Beykush Amphora Rkatsiteli (Orange) 2023
Regular price £32.95"Aged in a 400-litre Spanish ceramic amphora for one month, this wine is focused and bright, yet possesses depth. It exudes the aroma of white flowers, garden herbs, Earl Grey tea, beeswax, nuts, lemon peel and quince. Approachable and youthful, it captures the essence of a sunlit garden, beautifully blending structure and terroir" - Lilla O'Connor, Decanter Magazine February 2024
Grapes: Rkatsiteli
Country: Ukraine
Region: Mykolaiv
ABV: 13.5%
Food pairing: roast chicken with French beans and onion gravy.
Beykush Winery is a family winery located close to the Black Sea in Chernomorka village, Mykolaiv region. Beykush vineyards consist of 14 hectares of French, Italian, and Georgian clones.
Giuaani Winery Tvishi Semi-Sweet White 2023
Regular price £17.95Lemon yellow colour with flecks of green. Aromas of stone fruits peach and apricot, tropical fruits mango, passion fruit and melon. On the palate it is light, with balanced sweetness and acidity and a tropical fruit finish.
Country: Georgia
Region: Racha, Khvanchkara
Grapes: Tsolikouri
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Spicy dishes such as tagines or Thai Curries, fruity desserts such as pavlova or summer pudding or just fresh cut fruit.
Giuaani Winery is located in the historic village of Manavi, the heartland of Georgian wine producing region, Kakheti. The Manavi village, cradled by the southern slopes of the minor Caucasus, is a home to one of the 29 PDOs (Protected Denomination of Origin) of Georgia. Its unique soil composition and microclimate provides perfect conditions for vine cultivation, especially for Kakhuri Mtsvane grape variety, and for the production of Manavi PDO white dry wines.
Sijnn Malgas Red 2016
Regular price £44.9596 Points from Tim Atkins - this says it all! This landmark South African red by David Trafford is slowly but surely gaining cult status amongst wine collectors.
Concentrated aromas of red berries, sweet liquorice, red berries and minerality. Rich and textured palate full of almond and smoky flavours. Complex, layered with mulberry and savoury, meaty notes with a long, dry finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Malgas, Swellendam, Western Cape
Grapes: Syrah , Touriga Nacional, Mourvédre, Trincadeira and Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14,5%
Sijnn is prounounced 'sen', or 'seine'
Certified IPW sustainable
Ashton Hills Piccadilly Valley Pinot Noir 2021
Regular price £37.95Pretty strawberry nose with elegance! Silky and smooth, perfectly balanced Pinot. Very Burgundian in style.
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia
Grapes: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
Ne de l`Eden, Cotes de Bordeaux 2017
Regular price £21.95Style: Full Bodied and Bold Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Grapes: 100% Merlot
Other: Organic, Vegan
Aged in barrel for 23 months
ABV: 14,5%
Cradle of Wine Kindzmarauli Semi-Sweet Saperavi 2020
Regular price £17.95Delicious, semi-sweet red from Georgia's largest wine region, Kakheti. The wine is supple and very easy drinking with lots of red berry, cranberry and black cherry aromas and flavours.
Country: Georgia
Region: Kindzmarauli, Kakheti
Grapes: Saperavi
ABV: 12%
Food Match: Goes perfectly with a cheese board full of hard, soft, fresh and aged cheeses accompanied by fruit preserves as well as dried and fresh fruits such as dried apricots and fresh green grapes.
Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.
Projecto Guapos Anthus Pet Nat NV
Regular price £21.00Pet Nat is low intervention sparkling wine , traditionally cloudy, unfiltered and left to do its own thing. This little beauty is a light, zippy, refreshing sparkler with a crown cap. No added S02!
Stunning.
Country: Portugal
Region: Vinho Verde
ABV: 11.5%
Grape: Alvarinho, Loureiro
Food match: great with Korean flavours and Japanese sushi
Niepoort Redoma Rosé 2023 Douro
Regular price £21.00Salmon in colour, this is a Rosé that immediately captures your imagination. On the nose it has notes of pomegranate and hibiscus. On the palate, it is vibrant and zesty, revealing its great, fresh acidity, with a long and fresh aftertaste.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro
Grapes: Tinta Amarela, Touriga Franca and other varieties
ABV: 13%
Quinta da Saes Cercial Tobias Branco 2022
Regular price £21.95Quinta de Saes Tobias Branco is a low-intervention, floral and aromatic white from the Dão region, made entirely from the indigenous grape Cercial.
Country: Portugal
Region: Dão
Grapes: Cercial
ABV: 13%
Food Match: Crab linguine
Massaya Blanc 2022
Regular price £23.95A fresh blend of Sauvignon Blanc and indigenous Obeidi. It is aged on its lees for 8 months in foudres and 500l oak barrels giving the wine some weight and texture. The vineyards are situated on the foothills of Mount Lebanon, around Faqra, at around 1400m altitude. Crisp and clean with a citrus character and an oriental twist, thanks to the local Obeidi.
