Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste has just been released onto the market this afternoon having received a very strong review from Neal Martin in which he describes it as a ‘brilliant GPL’.
Unfortunately, I didn’t taste the 2020, but I think the price is fair and I can forgive the Borie family a small increase a...
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As a Sicilian, I am very pleased to be writing this offer; we have offered Sicilian wines before, but never have we offered a wine made from a variety as obscure as Perricone and the 2018 Perricone Vigna del Core, Feudo Montoni is one of the best examples I have tasted.
Much like the rest of Italy, Sicily is...
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‘One of the most distinguished domaines of the Côte de Nuits’. So wrote Anthony Hanson MW over 25 years ago in the introduction to Domaine Ponsot in his seminal book, Burgundy. More recently William Kelley commented, in a retrospective of Ponsot’s routinely excellent Clos de la Roche: ‘What’s more, the vintage...
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Each year, we taste through a number of rosé in order to find examples that we believe show individuality and high quality, not forgetting that rosé should above all be refreshing. Today a hugely popular category, if you feel you're in need of a bit of navigation, please consider the following range which includes some new discover...
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A very short and simple note; 2020 Château Beychevelle has released today and we can offer at £347 per 6 bottle case in bond.
Since the new cellars were completed prior to the 2016 vintage, Beychevelle has moved up a gear; we have noted greater precision and purity in their wines. I don’t t...
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I can confirm that I have rapidly become a fan of a little-known Italian red grape variety called Schioppettino that hails from north-eastern Italy, in the region of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia towards the Slovenian border. In skilled hands it delivers floral-nuanced black cherry fruit, with a fresh, juicy palate, surprisingly silky in texture with co...
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