2016 barbera d’asti superiore mompirone, cascina vengore, magnum

Barbera

Intense ruby red in the glass with spicy aromas of blackcurrant, cocoa and vanilla. Medium to full bodied on the palate, with intense and persistent fruit on the palate.

£50.00

2016 bardos clea reserve, ribera del duero

Tempranillo

2016 was one of the standout vintages from both a quantity and quality point of view. The harvest was lavish with good maturity with the wines showing a lot of fruit and body with good ageing potential.  The Bardos Reserva is a bold Ribera del Duero that is well-structured yet  smooth, with an intense cherry red colour with shades of violet and purple tinges.  On the nose there is a great aromatic intensity with mature dark fruits, chocolate, spices and smoky aromas. The well-structured palate is very harmonious and fleshy, finishing with mature tannins and finely balanced acidity.

£17.99

2016 block series carmenere, julio bouchon, maule valley

Carmenere

Bouchon are 4th generation viticultutralists situated in the Maule Valley. Current incumbent Julio Bouchon and his children carry on the family tradition of creating distinctive, terroir-driven wines. The Block Series wines are a relatively new addition to the Bouchon range and concentrate on specific blocks of their dry farmed, granite based vineyards in the Maule valley.

£16.95

2016 cabernet/shiraz estate blend, bon courage, robertson

Cabernet Sauvignon

2016 Cabernet/Shiraz Estate Blend by Bon Courage has a gorgeously fruit led nose shows notes of tobacco combined with walnuts and berries. Soft oak adds a bit of body and a smooth texture.

£11.99

2016 chateau de la greniere, ac lussac saint emilion

Bordeaux Blend

Only 20% of the Chateau de la Greniere is aged in old oak barrels whilst the remainder is aged in a mixture of steel and concrete vats.  The result is a wonderfully fruit led style of claret that shows complex red fruit flavours, is generous and rounded on the palate and finishes with a lovely balance of power and finesse.   

£15.95

2016 chateau fontblanche, ac bordeaux

Bordeaux Blend

Chateau Fontblanche shows lots of ripe black fruit character and well knit structure.  Smart enough to take to a dinner party but just as useful as an everyday claret.

£9.95

2016 chateau fontestau, cru bourgeois medoc

Bordeaux Blend

Located in the centre of the Médoc peninsula, the superb Cru Bourgeois wine estate of Chateau Fontesteau stretches over a remarkable natural landscape. The thirteenth century castle nestles like a precious jewel encased in a magical landscape, with its forest boasting one-hundred-year-old oak trees surrounded by pines with a charming little lake. The Fontesteau vineyards, a large proportion of which are situated in Pauillac, has been using integrated agricultural methods for the last 30 years, exploiting the plants’ natural defence system and avoiding where possible the use of synthetic products to protect the vineyard. It's now certified as a Sustainable Vineyard.This 2016 vintage provided Fontestau with a perfectly healthy crop and there wasn't any need to add sulphur treatments in the vineyard or the winery.  It boasts a very rich garnet colour with an expressive nose showing jammy aromas of red fruit such as cherry and strawberry. The palate is ample and full-bodied with a tense, fresh structure. The tannins are rich and tasty, conferring flavour and length to the wine. This is a remarkably balanced vintage with a real force of character.

£22.99

2016 chateau les graves de viaud ‘terroir’, cotes de bourg

Bordeaux Blend

The estate of Les Graves de Viaud own 15 hectares of beautifully sited vineyards in the heart of the Côtes de Bourg.  The soils are composed of small grit with a deep rocky sub-soil.  The Betschart family farm bio-dynamically, striving to produce the best possible expression of natural Bordeaux wines possible, with the bear minimum of additions as part of their ongoing stewardship to ensure the land and vines are reflected in the glass.

£22.95

2016 chateau lynch-moussas, 5eme cru classe pauillac

Bordeaux Blend

83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot with 60% new oak used during maturation, the 2016 Chateau Lynch-Moussas is just begining to hit it's drinking window but is defintiely set to improve.

£55.00

2016 chateau musar, bekaa valley

Red Blend

The 2016 vintage of Musar is a deep ruby in colour with high viscosity. Red cherries, plums, carob and figs dominate the nose with a hint of eastern spice. Kirsch and plums follow through to the palate with blackcurrant and chocolate. The tannins are velvety soft and this wine has a lot of depth and fruit concentration with a long finish.

£36.00

2016 chateau poujeaux, moulis en medoc

Bordeaux Blend

The 2016 Château Poujeaux offers up a rock star, medium to full-bodied, layered profile as well as pretty notes of ripe black fruits, graphite, violets, and background oak. Give this sleeper 2-3 years of bottle age and it will impress for a decade or more. An outstanding Moulis made with consulting help from Stéphane Derenoncourt.

£44.00

2016 chateau saransot-dupre, listrac medoc

Bordeaux Blend

Chateau Saransot-Dupre is a favourably 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!

