WINE BY THE GLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
CHAMPAGNE, SPARKLING WINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
CHARDONNAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SAUVIGNON BLANC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
RIESLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CHENIN BLANC, MUSCADET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PINOT GRIS, PINOT BLANC, GEWÜRZTRAMINER, SYLVANER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
OTHER AROMATIC WHITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ROSÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PINOT NOIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
GAMAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SYRAH, GRENACHE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TEMPRANILLO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
NEBBIOLO, SANGIOVESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CABERNET SAUVIGNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
MERLOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CABERNET FRANC, MALBEC, ZINFANDEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
DESSERT WINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Table of Contents
CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING
JCB SPARKLING WINE #21, BOURGOGNE, FRANCE NV | 14
IRON HORSE SPARKLING WINE CUVÉE MICHAEL MINA, GREEN VALLEY OF RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CA 2012 | 17
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET CHAMPAGNE BRUT SAINTE ANNE, FRANCE NV | 22
LARMANDIER-BERNIER CHAMPAGNE EXTRA BRUT LATITUDE, FRANCE NV | 27
MAS DE DAUMAS GASSAC ROSÉ FRIZANT, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE 2016 | 16
BILLECART-SALMON ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE BRUT, RANCE NV | 32
WHITE
CHÂTEAU DUCASSE GRAVES BLANC, BORDEAUX, FRANCE 2015 | 11
DOMAINE DE LA PÉPIERE MUSCADET SÈVRE-ET-MAINE ‘CLISSON’, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2014 | 12
FRANCOIS VILLARD VIOGNIER, LES CONTOURS DE DEPONCINS, VIN DE FRANCE 2015 | 15
LEITZ RIESLING DRAGONSTONE, RHEINGAU, GERMANY 2015 | 12
PASCAL CLÉMENT CHARDONNAY, BOURGOGNE, FRANCE 2015 | 16
PATIENT COTTAT SANCERRE ANCIENNES VIGNES, LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE 2015 | 16
PAUL BLANCK PINOT GRIS, ALSACE 2014 | 14
STAGLIN ‘SALUS’ CHARDONNAY, RUTHERFORD, CALIFORNIA 2014 | 19
ROSÉJOLIE FOLLE MÉDITERRANÉE IGP, FRANCE 2016 | 9
MIRAVAL CINSAULT BLEND, CÔTES DU PROVENCE, FRANCE 2016 | 17
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RED
CHÂTEAU THIVIN BROUILLY ‘REVERDON’, BEAUJOLAIS, BURGUNDY, FRANCE 2013 | 14
MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE PINOT NOIR, BOURGOGNE, FRANCE 2014 | 16
BANSHEE PINOT NOIR, SONOMA COAST, CALIFORNIA 2015 | 15
CHÂTEAU SAINTE-EULALIE MINERVOIS LA LIVINIÈRE LA CANTILÈNE, FRANCE 2014 | 15
COULY-DUTHEIL CHINON BARONNIE-MADELEINE, FRANCE 2014 | 15
CHÂTEAU SAINT COSME CÔTES-DU-RHÔNE, FRANCE 2015 | 13
DOMAINE FAURY ST .-JOSEPH, RHÔNE, FRANCE 2014 | 18
CHATEAU COUFRAN HAUT-MEDOC, BORDEAUX 2001 | 20
RAMEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON BLEND CLARET, NAPA VALLEY, CA 2014 | 18
LIONEL OSMIN & CIE MALBEC, CAHORS, FRANCE 2012 | 13
DESSERT
KLEIN CONSTANTIA, SOUTH AFRICA 2006 | 18
ROYAL TOKAJI 5 PUTTONYOS ASZÚ, HUNGARY 2009 | 19
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2013 | 65
NOVAL RUBY PORT BLACK, PORTUGAL | 10
NIEPOORT 20 YR . TAWNY PORT, PORTUGAL | 21
M . CHAPOUTIER BANYULS, FRANCE 2009 | 11
BARBEITO MALMSEY MADIERA, PORTUGAL 1863 | 150 per ounce
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T H E O R I G I N O F C H A M P A G N E
Little by little the rest of the world is coming round to the French point of view, that champagne is not just
any old fizzy wine, but a place - and a very special place at that . The Champagne region, an hour’s drive
east of Paris, is one of France’s most comfortably confident, devoted to producing one particular luxury
product . The Champenois - the inhabitants of Reims, Épernay and the villages which dot the rolling coun-
tryside that looks like, and once was, a continuation of the English South Downs - know that only they can
produce the world’s pre-eminent sparkling wine .
It is the combination of being as far north as vines can be grown commercially in France; a high proportion
of chalky soils which encourage the roots to burrow as far as a regular but by no means generous supply of
water; no shortage of cool, dark, humid cellars; and a head start in the public relations game of establishing
champagne as the wine of celebration and glamour that makes Champagne unique .
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GROWER PRODUCER NON-VINTAGE
ALFRED GRATIEN BRUT CUVÉE PARADIS | 320
BÉRÊCHE BRUT NATURE ‘LES BEAUX REGARDS’ | 134
CATTIER BRUT BLANC DE NOIRS | 285
CHARTOGNE-TAILLET BRUT CUVEE ST . ANNE | 89
DONSON & LEPAGE BRUT COTE DES BAR RECOLTE BLANCHE | 129
FRANCOISE BEDEL ‘ENTRE CIEL & TERRE’ | 142
GUY LARMANDIER CRAMANT BLANC DE BLANCS | 131
HENRI BILLIOT GRAND CRU BRUT RESERVE | 132
J LASSALE BRUT IMPERIAL PREFERENCE | 99
LARMANDIER-BERNIER EXTRA BRUT LATITUDE | 129
MARC HEBRART BRUT CUVÉE RESERVE | 103
PAUL BARA BRUT RESERVE | 74 375ml
PIERRE PETERS BRUT BLANC DE BLANC CUVÉE RESERVE | 134
RENE GEOFFROY BRUT CUVEE EXPRESSION | 118
VEUVE FOURNY BLANC DE BLANCS 1ER CRU BRUT NATURE | 82
GROWER PRODUCER VINTAGE
BRUNO PAILLARD BRUT NEC PLUS ULTRA 1996 | 2176
EGLY-OURIET BRUT 2002 | 299
JACQUES SELOSSE BRUT INITIAL 2009 | 333
JACQUES SELOSSE BRUT SUBSTANCE 2008 | 599
JEAN MILAN BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS TERRES NOEL 2004 | 185
MARC HEBRART BRUT 1ER CRU 2006 | 155
PIERRE PETERS BRUT BLANC DE BLANC ‘LES CHETILLONS’ 2002 | 211
PIERRE PETERS BRUT BLANC DE BLANC ‘LES CHETILLONS’ 2006 | 211
VEUVE FOURNY CUVEE NOTRE DAME 2000 | 750
VILMART & CIE COEUR DE CUVEE 2003 | 325
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NON-VINTAGE BILLECART-SALMON BRUT RESERVE | 129
THIENOT BRUT | 90
DELAMOTTE BRUT | 69 375ml
KRUG GRANDE CUVÉE BRUT REIMS NV | 435
GOSSET BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS | 199
LA CARAVELLE BLANC DE BLANC| 125
TAITTINGER BRUT LA FRANCAISE | 114
RUINART BLANC DE BLANCS | 204
V INTAGE AYALA BRUT BRUT PERLE D’AYALA 2000 | 347
HENRIOT BRUT CUVEE DES ENCHANTELEURS 1998 | 380
GOSSET BLANC DE BLANCS CELEBRIS 2000 | 410
THIENOT BRUT CUVEE ALAIN 1999 | 168
THIENOT BRUT GARANCE 2007 | 152
PHILIPPONNAT BRUT ‘CLOS DES GOISSES’ 1998 | 456
DUVAL-LEROY BRUT CUVEE FEMME 1996 | 320
DELAMOTTE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS 1964 | 4109 1500ml
DELAMOTTE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS 1970 | 4210 1500ml
DELAMOTTE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS 1983 | 2578 1500ml
DELAMOTTE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS 1988 | 1176
DELAMOTTE BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS 1991 | 996
KRUG BRUT 1995 | 865
KRUG BRUT 1996 | 1555
KRUG BRUT ‘CLOS D’AMBONNAY’ 1996 | 4750
KRUG BRUT ‘CLOS D’AMBONNAY’ 1998 | 4750
SALON BRUT BLANC DE BLANCS ‘LE MESNIL’ 1999 | 774
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ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE NON-VINTAGE
BILLECART-SALMON BRUT | 80 375ml
KRUG BRUT GRAND CUVÉE | 367 375ml
VEUVE CLICQUOT BRUT | 75 375ml
KRUG BRUT GRAND CUVÉE | 677
RUINART BRUT | 204
PHILIPPE GONET BRUT | 184
LARMANDIER-BERNIER ROSÉ D’SAIGNÉE | 183
LAURENT-PERRIERE BRUT | 153
ROSÉ CHAMPAGNE VINTAGE
VEUVE CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME 2004 | 777
BOLLINGER BRUT GRANDE ANNEE 1996 | 610
SPARKLING WINE
BRUNDLMAYER GRUNER VELTLINER EXTRA BRUT ‘KLASSICHE FLASHENGARUNG’ NV | 81
MAS DE DAUMAS GASSAC ROSÉ FRIZANT, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE NV | 68
GUY AMIOT BRUT CRÉMANT D’ BOURGOGNE, FRANCE NV | 56
DOMAINE CARNEROS ROSÉ, CARNEROS, CA NV | 82
DOMAINE HUET VOUVRAY PELILLANT BRUT 2005 | 69
GRUET ROSÉ, NEW MEXICO NV | 27 375ml
JANSZ, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA NV | 59
JANSZ ROSÉ, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA NV | 59
IRON HORSE CUVÉE MICHAEL MINA, GREEN VALLEY OF RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CA 2012 | 72
SCHRAMSBERG J SCHRAM, CALIFORNIA 2004 | 142
SCHRAMSBERG MIRABELLE, CALIFORNIA NV | 68
SCHRAMSBERG CREMANT DEMI-SEC, CALIFORNIA 2005 | 95
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T H E O R I G I N O F C H A R D O N N A Y
Chardonnay’s historical home has been traced back to France in the 1600’s . The first writing of the
varietal described it as capable of making the best wine and it seems opinions have changed little since .
So powerful is the C-word on a wine label that, like Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay has virtually no
synonyms - although in Styria in southern Austria some winemakers persist with the tradition of calling it
Morillon . In the 1980s something extremely important to the history of wine happened: ‘Chardonnay’
became a name more familiar to the world’s wine buyers than any of the geographically-named wines this
vine variety had for centuries produced, such as Chablis, Corton-Charlemagne, or Montrachet .
