2020 Chateau Fleur de Lisse, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Merlot

The Chateau Fleur de Lisse is a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc grown on rocky limestone soils which adds some beautiful freshness to their wines.  The property is now owned by the Teycheney family who are passionate about organic and biodynamic farming and owns a high proportion of old vines. 

£38.00

2020 Chateau Saransot-Dupre, Listrac Medoc, Double Magnum

Bordeaux Blend

Chateau Saransot-Dupre is an excellently sited 17 hectares property that lies between Fourcas Dupré and Fourcas Hosten in Listrac.  Due to Listrac’s cooler temperatures, Merlot and Cabernet Franc are favoured over Cabernet Sauvignon to form the majority of the blend, helping them achieve optimum ripeness.  Much like Chateau Fourcas Hosten, the wines have improved year on year since 2010 and the property were put on the radar thanks to a certain Robert Parker hailing the 2010 vintage as 'classed growth quality'.  High praise indeed!

£115.00

2020 Chateau Tournefeuille, AC Lalande de Pomerol

Bordeaux Blend

Chateau Tournefeuille is a perfectly sited 17 hectare Lalande de Pomerol vineyard a stones throw from some of Pomerols most famous addresses, notably Petrus and Gazin. The clay/gravel soils here produce wines with great intensity and balance.  The agriculture is a 50/50 mix of vineyards under biodynamic conversion with the balance being farmed sustainably with no chemical weed control or insecticide.  Rich with ripe tannins this fabulous wine is approachable in its youth but will age gracefully.

£38.95

2020 Church House Barrel Fermented Chardonnay, Matawhero

Chardonnay

The Church House Chardonnay shows a lovely pale golden colour that is crystal clear in the glass.  The enticing nose is fresh and elegant, blending Nectarine and Melon with well integrated butterscotch and toasty notes.  Full and rich on the palate, yet retaining elegance and freshness too. The finish is long, balanced and clean. 

£18.95

2020 Estela Perinetti Grand Vin, Finca Mangato, Tupungato

Red Blend

The Grand Vin is Estela Perinetti's top wine, produced from vines planted by her father in Tupungato in the 1960's.  As with all Estela's wines, the Grand Vin shows genuinely elegant fruit and seamless integration between both the varietals and oak.  This beautiful wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Malbec, fermented in used 500 litre barrels and aged in French oak for 16 months, 50% of which is new.  There's plenty of red and black fruit in this elegant wine, with bordeaux'esque notes of tobacco and oak.  Medium bodied and very well balanced on the long finish, this terrific red displays Estelas skill at blending and although drinking well now, will age gracefully for years to come.

£44.00

2020 Grande Reserve Rouge, Chateau Oumsiyat, Mount Lebanon

Red Blend

The Chateau Oumsiyat Grade Reserve is a blend of 50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Syrah gronw n the vineyards of Mount Lebanon 1200 metres above sea level.  The big difference between day and night temperatures produces grapes with great aromatic intensity and wonderful balance.  This more'ish red wine is rich and concentrated with ripe red fruits and supportive spice.  Earthy and savoury on the palate with a long, balanced finish. 

£22.95

2020 Ironcloud The Alliance Cabernet/Malbec, Ferguson Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

The Ironcloud Alliance Cabernet/Malbec is a delicious blend where both Cabernet and Malbec characteristics shine through, with the Cabernet bringing generous vibrant flavours of blueberry and plum followed by chocolate on the long, textured finish.

£24.95

2020 Jaspe Rouge, Chateau Oumsiyat, Bekaa Valley

Red Blend

The Jaspe Rouge is a blend of Syrah (30%), Cinsault (20%), Cabernet (30%) and Carignan (20%) grown in the high altitude vineyards of the Bekaa Valley.  The wine has a wonderful core of red and black fruits supported by hints of spice.  Well-structured yet approachable, this modern Lebanese red has a lovely vein of freshness running through from start to finish.

£14.95

2020 Late Bottled Vintage Eirados, Quinta Santa Eufemia

Douro Blend

Eirados make a very approachable, traditional style of LBV (Late Bottled Vintage), with the hand picked grapes fermented in granite lagares before resting in stainless steel for 6 months prior to ageing in Portuguese oak casks for 3 years.

£23.00

2020 Mata Los Pardos Vino de Paraje, Bodegas Peique, Bierzo

Mencia

The grapes for this wonderful Mencia come from the single vineyard (Paraje) of Mata Los Pardos. With an average age of 90 years old, the low yielding vines produce fruit of exceptional quality and complexity.  The wine shows lots of red and black fruits, notably blackberry, plum and cherry with mineral tinged herbal notes and a toasted spice character courtesy of the barrel fermentation and ageing (12 months in 500ltr French oak).  This is a wine that shows wonderful purity of  fruit, a silky texture and a fair bit of understated power to boot!

£39.95

2020 Nero d’Avola Senia, Agricola Cortese, DOC Sicilia

Nero d'Avola

The Senia Nero d'Avola is a luscious, rich and concentrated red that manages to pack a punch yet retain freshness and vitality. Concentrated dark fruits and spice mingle with eucalyptus notes and balanced acidity to give a hugely enjoyable red wine.  Made with the 'Follature Manuale' method of stirring by hand in open top fermenters (barrels) twice a day providing balance and structure without being too weighty. 

£23.95

2020 Pojega Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore, Magnum

Red Blend

The Rizzardi Pojega is an utterly delicious example of this style of red wine, showing a wonderful depth of fruit and terrific balance.  Made from a traditional blend of Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone and Merlot the wine shows great concentration of dark and red fruits, but also lovely freshness and a harmonious finish.  The addition of 10% Amarone (which now has to be done by law for Ripasso's) simply adds to the complexity without detracting from the elegant freshness which seems to be the hallmark of the wines from this historic estate.  This is the kind of wine which doesn't disappoint, no matter what your taste.

