Last Parcel: 2008 CHÂTEAU LAURIOL – Côtes de Francs
By Ed H-B on 07/09/2014
Selected by Victoria Moore for her 2012 Christmas wine list, we’ve only 7 cases left of this very drinkable yet pleasingly priced claret worth snapping up.
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A cracking new find for us
By Ed H-B on 06/09/2014
2011 MUNIA TORO 'Roble 6 Meses' - Bodegas Viñaguarena 'A new find for us is always exciting and this cracking red delivers at every level! Supple and smoothly satisfying this is aged for just six months in oak to give a polish and complexity.
Last few cases of the seductive 2012 Dolcetto D’Alba ‘Serraboella’ – Cigliuti
By Ed H-B on 04/09/2014
Our introduction to the wines of Cigliuti was a bottle (followed over the ensuing months by several more) of their ‘Briccoserra, a 50/50 Barbera and Nebbiolo blend, many years back in Giuseppe Turi’s Putney restaurant ‘Enotecal Turi’.
2012 Rully 1er Cru ‘La Pucelle’ – Still my personal favourite of the Jacqueson whites
By Charles Lea on 02/09/2014
The adventurous and sportif Paul Jacqueson and his wife Marie make wines of impeccable quality, when not climbing in the Himalayas, close indeed to their much more expensive cousins on the Côte d’Or. We have a particular fondness for their whites, and especially the Pucelle, which is a model of what a great Rully can be year after year.
Top-notch Crémant de Loire Brut – Domaine des Hauts Perrays £12.95
By Ed H-B on 31/08/2014
As featured in Jancis Robinson’s article on Wine Car Boot in the FT magazine this weekend, this Crémant de Loire represents top-notch bubbles for your buck
A perfectly balanced Vermentino from Fattoria di Magliano
By Ed H-B on 29/08/2014
This is simply delicious. Achieving that perfect balance between weight and brightness that results in immense drinkability. An ideal drinks party wine or a partner to a summer lunch in the garden.
Last small parcel of 2011 Côtes de Rhone ‘La Dame Rousse’ Domaine de la Mordorée
By Ed H-B on 27/08/2014
Perhaps testament to the early autumnal weather or just to great affordable wines from the Rhone valley, we’ve still a small remaining parcel of this sumptuous Côtes de Rhone from top organic producer Christophe Delorme at Domaine de la la Mordorée before we move onto the 2012 vintage
Making the best wines in Givry? 2009 GIVRY 1er Cru à Vigne Rouge – Domaine François Lumpp
By Ed H-B on 26/08/2014
François and Isabelle Lumpp own this impeccable 16 hectare estate in Givry, a region which is so often over looked by Burgundy lovers and yet which is capable of producing wines of exceptional quality as well as value.
The beautifully crafted Mainqué Merlot from Bodega Chacra
By Andrew Hooper on 21/08/2014
You may have noticed us making quite a fuss over the years about the fantastically good Pinot Noirs from Bodegas Chacra in Patagonia. But, planted alongside the 1955 vineyard is a block of Merlot vines and we haven’t made nearly enough noise about them. Here is the noise.
2013 CHÂTEAU BEAUMONT Blaye – a brilliantly priced ‘old school’ classic White Bordeaux
By David Porter on 14/08/2014
This is delicious drinking – made from old vine Sauvignon Blanc (70%) and Sémillon (30%). A beautifully crafted white Bordeaux which will appeal to drinkers of even the best wines from the Graves.
A new arrival: 2013 BILBO Saint Saturnin Domaine de La Réserve d’O
By Ed H-B on 12/08/2014
Bio-dynamically made here at this beautiful little estate, the Bilbo (Catalan name for Bilbao) is the purest expression of their land. About 70% Grenache with the balance being made up with Syrah and a little Cinsault, Bilbo has the clear lightness of touch which is somewhat Marie Chauffray’s trademark.
Our recent visit to Gusbourne Estate Vineyard
By Andrew Hooper on 11/08/2014
Is there’s a better way to spend an August Friday at “work” than wandering through a verdant Kentish vineyard with the sun glinting through the foliage and a gentle breeze wafting up from the sea?