Making quality chardonnay seems almost a rite of passage in both historical and emerging wine regions,
where winemakers have been trying to emulate the power, elegance and complexity the varietal captures
in Burgundy, its historical home and region of its greatest expression .
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CHABLIS
DOMAINE SERVIN ‘BUTTEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2015 | 96
DOMAINE VOCORET ET FILS ‘LES CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2014 | 208
J . MOREAU ‘VAILLONS’ 1ER CRU 2013 | 92
J . MOREAU ‘LES CLOS’ GRAND CRU 2011 | 188
JEAN MARC BROCARD ‘VALMUR’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 163
LOUIS MICHEL 2015 | 41 375ml
LOUIS MICHEL ‘GRENOUILLES’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 194
MISCHEIF & MAYHEM 1ER CRU 2006 | 92
MEURSAULT
ARNAUD ENTE ‘LA GOUTTE D’OR’ 2007 | 288
BOUCHARD LES CLOUS 2009 | 152
CHATEAU DE MEURSAULT ‘PERRIÈRES’ 2013 | 318
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 1992 | 994
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 1997 | 577
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 310
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DE LA BARRE’ 1ER CRU 1990 | 625
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘PERRIERES’ 1ER CRU 1991 | 797
DOMAINE ROULOT LES TESSONS-CLOS DE MON PLAISIR 2006 | 386
DOMAINE LEROY ‘PERRIERES’ 1995 | 333
DOMAINE MICHEL CAILLOT 2011 | 105
FRANCOIS ET ANTOINE JOBARD ‘EN LA BARRE’ 2006 | 192
FRANCOIS ET ANTOINE JOBARD ‘GENEVRIERES’ 2006 | 239
PIERRE YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CHARMES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | 257
MONTHELIE-DOUHAIRET-PORCHERET ‘LES SANTENOTS’ 1ER CRU 2001 | 263
THIERRY & PASCALE MATROT 2015 | 77 375ml
VINCENT DANCER ‘PERRIERES’ 2006 | 284
` VINCENT GIRARDIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2014 | 129
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PULIGNY-MONTRACHET DOMAINE LEFLAIVE ‘CLAVOILLON’ 2008 | 379
DOMAINE COLIN-DELEGER ‘DEMOISELLES’ 2006 | 361
DOMAINE GUY AMIOT ‘DEMOISELLES’ 2006 | 361
PAUL CHAPELLE 2007 | 65 375ml
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
DOMAINE RAMONET 1ER CRU ‘MORGEOT’ 2014 | 186
JEAN-NOEL GAGNARD 1ER CRU ‘LES CAILLERETS’ 2005 | 232
VINCENT GIRARDIN 1ER CRU ‘CLOS DU CAILLERETS’ 2014 | 224
BACKROADS
BOUCHARD POUILLY-FUISSE 2013 | 63
BRUNO COLIN BOURGOGNE BLANC 2013 | 62
PASCAL CLÉMENT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2015 | 76
FRANCOIS CARILLON BOURGOGNE BLANC ALIGOTE 2010 | 59
DOMAINE PONSOT MOREY ST DENIS BLANC ‘MONT LUISANTS’ 2009 | 365
DOMAINE CHARTRON SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE ‘LES PIMENTIERS’ 2014 | 73
LUCIEN LE MOINE NUIT ST . GEORGE BLANC ‘TERRES BLANCHES’ 2006 | 284
DOMAINE ROBERT CHEVILLON BOURGOGNE BLANC 2013 | 72
DOMAINE DU COMTE VOGUE BOURGOGNE 1999 | 633
DOMAINE DU COMTE VOGUE BOURGOGNE 2008 | 483
DOMAINE DU COMTE VOGUE BOURGOGNE 2011 | 373
MAISON DEUX MONTILLE SOEUR RULLY 2013 | 76
ETIENE SAUZET BOURGOGNE 2014 | 86
GILLE NOBLET MACON-FUISSE 2015 | 51
MOILLARD-GRIVOT RULLY BLANC 2013 | 102
JEAN-MARC BOILLOT RULLY ‘MEIX CADOT’ 1ER CRU 2012 | 96
MAISON ROCHE DE BELLENE ST .-AUBIN 2014 | 83
NICOLAS POTEL MACON-VILLAGES 2013 | 44
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GRAND CRUS
BONNEAU DU MARTRAY ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ 2008 | 314
BONNEAU DU MARTRAY ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ 2009 | 359
PIERRE-YVES COLIN-MOREY ‘CORTON CHARLEMAGNE’ 2007 | 376
JOBARD-CHABLOZ ‘CORTON CHARLEMAGNE’ 2006 | 376
SIMON BIZE & FILS ‘CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE’ 1999 | 310
DOMAINE DU COMTE DE VOGUE ‘MUSIGNY’ 1992 | 1998
DOMAINE DE LA VOUGERAIE ‘LES CLOS BLANC DE VOUGEOT’ 2005 | 224
DOMAINE PAUL PERNOT ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2002 | 647
DOMAINE PAUL PERNOT ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2009 | 399
DOMAINE PIERRE MOREY ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2001 | 829
DOMAINE PIERRE MOREY ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2005 | 711
BENJAMIN LEROUX ‘BATARD-MONTRACHE’ 2009 | 746
DOMAINE LEROY ‘LE MONTRACHET’ 1978 | 2150
DOMAINE RAMONET ‘LE MONTRACHET’ 1998 | 2083
DOMAINE RAMONET ‘BIENVENUE BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 1999 | 896
DOMAINE RAMONET ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET’ 2008 | 1217
BOUCHARD ‘CHEVALIER MONTRACHET’ 2008 | 711
DOMAINE COLIN-DELEGER ‘CHEVALIER MONTRACHET’ 2002 | 695
VINCENT GIRARDIN ‘CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET’ 2004 | 777
VINCENT GIRARDIN ‘BIENVENUES BATARD MONTRACHET’ 2005 | 467
VINCENT GIRARDIN ‘BIENVENUES BATARD MONTRACHET’ 2007 | 562
REMOISSENET ‘LE MONTRACHET’ 2008 | 1142
DOMAINE HUBERT LAMY ‘CRIOTS BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2009 | 731
JEAN-NOEL GAGNARD ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2008 | 727
JEAN-NOEL GAGNARD ‘BATARD-MONTRACHET’ 2007 | 749
REMOISSENET ‘LE MONTRACHET’ 2008 | 480 375ml
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AMERICA
AU BON CLIMAT ‘BIEN NACIDO’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY, CA 2012 | 78
AUBERT ‘RITCHIE VINEYARD’ SONOMA COAST, CA 2006 | 367
AUBERT ‘RITCHIE VINEYARD’ SONOMA COAST, CA 2005 | 378
AUBERT ‘QUARRY VINEYARD ‘ SONOMA COAST, CA 2003 | 362
BANSHEE, SONOMA COUNTY, CA 2015 | 54
BREWER-CLIFTON, STA . RITA HILLS, CA 2014 | 94
BREWER-CLIFTON ‘3-D’,STA . RITA HILLS, CA 2009 | 129
BREWER-CLIFTON ‘MT . CARMEL’, STA . RITA HILLS, CA 2007 | 128
FAILLA, SONOMA COAST, 2014 | 92
EVENING LAND ‘SEVEN SPRINGS’, EOLA-AMITY HILLS, OR 2014 | 104
FORMAN, NAPA VALLEY, CA 2015 | 107
HANZELL, SONOMA VALLEY, CA 2009 | 119
HIRSCH, SONOMA COAST, CA 2014 | 153
HYDE DE VILLAINE DE LA GUERRA, LOS CARNEROS-NAPA VALLEY 2013 | 123
JAYSON, NORTH COAST, CA 2014 | 125
KISTLER LES NOISETIERS, SONOMA COAST, CA 2014 | 153
LIOCO, SONOMA COUNTY, CA 2016 | 52
LYNMAR ‘QUAIL HILL’, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CA 2012 | 116
MINER, NAPA VALLEY, CA 2014 | 81
MOUTON NOIR KNOCK ON WOOD, WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OR 2015 | 49
NEYERS, CARNEROS, CA 2011 | 69
PATZ & HALL ‘DUTTON RANCH’, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, CA 2015 | 107
RAMEY, SONOMA COAST, CA 2014 | 107
RAMEY ‘PLATT’, SONOMA COAST, CA 2012 | 129
SANDHI, STA . RITA HILLS, CA 2014 | 93
SEA SMOKE ‘SEA SMOKE VINEYARD’, STA . RITA HILLS 2013 | 170
SCRIBE ‘SKIN FERMENTED’, CARNEROS, CA 2010 | 65 500ml
SINE QUA NON CHARDONNAY BLEND BACKWARD AND FORWARD, CENTRAL COAST, CA 1998 | 399
SIXTO UNCOVERED, WASHINGTON STATE 2013 | 88
STONESTREET ‘UPPER BARN’ ALEXANDER VALLEY 2008 | 172
STONESTREET ‘GRAVEL BENCH’ ALEXANDER VALLEY 2008 | 175
DIATOM ‘HUBER’, STA . RITA HILLS, CA 2008 | 118
WREN HOP, ‘REBELS & MARTYRS’, SONOMA COAST, CA 2010 | 136
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T H E O R I G I N O F S A U V I G N O N B L A N C
Sauvignon Blanc literally has its roots in the Loire valley where the twin appellations of
Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé produce some of the best examples of the grape’s unique
aroma . The fresh and piercing flavors of gooseberry and blackcurrant leaf has been
emulated all over the world giving the grape both a varietal typicity and a regional
difference that makes the varietal instantly recognizable but also a completely different
expression depending on the place of origin .
Most Sauvignon Blanc is fermented at relatively low temperatures in stainless steel
with the intention of preserving every bit of youthful fruit . The wines are in general
designed to be drunk as young as possible, although some of the fruit from particularly
low-yielding vineyards can be concentrated to withstand oak ageing and may need a
year or so in bottle before showing their best .
