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Pinot Noir

While we continue to expand our collection of Burgundies, more and more new-world winemakers are coming to terms with this challenging variety. Australians have identified Geelong, the Yarra Valley and the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria as suited to premium Pinot Noir. More recently, Tasmania has shot up the ranks. Mount Mary, Farr Rising and Tolpuddle are names to seek out. New Zealand is also producing some compelling, full bodied wines. Look for regions like Martinborough, Marlborough and Central Otago. Browse our top rated Pinot wines here.

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2022 Hudelot-Noellat Vougeot Les Petits Vougeot Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$485. 00
Bottle
$5820.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Hudelot-Noëllat is no longer one of Burgundy’s hidden gems as word is well and truly out now on just how exceptional these wines are. Charles Van Canneyt runs this iconic family owned domaine based in Vougeot where he crafts elegant and classic wines from some of the region’s most prized vineyards. Staying true to tradition, Charles practices minimal intervention in the cellar along with limited new oak usage. His aim is to produce refined Burgundy with an emphasis on purity and finesse, all while letting the terroir shine.
Other Reviews....
This too is cool, airy and spicy with its essence of red currant, cherry and crushed fennel aromas. The notably finer texture of the middleweight flavors is immediately evident as there is a lilting but punchy mouthfeel, all wrapped in a dusty, silky and refined yet firm, serious and youthfully austere finish. I very much like the balance and this too should be more than capable of rewarding a decade plus of keeping. Drink through 2032+.
91-93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Vougeot 1er Cru Les Petits Vougeot is beautiful, bursting with aromas of sweet plums and red berries mingled with orange zest and warm spices. Medium to full-bodied, pure and ethereal, it's supple and seamless, with lively acids and a saline finish.
91-93 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Jan 19, 2024)
The 2022 Vougeot Les Petits Vougeot 1er Cru has quite a potent oyster shell scent on the nose, almost overriding the dark berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and veins of blue fruit surfacing towards the finely detailed finish. This is a delightful, very well-crafted Vougeot. Drink 2027-2045.
90-92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Crimson with a pinker tinge. Lifted little red fruits on the nose, stylish and racy, some youthful bitters on the palate, light tannins, adequate acidity, then the fruit comes rushing back behind. Persistent, discreet, fine, with a pleasing mineral touch. Drink from 2030-2038.
92-95 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Hudelot-Noellat Romanee St Vivant Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$2499. 00
Bottle
$29988.00 Dozen

ABV: 14%

Closure: Cork

Hudelot-Noëllat is no longer one of Burgundy’s hidden gems as word is well and truly out now on just how exceptional these wines are. Charles Van Canneyt runs this iconic family owned domaine based in Vougeot where he crafts elegant and classic wines from some of the region’s most prized vineyards. Staying true to tradition, Charles practices minimal intervention in the cellar along with limited new oak usage. His aim is to produce refined Burgundy with an emphasis on purity and finesse, all while letting the terroir shine.
Other Reviews....
Lavish aromas of blackberry and plum fruit with an edge of earthy complexity make the initial attack compelling. The texture is firm and elegant, with grippy tannins but no astringency and enough extract and freshness to ensure an interminable finish. The grapes are from a half-hectare of century-old vines that run the length of the vineyard just north of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti vines. They are partially destemmed and gently fermented before ageing in cask (half new). Ideally, one would wait a decade before opening this wine, but there is enough substance here to age 50 years beyond that. Drink 2030-2075.
97 points
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter
A highly restrained and decidedly cool nose requires aggressive swirling to coax the wonderfully spicy red pinot fruit, floral and exotic tea scents from the glass. On the palate the super-refined, energetic and well-detailed middleweight flavors possess a lilting, pure and highly refined mouthfeel thanks primarily to the beautifully fine-grained tannins supporting the striking long, balanced and lightly austere finale. This is very classy juice. Drink through 2034+.
93-96 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with scents of cherries, wild berries, rose petals and exotic spices. Full-bodied, fleshy and perfumed, its velvety attack segues into a fleshy, layered, almost unctuous core of lively fruit that's framed by sweet, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, resonant finish.
94-96 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Jan 19, 2024)
The 2022 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru is vivacious and well-defined on the nose. A mixture of red and black fruit swirls with crushed violet, and blueberry aromas emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with those graphite elements that tincture that black fruit, fleshy and rounded. A crescendo towards the finish delivers the sapidity that entices you back for more. This oozes class, even if I don't think it is the ultimate wine Van Canneyt has overseen. Tasted at the Stannary Wines dinner in London with Charles van Canneyt. Drink 2029-2055.
94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
A fine mid ruby purple, then the nose says ‘hold on, this is special’. The quintessence of Vosne-Romanée finesse. An intense raspberry seedless intensity straight away on the attack, broadening slightly behind, medium acidity, submerged tannins and a fine very long finish. Drink from 2035-2045.
95-98 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Hudelot-Noellat Bourgogne

Burgundy, FRANCE
$130. 00
Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A fresh and quite peppery nose speaks mostly of red currant and earth. The delicious and wonderfully vibrant lighter weight flavors possess fine definition on the lingering finale that just makes one feel like drinking it. This is built on its fruit but no less interesting for it. Drink through 2023+.
86-88 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Bourgogne Rouge exhibits aromas of petals, sweet red berries and plums, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and velvety palate with powdery tannins and lively acids.
87-88 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Feb 01, 2023)
The 2021 Bourgogne Rouge, which had been racked into tank the previous week, has a gentle bouquet that unfolds in the glass, with blackberry and mulberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with a sappy entry, fine acidity, plus a sour cherry/prune note on the finish. Fine. Drink 2024-2030.
87-89 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Pretty mid purple, with a lovely classical pinot bouquet. Quite spicy acidity, A little bit peppery behind but the fruit is ever present and quite delicious. A joyful, vivacious Bourgogne Rouge to look out for. Drink from 2024-2026.
87-89 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Hudelot-Noellat Chambolle-Musigny

