Charles Lea's Wine List

Vermentino from the French Mediterranean coast with citrus and dusty minerals, in this vintage with extra ripeness and rounded feel. Very sophisticated wine at its price level, and better by mile...(read more)

A wine that epitomises the pure drinking pleasure of fine Riesling. Bright and focused with lime, mandarin and peach fruit intensity. Sleek and long with beautiful ripe lip-smacking acidity, refr...(read more)

A real joy, svelte, with lots of woodland fruits, a hint of earth and tobacco, a gentle soul, with balance and great drinkability.

As pale and strikingly bright as ever, Guillaume Philippe’s flagship Rose is extremely aromatic, with a nose which combines citrus and red fruit, and a brisk dry palate which is refreshing and moreis...(read more)

Blackberry and black cherry fruit, nice purity, directness. Ripe with lovely bright fruit palate, cherry, blackberry and plum fruit, silky, sleek and immediate.

The slightly more grown up version of the iconic MiP* Rosé. Still prettily pale and delicately pink, and dancingly light. There is more Syrah in the 'Collection' which lends just a touch more depth to the peac...(read more)

60-90 year old vines 80% Carignan, 20% Garnacha 7-15 hectolitres per hectare Dense with graphite, black fruit, herbs, Earth, meat & liquorice. Dense with rich tannins, concentrated black fruit, oak c...(read more)

Tasted from barrel this is still a little all over the place - but all the bits you would hope to find are here in spades. A slightly intense, savoury nose is followed by zinging apple crunch and...(read more)

Fragrant, rhubarb, cranberry and mocha, lovely structure with ripe acidity, good tannic depth giving structure to the ripe earthy, red fruit dominated palate.

The biggest of the 2011s, and it is impressvely broad. Very damson fruit when young, it is rounding to an impressive richness.

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot. Lovely clean attack. Bright with good edge and an enticing Bordeaux grip, not firm just a lovely feel. The fruit is perfectly 'a point' - clever stuff in this...(read more)

These Pinot Noir vines were planted in the wild wilderness of Patagonia in 1955 and give this vineyard selection its name ‘Cincuenta y Cinco’. These wines are produced bio-dynamically with minima...(read more)