auge 41% 700ml
    Roger Groult Calvados 8yo Pays d'Auge 41% 700ml

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    Calvados
    France
  39. Damijan Podversic Prelit (Merlot Cabernet) 2020
    Damijan Podversic Prelit (Merlot Cabernet) 2020

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    2020
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
    Italy
    391
  40. Domaine de Vernus 'Moulin a Vent' 2022
    Domaine de Vernus 'Moulin a Vent' 2022

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    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  41. Chateau Climens Sauternes 2003 750ml
    Chateau Climens Sauternes 2003 750ml
    Loads of honey, maple syrup, dried apricot and spice. Full-bodied, medium-sweet, with a refined, spicy character. Pretty wine. Masses of botrytis. This is refined and long, a racy wine compared with the power and muscle of so many others. Beauty among the beasts. 96 wine spectator
    2003
    Dessert
    France
    481
  42. Cullen Diana Madeline 2022
    Cullen Diana Madeline 2022

    Deep bright purple-red colour leading into a stylish bouquet of sweet mulberry and other berry fruits, violets and cassis, succulent and mouth-filling, with masses of fine emery-like tannins that run the length of the palate adding authority, structure, length and refreshment to the aftertaste. Concentrated, superripe blackberry, cassis and mulberry flavours; oak tucked discreetly into the background. (98) HUON HOOKE, The Real Review

    Really delivers as you might expect from this excellent concentrated and powerfully frame vintage in Margaret River. It’s dominant cabernet with smaller portions of merlot, cabernet franc and malbec. Typical of this wine since switching to biodynamics, it is bright and brilliant with a nervy tense energy to drive the palate. The succulent fruit is harness by fine chalky tannins and neatly played oak of which 55% was new. A wine of extraordinary elegance and poise with a few of many decades. (98) RAY JORDAN

    Needless to say, Margaret River enjoyed another superb vintage with the 2022 season. Slightly cooler, Cullen report that it was a vintage of “immense perfume and texture”. The wine is a wonderfully vibrant purple in colour. The nose gives up plums, cassis, spices including nutmeg, chocolate, mocha, bay leaves, cigar box notes – think a freshly opened box of Cohiba Siglo VI – and near perfect oak integration. This is finely balanced and exhibiting immense length on a palate that sees the emergence of aniseed, mulberries and coffee beans. An alluringly supple texture with the silkiest of tannins, though plenty of them – there really is some grip here. This will easily sail through fifteen to twenty years in a good cellar. (98) KEN GARGETT, Wine Pilot

    2021
    Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
    Australia
    432
  43. Cullen Diana Madeline 2021
    Cullen Diana Madeline 2021
    Diana Madeline. The name evokes a lot of emotions, for what the woman stood for then and what the wine stands for now. The 2021 vintage equals 50 years of cabernet sauvignon plantings at Cullen. When released in early 2023, it was on what would have been her 100th birthday. It’s a wine that can come from nowhere else, so strong is its sense of place. Expect to swoon over aromas of roses, violets and mulberries doused in baking spices, a ferruginous quality as much as detailed if persuasive tannins. It’s complex, complete and structured. Gosh, what a wine. What a woman. The perfect combination. (97) JANE FAULKNER, James Halliday
    2021
    Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
    Australia
    432
  44. Cidrerie du Leguer Eau de Vie de Cidre 700ml
    Cidrerie du Leguer Eau de Vie de Cidre 700ml

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    Calvados
    France
    449
  45. Adrien Camut Pays D'Auge Calvados 6yrs 700ml
    Adrien Camut Pays D'Auge Calvados 6yrs 700ml

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    Calvados
    France
    449
  46. Suduiraut 2010
    Suduiraut 2010

    Sauternes (1st Growth)

