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700ml - Case of 4
Bottle:
$82.50
Sweet oak and cereal on the nose. Enjoyably elegant on the palate, with rich nutty and floral notes. Richly textured...
1.5Ltr
Bottle:
$89.11
6 bottles:
$87.33
Bright and vivid with a linear palate of black cherries, plums and orange peel. It’s tight and focused with a...
750ml
Bottle:
$18.00
12 bottles:
$17.64
This producer also owns vineyards in Burgundy and gives the Burgundian wood-aging treatment to the Beaujolais....
750ml
Bottle:
$47.80
12 bottles:
$45.41
The 2018 Côte de Brouilly is resplendent with red cherries and crushed strawberry on the nose, the most Côte d’Or...
750ml
Bottle:
$37.90
12 bottles:
$37.14
Generous and gourmand, the 2018 Fleurie bursts from the glass with aromas of ripe cherries, blackberries, rose petals...
750ml
Bottle:
$33.94
$36.00
Beautifully vibrant and precise, the 2018 Fleurie Joie de Palais wafts from the glass with a pretty bouquet of...
Pre-Arrival
Chateau Des Jacques Moulin A Vent Le Moulin 2018
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$99.12
The 2018 Moulin-à-Vent Le Moulin reveals brooding aromas of dark cherries, raspberries and plums, followed by a...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$82.61
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$94.98
This wine comes from a single vineyard just downhill from the famed windmill of Moulin-à-Vent. It is a rich wine,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$42.88
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Julien Sunier Morgon 2018
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$59.95
Indigenous yeast fermentations in concrete vats at low temperatures, to preserve fresh fruit flavors and a delicate...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$57.87
Lovely smooth and rich cherry and blackcurrant fruit here - even some blueberry touches. It's well balanced - dense,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$63.37
Delicious crunchy fruit on the palate with softly grippy tannins. There's a dense concentration of vibrant and juicy...
Gamay Grappa Mencia 2018
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
Like so many of the great spirits of Europe, Grappa was born from a need to make resources go that little bit further, to eke out the last drop of flavor and potential from the crops of winemakers. Indeed, Italian vintners invented Grappa as a way to make use of the pomace - leftover grape skins, stems, pulp and seeds - which remained after the juice was extracted from the fruit needed to make wine. Over the centuries, the process was refined, and the distillation of Grappa became an art in itself. Today, top Grappa producers use a range of state of the art equipment, from continuous stills to pot stills, to manufacture a wide variety of Grappas, each with their own distinct characteristics.
Most of us know Grappa from our local Italian restaurants, where it is commonly served as a digestif. However, in the twenty first century, there is a high interest in unique, boutique Grappas, which showcase the talent of the distillers through a range of interesting qualities. Grappa can be aged in oak, in which case it takes on a beautiful golden color, quite different from the clear Grappas we are most familiar with. The high end Grappas are a world away from the harsh spirit many of us have encountered, and have a smooth, gentle quality which can be nothing short of a revelation.