CHAMPAGNE, BURGUNDY (RED/PINOT AND WHITE/CHARDONNAY), LOIRE SAUVIGNON, ALSACE RIESLING, AND ARDÈCHE CHARDONNAY PRE-DEPARTURE OFFER.
Spring is fast approaching in France and that's when their new wines are traditionally released so I've been busy selecting my favourites from the samples of new vintages being sent by courier. The quality on show has been extremely high and it's my pleasure to be able to include today a brilliant Champagne at what I consider to be the right price for this most celebrated of sparkling wines, as well as extremely good value from Burgundy (red and white), plus varietal classics from the Loire, Alsace, and the Ardèche. Today's selections are due for arrival into Australia in July/August at which point the prices will rise over 20% above what you can get them for here today - if any remain. These wines will only be available on our website at these Pre-departure Offer prices until midnight tomorrow evening, Friday March 17th, or until stocks last. Mixed selections are welcome and freight is free. There are five whites, one Champagne, and one red Burgundy in today's offer. There is one Suggested Mixed Dozen.
>>> If you set up a username and password when you are ready to check out, you will automatically receive a further 10% discount if this is your first order from our website. See below in the How to Order section for the details on this.
Just click on the links to place your order for these wines on the website.
The wines are listed in order of increasing price.
The wines in today's Pre-departure Offer are:
1. Baudry & Dutour "La Chapinière", white wine from the Touraine district of the Loire Valley from vintage 2022. NEW vintage.
100% Sauvignon Blanc.
Explosively aromatic right now though this will settle down over the months to come but in the prime of its youth there is a blaze of signature Sauvignon aromatics, black currant leaf, lemon and lime, tropicality, gooseberry, and notes of a freshly mown lawn. The palate is dry, crisp, with vibrant zing and length. Absolutely benchmark Loire Sauvignon that makes Sancerre look severely overpriced for a very similar style of wine to this. Perfect with or without food.
Drink now to 2025.
Post-arrival price will be $29.95 per bottle. Today's pre-departure price is $24.95.
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2. Vignerons of the Ardèche "Amandier" Chardonnay 2021, white wine from the Ardèche (high country above the Rhône Valley). NEW vintage.
100% Chardonnay.
Exquisite finesse, refined but typical Chardonnay fruit, rock melon and white peach, perfectly stitched into the lightest and most subtle barrel fermentation character, while the palate is elegantly medium-bodied, balanced, dry, and dangerously drinkable.
Drink now to 2025.
Post-arrival price will be $32.95 per bottle. Today's pre-departure price is $26.95.
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3. Vignerons of Pfaffenheim "Tradition" Riesling 2020, white wine from Alsace.
100% Riesling.
Lifted perfume, lemon and lime, spiced apple tart, something exotic like lychee in the mix with a caramel note, rose petals, candied peel, and a quirky kind of complexity - perhaps some bottle age starting to show? - while the palate is dry, balanced, with good length and a clean zing-y finish. Benchmark Alsace Riesling for a sane price.
We have imported this vintage once before but this is a new batch under screw cap which I think is a big improvement in this case.
Drink now to 2027.
Post-arrival price will be $34.95 per bottle. Today's pre-departure price is $28.95.
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4. Domaine Jean-Pierre Sève white Burgundy 2022 from the Mâcon Solutré-Pouilly district of southern Burgundy in the immediate vicinity of Pouilly-Fuissé. NEW vintage.
100% Chardonnay.
Gregarious Chardonnay fruit, intensely fresh and lively, with lemon tart, peach and rock melon, apple pie, meringue, orange blossom, and more, but the greatness is on the palate that is dry but the acidity and the generous body work together to give that feeling of extreme drinkability just as sweet and sour is such a deadly combination in food. Absolutely delicious white Burgundy that you'll find difficult to put down. A complete crowd pleaser and yet quintessential refinement too.
Drink now to 2025.
Post-arrival price will be $38.95 per bottle. Today's pre-departure price is $31.95.
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5. Domaine Berthenet red Burgundy 2021. NEW vintage.
100% Pinot Noir.
Ultra perfumed prettiness, lifted black cherry and black currant Pinot fruit of captivating purity carefully woven into an aura of delicate oak and earth, while the palate is beautifully balanced, very fine and graceful, light and refined but robust enough at 13.5%. Super finesse from a classic cool climate vintage that suited sun-shy Pinot Noir very well. Not simply "Pinot Noir" but a single vineyard expression of authenticity, breeding, and style.
Drink now to 2026.
Post-arrival price will be $45.95 per bottle. Today's pre-departure price is $37.95.
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6. Champagne Yves Louvet "Sélection d'Émile" Brut NV. NEW to TOB.
75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay. Made purely from the domaine's own Premier and Grand Cru vineyards on the Montagne de Reims. Yves Louvet is a boutique, fifth generation, family-owned Champagne house now run by Frédéric Louvet. Émile - after whom this wine is named - was Frédéric's grandfather.
Pristine and archetypal Champagne nose of delicate almond blossom, notes of caramel and toasted brioche, and almost subliminal hints of red currant and caramel, while on the palate it is no less emblematic of Champagne with racy acidity, invigorating fizz, and a long and crisp dry finish that marries so magically with virtually any food or apéritif snacks, roasted nuts, etc. Utterly. Classical. Champagne.
Drink now to 2025.
Post-arrival price will be $60.95 per bottle. Today's pre-departure price is $49.95.
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#7. Suggested Mixed Dozen: This suggested mixed dozen contains: 3 bottles each of wines #1 and #2 (Loire Sauvignon and Ardèche Chardonnay), 2 bottles each of wines #3 and #4 (Alsace Riesling and white Burgundy), and one each of wines #5 and #6 (Berthenet Pinot Noir and the Champagne). Post arrival price for this Suggested Mixed Dozen will be $442.95. Today's pre-departure offer price is $349.92.
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Please note this is just a suggested mixed dozen and you are welcome to make your own mixed dozen selection via the website.
How to Order:
>>> Just click on the links and lock in your order straight from my website. Check out is with any major credit cards (Visa, Master, Amex) using the Stripe/credit card option, or PayPal. Mixed selections are welcome and freight is free.
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>>>12 bottles is the minimum order.
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>>> Wines from today's Pre-departure Offer (that do not arrive until July/August 2023) cannot be ordered in conjunction with wines from other pages of the website that are ready for immediate dispatch.
>>> These wines will only be available on the website at these Pre-departure Offer prices until midnight tomorrow evening, Friday March 17th, or until stocks last.
And please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Thank you for your support, on behalf of all the team at The Other Bordeaux,
Tom.
