New Arrivals
2020 Argot, Bastard Tongue Pinot Noir, Sonoma County 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
Vintage Production: 200 cases
The Bastard Tongue Pinot Noir is a barrel selection of the top parcels of Sonoma Pinot Noir from Argot's single-vineyard portfolio. The fruit is... sourced from cool-climate sites that Justin has worked with for the past decade. Each one was chosen for its distinct soils and expression of Sonoma County's terroir. The 2020 spent 22 months in 100% new French oak.
£71 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £89.12 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2020 Argot, Bastard Tongue Pinot Noir, Sonoma County 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
Vintage Production: 200 cases
The Bastard Tongue Pinot Noir is a barrel selection of the top parcels of Sonoma Pinot Noir from Argot's single-vineyard portfolio. The fruit is... sourced from cool-climate sites that Justin has worked with for the past decade. Each one was chosen for its distinct soils and expression of Sonoma County's terroir. The 2020 spent 22 months in 100% new French oak.
£850 / Case£70.83 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £1,067.09 / Case, £88.92 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2018 Cliff Lede, High Fidelity, Napa Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 50% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot
Vintage production: 1,142 cases
The Cliff Lede High Fidelity is unlike any other wine produced at the Estate as the... focus in on Cabernet Franc. If you ask any of Napa's top winemakers which varietal they are most excited about, this is the one. Only fruit from a truly brilliant vineyard makes the cut, and for the High Fidelity, David Abreu reserved a parcel of Cab Franc from his 'First Growth' Madrona Ranch Vineyard in western St. Helena. When the same fruit goes into his renowned Abreu Vineyards Madrona Ranch Proprietary Red, you know it's of seriously high quality.
Winemaker Chris Tynan masterfully blends this Cabernet Franc with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and a splash of Petit Verdot from Cliff Lede's Twin Peaks Estate Vineyard in Stags Leap District, and his High Fidelity 2018 is absolutely singing from the word go. As Jeb Dunnuck says, "It's already hard to resist", yet it has everything in place to cellar gracefully for another 10-15 years.
£71 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £89.17 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2018 Cliff Lede, High Fidelity, Napa Valley 12x75cl
Blend: 50% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot
Vintage production: 1,142 cases
The Cliff Lede High Fidelity is unlike any other wine produced at the Estate as the... focus in on Cabernet Franc. If you ask any of Napa's top winemakers which varietal they are most excited about, this is the one. Only fruit from a truly brilliant vineyard makes the cut, and for the High Fidelity, David Abreu reserved a parcel of Cab Franc from his 'First Growth' Madrona Ranch Vineyard in western St. Helena. When the same fruit goes into his renowned Abreu Vineyards Madrona Ranch Proprietary Red, you know it's of seriously high quality.
Winemaker Chris Tynan masterfully blends this Cabernet Franc with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and a splash of Petit Verdot from Cliff Lede's Twin Peaks Estate Vineyard in Stags Leap District, and his High Fidelity 2018 is absolutely singing from the word go. As Jeb Dunnuck says, "It's already hard to resist", yet it has everything in place to cellar gracefully for another 10-15 years.
£840 / Case£70 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £1,055.66 / Case, £87.97 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2019 Arista, UV Lucky Well Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
Vintage production: 657 cases
The Lucky Well vineyard sits atop a knoll on the western edge of the Sebastopol hills outside of the towns of Graton and Sebastopol. The area is... home to some of the most highly acclaimed Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards in the Russian River Valley due in large part to the perfect confluence of soil, climate, and elevation. The vineyard is in an area often referred to as the “banana belt” of the Russian River Valley because, though on the very coolest, foggiest, and western edge of the appellation, it sits on a knoll that rises above the fog line. This feature exposes the fruit to more gentle sunlight, which allows very slow and even ripening across the entire growing season. Arista's 4-acre section was planted in 2008 to Pommard, Swan, and Calera clones of Pinot Noir.
£78 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £96.80 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2015 Cliff Lede, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District 1x75cl
Blend: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Merlot, 7% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc
Vintage production: 4,385 cases
Cliff Lede's iconic Cabernet is the essence of the Estate's Stags Leap... District terroir in a glass. The fruit is sourced from the hillside terraces of the 'Grand Cru' Poetry Vineyard, the Twin Peaks Vineyard estate surrounding the winery, and a few neighbouring vineyards in the Stags Leap District.