Burgundy, FRANCE
$299. 00
Bottle
$3588.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Ripe and fresh aromas include those of plum, red and dark cherry and a whiff of crushed fennel. The sleek, wonderfully refined and equally energetic flavors exude a subtle bead of minerality on the lacy, focused and bitter pit fruit-inflected finale. This is very "Chambollesque". Drink through 2026+.
87-90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
Wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, plums, petals and forest floor, the 2021 Chambolle-Musigny Village is medium-bodied, supple and vibrant, with lively acids, attractive purity of fruit and a long, saline finish.
88-90 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Feb 01, 2023)
The 2021 Chambolle-Musigny Village has a well-defined bouquet with dark berry fruit, touches of wilted iris flower and incense. Very attractive. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, fine acidity, but it attenuates a littles towards the finish. Fine sapidity, but just missing a bit of flair. Drink 2025-2036.
87-89 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
A fine plump mid purple. There is a depth of fine raspberry fruit, darkish in register, Fresh red pepper behind at the back, the vintage style indicating bare maturity – but that is fine for my palate. Drink from 2025-2028.
88-91 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Hudelot-Noellat Vosne-Romanee Les Suchots Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$760. 00
Bottle
$9120.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
A fresh and exuberantly spicy nose reflects notes of plum and various red berries along with herbal tea hints that include jasmine and orange peel. As is usually the case, there is good size, weight and richness to the caressing medium-bodied flavors that possess a velvety mid-plate along with excellent depth and persistence on the somewhat raspy and overtly austere finale that may be too much for some. I suspect that this mildly tangy effort will better harmonize with time in bottle. Drink through 2031+.
91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots is one of the more reserved wines in the cellar this year, unwinding in the glass with notes of red berries, peonies, sweet spices and vine smoke. Medium to full-bodied, ample and lively, with powdery tannins and good tension, it will merit a bit of patience.
91-93 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Feb 01, 2023)
The 2021 Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots 1er Cru has a pure and quite sensual bouquet with more complexity and fruité than the Beaumonts. The palate is well balanced with fine acidity, taut and linear with a slightly candied and persistent finish. This is one of the best 2021s from Hudelot-Noëllat. Drink 2026-2045.
93-95 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
A fine brisk mid purple. Rather a darker leafier nose, along with some new oak. This is a little bit more backward, with deep fruit and some pepper, not quite ready to express itself. Drink from 2027-2033.
91-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Hudelot-Noellat Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$850. 00
Bottle
$10200.00 Dozen

ABV: 14%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
This is also aromatically quite spicy with its combination of ripe and fresh black cherry, leather and warm earth aromas. There is once again excellent density to the big-bodied, equally muscular and quite powerful flavors that possess equally impressive depth and persistence on the very firmly structured and youthfully austere finale. Here too ample patience is advised. Drink from 2040+.
93-95 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
Revealing aromas of plummy fruit mingled with peonies, rose petals, orange rind, exotic spices and incense, the 2020 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is full-bodied, layered and textural, with a deep, concentrated core, bright acids and velvety structuring tannins. Concluding with a long, perfumed finish, it's another classic in the making.
93-95+ points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Jan 2022)
Nine barrels instead of 14 usually (but 5 in 2021). Deep purple with brighter rim. Sturdy stuff on the nose with some black fruit. Mulberry and blackberry, certainly on the lusher side, but this is backed by the familiar Clos Vougeot structure and of course the need to wait ten years. But I would not want this any riper.
93-95 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
A wine with a rich cassis fruit, where mineral and earth notes come through. There is great purity of fruit allied to a superbly silky, voluptuous texture. Hudelot-Noëllat is always among my favourite wines from the Clos. The domaine owns a superb 0.70ha at the top of the slope in the lieux-dits of Chioures and La Garenne. Charles van Canneyt was careful to ensure he didn't over-extract: 'We didn't want to do the 2005 vintage over again,' he says. This year, he has succeeded brilliantly. Drink 2025 - 2060.
97 points
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

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2022 Hunter’s Pinot Noir

Marlborough, NEW ZEALAND
$29. 99
Bottle
$359.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2024-2029)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Semi translucent red to dark red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. Nosing offers up scents of red cherries, rhubarb and earthy graphite like notes followed by some stalky cedar and spicy smoked meat notes. Light in body and possessing a supple mid palate feel, juicy red cherry, rhubarb and winter strawberry flavours are intermeshed with dried herb, earthy graphite like characters, stalky cedar and spice. Lively acidity with fine grained tannins finishing elegant and savoury.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13%

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2022 Indigo Beechworth Pinot Noir

Beechworth, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2023-2029)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Semi translucent bright red colour with a light red hue. Spicy red cherry, winter strawberry and rhubarb scents mix with dried herb and forest floor notes. Light in body, red cherry and strawberry fruits make a supple entrance followed by some delicate dried herb, forest floor and spicy cedar characters. Good freshness with polished tannins. The mid length finish savoury and elegant.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.5%
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Shiraz and pinot noir duke it out for top red wine spot in Beechworth and they're hard to separate, especially in a year like 2022. Pinot shines here, quite literally, in glistening red cherry hues. The scent is aromatic and sweet in wild raspberry, cherry, plum, clove. Combines a purity of fruit with a touch of earthy, leafy savouriness, bringing added depth to the palate. Structurally firm and well-textured, it remains fresh, full of energy. It should do well in the journey ahead. Drink by 2030.
93 Points
Jeni Port – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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2023 Irrewarra Pinot Noir

Western District, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$73. 99
Bottle
$887.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Diam Cork

Located in Victoria’s Western District, about 150km south-west of Melbourne, Irrewarra is a distinctive vineyard surrounded by volcanic plains and inland lakes. Exposed to the elements, the site benefits from high natural rainfall, adding to its cool-climate charm. Planted by the Calvert family in 2001, the vineyard features 6 acres of Pinot Noir and 2 acres of Chardonnay, all on own roots. Positioned on a slope overlooking two large lakes, the site expresses remarkable varietal character and complexity. Now under the care of the Farr family, Nick Farr manages the vineyard with the same attention and dedication as his Geelong estate.
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Spice grip and char then softness, then more tart bright sinewy notes. The nose is petals and perfume, then darker, richer barrel notes. It has a really lovely aroma. Actually, calling it lovely diminishes it somewhat, this is unique, complex and entirely appealing for those looking for something more from a glass of Pinot Noir. There is a different oak profile maybe, something smokier, something more angular. It really works with this wine, even if I’m wrong about the new oak regime. Whatever it is, be it new or just more present, adds a layer to this wine. The Irrewarra only improves with each vintage, it seems, and this is no different. I sat with this for a little while and those spice notes just kept delivering, and each sip or sniff offered something new and delicious.
Ben Knight

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2024 Jane Eyre Pinot Noir

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$89. 99
Bottle
$1079.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2025-2033)

