Selection
Selection
Domaine Chapel 2018 Fleurie Charbonnières Vieilles Vignes
French Red
$56.99
Raspberry, cherry, rose petal, liquorice, herbs and flowers shape the profile. The palate is layered and medium to full bodied, with succulent acidity and saline character. Velvety texture accompanies supple tannins and a long, mineral-accented finish. Gamay comes from the forest-enclosed Charbonnières parcel, where granite bedrock lies beneath granitic sand and weathered rock fragments. Whole clusters undergo semi-carbonic maceration with indigenous yeast, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Jermann 2022 Pinot Grigio Friuli DOC
Italian White
$56.99
Fresh orchard fruit, white flowers, lemon-drop candy and crushed stone appear with lemon zest, green apple skin and wild green herbs. The palate has lively acidity and a lime-toned finish. Pinot Grigio is fermented as a white wine and spends about six months on its lees in stainless steel before bottle ageing. The wine is dry, velvety and fragrant, with thirteen percent alcohol.
Domaine la Barroche 2021 Liberty Vin de France
French Red
$56.99
Juicy black raspberry, violets, peppery herbs and minerality appear in a concentrated, structured profile. The blend is 52% Grenache, 18% Cinsault, 13% Mourvèdre, 12% Syrah and 5% Carignan. The vines average sixty-five years old and grow at 125 metres on sand, blue and red clay and river stones. Vinification takes place in underground concrete vats, with more than four weeks on skins. Ageing lasts twenty months in old oak casks and 600-litre barrels.
Broc Cellars 2019 KouKou Cabernet Franc
American Red
$56.99
Cabernet Franc comes from Crown Point Vineyard in Happy Canyon. The site has serpentine loam and clay-loam soils, with pronounced shifts between daytime and nighttime temperatures. Whole clusters are placed in concrete, foot crushed and gently pumped over. The wine is pressed back into concrete for ten months of ageing before bottling. It contains twelve percent alcohol and comes from Santa Barbara County.
Broc Cellars 2019 Amore Bianco Tocai Friulano
American White
$56.99
Tocai Friulano comes from Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino and is grown organically. Native yeasts carry out fermentation, no sulphur is added, and the wine is left unfiltered. The fermented juice is pumped off the skins, which are pressed in a basket press. The wine is then returned to sandstone jars for ageing. Production totalled forty-two cases.
Piaggia 2016 Il Sasso Carmignano DOCG
Italian Red
$58.99
Black cherry, plum, lavender, spice, tobacco and dried herbs appear with cinnamon and allspice. Dark fruit accompanies a soft, yielding finish and textural richness. Sangiovese is blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The fruit comes from the estate’s S. Cristina a Mezzana vineyard, and the wine contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol. The colour is red.
Bouchard Père & Fils 2022 Bourgogne Aligoté
French White
$58.99
Lemon, green apple and white flowers define the aromatic profile. The palate is straightforward and airy, with lively acidity and a fresh finish. Aligoté receives gentle pressing and gravity handling; fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled tanks. The fruit comes from plots farmed under strict environmental standards, with herbicides excluded and biodiversity supported through hedgerows and grassy strips. The finished wine contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Pepe Mendoza 2021 Pureza Moscatel de Alejandría
Spanish White
$57.99
Freshly cut rose, jasmine and orange blossom accompany preserved lemon, cardamom, fermented lime skin and briny notes. The palate is broad and textured, with fresh acidity and saline character. Moscatel de Alejandría is macerated with skins, fermented with native yeasts in small clay amphorae, then returned to amphora for six months. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration and contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Bottazzi 2016 Monterosso Colli Tortonesi Timorasso
Italian White
$57.99
Ripe yellow fruit and citrus sit within an intense, concentrated profile. The palate is bone dry, with fresh acidity and a full body. Timorasso ferments and ages in stainless-steel tanks. Native yeasts carry out fermentation, while slow natural sedimentation reduces the need for filtration. Herbaceous, floral and fruity aromas are joined by salinity, minerality and a light flint or hydrocarbon character that develops with bottle age.
Champagne Ayala Brut Majeur NV 375 mL
French Sparkling
$57.99
Light gold colour and fine bubbles accompany citrus, white flowers and white fruit. The palate is fresh, balanced, precise and fruity. Chardonnay accounts for fifty-five percent of the blend, with thirty percent Pinot Noir and fifteen percent Meunier. Seventy crus from six Champagne territories are vinified separately in small stainless-steel tanks, and the wine spends an average of three years on its lees.
