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You get the winemaking notes from Mike Patterson below. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhole bunch pressed slowly over six hours; no additions were made during or post pressing; transferred with a high percentage of solids to one 500 litre oak puncheon and one stainless steel barrel for fermentation; natural fermentation with full malo; remained on original lees in barrel, without stirring or sulphur, until late March 2018; brought together in stainless steel before bottling without fining and filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis is stunning Chardonnay. It strikes a fine balance between generosity, with layers of ripe, Golden Delicious, nectarine fruit and gently nutty lees characters and both purity and freshness. There is intense, punchy acidity to balance the fruit and a long saline, complex close. 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Fermentations were wild and the wine spent ten months on lees in barrel before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toolangi Vineyard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298540060910,"sku":"17792-750","price":26.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/fd17c100-3011-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_17792-750.png?v=1659700637"},{"product_id":"toolangi-f-block-chardonnay-2019","title":"Toolangi Vineyard F Block Chardonnay 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eToolangi’s F Block—home to 18-year-old vines of the Gin Gin clone—is the highest parcel of vines on the property and has been identified as growing some of the best Chardonnay that this Dixon’s Creek vineyard produces. In 2019 the fruit was crushed and pressed straight to barrel (35% new) with full solids. 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The Semillon is sourced from three old-vine vineyards (60, 70 and 90 years old) located in Ebenezer, the foothills near Bethany and the valley floor close to the Para River. The Clairette is cropped from an elevated site in Rowland Flat on the eastern side of the Valley. This late-ripening grape with excellent acid retention provides additional freshness. Viognier and Vermentino contribute texture and luscious stone fruit aromatics.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAll parcels were hand-harvested and the bunches were chilled prior to crushing and maceration, which varied from two to 24 hours prior to pressing. All fermentations were wild in a combination of old French oak barriques, puncheons and stainless-steel. Approximately 20% of the blend underwent natural malolactic fermentation. Components were matured on lees for 10 months prior to bottling. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spinifex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298540814574,"sku":"18783-750","price":16.29,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/76bdbece-3311-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_18783-750.png?v=1764136079"},{"product_id":"cep-by-cep-anjou-blanc-2020","title":"Cep by Cep Anjou Blanc 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis Chenin value comes from 100% hand-harvested fruit which was organically grown in Rochefort-sur-Loire, just south of the river and opposite Savennières. Phillipe Germain oversees the vineyards, which are influenced by the schist-rich, volcanic soils of the Massif Armoricain. It’s the type of rock that imparts a pungent, stony bite into the dry Chenin of the area. 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The viticulture here is strictly organic and biodynamic and the fruit was naturally fermented with a high degree of solids before maturation on lees until bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine François Chidaine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298541928686,"sku":"19652-750","price":21.59,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/82f4c0a7-e2fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19652-750.png?v=1658786978"},{"product_id":"verget-bourgogne-terres-de-pierres-2020","title":"Verget Bourgogne Terres de Pierres 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eScrewcap. This cuvée is a blend of two great terroirs of the Mâconnais: Mâcon-Charnay and Guffens’s young vines in Pierreclos. As these particular wines do not strike Verget as especially Mâconnais in style, the blend is bottled under the Bourgogne appellation. In terms of the winemaking, one part was vinified in mature oak (50%) and the other in a horizontal stainless-steel tank. There were no lees stirring ‘so as not to mask the natural freshness of the wine’. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Verget","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298542059758,"sku":"19777-750","price":36.84,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/30011748-c0f9-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19777-750.png?v=1688369449"},{"product_id":"spinifex-riesling-2021","title":"Spinifex Riesling 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAround five years ago, Pete and Magali purchased the four-hectare, mature (est. 1945), dry-grown Rostein vineyard in Eden’s Flaxman Valley, which is planted to roughly one-third Riesling and two-thirds Shiraz. The soils are lean, degraded granitic sands and the vineyard sits at an altitude of 475 to 495 metres above sea level. 