David Porter's Wine List

This organic beauty comes from the brilliant team at Bodegas Nodus in Valencia. Organically made at their Finca 'El Renegado' it is a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Moscatel. The result is delic...(read more)

Fermented 25% in old French oak barriques, and 75% in stainless steel tanks. Hand harvested. Very grown-up Chardonnay from these maestros on the North Island of New Zealand. 'Old school' up to a...(read more)

A sophisticated nose full of rich plum and dark berry fruit mingling with tobacco leaf and sweet spice. This could easily be from a much grander appelation than Côtes de Francs. The wine has a lovely fr...(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.

It is hard to imagine a more joyful, fresh white. A crisp, clean, citrus ‘ping’ lights up the palate and is then followed by wafts of pretty, white flowers join the ever more herbaceous, succulen...(read more)

From his 50 year old vines on the steep slope directly in front of the winery in Combiaty this is Laurent's calling card. A great expression of Brouilly, lovely cherry fruit, deep, nicely polishe...(read more)

Classic Michael this - although the 2014 is his first vintage making a pure Mourvèdre, this is brimming with his signature 'lightness of touch'. There is some good dusty grip in the middle and th...(read more)

Organic. Red-berried and ripe on the nose. Summer strawberries. Mouth-watering red fruit, light and angular with a lightly granular lace of tannins. Earthy with a wild-mint leafiness.

Bright red fruits, cherries, raspberries and strawberries, nicely fragrant, ripe and fresh. Palate has weight of fruit, ripe rich tannins, saturated red fruits, raspberry, cherry with good sappy...(read more)

Oz is one of the wine greats and this book embodies all his best qualities. It's the first wine book I've ever wanted to read in bed. Buy it for everyone you know.