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Year	Wine	Region	Format	Qty	Score	Price
Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines 2010 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £570.56
2010	Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) Even better than the 2012 - and one of the greatest Cornas I've ever tasted - the 2010 Cornas Vieilles Fontaines comes from a tiny plot of old vines and granite soils named after the fountain located near the vines. Sensationally concentrated, powerful, backward and tasting like the essence of these steep granite slopes, it gives up loads of cassis, freshly crushed rock, wood smoke, black raspberry and roasted meats.This full-bodied beauty is as profound as they come, yet needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for 20-30 years. Robert Parker rated this beauty 100 points on release and I can only agree with him. Hats off to Alain Voge and winemaker Albert Mazoyer. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Rhone	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £570.56
Angelus 2005 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,219.76
2005	Angelus 2005 (1x150cl) Jeb Dunnuck (100) The 2005 Angelus is as good as it gets, and despite having 2-3 decades of prime drinking ahead of it, is as profound a drinking experience as money can buy even today. Offering off the hook notes of blackcurrants, smoked herbs, blackberries, toasted spice, espresso and scorched earth, this beauty is unctuous and opulent on the palate, with incredible depth, yet never seems heavy, cumbersome or over the top. It has more depth and concentration than the 1990 (and I suspect any vintage in the 1990s or 2000s) and will keep for another 30 years or more. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (JD) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,219.76
Angelus 2018 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £710.96
2018	Angelus 2018 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (97-100) The 2018 Angélus is blended of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, to be aged 18-22 months in barriques, 100% new, plus two new foudres. Deep garnet-purple in color, it slips slowly, sensuously out of the glass with beautiful black raspberries, kirsch, warm plums and red roses scents, building in intensity to reveal chocolate-covered cherries, raspberry coulis, black tea, woodsmoke and powdered cinnamon notions with a waft of black olives and charcuterie. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers a wonderfully profound, multilayered, seamless experience of red and black fruits intertwined with earth, spice and floral notions and framed by exquisitely ripe, satiny tannins, finishing with amazing freshness and length. Incredibly, finely, expertly, seamlessly knit. Stunning. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	97-100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £710.96
Ausone 2018 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,652.36
2018	Ausone 2018 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2018 Ausone is a blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple in color, rather predictably, the nose is almost completely shut-down on first sniff, taking considerable aeration to begin to reveal its jaw-dropping perfume of ripe black cherries, wild blueberries and plum preserves, leading to suggestions of candied violets, molten chocolate, licorice and crushed rocks with subtle cedar and pencil lead hints. The medium to full-bodied palate (14.5% alcohol) is so tightly wound and nuanced at this stage, it requires a lot of focus unravel all that is going on here. In short: a lot. The ripe, rich, black and blue fruit layers eventually give way to the beautifully cerebral earthy/minerally subtext, carried by fantastically well-knit tension, delivering an incredibly long, foundation-shaking finish. If the earth doesn't move when you drink this, you're probably not doing it right. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,652.36
Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,729.76
2016	Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) This is the stuff of dreams. Tasted so young, I did a lot of coaxing to nudge the wine along, thanks to a double decant and a few extra hours in an open bottle. I tasted both samples I had over the course of a few weeks. Those efforts served well, but the wine remains packed tight and full of nervous energy regardless, indicating that its true potential won't be seen for another 10 or 20 years, or likely more. The Bartolo Mascarello 2016 Barolo is a true icon of the vintage. The approach is elongated and silky, like lifting honey from a jar. The aromas are chiseled and focused with wild berry, licorice, candied orange peel, campfire ash, rusted iron, crushed graphite and pencil shaving. The wine's personality is downplayed, elegant and demure in one tasting but exuberant and expressive in the next. The tannins show snap and crunch, indicating they will drive the wine forward over many years of cellar age. This is one of those rare wines that is poised to improve with each increment of time. Structurally, it is perfect. If we were to create a template for an aspirational Barolo, this would be it. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,729.76
Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £900.56
2016	Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin 2016 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) A more savory, moody, strong expression. Deeply rich nose with minerals, flowers, wild herbs, tar, toasted spices and pepper. The dark berries have a smoky edge. Minerally edge, too, thanks to the 60 per cent mourvèdre. The palate has glossy, ripe and super-fine tannins in sheets. Deep-set, dark plums and blueberries in the finish. Noble tannins. Age-worthy. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Rhone	1x150cl	8	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £900.56
Bibi Graetz Testamatta 2018 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £221.96
2018	Bibi Graetz Testamatta 2018 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) Finely textured, with a nuanced perfume that fills the glass and takes you to the intense underbrush of Tuscany. Succulent and yet savoury, this has a lilting freshness that is overlaid with ripe berry fruits, sage and white pepper spice, and clear minerality in terms of its scraping texture that makes your mouth water on the finish. Feels light and sculpted and yet has an intensity that skewers you to the spot. This is a great wine, with scope and imagination that doesn't want to let you go. Genuinely stands out among the wines of this tasting, and these are a fine array of wines. As with Colore, Bibi Graetz selects only old vines, the youngest 50 years old from five different vineyard sites across Tuscany, all farmed organically. Fermentations in open 225l barrels with natural yeasts and manual punch downs. In Stock in Bordeaux	Tuscany	1x150cl	5	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £221.96
Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Vigna le Rocche Riserva 2004 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,072.96
