MEDITERRANEAN EDITION

2018 CONTENTS

CHAMPAGNE 5 SPARKLING 9 This year VSF celebrates 25 years selling fine wine to the yachting world OLD WORLD and successfully growing the business year on year. ROSE 10 FRANCE 13 FRANCE WHITE From a stockholding of 35,000 bottles, the lion’s share purchased from the Alsace 14 finest producers around the world, VSF boasts perfect provenance, quick Loire 15 Burgundy 16 delivery and customer fidelity. Bordeaux 21 Rhône 21 When our founder started selling Aussie chardonnay to crew in 1993, Southern France 22 FRANCE RED it would have been hard to foresee how the company would grow as a Burgundy 23 leading supplier to the industry. Beaujolais 27 Loire 27 BORDEAUX 28 This anniversary is the perfect opportunity for us to thank ALL of our LEFT BANK customers for your trust and loyalty. Médoc 30 St Estèphe 31 Pauillac 32 We are looking forward to the next 25 years! St Julien 34 The VSF Team Margaux 36 Graves & Pessac-Léognan 38 RIGHT BANK Pomerol 39 St Emilion 41 Rhône 44 Southern France 46 LOCATIONS GERMANY & AUSTRIA 47 ITALY 48 FRENCH RIVIERA ITALY WHITE 50 +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 ITALY RED 52 [email protected] North West & Piedmont 53 Languages – English, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech North East 54 Central & Tuscany 55 VIAREGGIO South & Islands 59 +39 320 602 8236 GREECE 59 [email protected] SPAIN 61 Languages – English, Italian, French NEW WORLD USA 62 PALMA ARGENTINA & CHILE 67 Office - +34 971 870 640 AUSTRALIA 68 Mobile - +34 630 355 974 NEW ZEALAND 70 [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA Languages – English, Spanish 71 SWEET & FORTIFIED 72 CROATIA SPIRITS & OTHER BEVERAGES 74 Services [email protected] 76 Wine Courses 76 LONDON Delivery, Terms & Conditions 78 [email protected] Tax Free Deliveries 79 CHAMPAGNE

One of the most northern wine producing regions in the world, Champagne is located 90 miles north- east of Paris with 34,000 hectares of vines. Surrounding the Champagne hubs of Epernay and Reims, the region produces around a million bottles of Champagne a day.

A technique said to have been invented by Dom Pérignon in 1688, Champagne is made using the traditional method whereby a second fermentation is induced in the bottle, producing CO2 which becomes trapped, resulting in a sparkling wine. Champagne style wines are now replicated all over the world.

These premium wines are usually made from a blend of grapes: Chardonnay to add fruit and elegance; the red grapes, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, for body and backbone.

CHAMPAGNE BILLECART-SALMON Still family run, the small house of Billecart-Salmon offers a range of black-grape dominated Champagnes with bright, complex fruit flavours resulting from a long, slow, cool fermentation process. Particularly well known for its elegant Rosé, Billecart-Salmon is a Champagne house for wine lovers: many who discover it drink few other Champagnes thereafter. Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve NV €31.00 93pts Billecart-Salmon Brut Vintage 2007 €50.00 Wine Spectator Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV €51.00

“A lovely rosé in an almost vinous style, with mouthwatering acidity and a fine, lacy mousse carrying appealing BOLLINGER flavors of ripe raspberry, white cherry Bollinger has been making classic, Pinot-dominated Champagnes with great ageing potential and fruit, star anise, mandarin orange peel complexity since 1829. The house style is deliberately oxidative with much of the wine (all of the and honeysuckle. Lightly chalky on the lasting finish.” vintage and reserve wines, and a high proportion of Special Cuvée) being fermented in old oak barrels, resulting in rich toast, apple and spice flavours. A proportion of the reserve wines are aged in magnums under cork keeping the aromas and flavours fresh and helping to make Special Cuvée one of the most complex Non-Vintage Champagnes around.

Bollinger Special Cuvée NV €38.00 Bollinger La Grande Année 2007 €89.00 Bollinger Rosé NV €52.00 Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé 2005 €125.00

Bollinger Special Cuvée NV DELAMOTTE 93pts Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV €37.00 Wine Spectator Food pairing suggestion The ideal aperitif, or delicious served with oysters, grilled fish or fresh radishes served with salt. “Lovely aromas and flavors of ripe black cherry and currant fruit, graphite, toast and candied Meyer lemon zest are set in this racy Champagne, with a refined, finely detailed mousse. The mouthwatering finish is long and spicy.”

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DOM PERIGNON LAURENT-PERRIER Dom Pérignon, owned by Moët & Chandon, is an exclusively vintage prestige cuvée Champagne. It Chardonnay forms the core of most of Laurent-Perrier’s cuvées giving the wines a fresh, elegant style. is made from roughly equal quantities (varying slightly according to the vintage) of Chardonnay and The exception to this is their Cuvée Rosé, for which the house is best known. Made from 100% Pinot Pinot Noir, grown only in the best vineyard sites in Champagne. During production, the wine sees Noir, it is unusual in that it is made by the tricky ‘saignée’ method. This is the technique by which the no oak and is protected from oxidation as much as possible making it one of Champagne’s most pink colour is obtained through maceration of the skins rather than the addition of red wine (the way reductive, minerally styles with an overarching elegance, harmony and completeness. It is one of the most rosé Champagnes are made) and gives Laurent-Perrier Rosé its remarkable flavour. most classic, famous, and eye-catching of all wines and consistently tastes as good as its reputation suggests it will. Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Laurent-Perrier Brut NV €29.00 Dom Pérignon NV 2009 Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle NV €118.00 Dom Pérignon 2006 €149.00 93pts 96pts Wine Spectator Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé NV €59.00 Wine Spectator Dom Pérignon 2009 €135.00 Dom Pérignon Magnum 2005/9 €359.00 MOET & CHANDON Dom Pérignon Jeroboam 2005 €1,740.00 “There’s a subtle power to this graceful “An elegant Champagne, with good Creating a true slice of Champagne, Moët & Chandon brings the characteristics of all three varieties, Champagne, which boasts a firm, crystalline Dom Pérignon P2 1998 €369.00 intensity. Hints of pastry cream and Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, into their blends. The wines are vinified non-oxidatively frame of acidity married to the fine, satinlike brioche accent the glazed apricot, candied in stainless steel and undergo malolactic fermentation, giving them a soft, light, approachable style mousse and notes of white raspberry, brioche Dom Pérignon P2 2000 €349.00 ginger and lemon pâte de fruit flavors and Earl Grey tea. Seamless through to the long on the palate. Firm acidity creates a with a universal appeal that has made Moët & Chandon the world’s most popular Champagne. finish of smoke and spice accents, this opens Dom Pérignon Rosé 2005 €315.00 mouthwatering impression on racy, spice- beautifully in the glass.” Dom Pérignon Rosé Magnum 2004 €859.00 and smoke-laced finish.” Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV €35.00 Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial 20cl NV €12.50 HENRI GIRAUD Moët & Chandon Nectar Impérial (demi-sec) NV €38.00 Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial (demi-sec) NV €46.00 Henri Giraud Hommage NV €34.00 Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2008/9 €49.00 Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial NV €42.00 CHARLES HEIDSIECK Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial 20cl NV €15.00 Charles Heidsieck founded his eponymous Champagne house in 1851 at the age of 29. He is credited Moët & Chandon Ice Rosé Impérial (demi-sec) NV €51.00 with popularising Champagne in the United States where he became hugely popular and earned the Henriot Blanc de Blancs nickname ‘Champagne Charlie’. The consistent high quality of the wines means their range is one of Perrier-Jouët NV Grand Brut 91pts the most frequently awarded in Champagne. NV PERRIER-JOUET Wine Spectator 91pts Perrier-Jouët is a prestigious Epernay-based producer, famous for its cuvée Belle Epoque, instantly Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV €29.00 Wine Spectator recognisable by its distinctive anemone-adorned bottle. Chardonnay from the Grand Cru vineyards of Cramant and Avize have the biggest influence on the house style which is one of lightness, elegance Charles Heidsieck Rosé Réserve NV €39.00 and finesse, featuring floral aromas and a delicate creaminess. “A finely knit version that glides across “This is lacy in texture, featuring a firm the palate, this elegant blanc de blancs frame of acidity and a smoke-tinged offers vibrant acidity layered with ripe underpinning. Offers flavors of poached Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut NV €34.00 Dijon pear, toast, pastry cream and HENRIOT quince, toast and pickled ginger, with a candied lemon zest.” crisp, citrusy finish.” Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 2007 €149.00 Founded in 1808, Henriot is one of the few remaining independent Champagne houses having been owned and managed by the same family for more than eight generations. The Chardonnay-dominant Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 2008 €136.00 wines are fresh and elegant with a rich, toasty character from extended ageing on the lees (twice the Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé NV €48.00 legal requirement) and are exceptional value for money.

Henriot Brut Souverain NV €28.00 LOUIS ROEDERER Most famous for their prestige cuvée Cristal which was first created in 1876 for the Tsar of Russia, Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV €39.00 Alexander II, the house of Louis Roederer is known for the sheer quality and style of their wines across Henriot Brut Millésimé 2005/6 €49.00 the range. Roederer is the largest owner of organically-farmed (and increasingly, biodynamically- farmed) vineyards in Champagne. The wines are distinguished by their superb balance, finesse and elegance and their fine, creamy mousse.

KRUG Louis Roederer Krug Vintage Krug is the only Champagne house to have created a prestige cuvée every year since it was founded Cristal Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV €35.00 2002 2009 in 1843. The house’s flagship wine, Grande Cuvée, typically contains 35-50% reserve wines chosen 96pts 96pts Louis Roederer et Philippe Starck Brut Nature 2009 € 54.00 from an extensive library of 150 different wines across more than 10 vintages. With fermentation in Wine Spectator Vinous Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs 2010 € 59.00 neutral oak barrels and ageing on the lees well beyond the legal minimum, the wines have incredible depth, richness and complexity and a unique personality all of their own. Louis Roederer Cristal 2006 € 199.00 Louis Roederer Cristal 2007 €174.00 “Beautifully aromatic, this leads with “Rich, creamy and radiant, the 2009 aromas of ground clove, coffee liqueur Krug Grande Cuvée NV €155.00 Cristal captures all of the natural Louis Roederer Cristal 2009 €159.00 and mandarin orange peel, adding Krug Vintage 2002 €369.00 generosity of the vintage while also Louis Roederer Brut Rosé 2011 €56.00 crystallized honey, dried cherry, acacia retaining a good bit of freshness and blossom and toasted brioche notes on Krug Clos de Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2002 €1,249.00 aromatic intensity. Immediate and Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé 2007 €449.00 the expansive palate. Rich in flavor and totally sensual in its allure, the 2009 broad in structure, with verve driving this Krug Clos d’Ambonnay Blanc de Noirs 2000 €2,380.00 will drink well with minimal cellaring.” Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé 2009 €425.00 through to the long, satiny finish.” Krug Rosé NV €249.00 Food pairing suggestion Perfect with lobster, beluga caviar, seared salmon or poached sea trout.

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RUINART Sparkling wine is arguably the most technical style of wine in the world. Not only do these Ruinart is Champagne’s oldest house, with a history dating back to 1729. The Chardonnay grape is wines have to undergo a first fermentation in order to make alcohol, but also a second at the heart of all Ruinart’s wines giving them freshness and bright fruit aromas. The wines, vinified non-oxidatively in stainless steel, have a minerally character in youth, developing toasty, smoky fermentation to produce the carbon dioxide giving the wine its fizz. This is done either in the characteristics with bottle age. same way as Champagne, where the second fermentation takes place in the bottle, or by using Dom Ruinart the tank method where it takes place inside a sealed tank. Blanc de Blancs R de Ruinart Brut NV €41.00 2006 97+pts Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV €56.00 Produced all around the world, sparkling wine comes in a huge range of styles, from bone dry to Vinous Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2006 €139.00 perfumed and floral. Ruinart Rosé NV €56.00

“The 2006 Dom Ruinart Blanc de Dom Ruinart Rosé 2002/4 €195.00 Blancs Brut is simply fabulous. In most vintages, Dom Ruinart is a big, ample Champagne that shows the structure of the Montagne de Reims Chardonnay SALON in the blend. The 2006 has plenty of Salon is a tiny house producing what connoisseurs consider to be the quintessential Blanc de Blancs. textural resonance and richness, and yet I am also struck by its tension.” In minuscule amounts (30,000 bottles a year, if at all) from over 35-year-old vines in Le Mesnil-sur- ENGLAND Oger (one of the greatest crus of the Côte de Blancs), Salon releases on average only about 3 times a Nyetimber Classic Cuvée 2009 €33.00 decade. Nyetimber Rosé NV €42.00 Salon “S” Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2002 €649.00 Salon “S” Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2006 €450.00 FRANCE Food pairing suggestion Try with panfried foie gras and truffle jus. Loire

Taittinger Comtes de Langlois Crémant de Loire Brut NV €15.00 Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2006 TAITTINGER Langlois Crémant de Loire Brut Rosé NV €15.00 97+pts In a beautiful twist on the norm, the Taittinger family bought back the Champagne House that bears Vinous their name from the demerger of a giant multinational in 2006, and the wines - always good - have been on fine form ever since. The house style is one of elegance and clarity of fruit with a creamy texture. ITALY Franciacorta “The 2006 has been nothing short of Taittinger Brut Réserve NV €35.00 Nyetimber Rosé magnificent both times I have tasted A beautiful sunset pink colour, with aromas Ca’del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Prestige NV €28.00 it. Comtes de Champagne remains the Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2006/7 €115.00 of fresh red fruits and spice, followed by the single best value (in relative terms) in quintessentially English flavours of redcurrant, tête de cuvée Champagne.” Taittinger Prestige Rosé NV €46.00 raspberry and cherry that lead to an elegant, Food pairing suggestion silky finish. Delicious with tuna tataki or gravalax or simply on its own as an aperitif. Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé 2006 €135.00

VEUVE CLICQUOT Prosecco Often considered the Champagne of the yachting fraternity, with its distinctive yellow-orange livery, Andreola Vigneto Dirupo Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Extra Dry NV €17.00 the ultra-consistent style of its Pinot-dominated wines is what has made Veuve Clicquot one of the Bisol Crede Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Brut NV €18.00 world’s most popular classic, dry Champagnes. Bisol Relio Rive di Guia Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Brut 2017 €23.00

Veuve Clicquot Brut NV €37.00 Andreola Vigneto Dirupo Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot Brut 375ml NV €22.50 Prosecco di Valdobbiadene La Grande Dame Veuve Clicquot Vintage 2008 €53.00 Extra Dry 2006 NV 94pts Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2006 €122.00 92pts Wine Spectator Wine Enthusiast Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé NV €45.00 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rosé 2006 €230.00

“A waft of spring blossom draws you into “Fresh and balanced, this bright savory this elegant Champagne, whose subtle sparkler delivers mouthfuls of green apple, notes of poached quince, toasted brioche white peach and lemon peel. Crisp acidity and mandarin orange gracefully ride the keeps it refreshing while a soft mousse gives satiny mousse, supported by a vibrant it plenty of finesse. It has a dry juicy finish.” backbone of acidity.”

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Rosé is produced in a variety of styles around the world, although perhaps the best known are those from Provence. Not only is this France’s oldest wine region, having been making wine for over 2,600 years, but it is also the only one to focus on rosé.

It even has a research institute dedicated to the style. Dry, crisp and refreshing, these wines are a blend of regional varieties such as Grenache, Carignan and Syrah.

FRANCE Loire Domaine Fournier Les Belles Vignes Sancerre Rosé Sancerre 2015 €19.00

Rhône Domaine de Mourchon Loubié Rosé Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret 2017 €13.00

Provence MIRABEAU EN PROVENCE Barbeyrolles Rosé Pétale de Rose Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €26.00 Following their dream to make wine, husband and wife team Stephen and Jeanny moved to Provence with their young family from London in 2009. Since then they have gone on to make rosés Château La Coste Rosé Coteaux d’Aix en Provence 2016/17 €17.00 which have captured the attention of wine critics the world over. Domaine Fournier Château Hermitage Saint-Martin Cuvée iKon Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €20.00 Les Belles Vignes “Elegant, lively, silky and pure, it’s a classy and perfectly balanced rosé that’s about as good as Sancerre Rosé Château de Margüi Perle de Margüi Rosé Coteaux Varois en Provence 2016/17 €17.00 Mirabeau Pure Rosé 2015 2016 Provençal rosés can get.” 90pts La Mascaronne Quat’saisons Côtes de Provence 2017 €17.00 91pts Vinous Robert Parker Château Mira Luna Rosé Coteaux Varois en Provence 2016 €19.00 Vinous Miraval Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €19.00 Mirabeau Classic Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €11.00 Domaine PiqueRoque Rosé IGP Maures 2016/17 €6.50 “Pale orange. Fresh strawberry and “Light brilliant pink. Mineral-accented Mirabeau Pure Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €15.00 tangerine on the lively, spice-accented Château Sainte Marguerite Cuvée Symphonie Côtes de Provence La Londe 2017 €20.00 aromas of raspberry and tangerine nose and in the mouth. Juicy and carry a suave floral topnote. Shows seamless in texture, showing very good Food pairing suggestion impressive intensity and depth on clarity and a suave floral nuance on A refreshing aperitif or delicious served with fried or stuffed courgette flowers. the palate, offering ripe red berry DOMAINES OTT the back half. Closes long, sappy and and cherry flavors and a touch of extremely floral, leaving an exotic melon honeysuckle. Finishes on a chewy A perpetual favourite, Domaines Ott, with its distinctive bottle, is often simply a ‘must-have’. It note behind.” note, delivering solid punch, very good comprises three properties: Château de Selle and Clos Mireille in Provence and Château Romassan CHATEAU D’ESCLANS tenacity and a lingering floral note.” in Bandol. Sacha Lichine’s exquisite rosés from Château d’Esclans are fast becoming regarded as the finest range from Provence, if not in the world; a fitting testament to all the effort that has gone into the property’s Domaines Ott Rosé Bandol / Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €23.00 restoration, and the wines’ meticulous creation. BY.OTT Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €12.00

Château d’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé Côtes de Provence 2017 €19.00 Château d’Esclans Rock Angel Rosé Côtes de Provence 2017 €29.00 ITALY Château d’Esclans Garrus Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €110.00 “A” Rosato Aldobrandesca “A” Rosato Aldobrandesca Antinori Toscana 2016 €44.00 Miraval Rosé Antinori 2016 2016 Alois Lageder Lagrein Rosé Alto Adige 2017 €15.00 90pts 90pts Vinous CHATEAU MINUTY Vinous Château Minuty has been run by the Matton-Farnet family since 1936 and was one of only 23 estates in Provence to be awarded Cru Classé status in 1955. The vineyards on the slopes of Gassin and Ramatuelle, overlooking the bay of St Tropez, are farmed sustainably using no herbicides or “Limpid orange-pink. High-pitched “Bright dark pink. Lovely, with very aromas of fresh red berries and pesticides, and only organic fertilisers. delicate aromas and flavors of spicy red blood orange, along with hints of berries, quinine, cinnamon and violet. honeysuckle and peach. Silky and Fresh, juicy and smooth, with a lively long

precise in the mouth, offering nicely Minuty M Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €14.00 finish and a very clean, slightly tannic concentrated strawberry, tangerine Minuty Prestige Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €19.00 mouthfeel. This is a brand new wine from and floral pastille flavors that Antinori, that is made with Aleatico, the spread out steadily on the back half. Château Minuty Rose et Or Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €29.00 lovely aromatic red grape that is very Finishes minerally and long, showing much at home on the Tuscan coast.” suave, floral-driven persistence.” Château Minuty Rose et Or Magnum Côtes de Provence 2017 €64.00 Minuty 281 Rosé Côtes de Provence 2016/17 €55.00 All prices are in Euros before Tax | www.vsfgroup.com 10 FOR ORDERS t: +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 | [email protected] 11 FRANCE

France produces 7-8 billion bottles of wine every year, second only to Italy in terms of volume. A key part of French culture, with 27 billion hectolitres being drunk in France annually, wine is produced throughout the country in every style.

