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  1. Combes Mic's Merlot 2022
    Combes Mic's Merlot 2022

    “The owner of the vineyard is a grouse human and is always happy to help out, so this wine is an ode to Mic”, says wine maker Oscar Hermann.

    Lovely supple wine offering plum and dark mint chocolate, with a few dried herbs. So silky and kind of dense, with lively sappy acidity, and a plush and juicy plum finish of good length. In short, it’s just a really good thing to drink. (93) GARY WALSH, The Wine Front

    2022
    Merlot
    Australia
    506
  2. Yalumba Samuel's Collection Eden Valley Viognier 2022
    Yalumba Samuel's Collection Eden Valley Viognier 2022

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    2022
    Viognier
    Australia
    387
  3. Walsh & Sons Lola Red Syrah/Cab/Merlot 2022
    Walsh & Sons Lola Red Syrah/Cab/Merlot 2022

    60% Syrah 25% Cabernet Sauvignon 15% Grenache, They say “perfect with your favourite wood-fired pizza (hold the pineapple)”,  though I like pineapple on pizza. Gino D’Acampo would have conniptions.

    Plenty of flavour of red and blue fruits, bay leaf, a dusting of spice. Medium-bodied, quite fleshy, some earthy/sooty tannin sweeps through it, with a soft and supple finish of blue fruits and spice. Length is moderate, but OK. Good wine. Easy to like. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front

    2022
    Cabernet Blends, Merlot, shiraz
    Australia
    504
  4. Margan Breaking Ground Rosato 2022
    Margan Breaking Ground Rosato 2022

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    2022
    Barbera, Merlot, Pinot Gris
    Australia
    407
  5. Comtesse de Malet Roquefort 2021
    Comtesse de Malet Roquefort 2021

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    2021
    Cabernet Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
    France
    356
  6. Inkwell Tangerine Viognier 2023
    Inkwell Tangerine Viognier 2023

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    2023
    Viognier
    Australia
    436
  7. Chateau de Roquefort 'Corail' Rose 2021
    Chateau de Roquefort 'Corail' Rose 2021
    Made with Cinsault, syrah, grenache, carignan and a touch of vermentino from clay-limestone scree soil, pebbly. Gravity fed wherever possible for the cleanest finest juice. A bouquet that's finely spiced with citrus notes, slightly lemony, and flroal accents. The palate is taut, white fruits, citrus, hint of fennel … a rosé for every occasion and any meal!
    2021
    Cabernet Franc, Merlot
    France
    356
  8. Aristotelis Ke Anthoula Sparkling Viognier 2022
    Aristotelis Ke Anthoula Sparkling Viognier 2022

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    2022
    Viognier
    Australia
  9. Head Wines The Contrarian Viognier 2023
    Head Wines The Contrarian Viognier 2023

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    2021
    Viognier
    Australia
    349
  10. Joshua Cooper Claret 2024
    Joshua Cooper Claret 2024

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    2024
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
    Australia
  11. Domaine Des Tourelles White 2021
    Domaine Des Tourelles White 2021

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    2021
    chardonnay, Viognier
  12. Bowerbird Viognier 2023
    Bowerbird Viognier 2023

    Classic Victorian wines don't get much better than this. If you are unfamiliar with Bowerbird Wines (very little wine is made) then you're in for a real treat here. Mouth-coating, textural, full-flavoured wines that offer bountiful pleasure right to the very last drop.

    Kirilly Gordon is a quiet achiever. Her force is much greater than her stance. The humble Bowerbird Wines is the most underrated producer in the state. By day she's Denton in the Yarra and by night Bowerbird Wines soar. Kirilly's turning point in the wine industry was working at Bindi, where inspiration by Bill and Michael Dhillon came to the realisation that nurturing vines and grapes to create delicious quality wines is a pretty great way to live a full life. And I'm very glad about that.

