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Pittnauer Pitti Rose 2018
Add to cart$24.00$20.00in any six$26.00per single bottleThe 2018 Pittnauer Pitti Rosé is clean, graceful and crisp with lifted cherries, cranberry and subtle allspice. Pronounced and fragrant nose. Very fresh and smooth on the palate. Rich in flavour while retaining its usual delicacy of fruit and flow. An absolute delight! Made from Blaufränkisch vines grown in various sites around the Neusiedlersee in […]
Producer: Pittnauer
Producer: Pittnauer$24.00$20.00in any six$26.00per single bottle - Sale
Mengoba Bierzo Brezo Mencia 2017
$26.00$22.00in any six$30.00per single bottleIt’s business as usual for Gregory Perez’s entry-level Mencía, which again offers crazy value. Juicy and tangy, this is just a glass of deliciousness with loads of racy, cherry, peppery fruits. Think of quality Beaujolais villages but with more interest, and you’ll be coming close. This comes from multiple parcels of 30-60-year-old vines dotted around […]
Producer: Mengoba
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Read moreProducer: Mengoba$26.00$22.00in any six$30.00per single bottle - Sale
Dewey Station Off the Beaten Track Graciano 2019
Add to cart$26.00$22.00in any six$30.00per single bottleDewey Station make this fantastic Off the Beaten Track Graciano from the Rioja varietal that grows with flair in the Barossa Valley. Bright florals and violets leap from the glass. Followed by strawberry, blackcurrant jelly crystals, orange peel and sweet earth aromas. This is a seductive, food friendly wine. Excellent value! Click here for our […]
Producer: Dewey Station
Producer: Dewey Station$26.00$22.00in any six$30.00per single bottle - Sale
Nick Spencer Fiano 2019
Add to cart$27.00$23.00in any six$31.00per single bottleDistinctly floral, almost soapy perfume, apricot and liquorice root, and a fair amount of exotic spice. It’s an unusual version of Fiano, but it has the texture going on, with fine chalk and raw almond grip, golden apple and bitter lemon, a waxy richness, and enough acidity to balance. Finish is long, aromatic, and juicy. […]
Producer: Nick Spencer
Producer: Nick Spencer$27.00$23.00in any six$31.00per single bottle - Sale
Exopto Rioja Bozeto de Exopto 2017
Add to cart$28.00$24.00in any six$32.00per single bottleTerrific wine. Very vivid colour, a bit darker than the 2016. Crunchy palate of blueberry, cherry, plum, cinnamon and nutmeg. Just the perfect marriage of ripe succulent fruit, drying powdery tannins and vibrant acidity. Bargain. WWC, January 2019. This is an aromatic, vital, young Rioja bursting at the seams with aromas and flavours of red […]
Producer: Bodegas Exopto
Producer: Bodegas Exopto$28.00$24.00in any six$32.00per single bottle - Sale
Hughes and Hughes Barrel Ferment Riesling 2019
Add to cart$32.00$28.00in any six$37.00per single bottleFrisky scents that meet citrus, floral notes, some nuttiness and some passionfruit yoghurt. Crisp texture, rolls soft and nicely and long. Really attractive. Good pretty bitterness in riper citrus spectrum flavours, a little yeasty kick too. Complex, delicious thing. 93 points – Mike Bennie, The Winefront Made from fruit sourced from the Coal River Valley. […]
Producer: Hughes & Hughes
Producer: Hughes & Hughes$32.00$28.00in any six$37.00per single bottle - Sale
Songs from Mars The Shoe Nero d’Avola 2019
Add to cart$34.00$29.00in any six$38.00per single bottleThis Nero is great – part of the fruit was affected by frost so it became dehydrated and concentrated. The other half was pristine so while it has a super ripe varietal nose, the palate is balanced and savoury with heaps of acid. It’s very, very good chilled! Half whole bunch, half de-stemmed. From Greenock. […]
Producer: Songs from Mars
Producer: Songs from Mars$34.00$29.00in any six$38.00per single bottle - Sale
Hughes and Hughes Dornfelder 2019
