Description
Because this is a mixed dozen, it has to be added to your cart in multiples of 12 bottles. This mixed dozen has been priced at $27.69 per bottle because $27.69 x 12 = $332.28 , which is the correct price to pay for it.
There is one bottle each of all 12 wines. There are ten red wines, one white, and one sparkling white wine from Burgundy.
- Château Benitey Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2019. NEW to TOB. 30% Cabernet Franc and the balance is Merlot.
Like its label this Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is all about traditional elegance and breeding. The fruit core is certainly strong but its power is in its purity and poise: a towering pillar of finesse, ripe but not over-the-top, intense but balanced by its savoury suit of cleanest, neatest oak. Utterly classical Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, designed to marry with delicious food and the pleasure of its contemplation. Will age very nicely too. Usually $54.95 per bottle. - Ruhlmann-Schutz “Cuvée Hospices de Strasbourg” Alsace Old Vines Pinot Noir 2020. NEW to TOB. 100% Pinot Noir. Seriously classy Pinot Noir of depth and elegance. There are notes of cedar and oak, smoke and tar, truffles and rocks, while the palate is tall and stately, balanced and long, with very fine tannin running down its backbone. Usually $48.95 per bottle.
- La Cave de Roquebrun “Les Fiefs d’Aupenac” Saint-Chinian-Roquebrun 2019. NEW vintage. 60% Shiraz, 20% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre. Bam! Smoky, meaty, earthy, dense and dark fruit, intense but channeled, mint chocolate notes, herbs and stones, oak and crispy bacon fat, while the palate is rich and sappy with very fine tannin by the shovel load, mouth-coating, gripping length. Usually $48.95 per bottle.
- Domaine Berthenet “Blanc de Blancs” Brut NV from Burgundy. NEW vintage. A blend of Chardonnay and Aligoté. Made by the traditional bottle-ferment “Champagne method” this just nails the celebratory taste of French sparkling wine: the peachy stone fruit, toasty biscuit, nuts, delicate floral perfume, and a palate that is dry, crisply textured, and long. A dead ringer for Bollinger. Usually $41.95 per bottle.
- Château Bonneau Haut-Médoc 2020. NEW vintage. 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot, and the balance is Merlot. 12 months in barrel. This is classic old-school claret with precise black currant fruit (“cassis”), oak and graphite pencil notes, leather, light smokiness, and then a palate that is elegant and genteel, stately, fresh, and very food-friendly with light tea-like tannins, balance and length. Class in a glass! Usually $33.95 per bottle.
- Thunevin-Calvet “Cuvée Constance” 2019 from Roussillon. 50% Grenache, 30% Shiraz, balance is Carignan. Sultry fruit bomb and a complete crowd pleaser. Comparable in its voluminous/full-bodied/Grenache-based heavenliness to a young-vine Châteauneuf-du-Pape. High octane cherry jam aromatic explosion, fire-roasted marshmallows, and then a palate that is ripe, lush, textured and full. Serve at cellar temperature for a blissful taste experience. Averages 4.1/5 on Vivino from 16 reviews. Usually $30.95 per bottle.
- Vignobles des Quatre Vents “Z” Bordeaux 2018. 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot, balance is Merlot. Majestic Bordeaux nose. Extraordinary aromatic depth, very fresh and intense. Sweeping, ample, voluminous palate. Nutty, earthy, chomping tannin. Strong Médoc Cabernet character. Vignobles des Quatre Vents is currently the most exciting property in Margaux. Averages 4.1/5 on Vivino from 45 reviews. Won Gold Medals at the Lyon and Aquitaine/Bordeaux wine shows, and Silver at Paris. Drink now to 2030. Usually $28.95 per bottle.
- Château Rouzerol red 2019 from Castillon in Bordeaux. Pure Merlot. Meaty, dark berry fruit, great intensity and depth. Medium-full bodied palate, fresh and smooth. A cracking any-day-of-the-week red with the kind of flavoursome individuality and structure that could only come from Bordeaux. Usually $27.95 per bottle.
- Château Petit Mouta 2021 from the Graves district of Bordeaux. 90% Sémillon and 10% Sauvignon Blanc. White wine. What Chablis does for Chardonnay, the Graves district of Bordeaux does for Sémillon/Sauvignon blends, and 2021 was a year that brought this quality into laser-pointed focus. The fruit is ultra-fresh with kiwi, gooseberry, lemon and lime fruit, lemon sorbet, capsicum and ginger notions, while the palate is dry, clean, light as a feather, and highly refreshing. Usually $26.95 per bottle.
- Château Lastours “Tradition” 2019 from Gaillac. 30% Shiraz, 18% Braucol, 24% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Duras. Peppery and plump red berry fruit, strawberry and cherries, with rich whole-bunch-Pinot-like richness, vibrant and yummy, real if gentle tannins, and nailed to the bullseye of medium-bodied elegance. Drink now to 2025. Usually $25.95 per bottle.
- La Cave de Roquebrun “Terres d’Orb” from the Pays d’Oc. 30% Shiraz and 35% each Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Insanely high value-for-money daily red. Fruit-driven, round and smooth, medium-full elegance. Not an intellectual wine but for straight-up pleasure, authentic local identity and interest, and any-day-of-the-week drinkability, this really nails the style. Drink now to 2025. Usually $22.95 per bottle.
- Domaine Sainte Léocadie “Leukadios” rouge 2021 from Minervois in the Mediterranean hinterland between Carcassonne and Narbonne. NEW TO TOB. 40% Shiraz, 30% Grenache, and 15% each of both Carignan and Mourvèdre. The dark berry fruit and spice is polished, finely detailed, and with some mineral and earthy notes that open up nicely with a little swirl, while the palate is a seriously classy affair with fine and light tannins, medium-full body, but poised and devastatingly drinkable. A cracking any-night-of-the-week red with authentic and flavoursome individuality. Usually $22.95 per bottle.
How to order.
This works out at $415.40 of wine for today’s special price of $332.28 , which is a discount of 20%. Please note that today’s special price only applies to these wines when they are ordered as this suggested mixed dozen.
Because this is a mixed dozen, it has to be added to your cart in multiples of 12. So to order one of these mixed dozens, put 12 bottles in your cart, or to order two of these mixed dozens, put 24 bottles in your cart, etc. This mixed dozen has been priced at $27.69 per bottle because $27.69 x 12 = $332.28, which is the correct price to pay for it.
Please also note that if the stock counter towards the top of this page is showing “792 in stock”, for example, that means that there are 66 mixed dozens available because 792 divided by 12=66. Or if it showed there were “12 in stock” that doesn’t mean that there are 12 of these suggested mixed dozens available but actually just one of them because 12 divided by 12=1, etc. In other words, the stock count figure shows the total number of bottles not the number of dozens available.