    The Chateau Suduiraut has a comparatively rich, botrytized bouquet with dried honey, pineapple and a touch of Seville orange marmalade, with exquisite definition and focus. The palate is well-balanced, with a viscous texture and a good level of botrytis, demonstrating fine minerality and tautness. Dried mango, quince and spice all interlace the focused finish, which is long in the mouth. Tasted against its peers, this has a higher level of intensity and focus. A superb follow-up to the sensational 2009.  ROBERT PARKER

    One of the sweeter wines of the vintage, but in fact with exactly the same residual as the usually more conservative Yquem, this has tremendous Suduiraut individuality, in its high tones of tensile fruit, all fresh and citrus, nothing heavy, yet ending very smooth and plush with nothing to stop it retaining this balance for many many years. A strong contender for Wine of the Vintage. BILL BLATCH, Bordeaux Gold

    2010
    Dessert
    France
    481
  47. Petrolo Galatrona 2021
    Petrolo Galatrona 2021

    The 2021 Galatrona is a fine follow-up to the 2020. In most vintages, Galatrona is very showy right out of the gate. That is not at all the case with the 2021, a wine that is going to need a number of years to be at its finest. Black cherry, plum, mocha, leather, licorice and incense infuse the 2021 with tremendous complexity. More than anything else, I admire a feeling of vertical, explosive energy that catapults the 2021 into the stratosphere. This is a tremendous wine by any measure. (98) ANTONIO GALLONI

    The 2021 Val d'Arno di Sopra Galatrona shows extremely focused aromas, but very generous ones all the while, with soft mint, cherry and stracciatella over a full-bodied texture with soft layers of spice and cedarwood. The wine boasts an elegantly chalky quality to the tannins, but the mouthfeel is so generous, everything irons out beautifully over the palate. It ages in a combination of new and used barrique. (97+) MONICA LARNER

    The aromas here are very distinct with dried flowers such as lavender and violets. Some sage as well. Black berries and black olive skin. Full-bodied yet linear and energetic with very fine tannins and fantastic length. Fresh and lively in the finish. (98) JAMES SUCKLING

    The nose showcases a vast world of savory aromas, from sanguine to metallic to woody to earthy, with cranberries, currants and dark berries providing sweet contrast. A lively palate runs with the warmth of earth and just-ripened fruit, alongside austere tannins that promise ageworthiness. An absolutely acrobatic feat in Merlot. (97) WINE ENTHUSIAST

    Vivid purple in the glass, gorgeous black cherry and blackcurrant aromas with touches of florality - this 100% Merlot smells wonderfully scented and inviting. Smooth, ample, really quite seductive on the palate, sensual almost in the silky but gripping tannins, beautifully ripe blackcurrant and cherry fruit and crunchy, crisp acidity that is not too sharp or too obvious but lifts the palate and gives a thrill and wonderful freshness to the overall expression. Beautifully presented, harmonious, balanced and totally enjoyable from the first to last sip. A gorgeous wine, intense yet energetic, full of flavour and textural nuance. Totally unputdownable, although with lots of potential for improvement over ageing. (97) DECANTER

    2021
    Merlot
    Italy
    495
  48. Marco de Bartoli  Marsala Oro Superiore Riserva DOC Marsala Superiore (Grillo) 1988 500ml
    Marco de Bartoli Marsala Oro Superiore Riserva DOC Marsala Superiore (Grillo) 1988 500ml
    The 1988 Marsala Superiore Oro Riserva is a dark amber color with orange hues. It opens with a spice-box bouquet that takes all the confections of Autumn and Christmas blended with dried apricots, peaches and cedar shavings. It's silky smooth yet lifted and decidedly savory, with a burst of ground ginger and sour citrus complicating its remnants of tart orchard fruit. Butterscotch comes together with clove and golden raisin as the 1988 finishes impossibly long and potent. It shows just a touch of forgivable heat as suggestions of hazelnut linger on and on. More like a brown spirit than a wine, the 1988 is irresistible. ERIC GUIDO
    1988
    Dessert, Grillo
    Italy
    482
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