Crisp Whites
Crisp Whites
Waterkloof Circumstance Biodynamic Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £15.95Crushed laurel on the nose with more than a nuance of residual seaside salt.... or if you want a less pretentious description...bl**dy delicious!
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Vegan, Vegetarian friendly
Biodynamic
This has a big and textured palate with stone fruit and fennel hints – it is rich and minerally, showing even a slight rocky quality about it. As bracing as the wind through the vines at Waterkloof.
Founded by Paul Boutinot in 2004 this majestic and fully-fledged biodynamic estate is perched high on top of hill overlooking the Western Cape’s False Bay and produces delicately fine wines with a real sense of place.
Reichsrat Von Buhl Bone Dry Riesling 2022
Regular price £17.95Exceptionally bright, fresh and lively with distinct aromas of yellow peach and apricot, balanced by an edge of flinty minerality.
Counrty: Germany
Region: Pfalz
Grapes: Riesling
ABV:12%
Domaine Besson Petit Chablis 2022
Regular price £19.95A brilliant Petit Chablis - ripe and untouched by oak. May well become your new go-to wine.
Showing all the characteristics of the terroir, as well as lemony freshness and vivacity, underpinned by light minerality.
Country: France
Region: Chablis
ABV: 12%
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
Family Story
A boutique French winery, Domaine Besson, is family owned and operated by Camille Besson and her brother Adrien, fourth generation winemakers. The estate has 21 hectares of vines that make wines for four Chablis AOC appellations: Petit Chablis, Chablis, Chablis Premier Cru and Chablis Grand Cru. Adrien is the viticulturalist and vineyard manager while Camille is the winemaker.
Domaine de la Motte Chablis 2022
Regular price £21.95From a warmer vintage, this shows riper yet still mineral fruit with added depth from a small (around 10%) addition of oak-aged wine into the blend. This is very typical of the Motte style and gives richness and balance to the wine. A deliciously precise expression of classic chalky Chablis terroir.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Chablis
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13%
A classic Chablis from vines grown on the famous Kimmeridgian clay.
Aloe Tree Chenin Blanc
Regular price £10.50A fantastic wine for all occasions. Aromatic guava and orange blossom Jump from the glass – this Chenin Blanc is dry, but fruity, with ripe apples, peaches and a hint of orange peel on the palate.
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Grapes: 100% Chenin Blanc
Vegan/Vegetarian
The fruit for Aloe Tree hails from the increasingly fashionable west coast of the Cape. Cool nights and sea breezes combine to extend the growing season, resulting in perfectly balanced, ripe grapes.
Babylonstoren Chardonnay 2023
Regular price £24.95If 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.
Cieck Erbaluce di Caluso 2022
Regular price £18.95This is the most delicious native white Northern Italian grape you've probably never heard of! Aromas of lime and lemon zest, green herbs, flowers and ripe apricots. The palate is fleshy, zippy, clean and crisp. Stunning.
Country: Italy
Region: Piemonte, Canavese
Grapes: Erbaluce
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Grilled prawns with parsley or hard Italian cheese.
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%
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.
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%
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%
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.
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
KWV Mentors Chenin Blanc 2021
Regular price £19.95A true reflection of a great South African Chenin blanc, intense flavours of peach, Granny Smith apple and meringue. The creamy and textured palate shows hints of lime and almonds, a vibrant, zesty finish.
Country:South Africa
Region: Paarl
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
ABV: 14%
Hirtl Gruner Veltliner Classic 2022
Regular price £14.25Inviting creamy nose with aromas of orange zest, fresh meadows and apples. Fresh and vibrant palate with flavours of citrus and quince. An incredibly charming wine.
Country: Austria
Region: Kamptal
Grapes: Gruner Veltliner
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Perfect aperitif wine with savoury snacks or with cold starters like beef carpaccio pickled gherkins or beetroot.