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Sauvignon Blanc
LOIRE VALLEY & BORDEAUX DIDIER DAGUENEAU, POUILLY FUME SILEX 2009 | 272
DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUME BUISSON RENARD 2009 | 269
DIDIER DAGUENEAU POUILLY FUME PUR SANG 2009 | 269
CHIDAINE TOURAINE 2015 | 34
DANIEL CHOTARD SANCERRE 2015 | 68
PASCAL COTTAT ‘MONTS DAMNES’ SANCERRE 2009 | 115
DELAPORTE SANCERRE 2015 | 42
DOMAINE VACHERON SANCERRE 2010 | 48 375ml
MOREAUX ‘CHAVIGNOL’ SANCERRE 2015 | 49
NEVEU ‘CLOS DES BOUFFANT’ SANCERRE 2015 | 51
PASCAL JOLIVET ‘SAUVAGE ROUGE’ SANCERRE 2004 | 162
CHÂTEAU DUCASSE, GRAVES 2015 | 55
AMERICA CAPTÛRE TRADITION, SONOMA, CA 2014 | 67
CLIFF LEDE, NAPA VALLEY, CA 2015 | 59
SCHOLIUM PROJECT , ‘FARINA VINEYARD’ . LA SEVERITÀ DI BRUTO 2009 | 89
NEW ZEALAND CRAGGY RANGE ‘TE MUNA ROAD’, MARTINBOROUGH 2016 | 52
DOG POINT, MARLBOROUGH 2015 | 49
ITALY GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI BIANCO SECCO CA’ DEL MERLO 2010 | 89
GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI BIANCO SECCO CA’ DEL MERLO 2007 | 198
Semillon
AUSTRALIA
BROKENWOOD, HUNTER VALLEY 2015 | 44
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A L I T T L E A B O U T R I E S L I N G
Wine made from Riesling is quite unlike any other . It is generally light in alcohol,
refreshingly high in fruity natural acidity (quite different from the harshness of added
acid), has the ability to transmit the character of a place through its extract and
unique aroma and, unlike Chardonnay, is capable of ageing for decades in bottle .
Like top quality Chenin Blanc, but unlike Chardonnay, it performs best if fermented
cool and bottled early without any malolactic fermentation or wood influence . Ries-
ling is a star and, as you may discern, one of wines’ great heroes .
A fine Riesling almost demands time in bottle . They can be quite austere in youth
(which may be why so many wine drinkers are wary of them) . The prospect of a
50-year-old Riesling can be an appetizing one while the number of white burgun-
dies worth ageing past their 15th birthday is extremely small .
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ALSACE DOMAINE SPECHT ‘MANDELBERG’ 2014 | 47
RENÉ MURÉ CLOS ST . LANDELIN 2004 | 127
ZIND-HUMBRECHT ‘WINTZENHEIM CLOS HAUSERER’ 2009 | 123
ALBERT BOXLER 2009 | 79
AMERICA POET’S LEAP, COLUMBIA VALLEY, WA 2014 | 53
AUSTRIA KREMS KREMSTAL ‘STEINTERASSEN’ 2007 | 35
NIGL KREMSTAL ‘PELLINGEN PRIVAT’ 2009 | 125
NIGL RIESLING KREMSTAL ‘HOCHACHER’ 2010 | 127
WEINGUT HIRSCH KAMPTAL GAISBERG 2006 | 125
HIEDLER KAMPTAL RESERVE ‘MAXIMUM’ 2008 | 96
HIEDLER KAMPTAL RESERVE ‘HEILIGENSTEIN’ 2010 | 252 1500ml
NIKOLAIHOF SMARAGD ‘VOM STEIN’, WACHAU, 2008 | 155
RUDI PICHLER SMARAGD ‘KIRCHWEG’, WACHAU, 2006 | 79
FRANZ HIRTZBERGER SMARAGD ‘HOCHRAIN’, WACHAU 2000 | 72
PRAGER SMARAGD ‘KAISERBERG’, WACHAU, 2000 | 59
WEINGUT WEINGARTNER SMARAGD ‘KELLERBERG’, WACHAU, 1997 | 52
WEINGUT KNOLL SMARAGD ‘RIED LOIBENBERG’, WACHAU, 2007 | 115
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GERMANY DÖNNHOFF SPATLESE ‘NORHEIMER KIRSCHHECK’, NAHE 2010 | 89
DÖNNHOFF TROCKEN ‘DELLCHEN’, NAHE 2009 | 152
DÖNNHOFF TROCKEN ‘DELLCHEN’, NAHE 2010 | 159
DÖNNHOFF TROCKEN ‘FELSENBERG’, NAHE 2009 | 147
DÖNNHOFF TROCKEN ‘FELSENBERG’, NAHE 2010 | 149
DÖNNHOFF SPATLESE ‘NIEDERHAUSER HERMANNSHOHLE’, NAHE 2010 | 159
DÖNNHOFF AUSLESE ‘NIEDERHAUSER HERMANNSHOHLE’, NAHE 2010 | 98 375ml
ROBERT WEIL KABINETT, MOSEL 2015 | 58
VON WINNING SPÄTLESE ‘KIRCHENSTUCK’, NAHE 2010 | 297
VON WINNING TROCKEN ‘RUPPER REIT’, NAHE 2013 | 87
SCHLOSSGUT DIEL SPÄTLESE ‘PITTERMÄNNCHEN’, NAHE 2009 | 146
SCHLOSSGUT DIEL SPÄTLESE ‘BURGBERG’, NAHE 2009 | 146
HEXAMER ‘MEDDERSHEIMER RHEINGRAFENBERG’ QUARZIT RESERVE, NAHE 2008 | 64
A .J . ADAM ‘HOFBERG’, MOSEL 2010 | 168
CARL VON SCHUBERT MAXIMIN GRÜNHAUS SPATLESE ‘ABTSBERG’, MOSEL 2010 | 96
CARL VON SCHUBERT MAXIMIN GRUNHAUS SUPERIOR DRY ‘ABTSBERG’, MOSEL 2010 | 154
DR . LOOSEN BLUE SLATE, MOSEL 2014 | 45
FRITZ HAAG, MOSEL 2014 | 50
JOH . JOS . PRÜM KABINETT ‘WEHLENER SONNENUHR’, MOSEL 2015 | 78
SELBACH-OSTER SPÄTLESE ANRECHT ‘ZELINGER HIMMELREICH’, MOSEL 2010 | 76
SELBACH-OSTER SPÄTLESE ANRECHT ‘SONNENUHR ROTLAY’, MOSEL 2010 | 87
LEITZ SPATLESE ‘RÜDESHEIMER MAGDALENENKREUZ’, RHEINGAU 2010 | 129 1500ml
LEITZ SPATLESE ‘RÜDESHEIMER BERG SCHLOSSBERG EHRENFELS’, RHEINGAU 2010 | 122
LEITZ ‘DRAGONSTONE’, RHEINGAU 2015 | 42
MÜLLER-CATOIR SPATLESE ‘HERRENLETTEN’, PFALZ 2010 | 100
MULLER-CATOIR SPATLESE ‘BREUMEL IN DEN MAUERN’, PFALZ 2009 | 165
EUGEN MULLER AUSLESE ‘FORSTER KIRCHENSTUCK’ 2010 | 66 500ml
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Riesling
LOIRE VALLEY
BAUMARD SAVENNIÈRES 2013 | 54
CHAMPALOU VOUVRAY SEC 2015 | 47
DOMAINE HUET VOUVRAY SEC ‘LE MONT’ 2010 | 77
DOMAINE HUET VOUVRAY MOELLEUX ‘CLOS DU BOURG’ 1985 | 182
DOMAINE HUET VOUVRAY MOELLEUX ‘CLOS DU BOURG’ ‘PREMIERE TRIE’ 2009 | 176
NICOLAS JOLY SAVENNIÈRES ‘COULÉE DE SERRANT’ 2007 | 246
NICOLAS JOLY SAVENNIÈRES ‘ROCHE AUX MOINES’ 2007 | 246
PASCAL JANVIER JASNIERES CUVÉE SILEX 2007 | 54
` BERNARD FOUQUET VOUVRAY CUVÉE DE SILEX, 2008 | 42
AMERICA
CHAPPELLET, NAPA VALLEY 2015 | 89
Muscadet
FRANCE
DOMAINE DES QUATRE ROUTES MUSCADET SEVRE-ET-MAINE SUR LIE 2013 | 36
DOMAINE DE LA LOUVETRIE HERMINE D’ OR 2010 | 34
DOMAINE DE LA PÉPIERE MUSCADET SÈVRE-ET-MAINE ‘CLISSON’, 2014 | 52
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Chenin Blanc
ALSACE
ALBERT BOXLER 2009 | 73
DOPF AU MOULIN RESERVE 2015 | 44
ZIND-HUMBRECHT 2009 | 68
ALSACE
DOMAINE DIRLER ‘KESSLER’ 2004 | 101
ZIND-HUMBRECHT ‘GUEBERSCHWIHR’ 2009 | 74
AMERICA
SCHOLIUM PROJECT ‘LOST SLOUGH VINEYARD’ 2009 | 72 500m
ALSACE
KUENTZ-BAS TROIS CHÂTEAU 2014 | 47
ALSACE
KUENTZ-BAS 2012 | 44
ALBERT BOXLER 2009 | 62
Pinot Blanc
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Pinot Gris
Gewürztraminer
Sylvaner
RHÔNE, SAVOIE & THEIR DEVOTEES CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE VIEILLES VIGNES, RHÔNE, FRANCE 2005 | 422
CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE VIEILLES VIGNES, RHÔNE, FRANCE 2006 | 422
CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE VIEILLES VIGNES, RHÔNE, FRANCE 2007 | 422
YVES CUILLERON CONDRIEU ‘LA PETITE COTE’ 2007 | 182
YVES CUILLERON CONDRIEU ‘LES CHAILLETS’ 2006 | 203
E . GUIGAL CONDRIEU ‘LA DORIANE’, RHÔNE, FRANCE 2009 | 257
E . GUIGAL HERMITAGE BLANC ‘EX VOTO’, RHÔNE, FRANCE 2006 | 444
M . CHAPOUTIER HERMITAGE BLANC CHANTE ALOUETTE 2006 | 255
REMIZIERES HERMITAGE BLANC CUVEE EMILIE 2004 | 110
LES VINS DE VIENNE COLLINES DE RHODANIENNES HELUICUM 2009 | 74
PUFFERNY CHARDONNAY ARBOIS, SAVOIE, FRANCE 2007 | 68
FABIENNE COTTAGNOUD AMIGNE VETROZ GRAND CRU 2007 | 162
DOMAINE DE MONTBOURGEAU VIN JAUNE L’ÉTOILE, SAVOIE FRANCE 2000 | 177 620ml
CLOS UROLAUT JURANCON SEC CUVEE MARIE 2007 | 39
DOMAINE FRANCK PEILLOT BUGEY MONTAGNIEU 2010 | 58
TABLAS CREEK CÔTE DE TABLAS, PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA 2015 | 78
COLD HEAVEN ‘LE BON CLIMAT’, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA 2007 | 99
SCHOLIUM PROJECT ‘MARCHER SUR LA LUNE’ VERDELHO LODI 2009 | 56
CLOS CANARELLI 2014 | 61
GRÜNER VELTLINER WEINGUT KNOLL ’LOIBENBERG’ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2007 | 99
NIKOLAIHOF ‘VINOTHEK ‘ SMARAGD, WACHAU 1993 | 350
NIKOLAIHOF ‘WACHAU IM WEINGEBIRGE ‘ SMARAGD, WACHAU 2008 | 156
HIEDLER ‘KITTMANNSBERGS RESERVE’ KAMPTAL 2010 | 211 1500ml
ASSYRTIKO
DOMAINE SIGALAS, SANTORINI, GREECE 2015 | 69
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Aromatic
A L I T T L E A B O U T R O S É
The precise shade of pink in today’s rosés varies enormously, from palest salmon, character-
istic of Provence, through quite vibrant candy pink with some hint of blue that is the most
common, particularly in the Languedoc, to pale rose red which can be found quite widely
now in the Rhone .
