Agrapart Blanc de Blancs 7 Crus 1er Cru Brut NV (2015 Base. Disgorged March 2018)

The name here refers to the seven Côte des Blancs villages from which it derives: Avize (younger vines, 20-40 years), Cramant, Oger, Oiry, Avenay-Val-d'Or, Bergères-les-Vertus and Mardeuil. Like all Agrapart wines, the fruit is 100% from vineyards that are estate-owned and farmed. 7 Crus is a blend of two different harvests; in this case 60% 2015 from Premier Cru vineyards and 40% 2014 from Grand Cru sites (this reserve wine is raised in neutral, 600-litre oak casks). The breakdown is … more

Country: France
Region: Champagne

$120.00
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$110.00
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Stock: 2 units

Agrapart Grand Cru Complantée Extra Brut NV (2015 Base. Disgorged March 2018)

Disgorged March 2018. Complantée comes from a single parcel in Avize that Agrapart co-planted (complantée) with six varieties: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, as well as the "heirloom" Champagne varieties of Arbane, Petit Meslier and Pinot Blanc. The fruit for this release is based on the 2015 harvest (with 20% reserve wine from 2014). All the fruit was hand harvested together, co-fermented and barrel-aged before being put to bottle without filtration. The wine rested for just over two years … more

Country: France
Region: Champagne
Sub Region: Avize

$200.00
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$180.00
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Stock: 3 units

Agrapart Terroirs Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru NV

"The NV Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Terroirs emerges from the glass effortlessly with layers of fruit. This is an especially large scaled, generous Terroirs that impresses for its sheer depth and body. Clean mineral notes frame the striking finish. This, too, is a breathtaking expression of pure Chardonnay fruit. The Terroirs is equal parts 2006 and 2007 juice from the Grand Cru villages of Avize, Oger, Cramant and Oiry. Disgorged July 2011. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2015.

I realize I … more

Country: France
Region: Champagne

$115.00
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$105.00
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Stock: 26 units

Alain Brumont Chateau Bouscasse Madiran 2013

65% Tannat, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc yielding 45 hl/ha. Malo is done in barrel and the wine is bottled without filtration. An elegant expression of Madiran offering more body and depth than many Bordeaux at prices that reach well above the modest price for this wine. Fragrant with blackcurrants plum and spice. Wonderfully fresh on the palate with remarkably refined tannins.

Country: France
Region: Madiran

$35.00
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$32.00
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Stock: 2 units

Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2016

The Domaine Alain Graillot has now been given two étoilés (stars) and become the highest rated Crozes Domaine in France’s leading wine guide, Revue du Vin de France’s Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France. Not that anyone truly needed this confirmation! It does however confirm the great work being done by Alain’s sons, Maxime and Antoine, who are now their father’s right and left arms. With an average vine age of 40+ years, the Graillot terroirs are now humming … more

Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley
Sub Region: Crozes-Hermitage

$70.00
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$64.00
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Stock: 9 units

André Bonhomme Viré-Clessé Vieilles Vignes 2016 375ml

This cuvée is completely different because it’s from vines that are between 70 to 95 years old on clay and limestone. All the wines are separated during winemaking before blending. So, for 12 months all the wines are in oak ranging from new (15 to 20%) to 8 years old. Then the family blends all the barrels in stainless tanks to spend a further nine months or more.

Country: France
Region: Burgundy

$30.00
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$27.00
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Stock: 1 unit

André Bonhomme Viré-Clessé Vieilles Vignes 2016 Magnum

This cuvée is completely different because it’s from vines that are between 70 to 95 years old on clay and limestone. All the wines are separated during winemaking before blending. So, for 12 months all the wines are in oak ranging from new (15 to 20%) to 8 years old. Then the family blends all the barrels in stainless tanks to spend a further nine months or more.

Country: France
Region: Burgundy

$119.00
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$109.00
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Stock: 1 unit

André Clouet Rose Brut NV

'I say 10% of the blend is from my blood!' declares Jean-Francois Clouet, who has changed the style of his family's rose to a fresher and more direct mood, not so soft, aiming for the lively impression of malic acidity, even though it goes through full malolactic fermentation. The result is a rose that epitomises elegance and focus, in the midst of the generous red fruits that characterise Bouzy and Ambonnay. The cuvee encapsulates that wonderful talent of pinot noir … more

Country: France
Region: Champagne

$88.00
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$80.00
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Stock: 8 units

André Clouet Vintage Brut 2009

Country: France
Region: Champagne

$110.00
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$100.00
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Stock: 2 units

Andre Perret Condrieu 2015

A younger vine cuvee from Clos Chanson and Coteau du Chery and from older plots not included in the two single vineyard Condrieu. The wine is fermented in 50/50% stainless steel and barriques (25% of which are new). Yield 40hL/ha.

"A wine that should be on everyone's must-buy list is the 2015 Condrieu from Andre Perret, which comes from a mix of Perret's holdings in the heart of the appellation. Citrus blossom, powdered rock, white cherries and rose petal notes … more

Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley

$125.00
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$112.00
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Stock: 3 units