Lagare


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

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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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Auguste Clape “Le Vin des Amis” 2019

Shiraz/Syrah | Rhône Valley, Cornas

The least expensive, but still ageworthy, wine is the Le Vin des Amis, a blend of young-vine Cornas and Syrah grown just south of the village.
$105
$101ea in any 3+
$97ea in any 6+
Giovanni Sordo Barolo 'Parussi' 2021
ID 92+

Giovanni Sordo Barolo ‘Parussi’ 2021

Nebbiolo | Piedmont, Barolo

Dark horse. Brooding, it looks a little mean at the moment. It will definitely fall into line and become a generous and juicy wine. A gravity and immediate presence to it. A load of complexity here a little coffee and tea and bit more Serralunga. Long firm tannins. ID 92+ Points**Arriving in multiple tranches beginning September + beginning of October 2025**
$173
$166ea in any 3+
$159ea in any 6+
A combination of three parcels throughout the famous Sanford & Benedict vineyard. Two of the plantings are 10-12 years old, but certainly responsible for the dark, deep core of this wine. The third piece, a small fermentation of the original, own-rooted plantings from 1971, brings the elegance and floral lift.Antonio Galloni, Vinous 94 Points
$241
$231ea in any 3+
$221ea in any 6+

Terroir al Límit Les Manyes 2021

Garnatxa | Spain, Catalunya

Granatxa = Grenahce. What ever you call it is truly delicious wine filled with personality and intrigue! High in the Montsant ranges, the Manyes vineyard is located at the remarkable altitude of 800 metres (the highest in Priorat). This cool, north-facing vineyard is only 1.4 hectares, and the vines are now about 54-years-old. While Les Tosses is planted to Cariñena on pure llicorella slate, Les Manyes is predominantly clay with elements of quartz and limestone and is planted almost exclusively
$674
$654ea in any 3+
$634ea in any 6+