2024 Bourgogne Aligote, Domaine Billard Pere et Fils

Aligote

The Domaine Billard Aligote is crisp and fresh with lots up front citrus fruit backed up by subtle stone fruit flavours.  The palate is taut and refreshing yet has a softness to the long mineral-tinged finsh.

£18.95

2024 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bodegas Sottano, Mendoza

Cabernet Sauvignon

The Sottano Cabernet Sauvignon is a lovely deep red/black colour that  leads to a complex and inviting nose of coffee, dark fruits and hints of spice.  The ripe, rounded palate has more generous dark fruits, well-integrated oak and soft, supple tannins on the finish.   

£13.95

2024 Caliterra Merlot Reserva, Colchagua Valley

Merlot

Caliterra are an exemplary Chilean estate that have set the model for sustainable Chilean wine production.  The Merlot Reserva is everything you could ever want with plenty of plush, rich fruit with silky tannins and long balanced finish.  Terrific value and a joy to drink.

£11.95

2024 Calusari Pinot Noir, Cramele Recas

Pinot Noir

The Calusari Pinot Noir has to be one of the best value Pinots around.  Gorgeous dark fruit flavours, almost syrupy in its concentration. Dark, rich and potent, with layers of black cherry, raspberry and cinnamon. Deep, with pretty fruit cake and spicy aromatics. A lovely long finish.

£9.95

2024 Cape Wild Pinotage, WO Western Cape

Pinotage

This soft and approachable Pinotage is packed with silky dark fruit and hints of spice. Easy going yet rich and warming, this is a great example of modern Pinotage. 

£10.95

2024 Carmenere Reserva, Caliterra, Colchagua

Carmenere

The Caliterra Carmenere Reserva is a medium to full-bodied red from sustainably farmed vineyards in Colchagua.  Varietally typical with rich, spicy fruit and a smooth, rounded finish.

£11.95

2024 Castillo Del Moro Blanco, La Mancha

Airen

The Castillo Del Moro Blanco is a modern, crisp white that demonstrates bright citrus characteristics on the nose, while offering deliciously vibrant apple fruit flavours and a zesty twang courtesy of the Sauvignon Blanc on the palate. A long clean finish with hints of grapefruit.

£8.95

2024 Castillo Del Moro Tempranillo/Syrah, La Mancha

Tempranillo

The Castillo Del Moro Tempranillo/Syrah is an easy going, unoaked red which has freshness and roundness on the palate as well as showing a ruby/dark purple colour. The nose gives liquorice, dark fruits and lychee aromas, followed by a medium structure and long finish on the palate.

£9.95

2024 Chenin Blanc, Leeuwenkuil, W.O. Swartland

Chenin Blanc

A refined Chenin Blanc with aromas of tropical fruit, pear and green apple leading to a delightfully fresh palate layered with minerality and a fleshy, lingering finish.

£15.95

2024 Church House Chenin Blanc, Matawhero, Gisborne

Chenin Blanc

The Church House Chenin Blanc from Matawhero has a pale straw colour with golden highlights and the expressive nose shows blossom, orange zest and a gentle floral character.  Chenin Blanc hallmarks abound on the palate with stone fruit, lime and honeysuckle alongside perfecty poised acidity.

£18.95

2024 Cinsault Rose, Leeuwenkuil, W.O. Swartland

Cinsault

An engaging and elegant dry rosé showing lovely finesse. Enticing aromas of raspberry and pomegranate follow through to the palate layered with ripe watermelon and a tangy cranberry finish.

£15.95

2024 Clea by Bardos Verdejo, DO Rueda

Verdejo

The Clea Verdejo comes from older, 20-25 year old vines that are planted at around 700 metres above sea level in Rueda.  This lovely wine is very typical of the variety, with lots of zesty vibrant citrus and stone fruit flavours and notes of cut grass.  This is a great wien to try if you're a Sauvignon Blanc fan and fancy something a little different.

£13.95

2024 Collequieto Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, CasalFarneto

Montepulciano

CasalFarneto is a family owned, independent wine producer with 35 hectares of vines. CasalFarneto combines technology, tradition and sustainability to produce wines of excellence and under the shade of "Farneto oaks", from which the Estate gets its name.

£13.50

2024 Cotes du Rhone Rouge, Domaine de la Berthete, AC

Rhone Blend

Domaine de la Berthete have made a wonderfully approachable Cotes du Rhone that is packed with the warm, sunny flavours of the pebble strewn vineyards of the Southern Rhone.  50% Grenache and 30% Syrah are blended with a selection of other varieties from vines with an average age of 35 years old.  The result is a tantalising red that shows ripe black fruits, garrigue notes and a waft of spice on the long, satisfying finish.  Not a blockbuster, but packed with flavour, this terrific value red is a great match to roasted red meats. 

