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Giro Ribot NV Cava Brut Rosado / Penedès, Spain

This wine is made with 85% Trepat and 15% Pinot Noir. The grapes are manually harvested grapes at the beginning of October. They come from vineyards with the average age of vines between 25 and 30 years. The coupage wine obtained undergoes 2nd fermentation in the bottle according to the traditional “Méthode Champenoise”. The cava ages in the silence of our cellar on its lees. This wine is bright cherry in colour and on the nose it smells like fresh strawberries and dried berries. On the palate it has small, constant bubbles and juicy red fruit flavour. It is lively and well balanced.

Pithon-Paillé NV Grololo Blanc / Loire, France

The vines are conducted in organic farming and in conversion to biodynamics. The three grape varieties are pressed for a long time and slowly, and aged in vats for a year. The final blend, with proportions leaving room for the expression of each grape variety, is carried out at the last moment. A golden yellow color. The wine has a fruity and charming nose enhanced by Sauvignon, a full and greedy mouth from the Melon de Bourgogne, and tension from the Chenin.

Chateau de Caraguilhes 2021 Cochon Volant Rouge / Corbieres, France

30% Grenache Noir, 30% Carignan, 20% Syrah, 20% Cinsault. The deep dense color displays a good concentration, with the violet glints on the edge of the glass signaling the lively youthfulness of this wine. Lovely intense nose offering gorgeous fruity aromas; raspberry and blackcurrant are underpinned with a hint of cherry. The complexity lends a certain maturity to this young. Silky attack with notes of crushed raspberry and burlat cherry. The tannins provide a great structure reinforcing the balance of the wine. Bags of personality. Easy to share.

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Rivera Pungirosa / Puglia, Italy

Purple-flecked onion skin color; delicate bouquet with notes of wild rose and cherry; crisp yet smooth palate, well balanced, with a subtle vein of acidity; lengthy, juicy finish.

Joseph Mellot 'Sincerite' Sauvignon Blanc / Sancerre France

The grapes for this wine are sourced from the main four appellations, including Sancerre and Pouilly Fume, which are known for their racy, mineral-driven style. The nose is fresh and vibrant with notes of lime zest, ruby grapefruit, green pear and mandarin oranges. There is an undercurrent of wet stones throughout. True to its terroir, it is refreshing with moderate acidity but it also has some weight in the mid-palate due to being aged on its fine lees.

Cabert Pinot Grigio / Friuli, Italy

Fruity, balanced, hints of nuts and toasted bread. Hors d’oeuvre, soups, fish and white meat. 

Amalaya Malbec  / Salta, Argentina
 
This wine is made with grapes from Las Mercedes Estate, sandy soil and very poor in organic matter. Mechanical harvest and aging in barrels of 25% of the wine with contributions from Tannat and Petit Verdot. Brilliant ruby color with violet edges. Strawberries, raspberries and ripe fruit with touch of pepper and spices aromas and elegant floral notes. In mouth, flavors of red fruit, spice and hints of vanilla from aging in French oak. Very nice freshness. Round, soft tannins lead to a delicate, lingering finish.

Speri Valpolicella Classico  / Veneto, Italy

91 Points, James Suckling

Lyeth Cabernet Sauvignon / California, USA

The Lyeth California Cabernet Sauvignon is has a touch of Petit Verdot for added complexity and depth of flavor. Crimson in the glass, this Cabernet Sauvignon offers expressive aromatics of red cherry, boysenberry-cedar and a touch of minerality and freshness like a seabreeze. A soft and generous palate with flavors of savory spice, bramble raspberry, chocolate-cherry and a hint of lavender on a long, lingering finish. 

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Rivera Marese / Puglia, Italy

White flowers, sliced pear and hints of wet stone lift up to form a pretty bouquet on the Bombino Bianco Marese. It’s silky-smooth and juicy in feel, offering ripe orchard fruits and inner florals that keep the expression fresh and lifted. The finale is crisp and clean with a flourish of minerality that keeps you coming back to the glass.

Vincent Caille 'Je T’aime Mais J’ai Soif' / Muscadet, France

Beautiful yellow-green color. Young and fruity wine which develops aromas of citrus fruit. The white wine “Je t’aime mais j’ai soif” can be served with seafood as well as
with fresh water fish or sea fish. It will be perfect for aperitif.

Raats Original Chenin / Stellenbosch, South Africa

The wine has a distinctive yellow apple, kiwi fruit and pineapple core, alongside notes of green melon and limes. The wine is thus bursting with fresh fruit flavors. The wine has a zesty citrus flavor linger on the palate, with a long mineral finish. Serve with mild curry dishes, sushi or oysters.

Telmo Rodriguez ‘Gaba do Xil’ Mencia  / Valdeorras, Spain
 
Telmo’s red wine, once again from Galicia, is a red that shows the character of the stony hills and the Atlantic Ocean. This is a red wine made of 100% Mencia, a Spanish varietal found scattered through the country’s northwest. The vineyards are organically farmed, and the fruit is fermented again in stainless steel in order to maintain freshness, and using indigenous yeasts. The influence of the Atlantic Ocean is on full display, with its moderating influence playing its part in bringing balance to the wine. While it is ripe and full bodied, much like its white counterpart, this is vibrant and focussed, with no shortage of complexity and minerality.

Map Maker Pinot Noir / Marlborough, New Zealand

‘Map Maker’ Pinot Noir is crafted from carefully selected parcels of fruit grown on unique sites within the famous Rapaura and Brancott areas of Marlborough. Our mixture of multiple individual parcels, 4 different clones and a range of soil profiles provide us with great variation of fruit, each with unique flavour and tannin structure.

