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De Fermo 2021 Don Carlino Pecorino Colline Pescaresi IGT
Italian White
$62.99
The colour is intense straw yellow. Ripe yellow fruit, aromatic herbs and light spice are present. The wine is made entirely from Pecorino grown on limestone and clay soils at about 290 metres. Grapes are harvested by hand and fermented with indigenous yeasts. Maturation lasts nine to twelve months in tonneaux, large casks and concrete tanks. The wine is neither fined nor filtered.
Gérard Bertrand Château L’Hospitalet 2022 Grand Vin Rouge La Clape
French Red
$62.99
The colour is bright ruby. Spice and ripe strawberry aromas are present. The tannins are silky and fine, and the fruit character is fresh. Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre form the blend. The grapes are hand harvested, sorted and destemmed. Each variety ferments separately in temperature-controlled tanks with twenty to twenty-five days of maceration, followed by twelve to sixteen months in new 225-litre barrels.
MicroBio Wines 2019 Ruf y Ann Rufete
Spanish Red
$63.99
Wild raspberry, olive, earth, cumin and floral notes appear in a delicate profile. Acidity is pronounced, while the tannins are sweet and delicate. The finish is long and floral. Rufete comes from a vineyard planted in nineteen fifty-one at Miranda del Castañar, with decomposed granite and a slate outcrop. The wine carries 13.3 percent alcohol and the vineyard is farmed biodynamically.
Arianna Occhipinti 2024 SP68 Rosso
Italian Red
$64.99
Red cherry, pomegranate, raspberry leaf and warm Mediterranean herbs accompany a vibrant, silky profile with fine tannins, savoury mineral tension and a long, refreshing finish. Frappato accounts for seventy percent of the blend, with Nero d’Avola at thirty percent. Native-yeast co-fermentation takes place in concrete with fifteen days on skins; maturation continues for seven months in concrete and one month in bottle.
Koerner 2018 Classico Clare Valley Red
Australian Red
$64.99
Dusky blackberry, black plum, cassis, violet and balsamic notes accompany long, suede-like tannins and fine acidity. Cabernet Sauvignon is joined by fifteen percent each of Malbec and Petit Verdot. Destemmed fruit ferments with native yeast, then spends four months in used barriques. The final blend matures for six months in a three-year-old seven-hundred-litre French barrel and a ceramic egg before bottling without fining or filtration.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2021 Les Molates Savagnin Côtes du Jura
French White
$66.99
White flowers, fresh herbs, parsley, eucalyptus and cut grass appear with coriander seed, toasted sesame and wasabi. The palate includes Granny Smith apple, spiced pear, rhubarb and marinated plum, with lively acidity and an energetic finish. Savagnin grows on white Lias marl. Fermentation uses indigenous yeast without added sulphur, and maturation lasts one year, mainly in foudres. Serve at 12°C.
Domaine Marcel Deiss 2020 Ribeauvillé Alsace
French White
$66.99
Apricot, ripe apple, candied lemon, orange, white flowers, honey, fresh herbs and spice accompany a medium-bodied palate with richness, texture, fresh acidity and balance. The finish is floral and mineral. Riesling, Sylvaner and Pinot Blanc come from Gruenspiel, Hagueneau and Weinbaum, on limestone, clay, sandstone and gravel. Fermentation uses indigenous yeast, and maturation lasts at least twelve months in large old barrels.
Maison en Belles Lies 2019 L’Étrange Vin de France
French Red
$71.99
Morello cherry, marzipan, black pepper, tamarind and allspice are present. Dark fruit and developed aromatics accompany precise acidity and soft tannins. Gamay à petits grains accounts for sixty percent of the blend, Pinot Noir twenty-five percent and Muscat Chardonnay fifteen percent. Grapes are farmed biodynamically, and the red wine is bottled without fining, filtration or added sulphur.
Maison en Belles Lies 2021 Bourgogne Aligoté
French White
$71.99
Aligoté from Saint-Aubin grows on white limestone soils. Whole clusters are pressed directly and cold-settled for three days. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by fifteen months of maturation, thirty percent in tank and seventy percent in 350-litre barrels. The white wine is unfined and unfiltered, with minimal sulphur added before bottling.
Trisaetum 2021 Coast Range Estate Riesling
American White
$71.99
Round and fruity, the Riesling combines baked apple and pear with a hint of almond paste. A touch of sweetness remains far from dessert level, while the palate is full and the finish lingers. Production totals two hundred and sixty-nine cases, and alcohol is eleven point three percent. The estate vineyard lies in Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton District.
