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Champagne Gatinois Brut Tradition, Grand Cru Aÿ NV

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

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2016 Champagne Pierre Vaudon Grand Cru

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

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2022 Barbera d`Alba, Cascina Alberta

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

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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 [...]

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Tinhof Eisenstadt Neuberger/Weissburgunder 2022, Burgenland, Austria

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

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Cascina Alberta Barbera d’Alba 2022, Piedmont, Italy

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

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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2018 Château Tour Marcillanet, Haut-Medoc

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

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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2023 Juliénas, Domaine de Forétal

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

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2018 Château Tour Marcillanet, Haut-Medoc

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

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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 [...]

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2022 Eisenstadt Neuburger/Weissburgunder, Tinhof, Burgenland

40% Neuberger and 60% Weissburgunder fermented and matured for nine months in large, old wooden [...]

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2022 Sancerre Rouge Terre de Maimbray, Pascal et Nicolas Reverdy

18-hectare domaine, of which five are planted with Pinot Noir. This cuvée is a blend [...]

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2022 Barbera d`Alba, Cascina Alberta

Brothers Francesco and Luca Guermani run this Piedmont property, whose 9 ha of vines lie [...]

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2022 Gigondas Les Pigières, Domaine Font Sarade

60% Grenache, 35% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah from the 1.25-hectare Les Pigières on the western [...]

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2022 Gigondas Les Pigières, Domaine Font Sarade

2022 Gigondas Les Pigières, Domaine Font Sarade […] a bright, fresh, herbal-red-fruited version of the [...]

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Château de Bousval, Jardins de Wallonie

2022 Gouttes d`O Chardonnay, Château de Bousval, Jardins de Wallonie Complete, fresh nose indicates some [...]

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2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

…made from a blend of Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault and Cabernet Sauvignon, it has robust ingredients, [...]

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2021 Les Montys le Parc, Muscadet Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie, Jéremie Huchet

What makes this Muscadet different from mass-market labels is the wonderful depth of flavour that [...]

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2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

If you’re after the archetypal pale pink from Provence, here it is: fine but sinewy, [...]

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2023 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

Very pale and also very refined, this thyme-scented rosé is my top pick in this [...]

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2022 Pinot Bianco, Kellerei Kurtatsch, Alto Adige

Described by the winemaker as an elegant mountain wine, this is one of the nicest [...]

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2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril

I could almost fall for Cuvée de l’Héronde’s glistening purple-ruby colour alone, but it’s the [...]

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2008 Orpale, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

Figs, bruised apples and toasted nuts with a stylish, smoky quality. Elegant and complex, tension [...]

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2020 Savennières Clos du Petit Beaupreau, Domaine des Deux Vallées

From the Loire’s most intense Chenin Blanc appellation. Interesting nuts and hay on the nose. [...]

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2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune

A reminder of why the southern Rhône has such a reputation. There’s a fluency and [...]

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2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

This lot love good pinot noir from Australia or New Zealand and this, grown close [...]

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2022 La Fruitière, Vignes Blanches, IGP Val de Loire, Famille Lieubeau

A calm but also bright and crystalline white, this blends the grassy freshness of sauvignon [...]

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2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune

Gloriously lush, four-year-old chateauneuf that’s worth paying extra for. An ideal roast turkey wine. Fiona [...]

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2020 Picnic Pinot Noir, Two Paddocks, Central Otago

Two Paddocks makes beautiful pinot noir in one of the world’s best pinot noir regions. [...]

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2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril

I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Piemonte, in North-West Italy, to taste [...]

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2022 Esprit Rosé, Domaine Tour Campanets, Coteaux d`Aix-en-Provence

Bone dry, a pinkish cherry-blossom colour and with a faintly floral smell that is suggestive [...]

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In Praise of Independents

Our Buying Director, Siobhán Astbury reports: Offering good value is an essential element of our [...]

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Jancis Robinson reviews…

Ch Coustolle 2016 Canon-Fronsac Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% [...]

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2022 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

I have been buying this wine every year since it first landed on our shores [...]

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2021 Mâcon-Fuissé Les Bruyères, Domaine Dominique Cornin

Full bottle 1,327 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 2011 and 2015. Unoaked and [...]

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2021 Mâcon-Chaintré, Domaine Dominique Cornin

Full bottle 1,326 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 1968 and 1985. Unoaked and [...]

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Matthew Jukes – Wednesday Wines – Ep 154

Matthew Jukes’ tasting notes on a selection of our 2023 spring shipments from Bordeaux. 2019 [...]

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2019 Château Frontenac, Bordeaux Superieur

Full bottle just 1,268 g. 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc grown on [...]

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2018 Château Les Marcieux, Haut-Medoc

Full bottle just 1,249 g. 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot grown by the Listrac vignerons [...]

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2016 Château Coustolle, Canon-Fronsac

Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec. Fronsac owner Alain [...]

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2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

Australia also grows pinot noir that rivals sub-£30 Burgundy. Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir 2021, Mornington [...]

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2021 Domaine de Gournier Rouge, Cévennes

Just sneaking under the £10 threshold when you buy a case, this merlot-syrah-cabernet sauvignon blend [...]

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2021 Nero d`Avola, Rupe Secca, Sicilia

Nero d’avola is a Sicilian speciality that makes beautiful, medium-bodied, juicy reds like this one, [...]

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2021 Pleno Tempranillo, Navarra

A bright incarnation of the Rioja grape. Think rose-hip helly, strawberries, autumn leaves and crunchy [...]

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2021 Givry Blanc Clos de la Brulée, Domaine Masse

A discovery for me and one that, for only twenty quid, is amazingly impressive. Sink [...]