Eté en Provence Rosé
Regular price £16.25Very pale, a transparent onion skin pink. Generous fruit and restrained elegance: flavours of white peach, melon and berries, with satisfying weight and a clean, dry finish.
Country: France
Region: Provence
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault
ABV: 13%
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.
Dewetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay 2023
Regular price £16.95South Africa's answer to Chablis! Soils rich in limestone and broken mountain rock on De Wetshof’s site-specific vineyards allow this wine to emit optimum varietal expression. An unwooded wine, Bon Vallon has a brisk and clean freshness leading into a wide spectrum of classic flavours including citrus, wild flowers and grilled nuts, with a nuanced minerality on the aftertaste.
Country: South Africa
Region: Robertson
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Goes well with Caesar Salad or seared salmon or tuna, equally, it will complement grilled or roasted white meats and pan-fried duck. It was awarded the top 15 award in the Chardonnay du Monde 2019 out of 696 Chardonnays tasted. And received a Double Gold Medal in the 2019 Veritas Awards
Jaffelin Chardonnay Vin De France 2021/23
Regular price £13.95This wine represents phenomenally good value for money. Ripe stone fruit and toasted oak aromas with concentrated peach and citrus flavours.
Country: France
Region: Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 12%
Cape Heights Merlot
Regular price £9.95A South African Merlot packed full of delicious flavours.
Fresh and bright with characteristic aromas of cherry and red fruits. Light and juicy on the palate with soft tannins.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: Merlot
ABV: 13%
The coastal region of South Africa is renowned for its fine and expressive fruit. Produced from only free-run juice and fermented on skins in stainless steel tanks. The wine is left on the lees for an extended period for greater palate weight and mouthfeel.
Solara Natural Red Wine 2022
Regular price £13.90This natural wine is chocca block packed full of bramble fruit notes with raspberry and blackberry dominating the aroma, smooth and juicy with complex notes of blueberry and moderate acidity and smooth tannins on the finish.
Country: Romania
Region:Panciu
Grapes: Merlot, Pinot Noir
ABV: 13.5%
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.
Jaffelin Rully Blanc 2022
Regular price £34.95Wonderfully approachable white Burgundy with lovely tropical, marzipan notes.
Country: France
Region: Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%]
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”.
Laureatus Albariño Rías Baixas DO
Regular price £18.95Delicious, rich and aromatic with notes of pineapple and dried grass. It has a beautiful balance of honeyed tropical fruits whilst retaining a refreshing acidity.
Country: Spain
Region: Rías Baixas
Grapes: Albariño
ABV: 13%
KWV Mentors Grenache Blanc 2020
Regular price £19.95Layered aromas of pineapple, mandarin and orange . Fresh and earthy palate with a creamy vibrant texture, smooth, round finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl
Grapes: Grenache Blanc
ABV: 13.5%
Rioja Manoso Crianza 2019
Regular price £12.95This Rioja is bursting with cherry, redcurrant and brambles with the toasty richness of oak.
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja Alavesa
Grapes: Tempranillo
ABV: 14%
Piteira White Granja Amareleja 2019
Regular price £12.95Pale Lemon Colour. Aromas of green apple and citrus fruits. On the palate has fruit and mineral notes, very interesting texture and balanced acidity. Fresh and lingering finish. We love this wine!
Country: Portugal
Region: Alentejo
Grapes: Diagalves, Roupeiro, Arinto
ABV: 13%
Granja Amareleja vineyards are located in the left bank of Guadiana River, where the soils are sandy and the temperatures the highest in Alentejo reaching >40C. Moreto grape variety is the ex-libris of the viticulture here, where it continues to be cultivated, mostly, ungrafted (“Pé-Franco”). Perhaps for this reason its wines are so aromatic, balanced and distinct.
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
Henry of Pelham Vidal Ice Wine 2017 VQA Niagara Peninsula 20cl
Regular price £19.95Liquid golden honey in a tiny bottle - a very special, hard to make wine.
Country: Canada
Region: Niagra Peninsula
Grapes: Vidal
ABV: 9.5%
Kopke São Luiz Classic Tinto 2020
Regular price £15.95Fruity, fresh, floral, super easy drinking red.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro
Grapes: Touriga Franca
ABV: 13.5%
Oropasso Biscardo White 2022
Regular price £13.95Similar in style to a Soave, yet richer and more complex.
Intense straw yellow with greenish reflections. Delicate with floral notes and hints of citrus fruits and yellow flesh fruits. Fresh, mineral and very well structured and well balanced.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Garganega 60%, Chardonnay 40%
Laborie Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Regular price £11.25If you love Sauvignon Blanc, you can't go wrong with this SUPER SAFFA wine.
