Selection
Selection
Tenuta Mazzolino 2024 Terrazze Pinot Nero
Italian Red
$64.99
This Pinot Nero comes from Lombardy. The estate calls it its village expression and describes it as the whole hill in one bottle. The wine matures for six months in stainless steel and carries 13 percent alcohol. It is produced in Italy under the Pinot Nero dell’Oltrepò Pavese DOC. The winery is located in Corvino San Quirico.
Oeno 2019 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
American Red
$64.99
Cherry and cranberry appear with earthy forest-floor detail in a medium-bodied Pinot Noir. Fruit comes from a single River Front Block vineyard in the Russian River Valley, planted with vines fifteen to twenty years old. Half the grapes ferment as whole clusters with native yeast. The wine matures in neutral oak and is bottled without fining or filtration in Healdsburg, California.
Undurraga 2023 Red Field Blend
Chilean Red
$67.99
Deep garnet colour with violet hues accompanies peppermint, pepper, violets, lavender, blackberry and red fruit. Raspberry and cherry appear with firm tannins, freshness, light toast and a long finish. The field blend is mainly Malbec, with Carignan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and País. Old dry-farmed vines grow in Maule, and the co-fermented wine spends fourteen months in mostly neutral French oak.
Crossbarn by Paul Hobbs 2018 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
American Red
$64.99
Vibrant ruby colour accompanies pomegranate, Bing cherry, rhubarb, Earl Grey tea and cinnamon. Strawberry, raspberry and fennel join delicate acidity and salinity. The Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir uses about seventy-two percent estate fruit. A small portion of stems is included, and the wine spends nine months on its lees in French oak, eleven percent new. Production totalled about nineteen thousand five hundred cases.
Chateau Ste. Michelle 2013 Ethos Reserve Chardonnay
American White
$66.99
Toasted oak, poached pear, butter and nutmeg accompany pear, crème brûlée and Golden Delicious apple. The Chardonnay is rich, full-bodied and textured, with peach and a long finish. Fruit comes primarily from Canoe Ridge Estate and Cold Creek vineyards. The wine spends nine months on its lees in French oak, using thirty-six percent new, sixty percent one-year-old and four percent two-year-old barrels.
Pax 2017 Buddha’s Dharma Vineyard Chenin Blanc
American White
$64.99
Melon, wool, Mirabelle plum and flowers appear with exotic fruit and spice. The Chenin Blanc is fresh and long. Vines were planted in nineteen forty-four on gravelly volcanic soils and are dry farmed without chemicals. Grapes are whole-cluster pressed. Ambient fermentation and full malolactic conversion take place in neutral French oak and new Stockinger Austrian barrels, followed by ten months in the same vessels.
Domaine Billaud-Simon 2014 Chablis Premier Cru Mont de Milieu
French White
$68.99
Lemon and crisp green apple appear in a ripe, juicy Chardonnay. Citrus, spice and floral notes accompany a mineral, finely cut profile with roundness and substance. The wine has a textured, tight character and persistent mineral detail. Fruit comes from Mont de Milieu in Chablis Premier Cru. Ageing takes place in both tank and barrel, with fifteen thousand five hundred bottles produced.
Pierre Gaillard 2018 Saint-Joseph Blanc
French White
$64.99
Yellow stone fruit, pastry and honey appear in this white. The Roussanne is round and rich, with a fresh finish. Fruit comes from granitic sand in Malleval and Chavanay, grown on south-east-facing hilltops. Grapes are hand harvested, gently pressed and settled. Barrel fermentation uses no new wood, followed by nine months on lees with stirring.
Forge Cellars 2020 Wagner Caywood East Dry Riesling
American White
$65.99
Apricot, quince and ripe peach accompany lemon peel and flinty mineral notes. The Riesling has concentration, fresh acidity and structure. Fruit comes from a high-elevation vineyard on shale soils east of Seneca Lake. The long, windswept site has a steep slope, reaches the crest and includes bands of gravelly soil. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in neutral barrel.
Coulter Wines 2022 C4 Eden Valley Riesling
Australian White
$65.99
Green apple, lime sorbet and wet limestone appear in a finely focused Riesling. The wine is linear and persistent, with racy acidity and a long, steely finish. Fruit comes from Eden Valley in South Australia, and the style is bone dry. The producer works with grower fruit and makes its wines in a former church at Uleybury in the Adelaide Hills.
