It's a wonderfully exciting time for new arrivals at our little shoppe in Southbank. An epic arrival of wines from the Jura has just landed. It's a wide selection but not too deep, with allocations being relatively small, as is pretty common with wines from this wonderland.
Our mate Campbell Burton popped down last week to splash around some of his newest releases and they were so good we took pretty much everything we tasted! Three exceptional wines from Languedoc producer Les Petites Mises who work with Macabeu, Carignan, Syrah and Bourboulenc. Also we grabbed a small quantity of a really incredible skin contact wine from Alsace producer, Lambert Spielmann. The wine was described by Campbell as "pretty much a masterpiece". That's quite a glowing recommendation if you ask me, especially from someone with his experience.
And in other news, our party at Lulie Tavern is going ahead next Saturday the 6th March! So if you'd like to attend, head to lulietavern.com to book a table.
Subscriptions are heading out again next week; so if you're thinking about signing up, this is definitely the best time to do so. It's a great value idea if you're looking to extend your palate beyond the usual wines you might grab from the bottlo.
GIMME ONE REGION TO STAY HERE, AND I'LL TURN RIGHT BACK AROUND.
If you've been reading our newsletters for a while now, you've definitely heard us waxing lyrical about this region many times. Thats for a very good reason. To us, and many others, the wines of the Jura are some of the most strikingly unique and delicious drops we have tasted. This may be in part to the Jurassic limestone soils of the area, providing with wines with intensely sharp minerality, or it could be the fact the wines are just so damn fresh and light that you never want to stop drinking them!
It's safe to say the wines that have just landed are epic and the range is quite diverse. For the Vin Jaune lovers, we have the2013 Frédéric Lambert Château Chalon; which is an incredibly deep and complex wine but still incredibly fresh.
Chardonnay drinkers, rejoice! For the2018 Les Dolomies Les Boutonnièrsis truly special. Comte rind, dried pineapple and lemon citrus. It's slightly richer than last year but still extremely moreish and complex.
If reds are your thing, the2019 Hughes-Béguet Silk Blueis a fresh blend of Trousseau, Ploussard and Savagnin. Sous bois and wild berries; it is silky with a lovely textural and spicy finish.
There are heaps more wines too, but this is a decent starting point I think. Get into 'em!
SAME DAY DELIVERY
We're on the road every day aside from Sunday and Monday offering same day delivery to those customers within 15km of the Melbourne CBD. Simply order online before 1pm and you'll get your wines that arvo.... easy!
THE AOW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
We've streamlined our subscription offerings to focus on getting the absolute best wines we can to our subscribers, whose loyalty and vision will always be rewarded with insane value wines and first looks at things that are yet to be released. Jump on here and give it a try, you won't be disappointed.
We have from the outset prided ourselves on having the best monthly subscription wine service in the game. We take this so seriously that each and every month we convene a panel of expert wine industry folk around a cheese board at Sam's house for a tasting selection panel. No punches are pulled, frankly it's brutal. So the wines that go in our monthly packs are certified FIRE.
