750 mL
750 mL
Egly-Ouriet Les Prémices Extra Brut Champagne NV
French Sparkling
Equal parts Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier come from vineyards near Trigny on sandy soil with some clay. The vines average forty years old. Grapes are hand harvested and fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel. The wine spends three years in bottle and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Pale lemon colour accompanies white flowers, marzipan, white peach, light herbs, pepper, citrus zest and a long mineral finish.
Remoissenet Père et Fils 2020 Beaune Marconnets Premier Cru
French Red
Black and red cherries appear with red plums in a structured, layered Pinot Noir. Meaty tannins accompany the fruit. Energy, balance, ripe cherry and freshness are also present. The Marconnets plot lies at the northern end of Beaune near Savigny-lès-Beaune. It faces south and southeast on clay and limestone. Light woody and smoky notes accompany redcurrant and blackcurrant.
Domaine Georges Glantenay 2021 Chambolle-Musigny
French Red
A vibrant mineral aroma accompanies dark fruit. The palate is broad and silky, with depth, slight roundness and finishing intensity. Three parcels contribute to the wine: Les Creux Baissants, Les Condemennes and Les Fremières. The vines average forty-five to sixty-five years old, and the soils contain clay and limestone. Pinot Noir is matured with twenty percent new oak.
Domaine du Pegau 2021 Cuvée Réservée Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Spicy aromas include ripe red fruit, cassis, toasted herbs, pepper and roasted meat. The palate is big, rich and full-bodied, with a long, lingering finish. The blend is eighty percent Grenache, six percent Syrah, four percent Mourvèdre and ten percent other permitted varieties. Maceration lasts seven to fourteen days. The press and free-run juice matures for twenty-four months in 5,000-litre oak foudres, and the wine is bottled without filtration.
Tenuta di Saragano 2012 Montefalco Sagrantino
Italian Red
Brilliant ruby-red colour appears with tobacco, leather and dried orange. The taste has precision and fine tannins, with silky, slender and persistent character. Made entirely from Sagrantino, the wine also shows undergrowth, black cherry and blackberry. It is tannic but soft, full-bodied and elegant. Maturation includes two years in barrique and two years in bottle. The vineyard sits at 500 metres on limestone and clay soil.
Château de Beaucastel 2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Nearly black colour accompanies red fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry, spice, thyme and lavender. The bouquet is elegant, rich and round, with fig, cherry, blackcurrant and stewed fruit, together with acidity and delicate tannins. Grenache and Mourvèdre each account for thirty percent of the blend, Counoise and Syrah each ten percent, and Cinsault five percent. Eight other permitted varieties make up the remaining fifteen percent.
Le Macchiole 2021 Paleo Bianco Toscana IGT
Italian White
The blend is seventy percent Chardonnay and thirty percent Sauvignon Blanc. Winemaking includes ten days in oak. Maturation lasts eight months: ten percent in new oak, seventy percent in second-, third- and fourth-use barrels and tonneaux, and twenty percent in stainless steel. Harvest began during the third week of August. The profile has Mediterranean character, intensity, flavour and depth, and the wine is produced in small quantities.
Château Langoa Barton 2015 Saint-Julien
French Red
Intense colour accompanies a bouquet of red fruit, undergrowth and tobacco. The texture is fleshy and tight, with spice, tannins, a silky palate and a long, tense finish. The blend is fifty-four percent Cabernet Sauvignon, thirty-eight percent Merlot and eight percent Cabernet Franc. Harvesting is entirely by hand. Alcoholic fermentation lasts seven to ten days, maceration about three weeks, and oak maturation sixteen to eighteen months.
Château Malartic-Lagravière 2005 Pessac-Léognan
French Red
Very deep red-black colour has purple hints. A delicate nose carries ripe red and black fruit, freshness, menthol, violets, blackcurrant, mineral, smoke and roasted notes. The attack is mellow and rich, with a tight, distinguished and vigorous tannic structure. The mid-palate is broad and generous, with fruit, minerality, toast, wood and balance. The blend is fifty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty percent Merlot and five percent Cabernet Franc.