The wine is composed of small lots from the best blocks, representing a diverse range of carefully selected clones and rootstocks. From Poetry’s exposed, rocky terraces boasting volcanic origins, to the ancient riverbed alluvial soils of Twin Peaks, the breadth of contributing sites translates into a wine of impressive complexity and longevity.
£58 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £73.44 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2015 Cliff Lede, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District 12x75cl
Blend: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Merlot, 7% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc
Vintage production: 4,385 cases
Cliff Lede's iconic Cabernet is the essence of the Estate's Stags Leap... District terroir in a glass. The fruit is sourced from the hillside terraces of the 'Grand Cru' Poetry Vineyard, the Twin Peaks Vineyard estate surrounding the winery, and a few neighbouring vineyards in the Stags Leap District.
The wine is composed of small lots from the best blocks, representing a diverse range of carefully selected clones and rootstocks. From Poetry’s exposed, rocky terraces boasting volcanic origins, to the ancient riverbed alluvial soils of Twin Peaks, the breadth of contributing sites translates into a wine of impressive complexity and longevity.
£695 / Case£57.92 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £880.08 / Case, £73.34 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2019 Bevan Cellars, Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage production: 320 cases
Russell Bevan is a Titan among Napa winemakers, and his incredible single vineyard reds from 'Grand Cru' sites including the Tench, Beckstoffer... Dr. Crane and Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards are among the Valley's greatest. For those in the know it gets even more exciting with his ultra-rare Sonoma bottlings. These wines show the remarkable breadth of Russell's talent, and why the far western reaches of Sonoma are home to some of the most exciting Chardonnays in the World.
The Ritchie Vineyard is one of the ‘Grand Crus’ of the Russian River Valley and is the source for some of THE best Chardonnays in California. The fruit is highly coveted by winemaking legends Mark Aubert and David Ramey, and Russell’s Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay is the most intense of them all. It’s a wine with bags of cellaring potential, yet its opulence is going to make it hard to resist opening early on.
Russell Bevan: "Our 2019 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay is a powerhouse. while we love to drink our Cabernets Sauvignons and red wine blends young, we have always enjoyed our chardonnays with some maturity. Of course, they are yummy when they are young, but they just have so much intensity that they shine even brighter with a little age. With this vintage we have crafted a wine that will draw a crowd, tomorrow and for years to come. Opulent, dynamic, it pulses key lime, pineapple and a kiss of stone fruit. This wine pulls no punches."
£54 / BottleDuty Status: Duty PaidAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2019 Bevan Cellars, Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage production: 320 cases
Russell Bevan is a Titan among Napa winemakers, and his incredible single vineyard reds from 'Grand Cru' sites including the Tench, Beckstoffer... Dr. Crane and Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards are among the Valley's greatest. For those in the know it gets even more exciting with his ultra-rare Sonoma bottlings. These wines show the remarkable breadth of Russell's talent, and why the far western reaches of Sonoma are home to some of the most exciting Chardonnays in the World.
The Ritchie Vineyard is one of the ‘Grand Crus’ of the Russian River Valley and is the source for some of THE best Chardonnays in California. The fruit is highly coveted by winemaking legends Mark Aubert and David Ramey, and Russell’s Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay is the most intense of them all. It’s a wine with bags of cellaring potential, yet its opulence is going to make it hard to resist opening early on.
Russell Bevan: "Our 2019 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay is a powerhouse. while we love to drink our Cabernets Sauvignons and red wine blends young, we have always enjoyed our chardonnays with some maturity. Of course, they are yummy when they are young, but they just have so much intensity that they shine even brighter with a little age. With this vintage we have crafted a wine that will draw a crowd, tomorrow and for years to come. Opulent, dynamic, it pulses key lime, pineapple and a kiss of stone fruit. This wine pulls no punches."
£615 / Case£51.25 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £776.45 / Case, £64.70 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2012 Scarecrow, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage production: 2,000 cases
Of Napa's great Estates, Scarecrow has perhaps the most interesting story of all. The vineyard in Rutherford was planted in 1945 by... J.J. Cohn, who had moved to California from New York in the 1920s to work in Los Angeles. He quickly rose to become one of Hollywood’s most important figures and became Chief of Production at the illustrious MGM Studios. During the Golden Age of Hollywood he was behind some of the greatest films of all time, including Ben Hur, Gigi and, most famously, The Wizard of Oz!
Cohn's vineyard quickly became a revered source of fruit for some of the most celebrated Napa wines, including Opus One, Phelps Insignia and Inglenook (Niebaum-Coppola). Cohn’s grandson, Brett Lopez, founded his new winery on the property in 2003 and named it Scarecrow in honour of his grandfather. It has since scored a plethora of100 point scores among the major critics, placing forever among Napa’s ‘First Growth’ Estates.