This Pinot Noir has lovely aromas of ripe black cherries and wild violets. In the mouth the wine has a grainy tannin structure and is intensely flavoured with sweet cherries, cedarwood and savoury characters such as dried herbs and wild game flavours. This is a sophisticated Pinot Noir with an ‘old world’ elegance and mineral lingering finish.

Paolo Scavino Barbera d’Alba / Piemonte, Italy

Barbera lovers rejoice! Scavino delivers again and again with this approachable, fruity variety. Vinification and aging occur in stainless steel to purely deliver its character. Floral, elegant and expressive aromatics, high toned texture, harmonious and lively acidity. 

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Dominique Piron Beaujolais Rose / Beaujolais, France

This 100% Gamay has a beautiful hue to it. The vines are grown in a mix of granite, clay and limestone. This wine is dry, light and balanced, with plenty of red berries on the nose and palate. 

Domaine des Aspras ‘Trois Freres’ Rose / Provence, France

Brilliant colour, a very pale pink tinged with raspberry reflections. This complex and expressive rosé reveals a palette of varied aromas such as small red fruits, white peach or even bergamot enhanced by a floral note that envelops the whole. On the palate, the first sensation is ample and fleshy, then the mid-palate becomes cooler giving way to a nice acidulous tension which makes this rosé harmonious and elegant.

Chateau Gassier Le Pas du Moine / Provence, France

The Pas du Moine cuvée takes its name from a famous path leading to the summit of the Sainte-Victoire mountain. An elegant and expressive organic wine that reveals aromas of exotic fruits. On the nose, notes of exotic fruits, citrus fruits and pomelo. On the palate, a structured wine with aromas of lychee, passion fruit and mango. A discreet but present sweetness and a pleasant aromatic persistence on the finish. The Pas du Moine will go perfectly with a razor clam tartare, a veal chop with morel sauce, a scallop carpaccio or a fresh salad.

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Elena Walch Pinot Grigio ‘Castel Ringberg’ / Alto Adige, Italy

A clear straw yellow characterizes the Pinot Grigio Vigna “Castel Ringberg”. A complex variety of fruits, especially ripe pears and lime blossom, as well as spicy sage notes inform the bouquet. Structure and elegance, power and harmony dominate the palate, combined with creamy fullness and density. A single vineyard Pinot Grigio with a lot of character! Aging potential 8-15 years.

Poggio al Tesoro Vermentino 'Solosole' / Tuscany, Italy

The great virtue of this Vermentino is that it enhances the aromas and flavours peculiar to Bolgheri. Its clean, crisp flavour and purity are its distinguishing features. The grapes are harvested when their colour changes to an intense yellow. The name Solosole, meaning 'just sunshine', derives from the fact that the wine is essentially a direct result of the work undertaken in the vineyards and the ripening sun.

Golden yellow in colour with greenish hues, Solosole opens with notes of stone fruits such as peach and apricot, followed by sulphurous and flint-like notes. It has a medium body, with generous fruit character. The finish is long, dry and zesty, especially when young. It evolves interestingly in the glass, an indication of its excellent ageing capacity.

Marchesi di Gresy Langhe Sauvignon / Piemonte, Italy

Intense and vibrant aromas of passion fruit and citrus - lightly herbal with fine floral characters and notes of freshly-mown hay. Textural, harmonious palate with ripe fruit effortlessly balanced by crisp acidity and mineral notes. A classic style of Sauvignon with excellent depth and length of flavour.

Staete Landt Vineyards is a boutique family owned and operated wine company in Marlborough, New Zealand. A team of highly passionate wine geeks led by winemaker Ruud Massdam, they are highly committed to sustainable methods and techniques to preserve precious resources. All Staete Landt wines are 100% Estate Grown. They strongly believe in terroir driven complex wines with character, great balance and structure. 

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Staete Landt Duchess Sauvignon Blanc

This new and unique wild style Staete Landt Sauvignon Blanc is a wonderfully rich an complex Sauvignon Blanc with layers of nutty, yeasty savoury characters that contrast with red capsicum and exotic fruit such as pawpaw, passion fruit. On the palate the wine is full bodied, well-balanced with great complexity and big texture. This rich and voluptuous wine has attractive mineral characters and European style elegance.

Staete Landt Josephine Chardonnay

A very smooth Staete Landt Chardonnay from a tiny section of our vineyard deep in the Brancott Valley in Marlborough. We produce our ‘Josephine’ Marlborough Chardonnay from 2 parcels on this single vineyard. The soils on this estate are a mixture of rich loamy riverbed and slaty gravel riverbank; excellent for Chardonnay, producing intense flavours and robust structure.

After handpicking, the grapes were carefully whole bunch pressed. The juice was slowly fermented in a mixture of 10% new and 90% older French puncheons (500 litre barrels). We used wild yeast for fermentation in 50% of the wine, which further added complexity and mouthfeel. Following alcoholic fermentation the puncheons were stirred regularly until the completion of malolactic fermentation. The ‘Josephine’ Chardonnay then ages and matures in oak for a total of 15 months.

This Staete Landt ‘Josephine’ Chardonnay is one of the best kept secrets of the Estate: full and round yet stylish, great texture and length, this wine shows the perfect balance between fruit, acidity and oak integration. A whiff of sea breeze, citrus fruit and cream on the nose, white peaches on the palate and with a mineral aftertaste that lingers on. A truly great wine with a strong personalilty and European elegance, showing the unique cool climate Marlborough vibrance.

Staete Landt State of Grace Pinot Noir  

This Pinot Noir has a bright cherry colour that is complimented by a lifted and complex aroma. Wild violets, dark cherries, pencil shavings and earthy notes bust out of the glass. The palate is deep with blackcurrants and spice being balanced by gentle tannins and clean acidity. Given time in the glass it develops more savoury notes and a softer texture showing the layers to the wine. It is drinking very well now but will continue to develop over the next 10 years.