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Stelvin

A wonderfully fresh, pure and powerful Pinot that has a long moreish red fruited finish.
Sourced from vines with an average age of 30 years old with 20% whole bunch inclusion and maturation taking place in French oak puncheons for a period of 10 months.
Semi translucent bright red to dark red colour with black shaded edges and a vibrant crimson red tinged hue. A bouquet of red cherries, violets, strawberries and subtle anise engulfs the nostrils with fresh herb, delicate forest floor and spicy cedar notes also evident. The uber delicious palate is layered with ripe red cherry, strawberry and red liquorice fruits which are both expansive and supple in their flow. Infusions of fresh herbs, forest floor and spicy cedar extend across the back half. Wonderfully fresh, pure and powerful it has velvety tannins and a long moreish red fruited finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%
Other Reviews….
From three sites in the north; this was fermented with native yeasts, then aged in French puncheons for 10 months. The Jane Eyre signature of fragrance and clarity is here, wedded with the intensity that Tasmanian pinot can often yield. Dark fruits are joined with the red, with black and red cherries, redcurrant, rosy-pink florals, some warming spices, turned earth and sweetly fresh forest floor note that will no doubt build intriguingly with tertiary development. It’s a wine of poise and detail, the palate supple, textural and effortless. Drink by 2034.
96 Points
Marcus Ellis - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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2023 Jane Eyre Shoreham Park Pinot Noir

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$89. 99
Bottle
$1079.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2024-2030)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Aged in French oak barrels (10% new) with 20% whole bunch fermentation. Semi translucent dark red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. Fragrant scents of violets, red cherries, strawberries and anise gently infused with clove sail out of the glass. Also evident are some brambly dried herb like notes, forest floor and spice. Light in body and supple in its texture the savoury palate features brambly red cherry and strawberry fruits over a back drop of forest floor, dried herbs and spicy cedar. Fine grained tannins finishing with plenty of freshness on the medium to long aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13%

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2023 Josef Chromy Pinot Noir

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2025-2031)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Light and savoury with a fresh, supple feel.
Dark red core with black toned edges with a red to dark red hue. Perfumed like aromas of dark cherry, violet and anise are complimented by strawberry, dried herb, forest floor, bramble and spice notes. Light and savoury, the palate is decorated with red to dark cherry, strawberry and subtle anise flavours which meld into a spicy cedar, forest floor and delicate dried herb back drop. Fresh and supple it has polished, fine grained tannins and an eloquently long finish.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13%
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From two blocks in Relbia (Tamar Valley) and 20% split between Coal River Valley and East Coast, 20% whole bunch. Bright ruby. A lighter style with crunchy, bright acidity. Wild strawberry, blueberry, raspberry pip and red cherry with hints of exotic spice, amaro, crushed rock, dried meats and leaf litter. A really attractive juicy yet savoury vibe here makes for great drinking. Drink by 2036.
94 Points
Dave Brookes - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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2022 Joseph Faiveley Bourgogne Pinot Noir

Burgundy, FRANCE
$59. 99
Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2024-2030)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Diam Cork

Domaine Faiveley is one of the biggest domaines in Burgundy with the fruit for this Bourgogne being sourced mainly from plots situated in Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise.
Red to dark red core with black toned edges and a light red hue. Fragrant red cherry and red currant aromas mix with fresh herb, delicate spicy cedar and earth notes. Delicious red cherry, red currant and subtle winter strawberry fruits overlay a spicy cedar, earth and fresh herb infused back drop. Slightly dryish, fine grained tannins finishing with good freshness and a savoury conclusion that has an elegant feel.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13%

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2020 Joseph Faiveley Chambolle-Musigny

Burgundy, FRANCE
$165. 00
Bottle
$1980.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

Domaine Faiveley was founded in 1825, and while they have been known for producing outstanding quality wines throughout this time, they are widely considered one of the most improved domaines in Burgundy over the last decade. Since taking over from his father Francois, Erwan Faiveley has made a deliberate decision to emphasise freshness and purity of fruit rather than fruit extraction, and at times, excessive use of new oak. This change has resulted in wines with greater refinement and vineyard character expression.
While much of the wine made at Domaine Faiveley comes from the many vineyard plots they own, they also continue to produce a small amount of wine made from purchased grapes. Faiveley have had a contract in place since 2011 for this parcel of Chambolle-Musigny, and pick the grapes themselves before vinifying in their facility with the remainder of their wines.

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2017 Joseph Faiveley Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$399. 00
Bottle
$4788.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Domaine Faiveley was founded in 1825, and while they have been known for producing outstanding quality wines throughout this time, they are widely considered one of the most improved domaines in Burgundy over the last decade. Since taking over from his father Francois, Erwan Faiveley has made a deliberate decision to emphasise freshness and purity of fruit rather than fruit extraction, and at times, excessive use of new oak. This change has resulted in wines with greater refinement and vineyard character expression.

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Cask sample. Lightish crimson. Much more sweet and red-fruited on the nose than the Clos de la Roche. Sweet red cherry with just a touch of spice. Lovely balance between the fruit and the light-grained tannins. Not a blockbuster but great harmony.
17+/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com

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2017 Joseph Faiveley Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$480. 00
Bottle
$5760.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Domaine Faiveley was founded in 1825, and while they have been known for producing outstanding quality wines throughout this time, they are widely considered one of the most improved domaines in Burgundy over the last decade. Since taking over from his father Francois, Erwan Faiveley has made a deliberate decision to emphasise freshness and purity of fruit rather than fruit extraction, and at times, excessive use of new oak. This change has resulted in wines with greater refinement and vineyard character expression.

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2022 Joshua Cooper Ray-Monde Vineyard Pinot Noir

Port Phillip, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$74. 99
Bottle
$899.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Diam Cork

Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds. The Lakey family established the Ray-Monde Vineyard in 1988 in South Gisborne, at an elevation of 400 meters above sea level, on the southern edge of the Macedon Ranges GI. This vineyard is unique to the area with it's gravelly ironstone and basaltic clay with very little topsoil and lots of "Bluestone" rocks just below the surface. This unique soil, along with the age of the vines, results in grapes that are highly concentrated, with thick skins and ripe stems. After three weeks of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a single (Laurent “Magic Cask” thick stave, blonde toast), a single one-year-old Stockinger 300L and three old (6-10yo) oak Burgundian barrels for 12 months of maturation. The wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks for four more months of settling, before bottling without any additives except a small amount of sulphur.
The 2024 Halliday Wine Companion Best New Winery of the Year
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Josh Cooper says ’22 is the best wine he’s made off this site to date. It’s more savoury and, in a way, structured compared with the Doug’s Vineyard pinot. This comes out with dark cherries, rhubarb, kirsch and licorice root, plus warm earth and bitumen aromas. Complex, rich but not heavy, fuller bodied, with ample tannins all plush and textural, quite distinctive in how they feel across the palate; then fine acidity corrals everything into one seamless offering. Drink 2024 - 2034.
96 Points
Jane Faulkner - Halliday's Australian Wine Companion
The 2022 Ray-Monde Vineyard Pinot Noir is dark in the glass and laden on the nose with graphite and ash, licorice, char and black cherries. The wine is earthy and steely, with black pudding, blood plum, tart cherry and spice and a crackle of dry autumn leaf. It leans more on the structure and spice characters than it does on fruit volume here. It's a compact wine.
I love the tannins; they start sparse but build through the mid-palate and rise up through the fruit through the finish. The tannins are chewy, as opposed to drying. Lovely. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam. Drink 2023 - 2035.
93+ Points
Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Ray-Monde always has me in mind of Rayman the video game character. Instead we have a regenerative-farmed, mixed agriculture property with some pretty damn fine vines on the place – Gisbourne here we are.
As is the motif of the 2022 pinot noirs from Josh Cooper, there is savouriness writ large. Dark cherry, cola, sooty spices, paperbark, black tea and chamomile floral lift with some violet notes in the mix. It saunters along the palate, hugging the corners, drying things out in a broad swish of web-like lacy tannin. It finishes with a solid, black tea chew and feels brooding and intense, but with a very palatable, gentle juiciness that lets you in right now. It feels like one for further on, perhaps. Drink 2025 - 2035.
94+ Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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2022 Kate Hill Pinot Noir