    Don't judge a book by its cover here. On first open it's steely with laser-like precision and just-ripe stone fruit, lemon curd and a delightful saline edge. As it opens in the glass we see it unfold. Ripe peach, honeysuckle and fresh nut characters alongside the Bowerbird silky finesse that holds everything together.  A serious wine jam-packed with flavour and refreshment. KAYLEEN REYNOLDS, pws

    2023
    Viognier
    Australia
    354
  13. Devils Baie Syrah+ 2022
    Devils Baie Syrah+ 2022

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    2022
    shiraz, Viognier
    Australia
    404
  14. Chateau Musar Jeune White 2020
    Chateau Musar Jeune White 2020

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    2020
    chardonnay, Vermentino, Viognier
  15. Cullen Cabernet Merlot 2024
    Cullen Cabernet Merlot 2024

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    2024
    Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
    Australia
    432
  16. Yeringberg Viognier 2022
    Yeringberg Viognier 2022
    Barrel fermented and matured for 10 months in large-format oak. A bright green gold. A hedonistic bouquet of ripe nectarines and apricots together with glacé ginger and honey. Textured but not overdone on the palate, which is gently saline and very nicely balanced. It’s delicious now, but this has enough of everything to still be looking good three to four years from now too. A truly lovely example. (96) PHILIP RICH, winecompanion.com
    2022
    Viognier
    Australia
    506
  17. Cullen Cabernet Merlot 2023
    Cullen Cabernet Merlot 2023

    2023 was a brilliant year for Cabernet Sauvignon and proved perfect ripening for Cabernet Sauvignon and merlot and Cullen vineyard. Made from 100% bio-dynamically certified fruit a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot,1% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Malbec has created a wine of great depth supported by delicious fine grained tannins.

    The wine was matured in barriques of which 20% were new. CULLEN

    2023
    Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
    Australia
    432
  18. Chateau Montravel Rouge (Merlot) 2017
    Chateau Montravel Rouge (Merlot) 2017

    This is 100% merlot from a 1.5 hectare vineyard located in Montravel, a sub-region of Bergerac.
    The grapes are hand harvested in small lug boxes, in the cellar the bunches are destemmed and the fruits selected one by one by hand. The must is then macerated in micro oxygenated tanks, pump over every six hours, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations done in temperature controlled tanks. Aged for fourteen months on fine lees in 1/3 new and 2/3 one year old oak barrels.

    This is terrific Merlot - there is even greater vibrancy and verve to the 2017 then the 2016. the fruit is pure and ripe with fresh picked plum and red cherry fruit. Some classy oak wraps gently around some pretty and lifted violet notes. and red fruits. This has plenty of fleshy fruit but in a compact and vibrant frame. There aint much merlo like this in Aus. PWS

    2017
    Merlot
    France
    356
  19. Barone Montalto Ammasso Rosso 2019
    Barone Montalto Ammasso Rosso 2019

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    2019
    Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Nerello Mascalese, Nero d'Avola
    Italy
    482
  20. Coursodon Vin de France Etincelle Blanc 2021
    Coursodon Vin de France Etincelle Blanc 2021
    A blend of 70% Viognier, 30% Roussanne from high-altitude single site at the top of the village of Mauves and at the edge of the Saint-Joseph appellation. Decomposed granite (like Hermitage) that is sand-like in texture. All fermented in stainless steel.
    2019
    Roussane, Viognier
    France
    467
  21. Coursodon Vin de France Etincelle Blanc 2022
    Coursodon Vin de France Etincelle Blanc 2022
    A viognier dominant wine supported by Marsanne from a high altitude vineyard at the to of Mauves on the border of the appellation. This medium-bodied white Rhone is a delight, because it is brimming with fresh stone fruit aromas. …the balance of ripeness and spring-like freshness is spot on. A cuvee of roussanne and viognier grown on granite soils at high altitude. Vinified only in stainless steel. Drink now. STUART PIGGOT
    2022
    Roussane, Viognier
    France
    467
  22. Chateau Massereau 'Cuvee K' Graves 2012
    Chateau Massereau 'Cuvee K' Graves 2012

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    2012
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
    France
    356
    $67.00
  23. Cuilleron Viognier VDP 2023
    Cuilleron Viognier VDP 2023

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    2022
    Viognier
    France
    467
  24. La Roche Paradis Saint Joseph Rouge Les Bergerie 2020
    La Roche Paradis Saint Joseph Rouge Les Bergerie 2020
    100% Syrah from 18 year old vines also from the lieu-dit of Les Vessettes on granite above the town of Chavanay. The wine was fermented with about 30% whole bunches to produce an elegant floral style of Syrah. Matured in older barriques for 12 months before bottling without fining or filtration. 800 dozen produced.
    2018
    Viognier
    France
    467
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. Radikon RS (75% Merlot and 25% Pignoli) 2022
    Radikon RS (75% Merlot and 25% Pignoli) 2022