Génot-Boulanger 2021 Meursault Clos du Cromin
French White
Fennel appears with light reduction, while the palate is balanced, lightly spiced, and marked by sour lemon and orange rind. Depth and tenderness accompany a finish of moderate length. The Chardonnay is hand harvested, crushed and whole-bunch pressed. Fermentation takes place in oak after light settling. Maturation lasts twelve months in oak and six months in stainless steel; the wine is not filtered.
Domaine Henri Rebourseau 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin
French Red
Crunchy red fruit and sweet spice appear in a medium-bodied Pinot Noir. The blend draws on village parcels including La Brunelle, Aux Corvées, Sylvie and Champs-Chenys. La Brunelle covers 2.78 hectares; its brown surface soils sit above limestone gravel, with sand and clay two metres down. The estate's Aux Corvées parcel covers 2.35 hectares and has relatively deep soil.
Rolf Binder 2005 Hanisch Shiraz
Australian Red
Cedar, tobacco, vanilla, spice, truffle, pencil lead, plum and blueberry appear in a voluptuous, intensely flavoured profile. The wine is supple, generous and long, with blackberry joined by clove and white pepper. The texture is creamy. This full-bodied Shiraz comes from the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Maturation used eighty percent new American oak, with the balance in seasoned French oak.
Pol Roger 2018 Brut Rosé Champagne
French Sparkling
Pale salmon colour has pink hues and fine, persistent effervescence. Raspberry, redcurrant, blackcurrant, mango and papaya appear with rose and honeysuckle. The palate is mouth-filling, with length, freshness and acidity. The blend uses fifty percent Pinot Noir and thirty-five percent Chardonnay, plus fifteen percent red Pinot Noir. Fermentation is kept below eighteen degrees in stainless steel, with each variety and village separate.
Collemattoni 2019 Albori Brunello di Montalcino
Italian Red
Made from Sangiovese selected from the estate's highest parcels, this red comes from Montalcino in Tuscany. Pure, mature fruit appears with a broad and clear aromatic profile. The taste is balanced between alcohol and tannins, with dynamic, fine and defined character and a fresh, savoury close. The fruit includes grapes from a high vineyard near Passo del Lume Spento. Alcohol is listed at 15.5 percent.
Quarles Harris 1980 Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
Almost dark red and opaque in colour, this fortified wine shows tar, fig, liquorice and date. The finish is dry and savoury. Full-bodied character appears with delicate acidity, balance and elegance, alongside cacao, dark chocolate, toffee, fudge and candy. The blend includes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca. It comes from the Douro Valley in Portugal.
Château Labégorce 2005 Margaux
French Red
Dark ruby colour has violet nuances. Black berries and stone fruit appear with animal and toasted notes. The palate is massive, concentrated and generous, with ripe tannins and a long return of fruit. Medium body, plum and cherry appear together with cedar, herbs and leafy forest character. This red comes from Margaux in Bordeaux and uses Cabernet Sauvignon.
El Gran Enemigo 2020 Gualtallary Cabernet Franc
Argentinian Red
Deep purple colour has red highlights. Sweet spice, black pepper, eucalyptus and thyme appear with ripe black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, chocolate and vanilla. The taste is complex, with sweet impact, structured tannins and a long, persistent finish. The blend is eighty-five percent Cabernet Franc and fifteen percent Malbec, grown on deep, calcareous and rocky soil at about 1,470 metres in Gualtallary.
Tahbilk 2009 1860 Vines Shiraz
Australian Red
Bright crimson colour accompanies rich berry fruit, vanilla, spice, ripe black cherry and dried herbs. Integrated oak and fine-grained tannins are also present, with elegance and substantial length. The Shiraz comes from a half-hectare of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines. Grapes are hand picked and fermented in old open-oak vats. Maturation lasts eighteen months in French oak, with further bottle ageing.
Taylor Fladgate 2017 Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
Opaque black colour at the centre narrows to a purple rim. Fine, linear fruit appears with graphite minerality, violets, citrus, wild herbs and gum cistus. The palate has muscular tannins, while the finish is firm and grippy, with pure berry fruit. The blend includes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca. Alcohol is listed at twenty percent.