Part of the reason we are seeing so many more different rosés on the shelves today is that
producers are being encouraged to make ever more concentrated red wines . One way of
concentrating the fermenting red wine must is to ‘bleed’ off (saigner) some of the least con-
centrated must which is generally a deep pink rather than red color – and we are increasingly
seeing these by products being bottled and sold in their own right .
Provence is an obvious source of fine, delicate rosé (and many overpriced rosés too), the
best being scented with such local grape varieties as Tibouren and Braquet . Producers in the
Languedoc have been putting an increasing amount of effort into their pink wines, for which
Cinsaut and Grenache grapes are particularly suitable, while the Grenache-dominated territo-
ry in-between, notably Tavel and Lirac, can provide some good bottles .
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Rosé
PROVENCE, FRANCE CHÂTEAU MAUPAGUE 2016 | 59
CHÂTEAU SIMONE 2010 | 162
CHÂTEAU PRADEAUX 2011 | 86
CHÂTEAU MIRAVEL 2016 | 140 1500ml
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON, FRANCE ERMITAGE DU ST . LOUP, CÔTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC 2016 | 39
GUILHEM, PAYS D’HÉRAULT 2016| 32
CORSICA, FRANCE DOMAINE ABBATUCCI FAUSTINE 2015 | 88
MAESTRACCI E PROVE 2016 | 65
LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE LAPORTE ‘LES GRANDMONTAINES’, SANCERRE 2016 | 59
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Rosé
T H E S T O R Y O F P I N O T N O I R
Pinot Noir is a very transparent grape . It really can communicate the difference in terroir, or
grape-growing environment, between adjacent plots of vineyard . The heady wines grown in Les
Amoureuses vineyard in the village of Chambolle, for example, really do taste distinctly different
from the majestic produce of Le Musigny vineyard next door which is almost invariably fuller,
denser and longer-living .
The greatest Pinot Noir is the greatest red burgundy, without any shadow of a doubt . Other grand
crus are on the most favored, south-east-facing mid-slopes above the villages of Gevrey-Chamber-
tin, Morey St Denis, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée and on the famous tree-topped hill of Corton
above Aloxe-Corton . The greatest concentration of vinous greatness is around Vosne-Romanée,
with the world-famous likes of Romanée-Conti, La Tâche and, sometimes just as good, Riche-
bourg . The first two in particular are produced in such small quantity that their prices have always
been stratospheric .
Pinot can vary enormously but its essential characteristic is charm . It tends to be fruity, perfumed
and haunting . It dances on the palate rather than overpowering it . Heavy tannins and deep color
are not essential elements in a fine Pinot Noir - not even in a young Pinot Noir . In fact some of
the best burgundies are not grand, long-living monsters but lively, sprightly essences of place,
sometimes just a general village wine - not one labelled with the name of a grand cru or even a
premier cru but one carrying simply the name of a village .
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Pinot Noir
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN BENJAMIN LEROUX ‘MAZOYERES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 413
DOMAINE CECIILE TREMBLAY ‘CHAPELLE-CHAMBERTIIN’ GRAND CRU 2007 | 363
DOMAINE PERROT-MINOT ‘CLOS DE BEZE’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 1011
MAISON CHAMPY ‘CLOS DE BEZE’ GRAND CRU 2006| 333
MAISON CHAMPY ‘MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2006| 278
REMOISSENET ‘CLOS DE BEZE’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 529
REMOISSENET ‘CHARMES-CHAMBERTIN’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 419
MOREY ST. DENIS DOMAINE ARLAUD ‘AUX CHEZEAUX’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 171
DOMAINE PERROT-MINOT ‘LA RIOTTE’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 343
DOMAINE PONSOT ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2006 | 873
HUBERT LIGNIER ‘CLOS DE LA ROCHE’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 733
MAISON MOMMESSIN ‘CLOS DE TART’ GRAND CRU 2006 | 1117
MAISON MOMMESSIN ‘CLOS DE TART’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 752
NICOLAS POTEL 2013 | 143
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D’OR ‘LES FEUSSELOTTES’ 1ER CRU 2011 | 418
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ 1993 | 529
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ 1ER CRU 1997 | 747
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ 1ER CRU 2002 | 747
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ 1ER CRU 2005 | 896
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ ‘BONNES MARES’ GRAND CRU 2001 | 1121
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ ‘MUSIGNY’ GRAND CRU 1993 | 2237
DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ ‘MUSIGNY’ GRAND CRU 2004 | 4437
DOMAINE PERROT MINOT LES ECHANGES” 1ER CRU 2009 | 429
DOMAINE ROBERT GROFFIER ‘LES HAUTS DOIX’ 1ER CRU 2007 | 288
DOMAINE ROBERT GROFFIER ‘LES AMOUREUSES’ 1ER CRU 2007 | 454
DOMIANE ROBERT GOFFIER ‘LES HAUTS DOIX’ 1ER CRU 2007 | 298
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Pinot Noir
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY
FOUGERAY DE BEAUCLAIR ‘BONNES MARES’ GRAND CRU 1999 | 352
GHISLANE BARTHOD ‘LES FUEES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | 218
JACQUES--FREDERIC MUGNIER ‘LES FUEES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | 1275
JACQUES--FREDERIC MUGNIER ‘BONNES MARES’ GRAND CRU 2002 | 1620
JACQUES--FREDERIC MUGNIER ‘BONNES MARES’ GRAND CRU 2006 | 1160
LUCIEN LE MOINES ‘BONNES MARES’ GRAND CRU 2003 | 576
OLIVIER BERNSTEIN ‘BONNES MARES’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 596
VOUGEOT CHATEAU DE LA TOUR ‘CLOS VOUGEOT’ GRAND CRU 2004 | 364
DOMAINE ANNE GROS ‘VOUGEOT-LE GRAND MAUPERTUI’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 343
DOMAINE ANNE GROS ‘VOUGEOT-LE GRAND MAUPERTUI’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 389
DOMAINE DEUX MONTILLE ‘CLOS VOUGEOT’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 376
REMOISSENET ‘CLOS VOUGEOT’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 441
VOSNE-ROMANÉE & ÉCHÉZEAUX DANIEL BOCQUENET ‘ÉCHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 277
DOMAINE CECILE TREMBLAY ‘ECHEZEAUX DU DESSUS’ GRAND CRU 2007 | 371
DOMAINE LEROY 1ER CRU 1978 | 2250
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI ‘GRANDS ÉCHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 1750
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 2004 | 2100
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 2600
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI ‘ROMANÉE-ST .-VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 2050
DOMAINE FRANCOIS LAMARCHE ‘LES CHAUMES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | 224 375ml
DOMAINE FRANCOIS LAMARCHE ‘LA GRAND RUE’ GRAND CRU 2006 | 559
DOMAINE FRANCOIS LAMARCHE ‘GRANDS ECHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 2008 | 439
DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR ‘RICHEBOURG’ GRAND CRU 2004 | 532
DOMAINE MONGEARD-MUNERET ‘ÉCHEZEAUX’ GRAND CRU 1988 | 680
JAYER-GILLES ‘ÉCHEZEAUX-DU DESSUS’ GRAND CRU 2007 | 555
HUDELOT-NOELLAT ‘ROMANEE SAINT VIVANT’ GRAND CRU 2007 | 791
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Pinot Noir
NUITS-ST-GEORGES DOMAINE CHRISTOPHE PERROT-MINOT ‘LA RICHEMONE’ 1ER CRU 2006 | 469
DOMAINE ROBERT CHEVILLON ‘LES VAUCRAINS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | 182
MAISON AMBROISE ‘LES ARGILLIERES’ 1ER CRU 2006 | 227
MEO-CAMUZET ‘AUX MURGERS’ 1ER CRU 2006 | 454
MEO-CAMUZET ‘AUX BOUDOTS’ 1ER CRU 2013 | 413
ALOXE-CORTON DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI ‘CORTON’ GRAND CRU 2009 | 2600
