James Suckling – Rather complex, earthy nose with fine blue fruit and some delicate hints of spice. Richly textural palate that’s not at all heavy, the finish long and generous with a delicate hint of sweetness. Drink or hold.
World Wine – The grapes were given four days to cold-soak before a natural wild yeast initiation of the ferment. The wine spent 24 days on skins before being pressed and transferred into 20% new French Allier barriques for malolactic fermentation and further aging for 20 months. Unfined & unfiltered to retain the great flavours. Natural sediments may show. Visualise walking through a lush Mediterranean herb garden and jumping into ripe berry bushes to get a sense of this tribute to Burgundy’s greatest. With hints of dark chocolate and spicy cloves, this is the perfect blend of sweet and savoury with elegant tannins and fine acidity. A graceful star that will age beautifully over the next 10+ years.
'Complex pinot noir with an array of flavours including coffee, plum, rhubarb, mixed spice, cedar and toasty oak characters. A richly-textured wine showing appealing 'forest floor' and 'beef tea' bottle development.'
94 POINTS
Bob Campbell, The real review
James Halliday – A blend of 59/38/3% chardonnay/pinot noir/pinot meunier, all estate-grown Pipers River fruit; 40 months on lees, disgorged Jan ’02. Medium salmon in the glass with a fine, persistent bead. Awash with notes of red apple and redcurrant. Hints of crushed stone, cherry clafoutis, clotted cream and strawberry flan. There's a swell of dosage on the finish, placing it on the ridgeline of off-dry, but the finish is clean and carries nicely.
James Halliday – “Open-fermented, 8 days on skins, 26 months in French barriques (35% new) plus 20 months in bottle before release. Cassis/blackcurrant notes plus mint and briar.”
World Wine – 'Rich, complex wine with nutty oak, ginger, brioche and yeasty lees dominating ripe sauvignon blanc characters. A weighty, textural wine that is showing the benefit of a little bottle-age, but clearly has more development potential ahead. Drink: 2019-2024'
93 POINTS
Bob Campbell, therealreview.com
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We aim to have all wines be vintage specific. In the case the listed vintage is out of stock and you note you would like that particular vintage, we will inform you via email for approval to go ahead.
To be able to supply such a unique & extensive range of boutique wines, we don't hold much of the inventory. So with us, there is the added step of receiving the wine from our local suppliers before it is dispatched to you. Most orders are dispatched within 3-6 working days.
Replacement or refund offered if bottles are faulty or damaged. All our deliveries are insured against loss, however you must notify us in a reasonable amount of time.
If you would like to include a gift message with your order, please enter that in the order instructions section. We'll print your message in a lovely font on A5 paper. We also won't include the invoice. Tracking will be sent to the email on file.
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