France’s long-standing wine heritage gave birth to the appellation system, designed to preserve regional wine styles, which has been emulated all over Europe.

France is also the source of many international grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.

Champagne Paris Alsace

Chablis

Loire

Burgundy

Beaujolais

Bordeaux

Rhône

Provence Languedoc-Roussillon

Corsica

12 13 FRANCE WHITE ALSACE FRANCE WHITE LOIRE

Protected by the Vosges Mountains, Alsace is one of the driest regions in France and due Located between the centre and north of France, the Loire valley stretches 600 miles east to west and to its northern latitude has very long hours of sunshine during the growing season. This accounts for 8% of the country’s vineyards including the famous appellations of Sancerre, Pouilly- helps to ripen the grapes and produce some of the world’s finest white wines. Fumé, Muscadet and Vouvray. Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé are situated at the far eastern end of the Loire valley and arguably produce the world’s greatest expressions of Sauvignon Blanc. Sancerre also The wines from Alsace are produced from noble varieties such as Riesling, Pinot Gris and produces high quality reds and rosés from Pinot Noir. Gewurztraminer and unlike elsewhere in France, here, the name of the grape must appear on the label. The best vineyard sites have been given Grand Cru status. The Loire is considered to be France’s most diverse wine region given the different climates and soil types such a large region offers, and as such, produces wines in every style. LOIRE Carisannes Sauvignon Blanc H. Brochard 2016 €8.00

Muscadet Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie Langlois-Chateau 2016 €11.50

Saumur Saumur Vieilles Vignes Langlois-Chateau 2014 €24.00

ALSACE Vouvray Gewurztraminer Cuvée Laurence Domaine Weinbach 2016 €42.00 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Domaine Huet (sec) 2016 €24.00 Food pairing suggestion Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg One of the best wines to serve with spicy dishes, perfect with Thai and Asian flavours. Vouvray Le Mont Domaine Huet (demi-sec) 2015 €38.00 Cuvée Sainte Catherine Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Domaine Weinbach Domaine Huet Food pairing suggestion 2016 Fantastic food pairing wine - try with Moroccan or Mediterranean flavours or sushi. Pinot Gris Réserve Particulière Domaine Weinbach 2016 €28.00 2016 92pts 90pts Wine Spectator Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg Cuvée Sainte Catherine Domaine Weinbach 2016/17 €58.00 The Wine Advocate Menetou-Salon Menetou-Salon Côtes de Morogues Domaine Fournier 2015 €18.00 “Broad and creamy flavors of “From the nine-hectare original vineyard Jonagold apple, orchard blossom, of the Huet family, the 2016 Vouvray peach skin and ground ginger are Le Haut-Lieu Sec shows a citrus color set in a lithe and elegant frame, followed by an intense, fresh and chalky- Sancerre enlivened by a laser beam of mineral bouquet with lemon and some Sancerre Classique H. Brochard 2016 €16.00 acidity and an underpinning of blossom aromas. This is a medium- spicy mineral.” bodied, round, elegant, remarkably Sancerre Le Mont Damné Didier Dagueneau 2014 €190.00 lush and delicate Chenin Blanc from calcareous clay soils.” Sancerre Château de Fontaine-Audon Langlois-Chateau 2015/16 €22.00 Sancerre Clos du Roy Pascal Jolivet 2016/17 €29.00 Sancerre Sauvage Pascal Jolivet 2016 €48.00 Sancerre Comte Lafond 2016 €22.00 Sancerre Grande Cuvée Comte Lafond 2014/15 €33.00 Sancerre Haut de la Poussie 2014 €43.00

Sancerre Clos du Roy Pascal Food pairing suggestion Jolivet Delicious with oily and meaty fish. 2016 92pts Wine Spectator Pouilly Fumé Pouilly Fumé Classique H. Brochard 2016 €16.00

“Lovely talc, sweet pea, mâche and chive Pouilly Fumé Vieilles Vignes H. Brochard 2014/15 €23.00 notes stream through, backed by a Pouilly Fumé Silex Didier Dagueneau 2014 €190.00 bracing, flint-edged finish. This is steely and pure, textbook Sancerre that can Pouilly Fumé Ladoucette 2016/17 €25.00 handle a little cellaring.” Pouilly Fumé Baron de L 2014/15 €59.00

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CHABLIS A very well-known name in the world of wine, Chablis is a northern region of 4,900ha celebrated for producing Chardonnays which are austere in character and display steely, fresh minerality. There are 40 vineyards which are classified as Premier Cru, and 7 Grand

Chablis Butteaux Cru vineyards which overlook the town of Chablis and the River Serein. François Raveneau 2011 93pts Chablis Champs Royaux William Fèvre 2016 €19.00 Vinous Chablis Louis Jadot 2016 €22.00 Chablis J. Moreau & Fils 2016 €24.00

“The 2011 Chablis Butteaux is subtle, Chablis Montée de Tonnerre La Chablisienne 1er Cru 2015/16 €33.00 gracious and utterly impeccable in its elegance. All the elements are simply Chablis 1er Cru Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2015 €37.00 Chablis in the right place. Articulate, energetic Chablis Fourchaume William Fèvre 1er Cru 2017 €35.00 and nuanced, the 2011 captures all the qualities of this 1er Cru site, in miniature.” Chablis Fourchaume J. Moreau & Fils 1er Cru 2016 €44.00 Chablis Butteaux François Raveneau 1er Cru 2009 €290.00 Chablis Butteaux François Raveneau 1er Cru 2011 €290.00 T IT Chablis Butteaux François Raveneau 1er Cru 2012 €295.00 Vougeot Burgundy, or Bourgogne, is the source of the most majestic Grand Cru and Chablis Butteaux François Raveneau 1er Cru 2013 €289.00 Premier Cru wines in the world. The polar opposite of Bordeaux with its grand Aloxe-Corton Chablis Butteaux François Raveneau 1er Cru 2015 €440.00 Châteaux, this is a complex region of smallholders with over 3,000 vineyard T A Chablis Grenouilles Château Grenouilles La Chablisienne Grand Cru 2013/14 €69.00 Beaune owners. 15 million cases are produced annually from 100 different appellations Chablis Preuses Chablis Vaudésir Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru 2013/14 €76.00 William Fèvre spanning 26,000 hectares. Meursault Grand Cru 2016 Chablis Bougros William Fèvre 2011/13 €62.00 Chassagne-Montrachet 93-95pts Chablis Preuses William Fèvre Grand Cru 2016 €80.00 Puligny-Montrachet Vinous With reds made from Pinot Noir and whites from Chardonnay, these wines are not Chablis Vaudésir Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2015 €89.00 only long lived, but are also some of the most exceptional on the market Chablis Valmur J. Moreau & Fils Grand Cru 2012/15 €73.00 . Food pairing suggestion The region is split into 5 sub-regions: “Rich, spicy and sweet, with its ripe Delicious with grilled or steamed lobster or poulet de Bresse, especially with truffles. orchard fruit flavors leavened by a floral Chablis, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais. topnote. Very subtle, elegant yet extract- rich wine with terrific dusty length and lift. Ultimately dry and classic, this wine BOURGOGNE The most significant of these for the production of white wines are reverberates on the palate for a minute or more.” Bourgogne Chardonnay Les Ursulines Jean-Claude Boisset 2015 €19.00 Chablis, the Côte de Beaune and the Mâconnais. Bourgogne Blanc Couvent des Jacobins Louis Jadot 2016 €18.00 Bourgogne Blanc Cuvée Oligocène Patrick Javillier 2015/16 €36.00 COTE DE BEAUNE Aloxe-Corton Corton-Charlemagne Corton-Charlemagne Domaine Bonneau du Martray Grand Cru 2005 €239.00 Domaine Bonneau du Martray 2011 Corton-Charlemagne Domaine Bonneau du Martray Grand Cru 2009 €235.00 AAI 93pts Grand Cru The Wine Advocate Corton-Charlemagne Domaine Bonneau du Martray 2011 €249.00 Corton-Charlemagne Domaine Bonneau du Martray Grand Cru 2013 €255.00 Corton-Charlemagne Domaine Bonneau du Martray Grand Cru 2015 €265.00 “A mineral-driven bouquet – linear Pouilly-Fuissé Corton-Charlemagne Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2011/13 €168.00 Mâcon and taut, with slate and granite aromas gradually unfurling in the glass. The Corton-Charlemagne Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru 13/14/15 €195.00 palate is clean and fresh with supremely well-judged acidity. Touches of apricot Corton-Charlemagne Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2013/14 €176.00 and mango lie in the background with the citrus element playing the main role.” Food pairing suggestion Fresh, diver-caught scallops, lightly seared with a crisp salad.

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Pernand-Vergelesses DOMAINE LEFLAIVE Pernand-Vergelesses Les Combottes Louis Jadot 2015 € 40.00 Domaine Leflaive is currently crafting what are undoubtedly some of the greatest Chardonnay wines on earth. Production is tiny, demand is stratospheric and prices are deservedly high (and rising). The land is farmed entirely biodynamically which eliminates all chemical intervention. The concentration Beaune Puligny-Montrachet achieved in the wines is quite remarkable. Beaune Clos des Mouches Beaune du Château 1er Cru Blanc Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2015/16 €35.00 Le Clavoillon Blanc Joseph Drouhin Domaine Leflaive 2010 Beaune Clos des Mouches Blanc Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2010/15 €149.00 2012 Puligny-Montrachet Le Clavoillon Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2010 €325.00 93pts 94pts Wine Spectator Puligny-Montrachet Le Clavoillon Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2011 €245.00 Wine Spectator Meursault Puligny-Montrachet Le Clavoillon Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2012 €259.00 Meursault Bouchard Père & Fils 2013/15 €41.00 Puligny-Montrachet Le Clavoillon Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2013 €245.00 “Alluring aromas of citronella, “A classy white, creamy in texture and racy, buttered pastry and vanilla introduce Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 1999 €390.00 Meursault Joseph Drouhin 2015 €63.00 featuring lemon, apple, hazelnut, nut oil this supple, harmonious white. Grace and mineral aromas and flavors. Intense 1er Cru notes of lemon and toast add depth, Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Domaine Leflaive 2005 €395.00 Meursault Louis Jadot 2014 €60.00 and airy at once, building to a long while a mineral element chimes in aftertaste of citrus and mineral. The oak Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2006 €369.00 on the long finish.” Meursault Clos du Cromin Patrick Javillier 2015 €66.00 lends the right amount of support and 1er Cru Meursault Cuvée Tête de Murger Patrick Javillier 2015 €108.00 never gets in the way.” Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Domaine Leflaive 2010 €465.00 Meursault Clos de la Barre Domaine Comtes Lafon 2011 €239.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2011 €349.00 Meursault Clos de la Barre Domaine Comtes Lafon 2012 €244.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 1996 €390.00 Meursault Clos de la Barre Domaine Comtes Lafon 2013 €235.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2004 €395.00 Meursault Genevrières Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2014 €81.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2006 €395.00 Meursault Charmes Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2013/14 €110.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2008 €385.00 Meursault Charmes Domaine Comtes Lafon 1er Cru 2011 €295.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2013 €349.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2001 €369.00 Meursault Charmes Domaine Meursault Porusots Domaine Comtes Lafon 1er Cru 2011/12 €295.00 Folatières Domaine Leflaive Comtes Lafon Meursault Sous le Dos d’Ane Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2010 €199.00 1996 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2009 €449.00 2011 95pts Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2010 €395.00 93+pts Meursault Sous le Dos d’Ane Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2011 €205.00 Wine Spectator Vinous Meursault Sous le Dos d’Ane Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2013 €219.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2011 €335.00 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Domaine Leflaive 1er Cru 2013 €369.00 Food pairing suggestion Wonderful with fish or white meats in rich, creamy sauces. “Complex, vibrant aromas of peach, “Magnificently focused, brimming with orange zest and lemon accented by mineral intensity and worldly complexity. white pepper. Rich, ripe, tactile and Cleverly built, with medium-toasty Chassagne-Montrachet sweet, with the intense citrus and stone Puligny-Montrachet oak notes, a tightly wound lemon and Chassagne-Montrachet Domaine Amiot Guy & Fils 2015 €55.00 fruit flavors accented by peppery spices pink grapefruit juiciness and cigar-box and complicated by vanilla and leesy Puligny-Montrachet Jean-Marc Boillot 2016 €72.00 aromas. Long finish.” nuances.” Chassagne-Montrachet Louis Jadot 2015 €66.00 Puligny-Montrachet Bouchard Père & Fils 2016 €49.00 Chassagne-Montrachet Joseph Drouhin 2014 €72.00 Puligny-Montrachet Joseph Drouhin 2013/15 €76.00 Chassagne-Montrachet Vergers Domaine Amiot Guy & Fils 1er Cru 2014/15 €75.00 Puligny-Montrachet Louis Jadot 2014 €67.00 Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot Laguiche Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 10/14/15 €139.00 Puligny-Montrachet Etienne Sauzet 2014 €89.00 Chassagne-Montrachet Caillerets Jean-Marc Pillot 1er Cru 2015/16 €99.00 Puligny-Montrachet Champs Canet Jean-Marc Boillot 1er Cru 2013/16 €94.00 Food pairing suggestion Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2014/15 €108.00 Perfect served with seafood and fish dishes.

Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Garenne Duc de Magenta Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2013/14 €95.00 Chassagne-Montrachet Puligny-Montrachet Clos Puligny-Montrachet Combettes Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2013 €127.00 Morgeot Laguiche de la Garenne Duc de Joseph Drouhin Magenta Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2013 €98.00 2010 2014 94pts 93pts Puligny-Montrachet Folatières Etienne Sauzet 1er Cru 2014 €239.00 The Wine Advocate Vinous Food pairing suggestion Works beautifully with white fish such as sea bass, especially with fennel flavours.

“Very ripe, inviting aromas of yellow “The terrific 2010 Chassagne-Montrachet peach, butter and clove. Wonderfully Morgeot Marquis de Laguiche is rich, plush and sweet, but the ripe beautifully balanced from start to finish. yellow peach fruit and creamy This is all finesse and class.” old-vines texture are enlivened by mineral lift. Finishes tactile and very long, with a strong impression of dry extract. A superb vintage for this consistently excellent wine bottling.”

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Montrachet Bâtard-Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2009 €345.00 BORDEAUX The original home of Sauvignon Blanc, white wines are produced in Bordeaux from Bâtard-Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2014 €390.00 Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle. Many of these are inexpensive dry whites Bâtard-Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2015 €475.00 from regions such as Entre-Deux-Mers and Graves, however there are also some Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 1996 €790.00 Bâtard-Montrachet outstanding producers making complex and age-worthy examples that are highly Louis Jadot Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2010 €810.00 Château de Fieuzal Blanc 2009 2010 sought-after. 95pts Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2011 €660.00 91-94pts The Wine Advocate Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2014 €650.00 Vinous Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2015 €690.00 Château de Fieuzal Blanc Péssac-Léognan 2010/12 €77.00 Château Roquefort Blanc 2015/16 €9.00 “Jadot’s 2009 Batard-Montrachet is Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2006 €323.00 “Spicy, perfumed aromas of violet and rich, layered, sensual and totally Grand Cru ginger, with hints of lime, peach and Château Latour Martillac Blanc Péssac-Léognan 2014 €52.00 beguiling. Slate, smoke and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Louis Jadot 2008 €323.00 butter. Densely packed, nicely ripe flavors crushed rocks are some of the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2009 €334.00 of tangerine, white peach and butter are Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc Péssac-Léognan 2006 €590.00 notes that develop in the glass, lifted by sound acidity. Finishes long adding complexity to the highly Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2007 €560.00 and impressively balanced, with superb Château Smith Haut-Lafitte Blanc Péssac-Léognan 2014 €155.00 expressive, nuanced fruit.” finishing lift and thrust.” Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2008 €539.00 Food pairing suggestion Perfect served with rich fish dishes such as crab and lobster. Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2009 €590.00 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2010 €690.00 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2007 €370.00 AILE D’ARGENT BLANC DE MOUTON ROTHSCHILD Château Mouton Rothschild’s white wine is an exercise in just how good white Bordeaux can be, and Grand Cru Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Bouchard Père & Fils 2009 €407.00 something of a bargain when you consider how much the red wines fetch. Absurdly rare and even Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2009 €419.00 more absurdly delicious.

Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2013 €395.00 Aile d’Argent Aile d’Argent Bordeaux Blanc de Mouton Rothschild 2004 €119.00 Chevalier-Montrachet La Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2014 €590.00 Bordeaux Blanc Cabotte Bouchard Père & Fils de Mouton Rothschild Aile d’Argent Bordeaux Blanc de Mouton Rothschild 2008 €129.00 2009 Chevalier-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2005 €990.00 2007 94pts 91pts Aile d’Argent Bordeaux Blanc de Mouton Rothschild 2009 €132.00 Vinous Chevalier-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2008 €960.00 Wine Spectator Chevalier-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2009 €975.00 Chevalier-Montrachet Domaine Leflaive Grand Cru 2012 €735.00 RHONE “Bright pale yellow. Steely aromas “Lemon curd on the nose, with lemon peel and of apple, minerals and warm stone. Montrachet Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2009/11 €550.00 freshly cut flowers. Full and rich, offering a Condrieu Invitare M. Chapoutier 2015/16 €54.00 Voluminous and powerful, with fat Montrachet Laguiche Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru 2006 €689.00 waxy and rich palate. Long and oily, with lots flavors of pear, menthol, crushed stone going on.” Ermitage Le Méal Blanc M. Chapoutier 2012 €195.00 and iodine. Most impressive today on Montrachet Laguiche Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru 2011 €745.00 Hermitage Blanc Chante-Alouette M. Chapoutier 2015 €77.00 the very long, broad aftertaste, which saturates the palate with lemon and Montrachet Laguiche Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru 2014 €789.00 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Château Mont-Redon 2015 €35.00 crushed stone. This boasts the sheer size and scale of a Montrachet.” Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2009 €590.00 Food pairing suggestion Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2012 €599.00 Pairs fantastically with roast turbot. Montrachet Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2013 €610.00 MACONNAIS Mâcon Montrachet Louis Jadot Hermitage Blanc Chante- 2009 Mâcon-Solutré Domaine Ferret 2015/16 €22.00 Alouette M. Chapoutier 94+pts 95pts Vinous The Wine Advocate Pouilly-Fuissé Pouilly-Fuissé Vignes Romanes Bouchard Père & Fils 2016 €24.00

“Very ripe aromas of fresh apricot, Pouilly-Fuissé Joseph Drouhin 2015 €33.00 “The finest vintage for this cuvée I’ve ever mint, marzipan and smoky oak, Pouilly-Fuissé Clos des Prouges Domaine Ferret 2015/16 €46.00 tasted, the sensational 2015 Hermitage Chante with a suggestion of candied stone Alouette boasts awesome notes of white peach, fruits. Big, rich and backward but a Pouilly-Fuissé Terroir Roger Luquet 2015/16 €19.00 orange marmalade and white flowers in a rich, bit youthfully sullen. Outstanding full-bodied, concentrated style. Coming from intensity to the citrus, menthol and three different terroirs on Hermitage Hill (Méal, iodine flavors. As large-scaled as Les Murets and Chante Alouette), don’t miss it!” this is, there’s no heaviness.”

