Foreign Friends Yarra Valley Gamay 2024

Producer NOtes - "Gamay from Yarra Valley; 30% whole bunch, it spent two weeks fermenting on skins in concrete fermenter then pressed to large format french oak (foudre) for ageing over winter and spring. Bottled in October. This is a serious Gamay, Leila did a vintage with Mee Godard in Morgon. This is quite smoky and spicy on the nose (think 'toasted sesame seeds') with still some beautiful fruit coming through."

Country: Australia
Region: Yarra Valley

$46.00
each

$41.40
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 5 units

Forlong Palomino Blanco 80/20 2022

80% of the Palomino grape comes from the property "Pago of Forlong" (now "Pago de Balbaína baja") and is vinified in a classic way, worked in the winery obtaining the grape must from its berries and fermenting it in its deposits in a totally natural way with a rigorous control of the process. The other 20% of grapes come from the property "Pago Plantalina" (today "Pago de Balbaína alta") and is vinified as a red wine, with grape skins and … more

Country: Spain
Producer: Bodegas Forlong
Region: Andalucia
Sub Region: El Puerto de Santa Maria

$75.00
each

$68.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 8 units

Foxeys Hangout Pinot Gris 2024

Grown biodynamically on the Mornington peninsula, the Foxey's Hangout Gris is as pretty as it comes. Scents of ripe pear and rose petals intermingle with sourdough toast and slate. The palate is fresh but flavoursome, with a wash of natural sweetness tempered by refreshing acidity.

Country: Australia
Region: Mornington Peninsula

$33.00
each

$29.70
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 12+ units

François Chidaine Vin de France (Vouvray) Les Argiles 2021

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Vouvray

$95.00
each

$86.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 1 unit

François Cotat Sancerre Caillots 2023

Importers Notes - "This has superb dimension, unlike any other Sancerre - bright lemon, fresh ginger and white pepper perfumes are lifted and hover over a rocky minerality; the mouth is equally defined yet is made rich with a sensation of silky, full-bodied white fruits. The mouthfeel is chiseled and pure with layers of concentrated flavour. This used to be called "Jeunes Vignes" but François has been vinifing "Caillottes" separately since 2005; the vineyard name refers to a type of … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$140.00
each

$126.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 2 units

François Cotat Sancerre Cuvée Paul 2017

Importers Notes - "From a plot just over 1 hectare in size in Les Monts Damnés, the imposing sweep of vineyards that look down driectly upon Chavignol. This has a deeper tone and pitch than the 'Caillotes' and perhaps a touch more concentration. François's Monts Damnés is clearly the best example of this famous Cru. Reflecting the excellent vintage, this wine is cool and compact, a taut, tightly coiled core of briny minerality; such tension, and exquisite balance. Superb and … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$295.00
each

$266.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 3 units

François Cotat Sancerre La Grande Côte 2023

Importers Notes - "This vineyard is where François has his oldest vines, these days the average age is about 40 years because he has had to replant many of the very old vines as the Sauvignon is susceptible to viruses as it ages and so past 60 years old the vine is usually close to unproductive. This vineyard produces the most flamboyant wines in this collection, there are subtle notes of orchard fruit and more power but don't let that … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$195.00
each

$176.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 2 units

François Cotat Sancerre Monts Damnés 2022

Importers Notes - "From a plot just over 1 hectare in size in Les Monts Damnés, the imposing sweep of vineyards that look down driectly upon Chavignol. This has a deeper tone and pitch than the 'Caillotes' and perhaps a touch more concentration. François's Monts Damnés is clearly the best example of this famous Cru. Reflecting the excellent vintage, this wine is cool and compact, a taut, tightly coiled core of briny minerality; such tension, and exquisite balance. Superb and … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$195.00
each

$176.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 1 unit

François Cotat Sancerre Monts Damnés 2023

Importers Notes - "From a plot just over 1 hectare in size in Les Monts Damnés, the imposing sweep of vineyards that look down driectly upon Chavignol. This has a deeper tone and pitch than the 'Caillotes' and perhaps a touch more concentration. François's Monts Damnés is clearly the best example of this famous Cru. Reflecting the excellent vintage, this wine is cool and compact, a taut, tightly coiled core of briny minerality; such tension, and exquisite balance. Superb and … more

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$195.00
each

$176.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 3 units

François Cotat Sancerre Rosé 2023

Importers Notes - "Cotat's rosé is cult and one of a very small group that benefit from (and in some ways demand) aging. Just like Cotat's whites, with age, it's the terroir that comes to dominate the rosé with a singular minerality. There may be a silky texture and gentle floral notes, but it's the stony minerality that defines old Cotat rosé. Sadly, they're as rare as they are beautiful."

Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Sub Region: Sancerre

$125.00
each

$113.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 2 units

François Mikulski Meursault 2022

"(from Meix Chavaux, Limozin, Les Pelles Dessous, Moulin Landin and Chaumes de Narvaux, which means that much of this blend is from up slope vineyards). A very Meursault-like nose freely reveals its airy and fresh nose of hazelnut, white orchard fruit and acacia blossom. The rich, succulent and generously proportioned medium weight flavors possess a lovely sense of underlying tension that carries over to the lightly stony, clean and refreshingly dry finale."

BURGHOUND

Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Meursault

$300.00
each

$270.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 1 unit

François Mikulski Meursault Meix Chavaux 2022

"Exuberantly fresh and cool aromas are comprised mostly by green apple, lemon-lime, acacia and a touch of crushed anise. There is a bit more body to the gorgeously textured medium weight flavors that exude a more evident bead of minerality on the sleek, bone-dry and youthfully austere finish. This is lovely and pretty much textbook Meix Chavaux as it tends to be austere young." BURGHOUND

Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Meursault

$340.00
each

$306.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 1 unit

Francois Millet & Fils Gevrey-Chambertin Le Fourneau 2018

As you drive from Morey in the south there is a small valley at the start of the Gevry appellation where the Combe is, then you rise up on to the plateau. Le Fourneau sits on the right hand side of the road on this plateau. East facing. Same latitude as Clos de Beze. Apparently in the past there was a furnace in the area, people bringing iron to the site to melt hence the name. Le Fourneau means Furnace, … more

Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Gevrey-Chambertin

$275.00
each

$247.50
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 1 unit

Francois Millet & Fils Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles 2018

A new wine from Francois following the inaugural 2017 vintage. 2019 and 2020 are already in barrel to follow this first release. The 'triangle', Francois loves the elegance offered by this 1er Cru. He highlights that 2018 has given a completeness to the terroir without aggressive tannins. East exposition, lots of Limestone near the surface. 'Spicy', 'Oriental', 'Density' just some of the descriptors Francois uses with this vintage. Bottled in May 2020.

Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Volnay

$350.00
each

$315.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 3 units

Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Mourvedre 2021

Vibrant, translucent ruby in colour. The nose has notes of rose petals, musk and lavender with cranberry, redcurrant, morello cherry, pastrami, sweet spices and terracotta. Though complex, the nose presents as pretty and compact with underlying stoniness, which precisely mimics the first impression in the mouth. There's small red-berry brightness to the medium-bodied palate, and gradually those charcuterie and dry-earth notes emerge with iodine and graphite. Musky, petally perfumes waft over terracotta on a pin-point finish with powdery tannins. An … more

Country: Australia
Producer: Frankland Estate
Region: Frankland River

$54.00
each

$49.00
in a mixed case (6 per case)

Stock: 3 units