Silver Oak 2016 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
American Red
Ruby colour and a magenta rim accompany cassis, blackberry, vanilla, sage and spearmint. Potpourri, bramble and raspberry are also present. The finish is juicy, with chewy tannins and medium length. The blend combines 94.6 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, four percent Merlot, and one-half percent each of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, with 0.4 percent Malbec. It matured for twenty-four months in American oak, half of it new.
Château de Beaucastel 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
Deep ruby colour appears with a fresh chocolate note. The wine is round, with ripe fruit, soft tannins, good length, acidity and balance. Grenache and Mourvèdre each account for thirty percent of the blend, with fifteen percent Syrah, ten percent Counoise and five percent Cinsault. The remaining ten percent comprises eight other permitted varieties. The grapes are grown organically.
Castiglion del Bosco 2016 Brunello di Montalcino
Italian Red
Complex and rich, the Sangiovese shows small red fruit with thyme and bay leaf. Plum appears alongside finesse and elegance. The finish has an acidic note, while balance and persistence are also present. The vintage brought ripe tannins, rich colour and good acidity. A mild winter and spring were followed by a cool, mild summer, and harvest concluded around the middle of October.
Elio Grasso 2016 Barolo Ginestra Casa Matè
Italian Red
Black cherry, plum and balsamic notes appear in a profile with ample, creamy texture and depth. Nebbiolo is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks with daily pumpovers, then matured in twenty-five-hectolitre Slavonian oak casks. After bottling, the wine rests in the cellar for eight to ten months. The vineyard has calcareous, clay-rich soil and a southern exposure in Monforte d'Alba.
Moulin Touchais 1968 Coteaux du Layon
French Dessert
Amber colour accompanies an oxidative profile reminiscent of Amontillado, with olive, dried apricot, brine, toffee and walnut. The wine has welcoming sweetness and freshness, while the finish is almost malty and long. Made from Chenin Blanc grapes, this sweet white comes from Coteaux du Layon in the Loire Valley. Alcohol is listed at twelve-and-a-half percent.
Mission Hill Family Estate 2004 Oculus
Canadian Red
Merlot accounts for seventy-four percent of the blend, joined by Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Cedar, cassis and savoury black fruit appear alongside mint, liquorice, black raspberry and bitter chocolate. The wine is medium-bodied, with firm tannins and powerful character. This Bordeaux-inspired red comes from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia and is presented in a 750 mL bottle.
Nardi 2006 Brunello di Montalcino
Italian Red
Bright full red colour appears with plum, currant, sour cherry, dried flowers, nuts and a suggestion of white fruit. The Sangiovese is silky on the palate, with intensity and subtle sweetness. Its shape is spherical and mouth-coating. The finish is chewy and saline, while the tannins are in harmony with the fruit. This Brunello comes from Tuscany.
Quinta do Noval 2000 Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
Purity of fruit appears with a fine and delicate quality. Balance, harmony, finesse and elegance characterize the profile. The grapes are trodden by foot, and fermentation takes place in traditional stone lagares. The wine comes from the Douro and is listed at twenty percent alcohol. Made from old vines, this style is declared only in great years.
Messias 1968 Colheita Port
Portuguese Fortified
The blend brings together Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão. Amber colour is marked by green hues. The profile is complex and intense, with nutmeg, orange peel and roasted almonds. The wine is full-bodied and complex, and the finish is excellent. Fermentation takes place in a granite lagar, followed by at least seven years of oak ageing.
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005 Pauillac
French Red
Dense purple colour appears with crème de cassis, flowers, wet stones and blackcurrant. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and fleshy, with length and richness. Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for seventy-eight percent of the blend and Merlot for twenty-two percent. The grapes were hand picked. Maceration lasts about three weeks, while maturation lasts sixteen to eighteen months in French oak barrels.
Graham’s 2000 Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
Ripe plum, gum cistus, fresh blackberry and red plum appear in a full, rich profile. The palate is smooth, and the finish is long and clean. The vintage is noted for immense concentration and small quantities. Drawn from parcels across four Douro estates, this Vintage Port was produced in an exceptional year. Alcohol is listed at twenty percent.