Add to cart$34.00$29.00in any six$40.00per single bottleDelicious! Ballistically so. Sluice of sweet cherry, red vermouth-like characters, minty notes and floral things. Has amazingly fresh and frisky acidity, some slick and pull to tannins, juiciness then a squeaky finish with loads of spice and a touch of smoky-slatey minerality. So much deliciousness. Moreish, amazing thing. 94 points – Mike Bennie, The Winefront […]
Producer: Hughes & Hughes
Producer: Hughes & Hughes$34.00$29.00in any six$40.00per single bottle - Sale
Domaine Cauhape Jurancon ‘Symphonie de Novembre’ 2015
Add to cart$38.00$32.00in any six$41.00per single bottle100% Petit Manseng picked during the first 10 days of November at approximately 28hl/ha. Whole-bunch pressed, then transferred to second- and third-use barriques for fermentation, followed by maturation for 10 months. Transferred to stainless steel tanks for a further 6 months maturation. 14% alc; 74.4g/l RS. Powerful and complex, with both fresh and candied fruits […]
Producer: Domaine Cauhape
Producer: Domaine Cauhape$38.00$32.00in any six$41.00per single bottle - Sale
Scion Durif 2016
Add to cart$38.00$32.00in any six$42.00per single bottleGame changer. There are not many wines that can redefine our perception of a wine region. Especially something as iconic and solid as Rutherglen Durif. Scion’s 2016 Durif is just one of those wines, and in the best possible sense. Elegant, pure and fresh. Makes you wonder why no one from the Rutherglen had made […]
Producer: Scion
Producer: Scion$38.00$32.00in any six$42.00per single bottle - Sale
Frederick Stevenson Montepulciano 2018
Add to cart$38.00$32.00in any six$42.00per single bottleFruit sourced from Tim Fechner’s property, just north of Angaston. Stewed plum, orange peel, bay leaves, liquorice straps and amaro (vecchio amaro del capo – personal favourite) is pretty predominant on the nose. Round and plush mouthfeel upfront, with the characters from the nose carrying through to the palate, to fine grained/tightly woven tannin centred […]
Producer: Frederick Stevenson
Producer: Frederick Stevenson$38.00$32.00in any six$42.00per single bottle - Sale
Exopto Rioja Horizonte de Exopto 2015
Add to cart$40.00$34.00in any six$44.00per single bottleThe tiny village of Ábalos lies just a kilometre or so from the Rioja Alta’s border with Rioja Alavasa. Forming a small pocket between the River Ebro and the Basque mountains to the north, the rocky terroir of this area has more in common with nearby Alavesa – the soils are rich in limestone, the […]
Producer: Bodegas Exopto
Producer: Bodegas Exopto$40.00$34.00in any six$44.00per single bottle - Sale
Domaine Cauhape Jurancon Sec ‘Geyser’ 2017
$43.00$36.00in any six$46.00per single bottle30% Gros Manseng, 30% Petit Manseng, 30% Camaralet, 5% Lauzet and 5% Courbu Blanc, crushed and destemmed then macerated on skins for 12 hours before pressing. Cool-fermented in stainless steel and matured on lees for 5 months. 14% Alc/Vol. Beautiful complexity and freshness on the nose, evoking citrus and exotic fruit notes, along with hints […]
Producer: Domaine Cauhape
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Read moreProducer: Domaine Cauhape$43.00$36.00in any six$46.00per single bottle - Sale
Cavallotto Dolcetto D’Alba Vigna Scot DOC 2016
Add to cart$40.00$34.00in any six$46.00per single bottleCavallotto’s single vineyard Dolcetto D’Alba Vigna Scot DOC 2016 hails from 2.3 hectares of 30 year-old vines located within Castiglione Falletto’s legendary Monprivato cru. These Dolcetto vines face east, meaning it is cooler and later ripening. On these great soils, the mature vines, low yields and traditional winemaking result in a layered, deep and remarkably […]
Producer: Cavallotto
Producer: Cavallotto$40.00$34.00in any six$46.00per single bottle - Sale
Chateau de Coulaine Chinon Blanc 2014
$50.00$43.00in any six$54.00per single bottleThis comes from a tiny plot of 23 year old vines just opposite the chateau with a full south exposure planted in clay over limestone, and also a few rows of 7 year old vines located up behind the chateau. Made with indigenous yeast and aged on lees in barrel for 12 months and then […]
Producer: Chateau de Coulaine
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Jean Stodden Spatburgunder 2017
