Domaine du Pré Semelé Sancerre 2022
Regular price £26.95A classic Sancerre with crisp, crunchy grapefruit and lime citrus flavours and a gently herbaceous element adding complexity. There is a mouthwatering, saline minerality to the long finish. Just brilliant.
Country: France
Region: Sancerre
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon
Food match: Great with grilled fish, seafood or even as an aperitif.
Domaine du Pre Semele is located in Maimbray in the town of Sury-en-Vaux 5 km north of Sancerre. The vineyard has been passed on for four generations now and we want to remain a family structure. We are currently 2 brothers on the estate, Julien and Clément Raimbault, where we grow 20 ha on the Sancerre appellation in the greatest respect of our terroirs.
Blank Bottle Moment of Silence 2022
Regular price £24.95Superb blend of Chenin , white Grenache and Viognier. All three are fermented separately in old oak, amphora and clay vats. This as well as some skin contact gives lovely texture and body to the wine. Slightly saline finish. A Cellar Door team favourite.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
Grapes: Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Viognier
ABV: 13.5%
Four Acres Estate Blanc de Blanc Brut Sparkling
Regular price £31.00Classic English Traditional Method Sparkling Wine made with love from succulent Chardonnay grapes, plucked by hand from Platon Loizou's vines in Hertfordshire at the moment of maximum lusciousness!
Country: England
Region: Hertfordshire
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 12.5%
The Four Acres Estate is a small family run vineyard and orchard set on a hillside above the Ash Valley in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire.
After a lifetime spent in the travel industry, Platon Loizou decided that he wanted to get back to his Cypriot roots and fulfil a long-term dream of making wine. Since 2010 he has been out in all weathers, getting closer to nature tending his precious vines, nurturing them from saplings to maturity, bolstering his knowledge by consulting at every step with some of the best vinters in the country.
Amarone della Valpolicella Centenero DOCG 2019
Regular price £32.95Gorgeous garnet colour. Aromas of roasted beetroot, rosemary, sun dried tomato, and ripe figs with a round, vibrant, fruity palate. Flavours of pomegranate reduction, chocolate and fresh coffee. Savoury, black olive finish. A balanced, complex Amarone with a rustic charm.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Corvina, Rondinella
ABV: 14.5%
Amarone also known as Amarone della Valpolicella - a powerful red wine from Italy's Veneto region. It is made from the same grapes as Valpolicella: with Corvina and Rondinella as the main varieties, other grapes used are Molinara, Corvinone and Dindarella.
Babylonstoren Chardonnay 2023
Regular price £25.95If you're a rich white Burgundy fan - then this is the wine for you. A rich nose of lemon curd and freshly baked butter biscuits. The beautifully fruity core is perfectly balanced by layers of oak spice, vanilla and roasted almonds. Supple with fresh acidity and an underlying minerality, which adds focus and length to the finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl, Western Cape
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 14%
Food Match: The elegance and substance of the wine will
complement mushroom risotto, rich fish dishes and also steak béarnaise.
Ready to be enjoyed within the year of production, but will
mature well for the next four to six years.
Bolney Bubbly English Sparkling NV
Regular price £31.95Simple, light and refreshing traditionl method English sparkling wine. Very easy to drink with a charming elderflower creaminess.
Country: England
Region: West Sussex
Grapes: Reichensteiner, Muller Thurgau and Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
Bolney Estate is one of the longest established English vineyards and have been making award winning wines for over 35 years.
Four Acres Estate Rosé Brut Sparkling
Regular price £29.95By carefully blending Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir grapes, all grown in Hertfordshire's Little Hadham, this is a handcrafted, delicate Rosé version of English Sparkling Wine.
Country: England
Region: Hertfordshire
Grapes: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
ABV: 12.5%
The Four Acres Estate is a small family run vineyard and orchard set on a hillside above the Ash Valley in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire.
After a lifetime spent in the travel industry, Platon Loizou decided that he wanted to get back to his Cypriot roots and fulfill a long-term dream of making wine. Since 2010 he has been out in all weathers, getting closer to nature tending his precious vines, nurturing them from saplings to maturity, bolstering his knowledge by consulting at every step with some of the best vinters in the country.
Alasia Barolo 2019
Regular price £26.75A fine, expressive style with Barolo's classic combination of mature, lightly floral aromas with richness and structure. Dark plum, leather and delicate violet aromas, plus notes of wood smoke and brown spice. A full, firm and ripe red with rich, powerful flavours. All balanced by ripe tannins, complex savoury notes and a long finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmonte
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13.5%
Perfect with any dish that contains even a hint of truffle, great with braised red meat and porcini.
62 Anniversario Primitivo di Manduria 2018
Regular price £31.95One of our favourite wines ever! If you are after something a little special then this is one of the wines we recommend in store whenever we have stock!
Intense ruby red colour, deep and complex nose; fruity with a prune and cherry jam aroma, notes of tobacco, slightly spicy. A full bodied wine, soft and rich in fine tannin, with notes of cocoa, coffee and vanilla on the finish
Country: Italy
Region: Puglia
ABV: 14.5%
Grapes: Primitivo
Very old vineyards selected in San Marzano and Sava. The soil is mainly red with a fine texture and a generally calcareous underground with few emerging rocks. The well known redness of these soils is due to the presence of ironoxides. The climate is characterised by high temperatures all year round, very little rainfall and a wide temperature range between night and day, which has a positive influence on the quality of the grapes. This is the central area of d.o.p. “Primitivo di Manduria”.
Negrar Amarone Classico 2020
Regular price £33.00A beautifully concentrated wine with layers of flavour and character. Classico in every sense of the word.
So many flavours - along side the deep black fruits, plums and floral notes there is a spicy backbone with spices, herbs and chocolate.
Country: Italy
Region: Valpolicella
ABV: 15%
Grapes: Corvina, Rondinella
Les Doigts d’Or de Dolly Pouilly Fumé
Regular price £24.95This wine presents a lovely light golden colour and a brilliant robe with fresh and rather subtle fruity nose. Thanks to the flinty soil, we notice the particularity of the "pierre à fusil" taste with a hint of minerals. The wine combines freshness and roundness.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5
Pegasus Bay Bel Canto Dry Riesling 2022
Regular price £29.95Astonishingly good Riesling from an outstanding New Zealand producer. Concentrated, explosive in the mouth! Dry, flavoursome Riesling with honeysuckle notes, aromatic nectarine, baked peach, apricot, lime and preserved lemon. One glass will not be enough!
Country: New Zealand
Region: North Canterbury
ABV: 15.5%
Grapes: Riesling
Read Wine Advocate Erin Larkin’s wonderful review of Pegasus from latest trip to the South Island
'From there, I went to Pegasus Bay, and it was here that I was so impacted. This is an iconic Riesling producer—Rieslings worth crossing the ocean for. They age slowly and gracefully, employ botrytis as a textural aid and are thundering examples of Riesling from New Zealand. I can’t overstate that. These are collectors’ wines. I have seen older examples in Australia over the years, served blind, that have taken the room by storm. My thanks to Winemaker Matt Donaldson for the afternoon; it took us in directions I think neither of us expected.'
Pegasus Bay Riesling Bel Canto 2022 – 94 points.
The 2022 Bel Canto Dry Riesling leads with loquat, kumquat and orange rind. In the mouth, the wine is floral, detailed and full—it is actually quite wide, spreading to all corners of the mouth, leaving a trail of fine chalky texture in its wake. Really good. Textural. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Erin Larkin Wine Advocate
Wild Island Botanic Gin Isle of Colonsay 44% 70CL
Regular price £39.95Wild Island Botanic Gin is a celebration of the beauty and unique character of its island home, the Isle of Colonsay.
Country: Scotland
Region: Colonsay
ABV: 44%
Grain Spirit
'We set out to create a truly exceptional spirit crafted around the native botanicals that grow on our crofts here in the Southern Hebrides off Scotland’s West coast.' Keith Bonnington - brewer and distiller
Crafted in a century old copper still at Langley Distillery, using 100% British Wheat infused with six native hand foraged botanicals growing wild on our island and a further ten as the base. Wild Island Botanic Gin is bottled in Scotland at 43.7% abv using pure Scottish water
Ferghettina Franciacorta Brut NV
Regular price £26.95Forget Prosecco...the best sparkling from Italy comes from Franciacorta. Traditional method sparkling wine from Champagne grapes as well!
An exuberant, confident and bright style – lively and very approachable with citrus fruits – a golden apple character which is, at the same time, both incisive yet quite gentle.
Country: Italy
Region: Lombardia
ABV: 11.5%
Grapes: 95% Chardonnay, 5% Pinot Noir
One of the emerging estates in Italy's booming sparkling wine sector. Roberto Gatti spent 20 years as cellarmaster and viticulturalist at Bellavista, one of the early pioneers of the Franciacorta region, before creating Ferghettina in 1990. A new winery and cellars, started in 2002, were completed in 2005 and sit in a magnificent location overlooking the beautiful Lake Iseo. Roberto is assisted by his daughter Laura, also an oenologist, shortly to be joined by his son Matteo. The Gatti's control production of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, using only half of the grapes available for their production of 300,000 bottles. Meticulous attention to detail, skillful blending and long bottle maturation give wines of great finesse and individuality. The 'Italy's answer to Champagne' tag is unavoidable but these wines are much more than that.
Hochar Pere et Fils Red 2019
Regular price £26.95Cinsault (50%), Grenache (35%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (15%). Bright ruby colour with red fruit, plum, sloe berry and cherries on the aromas and flavours.
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Grenache
ABV: 13.5%
Charmes de Kirwan Margaux 2019
Regular price £39.95Top class Bordeaux from the iconic village of Margaux the 2nd wine of 3rd growth Chateau Kirwan.
Velvety smooth, rich and supple. Flavours of cassis, bramble and black cherry with a sheen of vanilla from the oak ageing.
Country: France
Region: Margaux
ABV:12.5%
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
3 cru Amarone Classico DOCG Rizzardi 2018
Regular price £39.95Luciously rich and decadent red made from selected grapes from three top class vineyards.
Aromatic with ripe dark berried fruit alongside sweet spice, a ripe, rich style. The texture is rich and round with abundant, ripe, dark berried fruit supported by fine oak.
Country: Italy
Region: Valpolicella
ABV: 15%
Grapes: 80% Corvina & Corvinone, 10% Rondinella and 10% Molinara
The grapes come from the 5 hectare, steep, rocky, terraced hillside vineyard of Calcarole as well as the gently sloping clay vineyards of Rovereti and Pojega in the heart of Negrar, the most celebrated of the communes in Valpolicella.
Lismore 'The Age of Grace' Cape South Coast Viognier 2021
Regular price £28.95This expressive, barrel-fermented Viognier seduces you with the beautiful perfume of honeysuckle and orange blossom and a textured palate of apricot, kiwi and pineapple.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Viognier
ABV: 13.5%
Truchard Chardonnay 2019
Regular price £36.95Delicious top-notch California Chardonnay. All the requisite hallmarks with pineapple, peach and fig notes with a touch of creamy spice.
Country: USA
Region: Napa Valley
ABV: 14.1%
Grapes: Chardonnay
Today, there are many physicians who have become winery owners, winemakers and winegrowers, but Dr. Tony Truchard was one of the first in California. He bought his first 20 acres on the Napa side of the Carneros region in 1973 when he was still practicing internal medicine in Reno. He continued to acquire parcels until he now farms 270 acres of mainly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Carneros district. Francis Mahoney, of nearby Carneros Creek Winery, helped with the initial plantings. A winery was built in 1989 and caves were added later.
Santenay Les Heritiers Saint-Genys Rouge 2019
Regular price £39.95Rustic in a pretty way; your classic rosy-cheeked farmer's daughter. Violets on the nose. Great structure, pure elegance.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Burgundy is renowned for a jigsaw of small plots, fitting side by across the rolling cotes and cru with many different owners - the result of equal inheritance. While some heirs want to make wine, others prefer to live their lives elsewhere, meaning their plots go unloved. Enter Patrice du Jeu, a Parisian restaurateur with the dynamism and energy to revive such plots. Together with family and friends, he managed to buy several parcels in excellent terroirs of the Côte de Beaune including Santenay, Chassagne Montrachet and Mercurey. Joining with white Burgundy expert Jean-Baptise Alinc the wines of these heirs - Les Héritiers - are both technically competent and beautifully crafted.
Pouilly Fuissé 'Terroir' Domaine Seve 2020
Regular price £28.95Round and elegant wine with classic, subtle buttery notes balanced by juicy acidity. A top quality white Burgundy with more than 10 year aging potential.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 12.5%
Grace Winery Private Reserve Koshu Yamanashi 2022
Regular price £27.95Pure, sublimely crisp and mineral in style, this wine is fresh and elegant with subtle notes of citrus, grapefruit, Golden Delicious apple and white pear. Dry, with a lively palate of crisp, ripe fruits and a charming acidity. A lovely expression of the delicate elegance of the Koshu grapes.
Country: Japan
Region: Yamanashi Province
Grapes: Koshu
ABV: 12%
Sublimely crisp, floral and mineral in style with an almost. Chablis type razor sharp saltiness on the finish.
Grace Winery was established in 1923, in the Katsunuma province, the birthplace of
the Japanese wine industry. Committed to the belief that great wine is made in the
vineyard, they were the first to research and introduce European training and
pruning methods introducing such as using long cordon training and Vertical Shoot
Positioning in 1990. The wines are made in a modern way to retain the delicate
characteristics of this individual and exciting grape variety.
Les Doigts d’Or de Dolly Sancerre 2021
Regular price £25.95Fresh and clean with hints of ripe gooseberries and fresh cut grass.
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Food Match:
Perfect with fish and seafood or summer salads.
Delaforce LBV 2017
Regular price £24.50An LBV Port from the historical Delaforce Port house.
A Port of deep ruby colour with intense aromas of plums, fresh berries and liquorice revealing imense complexity. Very fruity on the palate, with round tanins in a perfectly balanced struture.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro
ABV: 20%
Grapes: Field Blend (ie....they dont know exactly!..but its the typical Port varieties)
Food Match: Great with blue cheese like Gorgonzola, Stilton and creamy dolcelatte.
Late Bottled Vintage Ports unlike Vintages are only bottled 4 years after their ageing period in oak. This process of Late Bottling allows the wine to benefit from oxygenic evolution in large barrels making them soft, round and enjoyable to drink now. The LBV Port has been an alternative for Vintage Port lovers who prefer not to wait for long-term bottle ageing.
Barolo DOCG 2018 Cascin Adelaide
Regular price £39.95Supple and sumptuous, ripe and ridiculously moreish. It's ready to drink Barolo baby!
Awesome aromas of orange skin, ripe plums, and tobacco leaves. Vibrant tannin and acidity. Lovely!
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmonte
14% ABV
Grape: Nebbiolo