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96/100
2020 Laurel, Clos i Terrasses, Priorat Magnum Dry | Red | Still | 15%

Bramble fruits,red cherry and violets are supported by licorice and pepper spice aromas on the nose. There is a silkiness on the palate and the tannins are fine grained in this accessible and delicious wine.

2018 Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Gunderloch, Rheinhessen Dry | White | Still | 12.5%

Slightly closed but fresh and silky, with lovely energy to the fruit. Very nice energy, here, good weight and power, but with a fine thread of acidity, very silky and pure, really good dry extract, and fine balance. So driven and saline and focussed. Love the phenolics here, incredibly complex and long.

Ready: 2022 - 2034
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2020 Clos de Venise, La Taille aux Loups, Jacky Blot Dry | White | Still | 13.5%

Like La Bretonnière, this vineyard is also within Vouvray, but cannot use the AOC name since it is vinified in Montlouis. It comes from a south-facing slope, and Jacky and Jean-Philippe are careful to get the picking date right here. Too early and it loses its drama, too late and it feels overweight. In 2020 it is distinctly pithy and dry, agile and long.

Ready: 2022 - 2034
2019 Crozes-Hermitage, Domaine des Grands Chemins, Delas Frères Dry | Red | Still | 14.5%

Crozes-Hermitage is the sweet spot of the Delas offering. This is their no-nonsense, great value, fruit-driven Syrah with notes of anise and red berries. Sadly in 2019 some of the parcels were badly hit by the June hailstorm, so volumes are severely reduced. But thanks to the fragmented layout of the holdings, some were left unscathed, and quality remains as high as ever.

Ready: 2021 - 2029
2016 Crozes-Hermitage, Cuvée Gaby, Domaine du Colombier Dry | Red | Still | 13%

This vintage’s Gaby rouge has really impressive energy, with the smoke and texture of the oak enlivened by fresh acidity and peppery Syrah.

Ready: 2019 - 2027
2021 Chablis Vieilles Vignes, Jean-Claude et Romain Bessin-Tremblay Dry | White | Still | 12.5%

This old vine cuvée takes the prize for ‘hidden gem’ of our Chablis range. It comes from 40- to almost 70-year-old vines scattered across seven parcels, with a variety of soil structures and exposures. Due to the size of the harvest in 2021, Romain blended his Chablis grapes into this cuvee too. It is mineral, zingy, green-appley-fresh and concentrated, with great drive and depth. This may be a wine of humble communal classification, but it has a profound character, and deserves special attention.

Young: 2023 - 2029
2018 Meursault 1er Cru Blagny, Michel Bouzereau Dry | White | Still | 13.5%

Vines were planted in in Blagny, one of Meursault's highest vineyards, in 1984 and this shows in the focus, energy, and vertical character of this wine. Delicate flowers and lovely citrus precision. Very good indeed.

Ready: 2022 - 2028
2017 Volnay 1er Cru Les Mitans, Domaine de Montille Dry | Red | Still | 13%

From the middle of the slope, from vines 45 years old which Brian says act like they’re 75 years old, given how little fruit they yield. 30% whole bunch. Smells so good: expressive, fine, and good delicacy.Floral, slightly peppery and seductive with lovely tannins. There’s a slightly tonic note on the finish, and wonderful length. Very impressive.

Ready: 2020 - 2032
Critic Score
91/100
2021 Château Branas Grand Poujeaux, Moulis-en-Médoc Magnum Dry | Red | Still | 13%

Tasted April 2022. Rich, powerful, and inky with concentration of blackberry, raspberry, pepper, and dark chocolate flavours. Spicy, clove notes from 50% new oak. There’s a real lift and elegance to this to carry that generosity, possibly from some careful use of whole bunch fermentation. It finishes long, with saline flavours balancing the richness of this seriously impressive Moulis.

Young: 2028 - 2046
was £39.00 £29.50
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2019 Main Road & Dignity Cabernet Sauvignon, Restless River, Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Dry | Red | Still | 14%

From two vineyards on Craig & Anne’s estate, the 2019 Main Road and Dignity features incredible depth of fruit, with beautiful blackcurrant, red currant, graphite and cedar notes. The finish is mineral and long, and the potential for ageing is spectacular. Yet again, this is a star of the cape. Don’t miss this.

Ready: 2024 - 2042
2020 Skaliekop Chenin Blanc, David & Nadia, Swartland White | Still | 12.5%

The first single vineyard they made was the Skaliekop, from a vineyard planted in 1985 on the Paardebosch farm. This vineyard is an anomaly: an island of schist on the normally granite Paardeberg. Indeed, the name means hill of Shale, and this gives a mineral, reserved character to the wine. This has notes of fennel and lime blossom, and the potential here is outstanding.

Ready: 2022 - 2033
2017 Alberello, SRC, Etna, Sicily Red | Still | 14%

Albarello is the Italian for bush vines, and this comes from 100% Nerello Mascalese from up to 90 year old vines planted at 650 metres. It sees no oak, but is complex, silky and vibrant. This will age brilliantly: such a pure, mineral expression.

Ready: 2022 - 2030
2016 Lessona, Proprietà Sperino Dry | Red | Still | 14%

To truly understand what Luca’s all about, look no further than the 2016 Lessona, from a great vintage. This is incredible pure and energetic. There’s a lightness and delicacy that you don’t find in the Langhe, but also a nobility to the tannins. Long, mineral, and incredibly pure: remarkable.

