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Pinot Noir dominant prestige cuvée from Champagne Deutz. Intensly rich. A dream with mushrooms.

A low dosage version of the ever impressive Deutz Brut Classic. Crisp, refreshing, hugely moreish. This is the same blend as the Brut Classic, but spends an extra year in cellars since lower dosage wines are more austere and require more time to be ready to drink.

In the early 1950’s, the rising demand for Vintage ports led Fonseca to create a second vintage port under the ‘Guimaraens’ label. Blended from slightly less powerful components, Guimaraens Vintage Ports are made in years when the wines are more supple and early maturing though they are drawn from the same three estates. They differ only in that they are more approachable, ready to drink earlier and for their quality and rarity offer exceptional value. “Caramelised black cherry, liquorice, tea leaves. Pruny. A bite of grippy tannins.” IWC 2019 Silver

This Amontillado Muy Viejo has more than 30 years of ageing in oak barrels giving it an intense concentration and complexity. Dry in taste with hints of cedar, leather, walnuts and a lingering, nutty finish. It is a great partner for roast beef, hearty casseroles, game or mature Cheddar cheese. “Aromatic and intoxicating, offering toasted almonds, caramel, dried figs and coffee bean. Dense and rich yet tight and precise. Extraordinary.” IWC 2019 Gold

Gonzalez Byass is the 2010 IWSC Winemaker of the Year. “Treacle tart, bonfire toffee figs, nice raisoned fruit, all with a light spice. Thick yet balanced - very tasty.” IWC 2018 Gold

An eight year old Fino selected from a tiny number of casks in the Tio Pepe Solera still retaining a delicate layer of Flor. More intense and much more concentrated than Una Palma. The flavour is fuller and drier and very long on the finish. Wonderful to drink on its own, but ideally needs a slice of dried jamón. Serve lightly chilled.

An extremely rare forty year old sherry. Drawn in tiny quantities from six casks known as ‘Museo Solera’.

International Wine & Spirits Awards (IWSC) 2010 Sherry Trophy winner. Gonzalez Byass is also the 2010 IWSC Winemaker of the Year. “Mid amber bronze in colour. Arresting scents of damp woodlands, earl grey tea, bitter orange, dried cherry and caramel. Classic Palo Cortado dry style with a hint of sweetness which shows how this can be easily become a superb dessert wine.” IWSC 2017 Gold

The blend was carefully put together for this limited edition from specially selected Ports from Taylor’s extensive aged Tawny stocks, aged in seasoned oak Port pipes. Its character is unique for this bottling.” David Guimaraens, Taylor’s Winemaker

A complex wine with fresh acidity, brown spices, nuts and citrus peel, and an extraordinarily long finish. Serve chilled as an aperitif, with seafood or smoked fish. Madeira should be cellared upright. It loves light, heat and air, but hates frost.

A rare and beautiful sherry showing the aromatics of an amontillado with the intensity and palate of an oloroso. Robust yet elegant it makes and excellent dinner partner, aperitif with nuts and jamon, alongside Beef Wellington or later with cheese.

Jancis Robinson MW "Well done!" Parker's Wine Advocate "One of Champagne's finest houses, Pol Roger produces among the most consistent ranges of all the Grandes Marques. The style is full-bodied and elegantly fleshy, dominated by Pinot Noir... the maison privileges its NV Brut Réserve—and indeed, while many non-vintage Bruts fluctuate in quality, Pol Roger's "white foil" bottling is both remarkably reliable and long-lived—which ranks as one of the region's best values."

17/20 - Matthew Jukes - OCTOBER 2020 "2009 Billecart-Salmon, Vintage is a very rich creation from this perennially elegant House. If you want to see what happens to the Billecart model when the sunshine beats down, then this is it. Full, imposing, heady and main-course-shaped, this is Billecart for power-lifters!"

Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20 "Creamy texture and a slightly sweeter, certainly riper, impression than more typical vintages – certainly much fuller and more welcoming than the 2008. Like a liqueur version of Epernay character! But this wine is no simpleton; it really builds on the palate to a dramatically long finish. Powerful! Very friendly rather than stern and Churchillian..." Parker 95+/100 "demonstrative bouquet of golden apples, clear honey, hazelnuts and fresh pastry that's still quite primary. Full-bodied, fleshy and textural, it's deep and concentrated, with an ample core of fruit, ripe but racy acids, a pinpoint mousse and a long, penetrating finish... expressive, deceptively immediate rendition... despite its charm out of the gates, readers willing to wait at least five years will be rewarded with significant additional complexity."

