Under £20 per bottle

A blend of Nebbiolo and Barbera, this shows just the right amount of grip, with savoury tannins, pure fruit, and a nicely balanced, fragrant finish. This will age beautifully, if you can keep your hands off it.

Château Thénac is undoubtedly the finest wine from Bergerac that we’ve come across. The 2015 is deep in colour with notes of ripe plum, dark chocolate, and bramble. There’s plenty of grip here, with vanilla spice and a hint of cedar, and fresh, lifted acidity. This really punches above its modest price tag.

This cru vineyard site makes up just under a third of Manuel’s holdings and is situated on the western edge of the region. Attractive rose and crushed raspberry perfume combine with cranberry, damsons and cinnamon spice. The tannins are chalky and firm and woven into the wine’s concentrated core.

A single vineyard Chardonnay from Stellenbosch taken on in 2022 making this the second vintage for Pieter. The wine sees 40% untoasted new oak giving a faint acacia and vanilla pod note with fresh stone fruit. The vineyard faces into False Bay accounting for the real purity and salinity on the finish.

Kevin Judd was famously the winemaker for Cloudy Bay, and this is his own project. It's named after the local soils, and from the heart of Marlborough, made with his extensive knowledge and even adorned with his own photography. The wines are made in the Dog Point facility, alongside Kevin's old mate from Cloudy Bay Ivan Sutherland. This wine is a classic Marlborough with nectarine, star fruit accented by confit lemon and waves of herbaceous complexity.

Tasted April 2023. From the Bécot family of Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, who sought out this prime clay-limestone spot in Castillon in 2001. Castillon is often the hunting ground for under-the-radar but impressive terroir, and in the hands of this great St-Emilion family the results are on another level. In 2022 this is particularly good, with expressive blackberry, black plum fruit and minty notes adding lift and complexity.

Characteristically bright and pure, this open with notes of lemongrass, white peach and white grapefruit. Charming and refreshing on the palate this is a finely sculpted Riesling with a very fine balance.

Silky and elegant, La Montesa comes from a single, organic vineyard and in this vintage is made entirely from Garnacha. The result is full of crunchy red berry fruits, orange peel and woody herbs. It’s broad and mouth coating, but not overly rich. It’s bright, lively, and fruit-driven and lovely to drink.