£695 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £837.82 / BottleAvailability: Future Arrival ⋅ Please contact us to know more
2021 Myriad, Beckstoffer Georges III Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage production: 150 cases
120 spectacular hectares in the middle of the valley floor, the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard had its first grapes planted by... Elizabeth Rutherford in 1895. Famed history flows through the veins of this historic vineyard from Georges De La Tour to Andre Tchelistcheff.
This site was put on the map by Mike's former mentor, Thomas Rivers Brown at Schrader Cellars. Mike has now usurped Thomas as the best exponent of this historic Rutherford vineyard with the highest ever scores for a 'G III' Cabernet Sauvignon: potential perfection with 98-100pt WA.
In 1988 the Beckstoffer Georges III was replanted using new Cabernet Sauvignon Clones with tighter spacing and advanced trellising systems enhancing both quality and grape tonnage.
The Myriad Beckstoffer Georges III blocks are positioned on slight uplifts and rolling knolls, offering better drainage, early ripening and delicious and integrated natural acidity. Wonderfully, in 2009 – 73ha were placed under a land conservation easement that forever prohibits non-agricultural development.
£2,340 / Case£195 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £2,854.37 / Case, £237.86 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Myriad, Beckstoffer Georges III Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage production: 150 cases
120 spectacular hectares in the middle of the valley floor, the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard had its first grapes planted by... Elizabeth Rutherford in 1895. Famed history flows through the veins of this historic vineyard from Georges De La Tour to Andre Tchelistcheff.
This site was put on the map by Mike's former mentor, Thomas Rivers Brown at Schrader Cellars. Mike has now usurped Thomas as the best exponent of this historic Rutherford vineyard with the highest ever scores for a 'G III' Cabernet Sauvignon: potential perfection with 98-100pt WA.
In 1988 the Beckstoffer Georges III was replanted using new Cabernet Sauvignon Clones with tighter spacing and advanced trellising systems enhancing both quality and grape tonnage.
The Myriad Beckstoffer Georges III blocks are positioned on slight uplifts and rolling knolls, offering better drainage, early ripening and delicious and integrated natural acidity. Wonderfully, in 2009 – 73ha were placed under a land conservation easement that forever prohibits non-agricultural development.
£197 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £240.26 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Myriad, Beckstoffer Georges III ‘Empyrean’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage production: 200 cases
120 spectacular hectares in the middle of the valley floor, the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard had its first grapes planted by... Elizabeth Rutherford in 1895. Famed history flows through the veins of this historic vineyard from Georges De La Tour to Andre Tchelistcheff.
This site was put on the map by Mike's former mentor, Thomas Rivers Brown at Schrader Cellars. Mike has now usurped Thomas as the best exponent of this historic Rutherford vineyard with the highest ever scores for a 'G III' Cabernet Sauvignon: potential perfection with 98-100pt WA.
In 1988 the Beckstoffer Georges III was replanted using new Cabernet Sauvignon Clones with tighter spacing and advanced trellising systems enhancing both quality and grape tonnage.
The Myriad Beckstoffer Georges III blocks are positioned on slight uplifts and rolling knolls, offering better drainage, early ripening and delicious and integrated natural acidity. Wonderfully, in 2009 – 73ha were placed under a land conservation easement that forever prohibits non-agricultural development.
£2,400 / Case£200 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £2,926.37 / Case, £243.86 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Myriad, Beckstoffer Georges III ‘Empyrean’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage production: 200 cases
120 spectacular hectares in the middle of the valley floor, the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard had its first grapes planted by... Elizabeth Rutherford in 1895. Famed history flows through the veins of this historic vineyard from Georges De La Tour to Andre Tchelistcheff.
This site was put on the map by Mike's former mentor, Thomas Rivers Brown at Schrader Cellars. Mike has now usurped Thomas as the best exponent of this historic Rutherford vineyard with the highest ever scores for a 'G III' Cabernet Sauvignon: potential perfection with 98-100pt WA.
In 1988 the Beckstoffer Georges III was replanted using new Cabernet Sauvignon Clones with tighter spacing and advanced trellising systems enhancing both quality and grape tonnage.
The Myriad Beckstoffer Georges III blocks are positioned on slight uplifts and rolling knolls, offering better drainage, early ripening and delicious and integrated natural acidity. Wonderfully, in 2009 – 73ha were placed under a land conservation easement that forever prohibits non-agricultural development.
