Beaune 1er Cru Champimonts 2011, Côte du Beaune, Domaine Chanson  100% Pinot Noir with 18 months in Oak  Bright ruby colour. Intense aromas of ripe cherries mixed with blackcurrant and spices. Subtle vanilla note. Well-balanced and...

Beaune 1er Cru Les Boucherottes Domaine Anne-Francoise Gros, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France 2011  100% Pinot Noir "Delicate, lifted floral notes. Tannin bites back on the finish, but the mouthwatering acid works well with it. Tight...

Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc Joseph Drouhin 2012 Jeroboam 100% Chardonnay in French Oak barrels for 12 to 15 months (25% new).  "An outstanding wine. Pale yellow colour. Complex floral nose of white lilac and white rose. Once open, fruity aromas...

Bollinger 007 Limited Edition Millesime 2011  100% Pinot Noir from Ay.  To celebrate the release of the 25th Bond film, Champagne Bollinger has produced a limited-edition champagne from the 2011 vintage. This exceptional year inspired...

Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru, Joseph Drouhin, Magnum, 2011, Burgundy, France    Grape variety, Chardonnay, aged in French Oak barrels for 12 to 15 months.  Intense golden hue, on the nose, there are some subtle tones of rose, fresh almond,...

Croft 2011 Vintage Port Adrian Bridge: “2011 has produced textbook Vintage Ports, classics in every sense. The wines have a wonderful purity and elegance but also plenty of background and structure. Our 2009 declaration showed that demand remains...

Eitelsbacher Riesling Auslese 2011   100% Riesling  Wonderful, pure flavours of citrus, nectarine, peach juice and cassis. Excellent. Gorgeous, honeyed with haunting fragrance. The flavour has great complexity and will reveal more and more...

Eitelsbacher Riesling Kabinett 2011 100% Riesling Full of green apple and limes on the palate, this is a dry, delicate Kabinett that is beautifully fresh today. The concentration of dense minerality delights the senses; a tightly woven concentration of...

Ermitage ‘De L’Orée’  Blanc, M Chapoutier, Hermitage, Northern Rhome, France 2011   3.5ha, 100% Marsanne The grapes producing “De l’Orée” come from the plot ‘Les Murets’...

Ermitage Rouge Le Pavillon, M Chapoutier, Hermitage, Northern Rhone, France 2011   4ha, 100% Syrah  This wine comes from ‘lieu-dit’ Les Bessards. The plot has a specific geology: It is composed of a fine layer of sediment...

Lieu dit Buehl Schieferkopf by Chapoutier,  Riesling, Alsace 2011 100% Riesling hand harvested and aged for 15 months in big casks (foudres).   A  golden yellow colour with green tints, limpid and brilliant. The nose exhibits...

Lieu-dit-Fels Riesling Schieferkopf by Chapoutier, Alsace, 2011  100% Riesling aged for 15 months in big casks (foudres)  A great golden colour. The nose is refined with mineral notes and citrus aromas and lemon...

Chateau de Chamirey Mercurey Blanc En Pierrelet, Côte Chalonnaise, 2011  100% Chardonnay finished in oak (20% new).  "A deep honeyed intense nose, sweet deep rich and intense." William Frazier  The wine is showing a pretty yellow...

Monthélie 1er Cru Champs Fulliot Louis Jadot, Côte du Beaune, Burgundy,  2011  100% Pinot Noir aged in Oak for 15 months   A nice ruby colour with a delicate bouquet with hints of flowers - violets and roses,...

Bodegas Muga Reserva, Rioja, Spain, 5 Litre 2011  A blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha, 7% Mazuelo and 3% Graciano.  Very dominant red and black fruit (blackberry, redcurrant, wild plum), fine leather aromas that mingle with the...

Penfolds Bin 150 2011. Shiraz from Marananga in the Barossa Valley 12 months in 20% new French oak, 30% 1-y.o. French oak, 20% new American oak, 30% 1-y.o. American oak (all hogsheads). COLOUR Deep crimson red NOSE No need to tease out descriptors...

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2011  McLaren Vale and Barossa Valley 51% Cabernet Sauvignon 49% Shiraz with 12 months in 30% new, 70% 1-y.o. American oak hogsheads.  A dense deep red with a nose showing the house Style…...

Penfolds Bin 707 2012 Bin 707 is a Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon reflection of Grange—intensely-flavoured fruit; completion of fermentation and maturation in new oak; expressing a Penfolds understanding of multi-vineyard, multi-region fruit sourcing...

Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2011.  100% Shiraz. 12 months in 50+-year-old large oak vats. They have examples of late 19th-century bottlings of this when Auldana made it. Mostly from a vineyard a stone's throw from Magill, although grapes from McLaren...

Pommard 1er Cru Le Pézerolles, Domaine A.F. Gros, Pommard, Cotes de Beaune, France 2011  100% Pinot Noir with around 18 months in oak.  "Dry, quite firm – very Pommard, then! It is gratifying when appellations are true to type...

Saint Joseph Blanc Les Granits, Northern Rhône, France, M Chapoutier 2011  2ha, 100% Marsanne This wine comes from a small selection of very old Marsanne vines planted on steep granitic slopes in the South of Tournon. The granitic soil also...

Saint Joseph Rouge Le Clos, M Chapoutier, Northern Rhone, France 2011  100% Syrah in barrels for around 20 months (25% new).  The Le Clos is sourced from less than an acre on a granite slope at the south end of Tournon. Chapoutier first...

Saint Joseph Rouge Les Granits, M Chapoutier, Northern Rhone, France 2011  100% Syrah in oak for 18 months.  In Saint Joseph, as in Hermitage, elevated soils of high granite composition give both Syrah and Marsanne a unique style in an...

Taylor's 2011 Vintage Port  Adrian Bridge: “2011 has produced textbook Vintage Ports, classics in every sense. The wines have a wonderful purity and elegance but also plenty of background and structure. Our 2009 declaration showed that demand...

Tourelles de Longueville, Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande, Half Bottle, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France 2011  A Merlot dominated Bordeaux blend  The second wine of Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande...

Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets F Parent, Cote du Nuits, Burgundy, 2011  100% Pinot Noir with 18 months oak aging.  Classic Volnay, delicate bright fruit here with a light brush of tannins. 

Yattarna Penfolds Chardonnay 2011  VINEYARD REGION Tasmania, Adelaide Hills Aged in 64% new oak with 95% of the fruit sourced from Tasmania, the 2011 Yattarna Chardonnay is a little closed with subtle apple and white peach aromas accentuated by...