Add to cart$50.00$43.00in any six$54.00per single bottleScents of red berries and cherries with an abundance of juvenile, spicy fruit. This 2017 Spatburgunder from Jean Stodden has subtle tannins, good structure and an excellent finish. The hand-picked grapes are fermented without stalks for 14 days under temperature control. The malolactic fermentation takes place, like the ageing, in old 1000-litre oak barrels. A Pinot Noir […]
Producer: Jean Stodden
Producer: Jean Stodden$50.00$43.00in any six$54.00per single bottle - Sale
Damien Laureau Savennieres “La Petite Roche” 2018
Add to cart$50.00$43.00in any six$58.00per single bottleDamien Laureau’s 2018 La Petite Roche has a greater concentration of fruit than the 2016, riper acids and more succulence. To put this in perspective though, Laureau makes extremely pure, precise and mineral chenin blanc and the 2018 is true to form with just a little bit more flesh. A truly gorgeous wine for slightly […]
Producer: Damien Laureau
Producer: Damien Laureau$50.00$43.00in any six$58.00per single bottle - Sale
Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Rouge 2016
Add to cart$56.00$47.00in any six$60.00per single bottleApproximately 75% of the Cabernet Franc grapes for this wine derive from the chalky soils of Les Arboises, on the famous, limestone rich Brézé hill. The rest comes from the mature Les Motelles vineyard, on chalky sand and gravel over clay. Naturally fermented and aged in concrete for six months. 100% destemmed fruit. This is […]
Producer: Domaine Guiberteau
Producer: Domaine Guiberteau$56.00$47.00in any six$60.00per single bottle - Sale
Terroir Sense Fronteres Brisat 2017
Add to cart$54.00$46.00in any six$62.00per single bottleThe dark-straw color with orange reflexes and the bold tannins on the palate mean that this is, in some sense, an orange wine. Lots of nuts and dried herbs, but also some dried apricot on the nose. Quite long. Mostly grenache blanc plus some macabeu. Drink or hold. 92 points, JamesSuckling.com Brisat is made from […]
Producer: Terroir Sense Fronteres
Producer: Terroir Sense Fronteres$54.00$46.00in any six$62.00per single bottle - Sale
Pierre Gaillard Saint Joseph Blanc 2016
Add to cart$64.00$54.00in any six$69.00per single bottle2016 is an outstanding year for white Rhone, and this intensely aromatic release is full of lovely acacia, fennel seed, honey and apricot notes. The palate is bright and exuberant, whilst remaining typically textural, with fleshy marmalade and peach skin fruit, all perfectly balanced by this wine’s characteristic, sappy and savoury freshness. Pierre Gaillard’s Saint-Joseph […]
Producer: Pierre Gaillard
Producer: Pierre Gaillard$64.00$54.00in any six$69.00per single bottle - Sale
Domaine Gramenon Cotes du Rhone Rouge MRVD 2018
Add to cart$65.00$55.00in any six$69.00per single bottleThe 2018 MRVD is a brand new wine from Maxime Francois Laurent, son of Michelle Laurent, founder of Domaine Gramenon. 100% Mourvedre. As usual the first thing you notice is the glorious vibrant purple/crimson colour. Aromas of cassis, rocks, hearth, licorice and garrigue waft out of the glass in perfume. It’s got great proportion, like […]
Producer: Domaine Gramenon
Producer: Domaine Gramenon$65.00$55.00in any six$69.00per single bottle - Sale
Hattingley Valley Classic Cuvee English Sparkling 2013
Add to cart$70.00$60.00in any six$75.00per single bottleChardonnay 48%, Pinot Noir 33%, Pinot Meunier 17%, Pinot Gris 2%. Acidity 8.3g/L and residual sugar 9g/L. 2013 was unseasonably cold in April and May, which delayed budburst by two weeks. Then there was very hot weather throughout July. The successful flowering enabled healthy fruit set which led to good yields across all the Hattingley […]
Producer: Hattingley Valley
Producer: Hattingley Valley$70.00$60.00in any six$75.00per single bottle - Sale
Damien Laureau Savennieres “Les Genets” 2014
