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2019 Patrick Javillier Meursault Les Tillets

Burgundy, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

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Admirably discreet wood influence is a background element on the cool, ultra-pure and airy aromas of citrus rind, white peach and acacia blossom. Here too there is impressive volume to the lacy and notably more mineral-driven flavors that possess a lacy mouthfeel on the sneaky long finish. This is a wine of finesse and textbook Tillets. Drink 2027+.
91 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
Pale lemon and lime, the nose is a touch more backward and indeed reductive. Hillside style with its usual lime blossom content, more flesh than some years, but retaining a racy quality. Fine long finish, and no sense of heat.
89-92 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2019 Patrick Javillier Meursault Clos du Cromin

Burgundy, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

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Very Meursault aromas include those of hazelnut, floral and ripe spiced pear. There is again fine concentration to the more tightly wound medium weight flavors that possess both fine volume and punch on the lingering finale. At present this isn't quite as complex as the Oligocène but that should progressively change with age. Recommended. Drink 2026+.
90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
No new wood is used on wines with more clay in the soil, as is the case here. Pretty pale lemon colour, not much more weight of fruit than the Bourgogne Oligocene on the nose, but with an extra intensity and attractive crystalline acidity behind.
88-91 points
Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Patrick Piuze Fortis Petit Chablis

Chablis, FRANCE
$69. 99
Bottle
$839.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Brilliant pale straw core with straw green tinged edges and a watery hue. Lifted aromas of pear infused with wet slate drift from the glass followed by some citrus and stony mineral like notes. Delicious pear and citrus fruits are delivered with ample intensity and are nicely rounded in their shape across the palate. Traces of lime, wet slate and smoky mineral elements ensue. Finishes dry with a brisk feel to the acidity. Concludes with good length and volume.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2024 Pegasus Bay Riesling

Waipara Valley, NEW ZEALAND
$42. 99
Bottle
$515.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Wonderfully concentrated and mouth filling yet zippy with a long scrumptious off dry finish.
Brilliant very pale straw colour with vivid green tinged edges and a watery hue. Exotically scented nose with rosewater, pear and lychee aromas jumping from the glass. Lime, orange blossom and mineral notes are also evident. Wonderfully concentrated and mouth filling yet zippy, the palate is awash with pear, lychee and rosewater flavours that are quite similar to Gewurztraminer. Bristling with crisp acidity, infusions of orange blossom, red apple and an energised minerality lie underneath. Long scrumptious off dry finish.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.5%
Other Reviews….
The 2024 Riesling is juicy and rounded, with a caress that reminds me of a Spätlese. It’s medium-sweet yet delicate with an almost powdery texture. Residual sugar has rounded its edges and padded out its light body. The finish, however, is succulent and textured, with a combination of firm acidity and phenolics providing the brush to sweep this up and hold it firmly in place. Aromas of apricots, lilac, freshly cooked orange, celery and the merest hint of spice linger on the fragrant finish. Drink 2025-2036.
93 Points
Rebecca Gibb – Vinous

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2022 Pegasus Bay Chardonnay

Waipara Valley, NEW ZEALAND
$56. 99
Bottle
$683.88 Dozen

Minimum 6 bottles

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

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Rich and textured yet racy with a long, gently creamed finish.
Brilliant pale straw to straw colour with a distinctive green tint to the edges and a watery hue. Pronounced nectarine aromas tinged with hints of grapefruit and gun flint sail from the glass. Also chiming in are notions of bees wax, oily toast like notes and roasted almonds. Rich and textured, flavours of nectarine, pear and bees wax are underscored by lively acidity which imparts a racy feel. Oily toast like elements, almond and infusions of gun flint the undercard. Finishes long and gently creamed yet bristling with freshness.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13.5%
Other Reviews….
Rich and reduced notes of lemon confit, gunsmoke, river stones and grapefruit. The medium-bodied palate has a fine acidity and a slight phenolic edge from a small amount of skin contact, giving notes of orange blossoms, honeysuckle and lanolin. Powerful with an underlying freshness. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
94 Points
JamesSuckling.com

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- Organic
2024 Peregrine Pinot Gris

Central Otago, AUSTRALIA
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Rich and lusciously textured with vibrant acidity and a long, delicious finish.
Brilliant pale straw colour with subtle flecks of green to the edges and a watery hue. Elevated ripe pear and red apple scents are intertwined with hints of honeysuckle, musk and subtle spicy quince. Rich, lusciously textured flavours of pear, red apple and musk are melded to notions of rosewater, delicate honeysuckle and quince. Vibrant acidity lending a fresh feel to the long, delicious finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%
Other Reviews….
Quivering new release aromas of fresh green pear and apple, a mineral quartz saline quality. Fresh, ripe and exuberant. Just dry on the palate with core flavours of pomaceous fruits, apple and pear, a light white pepper spice and mineral baseline. Plenty of acidity and freshness, immediately drinkable and ready from day of purchase through 2028.
93 Points
CamDouglasMS.com

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2022 Picher-Krutzler Loiben Riesling

Wachau, AUSTRIA
$56. 99
Bottle
$683.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

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

ABV: 12%

Closure: Stelvin

Tense and racy with a dry, minerally yet also slightly waxy finish.
Brilliant pale straw colour with distinct highlights of green around the outskirts and a watery hue. Elevated lime, pear and red apple scents mix with hints of bees wax, lemon butter and subtle oily toast like notes. Zippy lime, red apple and lemon fruits are underscored by crisp acidity which imparts a tense, racy feel. Delicate bees wax, toast and steely mineral elements sit beneath. Finishes, dry, minerally and racy yet also slightly waxy in it’s feel.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 12%

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- Biodynamic
- Organic
2024 Picollo Ernesto Gavi

Piedmont, ITALY
$29. 99
Bottle
$359.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2025-2027)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Zesty lime and crunchy green apple fruits with a long, zippy mineral flecked finish.
Brilliant very pale straw colour with green tinted edges and a watery hue. Leaping from the glass are aromas of pear and lime followed by some green apple, melon and wet stone notes. Casting a racy feel across the palate are zesty lime and crunchy green apple fruits infused with a mix of fresh herbs, wet slate and a saline like minerality. Crisp acidity with a long, zippy mineral flecked finish.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2024 Pieropan Soave Classico

Soave, ITALY
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 12%

Closure: Stelvin

Scrumptious benchmark Soave.
The Pieropan winery is in the heart of the Classico zone and dates back to 1890. Leonildo ‘Nino’ Pieropan, who sadly passed away in 2018, was the first to show the world just how great Garganega, and Italian white wine, can be. He recognised the importance of terroir early on, acquiring various hillside vineyards and expanding the prestigious Calvarino and La Rocca vineyards, first made as single vineyard crus in 1971 and 1978 respectively.
Today, sons Dario (winemaker) and Andrea (viticulturist) continue the family tradition. The brothers have converted all of their vineyards to organic and are overseeing the new winery being built amongst the vineyards just outside the village. Made mostly from Garganega grapes with the inclusion of 15% Trebbiano di Soave.
Brilliant pale straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Aromas of pear and red apple skin show plenty of elevation out of the glass with hints of lime, fresh herbs and wet stone also evident. Delicious pear, lime and red apple skin flavours are delivered with ample concentration over a back drop of fresh herb infusions and slatey mineral elements. Crisp acidity with a river stone like feel to the long dry finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 12%
Other Reviews....
Perfumed wine with citrus and minerality, forthright, intense and focused. Medium-bodied, vibrant and savory, it displays super-cool freshness and weight, with a polished finish. One of the top Italian whites for quality-per-price ratio. Drink now.
95 points
JamesSuckling.com

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2019 Pierre-Henri Rougeot Meursault Sous la Velle

Burgundy, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 14%

Closure: Cork

Pierre-Henri Rougeot not only crafts the wines at his family property, Domaine Rougeot based in Meursault, since the 2017 vintage he has also made wines under his own label. Before returning to Domaine Rougeot, Pierre-Henri worked at Domaine De Montille in Volnay, as well as selling oak barrels to some of the finest names in Burgundy. The connections formed during this time have allowed Pierre-Henri to source from a collection of prime plots throughout the Cote, favouring only organically farmed grapes. Pierre-Henri has refined his winemaking along the lines of luminaries such as Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy, and as a result he uses 100% whole bunch to macerate the reds which results in characterful yet silky structure on the palate. When it comes to pressing the reds, he uses a modern vertical press rather than the common pneumatic press to extract very pure, concentrated and fresh juice. The whites are pressed directly to barrels, with no battonage and aging sur lees. There is neither filtration nor clarification and only indigenous yeasts are used for the fermentations. The oak regiment is light with enough new oak to lift the attributes of each wine but it's subtle enough to be almost impossible to notice. Pierre-Henri is making waves in France and around the world and is a name to watch.