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SOUTHERN FRANCE With over 3,000 hours of sunlight a year and constant breezes and mistral winds keeping COTE DE NUITS the risk of fungal disease at a minimum, the south of France is an ideal region for The Côte de Nuits is a 20km stretch forming the northern part of the Côte d’Or, Burgundy’s

Domaines Ott viticulture. A mixture of both local and international grapes is grown here, producing ‘golden slope’, and it is here that most of the world’s finest examples of Pinot Noir Blanc de Blancs wines in a variety of styles. 2016 are produced. Named after the region’s largest village, Nuits-Saint-Georges, 22 out of 90pts Burgundy’s 23 red Grands Crus are located here, expressing a variety of styles. They tend Wine Spectator to be weightier and deeper coloured than the Pinots produced on the Côte de Beaune. LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON Gevrey-Chambertin, Vougeot and Nuits-Saints-Georges are known for their robust style of “This sports a minerally hint from the Domaine Les Roques Blanc JM Boillot IGP Pays d’Oc 2013/14 €11.50 wine, whilst Chambolle-Musigny and Vosne-Romanée display finesse and elegance. start, while light savory, white peach, nectarine and white raspberry notes Domaine La Gravette Sauvignon Blanc IGP Pays d’Oc 2016/17 €5.50 fill in behind. Lengthy, with the mineral Domaine La Gravette Chardonnay IGP Pays d’Oc 2016/17 €5.50 edge lingering nicely.” Hegarty Les Nonnes Blanc Minervois 2014 €18.00 COTE DE BEAUNE Despite the Côte de Beaune being well-known for its white wines, there is actually more red PROVENCE wine produced in the region. The Pinot Noirs from this southern half of the Côte d’Or show Château de Bellet Cuvée Baron G Bellet 2015/16 €38.00 softness and finesse with the best examples coming from Beaune, Pommard and Volnay as Bomont de Cormeil Viognier Coteaux de Verdon 2014 €20.00 well as the exceptionally powerful Grand Cru of Corton. Château Miraval Blanc Coteaux Varois en Provence 2016 €24.00 Domaines Ott Blanc de Blancs Côtes de Provence 2015/19 €22.00 Food pairing suggestion Classic match with grilled fish and fish soups.

CORSICA Clos Canarelli Blanc Corse Figari 2015/16 €36.00

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T IT Gevrey-Chambertin Morey-St-Denis Chambolle-Musigny Vosne-Romanée Vougeot

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BOURGOGNE DOMAINE COMTE GEORGES DE VOGUE Bourgogne Pinot Noir Réserve Coteaux des Moines Bouchard Père & Fils 2015 €14.00 It would be difficult to rank the truly great producers of Burgundy, but it would be more difficult to believe that Comte Georges de Vogüé would not feature in the top three list of every wine expert. With Bourgogne Rouge Laforêt Joseph Drouhin 2015/16 €22.00 just 12.5 hectares of vineyard, the domaine has been in the same family’s hands for over 500 years, and now the 20th generation is at the helm.

Gevrey Chambertin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Domaine de la Vougeraie COTE DE NUITS Comte de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2008 €259.00 2014 2009 Côte de Nuits Villages Le Vaucrain Louis Jadot 2013/14 €31.00 Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2009 €325.00 92pts 92pts Wine Spectator The Wine Advocate Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2010 €319.00 Gevrey-Chambertin Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2011 €245.00 Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2012 €259.00 “Cherry, currant and spice flavors Gevrey-Chambertin Bouchard Père & Fils 2015 €42.00 “The 2009 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru is a are the hallmarks of this dense red. Gevrey-Chambertin Joseph Drouhin 2013 €63.00 big step up from the Chambolle villages in Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2013 €255.00 A mineral note adds interest as this vintage. Bright red berries, flowers and this builds to a long, sinewy finish. Gevrey-Chambertin Louis Jadot 2012/13 €62.00 spices are supported by vibrant layers of Chambolle-Musigny Comte de Vogüé 2014 €285.00 Echoes fruit and spice details on the underlying minerality. I very much like the long aftertaste.” Gevrey Chambertin Domaine de la Vougeraie 2014 €60.00 energy and focus here. The 1er Cru is made Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Comte de Vogüé 1er Cru 2009 €495.00 from young vines in Musigny.” Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2014 €115.00 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Comte de Vogüé 1er Cru 2010 €490.00 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2015 €215.00 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Comte de Vogüé 1er Cru 2012 €455.00 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Poissenots Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2013 €107.00 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Comte de Vogüé 1er Cru 2014 €449.00 Gevrey-Chambertin Le Clos Prieur Rossignol-Trapet 1er Cru 2014 €92.00 Food pairing suggestion Vougeot Duck breast with pomegranate-citrus glaze. Clos Vougeot Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2013 €182.00

Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St DOMAINE ARMAND ROUSSEAU Clos Vougeot Jacques Armand Rousseau Bouchard Père & Fils Vosne-Romanée / Flagey-Echézeaux Armand Rousseau is at the very top of the Burgundy hierarchy along with Domaine de la Romanée- 2013 2011 Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2008/12 €119.00 96pts Conti, Comte Georges de Vogüé and the late Henri Jayer. The wines are nothing less than sensational 93pts Vinous examples of just how good Pinot Noir can actually be. Absurdly rare and expensive, but for a reason. Wine Spectator Echezeaux Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2013 €229.00 Echezeaux Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2013/14 €244.00 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Armand Rousseau 1er Cru 2009 €785.00 Echezeaux Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2015 €275.00 “Rousseau’s 2011 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Armand Rousseau 1er Cru 2010 €990.00 “Rich and mouthfilling, with a velvety St. Jacques is flat-out gorgeous. Waves texture carrying the cherry, raspberry, of blue/purplish fruit hit the palate in an Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Armand Rousseau 1er Cru 2011 €690.00 mineral and spice flavors eloquently. The intense, explosive Burgundy loaded with refined tannins firm this up, leading to a DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI pure class and pedigree.” Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Armand Rousseau 1er Cru 2012 €795.00 lingering aftertaste.” Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, or DRC for short, is one of the world’s most legendary wine estates, Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Armand Rousseau 1er Cru 2013 €590.00 comprising some of the finest terroir on earth. Run by Aubert de Villaine, all 25ha of the domaine are Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St Jacques Armand Rousseau 1er Cru 2014 €890.00 Grands Crus, including two monopolies, and are farmed biodynamically. The resulting opulent and stylish wines are some of the most sought after and expensive in the world.

Chambertin Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2013 €249.00 Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2007 €1,880.00 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2013 €410.00 Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2008 €1,950.00 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2014 €422.00 Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2010 €1,990.00 Chapelle-Chambertin Le Clos Prieur Rossignol-Trapet Grand Cru 2014 €149.00 Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2011 €1,890.00

Chambertin Clos de Bèze Echézeaux Domaine de la Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2012 €1,990.00 Louis Jadot Morey-St-Denis Romanée-Conti Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2013 €1,900.00 2013 2011 95+pts Clos des Lambrays Domaine des Lambrays Grand Cru 2013 €275.00 94pts Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2014 €1,950.00 Vinous Vinous Clos des Lambrays Domaine des Lambrays Grand Cru 2014 €280.00 Grands Echézeaux Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2010 €2,250.00 Clos des Lambrays Domaine des Lambrays Grand Cru 2015 €325.00 Richebourg Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2006 €2,390.00 “Liqueur-like ripeness of red berries, dried Food pairing suggestion “Literally jumps from the glass with a Richebourg Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2007 €2,290.00 cherry, musky underbrush and minerals, Delicious served with game and casseroles. heady melange of dark red fruit, sweet with treble notes of dried flowers and floral notes and crushed rocks. Rich Richebourg Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2008 €2,450.00 blood orange contributing sexy lift. Large- and explosive on the palate, yet backed Grand Cru scaled but remarkably light on its feet. This up with significant structure and pure Richebourg Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2014 €2,350.00 baby is alive!” Chambolle-Musigny intensity, the 2011 is firing on all cylinders.” La Tâche Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2013 €3,450.00 Chambolle-Musigny Bouchard Père & Fils 2012/13 €47.00 La Tâche Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2014 €3,550.00 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2015 €96.00 Bonnes Mares Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2015 €440.00

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Nuits-St-Georges BEAUJOLAIS Nuits-St-Georges Joseph Drouhin 2013 €62.00 Made exclusively from the Gamay grape, Beaujolais wines are often light bodied and Nuits-St-Georges Les Cailles Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2011/12 €95.00 fruity and delicious served chilled. Nuits-St-Georges Procès Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2011/13 €99.00 Morgon Château des Jacques The better examples come from the Beaujolais Villages which are on granite hills and Nuits-St-Georges Les Cailles Nuits-St-Georges Les Boudots Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2013 €96.00 Louis Jadot offer a more complex flavour profile. Fleurie and Morgon are two of the best known of Bouchard Père & Fils 2013 2012 Nuits St Georges Clos de Thorey Domaine de la Vougeraie 1er Cru 2013 €85.00 90pts these crus and can improve over 10 years or so, evolving to taste like Pinot Noir. 92pts Food pairing suggestion The Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Perfect with roast poultry and game. Beaujolais Villages Villa Ponciago 2014/16 €10.00 Morgon Château des Jacques Louis Jadot 2013/14 €18.00 “Rich and spicy, this silky-textured red “A bright and “perky” nose: Morello cherry Fleurie La Réserve Villa Ponciago 2014 €19.00 also boasts cherry and strawberry COTE DE BEAUNE and cranberry leaf scents racing from the Fleurie Château des Jacques Louis Jadot 2014 €24.00 flavors. There are ample tannins, and Côte de Beaune Villages Louis Jadot 2013 €26.00 glass, all nicely defined and exuberant. the well-integrated oak shows a light The palate is medium-bodied with juicy, touch. Excellent length.” ripe red cherry and boysenberry fruit, very fleshy and supply in the mouth, almost a Aloxe-Corton “playful” Morgon that slips down the throat a treat. Not an intellectual Morgon, but one Aloxe Corton Louis Jadot 2012/13 €58.00 that is very well crafted.” Corton Bouchard Père & Fils Grand Cru 2011/13 €112.00 Corton Pougets Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2011 €99.00 LOIRE Corton Pougets Louis Jadot Grand Cru 2015 €125.00 Sancerre Rouge Comte Lafond 2013/14 €22.00 Saumur Champigny Vieilles Vignes Domaine Langlois Chateau 2014 €24.00 Pernand-Vergelesses Pernand-Vergelesses Clos de la Croix de Pierre Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2012/14 €38.00 Corton Pougets Louis Jadot 2015 93-95pts The Wine Advocate Savigny-lès-Beaune Savigny-lès-Beaune Louis Jadot 2013 €34.00

“The palate is medium-bodied with Saumur Champigny Vieilles Vignes supple tannin, moderate depth, Beaune Domaine Langlois Chateau 2014 rounded in the mouth with layers of Smoky perfume, bitter chocolate and cranberry and strawberry fruit. There Beaune du Château 1er Cru Rouge Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2014/15 €35.00 sweet black/red currant fruit aromatics is a pinch of sea salt right on the finish pepper the nose. In the mouth, the that shows fine precision and focus. Beaune Grèves Vigne de l‘Enfant Jésus Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2011/13 €99.00 moreish mocha and cassis fruit flatter the This is outstanding.” palate with a generous texture. Beaune Clos des Mouches Rouge Joseph Drouhin 1er Cru 2012 €129.00

Pommard Pommard Louis Jadot 2012/14 €59.00 Pommard Les Jarollières Jean-Marc Boillot 1er Cru 2013 €87.00 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux Comte Armand 1er Cru 2014 €229.00 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux Comte Armand 1er Cru 2015 €295.00 Volnay Caillerets Bouchard Père & Fils Food pairing suggestion 2013 Delicious with a classic Boeuf Bourguignon. 91pts Vinous Volnay Volnay Louis Jadot 2011 €53.00 “Inviting scents of flowers, woodsmoke, leather and exotic spices. Pliant but Volnay Caillerets Bouchard Père & Fils 1er Cru 2013/14 €72.00 firm, offering lovely inner-mouth floral lift to the flavors of cherry, minerals and leather. This seamless, silky wine shows a very nice balance of fruit and acidity.” Chassagne-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot Duc de Magenta Louis Jadot 1er Cru 2014 €56.00 Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St Jean Jean-Marc Pillot 1er Cru 2015 €110.00 Food pairing suggestion Try with veal stew or the classic Burgundian cheese Epoisses. All prices are in Euros before Tax | www.vsfgroup.com 26 FOR ORDERS t: +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 | [email protected] 27 BORDEAUX LEFT BANK

France’s most important wine region and the centre of the MEDOC PAUILLAC MARGAUX fine wine world, Bordeaux has 120,000 hectares under vine Home to many of the biggest names in Considering that Pauillac is a small region The largest commune in the Médoc, and and produces over 900 million bottles a year. Bordeaux, the Médoc is the most famous red of only 23km², three of the five First Growth home to First Growth Château Margaux, wine region in the world and includes the Châteaux are located here – Château Margaux is famous for producing the most With 57 different appellations and 10,000 producers, Bordeaux is renowned appellations of St Estèphe, Pauillac, Latour, Château Lafite and Château Mouton elegant and alluring wines of the Left Bank. home to some of the world’s finest Châteaux, producing long-lasting St Julien and Margaux. Situated on the left Rothschild – with Grands Crus Classés With the lightest and most gravelly soils in wines of exceptional quality. bank of the Gironde estuary, the best vineyard representing 84% of the rest of the production. the Médoc, the finest examples of Margaux are sites are located on gravelly outcrops close Fine, deep and gravelly soils mean that intensely perfumed whilst also subtle to the river. The left bank is well suited to the the vine roots reach a greater depth here and refined. production of Cabernet Sauvignon and the than anywhere else in the Médoc. The wines produced here will generally have this resulting wines are intense and display great as the dominant grape in the blend. complexity. PESSAC-LEOGNAN/GRAVES Pessac-Léognan is a district within Graves ST ESTEPHE ST JULIEN that was created in 1986 due to pressure from This is the most northerly of the important St Julien is the smallest of the well-known the vignerons who wanted to disassociate communes of the Médoc. The wines here take Médoc communes at only 700ha with a themselves from growers further south in the on a rustic style due to the high proportion uniform style thanks to the gravelly soils. commune where the soils are much sandier. of clay in the soil. As a result they can seem Despite having no First Growth properties, Pessac-Léognan is home to Châteaux Haut austere in their youth, however they display St Julien is considered to offer the most Brion, the only First Growth property outside good acidity and colour and are exceptionally consistent wines across the board, with of the Médoc. long-lived. impressive offerings year after year.

R. Gironde Médoc RANCE

St Estèphe Pauillac St Julien

Margaux IT A Pomerol

Bordeaux St Emilion

LT A

Pessac-Léognan

Graves

RIGHT BANK R. Garonne

88% of the production of Bordeaux is red wine, or Claret as it is known in the UK, made from Cabernet Sauvignon, POMEROL Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Bordeaux is also the source of dry whites made from Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, and ST EMILION Pomerol is the smallest of the prestigious Bordeaux appellations with Located on the right bank of the Dordogne, St Emilion is one of the some of the world’s longest-lived sweet wines from Sauternes. around only 150 producers and 740 hectares of vineyards. Demand and most important Bordeaux appellations in terms of both quality and prices for these wines are high given that many of these are boutique The wines of the Bordeaux left bank were classified in 1855 and only five have atttained First Growth status - Château Lafite, quantities produced. Merlot is the predominant grape variety and is growers making circa 1,000 cases a year. Pomerol is dominated by perfectly suited to the clay and chalk-rich soils here. Cabernet Franc Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut Brion. Those Châteaux that made it into any Merlot, producing rich and smooth wines, and features some iconic and Cabernet Sauvignon are also grown. Given the high proportion of of the five tiers of this classification will have Grand Cru Classé on the label. properties such as Château Pétrus. Merlot, these wines are much more approachable in youth than the more tannic examples produced on the left bank. 28 29 FRANCE RED BORDEAUX FRANCE RED BORDEAUX

BORDEAUX CHATEAU SOCIANDO-MALLET This château was completely renovated in the 1970s and now, thanks to careful vineyard Château Bras d’Argent 2015 €8.00 management, and investment in the latest technology in the winery, produces excellent wines. Château Roquefort 2014 €10.00 “Sociando Mallet makes no compromises and continues to produce one of the finest wines among non-classified estates in Haut-Medoc.” Château Tour St Bonnet Château Sociando-Mallet 2014 LEFT BANK 2010 Robert Parker 89pts 92pts The Wine Advocate MEDOC Vinous Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc 1996 €75.00 Château Tour St Bonnet Médoc 2014 €20.00 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc 2010 €69.00 Château Potensac Médoc 2012 €35.00 “Medium-bodied with fine tannin, good “Densely packed, juicy structure, plenty of tobacco-stained black and sweet, with excellent inner-mouth fruit and a harmonious and very satisfying energy to the black raspberry and mineral finish. Now, here is a lovely Cru Bourgeois CHATEAU CAMENSAC flavors complicated by sexy smoky oak. ST ESTEPHE that gives Bordeaux a good name. Like some past outstanding vintages of Château Beau-Site Cru Bourgeois 2010/14 €31.00 Recommended.” The Camensac vineyards are on a gravelly elevation in the commune of St-Laurent-Médoc, and Sociando-Mallet, this will make a great the excellent drainage afforded by the deep, stony soil is augmented by a system of field drains. ringer in future tastings.” Food pairing suggestion The various plots, all entitled to the Haut-Médoc appellation, are cared for on an individual basis. Delicious with roast chicken or lamb cutlets. Attractive ripe cherry and blackcurrant fruit intermixed with hints of damp earth, spice and new wood from this charming Médoc property. CHATEAU CALON-SEGUR Château Camensac 5ème Cru Classé 2005 €69.00 Once part of the mighty Ségur estate, which at various times included Lafite and Mouton Rothschild, Château Camensac 5ème Cru Classé 2010 €62.00 the Marquis de Ségur was very fond of Calon, and no account of Calon-Ségur is complete without reporting his assertion that “I make my wine at Lafite and Latour but my heart is in Calon”. Doubtless Food pairing suggestion this is the reason why Calon-Ségur features a heart motif on its label, and throughout the exquisite A perfect match with Asian dishes and hearty fish courses such as tuna. château buildings.

Château Cantemerle Château Calon-Ségur Château Calon-Ségur 3ème Cru Classé 2000 €195.00 2010 CHATEAU CANTEMERLE 2009 94+pts 94pts Château Calon-Ségur 3ème Cru Classé 2009 €199.00 The Wine Advocate This prestigious property in the Médoc is most noted for featuring a high percentage of Merlot, Vinous making for an approachable, forward wine style which is drinkable in relative youth. A classed growth Château Calon-Ségur 3ème Cru Classé 2010 €210.00 in the prestigious 1855 classification, the wines are something of a steal in terms of value.

“Broad, rich and intense on the palate, “Musky, highly complex nose offers plum, the wine has plenty of tannins, but Château Cantemerle 5ème Cru Classé 1998 €64.00 blackcurrant, camphor, menthol, violet CHATEAU COS D’ESTOURNEL they are sweet and well-integrated. Château Cantemerle 5ème Cru Classé 2003 €75.00 and lavender. Remarkably silky and fine- The archetypal St Estèphe and almost as famous for its fantastic folly-like château building as it is for Everything is delicately entwined into grained, combining outstanding subtle a wine which defines its commune, Cos is simply one of the must-have names. They are noted for this beautiful, medium to full-bodied, Château Cantemerle 5ème Cru Classé 2010 €79.00 concentration and terrific inner-mouth dense purple wine.” energy. This very rich but classically dry producing amazing wines in every vintage, often being awarded the accolade of wine of the vintage in Saint-Estephe finishes with lush, noble lesser years. tannins and outstanding complexity.” CHATEAU CHASSE-SPLEEN Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2000 €289.00 The unusual name of this property, undoubtedly the finest estate in Moulis, means (loosely) to chase away the blues, and how appropriate for such a great wine at a reasonable price. Had this property Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2003 €319.00 been considered for inclusion in the 1855 classification it surely would have been awarded high Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €335.00 classed growth status, and would fetch vastly higher prices these days. Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2006 €195.00 Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2008 €195.00 Château Chasse-Spleen Moulis 1995 €69.00 Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2010 €355.00 Château Chasse-Spleen Moulis 2010 €65.00 Château Chasse-Spleen Château Montrose Château Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé 2011 €190.00 2010 2010 90pts CHATEAU POUJEAUX 97pts Wine Spectator Wine Spectator The wines from Château Poujeaux in Moulis are often amongst the finest value on offer from the CHATEAU MONTROSE Médoc. Cabernet Sauvignon (50%) with the balance a mixture of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Originally part of the Calon-Ségur estate, Montrose is young for a classed growth having ‘only’ been Verdot, this is a classically-styled Bordeaux. The vibrant flavours of cassis, damson and spice are planted in 1815. The robust Cabernet Sauvignon dominated style is a fabulous treat. “Very supple and refined, with a intermingled with cedary oak and vanilla. “Rock solid, displaying a dense core of crumpled velvet feel to the smoldering plum, steeped currant and braised fig bay, tobacco and mulled spice hints fruit, with racy charcoal and ganache Château Montrose 2ème Cru Classé 2000 €265.00 surrounding the core of steeped plum Château Poujeaux Moulis 2000 €75.00 notes. Intensely chalky, offering flesh and blackberry fruit. Flashes of cedar and refinement to match the bracing Château Montrose 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €249.00 Château Poujeaux Moulis 2003 €69.00 and sandalwood hang through the minerality, this shows hints of grilled Château Montrose 2ème Cru Classé 2008 €169.00 fine-grained finish.” savory, iron, warm paving stone and bitter Château Poujeaux Moulis 2005 €75.00 orange on the riveting finish.” Château Montrose 2ème Cru Classé 2010 €390.00 Château Poujeaux Moulis 2014 €59.00 Château Montrose 2ème Cru Classé 2011 €149.00

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CHATEAU ORMES DE PEZ CHATEAU LATOUR Sadly the ormes (elms) of the village of Pez were lost in the great storm of winter 2000, although have Latour is considered one of the most powerful, dense Pauillacs to be found and it needs to age. A very since been replanted. The property is owned by the Cazes family (also owners of Lynch Bages) and high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (sometimes as much as 94%) lends the wine huge power and their winemaking artistry certainly shows through here. structure. Tasting notes include leather and spice, enhanced by intense blackcurrant fruit.