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Simply, this block—home to 19-year-old vines of the Gin Gin clone—has been identified as growing the best of the best Chardonnay that this Toolangi produces. On last year’s release (2019) we noted that we had tasted many a Burgundy of lesser quality. In a slightly deeper and layered guise, the new release is every bit as exciting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe 2020 was hand-picked on 14th March and whole-bunch pressed with full solids straight to oak (30% new). Both primary fermentation and (partial) malolactic were powered by wild yeasts. 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Above all, quality Friulano needs two things: low yields and lots of attention. “Friulano is a bugger to work with, but well worth the effort” notes Tom McCarthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eInspired by his father’s skinsy 2008 Claudius (under the T’Gallant label), and his time spent in Northern Italy, Tom McCarthy’s Turbul is a careful selection of the Estate’s ripest Friulano, fermented wild on skins in 800-litre terracotta amphorae. In 2020 the wine spent four months on skins without any SO2 addition and was stirred daily. The juice and skins were then basket-pressed at the end of winter (seeing just a smidgeon of sulphur here at four milligrams per litre) before being racked to used puncheons for a further 13 months maturation. 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Justin Bubb (winemaker) explains, “The key to this region is the difference in diurnal temperature. In the growing season the days are very warm but the nights freezing. This allows a nice, long ripening and wonderful aromatics for the white wines”. So it’s good news that Babo’s Pinot Grigio is sourced from this region—specifically from a 30-year-old site in San Martino al Tagliamento, near Pordenone. The vineyard sits at the base of the Alps and the soils are a mix of clay and alpine gravel from alluvial deposits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePinot Grigio from Friuli generally has more fleshy layers than, say, those from Veneto and Trentino, a feature Justin Bubb underscores by allowing eight hours skin contact in the press. The fruit was de-stemmed, crushed, and sat in the press for about 24 hours prior to the start of pressing. 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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 equally as revered as those of the greatest vineyards of Burgundy and Bordeaux. One-quarter of the fruit is also drawn from the historic Clos de Carmes terroir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrézé is not typical Saumur at all. The vineyards are at a higher elevation than most of the surrounding area and sit directly on a hill of tuffeau—a porous, chalky limestone intermixed with clay and sand. Something like 70% of the vineyard has less than one metre of topsoil so the vines of any age must establish roots in the chalky bedrock. This terroir creates a far more citrus, floral and mineral expression of Chenin. 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All barrels were allowed to go through malo naturally until the balance of acidity was spot on. To preserve the purity of fruit there was no lees stirring. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bondar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298548252910,"sku":"20598-750","price":21.08,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/2c728261-2cf8-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20598-750.jpg?v=1764135087"},{"product_id":"von-buhl-pfalz-riesling-trocken-2021","title":"Reichsrat von Buhl Pfalz Riesling Trocken 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eVon Buhl’s entry-level wine is drawn from the estate’s great sandstone-rich vineyards around the villages of Deidesheim, Forst and Ruppertsberg. All the vineyards are certified organic. In the cellars, most of the juice was naturally fermented in tank, with some parcels fermented in Von Buhl's oval dopplestück oak casks. Even at this level, the wine’s upbringing includes extended lees aging (six months on gross lees). There was no pumping, and very low sulphur additions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reichsrat von Buhl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298548351214,"sku":"20619-750","price":18.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/c1bed27d-1afc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20619-750.png?v=1658796370"},{"product_id":"laughing-jack-jacks-semillon-2021","title":"Laughing Jack Jack's Semillon 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eShawn Kalleske’s old-vine, wild fermented Semillon is sourced in equal measure from two sites: a Greenock vineyard planted in 1964; and the family’s Creek Block vineyard which was planted in 1994. The soils are red\/brown earth over dark red clay with underlying bluestone and limestone. For the 2021, the fruit was destemmed and spent a short time on skins before whole-berry pressing and fermentation in stainless steel tanks. It was kept on lees for four weeks post-fermentation before being bottled unfined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eExpect a wine of freshness, zip and boundless energy. Touches of green-apple-grip and citrus weight add texture, and there’s a moreish and