The Sous la Velle vineyard is located at the foot of the Meursault hill, opposite the Chateau de Meursault. Soils here are much richer and contain less limestone than other parts of Meursault.

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2019 Pierre-Henri Rougeot Saint-Romain

Burgundy, FRANCE
$140. 00
Bottle
$1680.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Pierre-Henri Rougeot not only crafts the wines at his family property, Domaine Rougeot based in Meursault, since the 2017 vintage he has also made wines under his own label. Before returning to Domaine Rougeot, Pierre-Henri worked at Domaine De Montille in Volnay, as well as selling oak barrels to some of the finest names in Burgundy. The connections formed during this time have allowed Pierre-Henri to source from a collection of prime plots throughout the Cote, favouring only organically farmed grapes. Pierre-Henri has refined his winemaking along the lines of luminaries such as Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy, and as a result he uses 100% whole bunch to macerate the reds which results in characterful yet silky structure on the palate. When it comes to pressing the reds, he uses a modern vertical press rather than the common pneumatic press to extract very pure, concentrated and fresh juice. The whites are pressed directly to barrels, with no battonage and aging sur lees. There is neither filtration nor clarification and only indigenous yeasts are used for the fermentations. The oak regiment is light with enough new oak to lift the attributes of each wine but it's subtle enough to be almost impossible to notice. Pierre-Henri is making waves in France and around the world and is a name to watch.

Pierre-Henri sources the Chardonnay for his Saint-Romain from Sous la Velle and Sous le Chateau plots.

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2023 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bourgogne Haut-Cotes de Beaune Blanc Au Bout du Monde

Burgundy, FRANCE
$130. 00
Bottle
$1560.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Purchased in 2014, and with 2015 the first vintage released, this Bourgogne Haut-Cotes hails from the hillside lieu-dit of En Creuzilly at a height of 420 metres. With more clay in the soils here this wine shows ample depth yet does require some patience before showing all it has to offer. A serious rendition of the appellation.
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Ripe and fresh aromas include those of petrol, straw, white orchard fruit and barely enough wood influence to mention. The round, plump and juicy flavors possess reasonably good verve before concluding in a bitter lemon-tinged finale. This should drink well after only a few years of keeping. Drink through 2026+.
86-88 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2023 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde offers up notes of green apple, lime zest, white flowers and hazelnuts, followed by a medium-bodied, lively and racy palate. It was still on its lees in barrel when I tasted it.
89-90 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 20223 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde has an effervescent bouquet with red apple and light nectarine scents. The palate is fresh with crisp acidity and a twist of sour lemon that drives the finish. This is a revivifying Chardonnay with plenty of energy. Drink 2025-2030.
88-90 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
These are mostly from young vines, planted with high quality material in 2015 and 2018 along with a few 40 year old vines. A fine glowing lemon and lime colour. There is more bouquet here, picked later of course, 7-9 September, with classic Colin-Morey tension, more than reduction, yet ripe enough fruit and a sense of vibrancy. Drink from 2026-2028.
88-90 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2023 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bourgogne Haut-Cotes de Beaune Blanc Au Bout du Monde Magnum (1500ml)

Burgundy, FRANCE
$285. 00
Bottle
$3420.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Purchased in 2014, and with 2015 the first vintage released, this Bourgogne Haut-Cotes hails from the hillside lieu-dit of En Creuzilly at a height of 420 metres. With more clay in the soils here this wine shows ample depth yet does require some patience before showing all it has to offer. A serious rendition of the appellation.
Other Reviews....
Ripe and fresh aromas include those of petrol, straw, white orchard fruit and barely enough wood influence to mention. The round, plump and juicy flavors possess reasonably good verve before concluding in a bitter lemon-tinged finale. This should drink well after only a few years of keeping. Drink through 2026+.
86-88 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2023 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde offers up notes of green apple, lime zest, white flowers and hazelnuts, followed by a medium-bodied, lively and racy palate. It was still on its lees in barrel when I tasted it.
89-90 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 20223 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde has an effervescent bouquet with red apple and light nectarine scents. The palate is fresh with crisp acidity and a twist of sour lemon that drives the finish. This is a revivifying Chardonnay with plenty of energy. Drink 2025-2030.
88-90 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
These are mostly from young vines, planted with high quality material in 2015 and 2018 along with a few 40 year old vines. A fine glowing lemon and lime colour. There is more bouquet here, picked later of course, 7-9 September, with classic Colin-Morey tension, more than reduction, yet ripe enough fruit and a sense of vibrancy. Drink from 2026-2028.
88-90 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2023 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint Aubin

Burgundy, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
A blend of multiple parcels totalling 1.64 ha, but all from this same village’s lieu-dit, with 3 generations of vines. In totality, this is the largest parcel of the domaine at over 1 hectare located at the end of the valley above the village of St Aubin.
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Smoky white orchard fruit and floral scents leads to soft and caressing, if not especially concentrated, flavors that exude a subtle bead of minerality on the similar lemon-tinged finale. This could use better depth so 2 to 3 years of keeping should help. Drink through 2027+.
87-89 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2023 Saint-Aubin Village offers up a gently reductive bouquet of white flowers, pear and toasted bread. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and precise, it's long and racy, concluding with chalky grip.
89-91 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Saint-Aubin Village is a blend of four or five parcels. This is already quite seductive with hints of vanilla pod and almond flakes on the well-defined nose. The palate is well balanced, fresh and poised with a keen line of acidity and a malic finale of green apple and pear. The 2023 doesn't quite deliver the complexity of the previous vintage, but it will drink well for several years. Drink 2026-2035.
88-90 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
There was some hail here, so lower yields. More lime than lemon in colour, with a fresh apple fruit to the nose, perhaps some greengage behind, stylish and with good length. Fine tension, still some edges to smooth out, but this should be good. Drink from 2027-2030.
88-90 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Monthelie Blanc

Burgundy, FRANCE
$175. 00
Bottle
$2100.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
The 2022 Monthélie Village, taken from barrel, has a delightful bouquet with fresh dew-speckled apples, orange rind and light wet limestone aromas. Almost Puligny-like. The palate is well-balanced with good depth, maybe missing a bit of tension towards the finish, but there is weight and persistence here. Drink 2024-2031.
86-88 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne Montrachet Vieilles Vignes

