This really is a sensational wine for the money. Dark and fleshy, with blackberry, loganberry and plum fruits. Delicious weight and intensity of fruit, with an earthy under-note, plenty of character that keeps this wine evolving through to the end of the bottle.

Harvest is quite late here to allow the Monastrell (Mouvedre) to reach peak maturity - and the grapes are brought in during the first week of October. The estate works organically and the Monastrell vines are now more than 25 years old. This explains the great depth of fruit and complex ar...(read more)

A well-made Pinot Grigio with ripe pear and apple fruit. Hints of peach on the palate with good acidity on the finish.

Bright fresh and zippy with rich citrus, peach and white flowers, palate has nice intensity with Apple, lemon and peach fruit, crisp and lively, decent mousse, good length.

Delicately pink sparkling wine from the Prosecco region, blended with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon making for a very attractive and quaffable 'aperitivo'.

From vineyards high above the village of Arboras, where the heat of the Mediterranean meets the cooler heights of the Plateau de Larzac. Mostly Grenache (with some Cinsault and just a touch of Syrah), unwooded but left to 'age' for 6 months in a concrete tank. All the ripeness and intensit...(read more)

Another bold and beautiful red from Oriol, this is wonderfully fragrant, bramble, macerated cherries, pepper, spice and notes of tarragon and leather. In the mouth you think this is going to be full on, but it is actually gorgeously lithe, ripe acid underpinning, spiced plums and cherries....(read more)

Langham Rosé keeps winning medals at the Independent English Wine Awards: this is no surprise. The wine is bright, clean and beautifully fresh. Lots of pink petal florality and soft red strawberry flesh - served on a fine blade of fresh citrus crispness. A great, sophisticated Engli...(read more)

Wow. As ever the Coddington stands out for being riper, richer and more showy than the other releases. And in 2017 it still has the trademark is a luscious peach note. But for now this is perhaps less exuberant than in recent years. Yes there is more weight and a richer feel - but plenty o...(read more)

A big, full-blown, powerful blanc de noirs (100% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru vineyards of Bouzy), which nevertheless retains a balance and freshness along with its considerable vinosity. Rated even higher than Bollinger by Robert Parker this is exceptional value!

From a site that faces directly north and gets more of a tropical fruit character than the citrus and so “Can take heavier oak,” according to Michael Brajkovich. Just a touch of hazelnut and light toast, a pure line of lime fruit again, fabulous acidity, but touching on peach and nectarine...(read more)

From a slope above the Maté's vineyard replanted in 2000, this is flecked with green in colour, a little touch of fig, but lots of lime blossom finesse. The palate has such a blast of salinity, sheer and flowing, such gorgeous clarity and that blast of mineral salts. Outstanding.