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    2022
    Merlot
    Italy
    391
  29. Chapoutier Invitare Condrieu 2022
    Chapoutier Invitare Condrieu 2022

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    2022
    Viognier
    France
    467
  30. Gaia Vinsanto 2012
    Gaia Vinsanto 2012

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    2012
    Assyrtiko, Dessert
    Greece
    479
  31. Felsina Vin Santo 2015 375ml
    Felsina Vin Santo 2015 375ml

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    2013
    Dessert
    Italy
    495
  32. Terre Lazzaroni 'Cagliostro' Rosso 2018
    Terre Lazzaroni 'Cagliostro' Rosso 2018

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

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

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    2020
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
    Italy
    391
  35. Billon Cote Rotie Les Elotins 2019
    Billon Cote Rotie Les Elotins 2019

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    2019
    shiraz, Viognier
    France
    467
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. Adrien Camut Pays D'Auge Calvados 6yrs 700ml
    Adrien Camut Pays D'Auge Calvados 6yrs 700ml

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    Calvados
    France
    449
  41. 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
  42. Billon Cote Rotie La Vialliere 2020
    Billon Cote Rotie La Vialliere 2020

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    2020
    shiraz, Viognier
    France
    467
  43. Ogier Condrieu Les Vieilles Vignes de Jacques Vernay 2019
    Ogier Condrieu Les Vieilles Vignes de Jacques Vernay 2019
    A beauty, offering a more fruit-forward, sexy, supple style as well as textbook peach, white flowers, and honeysuckle aromas and flavors. Textured and balanced, with a great finish, it's ideal for drinking over the coming 4-6 years. JEB DUNNUCK

    The vintage plays an inevitable role here, it is a gorgeous rendition of this wine, the white that accompanies Stephanes revered reds, and has the track record to back it up, as well as the mountains of press. This is the current release to Australia and the few years in the bottle have drawn out more of those robust, ripe and rich stone fruit notes. It's still essentially a pup but you see some move towards expansion on the palate and more nuance now on the nose. More clearly defined aromatics that offer up hedonistic and sweetly perfumed fruit, wild flowers, nectarine and a glass full of mixed citrus juice (only way I can think of describing that character). It leans in to sensuality in the mouth, there it caresses as it easily fills your palate with its delectable fruit salad like array of flavours. It is easy to miss the force behind it, almost, it really hits the finish hard with a burst of rocky minerality and an emphatic punch of intensity that leaves your palate feeling stained. For me this is where I would like to drink this wine. While both youthful enthusiasm and some richer elements are at play. There is no doubt in my mind that most fans of Condrieu will ignore that and throw this in the cellar for a decade. Don't get me wrong, the wine will be super then too. I just love the power that 19 brings with the vigour and liveliness of Stephane's style and I find this part of its life to be particularly enjoyable. It's a tremendous effort. ROSCOE  
    2019
    Viognier
    France
    467
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. Christian Drouin Calvados 1995 700ml
    Christian Drouin Calvados 1995 700ml

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    1995
    Calvados
    France
  47. Marco de Bartoli Marsala Vergine Riserva DOC Marsala (Grillo) 1988 500ml
    Marco de Bartoli Marsala Vergine Riserva DOC Marsala (Grillo) 1988 500ml
    The only vergine riserva ever made by de Bartoli who was encouraged to try this style by Berry Bros and Rudd
    The 1988 Marsala Vergine Riserva mixes amber with red hues, lifting up dusty and savory with notes of cave-aged gouda, quince, baked apple and clove. With time in the glass, it gains in volume, evolving to show rich dark chocolates and dried roses. There are depths of texture here, yet it's wonderfully balanced by vibrant acidity as salted caramel and exotic spices wash across the palate, leaving a coating of mineral-drenched orchard fruits under an air of burnt sugar and tobacco. The experience goes on and on, as minutes can go by, and you're still not just tasting but feeling the 1988's glycerol heft lingering incredibly long. This edition of the Vergine Riserva was bottled in 2019, which is stated on the front label. ERIC GUIDO

    Toasted hazelnuts, mahogany, hard cheese touches, toast and spice. Touch of sweet fruit to enter, then toasted hazelnut and walnut. Spice, some chew, with a very long, pain d'épices and toasted hazelnut finish. Salty tang. 19% TIM JACKSON MW
    1988
    Dessert, Grillo
    Italy
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