Half-bottles

Beaujolais is in such a sweet spot at the moment with a run of cracking vintages highlighting the exquisite value on offer. Domaine Rochette now under the watch of young Matthieu continues to go...(read more)

Light, pale, fresh, crisp, a delightful summer aperitif, and like the Inocente, should be tried with fish, which it accompanies much better than many of the classic matches (Chablis, Sancerre etc...(read more)

Ruby Dum and Tawny Dee - the Niepoort 'twins' as reflected on the bottles. These wines come from the same lot, but over a five year period are aged differently so that the one is rich and ruby in...(read more)

Morellino is the local name for this Sangiovese clone found along the wild coast of southern Tuscany, the Maremma. Loaded with firm blackberry and black cherry fruit, nice purity and directness....(read more)

Easygoing, light bramble fruit with simple chewiness and a somewhat dilute body. A decent easy-drinking Rhône glugger.

The best Fino on the market, single vineyard (Macharnudo district) and barrel-fermented, a bit fuller bodied than most. A perfect accompaniment to smoked fish (and almost any other fish dish) as...(read more)

Ruby Dum and Tawny Dee - the Niepoort 'twins' as reflected on the bottles. These wines come from the same lot, but over a five year period are aged differently so that the one is rich and ruby in...(read more)

A little gem of a dessert wine, filled with raisin and marmalade fruit, a whiff of botrytis and then lovely balancing acidity, that leads in to a satisfying creamy finish.

Just arrived from one of the kings of Chinon, always supple and sleek, this has mulberry, dark cherry and violet notes with an undercut of tobacco leaf.

Only the top casks are selected to be bottled 'en rama' each year and in 2019 the cellar master, Antonio Flores, found 67 barrels that were worthy out of 21,000! So the quantities are limited but...(read more)