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• Leveret IQ Premium Brut Méthode Traditionnelle NV

  

  A wine of elaborate personality, Leveret IQ opens with candied citrus, toasty and light sulphide aromas. It has good textural …

  4.5 | $20-$25 Best Buys

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• Lindauer Classic Rosé NV

  

  A consistent favourite. “It’s simple, but it’s wonderful,” said Sam Harrop. Cherry, strawberry and lipsticky aromas are clean and pure, …

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• Beaumet Cuvée Brut Vintage 2006

  

  Beaumet Champagne is popular in London’s gentlemen’s clubs, where value for money is a factor. This 2006 vintage confirms Beaumet’s …

  5 | $50-$60 Best Buys

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• Beaumet Cuvée Brut NV

  Champagne Beaumet’s value recipe succeeds again. The non-vintage wine has a delicate floral aroma, with lightly nutty ferment notes adding …

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• Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Pinot Noir 2012

  

  Tasting Marlborough’s top entry is like sinking into a soft, dark cushion. Velvety tannins frame a luscious mouthful of dark …

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• Perelada Cava Brut Reserva NV

  

  Cava, Spain’s famous sparkling wine, can polarise tasters due to its rustic qualities. This example has lemon curd, honey, herb …

  4 | $20-$25 Best Buys

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• Vavasour Pinot Noir 2012

  

  This label from the Foley Family Wines stable has been a quiet achiever with pinot over recent vintages. A lighter …

  4.5 | $30-$40 Best Buys

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• Charcoal Gully Sallys Pinch Pinot Noir 2012

  

  This Pisa-grown pinot wins its way to your heart with structural finesse. A fine tight line of tannin and acidity …

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• Mission Fête Hand Harvested Cuvée 2012

  

  A great-value aperitif, perhaps with smoked-salmon blinis. Pinot gris enters the sparkling equation alongside chardonnay here. It has white peach, …

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• Kirrihill Vineyard Selection Series Clare Valley Tullymore Vineyard Shiraz 2012

  If one wine in our Cuisine shiraz tasting summed up the appeal of this great Australian wine type, it would …

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