Pithon-Paille Mozaik White
$43.99
St. Romedius Lucciola
$40.99
Nestarec Muzika Bel
$40.99
Elodie Roy Maranges
$82.99
Strongly influenced by her work under master Burgundian producer Anne Gros, Elodie Roy crafts powerful-yet-elegant Côte de Nuits-styled wines in the Maranges. Her En Builet is a silky expression, a touch buttery, heavily mineral, and fruit-forward. Aromatic, nuanced, and very capable of complimenting spicy food that you might otherwise worry would drown out more subtle Burgundian Chardonnay.
Little Bastard
$34.99
Burn Cottage Moonlight Race Pinot Noir
$68.99
The brainchild of American wine distributor Marquis Sauvage, Burn Cottage was born with the purchase of a property in the Pisa region of Central Otago in 2002. Sauvage enlisted the help of Ted Lemon in establishing the biodynamically farmed vineyard and in making the wines, although the day-to-day winemaking is handled by Claire Mulholland, whose previous résumé includes stints at Martinborough Vineyards and Amisfield. The site includes ten different Pinot clones planted on five different rootstocks on a terraced northeast-facing slope. The Moonlight Race Pinot Noir is made from purchased fruit, but the other wines are all estate bottlings.
Winemakers tasting notes: Enticing savoury aromatics of freshly rubbed thyme, dark berry fruits, rosehip, autumnal earth, truffle and black tea. Dark toned and dense, this wine has vibrancy, suppleness and power. The textural tannins yield to a lingering and powerful finish. An exciting youthful wine which is still unfolding, and also promising very good cellaring potential.
other great reviews:
94 Points, Robert Parker
97 Points, Bob Campbell MW
96 Points, Cameron Douglas MS
5 STARS, Michael Cooper - NZ Wine Buyers Guide
95 Points, Mike Bennie, Wine Front
94 Points, JamesSuckling.com
"One of the 75 Most Exciting wines of 2017", Decanter Magazine
Quintarelli Alzero Magnum 2014
$1,549.99
A legendary wine from a legendary producer! "The late, great Maestro del Veneto, Giuseppe Quintarelli, succeeded in establishing his mythical and legendary estate during an amazing sixty-year career. All of the tradition, love, heart, and soul of crafting one of the world’s finest wines continue at the Quintarelli home and winery in the hills north of Verona," according to Kermit Lynch. Alzero is made by letting Cabernet Franc grapes air-dry before pressing. One of the last wines to be made by Quintarelli, who died in 2012. Serious collectors of top Italian wine will not want to miss out on this rich, intense beauty.
Robert Weil Rheingau Riesling Trocken
$38.99
Dr Robert Weil founded this historic winery in 1888 in the town of Keidrich (Rheingau) and five generations later it is Wilhelm Weil at the helm (we couldn't resist). The wines express classic Riesling purity; minerals, stone fruits and citrus abound. The Estate Riesling is a blend from Weil's various vineyards, some of the most striking and expressive sites in the Rheingau.
Michel Mallard Bourgogne Blanc
$56.99
Domaine Michel Mallard is located in the center of Ladoix-Serrigny on the RN974, the main road in Burgundy, just south of where the Côte de Nuits meets the Côte de Beaune. He's been called a genuis winemaker by his peers and critica alike.