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Germany
Mosel - Riesling
- ABV 8.0%
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2024 - 2036
The celebrated Doctor vineyard produces wines which are richer than its Kabinett siblings yet with a more pronounced bite of acidic tension and a salty tang on the finish, which works brilliantly with the slaty minerality. The precise finish is rounded out by a lovely fleshy fruit residue coating the palate. Textbook high quality Kabinett, seriously good. The magnum format is not only practical but very beautiful
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Italy
Tuscany - Cabernet Franc
- ABV 14.5%
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2020 - 2030
Deep ruby in colour, this presents an array of spiced red fruit on the nose. The palate is deliciously dark and concentrated, profound and aromatic, perfumed yet with grip. This is a wine, dark and brooding, which warrants a little time - particularly in magnum
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Italy
Piedmont - Nebbiolo
- ABV 13.5%
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2020 - 2032
Cherry fruit here, a really alluring nose. This manages to be both “proper” and yet lush
and overtly appealing at the same time. Good tannins frame the wine but do not dominate – this is sensitively done. The finish, fruited again but ultimatley savoury, is very special, particulary suited to large formats
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Argentina
Mendoza - Malbec Blend
- ABV 14.0%
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2021 - 2030
Deep ruby in colour, this set the stage with warm, toasted fruitcake on the nose, iodine and vanilla ream. T he palate curves on dark fruit, chocolate cherry liqueur and delicate citrus. There is something vaguely reminiscent of black forest gateau here, a warmth and layered complexity. The finish is long but in these early stages somewhat marked by oak. This will become better integrated over time as there is an abundance of fruit which will devour any overt oak character. The finish is generous and long
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Italy
Tuscany - Sangiovese blend
- ABV 14.0%
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2022 - 2033
This is the 4th vintage bottled by the estate but only the 3rd (and current) to be released for sale. Giovanni decided to keep the 2017 for further ageing. 2018 is perfumed, vibrant and minerally driven. It is an aromatic wine with elegant note of red fruits. The tannins are soft and integrated; you see the benefit of reducing the quantity of new oak while increasing the size of the barrels at maturation time. Although Sangiovese can be rustic, when the refinement is that precise, the ‘less is more’ approach is beneficial to push forward the purity of the varietal. At 14% ABV, it is already very balanced and harmonious, showing no signs of a warmer than average vintage.
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