2004	Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Vigna le Rocche Riserva 2004 (1x150cl) Antonio Galloni - Vinous (100) The 2004 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is simply as profound as wine can be. Period. Strikingly layered, perfumed and sensual to the core, the 2004 has it all. Next to the straight Falletto, the Rocche is more refined but also quite a bit more backward as well. Mint, rose petal and melted road tar grace the exquisite finish. The level of intensity here is simply mind-blowing. At ten years of age, the 2004 Rocche is a youngster, but it is clearly a wine of divine inspiration. For readers who look at the numbers, the score is the only possible score. As per photos, loose Delivery to Storage from 17 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (VN (AG)) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,072.96
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec 2018 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £281.36
2018	Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec 2018 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) This is really something. There’s purity and focus to the aromas of crushed berries, licorice and black tea, which follow through to an integrated palate of extremely fine, melted tannins that spread to the very ends of the wine. This is all about balance and length. It really is an emotional wine. Great follow-up to the 2017, which was also 100 points. Drinkable now, but better after 2024. Delivery to Storage from 10 Dec 2021	Mendoza	1x150cl	1	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £281.36
Cheval Blanc 1990 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £4,716.56
1990	Cheval Blanc 1990 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) The standout wine of the entire tasting. Powerful, smooth, mouthfilling sweetness, still deeply coloured. You will find it hard to track down this wine on the market today, and even more difficult to avoid paying crazy sums for it, but I can assure you that it stands out for the intense, finely picked-out, fleshy fruit notes of sweet damson and plum unrolling against smoked coffee and liquorice notes. Truffles, tobacco and exotic spices are all here – and it’s hard to imagine how it can have done better. Oh, and Le Petit Cheval in this vintage was 98% Cabernet Franc, so another one to look out for if the beauty of the Cabernet in the main wine is anything to go by. Harvest 11-25 September, 40hl/ha yield. They made 76% first wine and 12% Petit Cheval, with the rest sold off in bulk. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £4,716.56
Cheval Blanc 2000 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,186.96
2000	Cheval Blanc 2000 (1x150cl) Wine Spectator (100) Superripe, with berry, licorice and cherry. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and a very long finish. Unbelievable. More exuberant and thick than 1998. Score range: 95-100 Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WS) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,186.96
Cheval Blanc 2010 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,414.36
2010	Cheval Blanc 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Enthusiast (100) This is the finest Cheval Blanc for many years. It is, quite simply, magnificent. The wine shows the greatness of Cabernet Franc in the vintage, with 57% of the variety in the blend. It is beautifully structured and perfumed, with velvety tannins, balanced acidity and swathes of black-currant and black-cherry fruits. It's well on course to becoming a legendary wine. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WE) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,414.36
Cheval Blanc 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,615.76
2016	Cheval Blanc 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2016 Cheval Blanc is blended of 59.5% Merlot, 37.2% Cabernet Franc and 3.3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose is incredibly youthful yet not so shy as some other 2016s at this stage, giving wonderfully intense scents of red currants, black cherries, wild blueberries and violets with nuances of star anise, cinnamon stick, rose hip tea, cigar box and wood smoke plus a touch of beef drippings. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has jaw-dropping elegance and depth, offering up layer upon layer of fragrant red and black fruits plus an extraordinary array of mineral sparks, supported by a rock-solid grainy texture, finishing with epic persistence and an edifying perfume. This is a very different style from the rich, opulently hedonic 2015, yet this wonderfully fragrant, beautifully poised and intellectually compelling 2016 is equally extraordinary. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,615.76
Clos Saint Jean Chateauneuf-du-pape Sanctus Sanctorum 2010 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £965.36
2010	Clos Saint Jean Chateauneuf-du-pape Sanctus Sanctorum 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Sanctus Sanctorum is the most classic in style, yet is still over-the-top and decadent in every way. Giving up heavenly aromas and flavors of creme de cassis, black raspberry, ground spice, sweet licorice and roasted herbs, it has a massive, voluptuous, layered and insanely pure feel on the palate. If you’re a Grenache lover, it doesn’t get any better. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Rhone	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £965.36
Cos d'Estournel 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £573.56
2016	Cos d'Estournel 2016 (1x150cl) Vinous (100) The 2016 Cos d’Estournel was a bona fide showstopper out of barrel, the best that I had encountered in over 20 years of visiting the estate during en primeur, so my expectations were piled high when I returned to find out how it performs in bottle. Deep, almost opaque in color, it sports a very intense but broody bouquet with fathomless deep black fruit tinged with blueberry and violet. The aromas almost seem to envelop the senses. The palate is medium-bodied with ultra-fine tannin that I have never witnessed in any other vintage of Cos d’Estournel. There is a beguiling symmetry to this Saint-Estèphe, as well as unerring mineralité. The persistent, tobacco-tinged finish can be felt 60 second after the wine has departed. This is a monumental, benchmark Cos d’Estournel that will give not years but decades of pleasure, though I suspect it will close down for a period in its youth, hence my drinking window. 13.07% alcohol. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (VN) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £573.56
D'Yquem 2011 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £665.36
2011	D'Yquem 2011 (1x150cl) Stephen Tanzer - Vinous (97-100 ) (80% semillion and 20% sauvignon blanc; 3.8 pH; 144 g/l residual sugar; 13.8% alcohol): Bright yellow-gold. Captivating nose is marked by sexy lemony botrytis, white peach, mango, guava and saffron. Enters the mouth very dense but remarkably vibrant and pristine thanks to lively acidity, then turns richer and more unctuous in the mid-palate, displaying knockout flavors of fresh tropical fruit, white peach, white flowers, beeswax and wet stone. The finish is pure and extremely long. This amazing young Yquem, one of the finest in the last dozen years, perfectly combines elements of the fresher, more refined Yquems of the recent Dubourdieu years with the more exotic, opulent personality of the wines made under Alexandre de Lur Saluces. The harvest began on September 6 (only in 1893 did it begin earlier) with the young sauvignon blanc vines and even some semillon to preserve freshness. There were four tries in total, ending on October 5. General Manager Pierre Lurton told me that picking practically all the botrytized grapes very quickly in September was the key to guaranteeing a pure, fresh botrytis component. Sandrine Garbay, who has been maitre de chai at d'Yquem for 18 years, also believes this to be one of the top Yquems in recent memory, though it really doesn't remind her of any previous Yquem vintage with possible exception of the 2001. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	3	97-100 (ST) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £665.36