£202 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £246.26 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2019 Arista, Ritchie Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage production: 213 cases
Arista's expression of the Ritchie Vineyard is made all the more exciting as Matt Courtney is renowned for his 10 year tenure at Marcassin -... arguably California's most illustrious Chardonnay producer - where he had a hand in multiple 100 point scoring wines.
First planted in 1972 on the sandy Goldridge soils of the Russian River Valley, the Ritchie Vineyard is regarded as one of Sonoma's 'Grand Cru' sites. The complex terroir of ancient seabed, volcanic ash deposits and pockets of tufa rocks combine to create a unique vineyard that produces wines of intensity and great natural acidity.
£64 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £80.00 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Vineyard 36, OVR Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Hailing from the Oakville Ranch Vineyard in the iron rich, volcanic foothills of eastern Oakville, the OVR label changes with every new year, every passing season. It... represents the importance of the night sky in the lengthy wine-making process. It highlights the magic that happens each time the sun sets on another day in Napa Valley.
Winemaker Keith Emerson: "Punching aromatics, riper profile, blackberry pie, black cherry, all-spice with hints of nutmeg and baking spice from the barrel. Dried lavender, opulent, structured throughout but a powerful Cabernet Sauvignon from the Plateau block within Oakville Ranch Vineyard."
£1,800 / Case£150 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £2,198.45 / Case, £183.20 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Vineyard 36, OVR Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Hailing from the Oakville Ranch Vineyard in the iron rich, volcanic foothills of eastern Oakville, the OVR label changes with every new year, every passing season. It... represents the importance of the night sky in the lengthy wine-making process. It highlights the magic that happens each time the sun sets on another day in Napa Valley.
Winemaker Keith Emerson: "Punching aromatics, riper profile, blackberry pie, black cherry, all-spice with hints of nutmeg and baking spice from the barrel. Dried lavender, opulent, structured throughout but a powerful Cabernet Sauvignon from the Plateau block within Oakville Ranch Vineyard."
£150 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £183.20 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Vineyard 36, Five Bands Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
The Five Bands is the team's selection of best barrels from across their vineyards, celebrated with a striking label that plays tribute to the NHL's ultimate prize:... the Stanley Cup. The four vineyards that make up this stunning wine are Beckstoffer Georges III in Rutherford, and Renteria 360, Rivett, and Oakville Ranch Vineyards in Oakville.
Four Corners Wine
“This is a fantastic Cabernet from the word go, with an amazing depth of aromatics and a delicate perfumed note framing the super-dense core with more of that briary fruit and sweet east-Asian spices, punctuated with a flicker of balsamic reduction. The palate is pure refinement, with amazing balance of intensity and elegance, sumptuous tannins, great energy and tension. This is seriously good Cabernet Sauvignon with the same super-contemporary feel and attention to details that shines across the Vineyard 36 portfolio. The Five Bands feels like the team’s love letter to Napa Cabernet and it’s a wine of immense class.”
£2,180 / Case£181.67 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £2,662.08 / Case, £221.84 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Vineyard 36, Five Bands Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
The Five Bands is the team's selection of best barrels from across their vineyards, celebrated with a striking label that plays tribute to the NHL's ultimate prize:... the Stanley Cup. The four vineyards that make up this stunning wine are Beckstoffer Georges III in Rutherford, and Renteria 360, Rivett, and Oakville Ranch Vineyards in Oakville.
Four Corners Wine
“This is a fantastic Cabernet from the word go, with an amazing depth of aromatics and a delicate perfumed note framing the super-dense core with more of that briary fruit and sweet east-Asian spices, punctuated with a flicker of balsamic reduction. The palate is pure refinement, with amazing balance of intensity and elegance, sumptuous tannins, great energy and tension. This is seriously good Cabernet Sauvignon with the same super-contemporary feel and attention to details that shines across the Vineyard 36 portfolio. The Five Bands feels like the team’s love letter to Napa Cabernet and it’s a wine of immense class.”
£182 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £222.24 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Vineyard 36, The Black Aces, Napa Valley 12x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
The dark label of the Black Aces bottle represents the strength, determination, and perseverance of the Black Aces who silently support each NHL team, always ready to... jump in at a moment’s notice for the team’s greater good.
This wine behind the label is a blend world-class Cabernet Sauvignon from the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard in eastern Rutherford, and Renteria Vineyard in northern Oakville. They all come together in synergy, effortlessly blending the expected with the unexpected, to produce a beautifully balanced wine.
