Library release

Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Rolly Gassmann's Kappelweg lieu-dit Riesling from Rorschwihr. Late-released with the maison's signature touch of residual sugar.

Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant

Rolly Gassmann's Moenchreben lieu-dit Gewurztraminer from Rorschwihr. Concentrated and saline; the maison aged in cellar 4 to 6 years before release.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Cantina St. Michael-Eppan's prestige cuvee, released only in vintages the cellar declares the wine worthy. A multi-varietal blend of the cooperative's best parcels (typically Chardonnay-led with Pinot Bianco, Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio); the blend composition varies vintage to vintage.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Deep luminous ruby cellar-aged Santa Maddalena: aromas of cherries, laurel and a hint of cacao beans; expressive red-berry and cherry, concentrated with fine spice and structure, fine tannins ending in a lengthy red-berry finish.

Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Tramin's late-harvest Gewurztraminer aged for nearly ten years inside the Schneeberg silver mine at 2000 metres altitude before release. Off-dry, intensely mineral, with botrytis-adjacent honey and saffron notes; among the more rare aromatic whites in Italy.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Cantina Colterenzio's hyper-limited Sauvignon Blanc Riserva from the oldest parcels of the Lafoa vineyard, planted in the late 1980s with French Sauvignon clones. Strictly limited to 4085 bottles per vintage; awarded White Wine of the Year by Gambero Rosso.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Cantina Terlano's library-release Pinot Bianco: late-disgorged bottlings from vintages typically 15 to 40 years old, released annually in small allocations. The cellar's proof of Pinot Bianco's ageing potential; demonstrating Pinot Bianco's 30-year-plus ageing potential.

Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Tenuta Lieselehof's hyper-rare passito dessert wine from air-dried Piwi-variety grapes with approximately 300 grams residual sugar. The cellar's Quintessenz bottling sits at the apex of the dessert wine range; tiny allocations of around 800-848 bottles per vintage.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Deep garnet Lagrein-dominant cuvee from 50-year-old vines in the Bolzano basin: ripe berry fruit with pepper, clove and graphite, complex barrique-and-concrete raising for 27 months total.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Cantina Terlano's flagship white cuvee, blended only in select vintages from the cooperative's best Vorberg, Kreuth and Winkl parcels. Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc combined into the cellar's most ambitious cuvee, total production 1500-3000 bottles per vintage.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

A rare white from young Musigny vines, declassified to Bourgogne, with citrus, white flowers and a saline depth.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury

Recently disgorged La Grande Annee held far longer on lees: oak and toasted coconut over dried apricot and mandarin, bone-dry yet fruit-packed with a very long finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Dom Perignon held to its second plenitude: a generous, plump wine of slate and crushed rock over apricot, honeysuckle and mint, with a stretched, energetic glide.

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

A single-harvest tawny in the Burmester house style, concentrated with dried fruit and nutty wood-aged complexity.

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

A single-harvest tawny matured for many years in cask, showing concentrated dried fruit and complex wood-aged spice from one declared year.

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

The reference Colheita: a single-harvest tawny aged for many years in cask, intensely concentrated with dried fruit, nuts and candied citrus, released with its vintage on the label.

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

A celebrated single-harvest tawny, Niepoort holding some of the oldest Colheita reserves in the Douro, intensely concentrated with dried fruit and candied citrus.

Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

A rare old tawny from five generations of cask reserves (5G), intensely concentrated with dried fruit and wood-aged complexity.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Long-lees art-label Riserva Franciacorta from Majolini. Cuvée bottled with an Aligi Sassu artwork label, the Sardinian-Brescian painter who decorated the Majolini chapel.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

VORS Amontillado from Osborne's deepest soleras: 30-plus year average age gives extraordinary rancio concentration and complexity in the dry El Puerto Atlantic microclimate.

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Off Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

VORS Palo Cortado blended with a small PX component for balance. Profound complexity: orange peel, hazelnuts, beeswax and a very long bittersweet finish.

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

VOS Palo Cortado from Williams & Humbert, minimum 20 years average age. Orange bitters and hazelnuts on the nose; full-bodied bitter orange and walnut oil on the palate.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

VORS Oloroso of extraordinary age and depth. Old leather, tobacco, dark coffee and dried orange peel with a very long dry and warming finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

VORS Oloroso of 30-plus years average age from Sanlúcar; intensely concentrated with dark dried-fruit, coffee and rancio depth alongside the characteristic saline note of the appellation.