Domaine Besson 2020 Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons
French White
$65.99
Pale yellow colour accompanies white blossom and yellow fruit. The Chardonnay is round and generous, with yellow-fruit flavour. Grapes come from 2.46 hectares of clay-limestone soils in Vaillons. Slow, low-pressure pressing precedes fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel, with eight percent fermented in oak. Lees ageing lasts eighteen months in steel, with a small portion kept in oak barrels.
Blank Canvas 2020 Escaroth Vineyard Pinot Noir
New Zealand Red
$65.99
Hazy cherry colour accompanies tart cherry, olive tapenade, forest moss, cherry blossom and pomegranate. The Pinot Noir comes from a dry-farmed, north-facing slope in Taylor Pass, planted on low-vigour clay. Half the fruit fermented as whole clusters, with the balance destemmed and crushed. Natural fermentation lasted fifteen days before twelve months in low-toast French oak and three months in tank.
Domaine Marcel Richaud 2021 Cairanne Blanc
French White
$65.99
White flowers, nectarine, orange peel and honey appear in a velvety white. White-fruit flavours, salinity and freshness accompany a rich profile. The blend includes Clairette Blanche, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Viognier, Bourboulenc, Marsanne and Vermentino. Grapes are hand harvested, and the farming is organic. Most fermentation and ageing take place in concrete, with a smaller portion using 600-litre oak vessels.
Duckhorn 2015 Napa Valley Chardonnay
American White
$74.99
Nectarine, vanilla and cream accompany pear, peach, chai and wildflowers. The Chardonnay has a bright entry and a rich, silky texture, with delicate French-oak detail and a long mineral finish. Fermentation uses French oak, with lees stirring. Cooperage is ninety percent French oak and ten percent stainless steel, followed by ten months of barrel ageing. Alcohol is 14.1 percent.
Jean Foillard 2023 Beaujolais Blanc
French White
$66.99
White flowers, green apple and pear appear with citrus and a saline mineral finish. The Chardonnay comes from a 1.4-hectare parcel at Pizay, planted with vines ten to fifteen years old. Whole clusters receive a three-day cold maceration before pressing. Half the wine is vinified in concrete, while the remainder uses old barrels and sandstone jars. Production totalled around twelve thousand bottles.
Gehringer 2023 Minus 9 Ehrenfelser Icewine
Canadian Dessert
$66.99
Concentrated apricot, honey, orange blossom and citrus appear in this icewine. Apricot jam accompanies lively acidity and a clean, persistent finish. Fruit comes from the Golden Mile Bench in the Okanagan Valley. Ehrenfelser grapes were harvested frozen at minus nine degrees Celsius. The analysis records 248 grams per litre of residual sugar, 10.9 grams per litre of total acidity and 11 percent alcohol.
Forge Cellars 2020 Peach Orchard Dry Riesling
American White
$66.99
Honeysuckle and orange blossom accompany white peach and mirabelle plum. Wet stone and lemon pith are also present in this dry Riesling. Fruit comes from the east side of Seneca Lake, on Howard gravelly silt loam. Grapes were hand harvested, sorted and whole-cluster pressed. Indigenous-yeast fermentation took place in barrel, with 3.6 grams per litre of residual sugar.
Domaine Desvignes 2019 Givry Blanc En Chenèves
French White
$66.99
Pure Chardonnay fruit and floral notes appear in a crisp, precise white. The blend is ninety percent Chardonnay and ten percent Pinot Blanc. Fruit comes from a north-east-facing site at the foot of the Givry slope, on clay-limestone soil. Grapes are gently pressed and settled before slow fermentation in French oak. Fine-lees ageing continues for twelve months in barrel.
1006 Vins de Loire 2021 Celeste Chenin Blanc
French White
$66.99
Chenin from a single parcel of twenty-five-year-old vines grows on sandstone and puddingstone soils in Anjou. The plot was in its second year of conversion to organic farming. Grapes are hand harvested and pressed slowly into French oak, where fermentation begins with natural yeast. The wine spends seventeen months in second-fill French oak barrels and is made without animal products.
Maison Louis Jadot 2022 Domaine Clair-Daü Rosé de Marsannay
French Rosé
$66.99
Pale salmon colour accompanies wild strawberry, redcurrant and a hint of white pepper. This dry rosé is made entirely from Pinot Noir and has a structured, gastronomic profile. The wine is fresh, pleasant and fruit-driven, with body. A brief skin maceration precedes fermentation and maturation in tank. Fruit comes from Marsannay in the Côte de Nuits.