Winemaker Keith Emerson:
"Cassis, violets, black currant and graphite enters fresh and lively with amazing energy and plushness. Some blue fruits as well on the mid-palate, firm and structured tannins expressing a true mountain profile petrichor, coffee grounds, cocoa powder with excellent richness and concentration."
Four Corners Wine:
“Talk about putting a smile on your face! The fruit-driven aromatics of the delicious Cab are so vibrant with a lovely ‘briary’ frame and really slatey minerality, wrapped up with crisp savoury notes. The palate is so fresh, vibrant, and intense, amazing in its immediacy. The core is fleshy, juicy, with a great fruit profile and real clarity. Expressive and impressively structured, this is a great flagbearer for the new breed of exciting and modern Napa Cabs. Pull a cork anytime over the coming 15+ years.” (Sep. 2023)
£1,210 / Case£100.83 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £1,496.93 / Case, £124.74 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Vineyard 36, The Black Aces, Napa Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
The dark label of the Black Aces bottle represents the strength, determination, and perseverance of the Black Aces who silently support each NHL team, always ready to... jump in at a moment’s notice for the team’s greater good.
This wine behind the label is a blend world-class Cabernet Sauvignon from the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard in eastern Rutherford, and Renteria Vineyard in northern Oakville. They all come together in synergy, effortlessly blending the expected with the unexpected, to produce a beautifully balanced wine.
Winemaker Keith Emerson:
"Cassis, violets, black currant and graphite enters fresh and lively with amazing energy and plushness. Some blue fruits as well on the mid-palate, firm and structured tannins expressing a true mountain profile petrichor, coffee grounds, cocoa powder with excellent richness and concentration."
Four Corners Wine:
“Talk about putting a smile on your face! The fruit-driven aromatics of the delicious Cab are so vibrant with a lovely ‘briary’ frame and really slatey minerality, wrapped up with crisp savoury notes. The palate is so fresh, vibrant, and intense, amazing in its immediacy. The core is fleshy, juicy, with a great fruit profile and real clarity. Expressive and impressively structured, this is a great flagbearer for the new breed of exciting and modern Napa Cabs. Pull a cork anytime over the coming 15+ years.” (Sep. 2023)
£101 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £124.94 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2021 Lail Vineyards, Georgia Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 6x75cl
Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage production: 416 cases
Following it's inaugural 2002 vintage release, Robin Lail's Georgia single-handedly revolutionised Sauvignon Blanc in California.
Georgia... was inspired by her winemaker Philippe Melka’s time working at Château Haut Brion, where he fell in love with Haut Brion Blanc. They were among the first to use the same winemaking approach in Napa to produce a Sauvignon Blanc of the same exceptional quality and ageworthy style, as good as any other in the world.
When Robert Parker famously described the Georgia as "California's most complex and multi-dimensional Sauvignon Blanc" Robin and Philippe's instincts were proved right.
This is a wine characterised by energy, richness and remarkable depth, always differentiated by the nuances of each vintage.
£825 / Case£137.50 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £1,009.22 / Case, £168.20 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2015 Soliste, L’Age D’Or Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage production: 417 cases
L’Age D’Or comes from a vineyard just north of Sebastopol adjacent to the Laguna de Santa Rosa, the largest tributary of the Russian River.... Originally planted in 1971, these are among the oldest Chardonnay vines in the Russian River Valley. The vineyard is immaculately and sustainably managed.
Having white Burgundies as benchmarks, especially the wines of Raveneau, Jobard and Coche-Dury, Don and Claude were never to anxious to even attempt to craft Chardonnay in the new world as they had always felt that the wines were sometimes over the top with buttery pop corn mouth feel, way too much oak, high alcohol and clunky.
Their success with Sauvignon Blanc, and especially with St. Andelain, convinced them to begin a three year commitment with a fabulous, well-established vineyard in the Russian River Valley. Their willingness to experiment with different vinification as well as aging for 16 months in 600L thick stave barrels (44% new) results in a Chardonnay of great elegance, length and verve; very Meursault-like.
£43 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £54.80 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
2018 Arista, Banfield Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 1x75cl
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage production: 650
Banfield Vineyard is one of the oldest vineyards in Sonoma County, and the entire state of California. The Chardonnay blocks were planted around 1980 and the 40-year-old vines continue to produce a tiny crop of the most intensely flavoured and aromatic Chardonnay.
£65 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £81.74 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days