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Layered with more leesy complexity and fruit intensity than Prélude, this is silky, juicy and bright with a lively pinch of minerality through the palate. It closes with tones of citrus and chalk. Chablis of the south. ","brand":"Domaine Stéphane Aladame","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45439005720814,"sku":"23342-750","price":57.65,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/a827a1f3-402c-ef11-ac44-02c0c1c8e708_23342-750.png?v=1718594194"},{"product_id":"domaine-bernard-defaix-chablis-2024","title":"Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eScrewcap. Defaix’s impressive village Chablis is drawn from four parcels of mature, 30-plus-year-old vines situated around Milly and Poinchy on the left bank of the Serein River. The wine ferments spontaneously and ages on fine lees for 10 months in glass-lined tanks. Compared to the estate’s Petit Chablis, the older vines translate to more character, depth and classical restraint. As always, this is a very fine Chablis. The nose shows beautiful candied lemon, cool white peach and floral notes. Then, it’s terrifically vibrant in the mouth, with juicy fruit, ripe acidity and a generous lick of oyster shell to close. Lovely wine! A terrific, seductive Chablis and another outstanding-value wine from Domaine Bernard Defaix.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Bernard Defaix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46023017562350,"sku":"24650-750","price":49.82,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/882c5914-c8bc-ef11-ac41-0a8fdaacd8eb_24650-750.png?v=1734476780"},{"product_id":"roc-breia-chardonnay-2023","title":"Roc Breïa Chardonnay 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe village of Bray lies in the north of the Mâcon. It’s the zone that also includes Cruzille and Verzé and is one of the cooler, later-ripening areas of the Mâconnais. The Roc Breïa vines face west, and it’s windy, so there is little disease pressure. The Chardonnay is drawn from vines planted in the mid-1940s and mid-1970s. With assistance from vigneron Bastien Cubillé, Dancer is well on the way to raising the vineyard to his standards, bringing the soils and vines into balance, planting cover crops, cultivating inter-vine, etc. The 2023 release is superb: the result of vineyard progression and a (surprisingly) fine vintage in the Mâcon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winemaking is very simple. The Chardonnay is pressed as bunches to used 500-litre barrels for fermentation, and the wine is bottled unfiltered with a tiny (20 mg\/L) addition of sulphur. Instead of taking the Mâcon-Bray appellation, Dancer has chosen to label the wine Vin de France, so he has no restrictions regarding picking dates. As for the wine, forget any stereotypes you hold about Mâcon; this is a pure and linear white Burgundy, atypically fresh and racy for the region. Yes, it has texture and weight, but the flavours are very much in the citrus and nectarine world and far less sun-kissed than what we often see from this part of Burgundy. It’s a wine that loves air at this early stage, so don’t be scared to give it a good decant before serving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roc Breïa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46209814429934,"sku":"24755-750","price":134.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/3ad33173-a3f4-ef11-ac3f-02954333b573_24755-750.png?v=1741227234"},{"product_id":"domaine-moreau-naudet-chablis-2023","title":"Domaine Moreau-Naudet Chablis 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiam. Moreau’s village Chablis is drawn chiefly from 20- to 30-year-old vineyards in Préhy and Courgis, both south of Chablis. Then, there are parcels in Chablis and Chichée (under the Premier Cru vines of Vaugiraut\/Vosgros). All up, the domaine works with 30 parcels scattered across the appellation, representing a variety of soil structures and exposures. All the fruit from the younger vines is sold off in bulk, lifting the general standard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is pressed gently over four hours and ferments with natural yeasts (still a rarity in Chablis). It is raised mainly in the tank, and the maturation is unhurried. The wine then spends 20 months on lees, considerably longer than most Chablis of this level. These traditional methods—along with hand-harvesting, the quality of the terroir, the low yields and the ripeness—help explain the mouthcoating texture, salty depths and overall quality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Moreau-Naudet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46548469940462,"sku":"25049-750","price":69.91,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/d14ae8a2-c736-f011-ac43-0a5a9202f90d_25049-750.png?v=1747898215"},{"product_id":"domaine-jaeger-defaix-rully-1er-cru-les-cloux-blanc-2023","title":"Domaine Jaeger Defaix Rully 1er Cru Les Cloux Blanc 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiam. Rully’s Les Cloux vineyard is located just south of the village, with south-easterly exposure on the sirloin cut of Rully 1er Cru overlooking the plain of Saône. Les Cloux is home to Defaix’s oldest vines, planted in 1944 on the classic clay\/limestone mix found across the best sites in Burgundy. Since 2009, these old vines have been managed organically. Within Rully, Les Cloux is known for its ability to balance elegant and mouthwatering flesh with tangy grip and fine length, and 2023 delivers in spades. This 100% Chardonnay fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in older barrels (up to seven years old) for 12 months before settling in stainless steel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Jaeger Defaix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46559866519790,"sku":"25052-750","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/275d1c5f-db39-f011-ac43-02954333b573_25052-750.png?v=1748228185"},{"product_id":"bachelet-monnot-bourgogne-blanc-cote-dor-2023","title":"Bachelet-Monnot Bourgogne Blanc Côte d'Or 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Bourgogne Blanc comes from some seriously impressive terroir, namely 1.3 hectares of 20- to 50-year-old vines in the Puligny area (spread across four parcels) and a plot of young-vine Chassagne on chalky soil. These vineyards—combined with the quality of the viticulture, harvest date and confident, hands-off winemaking—offer up one of Burgundy’s finest Bourgognes. 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This soil, known as Barrémien, is made up of ancient, dense clay littered with blue-grey fossilised oyster shells, several inches long. Then there is a grouping of 45-year-old vines in the lieux-dits of Croix Rougeot, Côte de Coutance and Côte de la Canne, near Goisot’s Exogyra Virgula vineyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoisot’s biodynamic management and commitment to harvesting ripe, yellow fruit results in a far more textured and pulpy wine than you might typically associate with this variety. 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It aged half in tank and half in older barrels for 11 months before bottling. It may only be the starting wine, but it sets quite the marker. With the emphasis on the vintage’s supple, fleshy fruit with some crystalline white fruit, it’s a classy, nuanced wine with terrific texture, citrusy drive and mouth-watering stone fruits. Every inch the bargain.","brand":"Bret Brothers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388313616622,"sku":"25801-750","price":49.61,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/a950f3d6-c4f3-f011-ac41-020d7913ba1f_25801-750.png?v=1768668913"},{"product_id":"la-soufrandiere-macon-vinzelles-le-clos-de-grand-pere-2023","title":"La Soufrandière Mâcon-Vinzelles Le Clos de Grand-Père 2023","description":"Biodynamic. This grows in a very old clos (walled vineyard) that sits on rocky, hard limestone bedrock and is supposedly an old Roman path. 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