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Pouilly Fuissé Domaine Ferrand 2021
Regular price £35.00An elegant Pouilly Fuissé showing aromas of fresh mint, peach and citrus that carry through to a fresh and mineral palate. A rich, complex and well balanced wine with remarkable vivacity on the finish.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
ABV: 13.5%
Domaine Ferrand is situated in the village of Solutre Pouilly, in the heart of the Pouilly Fuisse appelation of Southern Burgundy. The domaine now comprises of just over 11 hectares of vineyards that have been passed down from Father to Son over 3 generations. Today the domaine is run by Madame Nadine Ferrand whose wines have been well reviewed by the Guide Hachette.
Chablis 1er Cru Domaine Bernard Defaix Côte de Léchet 2022
Regular price £37.95The remarkable stony and sunny soils of the vineyards are captured in this powerful and complex wine. It flourishes with age and expresses mineral aromas reminiscent of gunflint. The wine is full and flavoursome but with a firm backbone of acidity. The Côte de Lechet is one of the Premiers Crus of the Chablisian vineyard with the most exceptional ageing potential.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Côte de Léchet
Grapes: Chardonnay
ABV: 13%
Food match: A beautiful wine which will enhance any dish, try it with fish dishes even in rich sauces, poultry, risotto…
Blank Bottle Aasvoel 2021
Regular price £26.00Another beauty from genius winemaker Pieter Walser. A tiny production and not made every year, 100% Verdelho, from the oldest vineyard of the variety in the country. Incredible concentration and energy and what a great nose! Concentrated lime peel and a little chalkiness too, with a super zingy palate - apples and sherbert, gloriously mouth-filling, broad and long, with a very biscuitty finish and saline streak.
Country: South Africa
Region: Wellington
Grapes: Verdelho
ABV: 13.5%
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Bolney Estate Pinot Gris 2022
Regular price £28.95A brilliant example of Pinot Gris from a top English winemaker. Beats some of the best French or Italian examples!
A dry white with fragrant aromas of citrus, apple, grapefruit, and pear, which follows through onto the palate, with a wonderful richness and slightly honeyed character. It has a crisp, fresh acidity with a hint of white pepper spice accompanied by a creamy freshness and long, velvety finish
Country: England
Region: Sussex
ABV: 12%
Grape: Pinot Gris
Royal Tokaji Mézes Mály Dry Furmint 2021
Regular price £26.95Made with fruit from the legendary first growth vineyard Mezes Maly, this is Hungary's equivalent to a Grosses Gewachs Riesling trocken or a Grand Cru White Burgundy; but without the price tag!
Mézes Mály's characteristics are based around its translation as 'honey pot'. Its incredibly long and exquisitely balanced aromas and flavours combine the very essence of aszu wines.
Apricot and honey on the nose, beautiful fruit driven depth of palate which is bone dry, followed by a gorgeous minerally finish. If you love white Burgundy - this one's for you.
Country: Hungary
Region: Tokaji
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Furmint, Hárslevelû, Muscat
Co-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.
La Miranda de Secastilla Garnacha Blanca 2020
Regular price £16.25Aromatics of note! Green fruit, spice and citrus also feature. Delicious wine.
Country: Spain
Region: Aragon, Somontano
Grapes: Garnacha Blanca
ABV: 13.5%
Chanzy Bouzeron 'Les Trois 2021
Regular price £22.95Fruity, nettly and mineral in equal measure, with a delicate balance of white fruits, summer elderflower and green apple, finished off with a dry but playful tang of minerality. Produced and blended from three top parcels of Aligoté in Bouzeron; Les Clous, Les Corderes and Les Corcelles.
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Grapes: Aligoté
Food Match: Roast Salmon, Goats Cheese salad with fennel
Cirò Bianco Tenuta Del Conte 2021
Regular price £22.95Yellow - orange in colour, elegant and bright with a nose of sourdough bread. Dry, cool and well-balanced with a complex, refined, umami aftertaste. Skin contact wine at it's very best.
Country: Italy
Region: Cirò, Calabria
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Greco
Food match: Monk fish wrapped in pancetta or pork belly.
