CHELSEA SHOP STAFF WINE SELECTION

This wine was formerly known as La Coudraye, but Benoit decided to change the label to reflect better that it comes from a range of plots on the Côte. It now always comes from 4 different parcels on the same slope;...(read more)

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!

This really is the calling card for this impressive estate. Grandpa Celso planted these beautiful vines 65 years ago and every year it is a real highlight. The soil here in the single vineyard (Doriolo) is calcareous ove...(read more)

A fuller mouthfeel than Bert's opening Gruner - the Hochterrassen - yet this remains juicy, bright and not in the least heavy. The texture is very inviting. On the palate this combines subtle hints of firm apricot fruit...(read more)

45% Grenache, 25% Cinsault, 30% Syrah mix of wood and Amphora Deeper tighter nose, spices, dark fruit, plums and black berry. Super elegant, supple, with good grip some power, deeply fruited, plums, blackberries, dark ch...(read more)

Cherries, plums, chocolate, flowers and wet earth nuances fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, forward, soft, and loaded with all the chocolate-coated plums with a touch of licorice that you...(read more)

From 4 hectares of vines, split between Nuits, Chambolle and the Hautes Cotes. Only three pigeage across its two week maceration. Very well structured for Bourgogne Rouge with lovely freshness and dense savoury fruit.

Citrus fruits and wild flowers abound on the nose back by a delicate honey creaminess. Lift and flow on the palate of richly fruited yet deliciously refreshing citrus and pineapple, then a touch of waxiness and creamy ho...(read more)

With Sangiovese picked from the estate's younger vines, the Giodo 2021 La Quinta is punchy and bright with cherry confit, raspberry syrup and tart aromas of blood orange or nectarine. The wine is easy-drinking in spirit...(read more)

Full-bodied and enveloping, the 2017 Padelletti is still young and holding up beautifully. It opens with heady aromas of camphor, dried rose, underbrush, tobacco and black-skinned fruit that carry over to the palate alon...(read more)