2016 Muga - Prado Enea Gran ReservaColour : Red Producer : Muga Label Name : Prado Enea Gran Reserva Country : Spain Region : Rioja Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2016 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Ratings : Wine Advocate 97+ pts, James Suckling 97 pts, Vinous 96 pts, Wine Enthusiast 97 pts Tasting Notes : Bodegas Muga is one of the most traditionally minded and technically accomplished producers in Rioja, founded in Haro in 1932 by Isaac Muga and Aurora Cao. The winery is

Pale gold with a complex and mineral nose of lemon cream

produced from a careful selection of the best lots within the Reserva programme and aged for approximately thirty months in French and American oak barriques before an extended bottle ageing period

Colour : Red Producer : Bass Phillip Label Name : Nebbiolo Country : Australia Region : Victoria Sub Region : Gippsland Variety : Nebbiolo Vintage : 2021 Capacity : 1

Jeb Dunnuck 93 pts Tasting notes : The 2019 Pinot Noir Family Farm is bright

savoury notes

Chris Hermann’s legal career in vineyard transactions gave him a forensic understanding of the Willamette Valley’s finest sites before the first vintage was produced

dried mushroom

offering the complexity and refinement expected from extended ageing while retaining freshness and fruit purity

James Suckling 97 pts Tasting Notes : The 2021 The Bard checks in as 83% Cabernet Sauvignon

Medium to full-bodied with fine

’ with ‘plenty of salty mineral’ and a ‘semi-rich polished and creamy finish

is particularly well-suited to a wine of this structural ambition