2013 Pinot Gris, Moorooduc Estate, Mornington Peninsula

Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio

We were delighted to be offered a little library stock of older Pinot Gris from Moorooduc Estate.  This is such a wonderful wine, showing great development and compexity.  The exotic nose leads to a rich yet balanced palate that is dry and satisfying with a lovely balance of weight and texture. The balanced finish is long and tinged with citrus and green pear fruit.

£28.00

2018 North Canterbury Pinot Noir, Pyramid Valley

Pinot Noir

Back in 2017, Steve Smith and Brian Sheth were honoured to take on the legacy of Pyramid Valley and craft their own family of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines. This Pinot Noir was born in the dramatic soils and slopes of the Waikari Estate in North Canterbury and was made following biodynamic principles to allow vineyards to express themselves.

£32.95

2018 Vom Kalk, Weingut Weninger, Weinland

Red Blend

The Vom Kalk from Weingut Weninger is a fabulous natural red wine made with a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sankt Laurent.  After a manual harvest the grapes are destemmed and fermented with ambient yeasts in cement tanks. The wine is then aged in a mixture of cement tanks and 500 litre wooden barrels and bottled without filtration or fining with just a minimum of sulphur.

£14.95

2019 Grenache Gravels, Newfound Wines, California

Grenache Blend

Newfound Wines, a small family owned winery located in the Sierra Foothills was established in 2016 and is the very essence of 'New California'.  Matt and Audra were intent on intent on producing wine in the most sustainable way possible and tore out the existing vineyard that they purchased.  Amongst the mesaures they took was to enlist the help of 200 goats to graze the hillsides and to naturally compost the site, as well as creating a fire safe zone by lifting the densely forested canopy and cover cropped with a recipe of legumes, clovers and nitrogen fixing green manures.

£38.00

2020 Dry White, Langham Estate

Chardonnay

The Langham Dry White is a still blend of 82% Chardonnay and 18% Madeleine Angevine that has been fermented using natural yeasts in mainly stainless steel with a little bit of oak, and aged for 9 months before final blending and bottling.  Very pale in the glass with an intense nose of zesty grapefruit, passion fruit and fresh lemon.  Crisp Granny Smith apple fruit comes through on the palate with citrus tinged acidity and a thrist queching lick of salinity.  Light, crisp and very refreshing.

£17.95

2021 Mcintyre Pinot Noir, Moorooduc, Mornington peninsula

Pinot Noir

Moorooduc was established in 1982 by Richard and Jill McIntyre. Moorooduc is a small, family run wine business that has built an enviable reputation for complex and food friendly wines.

£45.00

2021 Orange Kisi, Tiko Estate, Kakheti

Kisi

The Orange Kisi from Tiko Estate in Eastern Georgia is a traditionally made Orange wine with fermentation taking place on skins in clay Qvevri.  The wine remains on it's skins for 6 months following the fermentation and as a result shows incredible concentration and a beautiful weight balanced with aromatic, ripe stone fruit characters, notably apricot and peach.  There is some tannic structure too making this a superb match to both eastern mediterranean cuisine (take note Ottolenghi fans), and also spicier Asian dishes. 

£22.95

2021 Pinot Noir, Moorooduc, Mornington Peninsular

Pinot Noir

Established in 1982 by Richard and Jill McIntyre, Moorooduc is a small, family run wine business that has built an enviable reputation for complex and food friendly wines.

£26.95

2021 Sangiovese ‘Valley Vignerons Series’, Payten & Jones, Yarra

Sangiovese

The Payten and Jones winery in Yarra Valley has never been one to follow the crowd and they specialise in minimal intervention, natural (in a good way), farming and winemaking, that translates into styles which are fruit forward and downright enjoyable. 

£24.95

2021/22 Chardonnay, Moorooduc, Mornington Peninsula

Chardonnay

The Moorooduc Chardonnay is both delicate and complex, balancing light floral, lemon rind and white nectarine aromas with a weighty, creamy texture and a slight saline savouriness. A real treat.

£26.95

2022 Cartology, Alheit Vineyards, WO Western Cape

Chenin Blanc

The nose shows citrus oil and pear, with some subtle floral/honeyed tones. The palate is very well proportioned, with firm mid-palate structure, medium rich mouth feel, and long carry. Flavour persists and even intensifies throughout its length. The wine finishes dry and saline, refreshing the palate. This vintage has a sappy, thirst-quenching quality about it.

£36.95

2022 Gonzo Combat Rouge, Vandal Wine Company

Red Blend

The Gonzo Combat Rouge is a rather unusual field blend of Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Viognier which are co-fermented with whole bunch fermentation.  The results is a beautifully supple yet plush and ripe red wine with sweet, spicy raspberry and cherry fruit. We've found it drinks best slightly chilled on a warm evening.

£22.00

Dorset Starlight, West Milton Cider Company

Made from the finest Dorset cider apples fermented in the time honoured way. It is completely natural with no sulphites or other additives. Starlight is not pasteurised just lightly filtered so may contain some sediment which leads to further conditioning in the bottle. It has a medium, still finish.

£3.50

Dorset Twilight Dry Cider, West Milton Cider Company

Like the Dorset Starlight this is made from the same base cider but allowed to ferment for longer to produce a more traditional dry finish much appreciated by cider connoisseurs. It is completely natural with no sulphites or other additives. It is not pasteurised, just lightly filtered so may contain some sediment which leads to further conditioning in the bottle.

£3.50

Milton Moonlight, Medium Sparkling Cider, West Milton Cider Comp

A natural cider made from a blend of bittersweet cider apples, with no additives, and fermented slowly to a medium flavour. It is then fully filtered, pasteurised and bottled with a small amount of CO2 added to enhance the drinking experience. This also gives it good stability and a long shelf life.

£3.50