£13.95

2024 Cotes Du Rhone, Un Bon Canon

Rhone Blend

The Un Bon Canon Cotes du Rhone hits the spot every time with it's fruit forward blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 5% Cinsault and 5% Mouvedre which is fermented in concrete tanks.  The vineyards lie in the southern part of the region on a dried up river bed strewn with heat retaining pebbles.  The hot summer sun ensures that the wine is bold and fruity with raspberry and dark fruits and hints of garrigue/herbal undergrowth. 

£14.95

2024 Diamantopetra Vidiano/Assyrtiko, Diamantakis, Crete

Assyrtiko

The Diamantopetra Vidiano/Assyrtiko is a bright, pale yellow in the glass. The aroma is elegant with flavours of pineapple, apricot and chamomile which are combined elaborately with vanilla, nuts and oak. In the mouth, full bodied with crisp acidity that integrates nicely allowing the fruit to be properly expressed. The finish is long as leaving you a wonderful aftertaste with apricot and vanilla hints.

£22.95

2024 Dolcetto, Cantine Povero, DOC Monferrato

Dolcetto

Cantine Povero is a wonderful, historic winery that perfectly blends authenticity and tradition handed down from generation to generation, with an innovative approach and distinct ecologically sustainable philosophy.  The results are wonderfully characterful wines that not only represent a true sense of place, but provide superb value for money. 

£12.95

2024 Entre les Vents Cotes du Rhone Villages Sainte Cecile

Rhone Blend

The Entre les Vents Cote du Rhone Villages as an inviting nose of dark fruits, a touch of jam and subtle smokiness along with sweet, spice notes.  These flavours carry through to the full, rounded palate that is suported by fine, elegant tannins.  A terrific Cotes du Rhone that goes well with slow roasted meats and rich, herby sauces.

£13.95

2024 Fiano Mezzogiorno, IGT Puglia

Fiano

The Mezzogiorno Fiano is a fun and light Fiano made from grapes grown in the Puglia region of southern Italy. Fiano typically produces easy drinking white wines and is an indigenous variety to the southern regions of the country.

£11.95

2024 Funkstille Gruner Veltliner, Neiderosterreich

Gruner Veltliner

The Funkstille Gruner Veltliner has subtle exotic hints, ripe pear and fresh citrus flavours. Dry, but not bone dry, with complex flavours. The palate is rich with flavours of melon and grapefruit with a refreshing, zippy finish.

£11.95

2024 Goldmine White, Boekenhoutskloof, WO Western Cape

White Blend

The Goldmine White is the long awaited partner to The Chocolate Block, Boekenhoutskloof iconic red wine.  The blend of Swartland Chenin along with Chardonnay, Semillon and Viognier from other regions in the Cape fermented in a mixture of french oak, concrete eggs and clay amphora.  This lovely, textured white shows plenty of stony/savoury notes with herbal aromas and rich yet clean pear and citrus fruit.

£25.95

2024 Grillo Bianco Maggiore, Cantine Rallo, DOC Sicilia

Grillo

The Bianco Maggiore Grillo comes from organic grapes grown in Marsala in western Sicily.  The wine is packed with a heady mix of zesty grapefruit and tropical fruits underpinned by fine minerality, lasting through the long, balanced finished. Grapes at Cantine Rallo tend to be harvested earlier than their neighbours, leading to a characteristic freshness in their wines.

£19.95

2024 Jarrarte Rioja Blanco, Abel Mendoza, DOCa Rioja

White Blend

The winemaking philosophy at Abel Mendoza is to express the purity of the fruit and the high altitude terroir in which it grows.  His wines are not overly oaked or extracted, instead they are understated and classy.  The Jarrarte Blanco is an intriguing old vine blend of 33% Viura, 33% Tempranillo Blanco with the remainder being made up of Torrontes, Garnahca Blanca and Malvasia.  All vineyard work is carried out organically and the harvest is manual, keeping the fruit in the best possible condition when it arrives in the winery. 

£18.95

2024 Jurancon Sec ‘Le Veritable’, Cave de Gan

Gros Manseng

From the foothills of the Pyrenees comes this crisp and beautifully dry Gros Manseng. Grapefruits and baked lemon flavours flesh out the mouthwatering acidity making for a perfect all occasion tipple. Enjoy this cracking white as an aperitif with excellent seafood, asian or spicy foods.

£13.50