2024 CFWC
7th March 2024 | One Great George Steet
All of us at Lea & Sandeman are proud to have supported the City Fine Wine Challenge in aid of the NSPCC, as we have done for the past nineteen years. We donate all the wine and Champagne for the evening and pour over 2,000 glasses prior to the quiz - so it's all hands to the pump on the night.
A big thank you to the Event Committee, Quizmaster extraordinaire Matthew Jukes, and auctioneer Martin Roberts.
Wines from the reception and Quiz
Below is a list of wines that formed part of the CFWC quiz. You can order any of these individually or in a mixed case with free mainland UK delivery for orders above £150.
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BARNAUT Grande Réserve Brut Grand Cru Bouzy Champagne NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
All from Grand Cru vineyards of Bouzy, two-thirds Pinot and one third Chardonnay, full style with balance and brightness to support the rich flavour. Rapidly becoming our best selling Champagne, and now that Bob Parker h...(read more)
L&S
2021 RONCERAY Anjou Château de Plaisance
Loire France 13.5% White
Chenin Blanc.
The name Ronceray refers to the abbey that once owned Quarts de Chaume, and it has become a name that all producers making dry wine here intend to use on a communal basis, at least until Quarts de Chaume can legally exis...(read more)
L&S
2020 GRAN AUTÒCTON BLANC Autòcton Celler
Catalunya Spain 12.5% White
Malvasia de Sitges, Xarel lo.
The top white here is from 50-90 year old vines vineyards, 90% Xarel-lo, 10% Malvasia de Sitges, fermented and aged for 10 months in 300 litre French oak barrels and a small number of amphoras, with weekly batonnage. The...(read more)
L&S
2022 LEITHAKALK Chardonnay Weingut Kollwentz
Burgenland Austria 13.5% White
Chardonnay.
The 2022 Chardonnay Leithakalk was harvested in the Tatschler, Gloria, Neusatz and Tatterstein vineyards and fermented and aged on gross lees for half a year in large barrel. The nose has the full fruit of yellow plum, r...(read more)
Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous.com
L&S
2021 MOYA MEAKER Riesling Elgin
Elgin South Africa 12% White
Riesling.
Winemaker Jean Smit has produced a delicious dry Riesling from the Habibi Farm vineyard in Elgin, where the ancient Bokkeveld soils are rich in shale and clay. Intense lime fruit on the nose with subtle stony minerality...(read more)
L&S
2017 CHÂTEAU LABÉGORCE Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Margaux
Left Bank Bordeaux France 14% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.
A firm favourite in the L&S camp. This year production is sadly down by about 40%, a great shame as the wine really is superb. Some of the losses were immediate (the frost killed off an entire Merlot vineyard in Sous...(read more)
L&S
2019 SAINT JOSEPH Bois Prieur Domaine Rémi Niero
Northern Rhône Rhône France 13.5% Red
Syrah, Viognier.
The Niero St Joseph Bois Prieur is always something of a surprise, it shouldn't be because every vintage they fashion a beautiful wine, the surprise is always in 3-5 years after vintage, that you've managed to keep your...(read more)
L&S
2020 LA QUINTA Podere Giodo di Carlo Ferrini
Tuscany Italy 14% Red
Sangiovese.
Lots of earth, meat and spice with cherries and spices. Bark and mushrooms, too. Medium-to full-bodied, deep and dense, but not heavy, with lots of forest fruit at the end. Rather unique. Sangiovese made first in stainle...(read more)
James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com
2021 LUNITA Pinot Noir Bodega Chacra
Rio Negro Patagonia Argentina 12% Red
Pinot Noir.
The 2021 Lunita is a new entry-level unoaked Pinot Noir from a vineyard planted in 1945 that they recovered with the idea to make a more structured wine than the Cincuenta y Cinco, as the soils have calcium carbonate and...(read more)
Luis Gutierrez, www.robertparker.comORDER
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