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$46. 99
Bottle
$563.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2025-2030)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Light and supple in its flow concluding fresh, elegant and savoury.
Dark red black tinged colour with a dark red hue. There’s a perfumed like intensity to the nose which features aromas of violet, red to dark cherry, strawberry and anise, hints of stalk, earthy varnish like notes and spice. Light and supple in its flow across the palate, sour to dark cherry and strawberry flavours are interwoven with notions of dried herbs, forest floor and spicy cedar. Fine grained tannins concluding fresh, elegant and savoury.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2022 Kate Hill Huon Valley Pinot Noir

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$46. 99
Bottle
$563.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2023-2029)

ABV: 12.4%

Closure: Stelvin

Matured for 12 months in French oak. Dark red in colour with black toned edges and a bright red hue. Alluring and highly perfumed the nose features captivating scents of violets, red to dark cherries and strawberries followed by subtle forest floor, fresh herb and spicy cedar notes. Juicy dark cherry and strawberry fruits make a supple entrance onto the moreish palate with some anise, infusions of fresh herbs, delicate forest floor and spicy cedar ensuing. Velvet smooth tannins. Excellent power wave finishing long, fresh and succulently fruited.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.4%

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2021 Kelley Fox Wines Mirabai Pinot Noir

Oregon, UNITED STATES
$110. 00
Bottle
$1320.00 Dozen

Minimum 6 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2023-2029)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Semi translucent bright red colour with a light red hue. Fragrant red cherry and strawberry aromas infused with a mix of violets and fresh herbs are trailed by hints of forest floor and spicy cedar. Light in body with a vibrant yet slippery feel, red cherry and winter strawberry fruits carry plenty of energy over a fresh herb, subtle forest floor and spicy cedar back drop. Fresh acidity and polished tannins with lively red fruits carry a cool tone through the finish.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13%

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2022 Kellybrook Single Vineyard Siwa Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$59. 99
Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2025-2028)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

A very bunchy style of Pinot Noir.
Fermented with 100% whole bunch fruit. Dark red core with black toned edges and a transparent red hue. Intense dark cherry and strawberry aromas infused with prominent clove notes sail out of the glass. Some dried herb, smoked meat and spicy rhubarb scents are also evident. Supple and light in it’s feel, the palate features cherry and rhubarb flavours over a dried clove laced back drop of earth, smoked meats and bramble. Silky smooth tannins with a finish that’s both savoury and spicy.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%

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2023 Kellybrook Edenesque Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$32. 99
Bottle
$395.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2025-2028)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

A supple, nicely fleshed Pinot of medium length.
Semi translucent red to dark red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. Attractive scents of violet, red cherry, strawberry and anise blossom from the glass followed by some brambly cedar, forest floor and spice notes. Delicious dark cherry and strawberry fruits make a supple entrance with notions of dried herbs, forest floor and brambly cedar elements following through on the nicely fleshed, mid length finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%
Other Reviews…..
A blend of fruit from the home block at Wonga Park and two different sites in Gladysdale. A light, bright crimson. Composed, with aromas of lightly poached red fruits, rose petals and delicate spice. The light- to medium-bodied palate is finely tuned. Finishes with silky smooth tannins that you barely notice. Not a blockbuster. Very nicely done.
93 Points
Philip Rich – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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2019 Kelvedon Estate Block 5 Pinot Noir

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$59. 99
Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2024-2028)

ABV: 13.9%

Closure: Stelvin

Deep dark red core with black toned edges and a red hue. Black cherry, plum and anise aromas jump out of the glass followed by some strawberry, clove, dried herb, brambly forest floor like characters and spicy cedar notes. Rich and fleshy textured the palate is engulfed with dark to black cherry, anise and strawberry flavours. Plenty of spice, toasty cedar and forest floor elements lie beneath. Polished yet underlyingly sturdy tannins. Excellent power concluding long, supple and spicy.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13.9%

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2024 Kooyong Massale Pinot Noir

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$36. 99
Bottle
$443.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2025-2031)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Light, savoury and fresh with an elegant red fruited finish.
Semi translucent dark red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. Fragrant violet, red cherry and strawberry aromas emanate out of the glass followed by whiffs of anise, forest floor and spicy cedar. Light, savoury and fresh, the palate is decorated with red cherry and strawberry fruits which meld into a forest floor, dried herb and spicy cedar back drop. Fine grained tannins with an elegant red fruited finish.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13%

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2023 Kooyong Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$56. 99
Bottle
$683.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2024-2030)

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Semi translucent red to dark red colour with black toned edges and a vibrant red hue. Wonderfully fragrant out of the glass aromas of violet, red to dark cherry, strawberry and subtle rhubarb meld with notions of fresh herbs, forest floor and spicy cedar. Light in body and quite supple in its feel, savoury red cherry and strawberry fruits are featured over a spicy cedar, forest floor, subtle dried herb and spice back drop. Fine grained tannins concluding medium to long with a sense of refinement.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13.5%

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2023 Kooyong Massale Pinot Noir - Last Stocks

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2024-2030)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Semi translucent red to dark red colour with black shaded edges and a vibrant light red hue. Perfumed aromas of violets, dark cherries and anise sail out of the glass followed by some strawberries, brambly dried herbs, forest floor and spice. Delicious cherry and strawberry fruits are layered across the palate with a supple feel. Sitting underneath are notions of anise, forest floor, dried herbs and spice. Velvet smooth tannins with fresh acidity lending energy to the spicy red fruited finish that shows good length.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13%

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2022 L&C Poitout Vindemiola Bourgogne Pinot Noir

