12.5% ABV

Appellation Bourgogne Controllee

Spicy, exotic peach and pears on the nose. The palate is just as exotic but the fruit is soft, almost luscious with a good crunch to its edges. The mid palate has a lovely weight to it but again the citrus crisp edges cut through. The finish is long and very appealing.

12.5% ABV

Appellation Macon Bussieres Controllee

80-100 year old vines.

This is a powerful, intense Macon. The depths have hints of spicy Christmas pudding layered over deep mineral crunch. It is very rounded with a lovely balanced acidity. Really interesting stuff!

12.5% ABV

Appellation Savigny-les-Beaune Controllee

Only 5% of Savigny is planted with white grapes, of that most is Chardonnay. This has a touch of Pinot blanc in it to (upto10%).

This is such pleasing chardonnay...Plenty of elegance and structure coupled with ripe juicy fruit. The Pinot Blanc gives the wine a gentle, elegant finesse.

13.5% ABV

Appellation Coteaux du Languedoc Controllee

The Grapes are aged in oak with the exception of Vermentino. The wine has pretty fruit and is succulently, fresh. The name means Stones of silver and refers to the stones in the vineyard that reflect the sun, keep the vines roots cool in summer and reflect the light onto the grapes to help them ripen.

12.5% ABV

Vin de Pays des Coteaux du Libron

14.5% ABV

Appellation Jurancon Sec Controllee

It is aged in oak and thus is big and weighty but is still very well balanced with incredible fruit

13% ABV

Appellation Cote du Rhone Controllee

The nose is almost like toasted sour dough with heather honey. The palate has that wonderful old vine complexity and just keeps evolving. It is warm , rich citrus, with a long, mineral and oily weight to the mid palate and then the blossom and citrus come back on the finish.

12.7% ABV

 Vin de Pays des Cotes Catalanes

One of the most exciting white wines we've recently tried. An elegant and refined mix of crisp, exotic citrus fruit, overtones of orchardy elements and a delicate star anis touch. This wine is a real enthusiasts wine & we make no excuse for it. Every mouthful gives you another elemant to explore.

13.5% ABV

Vin de pays des Bouches du Rhone

This is a wine to give a Burgundy lover, to show them the other side... It is as elegant, charming supple and mouth filling as many an 05 white Burgundy but has a sense if intrigue about it. It is different, not in a look at me aren't I crazy way but in a carefully , respecting the terroir and observing the surroundings way. The results are really pretty superb. Honeyed, heady aromatics with very well integrated oak lending a full rich, fully integrated beautiful glass. I tasted it most recently (30 November 2010) at staff lunch in the restaurant with the team. We were having stinking Bishop pasta with peas and broccoli...it worked. It not only stood up to the pasta but lent a cleansing mineral angle to the beast that is Stinking Bishop Cheese.

13% ABV

Appellation Pouilly-Fuisse Controllee

The parcel of Sur La Roche lies on the South East of the rock of Vergisson, in the highest vineyards of the village. The vines are over 40 years old and situated on calcaire (limestone) soils. The plot is 0.7ha and is there top, most rich wine.

"There is a very special micro-climate here that imparts a very special quality to the wine. Fermentation and ageing takes place in 1-7 French barrels with long lees contact to enhance the richness".

La Roche 08 is developing well, the fruit has softened and the palate become more broad, round and laden with soft citrus fruits.

13.5% ABV

Vin de Pays des Cotes Catalanes

Organic production

This wine is named after the ‘D’ road that leads out of Calce the little village in the Roussillon where Olivier works his magic. The D18 is also alongside the vineyards where his vines grow and how the road that starts the wines on their journey to us. It is made in tiny quantities and aged in oak for 12 months. The resulting wine develops and changes as the bottle opens up and is a real joy with such good bottle age restaurants can rarely afford.

13% ABV

Appellation Fixin Controllee

Alex describes the 2005 vintage as an absolute pleasure to harvest - the grapes were in such good condition. Yields were good and because of the quality coming off the vineyards the wine has a lovely powerful citrus and orchard fruit concentration and depth. Rich minerality and a hint of something spicy give this wine an extra dimension.

14.5% ABV

Vin du Pay des Cotes Catalanes

13% ABV

Appellation Meursault Premier Cru Controllee

Rich, buttery, honeyed and long...

There are no Grand crus in Meursault as in Chablis and Les Charmes is one of the top 1er cru’s made and even more celebrated as the producer is excellent. Meursault vineyards make the most rich, decadent wines with great elegance.

13% ABV

Vin de Pays des Cotes Catalanes

Tom’s domaine is in the same town as Olivier Pithon. Toms wines are much more Burgundyesque and a great recommendation for a Burgundy lover wanting to dabble in the lesser known wines of the Roussillon. The age has given it time for the oak and fruit marry fully but without losing any balance.

12.5% ABV

Appellation d'Origin Controllee

 13% ABV

Appellation Meursault Controllee

This is to me a perfect example of Mersault. And my favourite vintage to drink at the moment. As taken from The Great Domaines of Burgundy; a fine Meursault should have concentration, grip and backbone, in addition toto its natural open, 'peaches and oatmeal' tones. This does, and then some.

 13.5% ABV

Appellation d'Origine Controllee

13% ABV

Appellation Meursault Premier Cru Controllee

Rich, buttery, honeyed and long...

There are no Grand crus in Meursault as in Chablis and Les Charmes is one of the top 1er cru’s made and even more celebrated as the producer is excellent. Meursault vineyards make the most rich, decadent wines with great elegance.

13.5% ABV

Appellation Condrieu Controllee

La Roncharde is the name of the 'Lieu-Dit' where the vines are planted. It is also a very steep slope (steeper than Tupin!) and quite a crazy place to grow anything really, facing south west which confers them a very high maturity without the excess of heat in the wines which produces such a fresh and digestible Condrieu, very far away from the majority of wines produced in this appellations unfortunately. Condrieu is the king of white wines for the Rhone. It is a very full bodied wine but focussed, honey and very pure. This wine has spent 12months in barrel and the oak comes through but marries well with the fruit and richness of the grape. Jean Michel’s son designs all the labels. He is now 7 I believe!