Burgundy, FRANCE
$310. 00
Bottle
$3720.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
Pungent aromas of moderate reduction and wood toast lead to rich, full-bodied and tension-filled flavors that brim with sappy dry extract while exhibiting outstanding length on the palate soaking and youthfully austere finale. Like several wines in the range, this needs to develop better depth but it's clear that more is on the way if given a chance. Recommended. Drink through 2029+.
89-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
From holdings on the northern side of the appellation, at the exit of the combe (valley), the 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes delivers aromas of pear, buttered toast, hazelnuts and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, taut and layered palate that's underpinned by chalky structure.
89-91 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes has a very attractive bouquet that really translates the terroir. You can smell the limestone soils, a touch of shucked oyster shell coming through with time, punching through the light veil of reduction. The palate is well-balanced, with good concentration on the entry. There’s impressive weight, notes of orange pith and tangerine and a smear of marmalade, dovetailing into a lively, peppery finish. It will deserve three or four years in bottle, but this is a Chassagne of fine breeding. Drink 2026-2042.
90-92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne Montrachet Morgeot-"Les Fairendes" Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$490. 00
Bottle
$5880.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$699. 00
Bottle
$8388.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
A vague whiff of exotic character lurks in the background of the aromas of citrus confit, white peach, spice and discreet flora scents. There is excellent volume to the caressing and seductive yet tension-filled flavors that deliver very fine length on the overtly stony, firm and built-to-age finale. This balanced effort could be approached young with pleasure but the upside development potential is evident. Drink through 2030+.
91-93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets is concentrated and mineral, offering up aromas of pear, orange zest, hazelnut, white flowers and buttered toast, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered palate built around a racy spine of acidity and concluding with a mineral finish.
92-94 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets 1er Cru comes from a parcel that contains young and old vines (though, in fact, the former are 25 years "young" now). The very attractive bouquet offers enticing scents of almond, quince and wild mint, gaining intensity with each swirl of the glass. The palate is very well-balanced with a sapid entry. Plenty of substance, but does it have the flair of the Abbaye de Morgeot? At the moment, it’s strict on the finish, but it does deliver in terms of persistence. Excellent. Drink 2026-2046.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
The Caillerets is often among my favourite premier crus in this cellar, and 2022 is no exception, with its expressive lemon peel and green apple fruit aromas and hints of acacia flowers, flint and spice. The texture is lively, with great tension despite the heat of the year and enough extract to ensure a lingering finish. The grapes are from the 0.17-hectare domaine parcel at the top of the slope. The thin soil just covering the limestone gives a firm mineral underpinning to this wine that sets it apart from the other climats. Drink 2030-2060.
96 points
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter
Pierre-Yves vines are just in the upper part. Picked the same day as Caroline Morey’s grapes. Another green inflected colour, Less bouquet than hers at the moment. More aquiline with a forceful density in the middle of the palate, less nuanced but equally as intense. Some lime and grapefruit at the finish, chiselled but perhaps less fine? Drink from 2028-2035.
92-94 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$1480. 00
Bottle
$17760.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
Generous wood stops short of fighting with the prominent petrol-scented nose of acacia blossom, soft citrus and a pretty array of spice nuances. The medium weight plus flavors are rich to the point of opulence though with no lack of power and minerality to the palate soaking finish. This is not an elegant rendition of the appellation but it doesn't lack for character or upside development potential. Drink through 2032+.
92-94 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
Colin's 2022 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru shows considerable promise, wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, freshly baked bread, confit citrus, beeswax and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, with good depth at the core, racy acids and a taut, electric profile, it's built for the cellar.
94-95 points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru comes from several plots, a mixture of contracted fruit and others given after just a handshake many years ago. It has a beautifully defined bouquet, fresher than many Corton-Charlemagne, with hints of lemon thyme and orange pith. The palate is lightly spiced, quite sapid in the mouth, with touches of sour lemon. Maybe a little curt on the finish compared to the 2021 that had an edge over this vintage. Drink 2026-2045.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
This exquisite version of Corton Charlemagne boasts quince and grapefruit aromas adorned with hints of acacia flowers, butter, and spice. The texture is full-bodied and rich but not heavy, with a freshness and concentration that lift it to the next level. The grapes are sourced from two parcels on the hill of Corton: one site in En Charlemagne facing west (for freshness), and one in Languettes facing south (for richness). Colin opines that the Charlemagne vines are much better than 30 years ago. He tries to pick both at the same time for balance. Drink 2027-2055.
96 points
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter
Most of the grapes come from the north-west facing part of En Charlemagne, a choice to avoid too much exuberance. Clear pale colour, a little oak showing at the moment, but even so a touch of exotic fruit alongside the minerals. Quite a weight of white flesh here, a sturdy wine which needs long ageing. Drink from 2029-2036.
92-95 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint Aubin Hommage a Marguerite Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$255. 00
Bottle
$3060.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
Here the airy white fleshed fruit nose flirts with reduction so be sure to allow for a few minutes of aeration if you plan to crack a bottle young. More interesting are the bigger-bodied and richer, though not necessarily more mineral-driven, flavors that deliver fine length on the balanced finale where a discreet touch of youthful austerity slowly emerges. Drink through 2027+.
89 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
Opening in the glass with aromas of white flowers, pear, crisp green apple, oatmeal and praline, the 2022 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Hommage à Marguerite is medium to full-bodied, with a satiny attack that segues into a fleshy core of fruit framed by chalky dry extract.
90-92 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Jan 19, 2024)
The 2022 Saint-Aubin Hommage à Marguerite 1er Cru blends Perrière, Créots, Les Combes and Pitangerets (part of Les Combes). The wonderful bouquet offers scents of peach skin, chai and a brush of chalk dust, very enticing even at this early stage. The palate is very well-balanced with a little more tension than the regular Saint-Aubin, a slightly flinty finish completing this very able wine. Drink 2025-2042.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
This cuvee has been a blend of Perrières, Combes, Créots and PItangerets since 2016, all pressed and vinified together. The blend effectively covers all the possible exposures of St-Aubin. The bouquet is rather unforthcoming, though there is an attractive weight of white fruit on the palate, with more generosity at the finish. Drink from 2026-2030.
89-91 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2022 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint Aubin Les Champlots Premier Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$285. 00
Bottle
$3420.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
Prominent smoke and petrol characters partially mask the underlying fruit that is also trimmed in discreet wood influence though I suspect that the smoky aspect will slowly recede with bottle age. The rich, punchy and solidly voluminous flavors are at once caressing but sleek, all wrapped in a powerful, vibrant and lingering finish. This needs to add depth but a few years of keeping should be helpful all around. Drink through 2028+.
90 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2022 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Champlots is bright and mineral, exhibiting aromas of pear, white flowers, green apple, lemon oil and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, taut and chalky, with lively acids and a saline finish, it's a strong effort.
90-92 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Jan 19, 2024)
The 2022 Saint-Aubin Les Champlots 1er Cru, the coolest micro-climate farmed by the Domaine in the valley, reflects that on the nose with flinty, Granny Smith scents dichotomous to the warmth of the growing season. The palate is well-balanced with a touch of flintiness on the entry, lightly spiced with a dab of stem ginger towards what feels like a comparatively understated finish. Drink 2025-2038.
88-90 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
The 2022 Champelots shows an attractive spice note to the ripe apricot and citrus fruit with hints of butter and white flowers. There is a pleasant richness—Colin notes that this is 'in the style of Chatenière and En Remilly'. The domaine owns 0.66 hectares here, high on the southwest-facing slope overlooking the village of Gamay. The site is always picked late, and the grapes are pressed as whole clusters before fermenting with most of their lees in cask (25% new). This wine has been racked into tank, but will be returned to barrel for another winter of ageing. Drink 2025 - 2045.
93 points
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter
Very pale in colour, and undemonstrative on the nose. There is time for that to come. Substantial energy towards the back of the palate, clean white fruit with a citrus not at the back, good length, more on stones than flesh. Drink from 2026-2030.
88-91 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy

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2021 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Batard Montrachet Grand Cru

Burgundy, FRANCE
$2750. 00
Bottle
$33000.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.
Other Reviews....
An exuberantly fresh and floral-suffused nose also displays notes of green apple and citrus confit. There is excellent richness and power to the focused middleweight flavors that evidence a taut muscularity on the impressively persistent finale. Excellent development potential here. Drink through 2033+.
93-96 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound
The 2021 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is terrific, exhibiting aromas of pear, crisp green apple, orange zest and freshly baked bread. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's taut and layered, with terrific concentration and a long, saline finish. Sadly, less than one barrel was produced.
93-95 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Feb 01, 2023)
The 2021 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, comprising just a single one-year-old 300-liter barrel, is stunning on the nose with vibrant green apple, wet limestone and citrus scents, quite penetrating but, oh so elegant. The palate is well balanced with a powerful opening, more tropical than anticipated with wild peach, persimmon and hints of grapefruit, spicy with stem ginger on the finish. Wonderful. Drink 2026-2050.
95-97 points
Neal Martin - Vinous
From the vines of Pierre-Yves’ father-in-law Jean-Marc Morey. One new barrel of 280 litres, built to measure, clean and pure, ripe enough, white fruit, with a steadily growing power to the back. Keeps on going without ever becoming massive. Drink from 2028-2034.
93-95 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy
The Bâtard was curiously less expressive and a bit more reserved than other wines in this cellar. Still, however, pleasantly ripe pear and quince aromas with a subtle hint of white flowers develops on the palate. The texture is firm and broad, with structure in all the right places. The grapes come from the 0.08-hectare plot at the centre of Bâtard; they are lightly crushed prior to fermentation in large casks with a modest proportion of new wood for the appellation. Drink 2027-2050.
95 points
Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

