Author Archives: HH&C

Champagne Gatinois Brut Tradition, Grand Cru Aÿ NV

Gatinois is one of the most extraordinary wines imaginable – with the faintest of pink [...]

2016 Champagne Pierre Vaudon Grand Cru

2016 Pierre Vaudon Grand Cru Champagne (£50.35, reduced to £44.75 each by the case)is extraordinarily [...]

2022 Barbera d`Alba, Cascina Alberta

This 14.5% vol delight is crammed with gorgeously juicy autumnal damson fruit. Jonathan Ray, The [...]

Crémant de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs Brut, Cave de Bissey NV

A fine, delicate blend of chardonnay and aligoté, this crémant delivers gentle notes of citrus [...]

Tinhof Eisenstadt Neuberger/Weissburgunder 2022, Burgenland, Austria

A blend of the little-seen Neuberger (40%) with Weissburgunder, aka Pinot Blanc, producing gentle, creamy, [...]

Cascina Alberta Barbera d’Alba 2022, Piedmont, Italy

Perfumed, fruity and spicy with a touch of black pepper and the intensity, energy and [...]

Domaine Font Sarade Les Pigières Gigondas 2022, Rhône, France

Generous, rich, sweet-fruited and spicy, but with precision, freshness and a perfumed lift that Gigondas [...]

Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy Terre de Maimbray Sancerre Rouge 2022, Loire, France

Light, bright colour, raspberry-accented fragrance and fruit, gossamer-fine texture and fine-boned structure. Sleek, very appealing [...]

2018 Château Tour Marcillanet, Haut-Medoc

Like rioja, classic claret is a must for many at the Christmas table, and this [...]

Matthew Jukes – The Perfect Expertise v Value Ratio

2023 Muscadet Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie, Domaine de la Chauvinière

Forget white burgundy, scoop up this tongue-tingling, lemon twist and citrus blossom La Chauvinière charmer. [...]

2022 Sancerre Rouge Terre de Maimbray, Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy

Soft, mellow, Loire Valley Pinot Noir that knocks spots off many a red burgundy. Jonathan [...]

2023 Juliénas, Domaine de Forétal

Jean-Yves, fifth generation of the Perraud family at Domaine de Forétal, makes Juliénas of unalloyed [...]

2018 Château Tour Marcillanet, Haut-Medoc

Also available in half bottles, this is my pick of the fireside clarets. Victoria Moore, [...]

2023 Parcelles Chardonnay, IGP Val de Loire, Domaine Réthoré Davy

Christophe and Martine Réthoré’s 42-hectare domaine is in the Pays des Mauges, located between Muscadet [...]