Matteo Correggia 2019 La Val dei Preti Roero Arneis Riserva DOCG
Italian White
$62.99
Golden yellow colour accompanies resin, acacia honey, hay, balsamic and mineral notes, with a hydrocarbon detail. The palate is fresh, savoury and persistent, with a long mineral finish. Made entirely from Arneis, seventy percent of the lot is softly pressed in stainless steel and thirty percent is skin-macerated. The wine then spends six months in stainless steel and six years in bottle.
Peter Veyder-Malberg 2020 Wachauer Liebedich Grüner Veltliner
Austrian White
$64.99
The wine draws from four terraced vineyards: Bruck, Schön, Buschenberg and Hochrain. Most are rooted in primary rock, while one vineyard has loess soil. The sites are too small to bottle separately, so they come together as a cross-section of Wachau. Made from Grüner Veltliner, the vineyards are certified organic and much of the terrace work is done by hand.
Elio Altare 2022 Langhe Nebbiolo DOC
Italian Red
$64.99
Intense ruby colour accompanies fresh rose petals and red fruit. The palate carries further red fruit, acidity and tannins that are present without drying the mouth. Made entirely from Nebbiolo grown in La Morra and Monforte, the vines range from twenty to fifty years old. Skin maceration lasts three to four days, and the wine spends five months in used French barriques.
Schiopetto 2020 Friulano Collio DOC
Italian White
$64.99
Bright straw yellow with gold-green reflections, the wine carries pear, apricot, almond and wildflowers. Its full-bodied palate combines freshness with marine notes. Made entirely from Friulano grown on hilly Eocene marl, the grapes are harvested by hand. Fermentation lasts ten to twelve days in stainless steel, followed by eight months in tank and at least five months in bottle.
Averill Creek 2024 Okeanós Pinot Noir & Gewürztraminer Co-Ferment
Canadian Rosé
$58.99
White flowers, Nashi pear and apple skin meet delicate salinity, fresh acidity and a rich, creamy texture. Whole-bunch Pinot Noir and Gewürztraminer are soaked in Salish Sea water, then drained, pressed and wild-fermented in older French oak. Nothing is added or removed. The fruit comes from Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and the finished wine contains twelve percent alcohol.
Viña William Fèvre 2012 Quino Noir Pinot Noir
Chilean Red
$58.99
Currant and raspberry appear with an herbal accent. The Pinot Noir comes from Malleco in Chile’s deep south, where the project planted its vineyard at Quino on a northeast-facing hillside with stony clay soils. The wine is bottled directly from tank without barrel ageing or filtration. Its profile is fruit-led and refreshing, with acidity running through the palate.
Undurraga 2021 VIGNO Carignan Maule Valley
Chilean Red
$58.99
Deep ruby colour accompanies raspberry, cherry, subtle smoke and black pepper. The palate carries red fruit and spice with freshness, fine tannins and balanced tension. The finish is long and persistently spicy. The blend is eighty-eight percent Carignan and twelve percent Cinsault. Its old bush vines grow on south-facing granite slopes in dry-farmed Maule countryside northeast of Cauquenes.
Slobodné Vinárstvo 2017 Alternativa
Slovak Red
$58.99
Cranberry and sage appear in a bright red with soft, silky texture and a lightly funky note. Made entirely from Frankovka Modrá, the wine comes from the Lopata vineyard in Slovakia’s Small Carpathians. Fermentation on the skins lasts four weeks, followed by at least eighteen months in oak. Selected barrels are bottled without fining or filtration, and the wine contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Domaine Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet 2020 Crozes-Hermitage Blanc
French White
$58.99
Freshness and lightness define this Marsanne, with honeysuckle and Canada apple. Fine citrus zest, a measured sense of weight, discreet oak and butter are also present. Made entirely from Marsanne, the dry white comes from Crozes-Hermitage. The producer’s vineyards and cellar sit three kilometres south of Tain-l’Hermitage, within the northern Rhône landscape surrounding the Hermitage appellation.
Mixtura 2019 MIX Tinto Vino de Mesa
Spanish Red
$58.99
Wild red fruit, lilac, Atlantic woodland, pepper, liquorice and a light smoky note appear in a medium-bodied red with silky texture, polished tannins and balanced acidity. The finish is savoury, slightly saline and persistent. Mencía, Caíño, Brancellao and Sousón ferment separately with indigenous yeasts in open vats, followed by twelve months in old French oak before the blend completes malolactic fermentation.