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2021 Podere Selva Capuzza Lugana

ITALY
$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

Selva Capuzza takes its name from ‘Silvae’ (meaning wild place) and the Formetini family have been nurturing and protecting this wild place for over 100 years. Made from Turbiana which is the regions name for the grape that is the same as Trebbiano di Soave and the Marche’s Verdicchio.
Brilliant very pale straw core with a greenish tinged outskirts and watery hue. The nose features elevated aromatics of tropical fruits, lime and melon followed by hints of fresh herbs and wet slate. Delicious ripe pear, tropical fruit and green apple flavours are delivered with terrific intensity and possess a luscious textural feel. Crisp saline like acidity with infusions of fresh herbs and flinty mineral elements lingering underneath. The long scrumptious finish showing plenty of volume.
Drink over the next year.
Alc. 13%

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2024 Poggio Dei Principi Pinot Grigio

Veneto, ITALY
$22. 99
Bottle
$275.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 1 Years (2025-2026)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Stelvin

A fresh, slippery textured Pinot Grigio.
Brilliant pale straw colour with a watery hue. Leaping out of the glass are aromas of pear, lime and red apple followed by whiffs of honeysuckle and musk. The fresh, slippery textured palate is flavoured with pear, red apple and lime fruits. Some wet stone accents linger through the back half. Dry with brisk acidity and a supple, river stone like feel to the medium to long finish.
Drink over the next year.
Alc. 12%

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2022 Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay

North Canterbury, NEW ZEALAND
$175. 00
Bottle
$2100.00 Dozen

Closure: Stelvin

Driven to create one of the new world’s great cool-climate vineyards, it took Mike and Claudia Weersing 15 years and a quixotic global journey that included a lengthy stopover in Burgundy before they found their perfect site. Inspired by the climate and soils of that region, the duo finally found their special place in the limestone-rich soils of Waikari in North Canterbury. From here Mike and Claudia established Pyramid Valley and emerged as NZ pioneers of both biodynamic practices and high-density viticulture. For almost 20 years they inspired and/or challenged all those who came into their orbit. Their minute scale and exceptional dedication to their soils and vines led to some incredible wines being produced. First visiting the vineyard in 2007, Steve Smith MW (then of Craggy Range) was one of many affected by what he describes as one the most compelling and unique vineyards he has ever visited. When Mike’s health went into decline, the Weersings were forced to sell and Smith and his partner Brian Sheth acquired the estate in late 2017. The spectre of Burgundy is writ large over the foundation and ethos of Pyramid Valley, yet we should not expect imitations in terms of the style of the wines. Rather they have their own very distinctive style and energy, and this is precisely as it should be with terroir-driven wines; uniqueness is the point.
Named after the type of grass growing in the vineyard, this densely planted Chardonnay site sits on a southeast-facing, clay-limestone slope, which has been farmed biodynamically from the beginning. Although recently expanded by one hectare, the original plantings cover only a quarter of a hectare. Like its three sibling vineyards, it’s a vineyard farmed to Grand Cru Burgundy standards or higher. Fire is a cooler, rockier site than the Lions Tooth vineyard, and the wine typically shows a tighter, mineral core cloaked by layered, complex and fleshy fruit.
Other reviews...
If the Field of Fire were a person, it wouldn't suffer fools gladly. The 2022 Chardonnay is a concentrated, direct and firm wine that knows where it's going and does so with a firm grip on your mouth. Focused, full of drive, it has sinew and sapidity. It is richly fruited - reminiscent of apricots alongside juicy lemon as well as toasted pine nuts, oats and flint. However, its quality is not in its flavors but its texture and power. Where I'm from, we say, 'Shy brains got nowt' and this isn't shy. Drink: 2025 - 2035.
95 points
Rebecca Gibb MW - Vinous
Expansive, succulent white of depth and concentration with pretty lift and complexity from jasmine florals, warm straw, hazelnut and button mushroom savouriness amongst the mandarin, ginger, lime, green apple going on. The supple flow stretches luxuriously through the palate and finishes with a light, building chalky pucker. It’s such a chilled out white, but so much is going on. And gosh it drinks beautifully.
96 points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front
From a scant 0.3ha southeast-facing high-density planting of chardonnay on limestone/clay soils of the home estate. Wonderfully detailed white peach and citrus fruit with wisps of struck flint, soft spice, clotted cream, oyster shell, toasted hazelnuts, white flowers and crushed stone. Plenty of depth and flow on the palate but there's a real sense of sapidity and mouth-watering mineral drive, finishing chalky and uber pure.
96 points
Dave Brookes - Halliday's Wine Companion
Light-mid yellow colour; complex bouquet with smoky struck-flint overlying beeswax, buttery croissant and stone fruits. The wine is refined and subtle, intense and light on its feet and yet has a core of richness enlivened by refreshing acidity that helps draw the finish out to great length. An outstanding, high-energy chardonnay of great finesse.
97 points
Huon Hooke - The Real Review

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2022 Radikon Sivi Pinot Grigio

Friuli-Venezia, ITALY
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

The late Stanislao (Stanko) Radikon’s bold decision in the 1990s to embrace extended skin contact and natural winemaking, alongside his neighbour Josko Gravner, played a pivotal role in the global rise of amber/orange wines. Over the course of 36+ vintages Stanko, and now his son Sasa, have remained uncompromising in their pursuit of wines that are pure expressions of their Friulian terroir, rejecting chemical additives, temperature control, and sulphur. Rooted in the traditions of Stanko’s grandfather, the Radikon estate in Oslavia focuses on Ribolla Gialla, with vineyards planted on steep clay and shale slopes, meticulously farmed by hand. Since 1995, Stanko progressively returned to historical methods, extending maceration from 7 days to 3 months and eliminating sulphur entirely by 2002, crafting age-worthy wines that are, in Stanko's words, "totally genuine." While the core of the estate was formed around plantings of Ribolla Gialla, Stanko’s parents also added small parcels of Merlot, Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio.
Sivi is 100% Pinot Grigio that spends eight to ten days macerating on the skins.
Other Reviews....
The 2022 Bianco Sivi, Radikon’s 100% Pinot Grigio that spends eight to ten days macerating on the skins, is a vivid, dark, pink color with violet hues. This is wonderfully fresh and floral with a spicy bouquet that blends rose petals with ginger and incense. It’s potent and savory in style, with juicy acidity to balance the depths of tart citrus and wild berry fruits that cascade throughout. The 2022 tapers off with a balance of sweet spice and cheek-puckering citrus, adding remarkable contrasts through the long and perfumed finale. Drink 2024-2029.
93 points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2022 Radikon Slatnik Bianco

Friuli-Venezia, ITALY
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

The late Stanislao (Stanko) Radikon’s bold decision in the 1990s to embrace extended skin contact and natural winemaking, alongside his neighbour Josko Gravner, played a pivotal role in the global rise of amber/orange wines. Over the course of 36+ vintages Stanko, and now his son Sasa, have remained uncompromising in their pursuit of wines that are pure expressions of their Friulian terroir, rejecting chemical additives, temperature control, and sulphur. Rooted in the traditions of Stanko’s grandfather, the Radikon estate in Oslavia focuses on Ribolla Gialla, with vineyards planted on steep clay and shale slopes, meticulously farmed by hand. Since 1995, Stanko progressively returned to historical methods, extending maceration from 7 days to 3 months and eliminating sulphur entirely by 2002, crafting age-worthy wines that are, in Stanko's words, "totally genuine." While the core of the estate was formed around plantings of Ribolla Gialla, Stanko’s parents also added small parcels of Merlot, Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio.
Slatnik is a blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Tocai Friulano that spends eight days macerating on the skins.
Other Reviews....
The 2022 Bianco Slatnik is wild with an exotic bouquet of incense and dried flowers, tangerine and hints of fresh mint. This opens with a pretty inner sweetness that gives way to tropical melon and citrus tones, all guided by juicy acidity. It finishes with admirable length and is potent yet still remarkably fresh, leaving traces of candied grapefruit and spice. This is an intense vintage of Slatnik, yet the balance cannot be denied. It’s a blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Tocai Friulano that spends eight days macerating on the skins. Drink 2024-2029.
92 points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2019 Radikon Jakot Bianco (500ml)

Friuli-Venezia, ITALY
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

The late Stanislao (Stanko) Radikon’s bold decision in the 1990s to embrace extended skin contact and natural winemaking, alongside his neighbour Josko Gravner, played a pivotal role in the global rise of amber/orange wines. Over the course of 36+ vintages Stanko, and now his son Sasa, have remained uncompromising in their pursuit of wines that are pure expressions of their Friulian terroir, rejecting chemical additives, temperature control, and sulphur. Rooted in the traditions of Stanko’s grandfather, the Radikon estate in Oslavia focuses on Ribolla Gialla, with vineyards planted on steep clay and shale slopes, meticulously farmed by hand. Since 1995, Stanko progressively returned to historical methods, extending maceration from 7 days to 3 months and eliminating sulphur entirely by 2002, crafting age-worthy wines that are, in Stanko's words, "totally genuine." While the core of the estate was formed around plantings of Ribolla Gialla, Stanko’s parents also added small parcels of Merlot, Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio.
Jakot is the name given to the 100% Tocai Friulano cuvee that spends up to three months on skins.
Other Reviews....
Decidedly spicey, the 2019 Bianco Jakot reminds me of my childhood days drinking lemon-tinged sun tea, along with a twist of ginger and wild herbs. This is soft textured and round with a purity seldom seen. Brisk acidity excites green apple and young pear notes. A hint of lime adds a pleasant tart tension toward the close. A saturation of savory spice remains while finishing lightly tannic and tremendously long. The Jakot is a varietal Tocai Friulano. Drink 2025-2031.
91 points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2019 Radikon O... Oslavje Bianco (500ml)

Friuli-Venezia, ITALY
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 14%

Closure: Cork

The late Stanislao (Stanko) Radikon’s bold decision in the 1990s to embrace extended skin contact and natural winemaking, alongside his neighbour Josko Gravner, played a pivotal role in the global rise of amber/orange wines. Over the course of 36+ vintages Stanko, and now his son Sasa, have remained uncompromising in their pursuit of wines that are pure expressions of their Friulian terroir, rejecting chemical additives, temperature control, and sulphur. Rooted in the traditions of Stanko’s grandfather, the Radikon estate in Oslavia focuses on Ribolla Gialla, with vineyards planted on steep clay and shale slopes, meticulously farmed by hand. Since 1995, Stanko progressively returned to historical methods, extending maceration from 7 days to 3 months and eliminating sulphur entirely by 2002, crafting age-worthy wines that are, in Stanko's words, "totally genuine." While the core of the estate was formed around plantings of Ribolla Gialla, Stanko’s parents also added small parcels of Merlot, Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio.
Oslavje is a blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Sauvignon Blanc which spends up to four months on skins.
Other Reviews....
The 2019 Bianco O…… (Oslavje) is airy and floral with a lovely touch of fresh mint that gives way to young peach and white flowers. This is distinctly savory on the palate, with a tart lemon rind tinge, giving way to young kiwi and mineral tones, more like an herbal tea than wine. Brisk acidity maintains a lifted feel. It finishes with medium length and a liquid floral sensation as tactile mineral tones add a pleasant crunchiness. This blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Sauvignon Blanc spends three months refining on the lees. Drink 2025-2031.
92 points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2019 Radikon Ribolla Bianco (500ml)

Friuli-Venezia, ITALY
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

The late Stanislao (Stanko) Radikon’s bold decision in the 1990s to embrace extended skin contact and natural winemaking, alongside his neighbour Josko Gravner, played a pivotal role in the global rise of amber/orange wines. Over the course of 36+ vintages Stanko, and now his son Sasa, have remained uncompromising in their pursuit of wines that are pure expressions of their Friulian terroir, rejecting chemical additives, temperature control, and sulphur. Rooted in the traditions of Stanko’s grandfather, the Radikon estate in Oslavia focuses on Ribolla Gialla, with vineyards planted on steep clay and shale slopes, meticulously farmed by hand. Since 1995, Stanko progressively returned to historical methods, extending maceration from 7 days to 3 months and eliminating sulphur entirely by 2002, crafting age-worthy wines that are, in Stanko's words, "totally genuine." While the core of the estate was formed around plantings of Ribolla Gialla, Stanko’s parents also added small parcels of Merlot, Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio.
Radikon's highly sought after Ribolla Gialla sees four months on skins.
Other Reviews....
Wickedly fresh, the 2019 Ribolla wafts up with a perfumed blend of young peaches, dried flowers and wet stone. It’s silky smooth yet full of mineral tension. A salty flourish gives way to masses of tart orchard fruits and a staining of liquid florals. This tapers off classically dry with a citrusy concentration that puckers the cheeks and forces the mouth to water. This is an especially gastronomic Ribolla that’s already showing beautifully yet should show even better after a few years of cellaring. Drink 2025-2031.
93 points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2009 Radikon 3781 Ribolla Riserva Bianco (1000ml)

Friuli-Venezia, ITALY
$470. 00
Bottle
$5640.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

The late Stanislao (Stanko) Radikon’s bold decision in the 1990s to embrace extended skin contact and natural winemaking, alongside his neighbour Josko Gravner, played a pivotal role in the global rise of amber/orange wines. Over the course of 36+ vintages Stanko, and now his son Sasa, have remained uncompromising in their pursuit of wines that are pure expressions of their Friulian terroir, rejecting chemical additives, temperature control, and sulphur. Rooted in the traditions of Stanko’s grandfather, the Radikon estate in Oslavia focuses on Ribolla Gialla, with vineyards planted on steep clay and shale slopes, meticulously farmed by hand. Since 1995, Stanko progressively returned to historical methods, extending maceration from 7 days to 3 months and eliminating sulphur entirely by 2002, crafting age-worthy wines that are, in Stanko's words, "totally genuine." While the core of the estate was formed around plantings of Ribolla Gialla, Stanko’s parents also added small parcels of Merlot, Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio.
This 3781 Riserva is only produced in the best vintages, with the number representing parcel of the best grapes harvested that year. 100% Ribolla Gialla which sees three months skin contact, four years in barrel, and then ten years in bottle prior to release.
Other Reviews....
A blend of dried apricot, ginger, incense and cedar shavings wafts up from the 2009 Ribolla 3781 to form its spicy bouquet. This is surprisingly fresh and energetic, following the performance on the nose, yet quickly gains in tension as saline minerals and citrus tones saturate. The 2009 tapers off earthy and savory, leaving suggestions of sous bois and a salty flourish that lingers on. The Ribolla 3781 is a harvest selection from the 2009 vintage. This spends four years in barrel following three months of maceration on the skins. Radikon has since lowered the aging period to three years in barrel to reduce some of the oxidation present here. Drink 2024-2031.
90 points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2022 Rippon Sauvignon Blanc

Central Otago, NEW ZEALAND
$59. 99
Bottle
$719.88 Dozen

Minimum 6 bottles

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

ABV: 13%

Closure: Stelvin

A zippy, energised Sauvignon Blanc with a tangy feel.
Fifty percent fermented in old French barrels. Brilliant pale straw colour with a watery hue. Nosing offers up a mix of guava, grapefruit and citrus aromas followed by some wet stone and grassy notes. Zippy guava, grapefruit and mandarin flavours carry a tangy feel across the palate. Subtle grassy and flinty mineral elements lie underneath. Crisp acidity energising the tangy finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13%
Other Reviews…..
The vines were planted from 1987 to 1993 on their own roots, unirrigated and biodynamically farmed. The fruit is handpicked, foot-stomped and soaked on skins for up to two days, then pressed to fifty/fifty neutral oak and tank. It goes through wild, ambient ferments, no adjustments, then it sits on lees, unsulfured, for three months prior to bottling.
The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc leads with tatami mat and straw, torched lemongrass and brine. In the mouth, the wine is textural and concentrated—it has a cloth-y aspect, which is evident on the nose, but it sits very well in the mouth. This is savory, throaty and full and kept fresh through the finish by a splay of soft green leaf. There’s beeswax, lemon sherbet and a hint of juniper. 13% alcohol, sealed under Diam. Drink 2023-2032.
94 Points
Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
High lees, old oak.
Here’s a very different expression of NZ Sauvignon. It’s intense and powerful, gooseberry, passionfruit Crème Brûlée, jalapeño, grapefruit and a wild, well funky is maybe a vague term, but something of that nature. It’s spicy and saline, like a lime margarita, distinct sweet passionfruit and cumquat, with firm chalky texture and sizzling grapefruit acid bite, with a salty finish of mouth-watering intensity and fine length. Quite a ride. Drink 2026-2030+
94 Points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front

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2022 Rippon Mature Vine Riesling

Central Otago, NEW ZEALAND
$79. 99
Bottle
$959.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Diam Cork

A Riesling of superb textural volume and concentration with a long dry to off dry finish.
Brilliant pale straw colour with a watery hue. Pear, ripe apple and lime aromas flood the nostrils trailed by whiffs of honeysuckle, quince and orange blossom. Rich and mouth filling, lime, pear, red apple and tangy orange fruits are underscored by zippy acidity with subtle notions of honeysuckle, quince and minerals tailing off across the rear. Superb textural volume and concentration with a long dry to off dry finish that’s both shapely and brisk in it’s feel at once.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2024 Roaring Meg Pinot Gris

Central Otago, NEW ZEALAND
$23. 99
Bottle
$287.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 14%

Closure: Stelvin

Luscious yet fresh with a generously textured finish.
Brilliant pale straw colour with a watery hue. Aromas of pear, red apple and musk show good lift out of the glass with some faint honeysuckle and ginger notes also evident. Luscious yet fresh the palate features juicy pear and red apple fruits over honeysuckle, musk and spice elements. Brisk acidity lends an energetic feel to what is otherwise a generously textured finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 14%

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2020 Roaring Meg Chardonnay

Central Otago, NEW ZEALAND
$36. 99
Bottle
$443.88 Dozen

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

ABV: 14%

Closure: Stelvin

Matured for 11 months in a mixture of concrete egg and neutral oak barrels. Bright yellow straw colour with a watery hue. Ripe nectarine, yellow peach and lemon butter aromas fill the nostrils with some bees wax, toast and spice also evident. Rich peach and honeycomb flavours sit over a toasty back drop of butterscotch and spicy almond. Creamy textured it finishes dry with a roasted almond character lingering through the aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc. 14%

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2024 Robert Mondavi California Chardonnay

California, UNITED STATES
$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2026-2029)

ABV: 14.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Rich, creamy textured entry level Californian Chardonnay.
Brilliant pale straw colour with green tinged edges and a watery hue. Ripe peach and honeycomb aromas overlaid with toasty oak mix with some butterscotch, crème brulee and spice notes. Rich and creamy textured, mouth filling ripe peach, apricot and honeycomb flavours meld into a charry oak led back drop of crème brulee and spicy nougat. Fresh underlying acidity finishing full and round.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 14.5%

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Robert Mondavi Private Selection Buttery Chardonnay

California, UNITED STATES
$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2024-2026)

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Stelvin

PLEASE NOTE: This product is sold has non-vintage specific as supplied stock can change vintage without notice.

Aged in French and American oak. Brilliant pale straw colour with a distinctive greenish tinge to the edges and a watery hue. Pronounced ripe peach and honeycomb scents fill the nostrils followed by bacon fat, crème brulee and spicy nougat notes. Rich and creamy textured, there’s a strong toasty vanillin oak undercurrent to the ripe peach, honeycomb, crème brulee and spicy butterscotch flavours. Soft acidity with a long luscious conclusion that’s laced with toasty vanillin oak.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 13.5%

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2021 Roc Breia (by Theo Dancer) Chardonnay

Burgundy, FRANCE
$225. 00
Bottle
$2700.00 Dozen

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Cork

Roc Breïa is an exciting new project in the Maconnais led by Chassagne-Montrachet's Theo Dancer (of Domaine Vincent Dancer fame). In 2021, Theo was invited to visit a mature, 10-hectare vineyard in the Bray district of the Maconnais that two investors had recently purchased. Dancer immediately saw the potential of the mature vines and limestone-rich soils. He agreed to manage the project, but only on the condition that he could control everything. Taking over in July 2021, with the help of full-time vigneron Bastien Cubillé, Dancer immediately began raising the vineyard work to his standards, bringing the soils and vines back into balance, planting cover crops, and cultivating inter-vine.
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Tasted from multiple barrels shortly before bottling, Théo Dancer's Roc Breïa 2021 Chardonnay offers up inviting aromas of orchard fruit and orange oil mingled with nuances of freshly baked bread, sweet stones, beeswax and nutmeg. Medium-bodied, fleshy and incisive, with tangy acids and a long, saline finish, it's a terrific debut effort for this new project. Maturation was in used 500-liter barrels.
90-92 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 09, 2022)

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2020 Rocca del Principe Tognano Riserva Fiano di Avellino

Campania, ITALY
$64. 99
Bottle
$779.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2023-2025)

ABV: 13%

Closure: Diam Cork

Brilliant pale straw colour with a glimmer of green to the edges and a watery hue. Elevated scents of lime infused with fresh herbs and smoky minerals escape from the glass trailed by some pear and wet slate notes. Delicious pear, lime and green apple fruits sit over a fresh herb infused back drop of wet stone and minerals. Texturally rounded mid palate finishing long, dry and stony with refreshing acidity.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 13%
Other Reviews…..
The 2020 Fiano di Avellino Riserva Tognano combines richness with verve, wafting up with a sweetly smoky blend of crushed rocks and dried apricot. This is textural with a pleasant inner sweetness up front, as a cascade of lime-tinged orchard fruits flows throughout. The 2020 finishes youthfully tense and savory, with a salty sensation that contrasts nectarine tones. This is a total pleasure to taste today, yet it has the balance to mature beautifully over the next five to eight years. Drink 2023-2028.
93 Points
Eric Guido - Vinous

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2018 Royal Tokaji Blue Label 5 Puttonyos Aszu (500ml)

Tokaji, HUNGARY
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Cork

Tokaji Aszú is a noble sweet wine made by blending dried and noble rotten berries to a dry base wine. Taste and quality of the Aszú mainly depend on the number of hods (puttonyos) filled with dry berries (25 kilograms each), which are added to a cask (Gönc type, 136 liters) of dry base wine. Consequently, the proportion between aszú berries and dry base wine is about 1:1 for a 6 puttonyos Aszú. Aszú Eszencia is made with the same process, and is a classification above 6 puttonyos where the ratio of noble dry berries to wine is more akin to 7-10 puttonyos. This is not to be confused with Tokaji Essencia which is a fermentation of just the free run juice of the dried noble berries as they rest in the vat.
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Attractive nose of dried apricots, candied plums and hints of tea leaves and vanilla. Medium- to full-bodied with vivid acidity and a dense, creamy texture. It shows chocolate bitterness at the end. Very long and textural, with a lot of delicious fruit upfront. Drink or hold.
94 points
James Suckling

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2021 Rudi Rabl Spiegel Gruner Veltliner

