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The Oremus wine estate has a long and colourful history, with Tokaji being produced there as early as 1620 by a Calvinist priest called Mate Szepsy Lacko. In 1993, the 33-hectare estate was bought by a Spanish consortium headed by David Álvarez, the owner of Vega Sicilia. The aim at Oremus is to produce Tokaji wines of elegance and balance with perfect harmony between the sweet fruit and natural acidity.

The 2011 vintage has yielded a more elegant and floral interpretation of this Tokaji Aszú wine. The nose has notes of orange blossom and peach, interspersed with honeysuckle and acacia. The palate is beautifully poised with the trademark acidity acting as counterpoint to the noble-rot sweetness. The long finish is fresh and vibrant.

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Il Poggione have done it yet again with a wine of such great quality at such a great price point.  Yet another vintage that confirms this wines quality and status as one of the best in Montalcino.   The wine has a glossy appearance in the glass, almost opaque.  The 2013 has a more svelte quality than maybe the likes of the dark and powerful 2011 – this is a wine full of cherry, cranberry, red fruit on the nose with hints of thyme, coffee/mocha notes. Complex and enticing.  The palate is medium bodied, the acidity is crisp and cooling almost hiding the true depths of the fruit beneath.  Tannins beautifully integrated with a pepper , anise like length.  Very high quality. Resist the temptation to drink early, look at tucking in 2023 – 2030.
Stuart Rae, Private Account Manager

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The nose is surprisingly opulent and weighty, verging on the exotic even. The palate is succulent, not overly full bodied by any means – there is an intrinsic sense of balance here. Going back to the glass this is remarkably drinkable such is the balance and poise. The volume and weight of fruit is remarkable – plump, overt and fabulously moreish! Ideally try to give this 2 or 3 years in the cellar, but if not a quick decant will sufice! Now to late 2020s.
Gary Owen, Private Account Manager

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Mostly made from old vines from Les Cornières and a little bit of Les Charmes, the rich black-purple of the vintage is evident. There is a faint whiff of new oak at first (on account of the one third new barrels) but then the fruit takes over. Great density of flavour, rounded, generous and long.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

We have been buying from David Moreau since his first vintage in 2009 and are delighted to have found such a class act at the southern end of the Côte de Beaune. There were little bits of hail in 2012 here but nothing very serious compared to other appellations. David chose to harvest relatively late, around 27th September, with yields between 18 and 33 hl/ha.
 

Dense, dark-purple in colour, this has powerful, earthy fruit on the nose; in the mouth it is tight and tense, almost chocolatey, with dark fruit and considerable purity on the palate. Take this wine for intensity, the Clos des Mouches for grace.

One of the exciting aspects of a buyer’s job is to discover new talent on the way up: David and Blandine Moreau clearly fit that description. David began his sixth harvest on 11th September for the white wines and 17th September for his more numerous reds. He is happy with the yields, and characterises the 2014s as having “fresh, crunchy fruit”, finding them more concentrated than 2007, not as strict as 2013 and overall a millésime de plaisir.

Possessing more overt fruit and body than the 2012, this Brunate, layers toasted nuts with cherry and savoury graphite and tar notes. Amazing grip and clean acidity underpin the dense, ripe fruit on the core of the wine. Contained power. Drink from 2025+.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Grown from Davide Rosso’s vineyards in Serralunga d’Alba and his vineyard in nearby Roddino, the 2016 Langhe Nebbiolo is an elegant and pure style of Nebbiolo, showcasing the best of the region. There are flavours of morello cherry and chalk on the nose, with a lick of violets and pepper. The palate is crunchy and fresh with strawberry and cherry fruit, refreshing acidity and tightly grained tannins. Drink 2019-2028.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

As the name suggests, ‘Blaufusser Lay’ is a single vineyard wine underpinned by (aristocratic?) blue slate, giving a cooler, smokier, linear expression of Riesling, backed by some seriously taut & pure minerality. A wine that knows where it’s going; a wine that will improve with time. Drinking till 2019+
(David Berry Green)

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The 2013 G Acte 5 was pure joy from barrel and it does not let you down now in bottle. Here we have a lovely nose of red brambly fruit, red cherries and just a touch of vanilla. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp, tensile tannin, tart red fruit with touches of chalk, just a little toughness on the finish but that should soften with another 12-18 months in bottle. Very fine, especially considering the vintage.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate (autumn 2016)
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Baby Brunello (coming from 17-year-old vines) shows its pedigree with its precision and intensity. Notes of bramble fruit, raspberry and kirsch lead on to a structured palate, but it’s deliciously crunchy thanks to its lively acidity. More approachable than Brunello, this is a lot of fun on the table.
Davy yw, Wine Buyer (winter 2018)

This is the second wine of Château Changyu Moser XV, one of China’s most ambitious wine ventures. The château is located in Ningxia, south west of Beijing, a region Lenz Moser enthusiastically compares to Mendoza in Argentina. Moser, of the distinguished Austrian wine family, has worked as a consultant for the Changyu Pioneer Wine Company since 2005.

With its rigid structure and restrained fruit, this Cabernet calls to mind the Old World rather than the New. As such, it should satisfy both the traditionalist and the neophile in every wine drinker.

This South African Cabernet Franc offers intense notes of perfume, violets and herbs on the nose, complimented by subtle oak spiciness. Firm, grippy tannins support the fruit to add wonderful complexity and length on the palate. Flavours of black berries and plums linger on the finish. Matured 15 months in French oak barrels, 25% new.

It’s rare to find a wine made from 100% Cabernet Franc outside the Loire Valley; more often, the varietal is used as a component in Bordeaux-style blends. Here, however, one could almost argue that this 100% Cabernet Franc is the finest red wine in the Oldenburg portfolio.

Located on a hillside adorned by an old copper mine, the wine displays a fine balance of apple and peach fruit and cool minerality, with real finesse. The wine is concentrated, and very long, with not in the slightest whisper of fat. Poised and complete.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)

The Clos in question is a single vineyard, with a distinctive blue clay terroir and more Syrah in the blend, which is shared equally with Grenache. Boundless finesse ensues, with elegant dark fruit flavours to the fore, finely etched tannins and a distinctly peppery lick on the finish. Drink 2020-2024.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer

Delicious wine from proprietor Denis Durantou, who is better known as the magician behind the great Pomerols of L-Eglise Clinet. This relatively nearby vineyard in Lalande has turned out a nice, ripe, rich, medium-bodied, opulent style of wine with lovely mulberry and black cherry fruit, as well as hints of new saddle leather and spice. It is medium-bodied, easygoing and doesn-t have the substance or power to last more than 4 or 5 years, but so what? Drink it up.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate, August 2014