Feinherb

While there is no strict definition, nor is it legally defined within German wine law, many growers use Feinherb to indicate quality wines that are off-dry. Today it is commonly used in place of the less popular designation ‘halbtrocken’.

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Feinherb is a traditional German term that indicates quality. It has been permitted on German wine labels since 2000 but is actually part of an older set of terms used to describe the sweetness and quality of German Rieslings. While there is no strict definition, nor is it legally defined within German wine law, many growers use it for quality wines that are off-dry. Feinherb is often used in place of the less popular traditional designation ‘halbtrocken’, as well as for wines that are slightly sweeter than regulations dictate for halbtrocken wines.

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Terre Nere 'Le Vigne Niche Montalto' Etna Bianco 2024

Carricante from Etna, Sicily

Terre Nere ‘Le Vigne Niche Montalto’ Etna Bianco 2024

Creamy and layered with a clean sweep of salinity framing flavours of golden apple, yellow plum, green almond and preserved lemon, plus fragrant hints of broom and wild thyme. Expands nicely on the palate but shows good tension and zesty drive through the racy finish.Wine Spectator 94 Points

Vintage 2024
$124
$119ea in any 3+
$114ea in any 6+
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Trimbach Clos Sainte Hune Riesling MAG 2017
Divine, Pure, Delicious!

Riesling from Alsace, France

Trimbach Clos Sainte Hune Riesling MAG 2017

Ask any Riesling tragic the Top 5 Rieslings in the World & they'll have Clos Sainte Hune on their list! Each region around the world has epic producers, in Alsace you think of Albert Mann, Zind Humbrecht, Ostertag and always Trimbach. Trimbach has certainly had plenty of practice. In only nine years they’ll celebrate the families 400thyear making wine! The first celebrated release of Clos Ste Hune was in 1919."Vivid straw-green with gold highlights. Highly aromatic on the nose, revealing

Vintage 2017 Magnum 1.5L
$1,390
$1370ea in any 3+
$1350ea in any 6+
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Recaredo Corpinnat 'Turó d'en Mota' Brut Nature 2009

Monastrell from Penedès, Catalunya

Recaredo Corpinnat ‘Turó d’en Mota’ Brut Nature 2009

Incredible! Toasty development shows on opening quickly making way for an energetic perfume as the wine opens beautifully freshening and building energy. Excellent length and depth. Quite delicious, wonderful chalky, phenolic, texture graced by a cleansing bitter line. The mousse is complete and seamless. Subtle cereal character akin to a great Vino di Pasto. The core of flavour has a transparency and delicacy complexed by fresh green and woody.  Such is the importance of this gastronomic wine

Vintage 2009
$415
$400ea in any 3+
$385ea in any 6+
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Domaine Marc-Antonin Blain Chassagne-Montrachet 1er 'Morgeot' Rouge 2021

Pinot Noir from Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte du Beaune

Domaine Marc-Antonin Blain Chassagne-Montrachet 1er ‘Morgeot’ Rouge 2021

About Domaine Marc-Antonin Blain Marc-Antonin Blain, son of Jean-Marc and Claudine, grew up among the vineyards of Chassagne, but it was the vintages he spent abroad in Australia and New Zealand that inspired his passion for winemaking. Back in France, under the guidance of his grandfather Jacques Gagnard – an atypical figure in the world […]

Vintage 2021
$220
$210ea in any 3+
$200ea in any 6+
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