Burgundy, FRANCE
$49. 99
Bottle
$599.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2024-2028)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Diam Cork

Semi translucent red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. Greeting the nostrils is a mix of sour to red cherries infused with fresh herbs followed by some winter strawberry, earth and spice notes. Light and energetic the palate features fruity red cherry and winter strawberry flavours over a dash of sour cherries, fresh herbs, earth and spice. Bright crunchy like acidity and fine grained tannins with a savoury red fruited finish.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13%

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2019 La Closerie des Lys Pinot Noir

Pays d'Oc, FRANCE
$26. 99
Bottle
$323.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2021-2024)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Dark red in colour with black tinged edges and a bright red hue. Ripe cherry and winter strawberry aromas mix with anise, earth and spice notes. Light and earthy, ripe red cherry and strawberry fruits mix dried herbs, dusty cedar and spice. Slightly dryish but fine grained tannins finishing with modest length.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%

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2024 Lambrook Seed Pinot Noir

Adelaide Hills, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
$23. 99
Bottle
$287.88 Dozen

Minimum 6 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2025-2029)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Fragrantly scented with an elegant palate that’s savoury and spicy.
Semi translucent red to dark red core with black toned edges and a light red hue. Fragrant violet, rhubarb and red cherry scents infused with dried clove emanate from the glass followed by forest floor and spicy cedar notes. Savoury and spicy the palate features red cherry and rhubarb flavours over brambly forest floor and clove characters. Fine grained tannins with an elegant mid length finish.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 13%

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2022 Laurent Roumier Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes-de-Nuits Rouge

Burgundy, FRANCE
$130. 00
Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny. His father Alain was the cellar master for Comte de Vogue for nearly 3 decades before taking his portion of the family vineyards to farm for his own family. Wines here appear stylistically very similar to those of Georges with even the same barrels and oak used as his cousins though one notable difference is that Laurent mostly de-stems giving wines that show excellent depth of colour and which are more immediately perfumed and accessible in their youth while still having ample depth and structure to age classically.
The vines are on average 35 years old, and they are farmed traditionally and naturally, with neither fertilizer nor herbicide. Green harvests are carried out in the summer when necessary. All of the vines are harvested by hand. In the cellar, the work is carried out with the same level of precision. The grapes are entirely destemmed the vinified in concrete vats. Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 15 days, with pumping over and punching down every day, and the temperature is checked every day. When it comes to pressing, the team decants the wines for 12 hours in vats and then barrels (50% of which are new for the grand crus and the premier crus, 30% for the villages and 10% for the Bourgogne Hautes-cotes-de-nuits). The elevage lasts 15 to 18 months, with the barrels (mostly Tonnelerie Rousseau) being topped up once a week and racked two or three times during the entire period of elevage.
Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes-de-Nuits comes from the La Poirelotte parcel of vines planted from 1970s through to 2000 located higher above Chambolle village vineyards. No new oak is used for this wine.

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2022 Laurent Roumier Chambolle-Musigny

Burgundy, FRANCE
$295. 00
Bottle
$3540.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny. His father Alain was the cellar master for Comte de Vogue for nearly 3 decades before taking his portion of the family vineyards to farm for his own family. Wines here appear stylistically very similar to those of Georges with even the same barrels and oak used as his cousins though one notable difference is that Laurent mostly de-stems giving wines that show excellent depth of colour and which are more immediately perfumed and accessible in their youth while still having ample depth and structure to age classically.
The vines are on average 35 years old, and they are farmed traditionally and naturally, with neither fertilizer nor herbicide. Green harvests are carried out in the summer when necessary. All of the vines are harvested by hand. In the cellar, the work is carried out with the same level of precision. The grapes are entirely destemmed the vinified in concrete vats. Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 15 days, with pumping over and punching down every day, and the temperature is checked every day. When it comes to pressing, the team decants the wines for 12 hours in vats and then barrels (50% of which are new for the grand crus and the premier crus, 30% for the villages and 10% for the Bourgogne Hautes-cotes-de-nuits). The elevage lasts 15 to 18 months, with the barrels (mostly Tonnelerie Rousseau) being topped up once a week and racked two or three times during the entire period of elevage.
Laurent's Chambolle-Musigny comes from five parcels of vines planted between the 1960s and 1990s with an average age of 35 years old. Chambolle-Musigny gets its reputation for perfume and elegance and this is textbook Chambolle yet also with admirable intensity and generosity.

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2022 Laurent Roumier Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$520. 00
Bottle
$6240.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny. His father Alain was the cellar master for Comte de Vogue for nearly 3 decades before taking his portion of the family vineyards to farm for his own family. Wines here appear stylistically very similar to those of Georges with even the same barrels and oak used as his cousins though one notable difference is that Laurent mostly de-stems giving wines that show excellent depth of colour and which are more immediately perfumed and accessible in their youth while still having ample depth and structure to age classically.
The vines are on average 35 years old, and they are farmed traditionally and naturally, with neither fertilizer nor herbicide. Green harvests are carried out in the summer when necessary. All of the vines are harvested by hand. In the cellar, the work is carried out with the same level of precision. The grapes are entirely destemmed the vinified in concrete vats. Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 15 days, with pumping over and punching down every day, and the temperature is checked every day. When it comes to pressing, the team decants the wines for 12 hours in vats and then barrels (50% of which are new for the grand crus and the premier crus, 30% for the villages and 10% for the Bourgogne Hautes-cotes-de-nuits). The elevage lasts 15 to 18 months, with the barrels (mostly Tonnelerie Rousseau) being topped up once a week and racked two or three times during the entire period of elevage.
Les Charmes is located just below the village almost exactly half way between the two Grand Crus of Chambolle-Musigny, Bonnes Mares and Musigny. It's also very close to the Les Amoureuses premier cru vineyard, which explains which this is always one of the most highly favoured sites in the commune.

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2022 Laurent Roumier Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$670. 00
Bottle
$8040.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny. His father Alain was the cellar master for Comte de Vogue for nearly 3 decades before taking his portion of the family vineyards to farm for his own family. Wines here appear stylistically very similar to those of Georges with even the same barrels and oak used as his cousins though one notable difference is that Laurent mostly de-stems giving wines that show excellent depth of colour and which are more immediately perfumed and accessible in their youth while still having ample depth and structure to age classically.
The vines are on average 35 years old, and they are farmed traditionally and naturally, with neither fertilizer nor herbicide. Green harvests are carried out in the summer when necessary. All of the vines are harvested by hand. In the cellar, the work is carried out with the same level of precision. The grapes are entirely destemmed the vinified in concrete vats. Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 15 days, with pumping over and punching down every day, and the temperature is checked every day. When it comes to pressing, the team decants the wines for 12 hours in vats and then barrels (50% of which are new for the grand crus and the premier crus, 30% for the villages and 10% for the Bourgogne Hautes-cotes-de-nuits). The elevage lasts 15 to 18 months, with the barrels (mostly Tonnelerie Rousseau) being topped up once a week and racked two or three times during the entire period of elevage.
Laurent Roumier has a superb holding of just over half a hectare of vines which was replanted in 1975 and is located in the lieu dit of Grand Maupertuis in the higher part of Clos Vougeot bordering on to Grands Echezeaux, not far from Musigny. This parcel was worked en metayage by Georges Roumier from the 1950’s and was transferred to Laurent Roumier from the 1997 vintage. This is a remarkably rich deep and stylish wine that would put some notable Musigny’s to shame.

