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• Red Wine

  2017 Philip Shiraz, Mount Pleasant

  £1795

  Mount Pleasant, based in the Hunter Valley, was established in 1921 by the legendary winemaker Maurice O’Shea, from 16.3 hectares of adjoining parcels of land, which he named Mount Pleasant.

  Inspired by the first visit of a reigning monarch to Australia in 1954, Mount Pleasant ‘Philip’ Shiraz is the personification of a distinguished family history dating back more than 130 years. Made in an authentic Hunter Shiraz style, this complex wine is crafted from small parcels cultivated in the premium subregion of Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley.

  Ample notes of fresh red and black berried fruits, subtle oak spice and hints of blueberry lead to a beautifully balanced palate with finely woven tannins and impeccable length.

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• Red Wine

  2022 Cruel Mistress Pinot Noir, Larry Cherubino

  £1995

  This gorgeous Pinot Noir from Larry Cherubino is made with fruit from the Great Southern region of Western Australia.   The nose shows graphite and minerals, juicy black cherries with a hint of spicy oak plays a supporting role.  The palate is softly textured, fresh and vibrant, the flavours of black cherry and earthy beetroot carried along by a fine acid finish.

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• Sparkling

  `A` By Arras Premium Cuvée NV, House of Arras

  £1995

  A by House of Arras Premium Cuvee has a complex and inviting aroma with nuances of forest floor, nougat, exotic spice and lanolin. The palate has opulent flavours reminiscent of lychee, butter sauteed mushroom, natural yoghurt and fresh oyster.  This elegantly structured wine has a fantastic balance of freshness with persistence and depth of flavour.

  Ed Carr is Australia’s most awarded sparkling winemaker with 34 years of experience in the Australian wine industry – 27 of these involved with sparkling wine production. He has long held the belief that Tasmania can, and should, produce exceptional sparkling wines equal to the world’s best. Over the past 20 years, Ed Carr has amassed more than 100 trophies in Australian wine shows including 21 consecutive “Best Sparkling White Wine of Show” trophies at capital city wine shows.

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• Red Wine

  2019 The Feral Fox Pinot Noir, d’Arenberg

  £2095

  Fabulous! This wine sings in the glass. Gently poached strawberry compote with twists of maraschino cherry. Given time in the glass will leave you wanting more. As it opens the palate offers touches of truffle, spice and forest floor adding layers of serious complexity. A bright acid backbone is a guarantee that this wine will develop with attitude and grace.   Classic Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir.

  THE NAME: The feral foxes that inhabit the Adelaide Hills have developed an appetite for grapes and can often be found eating low hanging bunches during vintage. Chester says that he is nor bothered by this as these bushy-tailed critters act as crop thinners and enhance the quality of grapes that are too high for them to reach. It also has the secondary effect of providing a natural source of fertilisation when the laxative nature of the grapes take effect on the normally carnivorous foxes.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine

  NV Croser ‘Adelaide Hills’ Sparkling, Petaluma

  £2150

  Petaluma Croser sparkling wine is a truly awesome wine and seriously good value, a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, made by the Champagne method.

  The Chardonnay offers nectarine, cashews and biscuity characters — the backbone of the Croser Non-Vintage palate — with the Pinot Noir providing a fine mousse and strawberry fruit lift. Incredibly bubbly, with a long-lasting dry finish.

  As is the tradition with non-vintage Champagne, this wine is a blend of the current vintage Croser with reserve wine from several older vintages — with each vintage adding distinctive qualities to the final blend. Croser Non Vintage stays true to the ‘aperitif’ style of Vintage Croser, showcasing a rich, full blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from selected sites in the cool climate Piccadilly Valley and other parts of the Adelaide Hills.

  Hand-picked fruit is whole bunch pressed or crushed and pressed, with the free-run juice then fermented using Petaluma’s specially selected yeast strain in barrique and tank. The tiraged sparkling wine is left to age on yeast lees for 12 months and disgorged on demand — this ensures the wine retains optimum freshness and vitality.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine

  Croser Sparkling Rose, Petaluma

  £2195

  Croser Non-Vintage Rose is a perfect partner to the Croser Non-Vintage Sparkling wine. A blend of 100% Pinot Noir fruit sourced from selected cool-climate vineyards across the Adelaide Hills and combined with several back vintage reserve wines of Pinot Noir delivers a sophisticated Methode traditionelle Rose Sparkling.  Fruit for this wine was harvested after our Pinot Noir for Vintage Croser to allow the fruit to develop some riper flavours and aromas adding to its complexity.

  In the glass, the wine has a rich creamy mousse and layers of complexity with aromas of raspberries, strawberries and pomegranates combining with the biscuity, nutty brioche finish. A perfect aperitif wine, made in the renowned Croser style.

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• Red Wine

  2022 Laissez Faire Pinot Noir, Larry Cherubino

  £2650

  Earthy beetroot, red cherry and red/flowery fruit bouquet are supported by spicy oak aromas. The palate follows suit with beetroot, cherry and flowery/red fruit, fine tannins and a soft texture

  Laissez-Faire means “let it be” and this reflects the hands-off approach that winemaker Larry Cherubino employs.  He has learnt from organics, bio-dynamics and natural wine practices, but is not dictated by one school of thought. Larrys says ‘ We don’t subscribe to dogma. You could call them natural wines, but we like to think of them as post-natural wines.  We believe in healthy and sustainable vineyard practices and winemaking transparency with as little as possible between the vine and finished wine‘

  In the Laissez-Faire wines, there’s no added tannin, or acid, or animal fining products. There is zero sulfur used throughout the winemaking and only a minimal amount at bottling. They are using alternate varieties and blends to make naturally balanced wines.   From vine to bottle, the wine takes its course, hands-free.  The wines are also vegan friendly.

