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Summer Sale
SALE STARTS 9am MONDAY 13th AUGUST
Please do not call us earlier or come to the shop if your list happens to arrive before then.
• Bin ends are in normal type
• Temporary discounts are in bold. These prices are valid until Sunday 30th September,
and quoted stocks may not last until then
• Dramatic discounts at a minimum of 20% off are in red (and bold if temporary)
Terms & Conditions of Sale
All wines are offered subject to availability
Delivery Charges* to one address are as follows:
1-5 bottles £10.00
6-11 bottles £8.50
1 case of 12 bottles £5.95
13-24 bottles £8.50
Please note: free delivery for orders of £150.00 or more (to one address), or over £75 in the
Winchester area. (*Delivery prices vary for delivery to the highlands, islands and Northern
Ireland - please ask us for a quote).
There is no further discount on any wines within this offer.
Telephone: 01962 712351 Fax: 01962 717545
Email: sales@stonevine.co.uk
13 Humphrey Farms, Hazeley Road, Twyford,
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1QA
REMNANTS DAY AT THE SHOP
Saturday 8th September, 9.30am-4.00pm
We always have lots of odd bottles - and even cases - left after the first few weeks of
the sale so here’s a chance to come to the shop, taste a few wines, and tidy up what
remains, with a prospect of an additional discount on orders over £100.
1Some advice:
• It is best to call us to place your order
• Please do not send cheques with an order: invariably some wine or other is sold out,
requiring us to return the cheque
• Only the wines temporarily discounted or available in large quantities will be available
on the website.
We will try to process all orders fairly in the sequence in which we receive them - but
inevitably this is difficult when orders are arriving by telephone, email, fax and post.
Please bear with us if we inform you that any wine is available if it later turns out to
have been already sold: we will endeavour to provide suitable replacements, or cancel
the order.
Daily Drinking - up to £8.00
White
Lots of wine here as we switch vintages, especially in the northern hemisphere
2016 Les Chapelières, IGP Comté Tolosan,
France, 11.5% Was: £7.50 Now: £5.95 Code: AGW316
A best-seller, an easy drinking blend of Ugni Blanc and Colombard with lowish alcohol and
refreshing bite. Clean and lemony, with a pleasing pear accent.
At best: Drink this year Available: 240 bottles
2016 Araldica, Piemonte Cortese, Italy Was: £6.95 Now: £6.25 Code: ARA716
Cortese, the best known white grape of Piemonte. Pine-scented, but also tropical fruited.
At best: Drink this year Available: 9 bottles
2017 Cave de l’Ormarin, Picpoul de Pinet,
Selection, France Never listed Now: £7.25 Code: ORM117
A few cases bought in a panic as there was a delay shipping our Creyssels Picpoul, and now
sold at cost plus 10% (others sell it for £9.99)
At best: Now-2019 Available: 30 bottles
2016 Tariquet, Côtes de Gascogne Classic,
France Was: £8.50 Now: £7.25 Code: TRR116
Ugni Blanc and Colombard tweaked with ripe Sauvignon Blanc and waxy Gros Manseng to
give a zesty palate, citrus flavoured with notes of passion-fruit and pineapple. Now-2018
At best: Drink this year Available: 34 bottles
2016 La Combe Saint-Paul, Chardonnay,
IGP Pays d’Oc, France Was: £8.95 Now: £7.50 Code: CSP116
Everything one could want from simple, unoaked Chardonnay under screwcap: ripe and
rounded. We move to 2017.
At best: Drink this year Available: 40 bottles
22016 Tariquet, Chenin-Chardonnay,
Côtes de Gascogne, France Was: £9.50 Now: £7.95 Code: TRR316
75% Chenin and 25% Chardonnay, fresh, very melony, with accents of white flowers and
pear.
At best: Drink this year Available: 30 bottles
2016 Forges, Sauvignon,
IGP Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, France Was: £9.75 Now: £7.95 Code: FOR716
Gooseberry and lemon sorbet: a Loire SB with freshness and a light creaminess.
At best: Drink this year Available: 50 bottles
French Rosé
2017 Preignes Le Vieux,
Reserve Rosé, IGP Beziers Was: £8.95 Now: £7.25 Code: PRF517
Pale, dry and prettily red-fruited example from the Languedoc with some finesse.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 54 bottles
2016 Château Les Combes, Bordeaux Rosé Was: £9.95 Now: £8.25 Code: GRC516
Carefuly made rosé based on Merlot - generous red fruit.
