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Dominique Portet grew up amongst the vineyards of France and appreciates the rejuvenating qualities of blush coloured wines. The vibrance of Yarra Valley Chardonnay is dominated by a slightly larger component of savoury Pinot Noir, all grown to good local vineyards and fashioned into the cultivated French interpretation of Rosé. The tide has turned in Australia towards the refreshing, savoury styles which have always been heralded in France. Ready to drink when slightly chilled, Dominique Portet is the pink sparkler of choice to enjoy at every occasion.

$4199each $503DOZEN EACH DOZEN Portet is the ninth generation of his family to be committed to winemaking, yet he is the first to establish a winery and label bearing the family name. Brut Rose is a cepage of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, grown exclusively to fine vineyards in the cool districts of Yarra Valley. Brut Rose draws on centuries of French tradition, bottled fermented and disgorged shortly before release, receiving only a small amount of red wine and a light addition of liqueur tirage. Grapes are all hand picked, gently pressed and vinified before being treated to secondary fermentation inside its own bottle. Aged and tiraged for two years under the Dominique Portet cellars, disgorged and lightly dosed prior to resealing and release.

Deep salmon pink colour with a a creamy mousse and persistent bead. Fresh strawberries and rose petals on the nose, nuances of stonefruit and hints of light bread spice. Red berry flavours and tangy rhubarb characters, peaches and red delicious apple follow through to the fresh and dry, creamy finish. Without a doubt, this sparkling sensation will add something special to boardroom luncheons, long languid dinners and discrete soirées.

A decidedly regional Pinot Noir, Drift are all about capturing the natural endowments of Marlborough and bringing the goodness of it all to the world. Minimal intervention is a priority, to ensure that the wines clearly expresses the uniqueness of the land. Drift take a decidely eclectic approach to constructing a wine that expresses the totality of all good things Marlborough. The palate is animate with ripe red cherry and raspberry flavours, perfumed by spice notes, supported by gentle tannins and juicy acidity, wrapped in a veil of supply seasoned oak.

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The great virtues of Martinborough are the lowest rainfall anywhere on the North Island and a heat summation that's idyllic for Pinot Noir. Seasonal rains are limited to a tiny locality, five kilometres in radius. At the heart of these unique mesoclimes lies an auspicious terroir of wonderfully free draining gravels, the home of Dry River Pinot Noir. Its full and round palate over elegant, velvety textured tannins, defined by delicacy rather than power. The finished wine is aged for a year in a selection of seasoned and new French oak puncheons.

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Dry River are a first growth of Martinborough. One of the region's earliest believers. The crescent shaped appellation lies along the edge of a river terrace formed by the Ruamahunga and Huangarua Rivers. An artisanal accord of Tempranillo and Pinot Noir, Viognier and Shiraz. All the varietals are in balance though the tannin profile might give it away. Delicate acidity to underline the fruit, a story of exquisite balance and harmony and elocution, a mineral thread entwines with the faintest hint of dried herb, the finish is long with the freshness of lingering flavours.

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An extraordinary concentration of the finest vineyards in the world are to be found in the very southwest parts of Gevrey Chambertin. As you enter the commune from the south, the various Climats of Charmes and its satellites, a mere thirty hectares, all appear within the first kilometre of Route N74. The parcels of Dugat-Py are amongst the youngest, they are however the most fastidiously managed, trained to completely organic regimens of viticulture which have remain unchanged for centuries. Fewer than two hundred dozen bottles are made each year.

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Roman historian Pliny the Elder tells us that Gevrey Chambertin was the first part of Burgundy to be exploited for winemaking, ancient vineyards have been unearthed which date back to the 1st Century BC. The Dugat family arrrived somewhat later during the seventeenth century, they are respected by an elite peerage of vignerons for the uncompromising standards of excellence which they bring to the wines of Cote-d'Or. This artisanal and meticulous Domaine retains three precious blocks of vine, immediately adjacent to the finest vineyards in Gevrey Chambertin.

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Halfway up the auspicious slopes at the very top of Appellation Gevrey Chambertin, seven hectares of Champeaux are planted to a mix of marly red brown soils and limestone clays. There are a number of growers but the vines of Domaine Dugay-Py are husbanded to perfection through the use of totally organic vitculture. An exacting vinification, followed by a year and a half maturation in the finest new French oak, under the ancient cellars of Abbaye Aumônerie, achieves a Premier Cru of peerless elegance and exquisite grace.

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Champeaux is seven hectares at the very northern perimeter of Gevrey Chambertin, planted to an easterly facing slope of limestone clay alluvials which characterize nature's endowment of the most superior Climats de La Bourgogne. The vines of Domaine Dugat-Py are over fifty years of age, they yield an exceptional quality of fruit by virtue of the dedication and skill accumulated through centuries of family viticulture. M Dugat employs a measure of whole bunch inclusion and open ferments to compliment the excellence of terroir at La Champeaux.

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Petite Chapelle is a next door neighbour of the illustrious Chapelle Chambertin, three hectares of vine planted to a unique mesoclime, a little further down the slope than its eminent siblings. The tiny parcel of Domaine Dugat-Py is managed to old fashioned biodynamic principles of farming, vines are now fifty years of age and yield a limited harvest of the most exquisite Pinot Noir. The wines of Petite Chapelle are known for their suppleness and finesse, silken in texture and enchantingly perfumed, they articulate a remarkable measure of elegance and grace.

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The families of Dugat-Py can trace a history of tending vineyards in Gevrey Chambertin since the 1600s. Even the younger plantings of Coeur Du Roy are up to a century of age, devotedly managed to the soundest principles of biodynamic agriculture. Fruit is all hand picked, meticulously sorted and vinfied in traditional, open cement vats, followed by eighteen months maturation in the finest new oak. Since establishment in 1994, the wines of Domaine Dugat-Py have enjoyed a meteoric rise to status as the most desirable young marques along the Cote d'Or.

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