Kamptal, AUSTRIA
$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2023-2025)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

The Rabl estate was founded in 1750 and today covers around 50 hectares of vineyards in Austria's famous Kamptal wine region. Brilliant water like core with highlights of green skirting the edges. Leading aromas of pear, lime and green apple are trailed by faint fresh herb and stony mineral notes. Mouth watering lime and green apple fruits are delivered with terrific intensity. Pear, infusions of fresh herbs and stony mineral characters ensue. Dry and energetic yet nicely textured it has crunchy acidity and a long scrumptious finish.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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2021 Rutini Wines Encuentro Chardonnay

Mendoza, ARGENTINA
$32. 99
Bottle
$395.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2023-2026)

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Fifty percent of this wine was matured in a mix of first and second use French oak barrels. Brilliant pale straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Lifted peach, apricot and tropical fruit aromas are trailed by some spicy melon notes. Rich and textural the palate is filled with ripe peach, tropical fruit and apricot flavours which overlay some light butterscotch and spice. Refreshing acidity with a well rounded, long fruit driven conclusion.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 13.5%
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A hint of toast with salted lemons, fine lees and pineapples. Quite a flavorful, medium- to full-bodied palate with pretty length. A hint of brioche in the finish. Drink now.
92 Points
JamesSuckling.com

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2024 Sadie Family Citrusdal Mountain Skurfberg Chenin Blanc

Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

This extraordinary 100% Chenin Blanc hails from South Africa's northernmost wine region, the arid Citrusdal Mountain WO, on the west bank of the Olifants River. Specifically, the fruit is drawn from three parcels of 90-year-old, ungrafted bush vines on the decomposed, red sandstone slopes of the Skurfberg (which means 'rigid mountain'). Planted between 1940 and 1955, these are three immaculately farmed vineyards that have never been treated with herbicide or chemical fertilizers.
Fruit from each vineyard is vinified separately, basket-pressed, then transferred to old casks for natural fermentation. Following 12 months on lees, the wine is blended, then returned to the same casks for a further six months before being bottled directly from foudre.
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Papayas, stones, apricots, chopped apples, hazelnuts and some rosemary on the nose. It’s compact and creamy, with a full body but lots of stony minerality, plus phenolic grip and texture. Salty and intense at the end. Chenin blanc planted on weathered limestone with high iron content. Drink or hold.
96 points
Claire Nesbitt - JamesSuckling.com
The 2024 Skurfberg comes from the north, drier areas of the Cape, the first picked of Sadie's Chenin Blancs. This has a lovely bouquet with beeswax, sea spray and light white linen scents, a touch of seaweed. The palate is well balanced with gentle grip, very linear, very strict, a wine that doesn't muck about. Serious, stern, yet the sapidity beckons you back for another sip. Drink 2026-2046.
93+ points
Neal Martin - Vinous

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2024 Sadie Family Swartland Kokerboom Semillon

Swartland, SOUTH AFRICA
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 14%

Closure: Cork

Following the Citrusdal Valley north towards Clanwilliam, we come to Sadie's highest vineyard, Kokerboom. Named for the striking aloe plants that grow near the vines, Kokerboom was planted on Table Mountain sandstone in the 1930's and is now home to one of Swartland's few remaining plantings of old-vine Semillon, a variety that at one time, made up 80% of South Africa's national plantings. Owned and managed by Henk Laing, Sadie notes that, "This is one of the most pristine old vineyards we know. No herbicides or artificial fertilizers have been used on it, and it has been perfectly pruned over the years. The downside is that it is small and low-yielding."
Kokerboom is a field blend of Semillon Blanc and Semillon Gris, the latter contributing between 20-30% depending on the year. Both Semillons are picked and pressed together and raised in large-format oak. Thanks to its solar exposition, the Semillon ripens extremely well here and has little to none of the tart herbaceousness so often associated with this grape. Instead, the Semillon from this site is known for its ripe lime character with more citrus and chamomile flavours and a waxy texture.
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Sliced pears, beeswax, grapefruit, wild herbs and juniper berries on the nose of this full-bodied, creamy white. Lots of weight and layering, with a waxy yet fresh feel. Spicy, long finish. Exciting hint of ginger and tobacco at the very end. Co-planted semillon and semillon gris. Drink or hold.
96 points
Claire Nesbitt - JamesSuckling.com
The 2024 Kokerboom is a blend of Sémillon Blanc and Gris. Mellow on the nose, this is the most timid of Sadie's '24s at the moment, with very light wet wool and earthy aromas. The palate is very spicy on the entry, with a touch of ginger, linear and minimalist for Sémillon, with a bright, sapid, slightly fiery finish. Very fine. Drink 2027-2047.
92 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

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2022 Sadie Family Swartland Kokerboom Semillon

Swartland, SOUTH AFRICA
$170. 00
Bottle
$2040.00 Dozen

ABV: 13%

Closure: Cork

Following the Citrusdal Valley north towards Clanwilliam, we come to Sadie’s highest vineyard, Kokerboom. Named for the striking aloe plants that grow near the vines, Kokerboom was planted on Table Mountain sandstone in the 1930’s and is now home to one of Swartland’s few remaining plantings of old-vine Semillon—a variety that at one time, made up 80% of South Africa’s national plantings. Owned and managed by Henk Laing, Sadie notes that, “This is one of the most pristine old vineyards we know. No herbicides or artificial fertilizers have been used on it, and it has been perfectly pruned over the years. The downside is that it is small and low-yielding.”
Kokerboom is a field blend of Semillon Blanc and Semillon Gris, the latter contributing between 20-30% depending on the year. Both Semillons are picked and pressed together and raised in large-format oak. Thanks to its solar exposition, the Semillon ripens extremely well here and has little to none of the tart herbaceousness so often associated with this grape. Instead, the Semillon from this site is known for its ripe lime character with more citrus and chamomile flavours and a waxy texture.
Other Reviews....
Starting with a delightful mineral-laced nose, the 2022 Old Vine Series Kokerboom offers complex aromas of roasted almonds, underripe peach and wax melon with delightful citrus blossom. Light to medium-bodied and with 12.8% alcohol, the palate is complex, offering a beautiful weight with a waxy and phenolic mouthfeel before showcasing incredible mineral tension with energetic acidity. This beauty will remain food friendly for years and will benefit from another year in the bottle. Only 2,300 bottles were produced of this devastatingly gorgeous wine. Drink 2024 - 2038.
95 points
Anthony Mueller - Wine Advocate (Dec 30, 2023)
The 2022 Kokerboom is a blend of Semillon Blanc and Gris, whole bunch pressed and aged in old foudres. This is the first time it has been bottled under 14% alcohol (13.2%). It has a backward, stoic nose, opening with yellow fruit, jasmine and fern. The palate is very well balanced with a fine thread of acidity. This is based on freshness and texture, with a touch of glycerin and lanolin towards the finish, with tangy orange rind and stem ginger on the aftertaste. Maybe just missing the X-factor of Sadie's other cuvées this year? Drink 2024-2038.
91 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

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2020 Sadie Family Swartland Palladius Magnum (1500ml)