At best: Drink this year Available: 7 bottles
2017 Begude, Pinot Rosé, IGP Pays d’Oc Was: £11.50 Now: £9.95 Code: BEG517
An organically farmed rosé: clear pale salmon pink hue, light on its feet, refreshing, with a
delicate sense of peach skin and apricot.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 41 bottles
Red
2015 Araldica, Barbera, Piemonte, Italy Was: £6.95 Now: £5.95 Code: ALA115
Like most reds from the splendid vintage of 2015, this over-delivers in terms of ripeness and
flesh. Easy-drinking, cherry and berry. A bargain before the discount!
At best: Drink now-early 2019 Available: 127 bottles
2013 Lemberg, Cape Blend,
Western Cape, South Africa Was: £8.75 Now: £5.95 Code: LEM113
A lightly oaked wine, with raspberryish fruit. A “Cape Blend” has to include at least 30%
Pinotage: with 55% Syrah and 15% Pinot Noir.
At best: Drink this year Available: 23 bottles
2016 Apaltagua, Gran Verano Cabernet Sauvignon,
Valle Central, Chile Was: £7.95 Now: £6.25 Code: APA316
True varietal character and balance, showing crisp red and blackcurrants, just a little minty,
with an appealing unforced ease. 2017 follows.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 115 bottles
2016 Apaltagua,
Gran Verano Carmenère, Valle Central Was: £7.95 Now: £6.25 Code: APA816
As with the above, time to switch vintages: juicy wine, a pleasant cocktail of redcurrant,
blackberry and raspberry.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 97 bottles
32016 Goedverwacht, Great Expectations,
Crane Red Merlot, Robertson, South Africa Was: £8.25 Now: £6.95 Code: GDV416
Old-fashioned, mildly rustic and gutsy, like Cape reds of twenty years ago; savoury flavours,
with hints of coffee and spice. We move to 2017.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 78 bottles
2015 Valle Frio, Merlot, Maule, Chile Was: £8.75 Now: £6.95 Code: FRI115
This splendid red is a big step up on a simple house Chilean Merlot: showing juicy red
cherry, and a hint of cinnamon, with bright fruit and balance, this would appeal to old world
drinkers too, with a gentle herbaceous note. We move to 2016.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 56 bottles
2015 Fleur des Templiers, Bordeaux, France Was: £8.75 Now: £6.95 Code: FDT115
Straight-down-the-line, decent claret, based on about 80% Merlot from this super vintage;
strawberry tinged with vanilla.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 44 bottles
2016 Valle Frio, Carmenère, Maule, Chile Was: £8.75 Now: £6.95 Code: FRI216
The Carmenère grape tends to show a mildly leafy, herbaceous note which gives balance
to the characteristically ripe Chilean fruit. This wine is a bargain - it’s fresh, classy,
velvety and smart with appealing black-fruit.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 240 bottles
2014 Victoria Park,
Shiraz-Viognier, South Australia Was: £8.95 Now: £7.25 Code: VIQ114
Raspberry and blueberry, lively, with leather and spice. Lightly savoury.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 41 bottles
2016 La Rocca, Negroamaro, Salento, Italy Was: £9.50 Now: £7.50 Code: ROD216
New to the list last year, well-made and hearty example of this masculine southern grape,
lively black cherry core: lovely pasta wine, lots of interest.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 96 bottles
2016 Les Hauts de Median, Petit Verdot,
IGP Pays d’Oc, France Was: £9.75 Now: £7.95 Code: VIC216
Deeply hued, impressive example crafted by Aurélie Trébuchon: classy layers of red and
black fruits, subtle tannins, and vivacious acid.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 56 bottles
2015 Rocca, Chianti, Italy Was: £9.95 Now: £7.95 Code: ROD115
Sangiovese, Canaiolo with a little Trebbiano Toscano, a traditional Chianti from a top
vintage with a heart of cherry and raspberry and a hint of Sangiovese’s characteristic
savouriness.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 72 bottles
2014 Volcanes de Chile, Summit Reserva
Cabernet Sauvignon, Rapel Valley Was: £9.95 Now: £7.95 Code: VOL114
The last of this well-constructed Cabernet (with a little Syrah and lightly oaked):
blackcurrants, filled out by some tannin and body. Note: has thrown a light deposit.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 22 bottles
42013 Willow Bridge, Dragonfly Cabernet Merlot,
Geographe, Western Australia Was: £9.95 Now: £7.95 Code: DRA113
Geographe is near Margaret River, just 20km from the cool ocean, so good for Bordeaux
varieties. Ripe, blackcurranty and smooth, but appealingly lively and refreshing too. Merest
hint of mint on rather elegant aromatics.