Wine Advocate 95+/100 Disgorged in October 2018... derives from the villages of Cramant, Chouilly and Mesnil-sur-Oger, and half of the vins clairs that went into the blend were vinified in older barrels. It's still tightly wound, even after over a year on cork, unfurling in the glass with a delicate bouquet of crisp yellow apple, Meyer lemon, blanched almonds, elderflower and crushed chalk. Medium to full-bodied, deep and searingly intense, it's seamless and complete, with a bracing spine of acidity, a delicate pinpoint mousse, and a long, mouthwateringly mineral finish. This is a serious, built-to-age wine that will really reward patience.

Jancis Robinson MW 18.5/20 "Electrically reverberant... Very complex and uncompromising...Dense and savoury. Intellectual wine! " Wine Advocate 97/100 showing superbly, wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet that mingles confit citrus, peach and dried papaya with nuances of iodine, brioche and honeycomb. On the palate, it's full-bodied, broad and vinous, with a rich and layered core that's underpinned by serious structure and tension, concluding with a long and precise finish. This is one of the finest wines Billecart has released in the last decade, and it is well worth seeking out.

Jancisrobinson.com 18/20 "Complex nose of smoky bacon, black pepper. Rich but not fat, lots of ripe berry fruit. Like a rich northern rhne, and really smooth. Very pretty and very perfumed". Heady, perfumed, deeply impressive. French barriques (35% new)

Black/purple colour. A lovely complex nose with excellent sweet and rich fruit aromas such as black cherry, black currant and blackberry. On the palate it is packed with solid, structured, rich and intense black fruit flavours and an admirably long finish. A fabulous way to end a lunch or dinner, Graham's 2004 Quinta dos Malvedos pairs wonderfully with chocolate desserts, such as chocolate mousse.

The nose is complex with aromas of cranberry, raspberry and carraway alongside an earthy spice element. The palate is finely structured with bramble fruit flavours, fine tannins and a savoury finish,

2016 GRANDE RESERVA WHITE 70 %Folgazão & 30% Rabigato Very rened, it shows notes of stone fruit wrapped in smooth and harmonious hints of spice and light brioche. On the palate its unctuousness balances its acidity, in an elegant ensemble. A white wine that engages for its immense freshness and persistence.

jancisrobinson.com 17.5 "Such purity and clarity of fruit, with a tar and medicinal complexity plus a lightly spiced finish. It shows the typical Clos des Papes delicacy and tone: reverberant but not shrill. There's lots of bass, in fact."

Single vineyard, great value edition from this epic estate. Parker 94-96 "mouthwatering elements of cherries, raspberries, rose petals, black tea. Silky, lacy... immediately charming and seductive"

Parker 93 "Plummy and rich... full-bodied, velvety, everything you might expect from this benchmark estate". 7th generation, they produce only Gigondas, and only a single cuve each year. Hearty stuff at 15.5%!

An absolute classic. Parker 94-96/100. Vinous 93-95. Suckling 98. Richard Hemming, jancisrobinson.com 17+. John Livingstone-Learmonth 4.5*

Parker 94 "Two wines that blew me away were the old vine Gigondas cuvees! The 2011 Gigondas Domaine du Clos des Tourelles shows shocking depth and concentration in the vintage, with full-bodied power, beautiful ripeness and sweet tannin. Showing plenty of cedar, spice and meaty dark fruits, it is one serious Gigondas to drink over the coming decade or more."

"Dense notes of macerated strawberries are followed seamlessly by those oh-so-glorious classic Tondonia notes of autumn bonfires and vanilla. But the 2008’s aromas move seamlessly into more delicate, almost ethereal layers of astonishing complexity – with dried cranberries, evolving into sweet, fresh raspberries. A blend of 70% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacho, with the remaining 10% a mix of Graciano and Mazuelo, the palate is surprisingly tight with lots of super-fine tannins. Initially ultra-fresh, the wine mellows with air, transforming into a gentle and glorious wine with savoury hints of marmite and cured meat, spiralling away into an endless finish. Warm, delicious, elegant and exhilarating, this is more in line with the cool 2006 than other recent vintages. A wine worthy of any cellar." Catriona Felstead MW

Beronia has blended modern and traditional touches to create a fine gran reserva with spice, vanilla, coconut, tobacco and dried berry aromas.

Parker 93+ ...5% of the barrels were produced with American oak at the Vega Sicilia cooperage. The new winery was 100% ready and now has much better facilities. The élevage lasted 12 months, and this has contained ripeness and integrated oak. The year had freshness and balance and helped to produce lighter and more expressive wines, like this one. This has to be one of the finest vintages for this cuvée.

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

El Valiente is a fruity wine but maintaining the essence of Bodegas Valdaya, with floral memories, such as violet and balsamic. It maintains the classic elegant character of their wines but offering a more fruity and lovely profile. Very fresh with a delightful velvety texture. This is everything you want in a quality Spanish wine, wonderful nose, sumptuous fruit and elegant oak all working in harmony with each other.