CHANDON DE BRIAILLES ‘CORTON-BRESSANDES’ GRAND CRU 2004 | 252
VINCENT SAUVESTRE ‘LES MARECHAUDES’ 2004 | 245
BEAUNE MICHEL LAFARGE ‘GREVES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | 269
MICHEL LAFARGE ‘GREVES’ 1ER CRU 2005 | 385
DOMAINE LEROY ‘SAVIGNY LES BEAUNE LES NARBANTONS’ 1978 | 385
BOUCHARD PERE & FILS BEAUNE GREVES ‘JESUS L’ENFANT’ 2009 | 210
BOUCHARD PERE & FILS ‘BEAUNE DU CHATEAU’ 1ER CRU 2011 | 96
POMMARD BENJAMIN LEROUX ‘LES PEZEROLLES’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 186
DOMAINE DU COMTE ARMAND ‘CLOS DES EPENEAUX’ 2009 | 369
DOMAINE DU COMTE ARMAND ‘CLOS DES EPENEAUX’ 2005 | 580
DOMAINE DU COMTE ARMAND ‘CLOS DES EPENEAUX’ 2003 | 382
DOMAINE PARENT ‘LES EPENOTS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | 189
MICHEL LAFARGE ‘LES PEZEROLLES’ 1ER CRU 2004 | 295
MONTHELIE-DOUHAIRET-PORCHERET ‘LES FREMIERS’ 1ER CRU 2011 | 156
LOUIS JADOT 2014 | 133
LUCIEN LE MOINE ‘LES EPENOTS’ 1ER 2006 | 258
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Pinot Noir
VOLNAY BENJAMIN LEROUX ‘CLOS DE LA CAVE DES DUCS’ 2009 | 196
BOUCHARD PERE & FILS ‘LES CAILERRETS’ 1ER CRU 2012 | 356 1500ml
DOMAINE LEROY ‘LES CAILERRET’ 1ER CRU 1978 | 1200
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘CHAMPANS’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 301
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘CLOS DES CHENES’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 301
DOMAINE DES COMTES LAFON ‘SANTENOTS DU MILIEU’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 301
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE ‘LES TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 301
DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D’OR ‘CLOS DES 60 OUVREES’ 2007 | 245
DOMAINE DE LA POUSSE D’OR ‘CLOS DE LA BOUSSE D’OR’’ 2007 | 245
DOMAINE ROLBET-MONNOT ST . FRANCOIS 2005 | 127
JOSEPH VOILLOT ‘LES CHAMPANS’ 1ER CRU 2009 | 184
LUCIEN BOILLOT ‘LES ANGLES’ 1ER CRU 2008 | 171
MICHEL LAFARGE ‘LES CAILLERETS’ 1ER CRU 2003 | 351
ROSSIGNOL ‘TAILLEPIEDS’ 1ER CRU 2005 | 187
BEAUJOLAIS BERNARD DIOCHON MOULIN-A-VENT 2015 | 58
M . LAPIERRE MORGON 2016 | 79
MICHEL CHIGANARD FLEURY ‘LES MORIES’ 2014 | 57
MICHEL CHIGANARD JULIENAS ‘BEAUVERNAY’ 2014 | 62
CHATEAU THIVIN COTE DE BROUILLY 2014 | 52
DOMAINE COQUELET CHIROUBLES VIEILLES VIGNES 2015| 49
DOMAINE THEVENET MORGON 2014 | 77
DOMAINE DES VIELLES CAVES ST . AMOUR 2014 | 42
DOMAINE LES FINES GRAVES MOULIN-A-VENT 2015 | 45
DESVIGNES MORGON ‘JAVERNIERES’ 2015 | 58
29
Pinot Noir
Gamay
BURGUNDY BACK ROADS BRUNO CLAIR MARSANNAY ‘LES VAUDENELLES’ 2013 | 112
BRUNO COLIN BOURGOGNE 2014 | 62
BRUNO COLIN SANTENAY ‘LES GRAVIERES’ 2014 | 118
BOUCHARD FIXIN ‘LA MAZIERE’ 2014 | 92
DOMAINE DE MONTILLE BOURGOGNE 2014 | 87
DOMAINE CHANZY MERCUREY 1ER CRU ‘LE CLOS DU ROY’ 2014 | 82
GUY AMIOT BOURGOGNE 2014 | 56
JACQUES GIRADIN BOURGOGNE 2012 | 54
SEGUIN-MANUEL MERCUREY ‘VIELLES VIGNES’ 2012 | 57
PASCAL BOUVIER BOURGOGNE 2012 | 56
PASCAL CLEMENT BOURGOGNE 2012 | 64
REGIS BOUVIER MARSANNAY ‘LES LONGEROIES’ 2015 | 79
SERRAZIN BOURGOGNE 2014 | 51
OREGON AVERAEN, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2015 | 44
BERGSTROM CUMBERLAND RESERVE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2014 | 102
EVENING LAND ‘SEVEN SPRINGS VINEARYDS’ LA SOURCE, EOLA-AMITY HILLS 2013 | 188
JK CARRIERE VESPIDAE, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2014 | 94
KEN WRIGHT CELLARS ‘BONNIE JEAN VINEYARD’ YAMHILL-CARLTON DISTRICT 2015 | 134
SOTER, ‘NORTH VALLEY’, WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2013 | 63
WINDERLEA ‘WINDERLEA VINEYARD’ DUNDEE HILLS 2013 | 147
NAPA VALLEY BEAULIEU VINEYARDS BEAUMONT 1968 | 500
MENDOCINO COUNTY AUTEUR ‘MANCHESTER RIDGE’ 2007 | 150
HARRINGTON ‘WILEY VINEYARD’ 2006 | 94
LITTORAI, ‘LES LARMES’, ANDERSON VALLEY 2013 | 149
LITTORAI ‘WENDLING VINEYARD’, ANDERSON VALLEY 2015 | 176
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Pinot Noir
SONOMA COUNTY ARGOT ‘HAWK HILL VINEYARD’ SONOMA COAST 2013 | 97
BANSHEE MARINE LAYER, SONOMA COAST 2014 | 103
CAPIAUX ‘WIDDOES VINEYARD’ RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2013 | 112
DUTTON GOLDFIELD ‘MCDOUGALL RANCH’ RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2014 | 139
FREEMAN, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2008 | 99
HANZELL, ‘SEBELLA’, SONOMA COAST 2013 | 138
HANZELL, SONOMA VALLEY 1995 | 399
KISTLER CUVÉE ELIZABETH ‘BODEGA HEADLANDS’ SONOMA COAST 2004 | 645
KISTLER CUVÉE ELIZABETH ‘BODEGA HEADLANDS’ SONOMA COAST 2009 | 442
LITTORAI, SONOMA COAST 2013 | 134
LITTORAI, ‘HIRSCH’ SONOMA COAST 2013 | 295
MARCASSIN, SONOMA COAST 2010 | 625
MARTINELLI ‘MOONSHINE RANCH’, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2006 | 333
RAEN ROYAL ST . ROBERT CUVÉE, SONOMA COAST 2015 | 144
TWOMEY, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2014 | 146
WILLIAMS-SELYEM ‘WESTSIDE ROAD NEIGHBORS’, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2009 | 327
WESMAR ‘OLIVET LANE’, RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY 2003 | 128
CENTAL COAST, CALIFORNIA AU BON CLIMAT ‘ISABELLE’ 2013 | 130
BONACCORSI, STA . RITA HILLS 2012 | 69
BREWER-CLIFTON, STA . RITA HILLS 2014 | 101
CLENDENEN FAMILY ‘LA BON CLIMAT VINEYARD’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2012 | 156
DOMAINE DE LA COTE ‘BLOOM’S FIELD’, STA . RITA HILLS 2014 | 166
FIDDLEHEAD 728 ‘FIDDLESTIX’, STA . RITA HILLS 2012 | 101
FOXEN ‘BLOCK 8’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2013 | 148
LOMPOC WINE CO ., STA . RITA HILLS 2014 | 53
SANDHI, SANTA RITA HILLS 2013 | 74
SEA SMOKE SOUTHING,’SEA SMOKE VINEYARD’, STA . RITA HILLS 2015 | 170
SEA SMOKE TEN, ’SEA SMOKE VINEYARD’, STA . RITA HILLS 2015 | 210
SINE QUA NON COVERT FINGERS ‘ARIETTA HILLS’, STA . RITA HILLS 2004 | 700
TALLEY ‘ROSEMARY’, SANTA MARIA VALLEY 2014 | 156
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Pinot Noir
GERMANY SIEGRIST DORNFELDER PFALZ 2007 | 42
WEINGUT KELLER SPATBURGUNDER RHEINHESSEN BURGEL 2009 | 179
WEINGUT KELLER SPATBURGUNDER RHEINHESSEN BURGEL GG 2009 | 179
WEINGUT KELLER SPATBURGUNDER RHEINHESSEN BURGEL GG 2008 | 179
WEINGUT KELLER SPATBURGUNDER RHEINHESSEN BURGEL-FELIX GG 2005 | 179
WEINGUT JULIUS WASEM & SOHNE SPATBURGUNER INGELHEIMER-SONNENHANG 2008 | 58
WEINGUT JULIUS WASEM & SOHNE SPATBURGUNER INGELHEIMER-SONNENHANG 2006 | 58
WEINGUT GUTZLER SPATBURGUNDER WESTHOFENER-MORSTEIN GG 2005 | 137
WEINGUT GUTZLER DORNFELDER RHEINHESSEN FLUR 1 #361 BARRIQUE 2003 | 137
ARGENTINA BODEGA CHACRA ‘CINCUENTA Y CINCO’ RÍO NEGRO 2007 | 179
BODEGA CHACRA ‘TREINTA Y DOS’ RÍO NEGRO 2008 | 281
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S Y R A H & G R E N A C H E
The trademark flavour of French Syrah is black pepper . A good Hermitage certainly
has this in spades, but can mature into something more redolent of leather and, in very
ripe years, spice . Côte Rôtie is different again . Traditionally it was the stereotypical
female to Hermitage’s very obvious masculinity - indeed a small proportion of heady
white Viognier grapes were used to perfume and lighten the blend
As Grenache the vine is planted all over southern France . Just north of the Spanish
border in Roussillon it is common in at least three different colours: purple-skinned
Grenache Noir, pale crimson-skinned Grenache Gris and green-skinned Grenache
Blanc . On the steep terraces overlooking the Mediterranean above the ports of Ban-
yuls and Collioure it can reach extraordinary ripeness levels (a general characteristic
of Grenache everywhere) and is the chief ingredient in the sweet, strong vins doux
naturels made there . Banyuls is the most famous but further north in Roussillon it
produces similar wines such as Maury and Rivesaltes as well as doing its bit to make
Roussillon’s dry red table wines so strong and ripe-tasting . If there is one single char-
acteristic of Grenache-based wines it is a sweet ripeness .