salivating close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laughing Jack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298548383982,"sku":"20625-750","price":17.37,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/ca523e22-f7f8-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20625-750.png?v=1764136594"},{"product_id":"meltwater-marlborough-sauvignon-blanc-2021","title":"Meltwater Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eOrganic. As you would expect of this producer, Meltwater’s hand-crafted Marlborough Sauvignon hits all the right notes, with considerably more texture and interest than this category typically delivers. For a start, it’s low-cropped from a single, certified organic vineyard in the southern foothills of the Wairau Valley. The grapes were hand-harvested into small bins and indigenous yeast fermentation occurred in tank. —an even rarer approach! For good measure, Paterson explains that during natural fermentation, a good portion of malic acidity drops out of the wine. This results in more palate breadth and means he can ferment all the sugars without having to rely on artificial balance. The wine was aged on lees for nine months over winter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIf Paterson is seeking craft wine that speaks of the vineyard, is hugely drinkable and is great with food, then it’s tick, tick, tick! Opening with a pungent and aromatic nose, the palate is well-textured, crisp and moreish, driven by mouth-watering tangy energy. It gives you all that you would want from Marlborough Sauvignon at this price point—and then some.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corofin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298548449518,"sku":"20664-750","price":17.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/ede0ade8-18fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20664-750.png?v=1658796411"},{"product_id":"bret-brothers-macon-villages-terroirs-du-maconnais-2020","title":"Bret Brothers Mâcon-Villages Terroirs du Mâconnais 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003eOrganic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;\nbackground:white'\u003eThis wonderful value is an assemblage from several of the Bret\nbrothers’ parcels based in Mâcon-Fuissé and Chaintré, and also from\nViré-Clessé \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003eLa\nVerchère\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif;\ncolor:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white'\u003e, Saint-Véran \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003eEn Combe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;\nbackground:white'\u003e and Pouilly-Fuissé\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003eEn Carementrant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif;\ncolor:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;\nbackground:white'\u003eSome excellent terroirs and the vines average almost 50 years\nof age. In addition, the last 50 litres of each of La Soufrandière’s premium\nwines below (biodynamic and unfiltered) are blended into this Mâcon-Villages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style='font-family:\"Georgia\",serif'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white\"\u003eThis 2020\nwas raised half in tank and half in older barrels for 11 months before\nbottling. It may only be the starting wine, but the level here sets quite the\nmarker! 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This beautifully crafted, delicate and fine boned Riesling was handpicked and destemmed before a wild ferment in a 1500-litre foudre, where it spent two months before being moved to tank for another two months prior to bottling. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murdoch Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298548842734,"sku":"20742-750","price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/6735a289-07f9-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20742-750.jpg?v=1764135028"},{"product_id":"mas-de-libian-vin-de-france-cave-vinum-blanc-2021","title":"Mas de Libian Vin de France Cave Vinum Blanc 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiodynamic. Hélène Thibon’s small-batch white comes from a blend of low-cropped, hand-harvested Roussanne, Viognier and Clairette. This year there’s more Roussanne than usual (barrel-fermented and zero malo). The Viognier was raised entirely in cement and stainless-steel vats, while the Clairette was fermented in Stockinger demi-muids. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 is brimming with heightened aromatics of florals, yellow stone fruits and perfumed top notes, with a hint of toasted nuts. On the palate, lovely orange citrus flavours dovetail with a skinsy note, while a rush of refreshing acidity imparts structure and provides mouth-cleansing balance. With each year, this invigorating, pulpy white seems to offer ever more value. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those interested, the name Cave Vinum is a play on the Latin phrase Cave Canem (beware of the dog) that adorned the entrance of certain ‘well-to-do’ Pompeii residences. Nothing to beware of here, though, save for the limited nature of the release. Thibon suggests serving this with, “… chèvre cheese, or classic Mediterranean fish dishes. 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