1

The Wine Wonderland

All of the Wine!


We Won! 2022 Italian, Piedmont & Burgundy List in OZ!


Tasting 1,000's of Wine, Writing 1,000,000's of Words & Drinking Just a Few Bottles has its Rewards!

2021 Best Italian, Chianti & Champagne List

Filters & Sorting

Showing 1627 Delicious Wines!

Great intensity and transparency! Power and grace. Excellent acid and flavour profile. Long, tight, brooding. Waiting to explode. Sophistaction and restraint. Layered and complex with a hint of flint. A very good energy and freshness. Line and length. Youthful and estery at the moment. Will require patience. The 2020er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese offers a superbly spicy, herbal, and refreshing nose of rosemary, vineyard peach, almond cream, white flowers, mint, and cassis. The w
$119
$114ea in any 3+
$109ea in any 6+
What a way to start DOCG Barolo!

Massolino Barolo DOCG 2019

Nebbiolo | Serralunga d'Alba, Italy

Diam. First produced in 1911, the fruit for Massolino’s classic cuvée is selected from seven sites across roughly seven hectares of prime-sited Serralunga vineyards. The most important of these sites—Briccolina, Collareto, Broglio and Le Turne—are dotted around the town itself (Le Turne borders Margheria, while Collareto lies next to Vigna Rionda)—so we are talking quality real estate. The 2019 also includes a little declassified fruit from Massolino’s Parussi Cru. Vine age varies fro
$119
$114ea in any 3+
$109ea in any 6+
Old vine depth & persistence
Lovely limpid color bright. Nose detailed cool fruits red fruit focused hint of rose petal and a lick of new oak. Palate is tight and super fresh and intense but also has an airy lightness to it. Tannins are slightly sinewy and grippy to close but the elevated fruit and texture carry long. Pure and focused Drink 2023-2038 Tom Carson
$119
$104ea in any 3+
$99ea in any 6+
Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette 'Vielles Vignes Sable' MAGNUM 2022
Ridiculous Yields!
I haven't had a chance to taste these and reviews aren't out yet. Given the consistency and the comments on the vintage below from Bouland and Morris they're just a no brainer. One of the wineries I buy from each year without hesitation. Expect them to have an extra degree of sophistication compared with other recent releases. Wine specific importer notes below. Even Bouland himself struggled to find fault in his wines from what is an outstanding vintage for Beaujolais. “I’m not co
$119
$114ea in any 3+
$109ea in any 6+

Daniel Bouland Morgon Délys MAGNUM 2022

Gamay Noir | Morgon, Beaujolais

Super refined and long with the finish offering all kinds of florals and exotic spice! I haven't had a chance to taste these and reviews aren't out yet. Given the consistency and the comments on the vintage below from Bouland and Morris they're just a no brainer. One of the wineries I buy from each year without hesitation. Expect them to have an extra degree of sophistication compared with other recent releases. Wine specific importer notes below. Even Bouland himself struggled to find
$119
$114ea in any 3+
$109ea in any 6+
Masculine Precise

Domenico Clerico Barolo 2013

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barolo (sub-region)

From one of the Barolo Boys, it's only fitting that 2013 has ended up as the release in the year of Domenico's Passing A Barolo with a great purity of darker fruit, hints of tar, and, a perfumed lift of violets. Just a lick of oak adding to the wine's complexity. Lovely generosity and length of fruit. Long even tannins.
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+

André Clouet V6 Experience NV

Pinot Noir | Champagne, Bouzy

This is very, very clever winemaking! This is very, very clever winemaking. Typically blended from a couple of strong vintages separated by a few year with a good slug of reserve wine builds richness and mid-palate weight. The cleverest play comes with the second fermentation and disgorgement: the seal used for the bottle during second fermentation allows a tiny amount of oxygen in each year. This promotes character development, harmonising the blend and layering in new elements. The bea
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+

Albino Rocca ‘Ronchi’ Barbaresco 2017

Nebbiolo | Barbaresco, Italy

Wow! Tagged as the best holding of the estate you can see why! “The 2017 Barbaresco Ronchi is terrific. Dark, ample and resonant, the Ronchi envelops all the senses from the very first taste. Succulent red cherry, plum, rose petal, spice, mint and licorice all build as the Ronchi shows off its considerable allure. Readers will have a very hard time keeping their hands off this jewel of a wine from the Rocca family.” Antonio Galloni
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+