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• Champagne & Sparkling Wine

  2013 Croser Vintage Sparkling, Petaluma

  £2795

  Petaluma Croser is one of the true premium quality sparklings produced in Australia.

  In the glass, this magnificent 2013 vintage Croser is complex, elegant and creamy with a nose redolent of honey and cashew and an alluring citrus lift. The palate shows wild strawberry Pinot characters alongside a more buttery nectarine Chardonnay before a soft yeasty finish buoyed by green apple acidity.   36 months on lees really adds to the complexity of this outstanding wine.

  All of the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes for Croser are grown in Petaluma’s Piccadilly Valley vineyards at between 400 and 500 metres ASL, on the cool south and west facing slopes of Mount Lofty and Mount Bonython in the coolest viticultural region in South Australia.

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• Red Wine

  2021 Peninsula Pinot Noir, Paringa Estate

  £3100

  Fruit for Paringa Estate’s Peninsula Pinot is sourced from their own vineyards in Red Hill and from a few other carefully selected vineyards around the Peninsula.

  In the glass, it has perfumed aromatics of violets, ripe cherries and plum which are trailed by some anise, fresh herb and spice notes. Delicious cherry and plum fruits inundate the mouth, underpinned by subtle anise, light forest floor and spicy fresh herb infusions. Supple mid-palate feel with velvety tannins, finishing with a lick of bright acidity. Excellent power wave with a long moreish aftertaste.  Drink over the next 4-5 years – will keep a lot longer if you avoid the temptation!

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• White Wine

  2014 Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay, Giant Steps

  £3200

  Chardonnays from the Tarraford vineyard are exceptional and the best description I have ever seen writer is by Australian wine writer Mike Bennie, so here it is:

  The One That Goes All Minerally. Huge mineral feel, indeed, you paste this into the section under Wine Minerality in an encyclopaedia. All pebbles and talc in perfume, sure, some citrus, citrus blossom, faint bread dough notes, but you’re drawn to the flint and element rocky notes primarily. The palate does the same, flint, wet slate, smooth pebbles rolled around the palate, olive brine, green apple juice and lime comes in too. Feels quite firm despite a sense of juiciness and being dart-shaped and long. Finishes with the faintest kiss of salted nuttiness. Just beautiful. Poised and fine.
  95 points, Mike Bennie

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• Red Wine

  2018 Pinot Noir, Ocean Eight

  £3500

  Ocean Eight are owned by the Aylward family – founders of the renowned Kooyong winery.   Winemaker Mike Aylward produces stunning cool climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, taking influence from the great old world wine regions of Alsace, Burgundy and Champagne.

  This is a modern style Pinot Noir with a complex nose full of dark red cherries, a touch of vanilla complemented by hints of Earl Grey tea and rhubarb. The palate is beautifully knitted together with soft, velvety tannins in a supple yet rich style.

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• White Wine

  2010 Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay, Giant Steps

  £3600

  The Tarraford vineyard has some of the oldest chardonnay in the Yarra Valley, and that is reflected in this deliciously intense and structured 2010 vintage. The palate is very textural and complex, (judicious use of lees) full of lemon curd, grapefruit and impressive minerality. Lovely toasty notes finish this wine, and it has certainly aged very well and will drink very well for the next few years.

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• White Wine

  2012 Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay, Giant Steps

  £3600

  2012 was a fantastic Yarra Valley vintage and that coupled with grapes from the exceptional Tarraford vineyard makes this wine a star of the vintage.
  Line and length are on show here along with the orange citrus characters that are hallmarks of this wine. Nectarine, almonds, sourdough bread with hints of smoke and toast. The oak is very integrated and adds to overall texture and complexity without dominating. The finish is emphatic – this stunning chardy is coming into the best years of its life.

  The 8.5ha Tarraford Vineyard is planted on grey clay-loam soils across north, south and east-facing slopes in the Tarrawarra area of the lower Yarra Valley. It was planted in 1988. The sheltered location is in a warmer part of the valley but enjoys a microclimate cooler than neighbouring sites. Chardonnay grown here has natural high acidity and typically shows persistent flavour, tight, fine structure and a zesty, lemon/grapefruit finish.

  The grapes for this wine are picked early, by hand, for freshness, whole-bunch pressed and then fermented in 500 litre French oak puncheons using natural, indigenous yeasts. The wine spends another nine months on lees, in oak (20% new) with lees-stirring in the first month only.

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• White Wine

  2012 Arthurs Creek Chardonnay, Giant Steps

  £3600

  The most restrained of the single-vineyard chardonnays from Giant Steps, this has an air of power to it.    The 2012 Arthurs Creek Chardonnay is a wine of wonderful texture and intensity has is representative of its old vine vineyard. Marked by punchy, pineapple and citrus aromas, this is a medium-bodied Chardonnay with ample richness and texture. Custard and citrus flavours finish long and mouthwatering.  This wine is a rare beast as it is no longer made.   A delicious taste of history!

   

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  Red Wine

  2019 Up the Hill Pinot Noir, Ten Minutes By Tractor

  £4200

  The ‘Up The Hill’ from Ten Minutes is the lighter, more fragrant estate expression of Pinot Noir.

  Selected from the Main Ridge vineyards – ‘up the hill’, this wine speaks of the subregion with lifted spice – hints of cinnamon, cardamon and crushed Autumn leaves intertwined with a potpourri of strawberry, red fruit, rose petal & violets.   A mouth filling palate with beautiful balance and length.  Drink from 2022 -2029.

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