Michele Chiarlo 2022 Tortoniano Barolo
Italian Red
$71.99
Garnet colour with luminous hues accompanies rose petals, juniper berries and fine spices. The Nebbiolo is ample and structured, with silky tannins, elegance and persistence. Fermentation takes place in steel, with fifteen to eighteen days of skin contact and gentle wetting of the cap. Ageing lasts at least three years, including eighteen to twenty-four months in medium-sized oak casks.
Chapel Hill 2018 The Vicar Shiraz
Australian Red
$68.99
Inky black colour accompanies blackberry, plum, dark chocolate and aniseed, with wild herbs, violets, black liquorice and wild fennel. The Shiraz has succulent tannins and a long finish. Fruit is sourced from McLaren Vale. Maturation lasts twenty-one months in 300-litre French oak hogsheads, one quarter new, and the finished wine carries 14.5 percent alcohol.
Domaine Gautheron 2023 Chablis Vieilles Vignes
French White
$67.99
Pale gold with soft green reflections, this Chardonnay has apricot, lemon, light smoke and floral notes. The mouth is precise and salivating, with clear mineral structure, concentration and length. Fruit comes from vines more than forty years old on a south-facing slope with Kimmeridgian limestone. Fermentation and malolactic conversion are followed by lees ageing in stainless-steel tanks.
Crystallum 2024 The Agnes Chardonnay
South African White
$67.99
Sliced bread, apple, nutmeg and lemon rind appear with wet-stone and seashell notes. The Chardonnay is creamy, fresh, medium-to-full-bodied and textural, with a salty finish. Spearmint and green apple are joined by butterscotch, golden apple, yellow pear and floral detail. The layered profile has a steely edge. Fruit comes from multiple vineyard sites in the Western Cape.
Tremblay-Marchive 2023 Chablis
French White
$67.99
Chalk-dusted apple, dried white blossom and crushed shell accompany lemon citrus in a reserved Chardonnay. Tart acidity, chalky character and a mouthwatering finish are present. Fruit comes from Chablis, where the Chardonnay grows on Kimmeridgian limestone soils in Burgundy. Organic conversion began several years earlier, and the vineyards had achieved certification before this harvest. The wine is certified organic.
Domaine Bailly-Reverdy 2020 Sancerre Rouge
French Red
$67.99
Deep ruby and violet colour accompanies fresh and candied red fruit, including strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant and blackberry. The Pinot Noir has a structured mouthfeel with coated tannins and welcome acidity. The vintage was harvested over nearly a month, with red grapes among the first picked. Vatting and extraction were adjusted to the condition of the fruit during the harvest.
Zorah 2017 Karasi Areni Noir
Armenian Red
$71.99
Dark berries, herbs, pepper and anise appear with smoky detail and a silky texture. The Areni variety grows on own-rooted vines at 1,400 metres in sandy, limestone-rich soils scattered with large stones. Natural-yeast fermentation takes place in concrete tanks. The wine then spends about twelve months in buried amphorae and a further six months in bottle.
Liber Estates 2021 Rebil Pinot Noir
Canadian Red
$67.99
Light colour accompanies intense, spicy and savoury flavours with branchy forest-floor notes. Juicy sweet black cherry, floral detail, cinnamon and subtle tight-grained oak are also present. The Pinot Noir grows near the west-facing bank of the Similkameen River in Cawston. Whole berries ferment at cool temperatures, followed by ten months in French oak. Alcohol is 13.8 percent.
Tesselaarsdal 2021 Chardonnay
South African White
$74.99
Citrus blossom, sweet lemongrass and lees spice accompany fine, dusty minerality. The Chardonnay has a compact, radiant profile and a long, gentle palate that is expressive, classical and restrained. Fruit comes from unirrigated vines in the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Six months of ageing uses fifty-eight percent old French oak, twenty-four percent amphorae and eighteen percent stainless steel. Alcohol is 12.75 percent.
Poderi Colla 2021 Campo Romano Langhe Pinot Nero
Italian Red
$67.99
Delicate garnet colour accompanies griotte cherry, tobacco, spices and ripe fruit. Freshness, roundness and integrated tannins sit within a long, persistent profile. Further notes of crushed cherry, rose, tar, pomegranate, vanilla and liquorice add detail. The Pinot Nero comes from a vineyard planted in the late nineteen seventies and carries thirteen percent alcohol. The texture is smooth and velvety.