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Syrah & Friends
CÔTE-RÔTIE E . GUIGAL CHATEAU D’AMPUIS 2000 | 277
E . GUIGAL CHATEAU D’AMPUIS 2001 | 340
E . GUIGAL ‘LA LANDONNE’ 2007 | 987
E . GUIGAL ‘LA MOULINE’ 2007 | 978
E . GUIGAL ‘LA TURQUE’ 2006 | 776
E . GUIGAL ‘LA TURQUE’ 2007 | 989
JEAN-MICHEL GERN ‘LA LANDONNE’ 2005 | 345
PIERRE GAILLAIRD 2015 | 84
RENÉ ROSTAING 2006 | 269
RENÉ ROSTAING ‘CÔTE BLONDE’ 2006 | 615
RENÉ ROSTAING ‘LA LANDONNE’ 2006 | 557
TARDIEU-LAURENT 2006 | 159
HERMITAGE JABOULET ‘PETITE CHAPELLE’ 2010 | 214
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE 2008 | 497
JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE 2009 | 816
CROZES-HERMITAGE DOMAINE DES LISES 2014 | 76
JABOULET ‘DOMAINE THALABERT’ 2010 | 107
M . CHAPOUTIER ‘ LAS VARONNIERS’ 2008 | 171
CORNAS J .L . COLOMBO ‘TERRES BRULEES’ 2006 | 163
J .L . COLOMBO ‘LES RUCHETS’ 2007 | 263
LES VINS DE VIENNE ‘LES BARCILLANTS’ 2009 | 82
VINCENT PARIS ‘GRANIT 30’ 2015 | 84
ST.JOSEPH EQUIS 2014 | 78
FRANCOIS VILLARD ‘L’APPEL DES SEREINS’ 2014 | 49
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Syrah & Grenache
CÔTES-DU-RHÔNE DOMAINE GRAMENON ‘LES LAURENTIDES’ 2014 | 79
DOMAINE DE CREVE COEUR ‘SABLET’ 2015 | 49
DOMAINE DE MONPERTUIS ‘CUVÉE LA RAMIÈRE’ 2007 | 165
BEAUCASTEL COUDELET DE BEAUCASTEL 2014 | 81
KERMIT LYNCH 2015 | 37
TARDIEU-LAURENT ‘LES BECS FINS’ 2013 | 48
SAINT COSME 2015 | 86 1500ml
GIGONDAS E . GUIGAL 2013 | 86
RASPAIL AY 2014 | 48 375ml
CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CLOS DU MONT-OLIVET 1998 | 175
CLOS DU MONT-OLIVET 2003 | 163
CLOS DU MONT-OLIVET ‘CUVEE DE PAPET’ 2006 | 226
CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL 2001 | 379
CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL 2006 | 274
CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL 2009 | 288
DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE 2006 | 288
DOMAINE PIERRE USSELGLIO MON AIEUL 2005 | 289
JABOULET ‘LES CEDRES’ 2010 142
MOURRE DU TENDRE 2013| 112
ROGER SABON LES SECRET DE SABON 2007 | 489
RHÔNE BACK ROADS DOMAINE DE CRÈVE COEUR SABLET 2015 | 48
CHÊNE BLEU ABELARD VAUCLUSE 2009 | 238
FERAUD-BRUNEL RASTEAU 2014 | 62
LAVAU, RASTEAU 2012 | 62
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Syrah & Grenache
CALIFORNIA ARNOT-ROBERTS SYRAH, SONOMA COAST 2015 | 91
BETTS & SCHOLL SYRAH ‘LEWIS FAMILY’ 2005 | 116
COLD HEAVEN SYRAH SECOND SIN, SANTA BARBARA 2005 | 97
FAILLA SYRAH ‘PHOENIX RANCH’, NAPA VALLEY 2007 | 96
KUNIN ‘PAPE STAR’ CENTRAL COAST 2009 | 51
JC CELLARS ‘CALDWELL VINEYARD’, NAPA VALLEY 2004 | 118
NEYERS ‘OLD LAKEVILLE ROAD’, SONOMA COAST 2008 | 82
LEWIS ALEC’S BLEND, NAPA VALLEY 2014 | 138
PAX SYRAH THE HERMIT, NORTH COAST 2014 | 92
SINE QUA NON ATLANTIS FE2O3-1C, CA 2002 | 1875
SCHOLIUM PROJECT ANDROKTEINOS 2009 | 162
TABLAS CREEK RED WINE BLEND CÔTE DE TABLAS, PASO ROBLES 2014 | 83
TERRE ROUGE SYRAH CÔTE L’ŒUST, CA 2012 | 44
WHETSTONE ‘PHOENIX RANCH’, NAPA VALLEY 2006 | 106
WIND GAP SYRAH, SONOMA COAST 2014 | 93
WASHINGTON BETZ FAMILY ‘LA COTE ROUSSE’, RED MOUNTAIN 2006 | 128
CAYUSE SYRAH ‘ARMADA’, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2007 | 546
CAYUSE SYRAH ‘CAILLOUX’, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 | 561
CAYUSE SYRAH ‘CAILLOUX’, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 | 561
CAYUSE SYRAH ‘EN CERISE’, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2005 | 297
CAYUSE SYRAH ‘EN CERISE’, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2006 | 297
CAYUSE SYRAH ‘EN CERISE’, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 | 297
CAYUSE GRENACHE ‘GOLD ONLY KNOWS’ WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2006 | 416
DELILLE CELLARS ‘DOYENNE GRAND CIEL’, RED MOUNTAIN 2005 | 162
GRAMERCY CELLARS SYRAH, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2007 | 97
K VINTNERS SYRAH ‘MILBRANDT’, WAHLUKE SLOPE 2014 | 78
LONG SHADOWS SEQUEL COLUMBIA VALLEY 2005 | 134
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AUSTRALIA BETZ & SCHOLL GRENACHE CHRONIQUE, BAROSS VALLEY 2006 | 88
BETZ & SCHOLL GRENACHE OG, BAROSS VALLEY 2008 | 82
CLARENDON HILLS ASTRALIS, MCLAREN VALE . .1996 | 796
CLARENDON HILLS ASTRALIS, MCLAREN VALE . .1998 | 668
D’ARENBERG SHIRAZ DEAD ARM, MCLAREN VALE 2008 | 192
HENSCHKE SHIRAZ ‘HILL OF GRACE’, EDEN VALLEY 1991 | 1255
HENSCHKE SHIRAZ ‘HILL OF GRACE’, EDEN VALLEY 1993 | 1954
HENTLEY FARM SHIRAZ CLOS OTTO, BAROSSA VALLEY 2009 | 347
JOHN DUVAL SHIRAZ ELIGO, BAROSSA VALLEY 2006 | 288
PENFOLD’S SHIRAZ GRANGE HERMITAGE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1980 | 1550
PENFOLD’S SHIRAZ GRANGE HERMITAGE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1986 | 1550
TAHBILK SHIRAZ, ‘NAGAMBIE LAKES’, VICTORIA 8888 | 316
TORBRECK MATARO THE PICT, BAROSSA VALLEY 2006 | 290
WIRRA WIRRA SHIRAZ CATAPULT, MCLAREN VALE 2012 | 47
YALUMBA SHIRAZ OCTAVIUS, BAROSS VALLEY 1996 | 480
YALUMBA SHIRAZ OCTAVIUS, BAROSSA VALLEY 1997 | 252
YALUMBA SHIRAZ OCTAVIUS, BAROSSA VALLEY 1998 | 284
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T H E S T O R Y O F T E M P R A N I L L O
The flavor of Tempranillo is essentially savory rather than sweet . The characteristic smell has
hints of leather but the phrase I use most often to describe it is ‘fresh tobacco leaves’ - even
though, as is so often the case with these useful ‘trigger words’, I am not at all sure I have
ever actually smelt fresh tobacco leaves themselves .
Tempranillo is best known as the dominant grape of red rioja, Spain’s most famous wine .
To make a parallel with the most celebrated blended red wine in the world, red bordeaux,
Tempranillo plays the Cabernet Sauvignon part while the much juicier, fruitier Garnacha
(known in France as Grenache) plays the role of plumper blending partner Merlot . Tempra-
nillo provides the framework and ageing ability, together with the predominant flavor, while
Garnacha adds weight . Mazuelo (Carignan) and the much finer Graciano (Morrastel) are
also allowed in a Rioja blend .
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Tempranillo
R IOJA BODEGAS MUGA TORRE MUGA 2007 | 247
BODEGAS FAUSTINO GRAND RISERVA 1999 | 184
BODEGAS ONTAÑON RESERVA 2005 | 57
CUNE RESERVA IMPERIAL 2010 | 98
DAVID SAMPEDRO GILL PHINCA LALI 2008 | 168
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA RESERVA ‘VIÑA TONDONIA’ 2004 | 89
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA TONDONIA’ 1947 | 2431
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA TONDONIA’ 1954 | 1945
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA TONDONIA’ 1961 | 1389
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA TONDONIA’ 1964 | 1346
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA TONDONIA’ 1976 | 711
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA BOSCONIA’ 1947 | 2489
R . LOPEZ DE HEREDIA GRAN RESERVA ‘VIÑA BOSCONIA’ 1964 | 1007
R IBERA DEL DUERO DOMINO DE PINGUS PINGUS 2006 | 1434
VEGA SICILIA VALBUENA 2006 | 401
VEGA SICILIA VALBUENA 2010 | 384
VEGA SICILIA UNICO 1985 | 876
VEGA SICILIA UNICO 2000 | 845
VEGA SICILIA UNICO 2002 | 397
VEGA SICILIA UNICO 2005 | 764
VEGA SICILIA UNICO 2007 | 764
VEGA SICILIA UNICO 2008 | 764
VEGA SICILIA UNICO RSV ESPECIAL NV | 888
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Tempranillo
PRIORAT ALVARO PALACIOS LES TERRASSES 2007 | 83
ALVARO PALACIOS FINCA DOFI’ 2007 | 197
MERUM PRIORATI OSMIN 2005 | 176
CLOS MOGADOR 2009 | 199
MAS DOIX SALANQUES 2012 | 97
TERROIR A LIMIT HISTORIC 2015 | 62
COSTERS DEL SIURANA DOLC DE L’OBAC 2001 | 180 500ml
VALL LLACH EMBRUIX 2007 | 88
BACKROADS OF SPAIN ACUSTIC MONTSANT BRAO 2005 | 92
BODEGA JUAN GIL MONASTRELL, JUMILLA 2014 | 43
BODEGA NUMANTHIA-TERMES NUMANTHIA 2008 | 155
BODEGA NUMANTHIA-TERMES TERMANTHIA 2007 | 484
BODEGA ALTO MONCAYO CAMPO DE BORJA 2006 | 122
CELLAR CAN BLAU CAN BLAU, MONSTANT 2006 | 40
QUINTA DA MURADELLA ALBARELLO MONTERREI 2008 | 90
QUINTA DA MURADELLA BASTARDO MONTERREI 2006 | 90
QUINTA DA MURADELLA SOUSON MONTERREI 2007 | 182
VINYES DOMENECH MONTSANT TEIXAR 2007 | 172
VINYES DOMENECH MONTSANT FURVUS 2006 | 79
VINA MAGANA NAVARRA 2005 | 125
VINA MAGANA NAVARRA 2009 | 125
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N E B B I O L O & S A N G I O V E S E
If Pinot Noir is the world’s most tantalising grape, Nebbiolo runs it a close second - for very similar reasons . While the red burgundy grape has been slow to travel happily from its birthplace, and is only just showing signs of settling down in places such as Oregon, Australia, South Africa and cooler parts of California, good Nebbiolo wine is still extremely difficult to find outside its homeland in north-west Italy . Yet the best of these home-grown products are so uniquely deli-cious that winemakers all over the world are enticed to give it a try .
Even in its region of origin, Piemonte, Nebbiolo is exceptionally finicky about where it will happily grow and ripen . The Nebbiolo heartland is the tiny Barolo region, a cluster of fog-prone hills around the village of the same name just south-west of the truffle town of Alba, south of Turin . But the scores of exceptionally gifted and dedicated grower-producers there know that it is worth planting Nebbiolo only on south- or south-west-facing slopes at an altitude somewhere between 250 and 450 m (820 and 1500 ft) as there is no chance of making decent wine from this late-ripening variety if it is not exposed to maximum sunshine .
Sangiovese is and has always been THE dominant grape of central Italian red wines, and Chianti in particular . Because in the mid-20th century Chianti was frequently lightened with the addition of tart, pale-skinned Trebbiano grapes and stretched by the addition of fuller reds imported in bulk from the south of Italy and the islands, it was far from easy to determine what Sangiovese’s in-nate qualities were . It has been only in the last couple of decades, thanks to a systematic research programme by producers in the Chianti Classico heartland of the greater Chianti region, that the myriad clones of Sangiovese grown all over central Italy have been studied and assessed Today, fine Sangiovese is an altogether nobler wine . It will be the product of much lower yields so that there is real concentration of colour and savour . As for the elusive flavour of pure Sangiovese, it ranges in a spectrum somewhere between mulberries, prunes, spice, tobacco, sometimes leather and chestnuts (there seems to be some common thread of colour here!) It tends to be savoury rather than sweet, and if not fully ripe can smell distinctly farmyard-like .
