FRANCK BONVILLE Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Champagne Franck Bonville NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
70% 2017, with 30% reserve wines (20% 2015). This fine dry Blanc de Blancs keeps all the airiness of the classic Cote des Blanc villages (it's made from Oger and Avize), while having a rounded mid-palate thanks to the ge...(read more)
L&SFRANCIACORTA Brut Corteaura
Lombardy Italy 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
Clean, luminous, refreshing and super-professional, this is a tremendous wine with uncommon value for money from a region where average bottles of wine seem to cost the earth!
Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.comCOATES & SEELY Reserve Brut Britagne
England United Kingdom 12% White
Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
This keenly priced English sparkling wine is excellent – biscuity and alert, a worthy winner of a Best in Show trophy at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards, and a great festive aperitif that on value gives a lot of Cham...(read more)
Victoria Moore, The Daily Telegraph2022 RULLY 1er Cru La Pucelle P & M Jacqueson
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France 13% White
Chardonnay.
(Tasted from tank, this will be botted next week. Spends at least one month ‘en masse’ after racking out of barrels.) Delicious. Pure, pretty and long. Great tightly wrapped core - with lime, greengage and juice of warm...(read more)
L&S2021 FIRST FLIGHT Viognier Domaine Graeme & Julie Bott
Northern Rhône Rhône France 13% White
Viognier.
With Graeme & Julie Bott you get a real sense of the new generation and the changing of the guard and style. Nothing exemplifies this more than the First Flight Viognier in 2021, a difficult vintage because of the Ap...(read more)
L&S2022 LES ALISIERS Domaine le Sollier
AOP Duche d'Uzes Rhône France 13% White
Vermentino, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc.
A blend of Vermentino 30 %, Viognier 50%, Chardonnay 17%, Sauvignon Blanc only 3% Fresher than fresh, bright summer fruits, elderflower wrapped pear with hints of citrus apple notes, honeysuckle and a touch of stonefruit...(read more)
L&S2022 RIBOLLA GIALLA Friuli Colli Orientali Azienda Agricola Visintini
Friuli Venezia Giulia Italy 13.5% White
Ribolla.
From the hills north of Venice this fresh bright white is loaded with wild flowers and citrus and the tang of crisp pineapple. Yet there is nice weight, with good balance and length, great freshness to the fruit and some...(read more)
L&S2021 RIPPON Sauvignon Blanc
South Island New Zealand 13% White
Sauvignon Blanc.
Subtle aromas of lemon curd and melon with some crushed stone. Medium-bodied with very tangy acidity and a sliced ripe lemon and light green mango. Density with freshness. Drink now.
James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com2021 DAMASCENE Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch
South Africa 13% White
Chenin Blanc.
The 2021 Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc clocks in at 13% alcohol while displaying more intensity. Generous fresh fruit aromas explode from the glass with incredible precision while showing the warmth of Stellenbosch. It opens...(read more)
Anthony Mueller, The Wine Advocate2020 GIVRY 1er Cru à Vigne Rouge Domaine François Lumpp
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France 13% Red
Pinot Noir.
70% new oak. This year malo has taken much longer than usual - so the Vignes Rouges is spending 18 months in barrel, rather than their traditional 12 months. Still in barrel when tasted. Opaque purple. Such a lovely colo...(read more)
L&S2020 CÔTES DU RHÔNE Lieu-Dit Clavin Domaine de la Vieille Julienne
Southern Rhône Rhône France 14.5% Red
Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Syrah, Grenache.
2020 Cotes du Rhone lieu-dit Clavin Rouge, 60% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre Cinsault & Carignan all co-fermented in, destemmed fermented in concrete aged in foudre for 18 months, aged in bottle for another year...(read more)
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