Add to cart$68.00$58.00in any six$75.00per single bottleDamien describes this wine as his favourite and also his best wine for drinking young. In 2014 this wine is made mostly from vines planted on sand in some of the highest parts of the appellation located up behind Roches aux Moines in the lieu-dit of Moulin de Beaupres. The sandy silty topsoil over schist […]
Producer: Damien Laureau
Producer: Damien Laureau$68.00$58.00in any six$75.00per single bottle - Sale
Thibaud Boudignon Anjou Blanc 2017
Add to cart$66.00$56.00in any six$76.00per single bottleChenin as Riesling. The 2017 Anjou Blanc from Thibaud Boudignon is utterly different from the ‘a Francoise’. Tighter, finer and more linear, the fruit profile is more citrus and white peach, rather than the yellow fruits of the ‘a Francois’. Rippling power and energy, the fruit really dominates with faint notes of lavender honey, nuts […]
Producer: Thibaud Boudignon
Producer: Thibaud Boudignon$66.00$56.00in any six$76.00per single bottle - Sale
Francois Chidaine Clos Habert Montlouis 2015
Add to cart$72.00$62.00in any six$77.00per single bottleThis vineyard’s soil is composed of deep clays and white chalk. The subsoil is made of Tuffeau – a soft, white limestone rock through which the roots carve a passage. 100% Chenin Blanc, the vineyard is driven biodynamically – soils are ploughed, organically fertilised, and honey plants and nematicides are sown in the rows. After […]
Producer: Francois Chidaine
Producer: Francois Chidaine$72.00$62.00in any six$77.00per single bottle - Sale
Domaine de la Pinte La Capitaine 2016
Add to cart$70.00$60.00in any six$81.00per single bottleThe holy red trinity of the Jura – Poulsard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir – Domaine de la Pinte’s La Capitaine 2016 is aged 18 months and topped up in old foudre.All Domaine de la Pinte reds are de-stemmed and macerated in concrete for a long time, up to 3 months sometimes. They are then pressed […]
Producer: Domaine de la Pinte
Producer: Domaine de la Pinte$70.00$60.00in any six$81.00per single bottle - Sale
Francois Chidaine Les Bournais Montlouis 2016
Add to cart$80.00$68.00in any six$85.00per single bottleUnlike most of Montlouis, which is on clay and flint, this four hectare vineyard (planted in 1998) lies on a pocket of clay and Bournais limestone, the stone from which it takes its name. It’s a beautiful site, certainly one of Montlouis’ finest. Chidaine’s vinification here is exactly the same as his Clos de Breuil […]
Producer: Francois Chidaine
Producer: Francois Chidaine$80.00$68.00in any six$85.00per single bottle - Sale
Brendan Slater-West Saumur Blanc Les Chapaudaises 2015
Add to cart$80.00$68.00in any six$86.00per single bottleA Portland émigré, Brendan Stater-West joined Domaine Guiberteau in 2011, going on to become an indispensable part of the team. In early 2015 he took control of a single hectare of organically-farmed vines in Bizay, Les Chapaudaises, located just south of Brézé, in order to make some of his own wine. The vineyard, replanted in […]
Producer: Brendan Slater-West
Producer: Brendan Slater-West$80.00$68.00in any six$86.00per single bottle - Sale
Marion Valpolicella Superiore 2014
Add to cart$81.00$70.00in any six$87.00per single bottlePredominantly made from Corvina and Corvinone and small amounts of Oseleta and Rondinella. The 2014 Valpolicella Superiore is one of our favourite wines of recent months. Vivid. Sweet red cherries, blue fruits, violet, wood – but not oak and spice. Gorgeous palate, with very bright fruit. Power and personality without weight. Fine tannins and crunchy […]
Producer: Marion
Producer: Marion$81.00$70.00in any six$87.00per single bottle - Sale
Clos Naudin Vouvray Demi-Sec 2017
Add to cart$75.00$65.00in any six$87.00per single bottleClos Naudin is one of the great Vouvray estates. Although the wine is off-dry, the sweetness lends it incredible tension and some extra heft. Clos Naudin’s 2017 Vouvray Demi-Sec has an uncanny quality of richness and texture combined with explosive energy. Very complex notes of quince, peach, stone fruits, walnut, and honey, never straying into […]
Producer: Clos Naudin
Producer: Clos Naudin$75.00$65.00in any six$87.00per single bottle