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2022 Laurent Roumier Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$899. 00
Bottle
$10788.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny. His father Alain was the cellar master for Comte de Vogue for nearly 3 decades before taking his portion of the family vineyards to farm for his own family. Wines here appear stylistically very similar to those of Georges with even the same barrels and oak used as his cousins though one notable difference is that Laurent mostly de-stems giving wines that show excellent depth of colour and which are more immediately perfumed and accessible in their youth while still having ample depth and structure to age classically.
The vines are on average 35 years old, and they are farmed traditionally and naturally, with neither fertilizer nor herbicide. Green harvests are carried out in the summer when necessary. All of the vines are harvested by hand. In the cellar, the work is carried out with the same level of precision. The grapes are entirely destemmed the vinified in concrete vats. Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 15 days, with pumping over and punching down every day, and the temperature is checked every day. When it comes to pressing, the team decants the wines for 12 hours in vats and then barrels (50% of which are new for the grand crus and the premier crus, 30% for the villages and 10% for the Bourgogne Hautes-cotes-de-nuits). The elevage lasts 15 to 18 months, with the barrels (mostly Tonnelerie Rousseau) being topped up once a week and racked two or three times during the entire period of elevage.
Laurent Roumier's holding of Bonnes Mares is just 0.14 ha of vines planted in 1938, and produces around 3-4 barrels (900 bottles) of this wine in a good year. This holding was inherited from the Georges Roumier estate and is situated in the heart of this Grand cru site with these vines located between the holdings of de Vogue and Frederic Mugnier. Shows great depth of colour with beautiful fine aromas of rose petal, all perfume and finesse, yet very deep and intense on the palate with remarkable persistence and power.

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2020 Laurent Roumier Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$799. 00
Bottle
$9588.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny. His father Alain was the cellar master for Comte de Vogue for nearly 3 decades before taking his portion of the family vineyards to farm for his own family. Wines here appear stylistically very similar to those of Georges with even the same barrels and oak used as his cousins though one notable difference is that Laurent mostly de-stems giving wines that show excellent depth of colour and which are more immediately perfumed and accessible in their youth while still having ample depth and structure to age classically.
The vines are on average 35 years old, and they are farmed traditionally and naturally, with neither fertilizer nor herbicide. Green harvests are carried out in the summer when necessary. All of the vines are harvested by hand. In the cellar, the work is carried out with the same level of precision. The grapes are entirely destemmed the vinified in concrete vats. Alcoholic fermentation lasts around 15 days, with pumping over and punching down every day, and the temperature is checked every day. When it comes to pressing, the team decants the wines for 12 hours in vats and then barrels (50% of which are new for the grand crus and the premier crus, 30% for the villages and 10% for the Bourgogne Hautes-cotes-de-nuits). The elevage lasts 15 to 18 months, with the barrels (mostly Tonnelerie Rousseau) being topped up once a week and racked two or three times during the entire period of elevage.
Laurent Roumier's holding of Bonnes Mares is just 0.14 ha of vines planted in 1938, and produces around 3-4 barrels (900 bottles) of this wine in a good year. This holding was inherited from the Georges Roumier estate and is situated in the heart of this Grand cru site with these vines located between the holdings of de Vogue and Frederic Mugnier. Shows great depth of colour with beautiful fine aromas of rose petal, all perfume and finesse, yet very deep and intense on the palate with remarkable persistence and power.

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2023 Le Bon Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$24. 99
Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 1 Years (2024-2025)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Semi translucent dark red core with black shaded edges and a light red hue. Aromas of dark cherry and rhubarb mix with some brambly dried herb like notes and a whiff of new leather. Light and supple across the palate, rhubarb and cherry flavours are featured over dried herbs, bramble and spice. Tart volatile acidity with polished tannins and a varnishy mid length finish.
Drink over the next year.
Alc. 12.5%

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2022 Le Bon Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$24. 99
Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2023-2027)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Semi translucent dark red colour with black shaded edges and a light red hue. Alluring scents of violets, wild strawberries, cherries, anise, fresh herbs and spice drift through the nostrils with a perfumed like intensity. Light in body and supple in texture, the palate is decorated with dark cherry, strawberry and anise flavours which sit over an earth and fresh herb infused back drop. Velvety tannins finishing with good freshness and an elegant generously fruited aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2023 Le Pezze Pinot Nero

Veneto, ITALY
$26. 99
Bottle
$323.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2025-2028)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

A light, juicy Pinot with a savoury edge to it.
Red to dark red colour with black tinged edges and a red hue. Fragrant cherry and red liquorice scents mix with dried herb, earthy graphite and spice notes. Light in body, juicy cherry and red liquorice fruits are intermeshed with earthy graphite like characters, dried herbs and spice. Fine grained tannins with good underlying freshness and a lingering conclusion that has a savoury edge to it.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%

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2023 Les Peyrautins Pinot Noir

Pays d'Oc, FRANCE
$17. 99
Bottle
$215.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2024-2027)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Dark red core with black shaded edges and a red to dark red hue. Ripe cherry, strawberry and plum aromas intermix with clove, earth and spice notes. Richly fruited and juicy, dark cherry, ripe plum and strawberry flavours are featured over a dried herb and spicy earth back drop. Fleshy mouth feel with fine grained and a generous medium to long finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%

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2023 Levant By Levantine Hill Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$32. 99
Bottle
$395.88 Dozen

Minimum 6 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2024-2029)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Includes 15% whole bunch with maturation taking place in French oak for a short period. Dark red in colour with black toned edges and a light red to red hue. Fragrant red to dark cherry, strawberry and rhubarb aromas intermingle with hints of clove, forest floor and spice. Delicious red cherry and strawberry fruits overlay a rhubarb, brambly forest floor and spice background. Fine grained tannins with a savoury finish that’s layered with bramble and spice.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13%