The Cirò DOC is a picturesque corner of the Mediterranean, along the Ionian coast, in the eastern foothills of the Calabria region, a large peninsula that forms the toe to Italy’s boot. The Parrilla family, who own and run Tenuta del Conte, have been making wine here for four generations, the latest of which to take over the estate are Mariangela, Giuseppe, and Caterina.
In 2011 Mariangela Parrilla took over as winemaker. Mariangela takes a philosophical approach to winemaking, with the aim to let these traditional indigenous grape varieties speak for themselves and their terroir. Her wines are all organic, no herbicides or chemicals are used at any stage of the production process, she opts for spontaneous fermentations using indigenous yeasts, no filtration, and solely stainless-steel and bottle aging. Taking each wine vintage by vintage she lets them evolve and age “according to their own natural rhythm”, making each wine unique. This could be just one year in bottle before release or over 10 years. Not only does she capture the unique character of the grape variety but that of the vintage it's from too.
Together with a handful of other wineries in the area, Mariangela is part of “The Cirò Revolution”, a group formed to promote and protect their territory’s identity. They are dedicated to organic viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking, they make traditional wines, in homage to their ancestors, from native grape varieties.
Daschbosch Skin Contact 2022
Regular price £19.95Intense savoury nose with notes of dried citrus peel, marmalade, brown spice and almond skin. Full flavoured and textural on the palate with flavours of apricot kernel and fruit peel followed by a fine bitter orange finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Breedekloof
Grapes: 90% Chenin Blanc, 10% Muscat D'Alexandria
ABV: 12.5%
Food match:
The grapes are sorted, de-stemmed and crushed. Fermentation process started with juice still on the grape skins, whereafter the wine was left on the grape skins for a further 6 months. The clear wine was then racked, blended and bottled.
Matic Wines A Love Story in 3 Acts Sauvignon
Regular price £12.95Delicious, dry and fresh organic white from winemaker Matija Žerjav. A concentrated and layered Sauvignon with grassy notes and mouth-watering citrus, peach and green apple.
Country: Slovenia
Region: Podravje
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13.5%
Pouilly Fumé Domaine Bruno Blondelet 2022
Regular price £24.95A delicious Pouilly Fume with bright aromas and flavours.
With a clear colour, this wine reveals a powerful nose of exotic and citrus fruits. Well balanced, its fresh mouth lacks for nothing in terms of aromatic persistance.
Country: France
Region: Pouilly Fume
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon
Journey's End ‘Weather Station’ Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £14.95Fresh cut grass and tropical fruit are the highlights of this refreshing Stellenbosch treat.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Château Gabelot Bordeaux Blanc 2022
Regular price £13.95Delicate, pale lemon yellow colour with aromas of citrus, grass and hay. Fresh and zippy finish.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
ABV: 14.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
Entre-deux-Mers is a large wine sub-region of Bordeaux in southwestern France. Its name translates literally as "between two seas", although the seas in question are in fact rivers – the Garonne and Dordogne, which respectively form the area's southern and northern boundaries.
Chateau Musar White 2015
Regular price £57.95One of the most unique and long-lived white wines in the world. A blend of indigenous grapes Obaideh and Merwah, with a deep golden colour and honeyed aromas, full of tropical fruits; pineapple, banana with warm, toasty creamy notes. Pale golden colour with aromas of pear, lemon zest and apple and vanilla on the nose. Hints of lemon, orange with good body, concentration and mouthfeel , tangy acidity with ripe fruit.
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Grapes: Obaideh and Merwah
ABV:12%
The very scarce 2015 vintage is clean and pure with a lovely vibrant energy. It is a stunning example of the indigenous Merwah grape with its origins in the mountains of Lebanon – it is a rare light skinned grape variety, closely related to Semillon in Bordeaux and gives wines of great ageing potential and elegance.
Castelo Rodrigo Branco 2021
Regular price £15.95Dry, and citrussy with a long herbal, minerally finish. Fresh oregano, slightly saline.
Concrete
Country: Portugal
Region: Beiras
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Siria, Malvasia, Fonte Cal, Rabigato
Natural
kept in tank for 2 winters
unfiltered
750m above sea level, plateau, unique micro climate for Portugal.
