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    DOMAINE JAMET - Côte Rôtie - 2021

    • - 93 points-

    Wine Spectator

    December 2024

    A savory, herbaceous and spicy Côte-Rôtie in a somewhat leaner style, yet this boasts a seductive...

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    FELTON ROAD - Chardonnay Bannockburn - 2023

    • - 92 points-

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    Rebecca Gibb MW, December 2024

    The 2023 Chardonnay Bannockburn is good enough to eat. Richly weighted, round and delectably...

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    FELTON ROAD - Chardonnay Bannockburn - 2023

    • - 90 points-

    Wine Advocate

    Erin Larkin, December 2024

    The 2023 Bannockburn Chardonnay is lean and tremendously tightly coiled at this stage, with notes...

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    FELTON ROAD - Chardonnay Block 2 - 2023

    • - 94 points-

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    Rebecca Gibb MW, December 2024

    While the opening is rather appealing to the 2023 Chardonnay Block 2 with welcoming puppy fat, this...

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    FELTON ROAD - Chardonnay Block 6 - 2023

    • - 94 points-

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    Rebecca Gibb MW, December 2024

    The mouth-filling 2023 Chardonnay Block 6 offers a touch of ripe apple fruit while never becoming...

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    TRIMBACH - Riesling Frédéric Emile - 2018

    • - 98 points-

    James Suckling

    December 2024

    A super-elegant dry riesling for the hot and dry 2018 vintage! Brimming with kafir-lime,...

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    DOMAINE DE BEAURENARD - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Boisrenard Blanc - 2022

    • - 95 points-

    Wine Spectator

    December 2024

    An elegant and complex white that balances ripe plumpness with beautiful freshness and energy....

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    DOMAINE DE BEAURENARD - Châteauneuf-du-Pape - 2022

    • - 93 points-

    Wine Spectator

    December 2024

    Heady, ripe and well-structured, with a cascade of spiced black plum, cherry and licorice snap...

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    TALENTI - Rosso di Montalcino - 2023

    • - 93 points-

    James Suckling

    December 2024

    A graceful and super-intense wine with peach peel, stone fruit, sweet violets and touches of thyme,...

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    ALZINGER - Riesling Steinertal Smaragd - 2023

    • - 98 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    An exceptionally cool and complex expression of the underrated Steinertal site overflowing with...

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    ALZINGER - Riesling Loibenberg Smaragd - 2023

    • - 96 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    An elegant and cool yet full-bodied riesling, both ripe and fresh, showing notes of lemon, white...

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    ALZINGER - Grüner Veltliner Steinertal Smaragd - 2023

    • - 96 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    This brilliant and concentrated Wachau gruner veltliner has a wealth of green bean, summer...

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    ALZINGER - Grüner Veltliner Loibenberg Smaragd - 2023

    • - 94 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    A full-bodied yet elegant gruner veltliner that has notes of fennel, grapefruit, pear and crushed...

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    SETTE PONTI - Oreno - 2022

    • - 99 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    There’s a purity and beauty to this that impresses you the minute you put your nose in the glass....

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    JL CHAVE SELECTION - Hermitage Blanche - 2018

    • - 99 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    A spectacularly textured white, it’s oily but so focused and precise with vibrancy on the center...

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    ALDO CONTERNO - Barolo Colonello - 2020

    • - 98 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    Bright garnet color and deep, intense nose of watermelon, mint, fresh violets and stony minerality....

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    IZADI - Rioja El Regalo Viñedo Singular - 2021

    • - 95 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    A serious Rioja showing formidable depth, complexity, precision and length. Chocolate,...

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    TOLPUDDLE - Chardonnay - 2023

    • - 97 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    Sophisticated and polished aromas of flint, stone fruit, lemon curd and beeswax. The palate is...

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    TOLPUDDLE - Pinot Noir - 2023

    • - 96 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    Deeply perfumed and floral, with aromas of wild blackberries, mulberry bush, violets and wet bark....

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    CHAMPAGNE BOLLINGER - La Grande Année Rosé w/ Gift Box - 2015

    • - 97 points-

    Wine Spectator

    November 2024

    Like a racing spinnaker, this is tightly trimmed yet voluminous in character. Toasty notes of...

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    LANGMEIL - The Fifth Wave Grenache - 2021

    • - 91 points-

    James Suckling

    November 2024

    A savory, peppery red that has notes of mixed peppercorns, plums, sage and grilled oranges on the...

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    EL ENEMIGO - Gran Enemigo Gualtallary - 2020

    • - 95 points-

    Vinous

    November 2024

    The 2020 Cabernet Franc Gran Enemigo Gualtallary hails from the higher-altitude regions of the Uco...

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    GIANNI BRUNELLI - Amor Constante - 2021

    • - 94 points-

    Wine Advocate

    Monica Larner, November 2024

    The Gianni Brunelli Le Chiuse di Sotto 2021 Amor Costante is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20%...

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    ARGIANO - Brunello di Montalcino - 2020

    • - 94 points-

    Decanter

    November 2024

    A graceful wine focused on sweet cinnamon, red fruit and licorice. Light-bodied, on the palate, it...

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