Highlights: Mac Forbes EB56 Italian Stallion Dolcetto 2019 Yarra, Australia
Though Mac Forbes has been working with Italian varieties in the Yarra for a while, this is his first Dolcetto,
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Highlights: Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2007 Hungary
Tokaji is one of the world’s great wines. It’s a sweet wine made primarily from botrytised grapes. These are grapes
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Highlights: Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Blanc de Blancs
Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV France12.5% alcohol. This is from three different terroirs
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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California
Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t
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Highlights: Black Estate Netherwood Pinot Noir 2014 Waipara Valley, New Zealand
This is a deeply impressive New Zealand Pinot Noir, from Black Estate. Winemaking is pretty natural here, and the house
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Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Ardanza Reserva Especial 2001 Rioja, Spain
This is a deeply impressive Rioja Reserva from La Rioja Alta, which is ageing beautifully. 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha.
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Highlights: Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet Chenin ‘Le Clocher’ 2018 Touraine Amboise, Loire
Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is Jean Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet, who jointly took over Bonnigal’s fourth-generation family domaine in Amboise together
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Highlights:Familia Nin-Ortiz Selma de Nin Finca La Sinia 2016 Vi de Tabula, Spain
Nin-Ortiz is Ester Nin (viticulturist for Daphne Glorian’s Clos Erasmus) and Carles Ortiz (grape grower), who met and merged there
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Highlights: Champagne Robert Moncuit Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Sur Oger Grand Cru 2012
Moncuit farm without herbicides and pesticides, and are organic but not certified. The base wine for this vintage 2012 is
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Highlights: Charla Haasbroek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Malgas, South Africa
Charla Haasbroek is the winemaker at Sijnn in the Cape South Coast region of Malgas. It’s a special place, pioneered
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