Furmint Tornai Premium Nagy Somlói 2021/22
Regular price £15.95Stone fruits on the nose, followed by citrus, and a crushed stone character. Subtle integration of oak. Typicity, vibrant palate, minerality, rich fruit, and a touch of creamy oak on the finish.
Grapes: Furmint
Region: Somlo
Country: Hungary
Food: Caesar salad, poultry, and creamy pasta dishes.
The Furmint grapes are hand-harvested from 20-year-old vines. The grapes are pressed and transferred to stainless steel for fermentation. Post fermentation 50% of Tornai's Premium Furmint is aged in 500 L Hungarian oak, on the lees, for 3 months, and 50% remains stainless steel. After which the two wines are blended and given time to harmonize and settle before bottling.
Château de France Pessac Léognan Blanc 2022
Regular price £38.95Panizzi Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2022
Regular price £18.95Bright, light straw colour. Fragrant, fresh spring flowers on the nose and fresh fruit-driven palate of green apple, pear, white peach and grapefruit. Dry, crisp, and mineral, with a slight saline, bitterness to the finish which is typical of Vernaccia di San Gimignano. The fruit/mineral balance is so delicious! Very long, clean and precise.
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany, San Gimignano
Grapes: Vernaccia di San Gimignano 95% Incrocio Manzoni 5%
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: soups, aperatif, soft fresh cheese.
Certified Organic vineyards
Pizzorno Around the World Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Regular price £16.75A Sauvignon Blanc full of tropical fruit and fleashy peach, with orange zest acidity for a clean bright finish.
Country: Uruguay
Region: Canelones
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Food match: Seafood, white fish and appetizers.
Horst Sauer Scheurebe
Regular price £22.00White pepper spice and floral aromas on the nose, the palate is zesty, vibrant with peach fruit and great texture. A fresh, crisp backbone adds structure and elegance. Wonderful match for shellfish, scallops and salads.
Country: Germany
Region: Franken
Grapes: Scheurebe
ABV: 12.5%
Papagiannakos Assyrtiko 2022
Regular price £16.95Brilliant straw colour with greenish shades. On the nose the wine shows expressive notes of exotic fruit and notes of melon, lemon, green pepper and jasmine with orange. The mouth is delightfully rich with flavours of peach and green apple and a lemony fresh finish that lingers and evolves.
Country: Greece
Region: East of Athens
ABV: 13%
Grapes: Assyrtiko
Food match: Greek salads, shellfish and grilled white fish, turkey.
Domaine Papagiannakos was established in 1919 in the heart of the plain of Mesogaia, Attica - just 30km from the shadow of the Acropolis.
Quinta da Pedra Alta Reserva Branco 2021
Regular price £27.95A wonderfully complex and textured barrel fermented white Douro. Made from four different indigenous grape varieties from very high altitude vineyards.
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro Valley
Grapes: 46% Rabigato, 29% Viosinho, 24% Gouveio,1% Fernão Pires
ABV: 12.5%
Thörnicher Riesling 2021
Regular price £19.95Steely nose full of minerality and lime, which follows through on the palate - not forgetting that bracing acidity, balance and poise. Lip-smacking.
Country: Germany
Region: Mosel
ABV: 11%
Grapes: 100% Riesling
Zin Fiano Produttori Di Manduria 2022
Regular price £16.95Straw yellow with slight green notes. Intense and complex sweet apple and pear perfume with some soft orange flora. Dry, well structured and a palate that reflects the delicious aroma.
Country: Italy
Region: Manduria
Grapes: Fiano 85%
Fiano Minutolo 15%
ABV: 13%
Food Matching
Fish and shellfish, it also goes well with chicken, pork and veal.
Akarregi Txiki Txakoli
Regular price £17.95Located in the quintessential txakoli town of Getaria overlooking the Bay of Biscay, Akarregi Txiki is an extremely traditional winery which has been making wine in this farmhouse for generations. Fermented in stainless steel vats and left on lees with for minimum 3 months. Bottled with some residual CO2 pressure to give it the characteristic spritz. Crisp and delicate with hints of lemon leaves, lime and salty freshness, complimented by a delicate spritz.
Country: Spain
Region: Getariako Txakolina
Grapes: Hondarrabi zuri
ABV: 11.5%