Anna Tyack

9.0

2013 is Sato-san's first vintage for his pinot gris skin contact (4 weeks) | Grown on schist on Mt. Pisa, Central Otago and aged in oak | Beautiful amber color, great precision and savouriness-- bravo, Yoshi! — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.0

A bright future ahead for this first vintage of sans soufre pinot noir from Tinker's Field block @ Rippon in Wanaka | Only 35 cases made in 2013, none in 2014 | To put back in the cellar for another couple of years — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.3

One of the best pinot I've had from Down Under so far | William Downie spent some time in Burgundy, having worked at Domaine Fourrier in Gevrey Chambertin and Hubert Lignier in Morey St Denis. In 2003 he started his eponymous label in Victoria | 2012 William Downie Gippsland — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.0

2005 pinot noir from Beau Paysage in Tsugane, Yamanashi | From young vines grown on volcanic soil at 800 m altitude | Feel like a 10 yrs old poulsard from Overnoy, without the complexity / grip of mature vines — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.0

This is what I drink when I have a craving for merlot | Amazing texture and juiciness | 2012 Château Lestignac 'Racigas' from Camille & Mathias Marquet, a young vigneron-couple who own 13 ha in the Bergerac appellation — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.0

Jura feeling in Cali... Beauty!!! | Chardonnay aged for 2 years in non ouillée barrels (no topping) | From dry-farmed Chuy vineyard planted in the 70s | 2010 The Scholium Project Chuy Chard Nelligan Road Ranch — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

8.5

Supercool Laneway cuvée, a blend roussanne/ chardonnay specially crafted for the Japanese market by Gary Mills of Jamsheed in Yarra Valley | Named after Melbourne's laneways, famous for street art — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.8

The ultimate NZ chardonnay from super high-density planted vines (9,000 - 12,500 vines / ha) on limestone in North Canterbury | 1,767 btles made in 2011 | Biodynamic since inception in 1997 — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.0

Benchmark for natural cabernet franc from the Loire | Always delicious 'Nuits d'Ivresse' (drunken nights) by Catherine & Pierre Breton in Bourgueil | From 50 yrs old vines, no SO2, certified organic — 10 years ago

Anna Tyack

9.2

Always stunning Zinfandel cuvée from 80 yrs old vines - blended with nearly 23% Carignane, Mourvedre, Grenache, Petite Sirah, Abouriou, Aubun & mixed white varieties | 2013 Bedrock Wine Co. Zinfandel Old Vine "it takes a village to raise a wine" — 10 years ago