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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.

From a small family-run Domaine in the heart of Chenin Blanc territory, (Coteaux du Layon) this is a beautifully crafted Crémant de Loire. Traditionally made (bottle-fermented) sparkling wine which is vinified fro...(read more)

Citrus, hawthorn, peach and pear, quite boldly aromatic. Sleek ripe and flavour filled, red fruits, citrus and stone fruits, textured bright and with great acid push. Cinsault-based for a classic anytime super-pale aroma...(read more)

This ripe wine offers dark-chocolate flavors over tannins and young black fruit. It is dense, piled with tannins and ripe blackberry flavors.

Burnt House’s 2023 Bacchus, has aromas of elderflower. Bursting with green apple, lemon drops and basil notes on the palate, this wonderfully crisp wine can be paired with grilled fish and salad.

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 well as being a delightfu...(read more)

Lovely biscuity, ripe fruit nose with citrus and yellow plum notes. On the palate the wine is generous with plenty of ripe fruit, touch creamy, waft of fresh bread, then a lovely mouth-watering acidity giving excellent l...(read more)

The Seguin wines are so easy going and deliver such drinking pleasure. This is textbook with gun-flint, gooseberry and freshly mown grass with an undercut of something a little more tropical. Supple and fresh in the mout...(read more)

2022 CROZES HERMITAGE Espiègle Domaine Christelle Betton - 20 year old vines, Argile & small stones Bright red fruits on the palate, cherry & raspberry infused, soft & floral, juicy and bright, very ea...(read more)

2023 CROZES HERMITAGE BLANC Elixir Domaine Christelle Betton - 40 year old Marsanne, medium light straw colour, apple, melon and pear in the nose, round fruit, lime notes, crisp and floral, very fresh, long finish, a lit...(read more)

Fruit forward and fun. Red juicy, crunchy fruit and the fore from the Pinot Precoce, with some gentle pear and spice coming through from the Pinot Gris. Good minerality underpinning the fruit, with really appetising tack...(read more)

Silky, ripe and smooth. Has the bold Châteauneuf generosity that some lack in 2021, with good ripeness of fruit and tannin. Together and harmonious, this is drinking well now, but will last a good few years. I woul...(read more)