£22.95

2016 cuvee constance, thunevin-calvet, cotes de roussilon

Grenache/Garnacha

The collaboration between the ‘bad boy’ of Bordeaux Jean-Luc Thunevin and Roussillon ‘local boy’ Jean-Roger Calvet has produced a range of wines that are not only spectacular but are exceptional value for money. There’s no hiding the class of this little gem from Maury, a commune that sits at the foot of the Pyrenees.  It’s a blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 20% Carignan from vines of up to 45 years old and shows plenty of rounded fruit, a balanced spicy backbone with underlying minerality and impeccable finish.

£14.95

2016 finca moncloa tinto,gonzalez byass, tierra de cadiz

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2016 Finca Moncloa Tinto wine is a medium- high intensity with cherry red tones and persistent legs, with intense aromas of ripe red/ black fruits such as blackberry, blueberry and plum. It also carries some floral notes and spice such as black pepper, clove, vanilla and balsamic, whihc intensifies in the glasss. As well as this, you will also fine some fine notes of oak. On the palate it is well balanced with good acidity and a slightly sweet entrance. This is a smooth wine with body and long, round tannins.

£18.95

2016 granito cabernet/carmenere, julio bouchon, maule valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

Bouchon are 4th generation viticultutralists situated in the Maule Valley. Current incumbent Julio Bouchon and his children carry on the family tradition of creating distinctive, terroir-driven wines.  The Granito wines are micro-terroir wines made from old vines which are dry farmed on ancient granite soils.  The roots of the old vines need to dig deep in order to find nutrients which translates into concentrated, complex flavours in the grapes. 

£34.95

2016 l’emotion de guibeau, ac puisseguin st.emilion

Bordeaux Blend

Chateau Guibeau has been organic since 2009 and produces wonderfully concentrated yet fresh wines. The grapes are manually harvested from vines with an average age of 28 years.  The nose shows red fruit character with hints of vanilla which carry through to a well-structured palate with a lengthy aromatic finish. 

£14.95

2016 les charmes de kirwan, ac margaux, half bottle

Bordeaux Blend

Les Charmes de Kirwan is the second wine of 3rd Growth Château Margaux and, like it's more grown up sybling, has benefitted from the massive investment program in both the winery and the vineyard in recent years.  It is generally made with the younger vines on the property but receives exactly the same care and attention as the wine. 

£18.95

2016 les charmes de kirwan, ac margaux, magnum

Bordeaux Blend

Les Charmes de Kirwan is the second wine of 3rd Growth Château Margaux and, like it's more grown up sybling, has benefitted from the massive investment program in both the winery and the vineyard in recent years.  It is generally made with the younger vines on the property but receives exactly the same care and attention as the wine. 

£70.00

2016 lledoner pelut colombette, domaine la colombette

Lledoner Pelut

We are massive fans of the wines from Domaine La Colombette.  It all began in 1890 when Louis Pugibet a blacksmith, fell in love with a winemaker and she gave him his first hectare as a gift for the marriage. Four generations later Francois and son Vincent work side by side creating exciting wines. Colombette are pioneers in the region and are at the forefront of exploring and developing new techniques with disease resistant grape varieties as well as continuing to produce outstanding wines from known varieties.  They produce a wide range of styles and whilst all teh wines are distinctive they posess a common thread of having restrained alcohol levels without compromising on fruit or body.

£17.99

2016 loidana marco abella, priorat doca, magnum

Grenache/Garnacha

The Loidana Marco Abella wine offers intense aromas of fruits (strawberry, cherry, raspberry and black cherries) with hints of blue flowers, cedar and spices. Smooth and velvety on the palate, it remains harmonious to the finish, and very fresh.

£39.95

2016 madiran ‘constance’, domaine berthoumieu

Tannat

This cuvée is a modern interpretation of Madiran designed for immediate pleasure and a far cry from the old fashioned examples which seemed to take years before they became approachable.

£13.99

2016 oldenburg syrah, stellenbosch

Syrah/Shiraz

The wonderful Oldenburg Syrah is a medium purple colour and whilst quite closed initially it opens up with delightful aromas of brambles, black wine gums and mulberries. A light, earthy hint of mushrooms as well as white pepper appears alongside a herbal edge and appealing hints of vanilla and liquorice. The tannins are fine but well structured and interact with the acidity to produce a slightly spicy finish.

£19.95

2016 recioto della valpolicella 75cl

Corvina

The production area for this wine is located in northern part of Verona and it is crossed by hills that slope towards Adige river. Rich soils provide the perfect conditions for a balanced mix of Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara and Negrara grapes.

£29.99

2016 rioja crianza luis canas magnum 150cl

Tempranillo

In 1970 Luis Cañas changed two hundred years of tradition and became the first winemaker in Rioja Alavesa to bottle his young wine rather than sell it in bulk. This bold move, and his continued pioneering spirit, has cemented the winery's enviable reputation as one of the most progressive in the region. Sheltered below the watchful Sierra Cantabria, the vineyards are all old, small plots on chalky-clay soils with a dedicated team of vineyard workers carrying out organic practices.

£36.95