Cogno Barolo ‘Cascina Nuova’ 2017

Nebbiolo | Novello, Italy

A very pretty entry-level offering from Elvio Cogno. Bright red berry and lifted floral notes pair nicely with the wine's gracious, mid-weight feel. Silky tannins match the wine's finely sculpted, saline-infused personality. "The 2017 Barolo Cascina Nuova is an attractive wine to drink now and over the next decade or so. Bright red-toned fruit, crushed rose petal and mint open in the glass. The tannins are a bit grainy, but I would not push my luck too far on aging." Antonio Galloni, Vinous
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+

Bilancia Kaikora Chardonnay 2021

Chardonnay | New Zealand, Hawke's Bay

Delicious fine long acid, a little funk and cracked yeast coming through. Loads of energy and freshness. A presence line and length of fruit, subtle oak, excellent flow. Citrus and hints of pith. Fun vino great expression. Energy. Sophistication. Grown on a Central Hawkes Bay vineyard of decomposed clay one of the soils of Sancerre. Tasting the 2020 with Warren and Lorraine last year was inspiring. The family and a few friends banded together to pick this in the enforced Covid bubbles o
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+

Borgogno Barolo DOCG 2019

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barolo

I have the pleasure of seeing many side by side comparisons. Tasting the 'No Name' next to the Normale from 2016 was a beauty of a duo. The comparison showed just how much Borgogno has evolved over the last decade. Keeping a foot firmly planted in history the wines are still made in a traditional way with longer contact with skins and ageing in large oak. Cellar practices and tannin management have been refined yielding wines of fruit expression with supple textures and a good deal of sophist
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+
Delicious, Elegant and Sophisticated!
Alessandro looked after the Bartolo-Mascarello vineyards & wines for 20years! We're talking one of the cult producers of Barolo! Personality+++ An elegance here, perfume lifting from the glass. Savoury with a splash of chocolate, black tea, blood orange wrapped around a core of bright red fruits. This is just divine drinking right now. A demonstration in just how well young Barolo can drink. Well through puberty, excellent development, plenty of intrigue, layered aromas drawing you in. Li
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+

E. Pira (Chiara Boschis) Langhe Nebbiolo 2021

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barolo

From Ravera in Monforte. As the vines age they will make Barolo! From Ravera in Monforte, this is made from the youngest vines (that will eventually be made as Barolo) and is made the same way as her three Barolos and then aged in barriques for twelve months. As a baby Barolo, this has some serious pedigree with rich, plush fruit of red berries with crushed flowers. Hard to beat for the money and an ‘affordable’ cellaring option.
$120
$115ea in any 3+
$110ea in any 6+
Old vine depth & persistence
Hallmark Guillard length, depth, energy and juicy natural acid. A bolder incarnation than the highly perfumed 2019. Still very much brooding, demanding time. Everything is in it's place. As usual the tannin quality and mouthfeel are superb. Patience! This will be stunning in 15+ years needing at least 5 to starting showing its full potential. Deep crimson deep purple tints, very deep color. The nose is layered with berry fruit, raspberry, wild strawberry, again cassis enters the fray with
$121
$116ea in any 3+
$111ea in any 6+
They understand the rule book so have thrown it away only to be used when they know they need to. I guess that's what 150 years of making wine can give you! The 2016 of this was a cracker. True to the vintage & site with bold yet refined structure. The 2019 is again a cracker and true to vintage. This time all grace and elegance from what is proving a classic year. Beautifully weighted, the body of this slightly warmer vineyard with the clarity and sophistication of 2019 Barbaresco. Rich
$121
$116ea in any 3+
$111ea in any 6+
The Godfather of the Saar makes truly special wine deserving of the title! AP: 01 22. The 2021er Riesling Scharzhof is a fruity-styled wine made from the Estate’s holdings in the Saarburger Rausch, the Oberemmeler Rosenberg, the Wiltinger Kupp, and the Wiltinger Braunfels. This white-yellow colored wine offers a stunning nose of citrusy fruits, white peach sorbet, mint, cassis, and smoke. It offers a superbly bright acidity which is beautifully balanced by fruitiness on the palate. The f
$121
$116ea in any 3+
$111ea in any 6+