Château Ormes de Pez Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel 2005 €79.00 Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 1995 €880.00 Château Ormes de Pez Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel 2010 €65.00 Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 1998 €749.00

Château Batailley Château Ormes de Pez Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel 2011 €55.00 Château Latour Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 1999 €890.00 2010 2003 Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 2003 €1,289.00 95pts Food pairing suggestions 100pts Works beautifully with a classic Daube Provençale. The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 2005 €1,225.00

“The nose offers outstanding delineation PAUILLAC “Administrator Frederic Engerer says the CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES 2003 is “the sexiest Latour ever made.” and mineralité. It positively fizzes in the Always something of a relative bargain, Lynch Bages was awarded a derisory Fifth Growth status in glass with all that coiled-up energy, ladling CHATEAU BATAILLEY Dense, thick and unctuously textured, this 1855, perhaps the greatest travesty in the whole classification, as the property regularly performs at out vivid blackberry and cedar aromas. Château Batailley is a classically-styled Pauillac that exudes the near stereotypical aromas of cassis, staggering Latour is undeniably the most sumptuous, opulent wine made here since ‘super second’ level. For many people, Lynch Bages epitomises the style of Pauillac with its cedary The palate is medium-bodied, but it is the cigar box and pencil shavings augmented by a coffee-bean texture and silky tannins. Really excellent detail and precision that achieves a level the 1982 or 1961.” pencil shaving aromas and densely packed cassis fruit. that makes the 2010 a benchmark for the value and delicious even in youth. Pauillac estate.” Château Lynch Bages 5ème Cru Classé 1990 €360.00 Château Batailley 5ème Cru Classé 1996 €85.00 Château Lynch Bages 5ème Cru Classé 2000 €375.00 Château Batailley 5ème Cru Classé 2003 €89.00 Château Lynch Bages 5ème Cru Classé 2003 €249.00 Château Batailley 5ème Cru Classé 2010 €95.00 Château Lynch Bages 5ème Cru Classé 2005 €275.00 Château Lynch Bages 5ème Cru Classé 2010 €245.00 CHATEAU DUHART-MILON Château Lynch Bages 5ème Cru Classé 2011 €185.00 ROTHSCHILD Château Duhart-Milon With 76 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, Duhart is managed by Eric Château Lynch Bages Rothschild Kohler, technical director at Château Lafite Rothschild. It has the distinguished and reserved 2000 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 2010 97pts character so typical of Pauillac. The Wine Advocate Château Mouton Rothschild is the only Château to achieve reclassification since 1855 when the wines 96pts The Wine Advocate from Bordeaux were sorted into five tiers according to the prices they were fetching on the market “The Rothschild family has invested heavily in this estate over the last 20 years in order to upgrade the at the time. This unique recategorisation took place in 1973 when Mouton Rothschild entered into quality, and their investments have certainly paid off handsomely.” the realm of the top five Châteaux (Premiers Grands Crus Classés). The bottles from this vineyard are “Dense purple, with classic notes of “Full-bodied with velvety tannins that famous not only for the powerful yet deceptively smooth wine inside, but also for the colourful labels cedar and lead pencil shavings as well Robert Parker have resolved themselves beautifully brought out each year which are designed by a different artist for each vintage. as gobs of black currants and licorice, over the last eleven years, this wine is still the wine has a full-bodied mouthfeel an adolescent, but it exhibits admirable with fabulous precision and density. It Château Duhart-Milon Rothschild 4ème Cru Classé 1999 €168.00 purity, texture, mouthfeel and power Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 1995 €790.00 also possesses a long, silky finish with combined with elegance. One of the all- moderately high tannins, but they are ripe Château Duhart-Milon Rothschild 4ème Cru Classé 2000 €210.00 time great examples of Lynch Bages.” Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 1999 €790.00 and well-integrated.” Château Duhart-Milon Rothschild 4ème Cru Classé 2010 €175.00 Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2000 €1,990.00 Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2003 €790.00 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2005 €990.00 Lafite consistently produces one of the wines of the vintage year in, year out. In a great vintage it is a Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2008 €740.00 reasonable assumption that Lafite will have produced the greatest Cabernet Sauvignon in the whole Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2010 €975.00 Médoc and fashioned a wonderful, long-lived, currant and cedar scented, ethereal beauty. Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2011 €619.00 Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 1986 €1,428.00 Château Lafite Rothschild Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 1990 €1,290.00 Château Mouton Rothschild 2003 2005 100pts Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 1998 €1,150.00 98pts The Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 1999 €1,355.00 Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2000 €1,990.00

“The 2003 Lafite Rothschild comes Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2003 €1,490.00 “Gorgeous, with singed alder and juniper as close to perfection as any of the notes starting to strut their stuff, while great Lafites made over the past Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2005 €1,295.00 the immense core of steeped red currant, three decades.” Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2009 €1,290.00 blackberry and plum fruit continues to wait in reserve. A light sanguine thread Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2010 €1,185.00 weaves in on the back end, which is driven by a serious bolt of iron. Shows terrific grip, Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Cru Classé 2011 €890.00 length and cut.” Food pairing suggestion Serve with grilled lamb, gratin dauphinois and green beans with garlic.

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CHATEAU PICHON BARON CLOS DU MARQUIS Château Pichon Baron is one part of the split of the large Pichon estate. The fairytale château Clos du Marquis is the second wine of Château Léoville Las Cases, cut from the same cloth and building and sumptuous label provide a glimpse of the beauty of the wine in the bottle. Occasionally regularly a match for many high-classed growths. However, unlike with most second wines, the overshadowed by the other half of the split, Château Pichon Lalande, the quality of more recent grapes actually come from a separate area of vineyards (rather than younger or less successful vines) vintages of this wine is providing ample indication that the two properties were once one. surrounded on all sides by other Second Growths.

Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 1989 €275.00 Clos du Marquis 2000 €125.00

Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 1998 €195.00 Clos du Marquis Clos du Marquis 2009 €115.00 Château Pichon Baron 2000 Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 1999 €209.00 Clos du Marquis 2010 €115.00 1989 94pts 95pts Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 2003 €249.00 Wine Spectator Clos du Marquis 2014 €99.00 Wine Spectator Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €255.00 Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 2006 €198.00 “The nose shows loads of plum, spice and CHATEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU “What a nose here, from crushed Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 2010 €290.00 meat aromas, as well as hints of licorice. It’s The name of this estate comes from the former owner, Mr. Ducru, and a description of the land it mulberry to tanned leather full-bodied, with firm, yet velvety textured to tar. Full-bodied, with big, Château Pichon Baron 2ème Cru Classé 2011 €185.00 tannins. It’s big and rounded. If you can’t comprises: ‘beau caillou’ literally means ‘beautiful pebble’. Pebbles and small stones permit good velvety tannins that are soft and afford Las Cases, try some of this. Some drainage of the soil, and their presence in the soils of the Médoc contributes hugely to the quality of caressing, like cashmere.” Food pairing suggestion might call this a second wine, but it comes the wines. Lovely served with roast beef, veal or venison. from a plot of vineyards not deemed worthy of Léoville Las Cases. So it’s like its own estate.” Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 1982 €389.00 CHATEAU PICHON LALANDE COMTESSE Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 1998 €175.00 Pichon Lalande is made with a relatively high proportion of Merlot, and renowned as providing a Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 1999 €210.00 softer, more tender version of Pauillac. The quality in vintages from the mid-eighties onwards has been nothing less than breathtaking. Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 2000 €335.00 Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 2003 €269.00 Château Pichon Lalande Comtesse 2ème Cru Classé 2003 €229.00 Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €310.00 Château Pichon Lalande Comtesse 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €235.00 Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 2010 €339.00 Château Pichon Château Pichon Lalande Comtesse 2ème Cru Classé 2009 €265.00 Château Ducru Beaucaillou Lalande Comtesse 2000 Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2ème Cru Classé 2011 €189.00 2009 Château Pichon Lalande Comtesse 2ème Cru Classé 2010 €269.00 94pts 95pts Wine Spectator The Wine Advocate Château Pichon Lalande Comtesse 2ème Cru Classé 2011 €189.00 CHATEAU GLORIA Château Gloria was not around in the 1855 classification of Bordeaux Châteaux, and was therefore CHATEAU PONTET-CANET “This has mature hints, but there’s great not graded. Whilst no one can really say what level it might have been awarded, most commentators “A beautiful effort. It is a deep purple- focus as the cedar, bay and leather notes agree that Gloria offers tremendous value for money, and is a great example of the St Julien style. hued, charming, surprisingly open-knit Proprietor Alfred Tesseron produces all his wines by wholly organic methods, a rarity in Bordeaux. race along with, rather than pull away from, Pauillac with wonderful freshness, a A superstar wine from a property that borders Mouton Rothschild, it is outperforming its historic the core of fig and blackberry fruit flavors. plump, fleshy mouthfeel, opulence and reputation by perhaps the greatest degree in the whole of Bordeaux. The long, bittersweet cocoa-dusted finish Château Gloria Cru Bourgeois 2000 €98.00 unctuosity, medium to full body and a provides a solid bass line.” well-delineated, luscious style.” Château Gloria Cru Bourgeois 2010 €95.00 Château Pontet-Canet 5ème Cru Classé 2000 €215.00 Château Gloria Cru Bourgeois 2011 €79.00 Château Pontet-Canet 5ème Cru Classé 2005 €245.00 Food pairing suggestion Château Pontet-Canet 5ème Cru Classé 2010 €290.00 Fantastic with steak pie or stewed ox cheek.

CHATEAU LEOVILLE BARTON ST JULIEN Léoville Barton is owned by Anthony Barton, a gently unassuming man who thinks that all wine, CHATEAU BEYCHEVELLE including his own, should be for drinking, and not just investment. The result being that his goal is to make the best Cabernet Sauvignon dominated wine he can. Great value and classy style Château Pontet-Canet According to legend, the name Beychevelle came from the Gascon ‘bêcha vêla’, meaning ‘lower Château Léoville Barton 2010 the sails’. This was a reference to the fact that ships passing by the château lowered their sails in 2010 100pts deference and allegiance to Admiral Jean-Louis Nogaret de la Valette, the property’s first owner under 96+pts Château Léoville Barton 2ème Cru Classé 1990 €225.00 The Wine Advocate Henri III. To this day, Beychevelle has the prettiest and most dramatic impact on the riverbank of the The Wine Advocate Château Léoville Barton 2ème Cru Classé 1998 €145.00 Gironde estuary. Château Léoville Barton 2ème Cru Classé 1999 €160.00 “An astounding, compelling wine. Château Léoville Barton 2ème Cru Classé 2000 €220.00 Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 1999 €139.00 “A superstar of the vintage, the wine has The freshness, laser-like precision, and notes of pen ink and creme de cassis, full-bodied, massive richness and extract Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2000 €289.00 Château Léoville Barton 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €195.00 good acidity, sweet, subtle oak, and are simply remarkable to behold and massive extraction and concentration. 2ème Cru Classé experience.” Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2003 €199.00 Château Léoville Barton 2010 €210.00 The beautiful purity, symmetry, and Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2005 €219.00 huge finish of nearly a minute make this one of the all-time great classics Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2008 €175.00 from Leoville Barton.” Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2009 €185.00 Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2010 €185.00 Château Beychevelle 4ème Cru Classé 2012 €159.00 All prices are in Euros before Tax | www.vsfgroup.com 34 FOR ORDERS t: +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 | [email protected] 35 FRANCE RED BORDEAUX FRANCE RED BORDEAUX

CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES CHATEAU MALESCOT ST EXUPERY Léoville Las Cases is often regarded as the First Growth that never was, and not just geographically Simon Malescot was King’s Counsel to Louis XIV and Jean-Baptiste de St Exupéry was the grandfather (it is separated from Château Latour only by a small stream). The wines are monumental in every way. of aviation pioneer and author, Antoine. The property is one of Margaux’s prettiest and so is their wine. 50% Cabernet Sauvignon gives the wine a wonderful blackcurrant flavour and supple texture, Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 1990 €449.00 whilst the addition of Merlot lends softness and a rounded character. Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2000 €490.00 Château Malescot St Exupéry 3ème Cru Classé 2000 €179.00 Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2003 €295.00 Château Malescot St Exupéry Château Léoville Las Cases Château Malescot St Exupéry 3ème Cru Classé 2003 €129.00 Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2005 €390.00 2000 2000 Château Malescot St Exupéry 3ème Cru Classé 2006 €109.00 100pts Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2006 €275.00 95pts The Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2009 €429.00 Château Malescot St Exupéry 3ème Cru Classé 2011 €89.00 Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2012 €225.00

Château Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru Classé 2014 €245.00 “This estate, which has continued to “Absolutely fantastic. This is one of the CHATEAU MARGAUX impress me in recent years, hit a home most exciting young reds I have tasted in a run in 2000. A wine of extraordinary Possibly the most regal of Bordeaux’s château buildings, Margaux is a byword for family-owned long, long time. It shows intense aromas of balance, equilibrium, and purity, with berries, currants and minerals, with hints CHATEAU TALBOT quality, panache and style. The softest and most approachable of the First Growth Châteaux, Margaux supple tannins, this medium to full- of mint. Full-bodied and packed with fruit is a rounded, delicious wine that nevertheless reveals layer upon layer of spice, vanilla, smoke, fruit, The wines of Château Talbot - named after John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury - are consistent and well bodied, concentrated effort is and tannins, its long finish is refined and coffee and cedar complexity. already compelling.” silky. A benchmark for the vintage.” balanced, showing ripe, luscious Cabernet Sauvignon fruit and cedar wood, typical of St Julien.

Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 1990 €129.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 1986 €769.00 Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 2000 €179.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 1995 €775.00 Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 2005 €175.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 1996 €990.00 Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 2006 €125.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 1999 €685.00 Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 2009 €129.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 2000 €1,440.00 Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 2010 €125.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 2003 €890.00 Château Talbot 4ème Cru Classé 2011 €99.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 2005 €1,198.00 4ème Cru Classé Château Margaux Château Talbot Château Talbot 2014 €89.00 Château Margaux 1er Cru Classé 2006 €690.00 2006 1996 91pts 100pts Food pairing suggestion Wine Spectator MARGAUX The Wine Advocate Roast partridge with gratin dauphinois or hard sheep’s cheese. Château Pontac Lynch Cru Bourgeois 2013/14 €39.00

“This displays blackberry, sweet “This is a Margaux that seems to light CHATEAU PALMER tobacco and green coffee aromas. up the senses. It was outstanding in Boasting one of the most impressive château buildings in the Médoc (which alas has never been lived Full-bodied, with soft tannins and a CHATEAU GISCOURS its youth... something that has not in), Palmer is widely regarded as the greatest Third Growth property and is more than occasionally caressing texture. This has a really lovely The high percentage of Merlot in the blend accounts for the wine’s depth and richness of flavour as changed one bit over the intervening believed to have produced the wine of the vintage, not just in Margaux, but in the whole of the region. mouthfeel for the vintage.” well as its approachability in youth. A classic Margaux name, now fully revitalised and back to fulfilling two decades. This may well turn out to be the Left Bank pinnacle of the 1990s.” its colossal potential. Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 1990 €390.00 Château Giscours 3ème Cru Classé 2000 €159.00 Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 1995 €298.00 Château Giscours 3ème Cru Classé 2005 €155.00 Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 1999 €375.00 Château Giscours 3ème Cru Classé 2008 €98.00 Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 2000 €489.00 3ème Cru Classé Château Giscours 2010 €118.00 Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 2005 €495.00 Château Giscours 3ème Cru Classé 2011 €95.00 Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 2006 €295.00 Food pairing suggestion Try with Japanese style steak dishes. Château Palmer 3ème Cru Classé 2010 €490.00

Château Kirwan Château Prieuré-Lichine 1999 2009 90pts CHATEAU KIRWAN 93pts CHATEAU PRIEURE-LICHINE Wine Spectator Mark Kirwan of Galway in Ireland gave his name to this Château back in the 18th century. The The Wine Advocate Made famous by the wine writer Alexis Lichine and still carrying his name, this property went from property’s 40 hectares of vineyards have changed little in size and location since the 1855 a neglected 11ha plot in the 1950s (albeit with much history and a good classification) to the stellar classification. With heavy investment since the early 1990s, this Château has been totally revitalised 70ha vineyard it is today. The wines are soft, supple and rich with varietal character and a great sense and is passing through something of a golden age. of Margaux. “Wonderful aromas of cassis and “The soft, sexy 2009 exhibits a dense berries, with hints of spices. plum/purple color along with a big, sweet Full-bodied, with fine tannins Château Kirwan 3ème Cru Classé 1998 €89.00 bouquet of raspberries, black cherries, Château Prieuré-Lichine 4ème Cru Classé 1996 €95.00 and a delicious fruity aftertaste. black currants, smoke and forest floor. Harmonious wine. Kirwan makes Château Kirwan 3ème Cru Classé 1999 €89.00 Opulent and round with an attractive Château Prieuré-Lichine 4ème Cru Classé 2000 €109.00 serious wine now.” Château Kirwan 3ème Cru Classé 2000 €129.00 viscosity as well as outstanding purity, depth and length.” Château Prieuré-Lichine 4ème Cru Classé 2009 €114.00 Château Kirwan 3ème Cru Classé 2003 €119.00 Château Kirwan 3ème Cru Classé 2005 €125.00 Château Kirwan 3ème Cru Classé 2006 €95.00

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GRAVES & PESSAC-LEOGNAN CHATEAU PAPE CLEMENT Owned by the indomitable Bernard Magrez and under the oenological guidance of vinous magician CHATEAU DE FIEUZAL Michel Rolland, Château Pape Clément is now making some extraordinarily brilliant wines. The De Fieuzal’s red is a Cabernet Sauvignon dominated Pessac-Léognan of huge poise and finesse. This Château is enjoying a dramatic rise in popularity in consequence. small property, owned by an Irish philanthropist, produces wines (both red and white) that punch considerably above their weight. Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 1990 €245.00 Château Haut-Bailly Château Pape Clément Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 1995 €165.00 2010 Château de Fieuzal Grand Cru Classé 1998 €69.00 2005 Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 1998 €195.00 95pts Château de Fieuzal Grand Cru Classé 2008 €75.00 99pts Wine Spectator The Wine Advocate Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 1999 €179.00 Food pairing suggestion Slow cooked beef stew in red wine with potato purée. Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 2003 €189.00 Grand Cru Classé “Chewy and brambly, but integrated, “Pape Clement’s 2005 has an opaque Château Pape Clément 2005 €285.00 this carries a very hefty core of purple color and smoky barbecue and Château Pape Clément Grand Cru Classé 2011 €159.00 espresso, ganache, mulled plum and CHATEAU HAUT-BAILLY chocolaty notes intermixed with cassis and blackberries. There is also some blackberry fruit. The purity starts to Haut-Bailly is a Pessac property that is home to some of the oldest vines in Bordeaux. When shine through on the finish, which underlying minerality in this full-bodied, drips with cassis and is threaded phylloxera struck in the late 19th century, the owner at the time was against grafting onto American super-concentrated wine, which has with a long warm paving stone note.” rootstock so the estate includes a 4 hectare plot of ungrafted vines that are over 100 years old. The wonderfully sweet, well-integrated tannins.” RIGHT BANK resulting wine is at last regaining its reputation as one of the very best. POMEROL Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé 1995 €135.00 Domaine de l’Eglise 2009/10 €63.00 Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé 1999 €149.00 Château Mazeyres 2012/14 €40.00 Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé 2003 €125.00 Vieux Château Certan 1999 €155.00 Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé 2010 €195.00 Food pairing suggestion Delicious with blanquette de veau.

Château Haut Brion CHATEAU HAUT BRION Château Certan de May 2005 Haut Brion was the first wine estate to start bottling its own wine in the early 17th century, rather 2005 CHATEAU CERTAN DE MAY 100pts than selling in bulk to négociants, and it consequently gained in fame and value thanks in particular 95+pts The French Revolution led to the division of the Certan domain, leaving the de May family with a The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate to claret lovers in London. It is therefore considered the forefather of the great Bordeaux growths. small parcel of the original property, then called Petit-Certan. 70% Merlot in the vineyards, and the Naturally it was placed at the top of the famous 1855 Médoc Classification. production just about reaches 2000 cases in a good year.

“With its elegance and finesse, it is “While I have always admired Haut-Brion, now I am addicted to its perfume and complexity.” “Beautiful coffee, cedar wood, Christmas Château Certan de May 1999 €99.00 not as powerful as La Mission, but the fruitcake, black cherry and blackcurrant nobility and complexity of the aromatics, Robert Parker fruit jump from the glass of this full-bodied, Château Certan de May 2003 €145.00 incredible fragrance (subtle smoke and rich, multi-layered, and very impressive blue, red, and black fruits) that persists Certan de May. This is a beauty.” Château Certan de May 2005 €189.00 in the glass, full-bodied mouthfeel Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 1995 €690.00 (though very light and delicate on its Château Certan de May 2010 €195.00 feet), and incredible length characterize Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 1996 €645.00 this great Haut-Brion.” Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 1998 €755.00 CHATEAU CLINET Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 1999 €710.00 A tiny production from this property which still offers excellent value compared to its neighbours. Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 2000 €990.00 The wines offer a massive, deeply extracted version of Merlot with full blown new oak treatment. Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 2003 €685.00 Château Haut Brion 1er Cru Classé 2005 €1,190.00 Château Clinet 2000 €225.00 Château Clinet 2011 €148.00 Château Château Clinet La Mission Haut-Brion CHATEAU LA MISSION HAUT-BRION 2011 2009 The neighbour of Haut Brion, with the same owner and under the same winemaking stewardship, CHATEAU L’EGLISE-CLINET 100pts 95pts somehow La Mission has only been recognised as producing the magnificent, pure and seamless The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate This small 5.5 hectare vineyard has been in the hands of the same family for over a century. Thanks to wines it does relatively recently. It can still offer a saving on its more illustrious stable-mate but often his vines averaging 40 years old, Denis Durantou makes wines that fully express the complexity of this produces an equal, and more than occasionally superior, wine. exceptional clay-gravel terroir.

“Clinet has produced a blockbuster “The wine’s remarkable concentration Grand Cru Classé wine, even in the lighter, less consistent offers up an unctuous/viscous texture, Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2000 €865.00 Château L’Eglise-Clinet 1995 €269.00 vintage of 2011. It reveals a dense purple a skyscraper-like mouthfeel, sweet, Château La Mission Haut-Brion Grand Cru Classé 2005 €885.00 color as well as an abundance of black Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2000 €490.00 sumptuous, nearly over-the-top flavors cherry, black currant and blackberry fruit and massive density. Perhaps a once in Grand Cru Classé Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2006 €390.00 intermixed with licorice, incense and a Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2004 €210.00 a lifetime La Mission-Haut-Brion.” Château La Mission Haut-Brion Grand Cru Classé 2008 €360.00 touch of camphor. Brilliant!” Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2005 €590.00 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Grand Cru Classé 2009 €945.00 Food pairing suggestion Tournedos Rossini - steak with foie gras and black truffles.

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CHATEAU L’EVANGILE CHATEAU TROTANOY L’Evangile consistently produces very fine Pomerol and its best vintages are amongst the very best Trotanoy has 7.2 hectares of mainly Merlot vines, just west of Château Pétrus and owned by the same of the entire commune, if not the whole of Bordeaux. It comes as little surprise to discover that the family, so the comparison with the greatest of Pomerol’s properties is almost complete. property is owned by Lafite Rothschild. Château Trotanoy 1996 €225.00 Château L’Evangile 2006 €219.00 Château Trotanoy 1998 €455.00 Château L’Evangile 2010 €365.00 Château L’Evangile Château Trotanoy 1999 €225.00 2010 Château Trotanoy Château Trotanoy 2005 €345.00 98+pts 1998 The Wine Advocate CHATEAU LA FLEUR-PETRUS 97pts This charming estate is located between Pétrus and Château La Fleur, and delivers all the pedigree Wine Spectator and quality that this enviable position suggests. Hardly surprising as, like Trotanoy, it is owned and managed by the supremely talented Christian Moueix. ST EMILION “Stunningly rich and black/purple in color, Château Ausone 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1995 €790.00 the 2010 L’Evangile offers up the tell-tale “Very sweet, plummy fruit on the nose, floral note as well as black raspberry jam Château La Fleur-Pétrus 1998 €390.00 with hints of milk chocolate and spices. Château Belregard-Figeac Grand Cru 2011 €30.00 Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a big, intermixed with cassis and kirsch. There Château La Fleur-Pétrus 1999 €295.00 are also ethereal floral notes and a hint of juicy palate. A subtle wine that builds on Le Dôme Grand Cru 2005 €190.00 background oak.” Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2000 €395.00 the palate. It’s sort of like a weight-lifting ballerina. Really impressive.” Château Fombrauge Grand Cru Classé 2010/15 €50.00 Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2005 €395.00 Food pairing suggestion Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2010 €410.00 Delicious with steak or cheese-based pasta dishes.

CHATEAU GAZIN CHATEAU ANGELUS Neighbouring Pétrus and Evangile, Gazin offers great value for such a well situated Pomerol. The label Château Angélus was officially recognized as a Premier Grand Cru Classé in 1996. It has consistently reflects the fact that the property was originally a farm belonging to the Knights Hospitaliers of St delivered superb wines ever since. Powerful and massive, it has concentrated blackcurrant, John in the Middle Ages. redcurrant and leather on the palate given structure by firm tannins which soften with time. As with almost all St Emilion wines, this is made principally from Merlot. Château Gazin 2003 €175.00 Château Gazin Château Gazin 2005 €189.00 Château Angélus 2005 2005 Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1998 €425.00 96+pts Château Gazin 2010 €195.00 100pts Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1999 €390.00 The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate Food pairing suggestion Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2000 €690.00 Roast duck or even Chinese-style duck pancakes. Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2003 €495.00 “An inky plum/purple color, stunning “This sensational, opaque, bluish/purple Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2005 €595.00 concentration, a boatload of tannin, CHATEAU NENIN wine offers up notes of vanillia, spring and unlimited upside potential. Sweet flowers, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, Château Angélus 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2010 €545.00 cassis, plum, vanilla and truffle notes Owned by the proprietors of St Julien’s superstar Léoville Las Cases, and featuring a rather high plus a touch of licorice. It is full-bodied, are followed by a dense, deep, profound percentage of Cabernet Franc for a Pomerol estate, this is the most left bank-like of the wines from multidimensional and layered.” wine with blackcurrant and black cherry the commune. fruit, high extraction, and a multi- CHATEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT layered texture.” Château Nénin 1995 €90.00 Beau-Séjour Bécot is in the upper echelon of Bordeaux right bank producers but, unusually, the property lost but then regained its Premier Grand Cru status as a result of vineyard acquisition. It Château Nénin 1998 €125.00 was relegated to Grand Cru Classé after the incorporation of some non Premier Grand Cru vineyards, Château Nénin 2004 €79.00 but having proven that they could produce not just typical, but great St Emilion wine, in 1996 it was reinstated as a Premier Grand Cru and deservedly so.

PETRUS Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 1er Grand Cru Classé 1999 €90.00 Probably the greatest and certainly the most famous red wine in all of Bordeaux, and perhaps the world. Because of their extraordinarily rigorous selection (sometimes they only use 50% of the crop), Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 1er Grand Cru Classé 2000 €159.00 Pétrus consistently make the best possible wine every vintage. This impacts on the quantity produced Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 1er Grand Cru Classé 2003 €135.00 Pétrus each year (between 1000 and 3000 cases only) but maintains the wine’s legendary reputation. Château Beau-Séjour Bécot Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 1er Grand Cru Classé 2005 €145.00 2000 2005 100pts Pétrus 2000 €4,950.00 94+pts Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 1er Grand Cru Classé 2010 €129.00 The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate Pétrus 2003 €2,990.00 Pétrus 2004 €2,850.00 “Extremely full-bodied, with great Pétrus 2006 €2,995.00 “A beautiful wine from Beau-Séjour Bécot, fruit purity, an unmistakable note of the color of the 2005 is an opaque purple underbrush, black truffle, intense black Pétrus 2008 €2,995.00 and the wine is loaded with notes of cherries, licorice, and mulberry, the Pétrus 2009 €3,950.00 cedar wood, Asian spice, blackberry and wine seems to show no evidence of cassis fruit.” oak whatsoever. It has a sumptuous, Pétrus 2010 €4,850.00 unctuous texture, plenty of tannin, but also vibrancy and brightness.” Pétrus 2011 €2,975.00 Pétrus 2012 €2,950.00 Pétrus 2013 €2,750.00

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CHATEAU CHEVAL BLANC CHATEAU TROPLONG MONDOT What really sets Cheval Blanc apart is its unusual mixture of grape varieties planted as a result of its position on the gravel outcrop that dominates St Emilion. The main grape is Cabernet Franc, The late Christine Valette totally restored and revived the venerable Troplong Mondot estate with its augmented by the more expected Merlot and only a minuscule amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. The 33 hectares of prime land in the heart of St Emilion. The vineyards are managed sustainably without origin of the White Horse name is lost in time. the use of pesticides and around a third of the vineyards are cultivated only with horses. It came as no surprise in 1996 when the wines were elevated to 1er Grand Cru Classé status where they have remained ever since. Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1986 €659.00 Château Cheval Blanc Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1988 €649.00 Château Troplong Mondot 2005 2005 Château Troplong Mondot 1er Grand Cru Classé 1990 €390.00 100pts Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1989 €725.00 100pts Château Troplong Mondot 1er Grand Cru Classé 1999 €139.00 The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1995 €755.00 Château Troplong Mondot 1er Grand Cru Classé 2005 €398.00 Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 1996 €698.00 Château Troplong Mondot 1er Grand Cru Classé 2006 €189.00 “This is another fabulous wine and a Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2000 €1,145.00 “Dense purple, it offers notes of white perfect expression for this vintage. chocolate, blackberry, cassis and licorice It is difficult to forget the gorgeous Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2003 €689.00 as well as a hint of truffle and some subtle blueberry and raspberry fruit, full body, Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2005 €1,099.00 background oak. Full-bodied, multi- sweet tannin, a multi-layered texture, layered, and spectacularly pure and rich, it and purity and palate presence of this Château Cheval Blanc 1er Grand Cru Classé A 2010 €1,295.00 is a tour de force, and a great tribute to an stunning wine.” incredible woman.” CHATEAU LA COUSPAUDE La Couspaude is one of the most famous ‘garagiste’ properties in St Emilion, although in this case the wine is made at a château and not in a garage! The production is tiny, and the awards are coming thick and fast - this is truly a wine estate in the ascendancy offering wonderful examples of concentrated, Merlot-dominated wines.

Château La Couspaude Grand Cru Classé 2000 €119.00 Château La Couspaude Grand Cru Classé 2003 €98.00 Château La Couspaude 2000 Château La Couspaude Grand Cru Classé 2005 €125.00 92pts Wine Spectator CHATEAU FIGEAC Situated, like Cheval Blanc, on the gravel soils of the west of the region, Figeac uses around “Serious wine. Loads of chocolate, raspberry 70% Cabernet in its wine, making it the most Médoc-like of the right bank properties. and cherry character. Full-bodied, with lots of vanilla and reduced raspberry flavors. A typographically exquisite label and classic winemaking also mark out this fine estate. Long and caressing. Modern and exciting. Best Couspaude I have ever tasted.” Château Figeac 1er Grand Cru Classé 1982 €490.00 Château Figeac 1er Grand Cru Classé 2000 €345.00 Château Figeac 1er Grand Cru Classé 2005 €355.00 Château Figeac 1er Grand Cru Classé 2009 €345.00 Château Figeac 1er Grand Cru Classé 2010 €390.00 Château Figeac 1er Grand Cru Classé 2011 €225.00

CHATEAU LA GAFFELIERE Still in the hands of the Malet Roquefort family after more than three centuries, Château La Gaffelière Château La Gaffelière is one of the oldest family-owned properties in St Emilion. A leper colony existed in the area during 2009 the medieval period, hence the name Gaffelière, deriving from the old French word ‘gaffet’ meaning 95+pts The Wine Advocate ‘leper’. Today the vineyards comprise 22 hectares with an enviable position between those of Château Ausone and Château Pavie.

1er Grand Cru Classé “2009 is one of the all time great Gaffelieres Château La Gaffelière 2003 €125.00 produced.The 2009 reveals compelling Château La Gaffelière 1er Grand Cru Classé 2009 €179.00 elegance, tremendous intensity and oppulence and more viscosity than one Food pairing suggestion normally sees. Lots of kirsch, licorice, Serve with partridge or pheasant and dishes containing mushrooms or truffles. incence, truffle, asphalt, blackberry and cassis notes dominate the aromatics and flavours of this full-bodied, flamboyantly pure St Emilion.”

All prices are in Euros before Tax | www.vsfgroup.com 42 FOR ORDERS t: +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 | [email protected] 43 The northern Rhône contains some of the oldest vineyards in France producing elegant wines made from Syrah FRANCE RED NORTHERN RHONE RHONE which are both powerful and have the capacity to age. Hermitage and Côte-Rôtie are the stars of the north, needing at least a decade to show at their best. St Joseph and Cornas produce more accessible examples whilst Crozes-Hermitage offers great value for money.

The valley floor opens out in the southern Rhône, with vines planted low to the ground in goblet formation to protect them from the strong mistral winds. The soils here are made up of round stones CORNAS Cornas Confidence Domaine Eric et Joel Durand 2013 €56.00 from the ancient river bed and these retain the warmth of the day, helping to fully ripen the grapes of the heat-loving Grenache. The best wine villages of the Côtes du Rhône have been given their own appellation such as Gigondas and the well-known Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Côte-Rôtie La Mordorée M. Chapoutier CÔTE-RÔTIE 2012 Côte-Rôtie Bonnevaux J. Boutin 2012 €52.00 97pts The Wine Advocate Côte Rôtie La Mordorée M. Chapoutier 2012 €149.00 Following the Rhône River from north Food pairing suggestion to south, this southern French wine A beautiful pairing for roast beef or lamb. region is 250 km in length with 200 “Incredible notes of violets, peppery spice, spring flowers, rose petal and darker berry communes producing wine in a fruit. This is followed by a full-bodied, ETIENNE GUIGAL Côte-Rôtie sweetly fruited, expansive Cote-Rotie that’s wide range of styles. perfectly balanced, has beautiful mid- Founded by Etienne Guigal in the 1940s, and now run by his son Marcel, there is little variance from palate density, and ultra-fine tannin that the belief that Guigal is the greatest producer of Côte-Rôtie of all. emerge on the finish.” “In the past 20 years I have spent visiting wineries and vignerons, I have never seen a producer so fanatical about quality as Marcel Guigal.” St-Joseph Robert Parker T Côte-Rôtie La Landonne E. Guigal 2003 €790.00 Côte-Rôtie La Landonne E. Guigal 2006 €360.00 Côte-Rôtie La Landonne E. Guigal 2008 €290.00 Côte-Rôtie Crozes-Hermitage La Turque E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Landonne E. Guigal 2009 €550.00 Hermitage 2009 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline E. Guigal 2004 €325.00 100pts RANCE Cornas The Wine Advocate Côte-Rôtie La Mouline E. Guigal 2006 €335.00 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline E. Guigal 2008 €295.00 Côte-Rôtie La Mouline E. Guigal 2009 €590.00 “Loaded with notions of smoked meats, blackberries, blackcurrants, beef blood Côte-Rôtie La Turque E. Guigal 2002 €319.00 and espresso roast. Thick, unctuous, hugely concentrated and long, it’s a Côte-Rôtie La Turque E. Guigal 2003 €780.00 heavenly wine I guarantee will put a Côte-Rôtie La Turque E. Guigal 2005 €635.00 smile on your face.” Côte-Rôtie La Turque E. Guigal 2006 €295.00 Côte-Rôtie La Turque E. Guigal 2008 €295.00 Côte-Rôtie La Turque E. Guigal 2009 €590.00

Gigondas CROZES-HERMITAGE T Crozes-Hermitage Les Hauts Granites J. Boutin 2016 €21.00

Hermitage J-L. Chave HERMITAGE Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2001 95pts Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne M. Chapoutier 2012/13 €88.00 The Wine Advocate Ermitage Le Méal Rouge M. Chapoutier 2012 €259.00 Avignon Ermitage Le Pavillon Rouge M. Chapoutier 2012 €390.00 “This is an elegant, sinewy vintage that Hermitage J-L. Chave 2001 €349.00 is just starting to hit its stride, with a strong sanguine and cedar frame to the core of dried red currant, cherry pit and red licorice notes. A racy iron note is ST JOSEPH now in full throat on the finish.” St Joseph Lautaret Domaine Eric et Joel Durand 2014 €30.00

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CÔTES DU RHÔNE Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Tradition Domaine de Mourchon 2014/15 €16.00 Germany has 102,000 hectares under vine and is the tenth largest wine producer in the world. Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret Grande Réserve Domaine de Mourchon 2013/14 €24.00 Home to the world’s greatest Rieslings, white grapes make up 65% of all plantings. The cool climate produces wines with incredible precision and focused fruit flavours Côtes du Rhône Villages balanced by finely tuned acidity. Séguret Grande Réserve GIGONDAS Domaine de Mourchon Gigondas M. Chapoutier 2015 €29.00 2013 Austrian wine recently came into its own following a wine scandal in 1985 which led to a complete 91pts Food pairing suggestion Wine Spectator Try with beef stroganoff or spare ribs. restructuring of the industry, making Austria one of the top countries in the world for production standards. The wines display great elegance and acidity with delicate aromatics.