Ânfora de Baco 2022 Quinta do Montalto
Regular price £21.00Hand harvested and completely destemmed, the wine was fermented and aged in the amphoras in contact with skins and lees. The inside of our amphoras is coated with natural tree resin according to the ancient process used by the Romans 2000 years ago. The wine has not been filtered or stabilised.
Rich, ripe and full of mulberry fruit character with a silky round tannic structure. Beautifully made low intervention wine.
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisboa
Grapes: 50% Aragonez and 50% Trincadeira
ABV: 14%
Babylonstoren Viognier 2022
Regular price £16.95Floral nose combines with ripe stone fruit on the palate to make a rich and satisfying Viognier with plenty of weight , depth and complexity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Paarl, Western Cape
Grapes: Viognier
ABV: 13%
Groote Post Seasalter 2022
Regular price £17.95Wonderfully aromatic on the nose a notes of blackcurrant leaf, stone fruit and green apple together with hints of fynbos and seaweed, sea air and vanilla. Rich, layered and long on the palate with a wonderful, saline finish. An elegant, well balanced blend of Sauvignon and Semillon expressing the Darling Hills minerality and terroir.
The Seasalter is a blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Semillon with 30% of the Sauvignon Blanc fermented and aged for 8 months in 300 litre French Oak barrels. The remaining juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks and left on it's lees adding weight and complexity.
Country: South Africa
Region: Darling Hills
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
ABV: 13%
Iona Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £18.25The Elgin Valley is one of the coolest regions in South Africa and is famous for making wonderfully refreshing and classy white wines.
Fragrance of pure white grapefruit, intense tropical fruit, ripe gooseberry and fleshy kiwi fruit over-lay Iona’s distinctive herbal and floral undertone. The palate is keenly balanced showing cut green apples and lime marmalade followed by great minerality and length.
Country: South Africa
Region: Elgin
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc.
At 420m above sea-level, set high above the picturesque Elgin Valley, Iona includes some of the coolest vineyards in the Cape. This creates an extremely long growing season, harvesting up to 2 months after Stellenbosch, which results in diverse, complex flavours and fresh, elegant wines. The philosophy at Iona is to make wines that reflect the soil and climate as closely as possible. They make use of sustainable farming methods and use natural products wherever possible in the winemaking.
Portal de Calcada Vinho Verde Reserva 2022
Regular price £12.95Heady and aromatic. Full of tropical fruits, lemon and lime notes float out of the glass. Flavours of pineapple, apricot, lemon and spice fill the palate with a slight effervescence.
Country: Portugal
Region:Vinho Verde
Grapes: Loureiro, Arinto, Azal and Trajadura
ABV: 12%
Wildsong Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £18.95Very elegant old world style of Sauvignon. Clean, fresh and steely with beautiful minerality on the finish.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawkes Bay
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Organic
Rod McDonald is a New Zealand winemaking legend who arrived in Hawke's Bay 25 years ago as a green cellarhand. Following a stint at Villa Maria he became winemaker at Vidal before setting off on a solo adventure to craft the most compelling and exciting wines from the wide variety of soils throughout the region.
Rod has chosen to farm organically to allow his wines to really represent both the land the grapes are grown on and the people who make them.
Pedra a Pedra Branco 2022
Regular price £17.95Bursting with citrus, passion fruit and pineapple flavours with great texture and a lingering salty finish.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: 52% Rabigato, 48% Gouveio
ABV: 12.5%
Food Match: Fresh prawns, BBQ sardines, pan fried chicken breasts
Drink now, but will gain further complexity over the next 3 to 5 years.
Vegan/Vegetarian friendly
Groote Post Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Regular price £12.75Fruit driven flavours of lime, gooseberry and kiwi fruit, underpinned by a thread of minerality. A lively and intense palate that lingers. This wine speaks of the terroir of the Darling Hills.
Country: South Africa
Region: Darling Hills
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Cepa Pura Fernão Pires Unfiltered 2019 Quinta do Montalto
Regular price £18.75Fresh, zippy and zesty from native Portuguese grape Fernao Pires.
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisboa
Grapes: Fernão Pires
ABV: 13.5%