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Nebbiolo
P IEMONTE
ADA NADA BARBARESCO ELISA 2006 | 94
ALDO CONTERNO BAROLO ‘BRICCO BUSSIA’ 1982 | 987
ALDO CONTERNO BAROLO COLONNELLO 2001 | 249
ALDO CONTERNO BAROLO BUSSIA 2001 | 310
ALDO CONTERNO BAROLO BRICCO BUSSIA VIGNA COLONNELLO 1989 | 1289
ANGELO GAJA LANGHE SORI TILDIN 1997 | 1440
ANGELO GAJA BARBARESCO SORI SAN LORENZO 1988 | 985
ANTONIOLO GATTINARA SPANNA 2003 | 89
BARTOLO MASCARELLO BAROLO ‘SAN LORENZO RUE ROCCHE 2007 | 245
BARTOLO MASCARELLO BAROLO ‘SAN LORENZO RUE ROCCHE 2006 | 225
BARTOLO MASCARELLO BAROLO ‘CANNUBI RUE ROCCHE’ 2004 | 333
BORGOGNO BAROLO RISERVA 1997 | 235
BORGOGNO BAROLO RISERVA 1982 | 600
BORGOGNO BAROLO 1978 | 1048
CERETTO BARBARESCO BRICCO ASILI 2006 | 315
DANTE RIVETTI BARBARESCO BRICCO DI NEIVE 1999 | 196
DANTE RIVETTI BARBARESCO BRICCO DI NEIVE 1990 | 398
DANTE RIVETTI BARBARESCO BRICCO DI NEIVE 1989 | 432
RIVETTI-LA SPINETTA BARBARESCO VALEIRANO 2005 | 221
DOMENICO CLERICO BAROLO PAJANA 2003 | 197
FRANCESCO RINALDI BAROLO CANNUBBIO 2004 | 320
GIACOMO CONTERNO BAROLO RISERVA MONFORTINO 1988 | 1240
GIACOMO CONTERNO BAROLO RISERVA MONFORTINO 1987 | 1050
GIACOMO CONTERNO BAROLO RISERVA SPECIALE MONFORTINO 1979 | 977
GIUSSEPPE MASCARELLO BAROLO RISERVA MONPRIVATO CA D’MORISSIO 1997 | 685
ICARDI BAROLO PAREJ 2001 | 189
ICARDI BAROLO PAREJ 1998 | 206
ICARDI BAROLO PAREJ 1997 | 255
PAOLO SCAVINO BAROLO BRICCO AMBROGIO 2004 | 319
PERTINACE BARBARESCO NERVO 1997 | 194
PELISSERO BARBARESCO ANNATA 1999 | 226
VIETTI BAROLO ROCCHE 2005 | 310
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TOSCANA
ANTINORI GUADO AL TASSO, 2000 | 241
ANTINORI SOLAIA CLASSICO RISERVA 2005 | 733
LE MACCHIOLE ROSSO PALEO 1995 | 171
TENUTA DELL ORNELLAIA SUPERIORE ORNELLAIA 1999 | 627
TENUTA DELL ORNELLAIA SUPERIORE ORNELLAIA 1995 | 627
TENUTA DELL ORNELLAIA ‘MASSETO’ 1996 | 1780
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2008 | 484
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2005 | 789
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2000 | 640
BIBI GRAETZ ‘TESTAMATTA’ 2006 | 279
BIBI GRAETZ ‘TESTAMATTA’ 2004 | 279
BIBI GRAETZ ‘TESTAMATTA’ 2002 | 279
MONTEVERTINE ‘LE PERGOLE TORTE’ 2006 | 266
ISOLE E OLENA ‘CEPPARELLO’ 2001 | 1420 1500ml
TENUTA DI ARCENO ‘ARCANUM’ I 2006 | 215
FONTODI FLACCIANELLO DELLA PIEVE COLLI DELLA TOSCANA 2000 | 294
FONTODI FLACCIANELLO DELLA PIEVE COLLI DELLA TOSCANA 2005 | 241
FONTODI FLACCIANELLO DELLA PIEVE COLLI DELLA TOSCANA 1996 | 428
FONTODI FLACCIANELLO DELLA PIEVE COLLI DELLA TOSCANA 1995 | 449
\ CASTELLO DI VOLPAIA CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA COLTASSALA 2005 | 119
PODERE LE BONCIE CHIANTI CLASSICO ‘LE TRAME’ 2006 | 96
ROMEO VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO RISERVA 2000 | 74
GAJA PIEVE DI SANTA RESTITUTA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO SUGARILLE 1993 | 699
VALDICAVA BRUNELLO DE MONTALCINO 1998 | 390
CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DE MONTALCINO 1995 | 266
BIONDI SANTI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO GREPPO 2004 | 379
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VENETO
TOMASSO BUSSOLA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO 2006 | 256
TOMASSO BUSSOLA AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO 2005 | 256
GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO SUPERIORE 1998 | 854
FURLAN CASTELCOSA VENEZIA GIULIA IGT SOLE TERRA VITE 2000 | 72
BACKROADS OF ITALY
TRIACCA SFORZATO DI VALTELLINA SAN DOMENICO 2004 | 152
FRECCIAROSSA PINOT NERO OLTREPO PAVESE SILLERY 2007 | 39
SANT’ ELENA QUANTUM 2006 | 122
ERMACORA COLLI ORIENTALI DEL FRIULI ROSSO RIUL 2004 | 59
TUNETA DELLE TERRE NERE ETNA ROSSO IGT CALDERARA SOTTANA 2008 | 98
FATTORIA LAILA ROSSO PICENO 2006 | 68
C A B E R N E T F R A N C , C A B E R N E T S A U V I G N O N , M E R L O T
The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world’s most famous red wine grape,
and most planted of any colour . The ‘chocolate’ to Chardonnay’s ‘vanilla’, Cabernet is much
more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in
rather warmer areas . The great distinction of the wine it produces is that it has a very powerful and
recognisable aroma of blackcurrants wherever it is grown and, if matured in newish oak, can smell
of cedar, cigar boxes and, sometimes, tobacco . Cabernet Sauvignon is also notable for being
deep purple in youth and, while it is not especially alcoholic, it can be extremely long-lived . This
is because Cabernet Sauvignon’s small, thick-skinned grapes have a very high ratio of solids rich
in colouring matter and tannins to juice . If the grapes are anything less than fully ripe, however,
the wine can smell of crushed green leaves, ‘herbaceous’, or more like Cabernet Franc .
In many wine regions, however, the necessarily slow evolution of Cabernet is being re-evaluated,
often to the benefit of other, fleshier red varieties . It may be that in a decade or two, Cabernet
will be more exclusively the preserve of the world’s most ambitious winemakers .
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Cabernet & Friends
SAINT ESTÈPHE CALON-SEGUR 1982 | 444
CALON-SEGUR 1986 | 444
CALON-SEGUR 1996 | 302
CHATEAU DE PEZ 2010 | 128
CHÂTEAU COS D’ESTOURNEL 1986 | 497
CHÂTEAU COS D’ESTOURNEL 1995 | 509
CHÂTEAU COS D’ESTOURNEL 2003 | 622
CHÂTEAU COS D’ESTOURNEL ‘LES PAGODES DE COS’ 2012 | 144
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1986 | 397
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1996 | 367
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 2003 | 624
PAUILLAC CHATEAU LAFITE-ROTHSCHILD 1970 | 1801
CHATEAU CARRUADES DE LAFITE 2000 | 1125
CHATEAU CARRUADES DE LAFITE 1996 | 1049
CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1986 | 1263
CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1989 | 1217
CHÂTEAU LE PETIT MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1998 | 496
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1970 | 1432
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1973 | 793
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1993 | 1067
CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 2005 | 1987
CHÂTEAU PICHON-LONGUEVILLE BARON 1975 | 388
J .M . CAZES PAUILLAC DE LYNCH BAGES 2011 | 169
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Cabernet Sauvignon Blends Cabernet Sauvignon & Friends
47
SAINT-JULIEN CHÂTEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU 1988 | 312
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1982 | 1133
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1989 | 456
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1995 | 601
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES 1996 | 877
MARGAUX CHATEAU DURFORT-VIVENS 2008 | 438 1500ml
CHÂTEAU KIRWAN ‘LES CHARMES DE KIRWAN’ 2014 | 79
CHATEAU KIRWAN 2012 | 163
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1989 | 1733
CHATEAU MARGAUX MARGAUX DU MARGAUX 2012 | 165
CHÂTEAU PALMER 2000 | 921
GRAVES & PESSAC-LÈOGNAN CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION 1995 | 1067
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION 1996 | 1197
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BRION 2000 | 2129
CHÂTEAU LA MISSION HAUT-BRION 1982 | 2787
CHÂTEAU LA MISSION HAUT-BRION 1990 | 1317
POMEROL
CHÂTEAU CLINET 1990 | 1733
CHÂTEAU BELLES GRAVES LALANDE DE POMEROL 2010 | 81
CHÂTEAU LA CONSEILLANTE 1990 | 1167
CHÂTEAU LA CONSEILLANTE 2001 | 413
CHÂTEAU L’EGLISE CLINET 1999 | 423
Cabernet Sauvignon & Friends
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SAINT-ÈMILION CHÂTEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT 2005 | 696
CHÂTEAU DU BELLEVUE, LUSSAC 2012 | 50
CHÂTEAU ANGELUS 2004 | 864
CHÂTEAU ANGELUS 1990 | 1210
CHÂTEAU ANGELUS 1996 | 544
CHÂTEAU CANNON-GAFFELIERE 1989 | 277
CHÂTEAU CHEVAL BLANC 1996 | 1234
CHÂTEAU LA MONDOTTE 1996 | 1201
CHÂTEAU LA MONDOTTE 1999 | 1122
CHÂTEAU LA MONDOTTE 2001 | 946
CHÂTEAU LES ASTERIES 2005 | 285
CHÂTEAU LA CLUSIERE 1999 | 348
CHÂTEAU LYNSOLENCE 2005 | 282
CHÂTEAU VALANDRAUD 2001 | 778