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc and Obeidi
ABV: 13%
Food match: Mediterranean chicken or fish dishes with grilled vegetables, tabbouleh
Pouilly Blanc Fumé La Rambarde Domaine Landrat 2022
Regular price £26.95This bone dry excellent example of Pouilly Fumé is elegant and well balanced with a light smoky aroma and a hint of gunflint and elderberry. It is wonderfully rich with aromas of nettles, gooseberry and minerals on the palate but balanced by good weight of lemony acidity and a full flinty finish. A wonderful Loire Valley white with layers of clean Sauvignon blanc fruit combined with added complexity due to the minerality derived from the soils.
Country: France
Region: Pouilly Fume
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon
Food matches: Ideal with fish (salmon, grilled trout, cod), crab salad, clam
chowder, sushi, goat cheese... and even a panna cotta with passion fruit sauce.
Celler de Capçanes Pansal del Calàs 50cl 2017
Regular price £25.95This dark, almost black wine has enormous concentration, resulting in very ripe seductive fruits like roasted aromas of plums, cassis and dark cherries and currant, toast, coffee and mocha. Perfectly aligned alcohol and lively acidity with an elegant smooth finesse. The sugar level is attractive and well integrated and the wine shows serious soft and ripe red wine tannin structure.
Food Match: The relatively low sugar level (compared to other Sweet Reds like Banyuls or Port) allows this wine to pair with main courses like roast beef, game, roasted duck, stews, Steak or smoked fois gras... and any kind of bitter flavours like coffee, nuts, bitter chocolate, smoky, toasty aromas...and fresh and mature cheeses...and simply by itself.
Fermentation is halted with the addition of grape alcohol retaining a natural sweetness of 70 g/l. Fermentation is controlled at 27-29ºC with indigenous yeasts used. Maceration for 30 days, both varieties are vinified together in stainless steel tanks. Not cold stabilised but undergoes a light filtration.15 months in French Oak.
Country: Spain
Region: Montsant
Grapes: Grenache 70% Carignan 30%
ABV: 16.5%
Food Match: Black Forest Cake or 70% fine dark chocolate
Nestled in the rugged hills of the Catalan countryside, in the tiny village bearing its name, is the well-respected Celler de Capçanes. It was this wild Montsant landscape which first captivated Jürgen Wagner back in the early 90s, but the huge potential he recognised in this unique village co-operative that determined what followed. Pouring all his efforts into working with the growers to nurture the best from their vineyards and the most honest expressions of their terroir, Celler de Capçanes has established itself as one of the most engaging wineries in the area.
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Grangehurst Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Regular price £29.95Full-bodied with intense cassis, red berry and fynbos notes. Cedar and spice from the oak maturation. Beautifully rounded, well integrated, tannins as a result of the extended ageing before release.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV: 14.5%
Handcrafted. Traditional. Unhurried. These three words epitomise Jeremy Walker’s
winemaking, with one notable omission - Delicious. By ‘Unhurried’, Jeremy is alluding to
the fact that he doesn’t release a wine until he believes it is ready to be enjoyed, which is
evident in the current vintages being 2008, 2009 and 2011!
Jeremy Walker founded Grangehurst in 1992, when he converted his fathers’ squash
court into a makeshift wine production cellar. He used the ‘squash court cellar’ to make
his first 6 vintages, only moving out after the 1998 vintage.
Jeremy was invited to join the prestigious Cape Winemakers Guild in 1996 and was one
of the longest standing members when, in order to let a young winemaker take his
place in the sun, he elected to step down in 2021.
Paul Wallace Black Dog Malbec 2019
Regular price £27.95A delicious, concentrated blend of berries and plums, subtle liquorice aromas a flavours with a hint of cherry tobacco aromas followed by lively and finely structured tannin.
On a picturesque hillside overlooking a dam, where Golden Delicious and Granny Smith
Orchards once stood, 12 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Malbec and Pinot Noir can now be found.
Paul Wallace, who has worked as a viticultural consultant to many of South Africa’s top
estates, finally had his dream come true in 2003 - he purchased his family farm in Elgin
and, alongside his wife Nicky, put his life’s work to the test. Based on his belief that Elgin
would become one of South Africa’s premium cool climate regions, he threw caution
to the wind and pulled out groves of apple and pear trees, replacing them with vines.
As always, his advice proved sage, and Paul Wallace is now producing some incredibly
exciting wines that show exceptional finesse and clarity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Elgin
Grapes: Malbec
ABV: 14%
Les Heritiers Bourgogne 2020
Regular price £34.00Stunning, white Burgundy at its best!
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Chardonnay
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.
Cline Cellars Late Harvest Mourvèdre (37.5cl) 2019
Regular price £22.95This wine is luxuriously sweet and divinely tempting. Layers of coffee, After-Eight chocolates, black berries and prunes dominate but they are beautifully balanced with a firm structure of acid and fine grained tannins.
Country: USA
Region: Lodi
ABV: 15%
Grapes: Mourvèdre
Food Match: It is a wonderful accompaniment to rich chocolatey desserts like chocolate mousse, brie with mango chutney, or salted caramel chocolate squares.
