Charles Lea's Wine List

A really fascinating Champagne that you need to try - not from the most fashionable Grand cru sites, maybe, but made with extraordinary care and precision and it shows - the focus and sheer energy and zing are distinctiv...(read more)

70% Chardonnay from Bisseuil, a very early-ripening site, with expressive aromas of white flowers and subtle peach. Only 6g/l of dosage, but rich and harmonious, the ripeness from the sunny site. Inviting, simply delicio...(read more)

'Yesterday Today' the Latin name proclaims. 90% comes from a solera of Pinot Meunier. Superb rich autolysis on the nose, soft attack, full and expressive with fruit and dried fruit, almost waxy, then juicy - harmonious a...(read more)

This is a stunning wine from the off, with aromas of crushed chalk, orange blossom and ripe citrus fruits. In the mouth the wine is textured and complex, with rich acid balancing a core of ripe citrus fruit, aromatic her...(read more)

This is a real gem of a wine. Sleek, well polished with a bit of backbone, beautifully balanced it is certainly a wine which pushes above its weight in terms of value for money.

Lovely fragrant grapefruit, orange zest and good floral lift. Bold and rich in the mouth, great acid backbone overlaid with orange and grapefruit, ready to go. Bring on the sunshine.

Grapefruit, wild flowers, crushed chalk, slightly waxy, toasty. In the mouth it is poised and elegant, zesty, but with fruit richness, again waxy/toasty but bright and deep, some nice grip and length.

Fennel, crushed stones, yellow plums and nectarine. Sleek and elegant, good weight of stone fruits, crushed stones once more, nut paste and camomile on the finish.

60% Syrah, 40% Grenache.
This wine with its rosewood coloured robe has a subtle nose which is pure, straightforward and harmonious, combining notes of red fruit with the soil's inherent minerality. Round attack on...(read more)

Whether it's the old vine effect or that it has 10% more Syrah than the normal MiP* cuvée, this wine has a character all of its own, coming across as the slightly drier and more mineral of Guillaume's 2024s. It's...(read more)

Lovely nose of brambly red fruit; raspberry conserve and crushed strawberry with a touch of pepper. Palate is medium-bodied, sweet on entry with a cassis lift, then moves into tobacco and stewed berries. Smooth texture,...(read more)

The style of the domaine is for dark wines with good richness, and this is all here, but it's fresher and tauter than the 2020, with a fruit given a higher tone and length by the fresher acidity.