At best: Drink this year Available: 70 bottles
Provence & Languedoc-Roussillon - White
2016 Creyssels, Languedoc, Picpoul de Pinet Was: £10.50 Now: £8.25 Code: CRE116
An odd six pack with a different label for the US market but inside the bottles is our usual
excellent Picpoul from the Benaus at Creyssels.
At best: Drink this year Available: 6 bottles
2016 Les Quatre Tours,
Coteaux d’Aix en Provence, Classique Was: £10.50 Now: £8.25 Code: QUA616
Unoaked blend of Rolle and Grenache Blanc with some Ugni Blanc and Sauvignon,
perfumed and juicy.
At best: Drink this year Available: 42 bottles
2016 Grand Arc, Corbières Blanc,
Veillée d’Equinoxe Was: £10.95 Now: £8.50 Code: DGA616
An unoaked blend of 60% Roussanne, plus 20% each of Grenache Blanc and Macabeu, a
subtly flavoured wine, showing apples, pears, lime and herbal notes.
At best: Drink this year Available: 29 bottles
2016 Begude, Le Secret du Sud Gewurztraminer,
IGP Pays d’Oc Was: £11.95 Now: £10.25 Code: BEG416
Well textured and dry example with flavours of rose water, lychee and citrus. Cool acid spine.
“…decidedly superior”, Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com, 21st April 2017.
“my all-time favourite gewürztraminer”, Matthew Jukes, The 100 Best Value Wines &
Sparklers, Daily Mail Weekend, 27th May 2017.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 19 bottles
2016 Météore, Les Léonides,
Faugères Blanc, 2016 Was: £13.50 Now: £11.50 Code: MET716
Hugely successful unoaked blend of 50% Roussanne with 40% Rolle (Vermentino) and 10%
Clairette: cocktail of tropical flavours, concentrated and complete. 2017 follows.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 41 bottles
2015 Belles Pierres, Les Clauzes de Jo,
Languedoc Blanc Was: £13.95 Now: £11.95 Code: BEL615
Purchased for the cellars of the Elysée Palace - drink like a President! 60% Roussanne with
equal proportions of Viognier and Grenache, in old barrels, concentrated; flavours of Seville
oranges, honey and almonds.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 13 bottles
2015 Fontanel, Côtes du Roussillon Blanc Was: £14.50 Now: £12.95 Code: FON715
From ancient vines of Grenache Blanc and Malvoisie: powerful, with generous flavours, and
well-integrated oak.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 16 bottles
52015 Begude, L’Etoile, Chardonnay, Limoux Was: £15.50 Now: £12.95 Code: BEG215
Gold medal in the 2017 Decanter World Wine Awards, 95/100, a barrel fermented example
with class, volume and grip: Burgundy challenger. We have shipped 2016.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 34 bottles
2015 Depeyre, Symphonie,
IGP Côtes Catalanes Was: £17.50 Now: £14.50 Code: DEP615
2/3 Grenache Gris and 1/3 Grenache Blanc grown in a classic argilo-calcaire terroir near
Vingrau and just rounded by barrel ageing. Understated stone fruit and hints of herbs.
Satiny finesse. Lightly honeyed but finishes bone dry. Superb, complex wine.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 60 bottles
Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon - Red
As we change vintages there are numerous total bargains in this section; wonderful reds for
the autumn.