Castello di Tassarolo 2023 Ombra Orange Wine in Amphora
Italian White
$71.99
Made entirely from Cortese, this unfiltered orange-style white ferments with partially crushed skins in handmade terracotta amphorae. Organic grapes are harvested by hand, and no sulphites are added. Alcohol is thirteen percent. Production is limited to two thousand bottles. The wine is Biodynamic, Vegan and Natural. The winery is based in Tassarolo in Italy’s Piedmont region.
Domaine de la Touraize 2022 Les Voisines Chardonnay Arbois
French White
$74.99
Textured and crunchy, the Chardonnay carries slight oxidative notes. The vines grow across three hills north of Arbois on gravel over marl, limestone and blue marl. Whole clusters are pressed into vat, then the settled wine is racked into barrel for indigenous fermentation. It ages on fine lees for two winters in oak puncheons and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Escoda-Sanahuja 2019 Mas del Gaio
Spanish White
$71.99
Light and fragrant, the skin-contact white is tightly woven, firm and concentrated. Tropical fruit and salinity are present, with a long finish. Parellada forms half of the blend, joined by Grenache Blanc and Macabeu from old vines. After eight days of skin contact, fermentation takes place in amphora. The wine remains in amphora for eight months before moving to old oak.
Julien Guillot 2018 Mégamix Vin de France
French Red
$74.99
Red fruit appears with floral and herbal notes. The palate is young, fresh and light, with good acidity and a persistent finish. The grapes come from vines between twenty-five and eighty years old and are harvested by hand. A short carbonic maceration is followed by eighteen months in a conical wooden vat. The vineyard is farmed biodynamically, and the wine is classified as natural.
François Chidaine 2020 Les Argiles Vin de France
French White
$73.99
Apricot, honey, citrus, pear and apple accompany a broad, dry profile with fresh acidity. The mid-palate is rich and rounded, and the finish is textural, with subtle apple-pie notes. Chenin grows in deep clay and white chalk above tuffeau. Indigenous yeasts ferment in six-hundred-litre demi-muids, where the wine also matures on its lees. The vineyard is farmed organically and biodynamically.
Radikon 2015 Ribolla Gialla Venezia Giulia IGT 500 mL
Italian White
$74.99
Orange blossom, honey, passion fruit and walnut accompany mineral character and light tannins. The wine is dry and fresh, with a long finish. Ribolla Gialla undergoes extended skin contact before thirty-six months in large casks. The bottled wine is unfiltered, unfined and made without added sulphur dioxide. The vines are farmed organically and biodynamically, and the wine is classified as natural.
Domaine Elian Da Ros 2021 Chante-Coucou Côtes du Marmandais
French Red
$75.99
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Syrah are vinified separately in open concrete vats with gentle extraction. Dark colour accompanies preserved black fruit, blueberry, ripe blackberry, cassis and prune. Peony and dried chrysanthemum appear with resinous, balsamic notes recalling pine and cypress. Ripe tomato, pink pepper and Espelette pepper are also present. The vines grow in clay-gravel soils over grey marl molasse, and the vineyard is farmed biodynamically.
Domaine de la Touraize 2023 La Cabane Ploussard Arbois
French Red
$79.99
Ploussard comes from the northwest-facing Petit Curoulet vineyard on blue marl. The vineyard is organic and uses biodynamic practices. Bunches are destemmed by hand while maintaining at least eighty percent whole berries. Fermentation begins in stainless steel for about two weeks. Free-run juice is captured and the pomace is gently pressed by hand. The wine finishes fermentation in foudre, is racked off its lees and matures in foudre for twelve months. Spice and pepper accompany a soft, slender profile.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2022 Chardonnay En Quatre Vis Côtes du Jura
French White
$81.99
Chardonnay comes from vines about forty-five years old on marl soils. The certified-organic vineyard also uses biodynamic practices. Grapes are harvested by hand with selection, then undergo alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in 500-litre demi-muids with indigenous yeasts. The wine remains in demi-muids for twelve months and receives very little sulphur at bottling. It is a still white with twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Ampeleia 2019 Kepos Toscana Rosso 1.5 L
Italian Red
$109.99
Spicy, herbaceous aromas and a balsamic lift are present. The mouthfeel is lush and soft. Alicante Nero, Mourvèdre and Carignano come from three separate vineyards; all are harvested on the same day and co-fermented. Skin maceration lasts fifteen days, and ageing lasts ten months in concrete tanks. The wine is certified organic and comes from grapes grown biodynamically in Tuscany.