Swartland, SOUTH AFRICA
$520. 00
Bottle
$6240.00 Dozen

ABV: 14%

Closure: Cork

The Sadie Family team work with roughly 30-hectares of vines, one-third of which are estate, with the other vines farmed entirely under their control. This is a considerable undertaking when you consider, at their furthest point, the vineyards lie some 250 miles apart and are spread across 53 separate parcels. Then consider that everything is dry grown and organically farmed and that each parcel, having different geologies, aspects and often grape varieties, will require different management. These vines lie mostly on the high altitude slopes of Swartland’s Atlantic-influenced mountains, one hour north of Cape Town on the Western Cape.
Sadie’s signature white is a blend of all 11 of Swartland’s official white varieties, with old, bush-vine Chenin Blanc playing the principal role. The idea is to produce a great white that represents the overall terroir of Swartland (as much as this is possible) and to use all the permitted varieties. As a result, this is harvested from 17 separate vineyard sites, with the full list of grapes taking in Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Semillon Blanc, Palomino and Colombard, as well as the hyper-rare Semillon Gris (which plays a key role in Sadie’s Kokerboom and ‘T Voetpad old vine cuvées).
As for the winemaking, the fruit was sorted and pressed in a traditional basket, directly into clay amphoras and six concrete eggs. The wine finished fermenting in its own time (which can take up to 20 months) after which it went to large wooden foudre for maturation before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Other Reviews....
No fewer than 17 parcels and 11 varieties (for now) contribute to the blend of this impressive white. Palomino, Chenin Blanc and Grenache Blanc are the dominant grapes in a wine that nods towards the southern Rhône and Spain. Less exotic than it was, Palladius is tauter and more focused these days, with freshness and zip form Clairette Blanche, Colombard and Verdelho, citrus, pear, lemongrass and aromatic herb notes and a tangy, wet stone finish. Drink: 2023-2030.
96 points
Tim Atkin MW - South Africa Report 2020

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2019 Sadie Family Swartland Palladius Magnum (1500ml)

Swartland, SOUTH AFRICA
$499. 00
Bottle
$5988.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

The Sadie Family team work with roughly 30-hectares of vines, one-third of which are estate, with the other vines farmed entirely under their control. This is a considerable undertaking when you consider, at their furthest point, the vineyards lie some 250 miles apart and are spread across 53 separate parcels. Then consider that everything is dry grown and organically farmed and that each parcel, having different geologies, aspects and often grape varieties, will require different management. These vines lie mostly on the high altitude slopes of Swartland’s Atlantic-influenced mountains, one hour north of Cape Town on the Western Cape.
Sadie’s signature white is a blend of all 11 of Swartland’s official white varieties, with old, bush-vine Chenin Blanc playing the principal role. The idea is to produce a great white that represents the overall terroir of Swartland (as much as this is possible) and to use all the permitted varieties. As a result, this is harvested from 17 separate vineyard sites, with the full list of grapes taking in Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Semillon Blanc, Palomino and Colombard, as well as the hyper-rare Semillon Gris (which plays a key role in Sadie’s Kokerboom and ‘T Voetpad old vine cuvées). Scattered thought the Swartland, most of the vineyards are rooted in decomposed Paardeberg granite (although four parcels lie on sandstone) and qualify for old vine status (35-plus years with the oldest vines planted in 1935). The younger fruit comes from Sadie’s own plantings, although even here the yields max out at 22 hl/ha.
As for the winemaking, the fruit was sorted and pressed in a traditional basket, directly into clay amphoras and six concrete eggs. The wine finished fermenting in its own time (which can take up to 20 months) after which it went to large wooden foudre for maturation before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Throughout the season, Sadie’s major goal is to “try and get the maximum volume of compact fruit and texture together with the best potential volume of acidity and freshness.” That’s something he has unquestionably achieved here, with the breadth and texture setting Palladius apart from the from his old vine series whites. Unlike those wines, this relies less on the acidity, instead harnessing a deep phenolic freshness that structures the wine. Sadie continues, “Over the past five years Palladius has been the wine that gained most in quality and refinement and much of this has to do with the addition of more vineyards and the improvement of their viticulture.”
Other Reviews....
Delivering aromas of lemon oil, raw honeycomb, wax melon and underripe peach skin, the 2019 Palladius is gorgeous on the nose, with a delightful floral lift and dusty nuance. Medium-bodied on the palate, the wine offers notions of dusty honeysuckle, underripe peach skin and citrus blossom along with lovely mineral tension and a kiss of phenolic bitterness. This will remain food-friendly until its 20th birthday. Every time I try these wines, they never seem to fail to deliver pleasure. Absolutely stunning! Drink 2022 - 2045.
95 points
Anthony Mueller - Wine Advocate (Jun 2022)
Seventeen grapes from 11 sites make up the blend of this celebrated Swartland white, created to combine "two worlds in one - weight and tension", according to Eben Sadie. Perfumed and exotic, it's daringly unoaked, with peach, apricot, green apple and lime flavours, aromatic spices, layers of complexity and a racy, balanced finish.
96 points
Tim Atkin MW - South Africa Special Report 2021

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2018 Sadie Family Swartland Palladius

Swartland, SOUTH AFRICA
$220. 00
Bottle
$2640.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

The Sadie Family team work with roughly 30-hectares of vines, one-third of which are estate, with the other vines farmed entirely under their control. This is a considerable undertaking when you consider, at their furthest point, the vineyards lie some 250 miles apart and are spread across 53 separate parcels. Then consider that everything is dry grown and organically farmed and that each parcel, having different geologies, aspects and often grape varieties, will require different management. These vines lie mostly on the high altitude slopes of Swartland’s Atlantic-influenced mountains, one hour north of Cape Town on the Western Cape.

Sadie’s signature white is a blend of all 11 of Swartland’s official white varieties, with old, bush-vine Chenin Blanc playing the principal role. The idea is to produce a great white that represents the overall terroir of Swartland (as much as this is possible) and to use all the permitted varieties. As a result, this is harvested from 17 separate vineyard sites, with the full list of grapes taking in Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Semillon Blanc, Palomino and Colombard, as well as the hyper-rare Semillon Gris (which plays a key role in Sadie’s Kokerboom and ‘T Voetpad old vine cuvées). Scattered thought the Swartland, most of the vineyards are rooted in decomposed Paardeberg granite (although four parcels lie on sandstone) and qualify for old vine status (35-plus years with the oldest vines planted in 1935). The younger fruit comes from Sadie’s own plantings, although even here the yields max out at 22 hl/ha.

As for the winemaking, the fruit was sorted and pressed in a traditional basket, directly into clay amphoras and six concrete eggs. The wine finished fermenting in its own time (which can take up to 20 months) after which it went to large wooden foudre for maturation before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Throughout the season, Sadie’s major goal is to “try and get the maximum volume of compact fruit and texture together with the best potential volume of acidity and freshness.” That’s something he has unquestionably achieved here, with the breadth and texture setting Palladius apart from the from his old vine series whites. Unlike those wines, this relies less on the acidity, instead harnessing a deep phenolic freshness that structures the wine. Sadie continues, “Over the past five years Palladius has been the wine that gained most in quality and refinement and much of this has to do with the addition of more vineyards and the improvement of their viticulture.”

Other Reviews....
The 2018 Palladius is pale gold in color with an impressive meniscus that clings to the glass. The nose is youthful with a significant underlying mineral essence beneath aromas of waxy citrus blossom, Meyer lemon pith, raw honeycomb, wax melon and yellow apple skin. Medium-bodied, the 13.5% alcohol wine is majestic on the palate, displaying a tightly wound mineral tension, a waxy and textural mouthfeel and a kiss of phenolic bitterness to make this absolutely food-friendly and age-worthy. The wine continues to unfold and evolve on the palate, offering complex terroir expressions. Concluding with a long, drawn-out and persistent finish, flavors of dusty citrus linger for more than a minute. There’s no wonder why these wines are so highly allocated and sought after. I just had a daydream about how tertiary and nutty this bottle will be in 15 years. Simply stunning! Wow.
94 points
Anthony Mueller - Wine Advocate (Feb 2021)

The 2018 Palladius is a blend of 12 grape varieties, whole-cluster-pressed and matured in clay and concrete amphorae. Only Eben Sadie can take a gallimaufry of grape varieties and create a wine of this caliber. It has a clean, pure bouquet of wax resin, pine needles, greengage plum and light chamomile scents that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is bright and vivacious on the entry and displays a wonderful waxy texture; peach skin, hazelnut and saline notes appear toward the finish. It's all about the umami.
94 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

Space prevents me from listing all of them, but this remarkable Swartland white is made from 11 different varieties, including Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Verdelho, Palomino, Marsanne and Roussanne, spread across 17 different sites. Peach, pear and lime flavours are beautifully melded on this more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts white, with gentle oak spice and a thread of acidity that runs through the wine like a cool underground stream.
97 points
Tim Atkin MW - South Africa Special Report 2020

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