2015 La Combe Saint Paul,
Grés Rouges, La Clape Was: £12.50 Now: £10.50 Code: CSP615
From a vineyard near the sea, with the soil characterised by grés rouges (red sandstone),
70% Syrah with 30% Mourvèdre, and only 10% raised in barrels: densely fruity, raspberry
and blackberry, silky and fresh with just a savoury edge.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 62 bottles
2014 Belles Pierres,
Les Clauzes de Jo, Languedoc Was: £13.95 Now: £11.75 Code: BEL314
About half Syrah, a third Grenache with Mourvèdre, all in old barrels. Ripe and brambly fruit,
crunchy, and slightly wild and spicy. Splendid blackberry liqueur finish. As with its white pair,
this wine has been purchased for the presidential cellars of the Elysée Palace. Super stuff.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 69 bottles
2015 Depeyre, Côtes du Roussillon Villages Was: £13.95 Now: £12.50 Code: DEP115
Brilliantly characterful, black-fruited and spicy from 50% Syrah, 25% Grenache and 25%
Carignan, grown on black schist near Cases-de-Pène.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 3 bottles
2014 Mas d’Amile, Languedoc-Montpeyroux Was: £14.95 Now: £12.95 Code: MDA314
Old vines, 60% Grenache with Carignan, Syrah and Mourvèdre, in old oak. Intense cherry
and blackberry, with a hint of liquorice, silky texture, supple and very long; super wine.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 36 bottles
2014 Grand Arc, En Sol Majeur, Corbières Was: £15.50 Now: £12.95 Code: DGA414
60% Grenache and 40% Syrah, all in barrel, 50% new, hedonistic wine marked by luxuriant,
fleshy black fruit, blackcurrants and blueberries, lent depth by glossy vanilla and fleeting
notes of herbs. 16.5+/20, Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, 7th June 2016
At best: Now-2023 Available: 26 bottles
62014 Mas des Brousses,
Coteaux du Languedoc, Terrasses du Larzac Was: £17.50 Now: £14.50 Code: MAB214
Mourvèdre with Syrah and Grenache, grown on the edge of the Cevennes: dense but also
high-toned and tense - mountain wine. Soft palate of blackberry and raspberry, savoury
and fresh. A really classy bottle which we know keeps superbly.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 70 bottles
2013 Domaine du Météore,
Les Perseides, Faugères Was: £17.95 Now: £14.95 Code: MET413
Based on 55% Syrah with Mourvèdre and Grenache, well-oaked, a flamboyant marriage of
chocolatey oak and lush, damsony black fruit.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 5 bottles
2014 Grand Arc, Corbières, La Rose des Jables Was: £18.50 Now: £14.95 Code: DGA714
A spectacularly intensely coloured and flavoured, well-oaked blend of 30% of Syrah and
Grenache and 20% of Mourvèdre and Carignan. Juicy strawberries and raspberries with
mocha. Showy.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 12 bottles
Loire - White & Rosé
2015 Domaine des Forges,
L’Audace Chenin, Anjou Blanc Was: £11.95 Now: £9.95 Code: FOR415
100 % Chenin Blanc, picked late and barrel fermented and aged. Not overtly fruity,
suggesting the merest hints of tangerine and apricot, this is satiny and classy.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 21 bottles
2014 Gaudron, Vouvray Sec, Les Vaux Louis Was: £12.95 Now: £10.25 Code: GAU214
An attractive weight of orchard fruits cut with citrus zest. Classy example.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 8 bottles
2014 Château Pierre-Bise,
Savennières, Clos de Coulaine Was: £17.95 Now: £12.50 Code: CPB614
An absurd price for a rare wine from this tiny appellation for Chenin Blanc grown in south
facing vineyards above the Loire. Crafted in a deliberately very lightly oxydised style and
raised in a mix of old barrels and stainless steel tanks, this is a bone-dry, powerful and
complex Chenin: rich and honeyed flavours, displaying Seville oranges, dried apricots and
a savoury note. Splendidly weighty.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 72 bottles
2016 Cherrier Père et fils, Sancerre Was: £15.50 Now: £12.95 Code: ROS116
This is drinking beautifully now, a perfectly poised and elegant Loire Sauvignon Blanc.
2016 was a classic Loire vintage: ripe lemon and grapefruit on the palate, nicely weighted.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 204 bottles
2016 Cherrier et Fils, Sancerre, Rosé Was: £15.95 Now: £13.50 Code: ROS316
As in Burgundy (just over the central hills to the east of Sancerre) 2016 was a superb
vintage for Pinot, so this is especially ripe and delicious. Very pale salmon pink. Gentle
cranberry and redcurrant scent. Bold strawberry fruit, fine and silky, before a dry, savoury
finish. Brilliant Pinot rosé.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 37 bottles
72016 Francis Blanchet,
Pouilly-Fumé, Les Silice Was: £16.50 Now: £13.95 Code: BLA216
From a small block on very flinty soils in the heart of the appellation, this is an intense
and ageworthy wine, textured and irony, with citrus and asparagus notes. A splendidly
long finish, with a peppery sense of minerality, indicates its class.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 48 bottles
Burgundy - White
Given the continuing supply shortages (until the 2017 vintage comes on stream) this is a
pretty impressive bunch.