Layered Sauvignon with powerful aromas of grapefruit and tropical fruit along with hints of perfume, green fig and floral characters. Fresh, crisp and elegant flavours linger on the palate and deliver a zingy finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl
Grapes - 100% Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13.5%
Castillo del Moro Rosé
Regular price £9.95Spain probably makes the best value rose wines in the world - and this is a perfect example of that quality.
This Rosado is crammed full of juicy wild strawberry, raspberry & cranberry fruit. Rich in colour, the wine is crisp & well balanced with a long finish of strawberries & cream.
Country: Spain
Region: Castilla
ABV: 12%
Grapes: Tempranillo
Castillo del Moro wines are sourced from one of the most advanced bodegas in La Mancha and they combine the traditional varieties of the region with international varieties such as Sauvignon and Syrah. Castillo del Moro represents the very best of modern Spanish winemaking but draws on a tradition that goes back centuries; the result is exceptional value for money and huge drinkability
Wimbushes Vineyard St Albans 2022 Solaris
Regular price £21.00The best vintage of Wimbushes so far... I know we said that last year, but this is even better! Very limited stock, so order while you can (but please don't be greedy). We are limiting purchases to one case of 6 per household.
This is as local as it get for wine folks! Wimbushes Solaris 2022 is ripe, tropical, clean, dry and crisp with green apple and ripe pear aromas and flavours. It has a lingering, minerally finish. We're very proud to be selling this very special wine.
Country: England
Region: St Albans, Hertfordshire
Grapes: Solaris
ABV: 12.5%
Estate grown by Wimbushes Vineyard, St Albans
Produced by the winery at Thurston Place, Suffolk
Wimbushes Vineyard St Albans
Andy and Karina Harrison decided to plant an acre of vines on their beautiful Chiswell Green property about 10 years ago, as a hobby. In 2018 they appointed Suffolk winemaker (and ex-surgeon) Michael Rhodes to turn their Solaris and Rondo grapes into wine. In recent years, due to careful vineyard management by David Savage and the vines maturing healthily, the fruit and their talented winemaker, they have produced some seriously good English wine. These wines are produced in very small quantities, so we do tend to limit the amount of bottles purchased by any one household.
Altolandon Mil Historias Organic Garnacha 2020
Regular price £14.95Intense and bright picota cherry colour. The nose is clean and intense, lots of black fruits, candy and floral notes. A medley of plum, strawberry, black cherry and black currant with undertones of white pepper, earthy notes, and a very pleasant balsamic end with a hint of sweetness. This is elegant, crisp with mineral undertones and notes of rosemary and cedar that emerge as the wine evolves – not to mention the sweet but vibrant tannins that promise a bright future.
Country: Spain
Region: DO Manchuela, La Mancha
Grapes: Garnacha
ABV: 14%
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As the lands starts to rise, inland northwest of Valencia, you will find Roselia Molina heading up Bodegas Altolandon. The property consists of 120 hectares with the winery resting right in the centre, not only making it aesthetically satisfying but also extremely practical. At 1,100 metres above sea level, the altitude serves to benefit the grapes with large diurnal variations which encourage even ripening and also helping retain their natural acidity. Organic methods are used to manage the vines utilising only natural fertilisers and some green pruning to further guarantee the quality of fruit prior to hand-harvesting. The grapes are vinified as naturally as possible with native yeasts and little other intervention. The wines are then aged in French oak and some in clay amphora to retain purity, but build complexity.
Henry of Pelham Chardonnay 2020 VQA Niagara Peninsula
Regular price £16.95Crisp, clean and apply, but it has weight and texture in the mid-palate and a lovely mineral finish - not what you'd expect from a new world Chardonnay! The use of oak is subtle, delicate and very well integrated.
Country: Canada
Region: Niagara Peninsula
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Cave de L'Ormarine Lévre Piquant Picpoul de Pinet
Regular price £12.75Exuberantly fresh on the palate with ripe mango fruit, a slightly salty edge and underlying minerality.
Country: France
Region: Pinet
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: 100% Picpoul
Cave de l'Ormarine is an award winning Cave producing wines from the tiny Pinet appelation in the Herault. Set up in 1992, bit with a history dating back to 1922 Cave de l'Ormarine has made significant investment in the winery and prides itself on the high standards and traceability of its grapes.
Pegasus Bay Bel Canto Dry Riesling 2020/22
Regular price £27.95Astonishingly 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
Sileni Merlot
Regular price £15.25Rich plum and dark berry-fruit flavours with a silky finish.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawkes Bay
ABV: 14%
Grape: Merlot