Lea & Sandeman Complete Christmas Mixed Case

EGLY-OURIET Tradition Brut Grand Cru Ambonnay – Champagne Egly-Ouriet – 2 x 75cl bottles
Champagne Non Vintage France

The wine is fermented using natural yeast and aged on the lees for a year so that the wines clarify slowly, before they are bottled without fining or filtering. The cuvée (70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay) is a rich, full-bodied wine with evolved flavours this is immensely satisfying, while still fresh and beautifully balanced.

2013 SANCERRE Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte – 2 x 75cl bottles
Loire France

A full flavoured muscular wine from classic ‘silex’ (silica) soils. A perfect balance of fruit and firm minerality. A diversity of soils types, principally flint and limestone and a strict blending of wines from 28 plots of 30 year old + vines adds finesse, aromatic complexity and minerality to this wine.

2011 POMMARD Tavannes Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot – 2 x 75cl bottles
Burgundy France

Very immediate, very supple and round on attack, then the tannins fill out the finish. Very good and a value buy as usual.

2010 VIEUX CHÂTEAU GACHET Lalande de Pomerol -2 x 75cl bottles 
Bordeaux France

The Arpin family’s Lalande-de-Pomerol offers outstanding value. 70% Merlot, hand harvested, and aged in oak for a year. Deep, rich and seductive with plump cherry and dark fruit characters and the suave scent from the wood. The tannins are still firm but are more than balanced by the fruit.

2008 TASSINAIA Castello del Terriccio – 2 x 75cl bottles
Tuscany Italy

The 2008 Tassinaia is gorgeous. Dark red cherries, plums, spices, flowers and mint are all woven together beautifully in this sumptuous, yet medium-bodied wine. Everything is in the right place. I would not at all be surprised to see the 2008 improve quite a bit with further time in bottle. Antonio Galloni 93/100

2011 CHÂTEAU MONTEILS Cru Bourgeois Sauternes – 1 x 75cl bottles
Bordeaux France

Top quality Sauternes from this young winemaker and unusually good at this price level. Perhaps a little lighter in colour and weight than previous vintages but still amply rich and sweet with a creamy, waxy texture and a cut of acidity that keeps the whole beautifully streamlined.

SANDEMAN 20 Year Old Tawny – 1 x 75cl bottles
Port Portugal

Recently tasted in a full line up of shipper’s twenty year old tawny ports, this stood out for its length, freshness and fabulous finish, as well as concentration and sweetness. Serve slightly chilled.

Normal price £305.60  Case price £285.00