Dry · Elegant · Contemplative

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

VORS Amontillado of exceptional age from Williams & Humbert, minimum 30 years average age. Old beeswax, dried orange rind and tobacco on the nose; walnut oil and leather on the palate.

Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

A VORS sweet Oloroso of minimum 30 years average age. Deep mahogany with complex dried fruit, orange peel, dark chocolate and a long, bittersweet finish.

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Contemplative

VORS PX from a solera over 30 years average age. Opaque near-black with extreme concentration: tar, treacle, dried tobacco and an extraordinary viscous finish.

Dry · Contemplative · Bold

Dry · Elegant · Contemplative

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Low acidity · Festive

PX from Osborne's 1827 solera: intensely concentrated and syrupy with espresso, dark chocolate and prune character from nearly two centuries of solera refinement.

Sweet · Contemplative · Bold

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative

VORS Amontillado from a solera maintained since the bodega's founding in 1744; exceptional saline complexity from extended Sanlúcar biological phase and decades of subsequent oxidative development.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative

Century-old solera Amontillado of extreme concentration; the rancio and mineral depth reflect decades of slow oxidative transformation in old American oak.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury

Premium Manzanilla Pasada from the Herederos de Argüeso family archive solera; the extended under-flor ageing develops deeper complexity while retaining the Atlantic salinity characteristic of Sanlúcar.

Sweet · Festive · Elegant

Medium Sweet · Festive · Elegant

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative

VORS Amontillado from a solera begun in 1891; the extended Sanlúcar biological phase gives uncommon saline freshness to the otherwise oxidative profile.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Anniversary cuvée marking four centuries of Pennautier history (the estate dates to 1620); Atlantic-Mediterranean blend with extended barrique ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

A confidential cuvée trio of single-plot Syrah selections from three distinctive Lascaux parcels. Limited production; magnified plot expression.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic

A clay-limestone single vineyard that has produced Raffault's library-aged flagship since the 1940s. Released only after long bottle age, it shows leather, dried fruit and tertiary forest-floor depth.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

The estate's library-aged flagship from old-vine tuffeau-limestone parcels. Released only after extended cellaring, with cedar, chalk and a savoury, espresso-tinged length.

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Botrytis-affected Chenin Blanc from Clos du Bourg in late-harvest conditions. Honey, apricot and preserved citrus over the cuvée's signature chalky acidity.

Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Foreau's most rarefied Moelleux. Produced only five times in the domaine's century-long history (1947, 1990, 2011, 2015, 2020).

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Botrytis-affected late-harvest Chenin Blanc from Foreau's tuffeau-limestone parcels in Vouvray. Bottled only a few times per decade, with documented multi-decade cellaring potential.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Indigenous-trio Gran Reserva Brut Nature with the Cupada library releases over 48 months on lees. Dried fruit, toasted almond and saline minerality from a 5-hectare hand-farmed estate.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Single-disgorgement library release with over 180 months on lees, demonstrating Xarel-lo-Macabeo's exceptional long-ageing potential. Honeyed nuts, tarte tatin and white truffle aromatics over saline minerality.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative

Koehler-Ruprecht's old-school Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling R: spontaneous fermentation in old oak, dense smoke, salty mineral and decades of cellar life.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

The summit of traditional Barolo, made only in great vintages from the Cascina Francia and Arione vineyards in Serralunga, with wild-swing fermentation and six to eight years in large old barrel before release.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

From one of Serralunga's greatest crus, Massolino's Vigna Rionda Riserva is a powerful, structured traditional Barolo released only after long ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

A Riserva from the Mondoca parcel in Bussia, with a mellow, elegant bouquet of berries, balsamic notes, woodland and dried rose developing tar with age, and an elegant, assertive tannic texture with a long finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Aldo Conterno's flagship Riserva, a blend of the estate's oldest Bussia vines (Romirasco, Cicala and Colonnello) made only in superior years and cellar-aged at least ten years before release.