D'Yquem 2015 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £692.96
2015	D'Yquem 2015 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) Following a very long harvest stretching nearly two months, the 2015 Château d'Yquem came in at 13.9% alcohol and 144 grams per liter of residual sugar, sporting a pH of 3.65 and six grams per liter of tartaric acid. None of these numbers, however, even remotely begin to tell you how profound this wine is. The nose opens with electric notes of ripe pineapples, green mango, orange blossoms and lemon tart with hints of fungi, lime zest, crushed rocks and jasmine. The freshness on the palate is just astonishing, permeating and lifting layer upon layer of tropical fruits and earthy notions, all encased in a sumptuous texture and culminating in a very, very long, mineral-tinged finish. Truly, this is a legendary vintage for d'Yquem. I've been conservative with my drinking window here, and I would not be at all surprised if our descendants are drinking this vintage well into the next century. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £692.96
Dana Estates Lotus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,580.96
2018	Dana Estates Lotus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) Seductive aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants, black olives, pine needles and violets follow through to a full body. The tannins are so poised and dynamic, while being extremely fine and focused. It goes on for minutes. Caresses every millimeter of your palate. A truly great 2018 that highlights the balance, finesse and refinement of the vintage. Needs time to come completely together. Try after 2026. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	California	1x150cl	3	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,580.96
Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,049.36
2016	Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple color. Its nose begins a little reserved, slowly revealing a quiet intensity of freshly crushed blackberries, chocolate-covered cherries, cassis and aniseed with compelling nuances of black tea, cigar box, truffles and charcuterie, plus, with coaxing, gentle wafts of red roses and crushed rocks emerge. The medium to full-bodied palate is simply arresting, offering a a myriad floral and earth sparks amidst a black fruit core and with seamless, firm, very fine-grained tannins. Well-knit freshness brings forth layer after layer of delicate nuances on the very long, mineral-laced finish. The team at Eisele, led by Frédéric Engerer (of Chateau Latour) and beautifully orchestrated by winemaker Hélène Mingot, have knocked it out of the park this vintage with this singular expression that both embraces the site's heritage and reveals parts unknown. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	California	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,049.36
Elio Grasso Barolo Riserva Runcot 2013 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £580.16
2013	Elio Grasso Barolo Riserva Runcot 2013 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) If any Italian wine from this decade can undeniably be called a reserve, it is the 2013 Barolo Riserva Rüncot. This wine was not made in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 nor 2018. (The 2013 vintage will be released commercially in February of 2020, and this is the wine's first official review.) Gianluca Grasso holds the precious bottle I tasted from as if it were a newborn child. This vintage saw a relatively long growing season, and it offers greater fruit density, structure and acidity than the last edition that was made, the 2010. There is more vibrancy here and a true sense of energy brimming right there under the surface. The wine goes through 45 days of extended maceration post-fermentation and then a solid seven years of aging between oak and bottle. The resulting Riserva Rüncot has a stunning bouquet that is all violets and prunes, followed by a classic palate of minerals, herbs, cinnamon and delicate wafts of white truffle. This wine tells a story from nose to finish, like a flashing film reel. Fewer than 5,000 bottles were made. This is a crowning achievement for the hard-working and passionate Grasso family, led by father Elio and son Gianluca. Congratulations. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £580.16
Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £451.76
2016	Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 2016 (1x150cl) Vinous (100) The 2016 Flaccianello della Pieve is off the charts. Fresh, vibrant and explosive, with tremendous overall intensity, the 2016 possesses magnificent richness, with sumptuous fruit purity and simply unreal balance. Creamy, silky tannins add to the wine's sophistication and overall polish. The 2016 is dark, inky and powerful, but not at all heavy. Giovanni Manetti gave the 2016 18 months in French oak (75-80% new), followed by 6 months in cask. This is the first vintage in which a small amount (2%) of the wine was aged in amphora. In a word: stunning! Don't miss it. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Tuscany	1x150cl	3	100 (VN) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £451.76
Gaja Sperss 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,084.16
2016	Gaja Sperss 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The golden touch, that proverbial Gaja magic, is taken to a whole new level in the 2016 Barolo Sperss. Angelo Gaja has taught his children to follow their own path, and now that the generational switch is well underway at the family estate, we can see that Gaia, Rossana and Giovanni have done him proud. Very proud. This stunning expression from the 2016 vintage (with 16,000 bottles released) represents quite a few celebratory milestones. We are now in the fifth generation to protect the Gaja legacy in an unbroken family chain that has endured since 1859. This wine is 100% Nebbiolo, and since the 2013 vintage, it is part of the Barolo DOCG appellation. Winemaking has been tweaked to embrace a more elegant, ethereal and streamlined personality, instead of the bigger extraction we saw in the past. This upgraded identity is distinctly evident in this newest release of Sperss. Starting with appearance, the wine is luminous and bright with shiny ruby and garnet gemstone. Its aromatic reach is three-dimensional with width, height and depth. Delicate berry tones cede to pressed lilac, anise, sandalwood and cardamom spice. I double decanted and left the bottle open for a few hours before my tasting. The results are tight and gentle, and the wine shows beautiful vertical lift and intensity. To achieve this much power without the excess fruit weight is really quite an accomplishment. This is the magic of Nebbiolo, and the magic of Gaja. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,084.16
Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino 2010 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £3,215.36
