CÔTES DU RHÔNE

The L&S Halves Collection

12 Different wines at half the size, perfect for those evenings when you want a small something with your meal or to relax before bed.
Wines include:
- A delectable Champagne by M&G Heucq. The fossile is a bright and lively champagne that gives bright apple and fresh pastry notes. Consistently refreshing.
- The 2023 Pouilly Fumé by Herve Seguin. A little trip to the Loire at its eastern end will reveal some of the freshest Sauvignon Blanc found anywhere in the world. This is flinty, gooseberry and grapefruit notes with that classic bell pepper nose. It is a super refined Sauvignon that begs to be sipped slowly to appreciate it's nuances. We have added a Sancerre in there as well so that you can taste the unique difference terroir can make on a grape grown in the same region.
- Moving geographically down through France we come to these two fantastic Burgundy wines by Laurent Pilot. A Chassagne Montrachet and a Pommard. Just the names of the villages are enough to conjure up visions of deliciousness. The Chardonnay is rich, Holden and characterful with layers of fruit, lees, and subtle oak. The Pommard is refreshing with punnets of red fruit in evidence.
- Continuing further south again, we arrive at the Macconais, Beaujolais, and the Rhone Valley, home to our Alliance Macon Chardonnay by Domaine Barraud, the Clos de la Roilette Fleurie, a brilliantly complex and mature Gamay that has stood the test of time, and the Cotes du Rhone by Domaine Mordoree, a sunshine rich wine with brilliant fruit forward cherry and plum notes.
- If we head east through France, we slowly move towards the influence of the Atlantic, an influential factor on wines that make the Malbec from Cahors and the Belle Garde Bordeaux a stand out in this case. If you are curious to do your detective work and taste the difference in wines made with more of an oceanic influence compared to the wines mentioned previously, then these are your benchmarks. They have all of the delicious fruit flavours, but with added depth from slower ripening and cooler night time temperatures. The Malbec is clean and full of mocha and black cherry notes, while the Bordeaux leans more into it's Merlot heritage with a spry nose of red fruits and summer berries.
- Finally we travel back west over the alps and into Piedmont to taste the Dolcetto by Andrea Oberto. A purple graped lighter red with hints of florality. Think violets mixed with blueberries, laced with hints of a delicious savoury earthiness.
Thus completes your tour of this little square corner of North West Europe. An array of choices and tastes lay ahead of you. One thing is for certain, none of these wines will let you down.