Dry · Contemplative · Rustic

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

A non-vintage multi-year blend of Unico vintages, offering seamless integration of dried fruit, cedar and mineral notes across selected exceptional years.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

An extraordinarily rare white Gran Reserva, released decades after the harvest; the 1986 was relaunched to acclaim, with profound nutty, waxy oxidative complexity and electric acidity.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

The estate's flagship from the Ygay vineyard, released only in exceptional years after a decade-plus of ageing; the 2010 was named Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 2020, a savoury, classical Gran Reserva of great longevity.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

The house's pinnacle Gran Reserva, made only in exceptional years and aged around six years in oak; ethereal, sandalwood-scented and extraordinarily long, a benchmark for traditional Rioja.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Refreshing

A revival of the historic Monopole white blended with a touch of manzanilla sherry: saline, nutty and distinctive, a one-of-a-kind gastronomic white Rioja.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Released only in great years and only after a decade-plus in the cellar; ethereal, savoury and impossibly fresh, the Gran Reserva is one of the wine world's great old-style reds.

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative

The most famous rosado in the world: barrel-aged for years, copper-coloured, savoury and saline, it drinks like a serious gastronomic white rather than a summer pink.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Three years on the lees turns Salnes Albariño into something closer to aged Riesling: honeyed citrus, dried herbs and a long saline lift that proves the variety ages.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Adega Eidos' prestige extended-ageing Contraaparede: 24-plus months on lees, Padriñán Albariño at its most age-driven.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

The cooperative's prestige bottling: late-harvest Albariño with noble-rot complexity, made only in vintages when the botrytis arrives clean on the Salnes ría.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

The wine that proved Albariño ages: 30-plus months on the lees before release, produced only in vintages with the structure to develop.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

From the 1.4-hectare Cacheiro plot planted in 1965: extended ageing on lees, the prestige aged Albariño of the Barrantes range.

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

The age-worthy Tricó Albariño: 10 hectares of granite-and-sand Condado do Tea fruit, extended lees-ageing, designed to develop.

Sweet · Contemplative · Elegant

Sweet · Contemplative

Sweet · Contemplative

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Avignonesi's flagship Vino Nobile Riserva, released only in top vintages from biodynamic Prugnolo Gentile.

Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Cult Vin Santo from raisined Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile), 10+ years oxidative ageing in small caratelli barrels.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Banfi's flagship Brunello Riserva from the Poggio all'Oro vineyard, released only in top vintages.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

The founding Brunello, traditionally styled in Slavonian botti from the Greppo estate's Sangiovese Grosso vines.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Released only in exceptional vintages, the Riserva is known for extended cellar capacity (50 plus years in great vintages).

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

CastelGiocondo's flagship Riserva from the Ripe al Convento parcel, library-released after long oak ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury

Old-school Sangiovese Riserva from Castelnuovo Berardenga, long-aged in large Slavonian botti.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Gran Selezione from a tiny Castell'in Villa parcel, library-release timing and long Slavonian-cask ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Brunello Riserva from the high-elevation Poggio al Vento parcel, library-released after 60 months in Slavonian botti.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Riserva from the estate's oldest Sangiovese Grosso vines, planted in 1964. Library-released after long cask ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Brunello Riserva from the donkey-back-shaped hillside, library-released after long oak ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

High-elevation Brunello Riserva from Poggio Antico's oldest vines, library-released after long oak ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

The Riserva amplifies the house signature: rose-petal and dried-cherry depth, iron-and-leather backbone, a very long balsamic finish. Released only in exceptional vintages.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Single-vineyard Sangiovese from the Intistieti parcel, the sibling cuvee to Case Basse with subtle iron-and-iris perfume.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Soldera's flagship pure Sangiovese, now under Toscana IGT after withdrawing from Brunello DOCG. Ethereal, perfumed, profound.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Bertani's Amarone is the reference for the traditional, extremely long-aged style: minimum eight years in large Slavonian oak produces a garrigue-herb and leather-inflected wine of remarkable freshness and longevity, lighter in colour than modern Amarone but strikingly complex.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Bertani's Villa Novare is the prestige Amarone from their historic Novare estate, given six years in Slavonian oak producing a wine of extraordinary complexity and longevity; perhaps the most authentically traditional Amarone Riserva-style bottling in the appellation.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

The Riserva Sergio Zenato is the estate's memorial bottling to its founder, made only in selected vintages and aged five years in oak; high Oseleta proportion and extended ageing produce Zenato's most structured wine within the range, built for long cellaring.

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant