Travaglini Nebbiolo Coste della Sesia 2024
Regular price £24.95This is a fruity, fresh and approachable Nebbiolo. The nose shows delicate mineral notes with hints of violet, rose and liquorice, while the on the palate the silky tannins and long, smooth finish make this a delightfully well-balanced wine.
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Grapes: Nebbiolo
ABV: 13%
Food Match: perfect with pasta dishes, roast meat (particularly Duck) and cheeses.
"Fresh bright strawberries, violets and liquorice depth. The attack is
balanced, with supple fruit, a peppery character, a tight structure
and a medium to full body. A good, juicy, savoury finish with velvety tannins."
- 92 points, James Suckling
Vasilikon Kathikas Agios Onoufrios 2022
Regular price £20.95A great introduction to Cypriot red wine: soft, juicy, supple and super easy drinking.
Country: Cyprus
Region: PGI Paphos
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Lefkada, Syrah and Cabernet Franc
Food match: Grilled meat or pastitsio (traditional Greek beef mince and pasta dish)
Ventisquero Carmenere Reserva 2023
Regular price £13.95An intense dark red colour. Elegant and fruity, with aromas and flavours of blackcurrant berries, ripe plums, chocolate and pepper notes. A balanced and concentrated wine well mixed with fruit, round and silky mouth and a long finish.
Country: Chile
Region: Colchagua Valley
Grapes: 100% Carmenere
ABV: 13.5%
Verus Pinot Gris 2023
Regular price £18.75Made with Pinot Gris (AKA Pinot Grigio / Sivi Pinot). Fermented in stainless steel, the wine then spends two months on fine lees to develop texture. Bottled unfined and gently filtered.
Ripe grapefruit, almonds and citrus, flavours on the nose. Moderate acidity, with a fleshy stone fruit character, very elegant on the palate and finish.
Grapes: Pinot Gris
Region: Ormoz
Country: Slovenia
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Fleshy white fish dishes such as pan fried Halibut with artichokes Cod served with seasonal squash and green vegetables.
Verus (Latin for “true”) is an exciting new winery founded in 2007 and owned by three friends who now produce some of the most exciting white wines coming out of Slovenia. The 12 hectare vineyards are located around Ormoz in the appellation of Styria (Stajerska) on the Jeruzalem-Ormoz hills. The cool climate here is influenced by the Alps, the Adriatic Sea and the Pannonian Plain.
The wines are true expressions of each grape variety and are bottled under screw cap with anexquisitely designed label. Their inaugural vintage 2007 received much acclaim from the press and wine writers and previews the future success of this young dynamic winery.
Zenit Tornai Somlói 2024
Regular price £14.95Complex nose and palate with orange zest and floral notes intermingled with savoury characteristics and a delicate hint of sweetness to give a balanced finish.
Grapes: Zenit
Region: Somlo
Country: Hungary
Food: Caesar salad, poultry, and creamy pasta dishes.