Château Mauvinon 2020 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
French Red
$118.99
Black cherry, plum, hazelnut, chocolate and dried flowers are present in the aromas. Blackberry and liquorice appear on the palate. The profile is structured and intense, with powerful, silky tannins and a long, smoky finish. The blend is seventy percent Merlot and thirty percent Cabernet Franc. Grapes are hand-picked and sorted. Vinification uses small containers; maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, with half of the barrels renewed.
Champagne Fleury Fleur de l’Europe Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
$119.99
Brilliant gold colour accompanies honey and acacia aromas. The palate is broad and generous, with freshness, tension, salinity and a long mineral finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay form the blend. The vineyards are certified biodynamic, and the grapes are harvested by hand. The wine receives zero dosage and spends at least three years on the lees.
Clos des Vignes du Maynes 2020 Mâcon-Cruzille Manganite
French Red
$122.99
Gamay comes from vines planted in nineteen fifty-three on limestone soils. Whole bunches undergo semi-carbonic maceration in wooden vats. The wine is bottled without fining, filtration or added sulphur. Lifted tart berry and floral tones meet a soft texture. The parcel lies in Mâcon-Cruzille in Burgundy’s Mâconnais, and the finished wine carries 14.5 percent alcohol.
Julien Guillot 2020 Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Auguste
French Red
$124.99
Pinot Noir grows on clay and limestone soils with calcareous silt and abundant silica. The grapes undergo semi-carbonic maceration, followed by twelve months in used French oak. Bottling takes place without fining, filtration or added sulphur. The property is farmed organically without chemical treatments, and biodynamic methods are used. Work in the vineyard and cellar is performed by hand, without additions during growing or winemaking.
Podere Forte 2018 Petruccino Orcia DOC
Italian Red
$136.99
Bright, deep ruby colour accompanies strawberry, red berries, fine wood, white chocolate and peppery spice. The Sangiovese is juicy, mineral and saline, with tension. The six-hectare site lies at 430 metres and faces west and southwest. Calcareous schist sits beneath thirty to forty centimetres of clay. Aromatic herbs and fresh notes are present, with a balsamic finish.
Domaine Roblet-Monnot 2019 Pommard Chanlin-Haut
French Red
$139.99
Cherry, raspberry, sweet soil, peony and spice are present in a medium- to full-bodied Pinot Noir. The profile is layered, deep and concentrated, with powdery tannins, lively acidity and a long saline finish. Chanlin-Haut is a higher-altitude, later-ripening site. The wine comes from clay-chalk soils, and the vines are seventy and thirty-five years old. Fermentation uses natural yeast in stainless steel, while maturation lasts twenty months in French oak.
Domaine Comte Abbatucci 2017 Ministre Impérial
French Red
$141.99
Small tart redcurrants, mineral and smoky notes appear with fine oak. The palate has depth, sapidity, verticality, breadth, generosity and purity. The blend includes Sciaccarellu, Niellucciu, Morescola, Morescono, Montaneccia, Carcajolu-Neru and Aleatico. Fermentation takes place in wooden vats. Maturation lasts twelve months in foudre and 600-litre demi-muids, followed by several months in stainless steel and at least six months in bottle.
Au Pied du Mont Chauve 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet En Pimont
French White
$142.99
Green herb and toast accompany bright, fresh fruit. White grapefruit and lemon are juicy and mouthwatering, with white pepper and a steely, long finish. The profile is concentrated. This dry white is made entirely from Chardonnay and contains 13.5 percent alcohol. The vineyard has a thin clay-limestone topsoil and was planted in the mid-1970s. Maturation lasts eighteen months on fine lees, including at least ten months in wood.
Champagne Charpentier Pinot Meunier Zéro Dosage NV
French Sparkling
$149.99
A sustained yellow-gold colour and fine creamy bubbles accompany yellow-fleshed and stone fruit. The profile is dense and developed, with freshness and finesse. This Blanc de Noirs is made entirely from Pinot Meunier grown at Charly-sur-Marne. The parcel has been cultivated biodynamically for ten years. Fermentation took place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine received zero dosage.
Paolo Bea 2018 Arboreus Umbria Bianco IGT
Italian White
$149.99
Amber-yellow colour appears with ripe apricot, orange peel, spice, dried flowers and honey. The profile is enveloping, savoury, fresh and intense. Trebbiano Spoletino underwent spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel without added sulphur and remained on the skins for more than twenty days. Maturation lasted twenty-four months in stainless-steel vessels, including more than two hundred days with fine lees. The wine carries 13.5 percent alcohol.