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Lagare

Shallow, thigh deep, open granite tanks used for fermenting Port wines.

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Tags: Late Bottled Vintage Port, Port, Tawny Port, Vintage Port

Shallow, thigh deep, open granite tanks used for fermenting Port wines. After the fruit is placed in the lagare it is foot stomped in a process called the corte, the cut. This gently extracts all colour, tannin and flavour from the grapes.

Watch Port being made at Taylor’s in the Duoro valley in these two videos.

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Domaine Schoffit Crémant d'Alsace (Base 2019) NV
Base 2019, this is fun! Lovely set of flavours with an entrancing perfume. Crisp with cut. 3 years on lees disgorged November 2022 with a 2g/l. 12 months on it’s in a great place. Layered, with a finely textured mousse. Time in bottle and glass sees it resolved and out to play. Excellent mid-palate weight. Full of interest and intrigue with all of the development and textural refinement you would expect from a decent bottle of champagne at half the price!60% Auxerrois, 20% Pinot Blanc an
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Domaine Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune 1er 'Clos de la Mousse' 2019
Here's an example of elegance and sophistication. Bouchard is honouring its birthplace, Beaune, in style. Bright, energetic, a wonderful perfume entices. Beautifully weight flavours match wonderfully fine tannins. Burghound's notes on release almost 4 years ago see the complexity he expected to develop present now. A triumph at a very modest price compared to many others.Paul Kaan, WINE DECODED Sept 2025Aromas of spiced plum, black cherry and a touch of warm earth are trimmed in admi
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Bilancia Syrah 2020

Bilancia Syrah 2020

Shiraz/Syrah | New Zealand, Hawke's Bay

This comes from 20 yo vines from property next door with some La Collina pressings.Subtle, the flow here is more even long & supple than the 2019. Mid-weight with excellent red dark and spiced fruit, sophisticated and elegant. Musk, perfume, flow. Fresh elegant, sophisticated. Energetic and fresh and thirst quenching. Beautifully weighted. Fine long even. Lovely build in tannin. Subtle sophisticated spice and a little licorice. Very bloody good!Tasting the 2020 with Warren and L
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Oddero Barolo Riserva 'Vigna Rionda' 2012
THIS IS EPIC! Vigna Rionda is responsible for some of the most singular and divine Barolo made. Intoxicating dark, earthy perfumes match seamlessly with wonderful flavours, and, divine textures making for heart-racing drinking! It's for this reason that the unique wines of Vigna Rionda are considered more than just wine from Serralunga, but, Barolo from Vigna Rionda!Only a handful of Poderi Oddero's Barolo Riserva 'Vigna Rionda' make it into the country!The 2012 was release late 2021 a
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