Flint Vineyard Charmat Rosé 2022
Regular price £32.95The colour is deep and rich, from the Rondo grape. The nose is floral, the palate is full of crunchy red berries with a hint of creaminess.
Country: England
Region: Norfolk
Grapes: Rondo, plus 10 other grapes
ABV: 12.5%
Lyme Bay Chardonnay 2021
Regular price £26.95Crisp, vibrant, lemon citrus with intense buttery, toasted vanilla notes. Fermentation was carried out using a mix of wild and Burgundy yeasts in 2 year old French oak and stainless steel, adding a rich mouthfeel, excellent body and notes of ripe stone fruit, brioche and honey. Wonderful lingering finish.
Country: England
Region: Devon
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
Royal Tokaji Betsek Dry Harslevelu 2019
Regular price £24.95Co-founded in 1990 by wine writer Hugh Johnson, Royal Tokaji has quickly become one of the most important wineries in Tokaj, producing sweet and dry wines. This crisp, dry white is made from 100% Harslevelu grapes and is part of the limited edition "By Appointment" portfolio. It's intensely dry with a citrus acidity, minerality and lovely length.
Country: Hungary
Region: Tokaji
Grapes: Harslevelu
ABV: 14%
McFarlane Wines Capitoline Wolf Red Cinsault/Grenache Noir 2023
Regular price £19.95The notes of bright red fruit and spice on the nose. On the palate it`s raspberry and pink Sparkles sweets.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: 92% Cinsault, 8% Grenache
ABV: 12%
Food pairing: sourdough margherita pizza, sweet and sticky pork ribs.
Zensa Nero d'Avola Appassimento 6
Regular price £83.70 Sale price £75.00A firm favourite of our team and customers here at Cellar Door!
6 x Zensa Nero d'Avola Appassimento
Completely untainted example of Nero D'Avola - just as nature intended!
The wine has a deep purple-red colour & intense aromas of blackberries & blueberries. The palate is soft & silky, bursting with spicy flavours of black pepper, dark chocolate, wild berries & vanilla. The tannins are elegant yet persistent. The finish is long & lingering and offers a burst of wild cherries at the end.
Country: Italy
Region: Sicily
ABV: 13.5 %
Grape: Nero D'Avola
Fun Fact: Zensa in Italian means “without” referring to the absence of any chemicals or pesticides in the winemaking process.
De Bortoli Show Liqueur Muscat 50cl
Regular price £19.95Just delicious! Deep amber/walnut in colour. Aromas of toffee, fig preserve, coffee and raisins. A grapey, fortified sweet treat. Great with hard, strong cheese.
Country: Australia
Region: Riverina, New South Wales
Grapes: Muscat
ABV: 18%
Food match: Aged strong hard cheese or creamy blue cheese
Oliver & Lafont Crozes-Hermitage 2019
Regular price £29.95Ruby red. Aromas of black currant and dried olive, with a smoky overtone. Spice, dark fruit, good depth. Finishes pure and fresh, with a strong peppery persistence.
Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley
Grapes: Syrah
ABV: 14%
Teliani Valley Winery 97 Kakhuri No8 Orange Wine 2022
Regular price £15.75From Teliani’s more experimental ‘Winery 97’ project, this amber wine is a blend of four varieties that you can’t pronounce – luckily the rich dried fruit and nutty flavours and long dry refreshing finish are much easier to get your mouth around! Don't chill it, you'll just bring the tannins forward at the expense of the lovely flavours - serve cool, not cold!
Beautiful amber, golden coloured wine. Aromas of vanilla,tropical fruit, ripe stone fruit, with hints of orange zest and orange peel. On the palate, lovely dried fruit (apricot) flavours with nutty hints. The finish is fresh with soft, grippy tannins.
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Grapes: Rkatsiteli, Kakhuri Mtsvane, Khikhvi and Kisi
ABV: 12.5%
Food Pairing: Kakhuri N8 is a The wine pairs especially well with fish dishes and cheeses. Serve cool, not cold.
A blend of 4 Georgian indigenous grape varieties – Rkatsiteli, Kakhuri Mtsvane, Khikhvi and Kisi, harvested in Kakheti, east Georgia. Grapes are exclusively hand selected and only the highest quality, fully ripe grapes are used for production. The wine is made using old Kakhetian traditional winemaking method with skin contact. Fermentation on skins takes place for 7-10 days, once the fermentation is finished the grape skin remain with the wine for 6 months.
Read all about Penny's recent trip to the cradle of wine, Georgia in her blog here.
Althea Prosecco Valdobbiadene Superiore Cartizze DOCG Dry
Regular price £22.95Intense floral and fruity bouquet. Fragrant notes of acacia and jasmine blossom woven with apple, yellow peach and citrus flowers. Rich, with a superb intensity and a fine acidity.
Country: Italy
Region: Cartizze hill
Grapes: Glera
ABV: 11%
Residual sugar: 18 - 22 g/l
Food Match: Perfect as a dessert wine, especially with pastries. It is also suggested with mild spicy Asian food.
Nestled in the heart of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG area, the Althea Winery is surrounded by beautiful Rive or hills which are recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.