Burgundy & Champagne
Timed Online Auction, 2 - 12 June 2023
Champagne & Burgundy
About the SessionThe wines of Burgundy and single vineyard Champagnes are produced in small quantities and command high prices. Rarely traded, mature bottles are even more rare in our small market.
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About this Item
Restless River is a rising star which has quietly achieved cult-status for its brilliant, Burgundian-style Chardonnay and lean Cabernet Sauvignon. The Restless River label was launched in 2012 and is managed and owned by Craig and Anne Wessels, winemaker and manager respectively. Their farm is located in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and has some of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay vines in the region (planted in 1998). Almost all their production is done by hand, resulting in limited quantities of each wine.
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Critics Ratings
'The 2017 Le Luc Pinot Noir is 20% whole-bunch-fermented. It has a wonderful bouquet, pure and refined, featuring red cherry, cranberry and rose petal aromas that gain intensity with aeration. The medium-bodied palate delivers supple tannins, a svelte texture, fleshy, dense cranberry and crushed strawberry fruit and a slightly bitter-edged finish. This is as delicious as it is fascinating.' - Neal Martin, Vinous, 92/100 (Oct 2019)
'This is the second usable crop from this 1.3-hectare vineyard, but the first release. It's a very promising wine from young vines, showing scented, rose petal and lily aromas, smooth red berry fruit and supporting acidity. One to keep an eye on. 2019-24.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2019, 93/100
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