BARNES SHOP STAFF WINE SELECTION

This is a lovely bready, yeasty fizz with lots of ripe fruit, peach, pear and apple and a creamy toasty core. Hugely crowd-pleasing, with its easy-going feel and definite richness on the finish, this is a really easy dri...(read more)

A bit more going on here than the Bourgogne Blanc. Textbook white Burgundy nose. A touch of reduction on this sample, and oak but mostly 'just' ripe white orchard fruits. There is a nice stony, straw and honey edge too....(read more)

Fruit comes from two plots. 27% new oak. Touch of reduction on the nose but a bit of a swirl in the glass reveals white flowers & orchard fruits. Feels leaner than previous wines. Quite an elegant, delicate style. Pr...(read more)

l'Octroi is a small holding on the slopes of Malleval, from granite and sandy soil, lots to like here as always with a Gaillard Condrieu, ripe peach, apricot and jasmine floral notes to, impressive as always.

Beautifully textured and deliciously tangy, this is always such a brilliant version of one of Spain's most famous white varieties. Lovely ripe stone fruit, Mediterranean herbs, pithy citrus with the lovely weight on the...(read more)

Aged in stainless-steel tanks. Certified organic and biodynamic (Demeter). Tasted blind. Bright red fruits on the nose. A succulent and rounded mid palate with a salty note and fresh, linear acidity beneath. Really attra...(read more)

68% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot. Good deep colour, quite fleshy and supple feel, fine tannins and fruit depth - well done, very harmonious. One of the Bruno Borie (Ducru-Beaucaillou) stable, this spo...(read more)

Château Hervé-Laroque, located in Fronsac has belonged to the Hervé family since 1977. The Hervé brothers aim to create with this wine a typical example of Bordeaux’s right bank style, blending...(read more)

Château Tour du Moulin is an old estate, revived in 1987 by Josette Dupuch and her son Vincent. Vincent is a highly respected consultant oenologist who is well known for working at some of the biggest name Right Ba...(read more)

Plum, cassis and dark cherries, touch of underbrush, pencil lead, smoked tea, nicely fragrant. Sleek, succulent and ripe with lovely core of plum and cassis, supple rich tannic frame, tobacco and gently smoked tea note,...(read more)

It smells bold, full of apples, vanilla and spice. It tastes fruity with walnut, coffee and oak notes and prunes, vanilla and spice and sherry wood. It feels smooth and full with a gentle astringency.