“Ripe and racy, with excellent CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE definition to the cassis, blackberry and raspberry fruit, supported by Châteauneuf-du-Pape Côtes Capelan La Ferme du Mont 2012/13 €69.00 light bramble and anise accents and driving through the chalk- edged finish.” DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE Established in 1973 by Aimé Sabon, Janasse remains in the family and is now run by the brother and GERMANY sister team of Christophe and Isabelle. With 80ha the wines stand out for the sheer quality of the base material, as well as the skill and vision of the Sabons. Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spätlese Dönnhoff Nahe 2010/14 €35.00 Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling Dry Ehrenfels Grosses Gewächs Leitz Rheingau 2014/16 €62.00 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes Domaine de la Janasse 2004 €125.00 Rüdesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spätlese Leitz Rheingau 2011/14 €26.00 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes Domaine de la Janasse 2008 €89.00 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett Dr Loosen Mosel 2015/16 €22.00 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes Domaine de la Janasse 2011 €135.00 Food pairing suggestion Try with baked fish in a cream or butter sauce or serve as an aperitif with charcuterie. Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Vignes Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Château Mont-Redon 2015 €39.00 Spätlese Dönnhoff 2011 2010 96pts Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau Vieux Télégraphe 2014 €79.00 93pts The Wine Advocate Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau Vieux Télégraphe 2015 €74.00 Wine Spectator Food pairing suggestion Delicious with slow-cooked pork or lamb. “Exhibiting gorgeous black fruits, spice-box, “Ripe citrus and apple flavors toast, licorice and roasted meat-like dominate this rich spätlese, which qualities on the nose, it is full-bodied, features accents of ginger and spice. concentrated and layered on the palate, Glazed apricot notes fill the finish, with loads of texture, yet delivers no weight, SOUTHERN FRANCE which lingers with slate and white heat, or ever puts a foot wrong.” LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON pepper hints.” Domaine la Gravette Rouge IGP Pays d’Oc 2014 €4.50 Domaine Les Roques Rouge JM Boillot IGP Pays d’Oc 2013 €11.50 Domaine Treloar Tahi Côtes de Roussillon 2009 €25.00 AUSTRIA Hegarty No. 1 Minervois 2011 €21.00 Grüner Veltliner Löss Jurtschitsch Kamptal 2015 €18.00 PROVENCE Château d’Esclans Déesse Diane IGP Var 2011/13 €27.00 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Domaine Treloar Tahi Kabinett Dr Loosen 2009 Domaine PiqueRoque Rouge Côtes de Provence 2015 €9.00 2015 91pts 90pts Côtes de Provence The Wine Advocate Domaines Ott Rouge 2012/13 €24.00 The Wine Advocate La Mascaronne Cuvée Guy da Nine Côtes de Provence 2007/10 €38.00

“A pretty, perfumed bouquet of iodine, iron, “The 2015 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett leafy herbs and darker blackberry and is clear and flinty on the nose and delivers the currant-styled fruits. Medium-bodied, rich CORSICA typical ripe, lush and sensual fruit aromas of and textured, with fabulous purity, this Clos Canarelli Rouge Corse Figari 2014/15 €31.00 this famous grand cru. Piquant and racy, but blend of Syrah, Grenache and Mouvedre also lush and juicy on the palate, this is a pure, will continue to impress.” fine and elegant but pretty sweet Kabinett.”

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PIEDMONT TUSCANY Located in the north west of Italy, Piedmont has a continental Italy’s oldest wine region, Tuscany is also its 5th largest, climate influenced by its proximity to both the Alps and the producing the third highest amount of DOC/DOCG quality Ligurian Apennines. Since Roman times, Piedmont has been wines despite only producing around 6% of the country’s considered the fine wine capital of Italy and has the country’s volume of wine. This is largely due to the region’s poor soils highest proportion of DOC and DOCG wines even though it only which encourage producers to grow small yields of high accounts for 7% of its production. quality grapes.

Gavi DOCG is Piedmont’s best-known dry white wine made from Tuscany has a unique terrain with more than two thirds of the Cortese grape grown around the town of Gavi itself. Whites it being hilly which benefits the predominant grape variety, are also made from the indigenous Roero near the town of Arneis. Sangiovese, as it needs direct sunlight to ripen fully. Two of Nebbiolo is the king of red wine grapes in Piedmont and is Italy’s most famous wines are found in Tuscany – Chianti and planted on all of the best sites. Nebbiolo, the variety behind Brunello di Montalcino. Barbaresco and Barolo, produces wines with pronounced aromas of tar, roses and truffles which age fantastically often needing at SUPER TUSCAN Home to more than 2000 grape varieties least ten years before they really come into their own. The term ‘Super Tuscan’ first emerged in the 1970s to describe and some of the oldest wine regions in Barbera and Dolcetto are grown around the towns of Asti and a new wave of wine being made outside of DOC/DOCG the world, Italy produces more wine Alba producing easier drinking styles that are more accessible regulations to a very high quality, and commanding high than any other country with the 2016 from a younger age. prices to match. Many of these wines achieved a cult harvest reaching 48.8 million hectolitres. following and as a result, the Italian classification Italy has over 1 million vineyards BARBARESCO system was changed to give these DOC or Alto Adige under cultivation, producing wines A third of the size of neighbouring Barolo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia DOCG status. Some producers still prefer to from almost every region, renowned and 50 years younger, Barbaresco use IGP Toscana. worldwide for their broad variety. is renowned for producing some Lombardy Veneto of Italy’s finest wines. Thanks Venice largely to the efforts of Angelo Barbaresco Each region has its own style with the most Barolo Gaja, the region has been Piedmont significant in terms of both quantity and quality recognised for its real potential Liguria being Piedmont, Tuscany and Veneto. and it was granted DOCG status is 1980. Italy’s best-known grapes are Sangiovese, Tuscany Nebbiolo, Pinot Grigio, Barbera and BAROLO Montepulciano alongside international varieties, Barolo DOC was founded in 1966 and upgraded Umbria in particular Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. to DOCG status in 1980, which seems appropriate given that this is not only Italy’s ROME most famous wine region, but is also widely regarded to be its best. Campania Reds are made from 100% Nebbiolo Naples Puglia which capitalises on the long, warm Sardinia summers and the unique terroir, with each village sitting upon its own hill surrounded by vineyards.

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VENETO LIGURIA Soave Classico La Rocca Pieropan 2014/15 €38.00 Vermentino Riviera Ligure di Ponente Terre Bianche Riviera Ligure di Ponente 2016/17 €18.00 TUSCANY Rossj Bass Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Cervaro della Sala Antinori San Angelo Pinot Grigio Banfi 2016/17 €19.00 2016 PIEDMONT 2013 Codice V Vermentino Belguardo 2016 €22.00 90+pts Roero Arneis Paolo Manzone 2016 €17.00 94pts The Wine Advocate Gavi White Label La Scolca 2016/17 €15.00 The Wine Advocate Vistamare Ca’ Marcanda Angelo Gaja 2015 €44.00 Gavi dei Gavi Black Label La Scolca 2016/17 €29.00 Monteverro Chardonnay 2012 €98.00

“Crisp and luminous, the 2016 Langhe Gavi La Scolca d’Antan La Scolca 2006 €78.00 Rossj-Bass is Chardonnay enhanced “I never get enough of this beautiful wine. with a tiny part Sauvignon Blanc. This The aging potential of this celebrated white UMBRIA second grape only constitutes 5% of wine has been proven and demonstrated the blend, yet its presence is felt in a Cervaro della Sala Antinori 2013/14 €65.00 ANGELO GAJA with tasting after tasting. This vintage big way. The wine presents pristine is balanced and fresh with brimstone, and sharply delineated tones of exotic Rossj Bass Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Langhe 2016 €99.00 Orvieto Classico Campogrande Antinori 2015/16 €12.00 stone fruit and creamy peach. With time, fruit, peach and white rose.” Alteni di Brassica Sauvignon Blanc Angelo Gaja Langhe 2012/14 €108.00 it will show more mineral nuances and Food pairing suggestion additional aging sophistication.” Fettucine alfredo or smoked meats and cheeses. Food pairing suggestion Try with lobster thermidor or scallops with black pudding.

Gaia & Rey Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Langhe 2006 €295.00 Gaia & Rey Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Langhe 2009 €289.00 Gaia & Rey Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Langhe 2010 €289.00 Gaia & Rey Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Langhe 2014 €299.00 Porer Pinot Grigio Alois Lageder Gaia & Rey Chardonnay Angelo Gaja Langhe 2015 €299.00 2015 90pts The Wine Advocate LOMBARDY Ca’del Bosco Chardonnay Curtefranca 2011 €89.00

“This is a clean and pristine white wine that offers pretty aromatic intensity with citrus blossom, white peach and honeydew melon. The TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE wine shows that signature richness Porer Pinot Grigio Alois Lageder Alto Adige 2015/16 €23.00 and subtle creaminess that is so distinctive of Alois Lageder and his Löwengang Chardonnay Alois Lageder Alto Adige 2012/13 €45.00 biodynamic farming.” Pinot Grigio Santa Margherita Trentino-Alto Adige 2016/17 €13.00 Sanct Valentin Chardonnay St Michael Eppan Alto Adige 2015 €29.00 Sanct Valentin Sauvignon Blanc St Michael Eppan Alto Adige 2016 €29.00

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA Sauvignon Blanc Jermann 2016/17 €25.00 Vintage Tunina Jermann 2014 €59.00 Were Dreams… Jermann 13/14/15 €59.00 Were Dreams… Jermann 2013 Capo Martino Jermann 2012 €66.00 92pts Wine Spectator Food pairing suggestion Excellent with octopus sautéed with rosemary and chickpea purée.

“A rich and creamy white, balanced by vibrant, finely knit acidity, with toasted brioche, honey and lime blossom notes, layered with glazed nectarine and kumquat accents. Long and minerally on the finish, with lingering touches of smoke and spice.”

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Popularity for Italian fine wines has recently soared due to the fact that not only do they need less cellaring than their French counterparts, but also offer incredible value for money. Red LIGURIA wines are produced in every style from all over the country using Rossese di Dolceacqua Terre Bianche 2015/16 €19.00 predominantly local grape varieties, with more international ones being planted as the demand for Super Tuscans increases. Darmagi Angelo Gaja 1999 94pts PIEDMONT Vinous LANGHE Langhe Rosso Luvi Paolo Manzone 2015/16 €19.00

“This is a gorgeous showing from the 1999 Sito Moresco Angelo Gaja 2013/15 €54.00 Darmagi. When it was young, the 1999 was Darmagi Angelo Gaja 1990 €325.00 compact, but today the 1999 possesses exceptional balance, while retaining an Darmagi Angelo Gaja 1997 €295.00 essentially mid-weight expression of Cabernet Sauvignon.” Darmagi Angelo Gaja 1999 €275.00 Darmagi Angelo Gaja 2004 €249.00

ALBA Barbera d’Alba Fiorenza Paolo Manzone 2015/16 €16.00 Dolcetto d’Alba Magna Paolo Manzone 2016/17 €12.00 Nebbiolo d’Alba Valmaggiore Luciano Sandrone 2014/15 €30.00 Food pairing suggestion Barbera d’Asti Bricco Delicious with meat ragu, or dishes including fresh Burrata or Feta cheese. dell’Uccellone Braida 2010 94pts Vinous ASTI Barbera d’Asti Bricco dell’Uccellone Braida 2008/10 €69.00

“Focused and vibrant to the core, the 2010 captures the energy of this great vintage in spades. Black cherries, plums, BARBARESCO graphite, spices and crushed rocks rush out of the glass in a super-exciting wine Barbaresco Prunotto 2010/12 €39.00 bursting with vitality.” ANGELO GAJA Responsible for revolutionising the Italian wine industry, Angelo Gaja is a name that commands a great deal of respect in the wine world. Now running this winemaking dynasty alongside his daughter Gaia, the Gaja family continue to produce arguably Italy’s most iconic wines. The range encompasses wines that define Barbaresco, as well as properties and vineyards in Barolo, Maremma and Montalcino.

Barbaresco Angelo Gaja 2000 €295.00 Barbaresco Barbaresco Angelo Gaja 2003 €275.00 Costa Russi Angelo Gaja 2013 Barbaresco Angelo Gaja 2008 €285.00 98pts Barbaresco Angelo Gaja 2011 €245.00 Vinous Barbaresco Angelo Gaja 2012 €239.00 Barbaresco Costa Russi Angelo Gaja 1997 €490.00 “The 2013 Barbaresco Costa Russi is a real Barbaresco Costa Russi Angelo Gaja 2006 €395.00 head-turner. Crystalline and utterly vivid in its expression of Nebbiolo, the 2013 is Barbaresco Costa Russi Angelo Gaja 2013 €469.00 all class. The 2013 has been stunningly beautiful on the three occasions I have Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn Angelo Gaja 1998 €390.00 tasted it so far.” Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn Angelo Gaja 2006 €395.00 Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn Angelo Gaja 2013 €469.00 Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo Angelo Gaja 2013 €475.00

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BAROLO TUSCANY PAOLO MANZONE TOSCANA ROSSO Barolo Serralunga Paolo Manzone 2013/14 €45.00 Santa Cristina Antinori 2014 €14.00 Barolo Meriame Paolo Manzone 2011/14 €75.00 Barolo Riserva Paolo Manzone 2011/12 €95.00 Barolo Le Vigne Chianti Classico CHIANTI Luciano Sandrone Castello di Fonterutoli Chianti Classico Marchese Antinori Riserva 2014 €41.00 2010 2008 100pts LUCIANO SANDRONE 91pts Chianti Classico Badia a Passignano Antinori Gran Selezione 2010 €52.00 Vinous Wine Spectator Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2004 €198.00 Chianti Classico Fonterutoli 2015 €20.00 Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2005 €175.00 Chianti Classico Castello di Fonterutoli 2008 €54.00

“Sandrone’s 2010 Barolo Le Vigne is one of Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2009 €145.00 “A taut, well-toned red, laced with cherry Chianti Classico Ser Lapo Riserva Privata Castello di Fonterutoli Riserva 2013 €34.00 the wines of the vintage, hands down. Rich, Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2010 €292.00 and raspberry flavors and married to a firm layered and utterly impeccable, the Le structure. Rich and complex, yet open in Vigne boasts stunning depth and richness. Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2011 €149.00 texture, ending on a cedary note.” Dried rose petal, tar, mint, wild flowers MONTALCINO and cinnamon flow through to the multi- Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2012 €135.00 dimensional finish.” Brunello di Montalcino Pian delle Vigne Antinori 2012/13 €68.00 Barolo Le Vigne Luciano Sandrone 2013 €165.00 Brunello di Montalcino Banfi 2011/12 €45.00 Barolo Cannubi Boschis Luciano Sandrone 2012 €160.00 Brunello di Montalcino Poggio all’Oro Banfi 2012 €142.00 Barolo Aleste Luciano Sandrone 2013 €189.00 Rosso di Montalcino Le Chiuse 2016 €29.00 Brunello di Montalcino Le Chiuse 2013 €74.00 ANGELO GAJA Brunello di Montalcino Santa Restituta Rennina Angelo Gaja 2004 €189.00 Barolo Dagromis Angelo Gaja 2013/14 €89.00 Brunello di Montalcino Santa Restituta Sugarille Angelo Gaja 2004 €195.00 Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 1995 €289.00 Tenuta Belguardo 2015 Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 1996 €290.00 93pts VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO 2008 Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 1999 €395.00 The Wine Advocate 96+pts Vino Nobile di Montepulciano la Braccesca Antinori 2012/13 €24.00 The Wine Advocate Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 2000 €355.00 Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 2003 €329.00 SUPER TUSCAN Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 2004 €360.00 “The 2008 Sperss is exotic, dark and “Here is a wine that is really coming totally seductive. Black cherries, mint, Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 2005 €335.00 into its own. This is a rich and TENUTA BELGUARDO licorice, flowers, spices and juniper beautifully integrated blend that Serrata Belguardo Toscana 2014/15 €16.00 berries meld together in the glass, all Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 2008 €265.00 offers balanced power and a fully supported by firm, insistent tannins.” Tenuta Belguardo Maremma Toscana 2007 €54.00 Barolo Sperss Angelo Gaja 2011 €270.00 rich or concentrated style. Dark fruit, spice and leather peel back in thick, Tenuta Belguardo Maremma Toscana 2008 €60.00 delicious layers.” Tenuta Belguardo Maremma Toscana 2015 €52.00 ALTO ADIGE Food pairing suggestion Pinot Nero Franz Haas Alto Adige 2012/15 €30.00 Delicious served with aged cold cuts or with mildly spicy dishes. MCM Merlot Alois Lageder Alto Adige 2008/9 €54.00 Food pairing suggestion TENUTA DI BISERNO Delicious with veal, lamb or rabbit casseroles. From the Lodovico Antinori stable, Biserno in Bolgheri is easily Italy’s best new discovery. This delicious, rounded Bordeaux blend plays in the same team as Ornellaia and Sassicaia, but is, for the moment at least, a veritable bargain. Podere dei Blumeri FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA Schiopetto Biserno Tenuta di Biserno “Despite the ownership of Lodovico Antinori and the presence of an all-star team of winemakers that 2009 2006 Podere dei Blumeri Schiopetto Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2006/7 €27.00 includes Michel Rolland, Tenuta di Biserno remains one of the best kept secrets in Bolgheri.” 92pts 95pts Vinous The Wine Advocate Wine Advocate VENETO Il Pino di Biserno Toscana 2014 €65.00 “The 2006 Podere dei Blumeri Rosso Amarone della Valpolicella Vigna Garzon Pieropan Veneto 2013/14 €69.00 “The 2009 Biserno is humming with energy is a big, opulent wine loaded with Amarone Classico Vaio Armaron Serego Alighieri Masi Veneto 2011 €99.00 and bold fruit flavors of blackberry, Biserno Tenuta di Biserno Toscana 2008 €210.00 succulent dark blackberries, blueberries, chocolate-covered cherry, rum cake, wild herbs and French oak. This wine Food pairing suggestion exotic spice, moist pipe tobacco and dried Biserno Tenuta di Biserno Toscana 2009 €195.00 possesses terrific depth and richness in Try with the classic pairing of risotto all’Amarone or with aged Parmegiano Reggiano. garden herb. It shows enormous balance Biserno Tenuta di Biserno Toscana 2012 €159.00 a full-bodied, dense style.” and a profound, opulent mouthfeel. The finish is long and extra smooth. “ Biserno Tenuta di Biserno Toscana 2013 €149.00 Lodovico Tenuta di Biserno Toscana 2008 €345.00

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CAIAROSSA MASSETO Caiarossa Toscana 2007 €52.00 One of Italy’s most sought after and rarest wines, Masseto is made from a mosaic of small individual plots of Merlot planted over 7ha on the Masseto hill overlooking the Mediterranean. Each of these plots is treated and vinified separately by the passionate and dedicated team who take meticulous CA’ MARCANDA care to produce this iconic wine. The result is a wine with great complexity and balance that is hugely popular among wine aficionados around the world. Magari Angelo Gaja Toscana 2010 €54.00 Siepi Fonterutoli Ca’ Marcanda Angelo Gaja Bolgheri 2011/13 €140.00 Masseto 2008 2004 Masseto Toscana 1995 €790.00 93pts 100pts Masseto Toscana 1996 €750.00 Wine Spectator Vinous CASTELLO FONTERUTOLI Masseto Toscana 1997 €875.00 Siepi Fonterutoli Toscana 2005 €92.00 Masseto Toscana 1999 €825.00 “Shades of black fruit, currant and cherry Siepi Fonterutoli Toscana 2008 €92.00 “Incredibly silky, bright and polished, Masseto Toscana 2000 €790.00 highlight this dense, concentrated red, with captivating aromatics, nuanced red which is balanced and lively, with an cherry fruit and stunning overall balance. Masseto Toscana 2002 €795.00 integrated structure. All the components The mid-weight, gracious style bears come together on the long finish.” GUADO AL TASSO some resemblance to the 2010.” Masseto Toscana 2003 €795.00 Toscana Cont’Ugo Tenuta Guado al Tasso Antinori Bolgheri 2011/12 €47.00 Masseto 2004 €890.00 Toscana Guado al Tasso Antinori Bolgheri 2012/13 €133.00 Masseto 2007 €750.00 Masseto Toscana 2008 €770.00 Food pairing suggestion Braised veal with mushrooms or Parmesan. Masseto Toscana 2009 €740.00 Masseto Toscana 2011 €780.00 MONTEVERRO Masseto Toscana 2014 €725.00 Monteverro Toscana 2009 €189.00 Monteverro Toscana 2010 €189.00 Guidalberto TENUTA SAN GUIDO Monteverro Monteverro Toscana 2014 €199.00 Tenuta San Guido This is the winery that coined the phrase ‘Super Tuscan’, producing Cabernet blends from the 1940s 2010 2016 due to the Marchese’s love for Bordeaux wines. Originally only able to call these wines Vino da Tavola, 96pts 94+pts it is a testament to the quality of Sassicaia that the DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia was created specifically for The Wine Advocate TENUTA DELL’ORNELLAIA The Wine Advocate it. Guidalberto is the second wine of this incredible winery.

