White wine
Dominio de Punctum Lagasca Viognier 2016 (Organic)
Limited Special Offer on this delicious Viognier The aromas in Lagasca Viognier jump out the glass. It has inviting peach and apricot aromas with slightly creamy, nutty and floral notes. The palate is packed with intense peach and mandarin fruit flavours with a light citrus uplift which balances the full, complex flavours with a touch of freshness. This vintage, is just as good as last years Lagasca, which was one of our most popular … Read More
Paso a Paso Verdejo 2017 (Organic)
Paso a Paso Verdejo 2017 is a great example of the lovely indigenous Verdejo grape of Spain. Attractive tropical fruit aromas with hints of lime and aromatic herbs, lead you into fresh melon and stone fruit flavours with a touch of citrus. It has excellent balance of fruit and acidity and good length. This dry white wine is made from the lovely Verdejo grape, cultivated in Bodgegas Volver vineyards in La Mancha at 650 … Read More
Pazo de Mariñán 2016/17
A terrific blend of the classic grapes of Galicia, from the Blanco Munez brothers’ 20 hectares vineyard in NW Spain, close to the Portuguese border. A touch of apricots and citrus fruit on the nose, and a refreshing, citrus and peachy palate which is smooth, complex, long and appealing. A delicious find from the hills in Monterrei.
Chapel Down Flint Dry 2017
Chapel Down Flint Dry 2017, the first of this vintage of English Wines to arrive! This is a terrific introduction to English dry white wine. An attractive, aromatic white with aromas of cox’s apples, hedgerows and freshly cut grass. It has a refreshing palate with flavours of elderflower and nectarine, coupled with a smooth texture and an impressively long finish. Chardonnay, which is being successfully grown in England (mostly for Sparkling wines), leads the … Read More
Iona Sauvignon Blanc 2017
Iona Sauvignon Blanc has an aromatic nose with fine mineral notes with gooseberry and grapefruit aromas. The palate is so well balanced and elegant, with classic Sauvignon Blanc flavours of grapefruit and light gooseberry fruit and a long, flinty finish. Andrew and Rosy Gunn’s vineyards are located in the Highlands of Elgin on a mountain plateau at 420 metres surrounded by the Kogelburg Nature Reserve, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, where grapes ripen slowly, often … Read More
Luis Cañas Barrel Fermented Blanco 2016
Luis Cañas Barrel Fermented Blanco is a consistently, beautifully balanced, refined white Rioja. It has retained its lemony freshness, whilst producing a full and rounded, fruity, dry white wine. Year on year, Luis Cañas produce this modern, lightly oaked white Rioja with beautiful balance and excellent length. It is by far the best value, quality, barrel-fermented white Rioja we have tasted. Made with hand-picked, hand-selected grapes from 60 year-old vines that are taken to … Read More
Laxas Albariño 2016
Bodegas As Laxas is a family-run estate producing this excellent Laxas Albariño 2016. Intense layers of apricot, peach, and pear aromas leap out of the glass. It has full flavours which combine tropical and zesty fruits of pineapples, melons, grapefruit, plears and citrus with a touch of minerality. It has a touch of glyceric fullness which gives it a lovely silky mouthfeel and great depth of flavour. It is structured and elegant at the … Read More
Albourne Estate Selection 2015
Albourne Estate Selection 2015 is vineyard owner and winemaker Alison’s favourite of the still wines she produces and we can see why! 2015 was a cooler, lower yielding vintage compared with 2014. However, Albourne’s Pinot Gris grapes were very high quality, so Alison decided that these grapes would be the main component in the Estate blend this year. A beautifully elegant blend of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Bacchus. It has subtle and appealing … Read More
De Wetshof The Site Chardonnay 2014
Tim Atkin MW waxed lyrical about De Wetshof The Site Chardonnay 2014, in his South Africa Report 2016 (see below). Elegant and intense citrus and vanilla aromas which instantly recall this wine’s burgundian roots. The palate is silky and complex, with ripe peaches and apples coupled with a nutty and creamy texture. Its multi-layered flavours develop in the mouth; it has a touch of roundness whilst retaining its crisp acidity. A very accomplished chardonnay … Read More