Stag’s Hollow 2022 Renaissance Merlot
Canadian Red
$58.99
Plump red cherry and plum appear with candied violet, cedar and cocoa nibs. The palate is polished and glycerious, with fresh acidity. The blend is ninety-four point nine percent Merlot, five percent Cabernet Sauvignon and zero point one percent Cabernet Franc. Its fruit comes from the gravel soils of a southwest-facing vineyard in Okanagan Falls, where small clusters and berries naturally limit yields.
Domaine Séguinot-Bordet 2022 Chablis
French White
$59.99
Pale gold with green reflections, the wine carries ripe peach, apricot, verbena, woodland and pine-cone notes. Lemon, fennel, white flowers and minerality are also present. The palate is pure, direct and crystalline, with citrus freshness and biscuit detail. Made entirely from Chardonnay, it matures on its lees in stainless-steel tanks, and the wine is dry.
Echo Bay 2022 Synoptic Red Blend
Canadian Red
$58.99
Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carménère and Petit Verdot make up the red blend. The grapes are organically grown and ferment with wild yeast. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered after sixteen months in French oak, fifteen percent new. Its fruit comes from Okanagan Falls in British Columbia, and the finished wine contains fourteen percent alcohol.
Château Peyredon Lagravette 2022 Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois
French Red
$58.99
Ruby-purple colour accompanies blackberry, spice and toast. The finish is balanced, with smooth tannins. The blend is sixty-three percent Cabernet Sauvignon and thirty-seven percent Merlot from Gunz gravel soils. Grapes are picked by hand and receive five weeks of skin maceration. Maturation lasts twelve months, with one-third in amphora and the balance in new and used oak.
Elian Da Ros 2023 Abouriou Côtes du Marmandais
French Red
$58.99
The red profile is supple, fruity and spicy. Its parcels have clay-gravel and clay-limestone soils. Grapes are harvested and sorted by hand. Semi-carbonic maceration lasts about ten days with indigenous yeasts. Maturation lasts twelve months in large oak and used barrels. The wine contains thirteen percent alcohol, and Abouriou is the principal red grape in the cuvée.
Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot 2023 L’Ô de la Vie Minervois
French Red
$58.99
Deep ruby colour accompanies garrigue, wild strawberry, cassis, spice and mint. The attack is lively, while the palate is supple and soft. Made entirely from Syrah, the wine comes from clay-limestone and sandy soils with south and southeast exposure. The farming is organic, the style is dry and red, and the wine contains fourteen point five percent alcohol.
Louis Bernard Domaine La Crau des Papes 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
French Red
$58.99
Intense colour with violet hues accompanies stewed red fruit, spice and balsamic notes. The palate is expressive, round and generous, with silky tannins, a supple attack and a long spicy finish. The blend is sixty percent Grenache and forty percent Syrah. Destemmed grapes ferment with natural yeast in stainless steel, with fifteen to twenty days of maceration and eight to ten months in vats.
Gvantsa’s Wine 2021 Otskhanuri Sapere Qvevri
Georgian Red
$59.99
Dark cherry, pomegranate, herbs and smoke appear in a fresh, juicy red with cool tannins and pronounced acidity. Fresh blueberry is also present. The wine is made entirely from Otskhanuri Sapere grown in Imereti. Fermentation begins spontaneously in qvevri, and maturation lasts nine months before unfiltered bottling. Its colour is dark ruby, and the profile is medium-bodied and persistent.
Anapea Village 2020 Margo Kvareli Red
Georgian Red
$58.99
Blackberry, blackcurrant and ripe red fruit appear with ripe cherry, wild berries and honey. The palate is round and full-bodied, with a long finish. Made entirely from estate-grown Saperavi, the wine is fermented on white-grape skins. It is certified organic and is also identified as sustainable, minimally intervened and vegan. This was the first release of the experimental cuvée.
Mandirola 1913 2021 Derthona Colli Tortonesi Timorasso
Italian White
$58.99
Deep straw colour accompanies medicinal herbs and yellow peach. The wine is made entirely from Timorasso grown on southwest-facing slopes of clay and grey limestone. Grapes are harvested by hand, gently pressed and fermented under temperature control. Maturation lasts at least twelve months on fine lees in concrete. Mineral notes, ripe plum and toasted almond are also present.