With its famous vineyards on gentle hills sloping down to the sea, Ornellaia sits at the heart of “Unquestionably one of the most compelling and dramatic Cabernet Sauvignons I have ever tasted, it Bolgheri and produces world-class Bordeaux-inspired blends consisting principally of Cabernet “The flagship estate wine, 2010 Monteverro, “Dark cherry and blackberry segue to spice, continues to go from strength to strength.” is absolutely stunning. The excellence of Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. From the flagship wine, Ornellaia, to the estate’s second wine tar, leather and sweet fruit at the end. The the 2010 vintage is on full display thanks Serre Nuove and its smaller brother Le Volte, this is a range of wines of impeccable breeding, finesse, mouthfeel is elegantly shaped, silky and Robert Parker to the integrity of the fruit, the supple quality and style. nuanced. This may well be the best vintage richness of the mouthfeel and the tangy of Guidalberto I have yet tasted.” sweetness of the finish.” Guidalberto Tenuta San Guido Toscana 2016 €54.00 Le Volte dell’Ornellaia Toscana 2012 €22.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 1999 €345.00 Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri 2012 €47.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2001 €390.00 Ornellaia Bolgheri 1995 €265.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2003 €335.00 Ornellaia Bolgheri 1996 €255.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2005 €319.00 Ornellaia Bolgheri 2003 €295.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2006 €390.00 Ornellaia Bolgheri 2006 €335.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2007 €355.00 Ornellaia Bolgheri 2008 €290.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2008 €325.00 Ornellaia Bolgheri 2009 €295.00 Le Serre Nuove Sassicaia Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2009 €279.00 dell’Ornellaia Ornellaia Bolgheri 2011 €265.00 Tenuta San Guido 2012 2009 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2010 €279.00 92pts Ornellaia Bolgheri 2012 €265.00 97+pts The Wine Advocate Vinous Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2011 €265.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2012 €259.00 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2013 €249.00 “The 2012 Bolgheri Le Serre Nuove is a “Extremely primary and pure, offering voluptuous and generous wine that sharply defined cassis, violet and mineral Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia 2014 €239.00 bursts forth with wild-cherry aromas, flavors of great class. The perfectly blackberry, crème de cassis, oak integrated acidity and a vibrant floral spice and smoke. It awards pleasure character from the cabernet franc give and smoothness, thanks to its plump the middle palate terrific lift. Finishes with tannins and ripe fruit overtones.” noble tannins and outstanding palate- staining length.”

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SOLENGO CAMPANIA Solengo Argiano Toscana 1998 €144.00 Taurasi Feudi di San Gregorio Campania 2008 €32.00 Solengo Argiano Toscana 1999 €162.00 Food pairing suggestion Ideal with red meats and strong flavoured cheeses. SARDINIA Solengo Argiano NeroSanlore’ Gulfi Isola dei Nuraghi 1999 2008 Turriga Argiolas 2012 €96.00 94pts 92+pts Wine Spectator SOLAIA Vinous Solaia (derived from the Italian word meaning the sun) was first produced in 1978 from a parcel SICILY of Cabernet within the Tignanello vineyard that was deemed to be of such high quality that the Mille e una Notte Donnafugata Sicily 2006 €94.00 “A wine with a generous amount of Marchese decided to vinify it separately. Since then the quantity has increased from the original 3,600 “Tar, smoke, licorice, incense and the everything, but in a harmonious, bottles and the Solaia vineyard now consists of 20ha. Solaia is only produced in the best vintages and blackest of fruit emerge from this NeroSanlore’ Gulfi Sicily 2008 €45.00 pretty way. An abundance of truly reflects its terroir. An elegant and captivating wine from the Antinori stable. powerful, full-bodied Sicilian red. tobacco, cedar and berry character. Leather, earthiness and graphite Food pairing suggestion Full-bodied and chewy, with loads are some of the nuances that add a Delicious with dense fish soups or spaghetti alla puttanesca. of fruit and a long, long finish.” Solaia Antinori Toscana 2000 €295.00 baritone-like sense of gravitas on the finish. A huge, powerful finish rounds Solaia Antinori Toscana 2006 €350.00 out in this brooding, imposing wine.” Solaia Antinori Toscana 2007 €355.00 Solaia Antinori Toscana 2008 €290.00 Solaia Antinori Toscana 2009 €315.00 Solaia Antinori Toscana 2010 €360.00 Solaia Antinori Toscana 2012 €349.00 GREECE Solaia Antinori Toscana 2013 €345.00 Assyrtiko Wild Ferment Gaia Santorini 2015/16 €32.00

Solaia Antinori Assyrtiko Wild Ferment Gaia 2010 TIGNANELLO 2015 98pts 91pts Vinous Antinori’s flagship wine, Tignanello, was the first wine in Tuscany to blend the local Sangiovese with The Wine Advocate non-traditional varieties, and became one of the focal points of the Tuscan revolution that occurred over the latter part of the 20th century. A blend of 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, aged for 12 months in small oak barriques, this classic Super-Tuscan combines “The 2010 has it all; expressive aromatics, Chianti-like suppleness with Bordeaux-esque style. “Lush and caressing in texture, it shows fine wonderfully nuanced fruit and tons of fruit and tastes great, handling the wood supporting structure. In time, the 2010 rather brilliantly, showing it mostly in the will be recognized as one of the all-time Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2001 €255.00 slightly sweet hint on the edge. It also legendary Solaias. Actually, it already is.” seems nicely concentrated this year.” Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2006 €195.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2008 €142.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2009 €149.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2010 €149.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2011 €139.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2012 €145.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2013 €129.00 Tignanello Antinori Toscana 2014 €125.00

Tignanello Antinori 2008 94pts The Wine Advocate

“Unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage. The 2008 isn’t a huge or obvious Tignanello, rather it is a wine that impresses for its sublime elegance and precision. Understated layers of fruit caress the palate like cashmere in this impeccable, soft wine.”

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Spain is the third largest producer of wines in the WHITE world with over a million acres under vine, more Conde de Valdemar Blanco Viura Verdejo Rioja 2016 €8.00 than any other country. Given the diversity of the Pazo de Señorans Albariño Rías Baixas 2016 €19.00 country’s landscape and climates, and the fact that Albariño Pazo de Señorans Selección Añada Pazo de Señorans Albariño Selección de Añada Rías Baixas 2009 €49.00 Spain is home to 60 regional DOs, it’s hardly surprising 2009 Food pairing suggestion 93pts that it produces wines in a variety of styles. The perfect partner to all shellfish dishes. The Wine Advocate

From the fresh whites made from Albariño in Rías Baixas to top end reds from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, there is a huge amount of “Very young, complex, nuanced and RED exciting wine available, offering fantastic value for money. harmonious, with developed aromas mixing primary sensations that remain RIOJA after all these years as well as more Conde de Valdemar Tempranillo Rioja 2016/17 €8.00 RIOJA complex notes of lees, smoke and flint stone. The palate is even more complex, Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva Rioja 2008 €27.00 Spain’s most famous wine region, Rioja is situated in the north of the with great depth and an array of flavors that remain after you swallow.” Roda Reserva Rioja 10/11/13 €42.00 country just south of the Cantabrian Mountains. The wines are normally Roda I Reserva Rioja 2007/8 €77.00 a blend of grapes, the majority being Tempranillo with some Garnacha and Food pairing suggestion Graciano. Serve with slow-cooked lamb and salsa verde.

Traditional style Rioja is distinguished by long periods of barrel ageing, whereas the modern style favours the fruit and freshness of Tempranillo. Rioja is only ever released RIBERA DEL DUERO Corimbo La Horra Ribera del Duero 2010 €35.00 onto the market when it is ready to drink and as such, offers incredible value for money. Vega Sicilia Unico 2006 Emilio Moro Crianza Ribera del Duero 2011/13 €29.00 98pts The Wine Advocate Vega Sicilia Alión Ribera del Duero 2014 €99.00 Vega Sicilia Unico Ribera del Duero 2006 €445.00

“A very developed and classical nose, very expressive, ripe and exuberant with an herbal twist, combining classical and modern Rías Baixas characteristics and with a good Navarra balance between youth and development. It has to be one of Rioja the best recent vintages of Único.”

Cataluña Campo de Borja

Ribera del Duero Priorato Toro

Rueda

Madrid

Pago Campo de la Guardia Mallorca

Alicante

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A significant wine player, the USA is the fourth largest producer of wine after France, Italy and Spain, with wine produced in all 50 states. WHITE California is by far the most significant state with it accounting for 90% of the country’s wine output, from tiny producers to some of the world’s WASHINGTON Eroica Riesling Dr Loosen and Eroica Riesling Dr Loosen and Chateau Ste Michelle Washington 2010 €37.00 largest brands. Napa and Sonoma in California are responsible for Chateau Ste Michelle producing some of the world’s best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot 2010 90pts Noir, Zinfandel and Chardonnay. The Wine Advocate CALIFORNIA Conundrum California 2010/14 €39.00 Washington in New York State produces some fantastic Bordeaux blends “Green apple and crabapple as well as whilst Oregon is known for outstanding Pinot Noir. pineapple, white peach and honeydew melon inform a bright but (at 12.5% CALIFORNIA NORTH COAST alcohol) quite substantial palate and a combination of density and vivacity such Cakebread Chardonnay Napa Valley 2015 €69.00 as is scarcely possible in wine from any other grape.” Food pairing suggestion Scallops with a beurre blanc sauce.

Clos du Val Chardonnay Napa Valley 2014 €37.00 ASINGTN Duckhorn Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley 2013/15 €49.00 Far Niente Chardonnay Napa Valley 2015 €129.00

KISTLER Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay Founded in 1978 by Steve Kistler, the winery continues to be family owned and operated today. 2012 Dedicated to fashioning world class Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs using traditional Burgundian REGN 95pts techniques, their single vineyard wines represent some of the world’s finest examples of these varietals. The Wine Advocate Kistler Les Noisetiers Chardonnay Sonoma 2014/15 €126.00 Kistler McCrea Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2010 €275.00 “The honeysuckle, white currants, quince and wet rock/mineral notes of the Kistler McCrea Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2011 €275.00 AIRNIA crisp yet full-bodied, concentrated 2012 Chardonnay Vine Hill are fresh, Kistler McCrea Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2014 €235.00 lively, exuberant and, at the same time, Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2011 €269.00 MENDOCNO powerful and elegant. This is a beauty, combining both elegance and depth.” Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2012 €279.00 nderson Valley Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2013 €285.00 SONOM CONT Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma 2014 €279.00 NP VLLE Napa Valley Russian River Valley Pahlmeyer Chardonnay 2013 €158.00 Patz & Hall Dutton Ranch Chardonnay Russian River 2015 €95.00 Patz & Hall Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay Russian River 2012 €135.00 Santa Cru Mountains Patz & Hall Dutton Ranch Stag’s Leap Cellars Karia Chardonnay Napa Valley 2016 €59.00 Chardonnay 2015 90pts Paso Roles The Wine Advocate CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST Mer Soleil Chardonnay Santa Lucia Highlands 2013/14 €69.00 Poppy Chardonnay Santa Lucia Highlands 2014 €25.00 Santa Maria Valley “Opening with apricot, guava and honey toast scents with a waft of butterscotch, the 2015 Chardonnay Dutton Ranch has a medium body laden with ripe stone fruit and toast flavors, marked by a lively backbone and finishing clean and fresh.”

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RED OPUS ONE A collaboration between the Rothschilds of Bordeaux (Château Mouton Rothschild) and Robert WASHINGTON Mondavi of the Napa Valley, Opus One is probably California’s single most famous exported wine. Capturing the best of both worlds in a truly sublime example of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape. Col Solare Marchesi Antinori and Chateau Ste Michelle Columbian Valley 2006 €89.00 Walla Walla Valley L’Ecole No. 41 L’Ecole No. 41 Pepper Bridge Vineyard Apogee 2007/8 €89.00 Napa Valley Pepper Bridge Vineyard Opus One 2011 €425.00 Apogee Opus One Opus One Napa Valley 2012 €465.00 2007 2013 92pts OREGON 97+pts Opus One Napa Valley 2013 €495.00 Wine Spectator The Wine Advocate Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Oregon 2014/15 €56.00 Food pairing suggestion Patz & Hall Hyde Vineyard Pinot Noir Carneros 2012/14 €145.00 Delicious paired with duck with a balsamic and honey glaze. “Polished, vibrant and distinctive for the “Velvety textured, without a hard edge to be guava accents around a supple core of found, notes of crème de cassis, blueberry, cherry and spice, all of it lingering as subtle wood and floral notes gently rise from JOSEPH PHELPS the finish revs up. Shows some cedar the wine’s dense purple color. Beautifully full- notes as well. This one has pizzazz.” CALIFORNIA bodied and extraordinarily elegant and pure.” Founded in 1973 and located near St Helena, Joseph Phelps is one of the most respected wineries Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant California 2007 €69.00 in Napa Valley. Family owned and operated to this day, the vineyards are farmed using sustainable practices and their portfolio of wines is 100% estate grown since the 2009 vintage. Insignia is their Sean Thackrey Pleiades California NV €57.00 flagship Bordeaux blend and is one of California’s most iconic wines.

Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2012 €115.00 CALIFORNIA NORTH COAST Joseph Phelps Insignia Napa Valley 2004 €375.00 CAYMUS Joseph Phelps Insignia Napa Valley 2009 €375.00 Proprietor Chuck Wagner has to be one of the most avuncular and modest figures in California’s Joseph Phelps Insignia Napa Valley 2012 €395.00 winemaking fraternity and so it is pleasantly appropriate that he owns some of the greatest vineyards and regularly fashions some of the best wines in the whole country. Caymus Special Selection Saintsbury Pinot Noir Carneros 2013 €62.00 Cabernet Sauvignon Screaming Eagle 2013 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2014 €139.00 2010 Screaming Eagle 2010 €3,450.00 95pts Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 €290.00 100pts Alexander Valley Wine Spectator The Wine Advocate Sebastiani Merlot 2010/14 €45.00 Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2013/14 €55.00 Clos du Val Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 1998 €105.00 Food pairing suggestion “This zeroes in on a rich, hedonistic core Clos du Val Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2004 €110.00 “Utter perfection, the 2010 Screaming Eagle An ideal match for fillet of beef. of wild berry, blackberry, plum and boasts a dense ruby/purple color along with a currant flavors, with a graceful, elegant staggering bouquet of spring flowers, graphite, mouthfeel and supple, caressing tannins. creme de cassis, kirsch, licorice and subtle toast Seghesio Zinfandel Sonoma County 2012/14 €32.00 The long and powerful yet refined DOMINUS in the background. Opulent and full-bodied aftertaste keeps reverberating fruit with a multidimensional personality, gorgeous generosity while maintaining Cabernet’s Christian Moueix, the great Merlot specialist at his flagship chateaux in Pomerol, prefers the other purity and a stunning, flawless texture.” strength of personality.” Bordeaux varietals at his Napa property of Dominus. One of the stars of the Napa Valley, Dominus is SHAFER VINEYARDS known for its architectural winery, immaculate vineyards, small production and exceptional quality. Shafer Vineyards, located in Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District is managed by father and son team John and Doug Shafer. Acquired by John Shafer in 1972, the winemaking team have been working Dominus Christian Moueix Napa Valley 2011 €265.00 together since the very first vintage in 1978.

Dominus Christian Moueix Napa Valley 2012 €390.00 “Year in year out, this is one of the superstar wineries, not only in Napa Valley and all of California, but in the entire world.” Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Napa Valley 2013 €88.00 Robert Parker Duckhorn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 €115.00 Shafer Hillside Select Dominus Christian Moueix Duckhorn Vineyards Goldeneye Pinot Noir Anderson Valley 2014 €92.00 Cabernet Sauvignon Shafer One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2012 2010 2013 €136.00 98+pts Duckhorn Vineyards Three Palms Merlot Napa Valley 2013 €149.00 100pts Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2010 €490.00 The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate Far Niente Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2012 €289.00 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2011 €395.00 Far Niente Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2013 €295.00 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2013 €490.00 “The exuberance and drama in the Harlan Estate Napa Valley 2000 €849.00 “It is stunningly rich, with classic, stunning nose offers up notes of Asian fragrant notes of blackcurrants, spice, ripe black currants, kirsch, tobacco blackberries, vanilla, graphite and Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2011 €155.00 leaf and Christmas fruitcake. It is full- spring flowers. It exhibits an opaque Napa Valley bodied and opulent, with no hard edges, purple color, with a full-bodied, Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon 2010/11 €225.00 a seamless integration of acidity, wood massive mouthfeel, but no heaviness, and tannin and a density and richness and again, a flawless integration of that are built to go on for 25-30 years.” acidity, tannin, alcohol and wood.”

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STAG’S LEAP WINE CELLARS Dramatic improvements have been made in recent years at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, which was sold to a consortium led by Tuscany’s Piero Antinori in 2007. Antinori brought in consultant Renzo Whilst South America has been making wine since the 1500s, it wasn’t until plantings of Malbec, Cotarella to get this winery back to the lofty heights it achieved in the seventies and eighties. They seem to be well on their way given the high quality of recent releases. Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère were brought over from France in 1800 that Argentina and

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Viña Leyda Falaris Hill Chile started making wine of notable quality. Now producing wine across all price points, the Cask 23 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Napa Valley 2014 €89.00 Vineyard Chardonnay industry is booming, with Argentina famous for Malbec from Mendoza, and Chile for fantastic 2012 2012 96pts Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Fay Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2009/10 €195.00 90pts cool climate Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère and Sauvignon Blanc. The Wine Advocate Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Napa Valley 2012 €219.00 Wine Spectator Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Napa Valley 2013 €360.00

“Dense ruby/purple to the rim, beautiful “This white offers an elegant, airy texture, blackberry and cassis fruit, cedar Sean Thackrey Orion Syrah Napa Valley 2010/12 €198.00 with lush, juicy flavors of apricot tart, wood, toast and earth jump from the baked peach, guava and roasted glass. Full-bodied and layered, but with Sean Thackrey Aquila Sangiovese Mendocino 2000/3 €89.00 pineapple, all supported by bright acidity. nothing out of balance, this is probably Long and rich on the cream-filled finish.” the strongest Cask 23 since the glory years of the mid-80s.” CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST CHILE WHITE Ojai Bien Nacido Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley 2012 €74.00 Viña Leyda Falaris Hill Vineyard Chardonnay Leyda Valley 2012 €25.00 Ojai Puerto del Mar Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County 2014 €66.00 Villa Montes Sauvignon Blanc Curico Valley 2016/17 €10.00 Ojai Roll Ranch Syrah California 2005 €59.00 Montes Classic Chardonnay Curico Valley 2015/16 €12.00 Ojai Bien Nacido Syrah Santa Maria Valley 2013 €66.00 Montes Alpha Chardonnay Casablanca Valley 2014/15 €20.00 Poppy Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles 2014/15 €25.00 Poppy Pinot Noir Monterey County 2013 €26.00 Montes Purple Angel Ridge Monte Bello Carménère CHILE RED 2011 2014 Viña Almaviva Maipo Valley 2009 €189.00 94pts RIDGE 93pts Villa Montes Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley 2015/16 €10.00 Vinous Grapevines were first planted on Monte Bello Ridge in 1855 by Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent Wine Spectator member of the northern California Italian immigrant community. Surviving Prohibition, these Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley 2013/14 €20.00 vineyards now form the backbone of Ridge. Led by the charismatic and talismanic figure of Paul Montes Purple Angel Carmenère Colchagua Valley 2014/15 €59.00 “Ridge’s 2011 Monte Bello shows Draper, Ridge is one of the greatest wine estates, not just in California, but the world. “Svelte and plush, with concentrated dark beautifully. Dark red cherry, plum, plum and cherry pie flavors that are Food pairing suggestion smoke, spices and graphite form an loaded with Asian spice notes. Offers a Perfect with a spicy chilli or lamb rogan josh. attractive core of flavors and textures. Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 1999 €295.00 fleshy core, which is flanked by plenty of Hints of sage, lavender and black fruits savory accents. Dark chocolate details add the final shades of nuance.” Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 2000 €325.00 show on the finish.” Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 2003 €319.00 Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 2010 €295.00 ARGENTINA Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 2011 €279.00 Cheval des Andes Mendoza 2013 €95.00 Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 2012 €295.00 Privada Bodega Norton Mendoza 2014 €39.00 Pascual Toso Malbec Mendoza 2015/16 €14.00 SINE QUA NON Pascual Toso Magdalena Malbec Cabernet Mendoza 2007 €95.00 Some of the most collectible and hard to find wines from America. Sine Qua Non may literally mean Food pairing suggestion ‘indispensible’, but given that such small quantities are made by Manfred Krankl’s winery, these wines Steak, bone marrow and pommes Anna. Sine Qua Non Stock Syrah are only likely to find their way into the hands of a select few. Cheval des Andes 2012 2013 98pts “About as good as it gets across the board, these singular, incredible wines are the result of an 96pts The Wine Advocate obsessive attention to detail at all stages of the wine making process.” The Wine Advocate