2010	Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2010 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a perfect wine and there are few things I am more sure of in this life. This is an extraordinary creation that bursts from the glass with a level of distinct intensity and elegance that is nothing short of breathtaking. The wine literally evokes an emotional and deeply visceral reaction thanks to the lasting impression it makes on your heart, mind and gut. This Barolo opens to a delicate garnet color that is brightened with crystalline luminosity. The bouquet offers an immediate curtain-raiser with chiseled aromas of wild berry, licorice, white truffle and tar. That explosive start is followed by a mounting crescendo of complexity and nuance. The wine is extremely silky and polished in terms of mouthfeel and this helps to underline its impressive persistence. Bravo! Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £3,215.36
Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2007 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,633.36
2007	Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2007 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The prodigious 2007 Harlan Estate reminds me of a hypothetical blend of the 2002 with a touch of the controversial 1997. Dense plum/purple-colored with sweet aromas of barbecue smoke, blueberries, blackberries, cassis, licorice, hot rocks and subtle oak, it is a splendidly opulent, pure wine with a skyscraper-like texture as well as stunningly deep fruit that expands gracefully across the palate. The finish lasts nearly a full minute. Because of its overwhelming richness and sweet tannins, this brilliant wine seems to be approachable now, but I suspect further nuances and complexity will emerge after 4-5 years in the bottle. This wine will still be going strong at age 25-30. Like the offerings from its sister estate, Bond, these Harlan Estate offerings are uncompromisingly brilliant examples of Napa viticulture and winemaking at its finest. Kudos to proprietor Bill Harlan. As per photos ,1977576 - Non SIB, damaged case Delivery to Storage from 20 Oct 2021	California	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,633.36
Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2015 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,698.16
2015	Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2015 (1x150cl) Jeb Dunnuck (100) The 2015 Harlan Estate is a beast of a wine that shows the sexy, opulent style of the vintage married to the classic structure and depth of this estate. A downright smorgasbord of blackcurrants, blackberries, crushed rocks, graphite, smoky camphor, cured meats, and dried tobacco aromas all emerge from the glass, and it shows the deep, concentrated style of the vintage yet still has awesome complexity and nuances. Deep, powerful, and structured, yet opulent and incredibly sexy on the palate, it reminds me of the 2002. A brilliant wine from this estate, it's already approachable given its wealth of fruit yet has the tannic backbone and density to keep for 3-4 decades or more. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	California	1x150cl	1	100 (JD) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,698.16
Haut-Brion 2000 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,130.56
2000	Haut-Brion 2000 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) Is this as good as the 1989? Certainly it is lush and powerful, lingering and expanding in the mouth with sweet tobacco and cigar box notes, along with still young blackcurrant and blackberry fruits, all given lift by the trademark Haut-Brion aromatics. It beds in and shakes off early reticence after a good hour in the glass, suggesting that this is only just leaving its primary phase and has many decades left ahead of it. A great wine that highlights the success of Haut-Brion under the partnership of estate director Jean-Bernard Delmas, father of current director Jean-Philippe Delmas, and owner Joan Dillon the Duchess of Mouchy (president of the company until 2008 before handing over to her son Prince Robert of Luxembourg). A supremely confident wine that is hard to fault in its depth of expression. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,130.56
La Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee XXL 2016 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £829.76
2016	La Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee XXL 2016 (1x150cl) Jeb Dunnuck (100) The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape XXL has only been made previously in the 2007 vintage, and there are around 400 cases of this beauty in 2016. Coming from old vines near Beaucastel, La Crau, and Saumade, which are all rolled stone terroirs, it’s mostly Grenache (there’s 10% Mourvèdre) brought up primarily in demi-muids. This incredible wine is deep ruby/purple-colored with a massive nose of black fruits, scorched earth, graphite, incense, and pepper. Deep, hugely concentrated, pure, fine and yet still elegant, it's a magical, heavenly wine that's going to keep for 3-4 decades. While the style at Janasse has shifted to one of slightly more freshness and elegance since 2007, this is much more in the style of the old days and is guaranteed to make your blood pressure jump about 10 points or more! Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Rhone	1x150cl	1	100 (JD) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £829.76
Lafite Rothschild 1986 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,387.36
1986	Lafite Rothschild 1986 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) We are in perfectly-aged claret territory here, the most beautiful impression of a wine at its plateau. It's perfectly ready to drink and is still generous, with a long life ahead of it. Its spicy notes, touches of pencil lead and still-concentrated cassis combine with menthol, buttery leather and that classic Médoc saline, mineral-edged flourish - this is the height of well-aged Cabernet Sauvignon. as per photos Delivery to Storage from 3 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,387.36
Lafite Rothschild 2009 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £1,810.16
2009	Lafite Rothschild 2009 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) This is what the Medoc is all about. The freshness and delicacy of this wine in combination with its serious concentration and firm core are totally stunning. Time has already worked its magic and this is already delicious, but has decades in front of it. Drink or hold. (Horizontal Tasting, London, 2019) Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £1,810.16
Lafite Rothschild 2018 (1x150cl) Inc. VAT: £2,084.36
2018	Lafite Rothschild 2018 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (98-100) The 2018 Lafite Rothschild is blended of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Merlot and 0.5% Petit Verdot and has 13.3% alcohol. The Merlot was harvested September 17-24, the Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested September 25 to October 5, and the Cabernet Franc was harvested on September 24. It has a deep purple-black color and then WOW—what a nose. It comes sashaying out of the glass with bags of grace and perfume, revealing notions of lilacs, red roses, fragrant soil, cinnamon stick and Morello cherries with a core of blackcurrant cordial, fresh black plums, redcurrant jelly and tapenade plus a waft of iron ore. Medium-bodied, the palate has wonderful, tightly wound layers of black, red and blue fruits intermingled with floral, earth and mineral notions and a rock-solid frame of the most finely pixelated tannins you can possibly imagine. Anyone who wants to see what I mean when I babble about the Lafite tannins needs to try this benchmark. The finish goes on, and on, and on. If this wine doesn’t get Bordeaux lovers hearts' racing, nothing will. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	98-100 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £2,084.36