£39.95

2020 Rioja Crianza, Hacienda de Lopez, DOCa Rioja, Half Bottle

The Hacienda de Lopez Rioja Crianza shows a lovely deep, dark and velvety red cherry which leads to a complex nose showing aromas of ripe dark fruits mixed with coffee, vanilla, balsamic and woody notes. The palate is typically smooth and fruity with gentle tannins. Enjoyable and almost dangerously easy to drink.

£7.95

2020 Rioja Reserva De La Familia, Luis Canas, Rioja DOCa

Tempranillo

The Rioja Reserva De La Familia by Luis Canas is a wonderful Rioja that has a beautiful ruby colour. On the nose it shows complex aromas of leather, ripe sweet fruit and herbs over a base of fine oak. The palate is potent and juicy with structure and good tenacity, leading to a complex finish that shows lots of spice and is long and persistent.

£33.00

2020 Rioja Reserva Vina Ardanza, La Rioja Alta, DOCa

Tempranillo

A blend of over 30 year old Tempranillo (80%) grown on steep high altitude clay-limestone soils in La Cuesta (Fuenmayor) and Montecillo (Cenicero), and 17 year old Garnacha (20%) grown at 550 metres above sea-level in deep pebble-rich terrains in La Pedriza (Tudelilla-Rioja Oriental). The grapes are cluster selected and hand-harvested before being optically sorted before fermentation which lasts 17 days, followed by a natural malolactic fermentation. The Tempranillo is aged for 36 months and the Garnacha for 30 months in seasoned American oak barrels made in their own cooperage. They are traditionally racked by candlelight 5 times before being bottled.

£38.00

2020 Sarapis Extra Brut, Cantina Castiadas, Sardinia

Cannonau

This is a fabulous Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs made from Sardinia's Canonau grape variety.  Clean, fresh and wonderfully elegant, this is a classy traditional method sparkling wine from an unexected source.

£25.95

2020 Seleccion Familiar, Bodegas Peique, DO Bierzo

Mencia

The Peique 'Seleccion Familiar' is an exceptional example of Bierzo Mencia that comes from 90 year old vines that give depth and character to this impeccable wine.

£29.95

2020 SRS Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon, Flametree, Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The SRS Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon from Flametree is medium to full bodied in structure with a powerful palate and fine grained tannins. The nose is dis-playing berry with dark chocolate undertones. The palate also displays ele-gance and freshness, with a beautiful balance of fruit and oak flavours, the result of 14 months oak maturation.

£44.95

2020 Vicentino Sunset Red, Alentejano

Red Blend

The Vicentino Sunset Red is a delightful, light to medium bodied red wine made from Touriga Nacional, Aragonez and Syrah grapes partially aged in french oak.  The vineyards benefit from the warmth of the summer sun as well as the cooling influence of the atlantic sea breezes, giving wines with a lovely depth of fruit that posess freshness and balance too. 

£16.95

2020/22 S.R.S. Chardonnay, Flametree, Margaret River

Chardonnay

The Flametree SRS (Sub-Regional-Series) Chardonnay reveals classic grapefruit, white peach and dried pear fruits. This gives way to barrel ferment and sulphide complexities, providing a lovely savoury oyster shell/saline character and adding to the wines complexity and overall purity.

£42.00

2021 Alion, Tempos Vega Sicilia, D.O. Ribera del Duero

Tempranillo

The vintage released in 2025 is the 2021 Alión, a year to remember, one of the best in recent times; it was relaxed and textbook in all senses, with snow in the beginning of the year, a mild spring disturbed only by frost in Pesquera that didn't affect other villages, a relatively cool summer that slowed things down, and the grapes ripened to perfection without rain after September. They used grapes from 13 different villages throughout the Ribera del Duero, 130 hectares. The grapes are cooled down for 24 hours, and once destemmed, they are put in the oak and stainless steel vats, where they undergo a five-day cold soak and then native fermentation through a "pied de cuve." It has 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.81 and 4.8 grams of acidity (tartaric). It's very fresh and fruit-driven, with the balance and elegance of the cooler years, a little austere, with very elegant and polished tannins and a different quality, when the grapes ripen slowly. They believe 2024 has the potential to be like 2021, after the 2022 and 2023 vintages were a lot more challenging. It was bottled in June 2023. Drink 2025-2040.

£95.00

2021 Amarone 3 Cru, Guerrieri Rizzardi, DOCG

Corvina

Rizzardi's Amarone Classico 3CRU is made from hand-picked grapes from the three vineyards of Calcarole, Pojega & Rovereti. After the traditional grape drying period the wine undergoes a long fermentation followed by three years maturation in oak. 

£41.00

2021 Barolo ‘Priore’, Cantine Povero, DOCG

Nebbiolo

Cantine Povero are a fabulous, sustainably minded property located in the heart of Piedmont, where Langhe meets Roero and Monferrato, with 35 hectares of vines under conversion to organic status.  We stock a range of wines which represent excellent value examples of their type, whether it's the delicately floral Moscato d'Asti or award winning Barbaresco and Barolo, the wines always hit the spot for authenticity and pure drinking pleasure.

£35.00

2021 Barolo, Agricola Marrone, DOCG

Nebbiolo

This is a simply wonderful Barolo from Agricola Marrone.  Complex and well-structured, as one would expect, but also incredibly charming.  This deeply coloured red wine shows raspberry, wild strawberry and macerated cherry fruit, hints of cinnamon and nutmeg spice along with complex tobacco, vanilla and leather.  This finish is long and finely balanced.

£45.00