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2021 Levantine Hill Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$74. 99
Bottle
$899.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2025-2031)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Perfumed nose with a gorgeously silky palate finishing long, complex and savoury.
Translucent red core with black toned edges and a light red tinged hue. Displaying a perfumed like lift out of the glass, captivating rose petal, wild cherry, strawberry and rhubarb aromas are complexed by clove, brambly cedar, forest floor and spice notes. Light on it’s feet and gorgeously silky in its flow across the palate, wild cherry, strawberry and rhubarb flavours are seamlessly meshed with brambly cedar, dried herb, forest floor and spice elements. Elegant and polished with velvet smooth tannins. A lick fresh acidity is threaded through the long savoury and complex finish.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews......
Handpicked and destemmed before stalks were added back to selected parcels to generate complexity. These Estate pinots from Levantine emanate the prettiest perfume of purple flowers. Deeply enticing with dried orange rind, souk-like spices, raspberry and alpine berries. Tannins are finely woven, binding both savoury and fruit elements together. The steady thrum of turned earth and leaf litter, maitake mushroom and the gentle buzz of white pepper make for studious lessons in graceful tension. Drink by 2034.
95 points
Katrina Butler - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

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2023 Lightfoot Pinot Noir

Gippsland, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$29. 99
Bottle
$359.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2025-2028)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Light and supple with red fruits extending through to a savoury finish.
Semi translucent red to dark red colour with a light red hue. Drifting out of the glass are red to dark cherry and rhubarb scents which are complimented by some dried herb, brambly cedar and spice notes. Fresh red cherry, winter strawberry and rhubarb flavours decorate the light, supple palate with notions of dried herbs, forest floor and spice lying underneath. Polished tannins and nicely balanced acidity lead into a savoury finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%
Other Reviews…..
There seems to be a gentle touch this vintage, with wonderful fruit expression. A pinot with all the fine aromas and flavours the variety can muster, yet it’s restrained with mouth-watering raspberry-like acidity and silky tannins. There’s a savoury edge to this, lighter framed yet highly enjoyable. Drink by 2029.
95 Points
Jane Faulkner – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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2020 Lignier-Michelot Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvee Bertin

Burgundy, FRANCE
$215. 00
Bottle
$2580.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.2%

Closure: Cork

The Lignier family have deep roots in the village of Morey Saint Denis and own 10.5 hectares of some of the very best vineyard sites in this village,along with plots in the two neighbouring villages of Chambolle Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin. In the last 10 years Virgile Lignier has modified his wine-making using whole-bunch vinification ranging from 30-100% depending on the vintage and the vineyard, and he has also reduced the percentage of new oak for maturation with most wines seeing around 30% making its effect seamless in the final wines. They are wines which are often very seductive at a young age which also clearly have the potential for ageing superbly. This very young domaine is now regarded among the very best in the Cotes de Nuits.
Virgile makes his Gevrey villages cuvee mostly from a parcel of .53 ha of vines planted in 1969 in Les Seuvrees which borders on to Grand cru Charmes Chambertin close to the Morey St Denis border.
Other Reviews....
Slightly riper aromas of poached plum, cassis, violet and earthy nuances give way to intense, detailed and muscular flavors that display both moderate rusticity and austerity on the solidly complex and lingering finale that is sufficiently structured to repay up to a decade of cellaring. Drink from 2027+.
88-91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin "Cuvée Bertin" is 100% whole bunch this year. It has a welcoming bouquet with more red than black fruit, touches of cassis developing in the glass, the oak neatly enmeshed. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, good depth, though here, it needs to muster more complexity and tension on the finish. Maybe for this cuvée I prefer the previous vintage. Drink 2024-2034.
87-89 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
From Creux Brouillard and Seuvrées, 100% whole bunch as he has done for 5 years. Medium deep black in colour, lively fruit in the whole bunch style. Very pretty on the palate, not too concentrated, not too hot and with appropriate levels of juice. The finish extends really well. Some strawberry with black pepper at the end.
91-94 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Lignier-Michelot Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes

Burgundy, FRANCE
$215. 00
Bottle
$2580.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.2%

Closure: Cork

The Lignier family have deep roots in the village of Morey Saint Denis and own 10.5 hectares of some of the very best vineyard sites in this village,along with plots in the two neighbouring villages of Chambolle Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin. In the last 10 years Virgile Lignier has modified his wine-making using whole-bunch vinification ranging from 30-100% depending on the vintage and the vineyard, and he has also reduced the percentage of new oak for maturation with most wines seeing around 30% making its effect seamless in the final wines. They are wines which are often very seductive at a young age which also clearly have the potential for ageing superbly. This very young domaine is now regarded among the very best in the Cotes de Nuits.
Lignier's Chambolle-Musigny hails from two parcels in Les Drazey and Les Gamaires below Bonnes Mares that were planted in the 1950’s and 1960’s and total 1.48 hectares.
Other Reviews....
An overtly floral-suffused nose reflects additional notes of pretty red and dark cherry, raspberry and spiced tea. Here too the middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of verve while terminating in a chiseled, clean and youthfully austere finish that is very Chambollesque in character. Drink from 2026+.
88-90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes is matured with a lot of CO2 to protect the wine. This feels quite precocious on the nose with red cherries, kirsch and blood orange aromas, the oak nicely integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fine acidity, just a touch of sour cherry towards the granular finish. Give this 3-4 years in bottle to fully soften. Drink 2025-2038.
87-89 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Another ludicrously dark purple. Virgile always gets deep colours anyway! 80% whole bunch. The bouquet is more representative of pinot fruit than the Bourgogne, with some redder notes in the mix. Generous but with a mineral acidity which underpins. Fresh red berries are the predominant flavour with a little lick of liquorice to finish. The tannins are well integrated.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Lignier-Michelot Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes

Burgundy, FRANCE
$215. 00
Bottle
$2580.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.2%