Year	Wine	Region	Format	Qty	Score	Price
Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines 2010 (1x150cl) In Bond: £471.00
2010	Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) Even better than the 2012 - and one of the greatest Cornas I've ever tasted - the 2010 Cornas Vieilles Fontaines comes from a tiny plot of old vines and granite soils named after the fountain located near the vines. Sensationally concentrated, powerful, backward and tasting like the essence of these steep granite slopes, it gives up loads of cassis, freshly crushed rock, wood smoke, black raspberry and roasted meats.This full-bodied beauty is as profound as they come, yet needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for 20-30 years. Robert Parker rated this beauty 100 points on release and I can only agree with him. Hats off to Alain Voge and winemaker Albert Mazoyer. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Rhone	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £471.00
Angelus 2005 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,012.00
2005	Angelus 2005 (1x150cl) Jeb Dunnuck (100) The 2005 Angelus is as good as it gets, and despite having 2-3 decades of prime drinking ahead of it, is as profound a drinking experience as money can buy even today. Offering off the hook notes of blackcurrants, smoked herbs, blackberries, toasted spice, espresso and scorched earth, this beauty is unctuous and opulent on the palate, with incredible depth, yet never seems heavy, cumbersome or over the top. It has more depth and concentration than the 1990 (and I suspect any vintage in the 1990s or 2000s) and will keep for another 30 years or more. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (JD) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,012.00
Angelus 2018 (1x150cl) In Bond: £588.00
2018	Angelus 2018 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (97-100) The 2018 Angélus is blended of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, to be aged 18-22 months in barriques, 100% new, plus two new foudres. Deep garnet-purple in color, it slips slowly, sensuously out of the glass with beautiful black raspberries, kirsch, warm plums and red roses scents, building in intensity to reveal chocolate-covered cherries, raspberry coulis, black tea, woodsmoke and powdered cinnamon notions with a waft of black olives and charcuterie. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers a wonderfully profound, multilayered, seamless experience of red and black fruits intertwined with earth, spice and floral notions and framed by exquisitely ripe, satiny tannins, finishing with amazing freshness and length. Incredibly, finely, expertly, seamlessly knit. Stunning. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	97-100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £588.00
Ausone 2018 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,372.50
2018	Ausone 2018 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2018 Ausone is a blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple in color, rather predictably, the nose is almost completely shut-down on first sniff, taking considerable aeration to begin to reveal its jaw-dropping perfume of ripe black cherries, wild blueberries and plum preserves, leading to suggestions of candied violets, molten chocolate, licorice and crushed rocks with subtle cedar and pencil lead hints. The medium to full-bodied palate (14.5% alcohol) is so tightly wound and nuanced at this stage, it requires a lot of focus unravel all that is going on here. In short: a lot. The ripe, rich, black and blue fruit layers eventually give way to the beautifully cerebral earthy/minerally subtext, carried by fantastically well-knit tension, delivering an incredibly long, foundation-shaking finish. If the earth doesn't move when you drink this, you're probably not doing it right. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,372.50
Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,437.00
2016	Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) This is the stuff of dreams. Tasted so young, I did a lot of coaxing to nudge the wine along, thanks to a double decant and a few extra hours in an open bottle. I tasted both samples I had over the course of a few weeks. Those efforts served well, but the wine remains packed tight and full of nervous energy regardless, indicating that its true potential won't be seen for another 10 or 20 years, or likely more. The Bartolo Mascarello 2016 Barolo is a true icon of the vintage. The approach is elongated and silky, like lifting honey from a jar. The aromas are chiseled and focused with wild berry, licorice, candied orange peel, campfire ash, rusted iron, crushed graphite and pencil shaving. The wine's personality is downplayed, elegant and demure in one tasting but exuberant and expressive in the next. The tannins show snap and crunch, indicating they will drive the wine forward over many years of cellar age. This is one of those rare wines that is poised to improve with each increment of time. Structurally, it is perfect. If we were to create a template for an aspirational Barolo, this would be it. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,437.00
Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £746.00
2016	Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin 2016 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) A more savory, moody, strong expression. Deeply rich nose with minerals, flowers, wild herbs, tar, toasted spices and pepper. The dark berries have a smoky edge. Minerally edge, too, thanks to the 60 per cent mourvèdre. The palate has glossy, ripe and super-fine tannins in sheets. Deep-set, dark plums and blueberries in the finish. Noble tannins. Age-worthy. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Rhone	1x150cl	8	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £746.00
Bibi Graetz Testamatta 2018 (1x150cl) In Bond: £180.50
2018	Bibi Graetz Testamatta 2018 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) Finely textured, with a nuanced perfume that fills the glass and takes you to the intense underbrush of Tuscany. Succulent and yet savoury, this has a lilting freshness that is overlaid with ripe berry fruits, sage and white pepper spice, and clear minerality in terms of its scraping texture that makes your mouth water on the finish. Feels light and sculpted and yet has an intensity that skewers you to the spot. This is a great wine, with scope and imagination that doesn't want to let you go. Genuinely stands out among the wines of this tasting, and these are a fine array of wines. As with Colore, Bibi Graetz selects only old vines, the youngest 50 years old from five different vineyard sites across Tuscany, all farmed organically. Fermentations in open 225l barrels with natural yeasts and manual punch downs. In Stock in Bordeaux	Tuscany	1x150cl	5	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £180.50
Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Vigna le Rocche Riserva 2004 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,723.00
