Quinta Nova Douro Touriga
$37.59
With a history spanning over 200 years, Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo occupies over 120 ha of land and has been listed since the first demarcation of the Douro wine region in 1756, during the Pombaline era. The original wine cellar that dates back to 1764, and the 19th-century manor house with a chapel (1795) are harmoniously integrated into one of the estate's hills. Owned by the Portuguese Royal Family until 1725, it became a “new estate” when two estates were merged. Several Portuguese families lived in the estate in the 18th and 19th centuries, during an important period in the agriculture of the Douro, and gave life to the vineyards and wine, fruit orchards, water mills built along the stream that runs through the estate and the old olive grove.
Chateau Faugeres 2016
$92.99
Château Faugères is a St Emilion Grand Cru that is now producing textbook new wave St Emilions. In 1823, the Esquissaud family acquired the estates of Châteaux Faugères and Péby Faugères. Then in 1987, the land was inherited by Pierre-Bernard Guisez. Up to then, all the wine produced had been sold to a single local merchant. P. Guisez and his wife Corinne wanted to become more involved in the vineyards, setting out on a quest for the finest quality. Their wish was to see these exquisite terroirs become jewels in the crown of the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru appellation, a desire that was to be fulfilled in a short time with the help of Michel Rolland. Since 1997, the property has been owned by the film producer, Péby Guisez and his wife Corine and they have energetically breathed new life into it.
Ghost Rock Pinot Noir
$45.99
Ghost Rock Wines was established by Cate and Colin Arnold in 2001 on a run-down property just East of Devonport, with only a handful of vines. Fast forward to 2015, Cate and Colin’s son Justin and his wife Alicia joined the business, taking on full ownership in 2017. Justin and Alicia run the operation together, responsible for the winemaking and running of the Cellar Door and Eatery, respectively.
Torbreck The Steading GSM
$59.99
Provenance lies at the heart of this iconic Barossa winery. The Barossa, with its Mediterranean climate and 175 years of winemaking heritage, provides an extraordinary foundation for theirwines. Here, some of the world’s oldest vines—some planted in the 1840s, including Rhône varieties such as Shiraz, Grenache, and Mourvèdre—continue to thrive, producing fruit of remarkable character.
The Steading is very much the heart and soul of Torbreck, the wine that exemplifies their philosophy and beliefs - protecting and nurturing the old vine resources of the Barossa Valley is paramount to Torbreck and this wine. It is sourced from Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz vines that survived the worldwide phylloxera outbreak of the 1880s, and a century later, the vine-pull scheme in the Barossa in the 1980s.
Cepa 21 Cepa 21 Hito
$49.99
Bodegas Cepa 21 is the project led by José Moro that unites the construction of a modern, minimalist and functional winery with the wisdom accumulated over generations to produce modern-style wines. Fifty hectares of vineyards of the Tinto Fino variety (the purest clone of Tempranillo) cover a modern winery equipped to extract the best of one of the most noble grapes in the world. At Cepa21 they currently have 5 brands. Hito rosé, their youngest and freshest wine, Hito red, the best essence of a young red, Cepa 21, the best reflection of the union of tradition and modernity, Malabrigo, elegance made into wine, and Horcajo, Tempranillo at its best essence. Bodegas Cepa 21 is the clear expression of the wine revolution that has been taking place in their country in recent years
JL Denois Cabernet Franc
$34.99
Nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees in Southwest France is the coolest climate and highest elevation appellation in the Languedoc: Limoux. There, outside the lofty Medieval village of Roquetaillade, lives Limoux's most famous vigneron, Jean-Louis Denois, the gentleman responsible for bringing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to this ideal terroir in the 80’s. His eponymous domaine, founded after he sold his first Limoux project Domaine de l’Aigle to Gerard Bertrand twenty years back, includes 15 hectares of vines at 400-500 meters above sea level on limestone and clay soils. Denois quickly rose to prominence in France for offering incredible bubbles at incredible prices. His crémants used the finest techniques and clones of Champagne without the same price tag, earning the regard of leading Champagne experts like Jancis Robinson who deemed the wines “a little fruitier, more opulent, and less obviously lees-aged than the best champagnes but infinitely better than cheap champagne” by the turn of the millennium. The wines have only continued on their path to terroir singularity and deliciousness over these last twenty years.
Matthew Fritz Pinot Noir
$36.99
Founded by vintner and entrepreneur Matthew Bonanno, Matthew Fritz is the companion wine to his Napa Valley flagship, BonAnno Cabernet
Sauvignon. Matthew Fritz was founded on a few simple principles: seek out and source from top California coastal vineyards, let the fruit stand
on its own through a pure, clean winemaking process, and ultimately, ensure every bottle of Matthew Fritz is a true representation of both
the variety and appellation.
Chateau Pichon Lalande 2022
$539.99
100 - Points, Wine Advocate: The 2022 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has turned out even better in bottle than I anticipated, bursting from the glass with aromas of cassis and blackberries mingled with scents of licorice, violets and pencil shavings. Full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's suave, seamless and complete, with faultless precision, pristine integration of tannin, controlled sweetness and a long, expansive finish. The 2022 manages to unite the sensuality that's the estate's calling card and the ripeness of the vintage on the one hand, with a sense of Pauillac classicism on the other, threading the needle to deliver one of the finest wines of the vintage and a benchmark Pichon Comtesse. It's a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in barriques (three months more than was formerly the case), two-thirds of which were new. As I wrote en primeur, there's more than a hint of the 1982 about this wine, and like the 1982, the 2022 will offer an exceptionally wide drinking window.
Domaine De Chevalier
$181.99
The 2022 Domaine de Chevalier is a highly regarded classic, an elegant Pessac-Léognan, featuring roughly 60-65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30-35% Merlot, and small amounts of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Scoring between 95-99 points from the mainstream critics, noted for its deep colour, refined tannins, and notes of black fruit, graphite, and violets.