Closure: Cork

The Lignier family have deep roots in the village of Morey Saint Denis and own 10.5 hectares of some of the very best vineyard sites in this village,along with plots in the two neighbouring villages of Chambolle Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin. In the last 10 years Virgile Lignier has modified his wine-making using whole-bunch vinification ranging from 30-100% depending on the vintage and the vineyard, and he has also reduced the percentage of new oak for maturation with most wines seeing around 30% making its effect seamless in the final wines. They are wines which are often very seductive at a young age which also clearly have the potential for ageing superbly. This very young domaine is now regarded among the very best in the Cotes de Nuits.
Lignier's Morey Saint Denis Vieilles Vignes is made from a blend of three vineyards totaling around 1.5 ha with old vines planted 1946, 1948, 1950’s and 1980’s which lie in the middle of the appellation, from Tres Girard, Les Cognees and Bas Chenevery.
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Here the nose is sufficiently reduced that only discreet floral wisps can be discerned. Once again there is a lovely texture to the vibrant, delineated and utterly delicious medium weight flavors that deliver fine length on the moderately austere finish that is so refreshing that one feels like drinking it. This could use a bit more depth, but more should develop in time. Drink from 2027+.
89-91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
Containing just over 80% whole bunch, the 2020 Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes has a vibrant, fresh and delineated bouquet that gains intensity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a mixture of red and black fruit. Grainy tannins, fresh acidity, this has commendable precision on the finish. I envisage this ageing well in bottle. Drink 2026-2038.
90-92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
90% whole bunch, no punching down. Dense black centre to the colour. The nose is a little richer in style, suggesting a thicker texture from this old vine, lower on the slope, bottling. Still fresh enough especially at the finish, with an extra dose of white pepper which the fruit can easily cover. Long plump finish. Some saline notes.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Lignier-Michelot Morey-Saint-Denis en la rue de Vergy

Burgundy, FRANCE
$215. 00
Bottle
$2580.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.2%

Closure: Cork

The Lignier family have deep roots in the village of Morey Saint Denis and own 10.5 hectares of some of the very best vineyard sites in this village,along with plots in the two neighbouring villages of Chambolle Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin. In the last 10 years Virgile Lignier has modified his wine-making using whole-bunch vinification ranging from 30-100% depending on the vintage and the vineyard, and he has also reduced the percentage of new oak for maturation with most wines seeing around 30% making its effect seamless in the final wines. They are wines which are often very seductive at a young age which also clearly have the potential for ageing superbly. This very young domaine is now regarded among the very best in the Cotes de Nuits.
This tiny vineyard of en la rue de Vergy is just over three hectares in size and borders directly on to three Grand cru vineyards of Bonnes Mares, Clos de Tart and Clos des Lambrays. Virgile owns 1.9 ha of vines planted 1975 situated quite high on the slope just above Clos de Tart where the limestone is quite close to the surface, similar to the highest vineyards in Chambolle Musigny which it borders on the southern side.
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A ripe yet decidedly cool and airy nose conveys the pure essence of dark currant with kirsch and rose petal top notes. The refined, intense and equally well-detailed flavors possess a lovely texture along with even more apparent minerality on the youthfully austere, focused and sneaky long finale. Drink from 2025+.
88-90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Morey-Saint-Denis en la Rue de Vergy is quite high-toned on the nose: macerated black cherries, hints of black olive and light marine scents. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, fine acidity, quite compact towards the finish where I am just looking for a little more depth and flesh. Hopefully, it will fatten out a bit. Drink 2025-2036.
88-90 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
Fractionally less intense colour from its hillside location. Pleasing blackberry and fresh raspberry notes. Clean and pure with a red fruit backbone and a little touch of vanilla from the barrel, but the fruit is in the ascendant with a very pretty tingle from the whole bunch.
91-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2020 Lignier-Michelot Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$999. 00
Bottle
$11988.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

The Lignier family have deep roots in the village of Morey Saint Denis and own 10.5 hectares of some of the very best vineyard sites in this village,along with plots in the two neighbouring villages of Chambolle Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin. In the last 10 years Virgile Lignier has modified his wine-making using whole-bunch vinification ranging from 30-100% depending on the vintage and the vineyard, and he has also reduced the percentage of new oak for maturation with most wines seeing around 30% making its effect seamless in the final wines. They are wines which are often very seductive at a young age which also clearly have the potential for ageing superbly. This very young domaine is now regarded among the very best in the Cotes de Nuits.
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A slightly riper and equally expressive nose offers up its aromas of wild black cherry, poached plum, dark currant compote, violet, earth and a subtle gamy character. The rich, delicious and enveloping broad-shouldered flavors also possess a seductive texture along with notably more power on the sappy, hugely long and compact finish that is more firmly structured. This is also going to need extended patience, but it should be more than worth the wait. Drink from 2035+.
93-95 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2020 Clos-de-la-Roche Grand Cru, which contains 70% whole bunch, has a flamboyant, pure and sensual bouquet with very floral violet and peony aromas complementing the black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, demonstrating a touch more precision than the Clos Saint-Denis though sharing that saline/marine influence finish. There is just a little more pixelation here. This oozes class. Drink 2025-2065.
95-97 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
80% whole bunch. Really intense black colour with a purple rim. The bouquet does not want to speak quite yet. A little bit of wood, a light herbaceous note from the stems which departs rapidly, but the promise of such intensity. Morello cherries? A crackling freshness on the palate, mineral threads, a superb and classic texture, huge weight. Everything is there.
95-98 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Lignier-Michelot Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes

Burgundy, FRANCE
$180. 00
Bottle
$2160.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.3%

Closure: Cork

The Lignier family have deep roots in the village of Morey Saint Denis and own 10.5 hectares of some of the very best vineyard sites in this village,along with plots in the two neighbouring villages of Chambolle Musigny and Gevrey Chambertin. In the last 10 years Virgile Lignier has modified his wine-making using whole-bunch vinification ranging from 30-100% depending on the vintage and the vineyard, and he has also reduced the percentage of new oak for maturation with most wines seeing around 30% making its effect seamless in the final wines. They are wines which are often very seductive at a young age which also clearly have the potential for ageing superbly. This very young domaine is now regarded among the very best in the Cotes de Nuits.

Lignier's Morey Saint Denis Vieilles Vignes is made from a blend of three vineyards totaling around 1.5 ha with old vines planted 1946, 1948, 1950’s and 1980’s which lie in the middle of the appellation, from Tres Girard, Les Cognees and Bas Chenevery.

Other Reviews....
This too is quite aromatically pretty with its ripe and fresh array of floral, spice and black currant that is laced with warm earth hints. There is excellent volume to the caressing yet powerful and concentrated medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a robust, serious and youthfully austere finale that offers even better depth and persistence. Excellent and recommended though note well that this is firmly structured for a Morey villages, so patience required. Drink 2031+.
89-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

The 2019 Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes contains 80% whole bunches. It has an opulent bouquet that is more towards the heady style, touches of dates and fig filtering through the black fruit but still fresh. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent red berry fruit laced with white pepper and bay leaf, opening up nicely on the finish that cruises along with a sprinkling of white pepper and cumin. Good potential, so long as the aromatics do not become any more extravagant. Drink 2023 - 2036.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

80% whole bunch. From Très Girard, Les Cognées and Chenevery. Rich deep purple with a much more concentrated fruit on the nose, lifted a little by the whole bunches. Plump dark fruit, spicy notes, fills the mouth out, slightly darker fruit than En la Rue de Vergy and will take a little longer.
91-93 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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