Southern France

Fleshy stone fruit, peach, nectarine with some floral notes white flowers. Clean and pure decent weight and balance.

Some ferment notes but fresh and zingy, tutti fruit. Bright mouthfilling zesty fruit, clean fresh with some good concentration, pear drop and citrus.

The Valensac wines are perennial favourites and this wine shows why. Classic gooseberry, ripe citrus, cut herbs and something a little tropical, papaya maybe. Brightly delivered with lovely racy acid supporting the crisp...(read more)

Again quite a bit of ferment aromas imprinting the nose. Pear drop, but then some floral notes, creamy apricot, peach. Good palate weight, spice and stone fruit grip, fleshy, bold and aromatic, nicely done.

Citrus, camomile, dried straw, bright and juicy in the mouth, citrus, green apple with decent length and nice freshness.

If you’ve given up on picpoul because cheaper versions have become insipid, try this, it’s brilliant: whistle-clean; saline, like your skin after a sea swim; reminiscent of crushed rocks and faint white blossom. Try with...(read more)

Gorgeously flavoursome with notes of apricot, quince, citrus pith and wild flowers. Mouth-filling but with nice poise and a textured feel, this is a cracking food wine, the depth of stone fruit, piled on top of wild herb...(read more)

Melon, citrus, white flowers, touch of white peach. Good grip and weight of fruit, crisp, but succulent with citrus and pear.

Only 5000 bottles produced and made in concrete eggs to maintain freshness. Wet wool, bran/cereal, with a core of ripe apricot. Taut and rich in the mouth with sleek acid, stone fruit intensity and a lovely bitter tug on...(read more)

Rich nose, peaches and cream. Nice floral notes on the top of the palate, with good acid pep and zip. Delicious.