CHÂTEAU FOMBRAUGE 2012 | 84
CHÂTEAU LASSEGUE 2009 | 128
CHÂTEAU PAVIE 2006 | 987
BACKROADS OF BORDEAUX
CHÂTEAU MAURAC BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR 2014 | 56
CHÂTEAU MAURAC BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR 2014 | 102 1500ml
CHÂTEAU PARENCHERE BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR 2014 | 38
CHÂTEAU BLAIGNAN MEDOC 2012 | 53
CHÂTEAU FAYAU COTES DE BORDEAUX-CADILLAC 2010 | 49
CHÂTEAU HAUT COLOMBIER COTES DE BORDEAUX-BLAYE 2014 | 49
CHÂTEAU SOCIANDO-MALLET HAUT-MEDOC 1990 | 345
CHATEAU SOCIANDO-MALLET ‘CUVEE JEAN GAULTREAU’ HAUT-MEDOC 2001 | 256
CHATEAU SOCIANDO-MALLET ‘CUVEE JEAN GAULTREAU’ HAUT-MEDOC 2003 | 284
Cabernet Sauvignon & Friends
NAPA VALLEY ABREU, HOWELL MOUNTAIN 2007 | 913
ABREU THORVILOS 2007 | 1288
ABREU ‘MADRONA RANCH’ 1987 | 566
ADAPTATION 2014 | 121
ARAUJO ALTAGRACIA, 2009 | 259
ARROW & BRANCH ‘BECKSTOFFER DR . CRANE VINEYARD’, 2012 | 397
ARGOT BORROWED JEWELS ‘SUGARLOAF VINEYARD’ 2013 | 178
ARIETTA ‘H BLOCK HUDSON VINEYARD’ 2006 | 324
BANSHEE 2014 | 89
BOND QUELLA, OAKVILLE 2007 | 732
BOND MELBURY, OAKVILLE 2005 | 732
BOND MELBURY, OAKVILLE 2007 | 732
BOND ST . EDEN, OAKVILLE 2005 | 732
BRYANT FAMILY DB4, 2009 | 389
BRYANT FAMILY ‘BETTINA’ 2009 | 1280
BRYANT FAMILY 2009 | 1111
BUCELLA CUVEE KATRINA EILEEN, 2008 | 707
BURGESS 1980 | 478
CAIN FIVE,SPRING MOUNTAIN DISTRICT 2006 | 297
CARDINALE 2006 | 429
CARL ROY 2005 | 129
CHAPPELLET SIGNATURE, ST .HELENA 2014 | 154
CHAPPELLET MOUNTAIN CUVÉE, 2014 | 88
CONTINUUM 2009 | 367
CONSTANT, DIAMOND MOUNTAIN 2007 | 525
DALLE VALLE MAYA, 2008 | 698
DOMINUS 1987 | 395
FREEMARK ABBEY ‘SYCAMORE’, 1991 | 297
FREEMARK ABBEY ‘SYCAMORE’, 1992 | 297
FREEMARK ABBEY ‘SYCAMORE’, 1993 | 297
FREEMARK ABBEY ‘SYCAMORE’, 1995 | 297
FROG’S LEAP, RUTHERFORD, 2014 | 116
FLORA SPRINGS ‘TRILOGY’, 2009 | 89
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Cabernet Sauvignon & Friends
NAPA VALLEY HOURGLASS ‘BLUELINE’, NAPA VALLEY 2007 | 296
HOLLYWOOD & VINE 2480 NAPA VALLEY 2006 | 159
JAYSON BY PAHLMEYER, NAPA VALLEY 2014 | 124
LAIL VINEAYRDS BLUEBPRINT, NAPA VALLEY 2014 | 167
LOUIS MARTINI, NAPA MOUNTAIN 1970 | 576
LOUIS MARTINI ‘SPECIAL SELECTION’ NAPA MOUNTAIN 1974 | 480
MAYBACH ‘AMOENUS’ 2009 | 261
M BY MICHAEL MONDAVI, 2009 | 416
PLUMPJACK, OAKVILLE 2014 | 291
PRIDE MOUNTAIN, 2014 | 164
SHAFER ONE POINT FIVE, 2012 | 157
SIGNORELLO PADRONE 2007 | 191
STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS CASK 23 , STAG’S LEAP DISTRICT, 1984 | 764 1500ML
STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS CASK 23 , STAG’S LEAP DISTRICT, 1990 | 1229 1500ML
SONOMA JORDAN, ALEXANDER VALLEY 2014 | 135
MAURISTON LOAM, SONOMA COUNTY 2009 | 173
PAUL HOBBS CROSSBARD, SONOMA COUNTY 2014 | 96
VERITE ‘LA DESIR’ SONOMA COUNTY 2006 | 429
VERITE ‘LA JOIE ‘ SONOMA COUNTY 2006 | 429
VERITE ‘LA MUSE ‘ SONOMA COUNTY 2006| 429
VERITE ‘LA DESIR ‘ SONOMA COUNTY 2007 | 654
VERITE ‘LA JOIE ‘ SONOMA COUNTY 2007 | 830
VERITE ‘LA MUSE’ SONOMA COUNTY 2007 | 654
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Cabernet Sauvignon & Friends
BACKROADS OF CALIFORNIA DOMAINE EDEN, SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 2012 | 96
JUSTIN ISOSCELES, PASO ROBLES 2011 | 177
LEVIATHAN, NAPA VALLEY 2013 | 118
RIDGE, SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 2014 | 134
WASHINGTON STATE BUTY HORSE HEAVEN HILLS ‘PHINNY HILL VINEYARD’ COLUMBIA REDIVIVA 2006 | 97
CADENCE RED MOUNTAIN CIEL DU CHEVAL 2006 | 109
CADENCE CAMERATA ‘CARA MIA VINEYARD’ RED MOUNTAIN 2011 | 109
CAYUSE ‘FLYING PIG’ WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2008 | 497
COL SOLARE RED MOUNTAIN 1996 | 109
DELILLE CELLARS ‘HARRISON HILL’, YAKIMA VALLEY 2006 | 157
FIGGINS, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2013 | 116
HEDGE CMS COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 | 37
LONG SHADOWS PIROUETTE COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 | 127
LEONETTI CABERNET SAUVIGNON RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 | 421
LEONETTI RESERVE, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 2009 | 337
LEONETTI BORDEAUX BLEND WALLA WALLA VALLEY RESERVE 2006 | 324
QUILCEDA CREEK CVR, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2013 | 164
QUILCEDA CREEK, COLUMBIA VALLEY 1999 | 720
QUILCEDA CREEK, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2000 | 304
QUILCEDA CREEK, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2002 | 832
QUILCEDA CREEK, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2003 ] | 960
QUILCEDA CREEK, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2004 | 801
QUILCEDA CREEK ‘GALITZINE VINEYARD’ COLUMBIA VALLEY 2005 | 480
QUILCEDA CREEK, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2006 | 525
WOODWARD CANYON NELMS ROAD, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2014 | 58
WOODWARD CANYON COLUMBIA VALLEY OLD VINES 2006 | 153
WOODWARD CANYON WASHINGTON STATE OLD VINES 2007 | 153
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CALIFORNIA
GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU, NAPA VALLEY 2013 | 78
MAYACAMAS, NAPA VALLEY 2010 | 123
SHAFER, NAPA VALLEY 2014 | 128
SHAFER, NAPA VALLEY 2014 | 257 1500ml
ST . SUPERY, RUTHERFOD, NAPA VALLEY 2012 | 89
ARIETTA, HUDSON VINEYARD, NAPA VALLEY 2002 | 198
ARIETTA HUDSON VINEYARD, NAPA VALLEY 2006 | 198
HILL FAMILY BEAU TERRE VINEYARD NAPA VALLEY 2007 | 72
KEENAN SPRING MOUNTAIN 2007 | 86
ROBERT FOLEY NAPA VALLEY 2006 | 289 1500ml
WENTE LIVERMORE VALLEY 2011 | 32
WASHINGTON
J BOOKWALTER FORESHADOW, COLUMBIA VALLEY 2013 | 95
L LEONETTI, COLUMBIA VALLEY 1998 | 195
Cabernet Sauvignon & Friends
Merlot
ITALY
ANGELO GAJA ‘LANGHE DARMAGGI’ 2000 | 346
ANGELO GAJA ‘LANGHE DARMAGGI’ 1985 | 480
CHILE
ERRAZURIZ ‘MAIPO VINA’ CHADWICK 2007 | 351
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FRANCE LIONEL OSMIN CAHORS 2012 | 60
ARGENTINA FELINO, MENDOZA 2015 | 48
MENDEL, MENDOZA 2014 | 57
CATENA ZAPATA ‘NICASIA VINEYARD’ 2007 | 249
BODEGAS BENEGAS LYNCH, MENDOZA 2006 | 112
Malbec
FRANCE
COULY-DUTHEIL CHINON BARONNIE-MADELEINE 2014 | 69
DOMAINE DE LA CHANTELEUSERIE BOURGUEIL CUVEE BEAUVAIS 2005 | 42
DOMAINE GUIBERTEAU SAMUR ROUGE 2009 | 36
CALIFORNIA FREEMARK ABBEY ‘SYCAMORE’, NAPA VALLEY 2013 | 148
LIEU DIT, SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 2015 | 67
EHLERS ESTATE, NAPA VALLEY 2008 | 105
Cabernet Franc
CALIFORNIA HENDRY ‘BLOCK 28’, NAPA VALLEY 2012 | 83\
PAPAPIETRO-PERRY ELSBREE 2008 | 102
RIDGE ‘GEYSERVILLE’, CALIFORNIA 2015 | 101
Zinfandel
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VILMART & CIE CHAMPAGNE RATAFIA | 135
CHÂTEAU GILETTE SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1937 | 3900
CHÂTEAU GILETTE SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1953 | 2100
CHÂTEAU GILETTE SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1971 | 704
CHÂTEAU GILETTE SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1975 | 819
CHÂTEAU GILETTE SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1976 | 798
CHÂTEAU GILETTE SAUTERNES, FRANCE 1983 | 535
CHÂTEAU FARGUES SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2005 | 187 375ml
CHÂTEAU D’YQUEM SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2013 | 650
CHÂTEAU RIEUSSEC SAUTERNES, FRANCE 2005 | 211
M . CHAPOUTIER BANYLUS, FRANCE 2009 | 32 375ml
GRAHAM’S PORT QUINTA DOS MALVEDOS 1995 | 135
D’OLIVEIRAS MADEIRA BUAL RESERVA 1982 | 384
D’OLIVEIRAS MADEIRA BUAL RESERVA 1988 | 1240
BARBEITO MALMSEY MADIERA, PORTUGAL 1863 | 150 per ounce
BARBEITO MALMSEY MADIERA, PORTUGAL 1920 | 833
NOVAL RUBY PORT BLACK, PORTUGAL | 100
TAYLOR FLADGATE 20 YEAR TAWNY PORT, PORTUGAL | 140
DISZNÓKÕ TOKAJI 5 PUTTONYOS ASZÚ 2005 | 102
ROYAL TOKAJI 5 PUTTONYOS ASZÚ, HUNGARY 2009 | 234 500ml
ROYAL TOKAJI 5 PUTTOYNOS ST TAMAS PRIMAE CLASSIS 1999 | 246 500ml
ROYAL TOKAJI 6 PUTTONYOS BETSEK PRIMAE CLASSIS 2000 | 237 500ml
ROYAL TOKAJI 6 PUTTONYOS MESES MALY 1999 | 394 500ml
LA POLENZA CINQUE TERRE SCIACCHETRA 2005 | 173 500ml
KLEIN CONSTANTIA MUSCAT DE FRONTIGNAN, SOUTH AFRICA 2006 | 98 500ml
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