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The grapes were allowed to macerate for a period before the juice was drawn off, providing the colour and much of the body and flavour for the wine. This saignée technique is now rare in Champagne, primarily as it is a demanding method of vinification and it requires grapes with an excellent degree of maturity. Most rosé in Champagne is made by the addition of a little red wine. Vive la difference!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAs with all Larmandier’s wines it was naturally fermented. Part of this cuvée was raised in a Nomblot concrete egg and part in stainless steel, and more recently Larmandier has been also trialling amphora designed by Mizel Riouspeyrous from Domaine Arretxea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIt’s one of Champagne’s wow wines, repeatedly compared to a Chambolle-Musigny. In short, it’s a Champagne that can stop drinkers in their tracks. The 2019 is a spellbinding release built on energy and crystalline tension. 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The resulting wine is, to quote Jon Bonné (The New French Wine), “a case study in Chenin Blanc intensity”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a year Tessa Laroche rates as her most successful to date, the 2022 is a true terroir wine—with all guns blazing. Climbing out of the glass, the delightfully fleshy Chenin fruit is complemented by flecks of the flinty, dark-hued minerality that helps make this vineyard so distinctive. Laroche’s wines take less time to blossom than those made by her mother, Monique, yet this vintage could easily age, with benefits, for 10+ years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine aux Moines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863986102510,"sku":"24381-1500","price":205.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/981fc188-7e87-ef11-ac3f-02cd372e28bf_24381-1500.png?v=1728626891"},{"product_id":"domaine-daniel-bouland-morgon-delys-vignes-de-1926-2023-1500ml","title":"Domaine Daniel Bouland Morgon Délys Vignes de 1926 2023 (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wine used to come to us simply as Morgon Vieilles Vignes without the name of the vineyard or lieu-dit (it is now labelled Morgon Les Délys Vignes plantées en 1926). It comes from a single hectare of 100-year-old vines located on the Morgon-Chiroubles border at the end of the Corcelette valley—a terroir historically known as Délys. 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The vines were planted in 1978 and 1980 in the deep granitic sand typical of Les Délys, which brings roundness and Burgundy-like texture to the wines. Sweetly ripe yet vivacious, it is one of the more refined of Bouland’s 2023s, while the structure is a smidge firmer than the Corcelette (there’s so much juicy flavour and succulence that you hardly notice). It closes with a pop of dark minerals and crack of red pepper—a nice counterpoint to this wine’s long, grippy finish. 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It’s a particularly stony (cailloux means stones) southeast-facing site, with plenty of schist running through the granitic, sandy base soil, much like in Côte du Py. The plethora of rock on the surface traps and radiates warmth, and, as a result, this is typically Bouland’s earliest-ripening site. The vines were planted in three stages in 1937, 1951 and 1967.\u003cp\u003eThis cuvée is largely made the same way as the Bellevue Sable wine—natural, whole-bunch ferment and no fining—though the vines are on different rootstocks (420A rootstock in this case, specifically designed for terroirs that are very stony and have no topsoil). Also, the vines are a touch older than in the Sable cuvée below. It’s another deep, inky expression of Morgon with layers of creamy red cherry and blue fruit flecked by blue flowers, graphite and the earthy spice of the vintage. 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The soils here are predominantly granitic sand—although they run deeper than in Bellevue and Corcelette—providing Bouland with a fleshier and highly aromatic Morgon to add to the range. In Beaujolais terms, it is profoundly deep, rolling out in palate-staining layers of spice-infused blueberry and blackberry fruit suffused with more smoked meat and dark, slaty mineral notes. 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Not only does the weathered sandy granite differ from the Cailloux parcel, but the slope is steeper, and the 40- to 50-year-old vines are on a specific low-yielding rootstock called Vialla—a stock well adapted to sandy, granitic or deep argilo-siliceous soils. Tasted side-by-side, the Sable cuvée is the more yielding of the two wines, with a greater width and juicier tannins than the Cailloux bottling. 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This striking wine comes from two small parcels of mature vines (planted in 1933 and 1952) within the fabled Brézé climat, a terroir that once produced wines as revered as those of the greatest vineyards of Burgundy and Bordeaux. The lion’s share of the fruit comes from an important lieu-dit called Bourguenne, while one-quarter of the fruit is also drawn from the historic Clos de Carmes terroir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuiberteau now uses larger-format barrels from different coopers. He prefers Atelier Centre France’s thick-staved demi-muids for this wine, and he’s also engaged Clos Rougeard’s local artisan cooper Dussiaux, whose barrels bring smoky\/cedary complexity to this wine in its youth. Furthermore, Brézé now spends two years in barrel (50% new) and six months in tank, recognising its potency and coiled energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYear in and year out, this reminds us of the force of this incredible terroir. This place can simultaneously deliver the texture and savoury reduction of great white Burgundy and the raciness of great German Riesling. If the Clos de Guichaux calls to mind excellent Chablis, the Brézé style leans towards the textural richness of fine Meursault (at a fraction of the price). From a powerful year, 2020 is still a babe in arms, bristling with dry extract, smoky reductive notes, nutty complexity and vinous intensity. The distinction of the Brézé terroir shines through in the wine’s supercharged minerality; full of chalky intensity, salinity and tension, it is reminiscent of the historic Coche-Dury style of white and unbelievably impressive and seductive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Guiberteau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46781613146350,"sku":"25186-1500","price":295.88,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/0b503d6c-ed65-f011-ac45-02954333b573_25186-1500.png?v=1753081760"},{"product_id":"joh-jos-prum-graacher-himmelreich-riesling-spatlese-2023-1500ml","title":"Joh Jos Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese 2023 (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt this level, the Prüm wines are still light in body, but the flavour intensity and depth of character go up markedly, and the 2023s deliver a mesmerising balance between elegance, freshness, racy fruit and savoury, slate-like minerality. 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