2004	Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Vigna le Rocche Riserva 2004 (1x150cl) Antonio Galloni - Vinous (100) The 2004 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is simply as profound as wine can be. Period. Strikingly layered, perfumed and sensual to the core, the 2004 has it all. Next to the straight Falletto, the Rocche is more refined but also quite a bit more backward as well. Mint, rose petal and melted road tar grace the exquisite finish. The level of intensity here is simply mind-blowing. At ten years of age, the 2004 Rocche is a youngster, but it is clearly a wine of divine inspiration. For readers who look at the numbers, the score is the only possible score. As per photos, loose Delivery to Storage from 17 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (VN (AG)) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,723.00
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec 2018 (1x150cl) In Bond: £230.00
2018	Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec 2018 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) This is really something. There’s purity and focus to the aromas of crushed berries, licorice and black tea, which follow through to an integrated palate of extremely fine, melted tannins that spread to the very ends of the wine. This is all about balance and length. It really is an emotional wine. Great follow-up to the 2017, which was also 100 points. Drinkable now, but better after 2024. Delivery to Storage from 10 Dec 2021	Mendoza	1x150cl	1	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £230.00
Cheval Blanc 1990 (1x150cl) In Bond: £3,926.00
1990	Cheval Blanc 1990 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) The standout wine of the entire tasting. Powerful, smooth, mouthfilling sweetness, still deeply coloured. You will find it hard to track down this wine on the market today, and even more difficult to avoid paying crazy sums for it, but I can assure you that it stands out for the intense, finely picked-out, fleshy fruit notes of sweet damson and plum unrolling against smoked coffee and liquorice notes. Truffles, tobacco and exotic spices are all here – and it’s hard to imagine how it can have done better. Oh, and Le Petit Cheval in this vintage was 98% Cabernet Franc, so another one to look out for if the beauty of the Cabernet in the main wine is anything to go by. Harvest 11-25 September, 40hl/ha yield. They made 76% first wine and 12% Petit Cheval, with the rest sold off in bulk. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £3,926.00
Cheval Blanc 2000 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,818.00
2000	Cheval Blanc 2000 (1x150cl) Wine Spectator (100) Superripe, with berry, licorice and cherry. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and a very long finish. Unbelievable. More exuberant and thick than 1998. Score range: 95-100 Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WS) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,818.00
Cheval Blanc 2010 (1x150cl) In Bond: £2,007.50
2010	Cheval Blanc 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Enthusiast (100) This is the finest Cheval Blanc for many years. It is, quite simply, magnificent. The wine shows the greatness of Cabernet Franc in the vintage, with 57% of the variety in the blend. It is beautifully structured and perfumed, with velvety tannins, balanced acidity and swathes of black-currant and black-cherry fruits. It's well on course to becoming a legendary wine. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WE) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £2,007.50
Cheval Blanc 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,342.00
2016	Cheval Blanc 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2016 Cheval Blanc is blended of 59.5% Merlot, 37.2% Cabernet Franc and 3.3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose is incredibly youthful yet not so shy as some other 2016s at this stage, giving wonderfully intense scents of red currants, black cherries, wild blueberries and violets with nuances of star anise, cinnamon stick, rose hip tea, cigar box and wood smoke plus a touch of beef drippings. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has jaw-dropping elegance and depth, offering up layer upon layer of fragrant red and black fruits plus an extraordinary array of mineral sparks, supported by a rock-solid grainy texture, finishing with epic persistence and an edifying perfume. This is a very different style from the rich, opulently hedonic 2015, yet this wonderfully fragrant, beautifully poised and intellectually compelling 2016 is equally extraordinary. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,342.00
Clos Saint Jean Chateauneuf-du-pape Sanctus Sanctorum 2010 (1x150cl) In Bond: £800.00
2010	Clos Saint Jean Chateauneuf-du-pape Sanctus Sanctorum 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Sanctus Sanctorum is the most classic in style, yet is still over-the-top and decadent in every way. Giving up heavenly aromas and flavors of creme de cassis, black raspberry, ground spice, sweet licorice and roasted herbs, it has a massive, voluptuous, layered and insanely pure feel on the palate. If you’re a Grenache lover, it doesn’t get any better. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Rhone	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £800.00
Cos d'Estournel 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £473.50
2016	Cos d'Estournel 2016 (1x150cl) Vinous (100) The 2016 Cos d’Estournel was a bona fide showstopper out of barrel, the best that I had encountered in over 20 years of visiting the estate during en primeur, so my expectations were piled high when I returned to find out how it performs in bottle. Deep, almost opaque in color, it sports a very intense but broody bouquet with fathomless deep black fruit tinged with blueberry and violet. The aromas almost seem to envelop the senses. The palate is medium-bodied with ultra-fine tannin that I have never witnessed in any other vintage of Cos d’Estournel. There is a beguiling symmetry to this Saint-Estèphe, as well as unerring mineralité. The persistent, tobacco-tinged finish can be felt 60 second after the wine has departed. This is a monumental, benchmark Cos d’Estournel that will give not years but decades of pleasure, though I suspect it will close down for a period in its youth, hence my drinking window. 13.07% alcohol. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (VN) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £473.50
D'Yquem 2011 (1x150cl) In Bond: £550.00
2011	D'Yquem 2011 (1x150cl) Stephen Tanzer - Vinous (97-100 ) (80% semillion and 20% sauvignon blanc; 3.8 pH; 144 g/l residual sugar; 13.8% alcohol): Bright yellow-gold. Captivating nose is marked by sexy lemony botrytis, white peach, mango, guava and saffron. Enters the mouth very dense but remarkably vibrant and pristine thanks to lively acidity, then turns richer and more unctuous in the mid-palate, displaying knockout flavors of fresh tropical fruit, white peach, white flowers, beeswax and wet stone. The finish is pure and extremely long. This amazing young Yquem, one of the finest in the last dozen years, perfectly combines elements of the fresher, more refined Yquems of the recent Dubourdieu years with the more exotic, opulent personality of the wines made under Alexandre de Lur Saluces. The harvest began on September 6 (only in 1893 did it begin earlier) with the young sauvignon blanc vines and even some semillon to preserve freshness. There were four tries in total, ending on October 5. General Manager Pierre Lurton told me that picking practically all the botrytized grapes very quickly in September was the key to guaranteeing a pure, fresh botrytis component. Sandrine Garbay, who has been maitre de chai at d'Yquem for 18 years, also believes this to be one of the top Yquems in recent memory, though it really doesn't remind her of any previous Yquem vintage with possible exception of the 2001. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	3	97-100 (ST) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £550.00
