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2022, 750 ML, Agency Wines, BLANKbottle, Cinsault, Dry, From HK$100 to HK$200, Red Wine, South Africa, Still, Syrah / ShirazBLANKbottle Retirement at 65, Darling
Vintage 2022
750 MLHK$188.00Score: TA94
Retirement at 65? Let’s hope that’s not in Pieter Walser’s plans, so that he can go on making wines like this Darling assemblage of Cinsault with 44% Syrah. Fermented…
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2023, 750 ML, Agency Wines, BLANKbottle, Cinsault, Dry, From HK$100 to HK$200, Red Wine, South Africa, Still, Syrah / Shiraz
BLANKbottle Retirement at 65, Darling
Vintage 2023
750 MLHK$188.00Score: TA94
Let’s hope Pieter Walser is still making wines like this when he gets to 65 and that he doesn’t hang up his pipette when he does. Pairing Syrah and…
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2024, 750 ML, Agency Wines, BLANKbottle, Cinsault, Dry, From HK$100 to HK$200, Red Wine, South Africa, Still, Syrah / Shiraz
BLANKbottle Retirement at 65, Darling
Vintage 2024
750 MLHK$198.00Score: JS92
This pale red has aromas of sliced strawberries, cinnamon, pink peppercorns and raspberries. Very fresh, bright and lively, with a medium body, fine tannins and wonderful purity. 95% cinsault…
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2020, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud, Dry, From HK$200 to HK$500, Still, White WineBourgogne Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud
Vintage 2020
750 MLHK$258.00Score: BH87
This had just been bottled before my visit and there was a background hint of sulfur to the aromas of petrol, smoke and very pretty apple and pear scents….
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2021, 750 ML, Domaine Latour-Giraud, White Wine, Dry, Still, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Agency Wines
Bourgogne Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud
Vintage 2021
750 MLHK$298.00Score: BH87-89
A ripe but cool mix features mostly notes of white orchard fruit and citrus. There is a lovely texture to the sleek, detailed and vibrant middleweight flavors that possess…
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2022, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud, Dry, From HK$200 to HK$500, Still, White Wine
Bourgogne Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud
Vintage 2022
750 MLHK$298.00Score: BH87
A discreet whiff of exotic character is present on the aromas of petrol, white orchard fruit and citrus confit. The rich and solidly concentrated middleweight flavors possess a lovely…
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2023, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud, Dry, From HK$200 to HK$500, Still, White Wine
Bourgogne Chardonnay, Domaine Latour-Giraud
Vintage 2023
750 MLHK$298.00Score: JM88-91
From the upper part of Les Vaux. Mid lemon, summer flowers, a very cheerful Bourgogne Blanc which does not deny its Meursault neighbours. Stunning concentration behind. Jean-Pierre Latour has…
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2024, 750 ML, White Wine, Dry, Still, France, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Domaine Sébastien Dampt, Agency Wines, From HK$200 to HK$500Chablis 1er Cru Les Vaillons, Domaine Sébastien Dampt
Vintage 2024
750 MLHK$268.00Score: JM91
From Beugnons, mostly 60 year old vines though one plot has just been replanted. Made in stainless steel and bottled in June. Pale lemon colour. Not much detail but…
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2018, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Domaine Sébastien Dampt, Dry, France, From HK$100 to HK$200, Still, White WineChablis, Domaine Sébastien Dampt
Vintage 2018
750 MLHK$188.00Score: BH88
A ripe and fresh nose is composed by notes of soft citrus, pear and sea breeze. There is reasonably good energy to the delicious medium weight flavors that culminate…
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2023, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Domaine Sébastien Dampt, Dry, France, From HK$100 to HK$200, Still, White Wine
Chablis, Domaine Sébastien Dampt
Vintage 2023
750 MLHK$188.00Score: BH88
Cool and pretty aromas combine notes of Granny Smith, petrol, just sliced citrus and a touch of seaweed character. The rich and agreeably textured, even succulent, medium-bodied flavors possess…
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2020, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Domaine Tortochot, Dry, From HK$2000 to HK$2499, High-Scoring Wines, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, StillChambertin Grand Cru, Domaine Tortochot
Vintage 2020
750 MLHK$2,088.00Score: BH95
A pungent nose is presently comprised by reduction and wood. More interesting are the beautifully delineated and almost aggressively mineral-driven big-bodied flavors that are at once caressing yet powerful…
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2019, 750 ML, Agency Wines, Burgundy, Domaine Tortochot, Dry, From HK$1500 to HK$1999, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Still
Chambertin Grand Cru, Domaine Tortochot
Vintage 2019
750 MLHK$1,500.00Score: BH91
A moderately herbal and wood-suffused nose is comprised mostly of various red berries and just turned earth. There is excellent detail and punch on the lighter weight mineral-driven flavors…