We have selected six wine merchants to work with, who we believe to offer a fantastic quality of wine and fantastic customer service. Every month, we work with these merchants to select six amazing bottles of wine, which you can purchase a complete 12 bottle case of, or our exclusive mixed case featuring 2 bottles of each wine. These wines are not readily available in the shops, and bring a little something extra to the table.
£158.90 £193.80
2016 Les Piliers de Maison-Blanche, Montagne-Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
2018 Nebbiolo, Elvio Tintero, Langhe, Piedmont, Italy
2018 Cabernet Franc, Pierre, Carcassonne, France
2019 Riesling, Stefan Winter, Rheinhessen, Germany
2018 Petit Chablis, Domaine de Maupherthuis, Burgundy, France
2019 Sauvignon Blanc, Buitenverwachting, Constantia, South Africa
Sold Out £179.50
Located on the fringes of Barbaresco, which, along with Barolo, produces Italy’s greatest reds. This isn’t powerful, but delicate and fragrant, more like a Gevrey-Chambertin. The Tintero family arrived in Piedmont from France before the First World War, and the estate is now run by the fourth generation. It is rare to find any Nebbiolo for less than double this. At this price, you would expect a clumsy, unripe wine, but far from it. Pale, with a charming floral nose, this could be drunk without food or with white meats and fish.
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£203.40 £239.40
From the great 2016 vintage, this was a revelation, with its balance and lack of rough edges. Part of the family estate of Nicholas Despagne, it comes from a single 70-acre plot which has been run on organic and biodynamic principles for nearly a decade. The wine hasn’t been fined or filtered and kept in cask for nearly three years. There is minimal use of sulphites. Coming from the Right Bank, with its dependence on the merlot grape, this is reminiscent of classic claret. Perfect for drinking now.
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Buitenverwachting is in Constantia, on the site of the original vineyards of South Africa, first planted nearly 350 years ago. A selection is made from 13 blocks with a dozen different soils, which adds further complexity. Unlike New Zealand equivalents, there is nothing flashy here. It has superb aromatics without being grassy or gooseberry-like. Its complexity comes out after being open for an hour or so. Perfect with any fish, it is also ideal to be drunk by itself, given how clean it is.
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£162.00 £198.00
This dry wine is from the Rheinhessen region, once known for the forgettable Liebfraumilch, but now the source of some of the most exciting Rieslings. Stefan Winter is one of the most prominent new-wave producers there. His wines have a pleasant mixture of apple and citrus notes, for a bracing apéritif or as an accompaniment for fish. Small wonder many wine writers, including Jancis Robinson, consider Riesling to be superior to Chardonnay, and capable of extreme ageing.
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£126.00 £162.00
This regional wine is entirely Cabernet Franc, which has a minerally characteristic. It is the mainstay of red wines in the Loire, where it can take years to mature, but is growing in appreciation in Carcassonne, where it is still possible for makers to buy well-priced vineyards. This is quite a bold wine, the opposite of the Nebbiolo, with a stalky fresh taste along with an inky lead pencil undertone. It is a superb food wine and would marry perfectly with roast meat or stews. Great value
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£174.00 £210.00
Coming from southern Chablis, this is quite ripe, but still has that mineral core that makes it the most refreshing of all white Burgundies. Because they use natural yeasts and keep it on its lees for a long time, it can remain drinkable for several days after opening. It has a lovely purity with hints of apricots and citrus. The wine-maker trained under Olivier Humbrecht in Alsace, and has used organic practices for several years and expects to be certified organic in 2021
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