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“It offers stunning notes of blackcurrants, “It has great balance and freshness, with cassis, smoked meats, ground pepper Sine Qua Non Stock Syrah Central Coast 2012 €498.00 great elegance, and super-refined tannins. and wild herbs to go with a full-bodied, I’ve never tasted such an elegant Cheval unctuous, layered, yet always graceful Sine Qua Non Stein Grenache Central Coast 2012 €495.00 des Andes, all about finesse and balance. and elegant feel on the palate. Nicely Bravo to the new team!” structured, with perfect overall balance.” Sine Qua Non Male Syrah Central Coast 2013 €325.00 Sine Qua Non Female Grenache Central Coast 2013 €325.00 Sine Qua Non Piranha Waterdance Syrah Central Coast 2014 €449.00 Sine Qua Non Shakti Grenache Central Coast 2014 €469.00 Food pairing suggestion Pulled pork with BBQ sauce. All prices are in Euros before Tax | www.vsfgroup.com 66 FOR ORDERS t: +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 | [email protected] 67 AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA

WHITE Devil’s Corner Sauvignon Blanc Tasmania 2016 €18.00 Grosset Polish Hill Riesling Clare Valley 2014/15 €42.00

Grosset Polish Hill Riesling Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay South-East Australia 1999 €159.00 2014 Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay South-East Australia 2007 €175.00 93+pts The Wine Advocate Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay Adelaide Hills 2014/15 €36.00 Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc Adelaide Hills 2017 €22.00 Wakefield Estate Promised Land Unwooded Chardonnay South Australia 2016 €14.00 “The Riesling Polish Hill presents a very attractive nose filled with citrus and Wakefield Estate Chardonnay Clare Valley 2016 €19.00 floral aromas set off by notes of herbs, fennel, coriander seed and a touch of Wakefield Estate Riesling Clare Valley 2014 €21.00 wet pebbles. Light-bodied and dry, the palate reveals intense flavors enlivened Food pairing suggestion by seamless acidity and a long finish A delicious aperitif, or perfect served with charcuterie. with a mineral note.” RED Devil’s Corner Pinot Noir Tasmania 2016/17 €20.00 Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz Eden Valley 2008 €590.00 Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz Eden Valley 2009 €625.00

Langmeil Fifth Wave Grenache LANGMEIL WINERY 2009 Family owned and operated, Langmeil is the home of the Barossa and Australia’s oldest known 92pts surviving vineyard, planted to Shiraz in 1843, from where the iconic ‘Freedom 1843 Shiraz’ hails. Vinous Although it is only 21 vintages since the Lindner family re-established the abandoned winery, Langmeil has achieved considerable success and it is consistently awarded five red stars in the James Halliday Australian Wine Companion placing it in the top 10% of Australia’s premium producers. “Potent, spice-accented aromas of black raspberry, mocha and candied flowers. Fleshy and open-knit on entry, then Langmeil Blacksmith Cabernet Sauvignon Barossa Valley 2014/15 €29.00 tighter in the middle, offering sweet dark Langmeil Fifth Wave Grenache Barossa Valley 2009 €52.00 berry and cherry flavors and a hint of spicecake. A vanilla note comes up with Langmeil Orphan Bank Shiraz Barossa Valley 2013/14 €66.00 air and carries through a smooth, gently tannic finish.” Langmeil The 1843 Freedom Shiraz Barossa Valley 2012/14 €124.00

Generally considered to be the most successful New World wine producer, PENFOLDS GRANGE largely due to building a brand around Shiraz, Australia produces wines in a Grange is Australia’s icon wine, and deservedly so. Richly textured, intensely concentrated and packed with fruit, these are immensely complex, beguiling wines that seduce the senses. wide variety of styles. “Grange, Penfolds’ flagship wine, is, by many accounts, the most renowned and world-famous wine produced in Australia.” Shiraz and Chardonnay make up 44% of total plantings, with increasing Penfolds Grange Robert Parker amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir being grown. 2008 100pts Wine Spectator Penfolds Grange South Australia 2005 €595.00 South Australia The wine regions vary hugely: from the Barossa, home to the oldest vines in Penfolds Grange 2006 €610.00 Penfolds Grange South Australia 2008 €680.00 Australia and producing top quality Shiraz; to Clare Valley, famous for some “An utterly majestic Shiraz, sleek and seamless, brimming with ripeness on Penfolds Grange South Australia 2009 €609.00 of the country’s richest Rieslings. a framework that allows for grace and Penfolds Grange South Australia 2012 €645.00 expressiveness in equal measure. The intensity of fresh blueberry and plum fruit Penfolds Grange South Australia 2013 €590.00 holds attention until the nuances kick in, offering glints of exotic spice, coffee, cocoa, bay leaf and mint.” Shaw & Smith Shiraz Adelaide Hills 2014 €36.00 Wakefield Estate Promised Land Shiraz Cabernet South Australia 2014/15 €14.00

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Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has become synonymous with New Zealand and is now a brand in its own right. There is far more to the wine industry here than just Sauvignon however - fantastic Thanks to the hard work of several very talented winemakers and the privatisation of Pinot Noir from Central Otago, Syrah from Hawkes Bay and Chardonnay from Marlborough, all the state-controlled winemaking co-operative, the South African wine industry has taken displaying a purity of fruit unique to New Zealand. a huge change in direction in the last 20 years. Previously known for cheap wines that often ended up being distilled into brandy before hitting the shelves, the now vibrant industry is earning a reputation for some of the most exciting wines on the market. South Africa is famous for Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon as well as the indigenous Pinotage.

WHITE Auntsfield Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2017 €27.00

CLOUDY BAY Established in 1985, Cloudy Bay was one of the first five wine makers to venture into Marlborough. At WHITE the time, it was almost an unimaginable place to set up a vineyard. However, Cloudy Bay’s founder, David Hohnen, was convinced of its potential to produce great wine and so invested in the best land Jordan Barrel Fermented Chardonnay Stellenbosch 2015/16 €19.00 of the region. Since then, Marlborough has risen to become New Zealand’s leading wine region, as Jordan Inspector Péringuey Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch 2015/16 €15.00 well as one of the finest winemaking locations in the world. Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc Constantia 2015/16 €20.00 Vergelegen G.V.B. White Stellenbosch 2010 €35.00 Cloudy Bay Chardonnay Marlborough 2015/16 €34.00 Waterford Estate Chardonnay Stellenbosch 2015 €27.00 Felton Road Chardonnay Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2016/17 €30.00 Waterford Estate Chardonnay 2013 2015 91pts Cloudy Bay Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2014/15 €54.00 92pts The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate RED Craggy Range Te Muna Road Vineyard Riesling Martinborough 2014 €21.00 Chamonix Pinotage Greywacke Franschhoek 2014 €25.00

“Pretty white blossom notes – orange and Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2016 €25.00 “An intense bouquet with complex notes Jordan The Prospector Syrah Stellenbosch 2013/15 €20.00 peach blossoms – over a core of grapefruit, Felton Road Chardonnay Central Otago 2013/16 €55.00 of white peach, linseed oil, a touch of white peaches and baking bread with a dried apricot and peony. The palate is Klippenkop Pinotage Coastal Region 2015 €9.00 hint of marzipan. Medium bodied and still Jackson Estates Stich Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2015/16 €18.00 well balanced with a slight viscosity on very tight in the mouth, it has great tension the entry, the acidity nicely judged with lifting the citrus and stone fruit flavors, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2015/17 €20.00 peach skin and guava vying for attention finishing long and creamy.” on the composed finish.” VERGELEGEN Kim Crawford Pinot Gris Marlborough 2016 €19.00 Renowned as being one of South Africa’s best wine producers, the Vergelegen estate was founded in Ram’s Hill Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2013 €30.00 1700. Since then it has been owned by some of the world’s great explorers and visionaries, each of whom, in their own way, has helped shape Vergelegen into what it is today: a world-class estate. First producing wine in 1992, Vergelegen has since won over 200 awards and attracted lots of international RED recognition for their hand crafted wines. Marlborough Auntsfield Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011 €52.00 Vergelegen G.V.B. Red Stellenbosch 2007 €44.00 Marlborough Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir 2015 €39.00 Vergelegen V Stellenbosch 2007 €99.00

Craggy Range Sophia Bordeaux Blend CRAGGY RANGE Vergelegen G.V.B. Red 2014 2007 4G WINE ESTATE 92pts When Craggy Range was established in 1997, owners Terry Peabody and Steve Smith set about 92+pts 4G Wine Estate is a recently established wine producer combining Old World craftsmanship and Vinous The Wine Advocate selecting the best parcels of land they could find in New Zealand to make wines that spoke of their expertise with state-of-the-art technologies and the best terroirs of the Cape to produce world-class place. Choosing the best vineyard sites for Gimblett Gravels in Hawkes Bay and Te Muna Road in wines. Dubbed the ‘First Growth of the Cape’, these wines are rapidly gaining cult status around Martinborough, the wines display amazing aromatics, purity and complexity. the world. “Deep garnet-purple colored, it opens “Superripe aromas of black raspberry, with an expressive cassis, pencil shavings Craggy Range Syrah Gimblett Gravels 2013 €28.00 coffee liqueur, chocolate and mocha. and blackberry-laced nose with some Broad, concentrated and sweet, with The Echo of G. 2012 2012 €184.00 Gimblett Gravels flavors of dark berries, spices and cloves and chocolate box nuances. The Craggy Range Sophia Bordeaux Blend 2014 €52.00 G. 2013 Waldweben 2013 €555.00 medium to full-bodied palate offers cocoa powder complemented by salty a nice backbone of grainy tannins minerality and sappy oak.” G. 2014 67 Imizuzu 2014 €520.00 and refreshing acidity supporting the Felton Road Pinot Noir Central Otago 2014/15 €68.00 generous fruit, finishing long with some lively herbal notes.” Jackson Estates Vintage Widow Pinot Noir Marlborough 2014 €29.00 RM Wines Trademark Syrah Hawke’s Bay 2011 €59.00

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SWEET ITALY GERMANY Moscato d’Asti Paolo Saracco 2016 €20.00 Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé Donnafugata 2009 €85.00 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule Dr Loosen Mosel 2009 €75.00 Moscato d’Asti Paolo Saracco 2016 Recioto della Valpolicella Sant’Ulderico Monte Dall’Oro 50cl bottle 2006 €67.00 Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese Gold Capsule Dr Loosen Mosel 2012 €75.00 Royal Tokaji Szt Tamás 1st 92pts Food pairing suggestion Growth Aszú 6 Puttonyos The Wine Advocate 2005 Try with chocolate desserts or on its own with coffee. HUNGARY Royal Tokaji Szt Tamás 1st Growth Aszú 6 Puttonyos 50cl bottle 2005 €135.00 Marmalade, fruitcake and spice “This wine comes to us from one of the SOUTH AFRICA with caramel, orange blossom, Food pairing suggestion finest producers of sweet Moscato that Vin de Constance Klein Constantia 50cl bottle 2008 €76.00 coffee, peach liqueur and hazelnut Perfect served with tarte tatin and vanilla ice cream. I know of. The bouquet is redolent of complexity. Simply magnificent. The honey, sweet peach and exotic fruit. In wines from Szt Tamás are the best the mouth, the wine is creamy and rich. of the best. Classed a First Growth in This vintage strikes me as particularly well 1700, today it is the most expensive FRANCE put together and articulate.” AUSTRALIA vineyard in its commune. Campbells Rutherglen Muscat half bottle NV €19.00 Château La Fontaine 2010/11 €28.00

CHATEAU RIEUSSEC FORTIFIED Rieussec has long been considered the second greatest property in Sauternes after Yquem and with masterful performances year in, year out, it is not hard to taste why. It is presented in the full, SHERRY rich, fruity, caramel, marmalade and smoky style, and yet manages to retain a degree of lemon zest Hidalgo Manzanilla La Gitana NV €15.50 freshness. Food pairing suggestion Vin de Constance Serve with tapas style dishes or as an aperitif with almonds and olives. Château Rieussec Château Rieussec 1er Cru Classé 1996 €79.00 Klein Constantia 2009 2008 Château Rieussec half bottle 1er Cru Classé 1999 €55.00 97pts 95pts Hidalgo Amontillado Seco Napoleon 50cl bottle NV €17.00 The Wine Advocate The Wine Advocate Château Rieussec 1er Cru Classé 2001 €165.00 Hidalgo Pedro Ximénez Triana 50cl bottle NV €22.00 Château Rieussec half bottle 1er Cru Classé 2003 €44.00

“The palate is wonderfully balanced Château Rieussec 1er Cru Classé 2009 €99.00 “Offers a very complex bouquet with with botrytis-rich fruit, a multilayered fresh pineapple, quince, Japanese yuzu, PORT and opulent Rieussec that somehow Château Rieussec 1er Cru Classé 2010 €89.00 just a hint of grass clippings and then maintains quite brilliant balance later mille fieulle. It feels smooth and Taylor’s Late Bottled Vintage 2005/7 €21.95 towards the minerally finish. This is one pure – gentle in the mouth, caressing the of the great wines from the estate in the CHATEAU D’YQUEM senses with its quince and marmalade Taylor’s 10 Year Old Tawny NV €34.50 modern age.” tinged finish with a suggestion of shaved Taylor’s 20 Year Old Tawny NV €59.00 A Château which has now acquired legendary status, thanks to its history (it was established in the ginger on the aftertaste. Wonderful!” 1500s, and came top of the sweet-wine producing estates in the 1855 Classification) and for its finesse Taylor’s 30 Year Old Tawny NV €115.00 and concentration. It can last, if stored correctly, for up to a century. Made, as are all sweet Bordeaux Taylor’s 40 Year Old Tawny NV €195.00 wines, from Sémillon and aged for four years in oak barrels. Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas 2001/2 €46.00 Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 1989 €290.00 Taylor’s Vintage 1985 €135.00 Château d’Yquem 1er Cru Supérieur 1990 €349.00 Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 1995 €225.00 MADEIRA Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 1996 €195.00 Château d’Yquem H & H Medium Rich Single Harvest 50cl bottle 1998 €38.00 2001 Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 1998 €179.00 Taylor’s 40 Year Old Tawny H & H 10 Year Old Sercial 50cl bottle NV €29.00 100pts 95pts The Wine Advocate Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 1999 €169.00 The Wine Advocate Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 2001 €365.00 Château d’Yquem 1er Cru Supérieur 2003 €345.00 “The nose is like the throbbing engine 1er Cru Supérieur “Big, weighty and mouth filling, this is an of an Aston Martin Vantage, ready to Château d’Yquem half bottle 2003 €189.00 aromatic Tawny that finishes with acidity go. It is so packed with intensity. The Château d’Yquem 1er Cru Supérieur 2004 €290.00 and tension. Grippy on the finish, its palate is perfectly balanced and laden flavors become more interesting as long with botrytis, with heavenly focus and a Château d’Yquem half bottle 1er Cru Supérieur 2005 €275.00 as it sits in the glass (or on your palate).” crescendo of flavors that take your breath away: acacia honey, yellow plum, white Château d’Yquem 1er Cru Supérieur 2010 €525.00 peach and orange sorbet.”

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SPIRITS We have a huge selection of spirits in stock from everyday bar essentials to the world’s finest spirits and rare collectables.

Our range evolves constantly and is too broad to include in its entirety here so please get in touch for our latest list.

We can also provide you with hard-to-source back bar ingredients for cocktails and mixology.

BEER Our warehouse is home to an extensive range of beers and light beers from all over the world.

Please get in touch for availability, whatever style you are after.

SOFT DRINKS & WATER We have a large choice of soft drinks, including hard-to-find sodas and mixers, and artesian waters.

For our full provisioning list and order form, please get in touch

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75 SERVICES WINE COURSES

We believe that wine is much more than just a drink and as such we offer a range of services to enhance your VSF offers a range of professional courses as well as tailor-made training sessions to suit your needs. guests’ enjoyment. Whether we can help with building a creative wine list or by arranging a bespoke trip to a top end winery, our wine team is on hand to assist you, your crew and your guests. WSET COURSES • Cellar Planning • Cocktail Training for Crew VSF is a longstanding Approved Programme Provider for the WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) courses, Levels 1-3. Evaluation and assessment for new builds On board cocktail training Consultation for shore based cellars The WSET is a globally recognised examination body, meaning that any • Wine List Consultation candidate who passes one of the exams will receive an official certificate • Wine Tastings & Events for Guests vand qualification – a great addition to any yachting or hospitality CV. Tutored tastings on board • Wine Advice Please contact us at [email protected] Wine dinners Information on grape varieties, regions and vintages for further information and details of forthcoming dates. Vineyard and winery visits Storage Serving guidelines – temperature and glassware • Wine Training for Crew WSET courses either on board or in training centres • Wine tasting notes, information Bespoke wine education and training sessions and food recommendations Whatever your question, on board, including food and wine pairing please contact a member of our team [email protected]

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Our fleet of vans is on hand to deliver free of charge to ports If your yacht and charter fulfils specific conditions, you may be eligible for a tax-free wine throughout the Côte d’Azur from St Tropez to Imperia (subject to a minimum order). and/or provisions order which VSF is happy and able to fulfil.

For van deliveries further afield, please call for a quote: The following conditions must all be met +33 (0)4 22 10 67 70 THE YACHT IS COMMERCIALLY REGISTERED Our Riviera office lines are open 8am – 10 pm, THE YACHT HAS A PERMANENT CREW 7 days a week from May until October and Monday to Friday throughout the winter months. THE YACHT IS USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ONLY THE YACHT IS AT LEAST 15M LONG

For deliveries from Viareggio and Palma THE YACHT MUST EXIT FRENCH WATERS FOR AT LEAST 70% OF TRIPS PER YEAR please call the relevant office for stock, availabilities, sourcing and delivery. NOT MORE THAN 50% OF CHARTERS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR CAN BE STATIC THE GOODS PURCHASED CANNOT BE FOR A STATIC CHARTER WORLDWIDE THE AMOUNT PURCHASED IS IN KEEPING WITH THE DURATION OF THE CHARTER AND ITS NUMBER OF GUESTS We can safely and securely send your wine order You will need to provide copies of the following in advance of any delivery to almost anywhere in the world, wherever your yacht is moored. CERTIFICATE OF COMMERCIAL REGISTRATION THE SPECIFIC CHARTER AGREEMENT Our network of freight forwarders and airfreight agents CREW LIST ensures swift and reliable delivery directly from our warehouse. Please call or e-mail DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE for an estimate on time and costs. The Customs Agents fees for processing a tax free delivery are at least €199. Therefore tax-free delivery is only worthwhile when the tax on an order exceeds €199 – usually a minimum of €1,020 for a wine and spirits order or €3,620 for soft drinks.

Please note that due to Customs constraints we need at least 48 hours’ notice to carry out a tax free delivery. We will also need to be informed at the time of placing an order whether a tax-free delivery is required.

Tax-free delivery cannot be arranged after the goods have been delivered.

Deliveries can only be made during Customs hours and following receipt of their approval. Due to Customs office hours this means deliveries can only be made 09.00 – 12.00 or 14.00 – 17.00, Monday – Friday.

No return of goods can be accepted once the delivery has cleared Customs.

TERMS & CONDITIONS Goods delivered tax free cannot legally be taken off board without going through an import procedure, involving Please enjoy alcohol in moderation. paying significant customs charges as well as VAT. All wines and vintages are subject to availability. Customs reserve the right to board the vessel at the time of delivery and subsequently. There are potentially E&OE. serious consequences for false declarations.

All prices in this list are in Euros before tax. Please note that the invoice must be issued in the name of the company as it appears on the certificate of This list replaces all previous and is valid from 1st April 2018 until 30th November 2018. commercial registration.

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