Ready: 2022 - 2040
2015 Barbaresco Gallina, Roagna Dry | Red | Still | 13%

From one of the most famous sites in Neive, this shows the classic character of the commune. Very delicate and fragrant, there’s so much rose petal character, and a lovely salinity on the finish. This is a very pretty Barbaresco.

Ready: 2023 - 2040
2014 Barolo Bussia, Cantina Sociale 'Arnaldo Rivera' Dry | Red | Still | 14%

This comes from a spot at the very top of the Bussia vineyard, producing a fresh, elegant expression of this great vineyard. There are notes of peach skin and fresh cherry, with mulberry fruit, and a touch of orange peel adding complexity. The finish is complex and very long, with notes of crushed rocks and tar. Very impressive.

Ready: 2019 - 2030
2011 Barolo Monvigliero Riserva, Castello di Verduno, Piedmont Dry | Red | Still | 13.5%

One of the greatest vineyards in Barolo has produced a stonking wine in 2011. Juicy, rich strawberry fruit and rendered tannins craft a wine with amazing mouthfeel, and a purity that’s rarely seen. Brilliant.

Ready: 2021 - 2035
2018 Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel, Dönnhoff, Nahe Sweet | White | Still | 7.5%

Exotic and smoky and spicy. Lovely fruit and juice, amazing purity and silky fruit, lovely tension and finesse, comes in waves with salinity and length, this is just so elegant and finessed, with outatanding poise. Wonderful.

Ready: 2020 - 2040
2014 Tillington Single Vineyard, Nyetimber Dry | White | Sparkling | 12%

The 2014 Tillington is just the fourth vintage of this defining single vineyard wine released by Nyetimber. It is now firmly established as the British Isles’ greatest wine. The site is found in West Sussex, and the vines here thrive in the greensand soils. The nose is shy at first, but very pretty, with a delicate floral note, and with some air, a vinous energy. The palate shows, of course, supreme acidity twinned with creamy texture which holds the orchard and hedgerow fruit notes together in perfect harmony. This is a superb release from Nyetimber, with the greatest ageing potential of any English Sparkling Wine we know.

Ready: 2023 - 2037
2021 Cornas Les Eygats, Domaine Courbis Dry | Red | Still | 13%

For those seeking sleek Cornas that has the body and structure to age but the open fruit to approach from youth, this is your wine. It is the most refined of the Courbis Cornas wines, and with a well-judged 40% new oak wrapped around the sweet fruit, giving it savoury, toasty depth.

Ready: 2024 - 2032
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2021 Côte-Rôtie Les Triotes, Domaine Garon Dry | Red | Still | 12.5%

This comes from four neighbouring lieux-dits on the Côte Blonde: Lancement, La Triote, Le Combard and Le Mollard. They share a high proportion of white schist in their soils, making for an intense and savoury expression. It is glossy, black-fruited, with a fresh, tense length.

Ready: 2024 - 2035
was £33.00 £24.50
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2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Pure, Domaine La Barroche Dry | Red | Still | 15%

Pure is 100% Grenache, all from 100 year old vines on sandy soils. The result is very intense, and, as the name suggests, pure. There's tons of black fruit here, surrounded by rich, chocolately textures and spicy flavours. This needs time in bottle to weave together, but already impresses.

Ready: 2023 - 2042
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Critic Score
85/100
2020 Meursault 1er Cru Blagny, Michel Bouzereau Dry | White | Still | 13%

Blagny sits high up, above the heart of the Meursault commune. This altitude brings a focused freshness to the wines. It has notes of honeydew melon, with a richly mineral seashell note - not unlike Chablis - on the nose. The soil is very white limestone up here, and this makes for a scintillating palate. It feels straighter than the Grands Charrons, in many ways, more like a Puligny in profile than a Meursault.

Ready: 2022 - 2028
Critic Score
87/100
2019 Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Île des Vergelesses Blanc, Chandon de Briailles Dry | White | Still | 13%

This is a steep site with very high limestone soils. It always produces a nervous, tight wine that can do with a year or two in bottle before the floral notes can blossom.

Ready: 2023 - 2028
2021 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Monts Luisants, Aurélien Verdet Dry | Red | Still | 13.5%

The 2021 Monts Luisants, from one of Morey's most celebrated vineyards, is lovely in 2021. Lots of whole bunch spice, and there's a fragrance and purity here, too. Very nicely balanced.

Young: 2027 - 2037
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2019 Beaune 1er Cru Tuvilains, Domaine Tawse Dry | Red | Still | 14%

This is pale ruby and has a deliciously cool crystalline nose of blue and red fruit. It’s a restrained and understated Pinot. The palate is peppered with some grippy tannins which support the earthy fruit well. A nice minty lift on the finish gives it a mineral tang.

Ready: 2023 - 2029
2016 Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots, Domaine de Bellene Dry | Red | Still | 13%

A simply gorgeous cuvee, we couldn't resist this when we tried it in Burgundy. There's dark, cool berry fruit and a chalky texture, with a precise finish that lasts for minutes. A great vineyard produces a great wine.

Ready: 2018 - 2029
2011 Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers, Louis Boillot Dry | Red | Still | 13%

This Prulier's deep core of black cherries is very much a testament to the great age of the vines there - at 80 years old, the fruit they produce certainly does not lack density or richness. Behind this full body, tannins take a back seat, but are still very much doing their job in the background, bringing a lot of precision to the wine. The finish is powerful and spicy: an excellent Pruliers.

Mature: 2014 - 2019