D'Yquem 2015 (1x150cl) In Bond: £573.00
2015	D'Yquem 2015 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) Following a very long harvest stretching nearly two months, the 2015 Château d'Yquem came in at 13.9% alcohol and 144 grams per liter of residual sugar, sporting a pH of 3.65 and six grams per liter of tartaric acid. None of these numbers, however, even remotely begin to tell you how profound this wine is. The nose opens with electric notes of ripe pineapples, green mango, orange blossoms and lemon tart with hints of fungi, lime zest, crushed rocks and jasmine. The freshness on the palate is just astonishing, permeating and lifting layer upon layer of tropical fruits and earthy notions, all encased in a sumptuous texture and culminating in a very, very long, mineral-tinged finish. Truly, this is a legendary vintage for d'Yquem. I've been conservative with my drinking window here, and I would not be at all surprised if our descendants are drinking this vintage well into the next century. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £573.00
Dana Estates Lotus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,313.00
2018	Dana Estates Lotus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) Seductive aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants, black olives, pine needles and violets follow through to a full body. The tannins are so poised and dynamic, while being extremely fine and focused. It goes on for minutes. Caresses every millimeter of your palate. A truly great 2018 that highlights the balance, finesse and refinement of the vintage. Needs time to come completely together. Try after 2026. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	California	1x150cl	3	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,313.00
Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £870.00
2016	Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple color. Its nose begins a little reserved, slowly revealing a quiet intensity of freshly crushed blackberries, chocolate-covered cherries, cassis and aniseed with compelling nuances of black tea, cigar box, truffles and charcuterie, plus, with coaxing, gentle wafts of red roses and crushed rocks emerge. The medium to full-bodied palate is simply arresting, offering a a myriad floral and earth sparks amidst a black fruit core and with seamless, firm, very fine-grained tannins. Well-knit freshness brings forth layer after layer of delicate nuances on the very long, mineral-laced finish. The team at Eisele, led by Frédéric Engerer (of Chateau Latour) and beautifully orchestrated by winemaker Hélène Mingot, have knocked it out of the park this vintage with this singular expression that both embraces the site's heritage and reveals parts unknown. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	California	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £870.00
Elio Grasso Barolo Riserva Runcot 2013 (1x150cl) In Bond: £479.00
2013	Elio Grasso Barolo Riserva Runcot 2013 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) If any Italian wine from this decade can undeniably be called a reserve, it is the 2013 Barolo Riserva Rüncot. This wine was not made in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 nor 2018. (The 2013 vintage will be released commercially in February of 2020, and this is the wine's first official review.) Gianluca Grasso holds the precious bottle I tasted from as if it were a newborn child. This vintage saw a relatively long growing season, and it offers greater fruit density, structure and acidity than the last edition that was made, the 2010. There is more vibrancy here and a true sense of energy brimming right there under the surface. The wine goes through 45 days of extended maceration post-fermentation and then a solid seven years of aging between oak and bottle. The resulting Riserva Rüncot has a stunning bouquet that is all violets and prunes, followed by a classic palate of minerals, herbs, cinnamon and delicate wafts of white truffle. This wine tells a story from nose to finish, like a flashing film reel. Fewer than 5,000 bottles were made. This is a crowning achievement for the hard-working and passionate Grasso family, led by father Elio and son Gianluca. Congratulations. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £479.00
Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £372.00
2016	Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 2016 (1x150cl) Vinous (100) The 2016 Flaccianello della Pieve is off the charts. Fresh, vibrant and explosive, with tremendous overall intensity, the 2016 possesses magnificent richness, with sumptuous fruit purity and simply unreal balance. Creamy, silky tannins add to the wine's sophistication and overall polish. The 2016 is dark, inky and powerful, but not at all heavy. Giovanni Manetti gave the 2016 18 months in French oak (75-80% new), followed by 6 months in cask. This is the first vintage in which a small amount (2%) of the wine was aged in amphora. In a word: stunning! Don't miss it. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Tuscany	1x150cl	3	100 (VN) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £372.00
Gaja Sperss 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £899.00
2016	Gaja Sperss 2016 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The golden touch, that proverbial Gaja magic, is taken to a whole new level in the 2016 Barolo Sperss. Angelo Gaja has taught his children to follow their own path, and now that the generational switch is well underway at the family estate, we can see that Gaia, Rossana and Giovanni have done him proud. Very proud. This stunning expression from the 2016 vintage (with 16,000 bottles released) represents quite a few celebratory milestones. We are now in the fifth generation to protect the Gaja legacy in an unbroken family chain that has endured since 1859. This wine is 100% Nebbiolo, and since the 2013 vintage, it is part of the Barolo DOCG appellation. Winemaking has been tweaked to embrace a more elegant, ethereal and streamlined personality, instead of the bigger extraction we saw in the past. This upgraded identity is distinctly evident in this newest release of Sperss. Starting with appearance, the wine is luminous and bright with shiny ruby and garnet gemstone. Its aromatic reach is three-dimensional with width, height and depth. Delicate berry tones cede to pressed lilac, anise, sandalwood and cardamom spice. I double decanted and left the bottle open for a few hours before my tasting. The results are tight and gentle, and the wine shows beautiful vertical lift and intensity. To achieve this much power without the excess fruit weight is really quite an accomplishment. This is the magic of Nebbiolo, and the magic of Gaja. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £899.00
Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino 2010 (1x150cl) In Bond: £2,675.00
2010	Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino 2010 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The 2010 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is a perfect wine and there are few things I am more sure of in this life. This is an extraordinary creation that bursts from the glass with a level of distinct intensity and elegance that is nothing short of breathtaking. The wine literally evokes an emotional and deeply visceral reaction thanks to the lasting impression it makes on your heart, mind and gut. This Barolo opens to a delicate garnet color that is brightened with crystalline luminosity. The bouquet offers an immediate curtain-raiser with chiseled aromas of wild berry, licorice, white truffle and tar. That explosive start is followed by a mounting crescendo of complexity and nuance. The wine is extremely silky and polished in terms of mouthfeel and this helps to underline its impressive persistence. Bravo! Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Piedmont	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £2,675.00
Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2007 (1x150cl) In Bond: £2,190.00
2007	Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2007 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (100) The prodigious 2007 Harlan Estate reminds me of a hypothetical blend of the 2002 with a touch of the controversial 1997. Dense plum/purple-colored with sweet aromas of barbecue smoke, blueberries, blackberries, cassis, licorice, hot rocks and subtle oak, it is a splendidly opulent, pure wine with a skyscraper-like texture as well as stunningly deep fruit that expands gracefully across the palate. The finish lasts nearly a full minute. Because of its overwhelming richness and sweet tannins, this brilliant wine seems to be approachable now, but I suspect further nuances and complexity will emerge after 4-5 years in the bottle. This wine will still be going strong at age 25-30. Like the offerings from its sister estate, Bond, these Harlan Estate offerings are uncompromisingly brilliant examples of Napa viticulture and winemaking at its finest. Kudos to proprietor Bill Harlan. As per photos ,1977576 - Non SIB, damaged case Delivery to Storage from 20 Oct 2021	California	1x150cl	1	100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £2,190.00
Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2015 (1x150cl) In Bond: £2,244.00
2015	Harlan Estate Proprietary Red 2015 (1x150cl) Jeb Dunnuck (100) The 2015 Harlan Estate is a beast of a wine that shows the sexy, opulent style of the vintage married to the classic structure and depth of this estate. A downright smorgasbord of blackcurrants, blackberries, crushed rocks, graphite, smoky camphor, cured meats, and dried tobacco aromas all emerge from the glass, and it shows the deep, concentrated style of the vintage yet still has awesome complexity and nuances. Deep, powerful, and structured, yet opulent and incredibly sexy on the palate, it reminds me of the 2002. A brilliant wine from this estate, it's already approachable given its wealth of fruit yet has the tannic backbone and density to keep for 3-4 decades or more. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	California	1x150cl	1	100 (JD) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £2,244.00
Haut-Brion 2000 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,771.00
2000	Haut-Brion 2000 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) Is this as good as the 1989? Certainly it is lush and powerful, lingering and expanding in the mouth with sweet tobacco and cigar box notes, along with still young blackcurrant and blackberry fruits, all given lift by the trademark Haut-Brion aromatics. It beds in and shakes off early reticence after a good hour in the glass, suggesting that this is only just leaving its primary phase and has many decades left ahead of it. A great wine that highlights the success of Haut-Brion under the partnership of estate director Jean-Bernard Delmas, father of current director Jean-Philippe Delmas, and owner Joan Dillon the Duchess of Mouchy (president of the company until 2008 before handing over to her son Prince Robert of Luxembourg). A supremely confident wine that is hard to fault in its depth of expression. Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,771.00
La Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee XXL 2016 (1x150cl) In Bond: £687.00
2016	La Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee XXL 2016 (1x150cl) Jeb Dunnuck (100) The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape XXL has only been made previously in the 2007 vintage, and there are around 400 cases of this beauty in 2016. Coming from old vines near Beaucastel, La Crau, and Saumade, which are all rolled stone terroirs, it’s mostly Grenache (there’s 10% Mourvèdre) brought up primarily in demi-muids. This incredible wine is deep ruby/purple-colored with a massive nose of black fruits, scorched earth, graphite, incense, and pepper. Deep, hugely concentrated, pure, fine and yet still elegant, it's a magical, heavenly wine that's going to keep for 3-4 decades. While the style at Janasse has shifted to one of slightly more freshness and elegance since 2007, this is much more in the style of the old days and is guaranteed to make your blood pressure jump about 10 points or more! Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Rhone	1x150cl	1	100 (JD) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £687.00
Lafite Rothschild 1986 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,985.00
1986	Lafite Rothschild 1986 (1x150cl) Decanter (100) We are in perfectly-aged claret territory here, the most beautiful impression of a wine at its plateau. It's perfectly ready to drink and is still generous, with a long life ahead of it. Its spicy notes, touches of pencil lead and still-concentrated cassis combine with menthol, buttery leather and that classic Médoc saline, mineral-edged flourish - this is the height of well-aged Cabernet Sauvignon. as per photos Delivery to Storage from 3 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (DC) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,985.00
Lafite Rothschild 2009 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,504.00
2009	Lafite Rothschild 2009 (1x150cl) James Suckling (100) This is what the Medoc is all about. The freshness and delicacy of this wine in combination with its serious concentration and firm core are totally stunning. Time has already worked its magic and this is already delicious, but has decades in front of it. Drink or hold. (Horizontal Tasting, London, 2019) Delivery to Storage from 4 Nov 2021	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	100 (JS) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,504.00
Lafite Rothschild 2018 (1x150cl) In Bond: £1,732.50
2018	Lafite Rothschild 2018 (1x150cl) Wine Advocate (98-100) The 2018 Lafite Rothschild is blended of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Merlot and 0.5% Petit Verdot and has 13.3% alcohol. The Merlot was harvested September 17-24, the Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested September 25 to October 5, and the Cabernet Franc was harvested on September 24. It has a deep purple-black color and then WOW—what a nose. It comes sashaying out of the glass with bags of grace and perfume, revealing notions of lilacs, red roses, fragrant soil, cinnamon stick and Morello cherries with a core of blackcurrant cordial, fresh black plums, redcurrant jelly and tapenade plus a waft of iron ore. Medium-bodied, the palate has wonderful, tightly wound layers of black, red and blue fruits intermingled with floral, earth and mineral notions and a rock-solid frame of the most finely pixelated tannins you can possibly imagine. Anyone who wants to see what I mean when I babble about the Lafite tannins needs to try this benchmark. The finish goes on, and on, and on. If this wine doesn’t get Bordeaux lovers hearts' racing, nothing will. In Stock in Bordeaux	Bordeaux	1x150cl	1	98-100 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £1,732.50

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