Silver Medal winner for this Merlot-based red wine that is packed with flavour and very well balanced already. Lots of plum and blackberry primary flavours, soft tannins and a nice lick of acidity that keeps the wine energetic.

Pech Mege is a silky, focussed wine showing deep red fruits and the fresh minerality which is a characteristic of the schist soil of their vineyards.

A crisp, well balanced champagne with citrus hints on the nose overlaid with touches of brioche and yeastiness. The palate is fresh, clean and lively with a creamy mousse and long finish.

What a wine! A lot richer than the acustic red. More dark and blue fruit, blueberries, plum with lots of oak notes, spice, dark chocolate, liqorice. Needs some hours of air to express the fruit. Smooth medium tannin, the minerality makes it a lot fresher than expected with 15% alc. Pound for pound possibly our best value Spanish red wine. And to top it all, winemaker Albert Jane might just be the nicest fellow of all. 97/100 points in Guía de Vinos y Aceites 2021 de La Semana Vitivinícola. Again, WHAT A WINE!

One of the revelations of 2019 was tasting the 2018 Acustic Celler Rosat. WHAT A WINE! It would be hard to better, but this wine is without doubt, the equal. 100% Grenache, from 40-80 years old vines. The wine fermented in barrels for 6 months and the result is a deep-flavoured but elegant and fresh rosé with a bright pink in the robe and inviting aromas of pure raspberries, cassis, and some rose petals. On the palate it is more profound and serious, due to the partial aging in oak. A lot more substance than your usual rosé.

What a beauty. An insanely ancient grape variety and wine region - they were making this long before the Romans arrived in the south of Italy. The winemaking, though, is super-modern, the result silky and astonishingly rich. We know that Parker and his team like a big glossy wine and I proudly quote them: "This is a big wine with a capital B" Parker 90/100 of the 2015 vintage (and frankly down in the baked south there's barely any vintage variation) "You gotta love the little spider depicted on the front label of this wine. It refers to the mystical cult of Tarantism practiced in this part of Southern Italy in which a tarantula bite is believed to send women (mostly) into an all-night frenzy. Tarantism is revived and widely popular today as a rave-like dance craze. The 2015 Aglianico del Vulture Piano del Cerro is packaged in a very heavy glass bottle. It pours out slowly to reveal dried blackberry, spice, Spanish cedar and campfire ash. This Aglianico is virtually impenetrable in appearance. The oak-driven tannins are sweet and spicy. This is a big wine with a capital B." Of the 2016 "a smoky and tarry wine showing thick concentration. It has a chewy and rich texture and lots of barbecue spice on the close. From presentation to finish, this has all the trappings of a big boy wine for those who enjoy this sort of heft and meatiness."

Shockingly good value from Portugal, this creamy and lush number made from local varieties offers plenty of rich honeyed fruit for the price.

The top white here is from very, very old vineyards of Xarel lo, Xarel lo Vermell, Macabeu and Malvasia de Sitges, fermented and aged for 8 months in big French oak barrels and a small number of amphoras. There is a bigger nose than the 'Autòcton' definitely shows more oak influence, but it is a very pleasing and subtle toastiness from the big barrels. Again a creamy, layered texture and a considerable richness of old-vine fruit intensity, still fresh and shapely with power on the finish.

Made from old vine indigenous Catalan varietal Sumoll and Ull de Lebre (Tempranillo). It almost resembles a Nebbiolo in a way. It’s fresh & fruity, but with a grippy tannin & acidity. It’s Nebbiolo traits are more in the mouthfeel than the flavors. Think less cherry & tobacco, & more fresh red berries earth & spice.

Samuel Demont and his family run this 18 hectare winery that is over 100 years old. This wine is made from hand-picked grapes from centuries-old vines planted on clay-limestone soils in the municipality of Restigné. Traditional winemaking with maceration lasting several weeks. Juicy and full of lovely blackcurrant Cabernet Franc flavour.

Violets, dried herbs, pencil lead, plums, berries OTP smooth med tannins and acidity, black licorice stewed plums

Carignan 85% Grenache Noir 15% The old vine Carignan delivers bags of bramble and spice. Deep and rich in texture – a classic Languedoc wine in a refined style.

Joyous, juicy, charming and delightful wine from Treloar. A proper summer red. Or for lighter meat dishes.

Mineral, taught. Fine and long. One of the unsung whites of the Roussillon. A blend of Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, Carignan Gris and Carignan Blanc. Outstanding wine. Ages gracefully for 10++ years. Beautiful vineyards that are beautifully worked.

100% de muscat à petits grains. Low yield, manual harvest, prime vineyard site. Rose petal, musk, great power.  This delightful dry Muscat is rich and full bodied with lovely floral aromatics and bone dry. A great alternative to Muscat (or Gewurz) from Alsace.

Delicious red cherries and blueberries on the nose that follow through onto the palate with gentile ripe tannins and a long finish.

Located on the steep right bank of the Távora River, Panascal is one of the most highly reputed vineyards in the Douro Valley. In the words of a local saying, 'From Roncão and Panascal come the finest wines of Portugal'. The wines of Quinta do Panascal are rich, with voluptuous fruitiness, mouth filling density and a velvety texture. A fat, plump, luscious wine. Full of rounded, ripe jammy fruit aromas. Almost warm 'marmalada' like note to the nose. The ripeness and richness of fruit is reinforced in the mouth with flavours of plump, bursting plums and cherries. Great notes of tobacco, smoky tea (lapsang) and spice. A warm, velvety, satiny wine.

The Montesquiou family have been a source of Jurancon wines for generations, today it is run by brothers Sébastien and Fabrice who have raised the quality of the estate to a new level. The brothers employ many of the techniques of biodynamic viticulture so that no insecticides and herbicides are used. This blend of local varietals Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng and Petit Courbu is fermented and aged on lees in stainless steel for 4 months. 2020 was a really good vintage for white wines in the South West of france with a hot dry summer following a wet spring. This dry white has great aromas of lime, orange blossom and cut grass, a refreshing acidity and delicious peachy flavours. Genuinely complex and terrific value for a wine of such quality.

Outstanding. Bold, rich body, long legs, deep red colour. Nose of plum and raspberry with some black pepper. Black cherry with tobacco and cocoa powder aftertaste. Highly recommended. Kaesler owns just over 37 hectares of vineyards in the Barossa Valley, the majority of which is old vine material planted in 1893, 1899, 1930 and in the 1960’s. Vegan.

Ripe red fruits combine with interwoven oak to give touches of spice, cherries and a hint of licquorice. A beautifully elegant, lasting finish. 12 months in French oak & 6 months in American oak

100% Gamay (mid-1980s) from galet stone on red-brown clay soils at 350 metres at Givors, 50-100% destemmed, 15-16 day vinification, a little pumping over, then cap punching, aged 1-6 year 228-litre casks 12 months, unfined. A real charmer. Wine to enjoy with friends. Dark red, purple tints; has a strawberry jam aroma. This has a good, firm attack, holds dark red, mulberry fruit with life in it, and a late saline note. There’s crunch in the tannins (this is 50% whole bunch) and it’s very drinkable, shows a touch of late power, is good for la table. Its length sustains on red fruit, raspberry, is good and upbeat.

Aromas of blackcurrant and ripe red fruits. Full and rounded palate with a long lingering finish.