2016 Fourrey, Petit Chablis Was: £13.95 Now: £11.50 Code: FRR115
From a brother and sister team, a light and juicy example.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 11 bottles
2015 Lequin-Colin, Bourgogne Chardonnay Was: £14.50 Now: £12.50 Code: LEQ815
From vineyards close to the village of Santenay, this is fermented 50% in tank and 50% in
barrel, with 10% new oak. Attractive and well rounded, riper than usual, even a hint of tropical
fruit, our go-to white Burgundy.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 16 bottles
2013 Faiveley, Mercurey, Clos Rochette Was: £19.50 Now: £16.95 Code: FAJ113
With 20% fermented in new barrels, 80% stainless steel: clean oak accents and lively
freshness.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles
2015 Faiveley, Rully, Les Villeranges Was: £19.50 Now: £16.95 Code: FAJ415
Our first shipment of this excellent unoaked Chardonnay, rich, well rounded and ripe but
balanced by zesty citrus.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 48 bottles
2014 Françoise & Denis Clair, Santenay Was: £21.95 Now: £18.95 Code: CLB114
Here the clay soils give real body. Ripe citrus and lovely texture, well-integrated oak and
fresh finish. Obvious and immediately appealing.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 27 bottles
2014 Françoise & Denis Clair,
St. Aubin 1er Cru, Les Champlots Was: £26.50 Now: Code: CLB314
Citrus and green fruit. A little toasty oak, tense and concentrated. Dreamy vintage for white
Burgundy.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 2 bottles
2014 Saumaize-Michelin,
Pouilly-Fuissé, Clos sur la Roche Was: £26.95 Now: £22.95 Code: SAU414
One of the top wines here, from bio-dynamically farmed south facing vines at 380m on
the lower slopes of the Roche de Vergisson, a Côte de Beaune challenger: white peach and
apricot, intense, fresh, very long and distinctively mineral. Bottled under a glass stopper.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 30 bottles
82013 Joseph Faiveley, Meursault Was: £38.50 Now: £31.95 Code: FAJ213
Midweight, satiny, showing the textbook melted butter and oatmeal of the appellation with
ripe pear and melon.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 16 bottles
2012 Lequin-Colin,
Corton Charlemagne, Grand Cru Was: £60.00 Now: £48.50 Code: LEQ012
Odd bottles of this incisive Grand Cru, which always needs time to show best.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 3 bottles
Beaujolais & Burgundy - Red
2015 Granit Doré, Juliénas, Vieilles Vignes Was: £14.95 Now: £12.50 Code: GDO315
From vine plots 45 and 90 years old, a wonderfully purple wine tinged with blackcurrant
liqueur.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 15 bottles
2014 Lequin-Colin, Bourgogne Pinot Noir Was: £13.95 Now: £10.95 Code: LEQ614
All the wine goes into barrel, 10% new. Inviting red fruits scents, and a generous, well-
textured palate of cherries and fraises des bois. We move to 2015.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 71 bottles
2014 Jean Guiton, Bourgogne Pinot Noir Was: £16.95 Now: £14.25 Code: GUI114
Pretty cherry and crunchy redcurrant, soft tannins, pure, supple and fine; and finishing
with refreshing acidity. 12 months in barrel, second or third fill.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 84 bottles
2015 Faiveley, Mercurey, La Framboisière Was: £24.50 Now: £20.50 Code: FAJ615
A classic pale and light well-known Pinot, delightfully aromatic. We move to 2016.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 17 bottles
2012 Jean Guiton, Savigny Les Beaune Was: £19.95 Now: £18.95 Code: GUI212
A bargain.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 2 bottles
2014 Lequin-Colin,
Santenay Rouge 1er Cru, La Comme Was: £21.50 Now: £17.50 Code: LEQ714
This showed superbly at our Pinotpath tasting in London in May - so open and generous.
A well-sited, south-east facing 1er Cru on the border with Chassagne-Montrachet. Mix
of red and black fruit with a good texture and structure of fine and soft tannins. Always
keeps well; and the price will be going up in our annual list in late September.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 60 bottles
2013 Faiveley, Blagny 1er Cru, Sous les Bois Was: £26.95 Now: £23.50 Code: FAJ613
Blagny is red wine produced within the Meursault appellation and offers good value -
especially at this price! Black fruit, classy oak, mildly savoury, fleshy: excellent. We move to
2014.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 15 bottles
2012 Faiveley, Gevrey-Chambertin Was: £39.50 Now: £33.95 Code: FAJ512
Smooth and classy. We move to 2014.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 11 bottles
9Rhône - White
Unfashionable perhaps but some super wine here.
2015 Le Couroulu,
Vacqueyras Blanc, Cuvée Laura Was: £17.95 Now: £14.50 Code: COW615
Viognier, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc and Clairette, akin to a white Châteauneuf, a
weighty mouthful of stone fruit, apple and a touch of honey.
At best: Drink this year Available: 36 bottles
2015 Amadieu,
Cairanne Blanc, Haut de Beauregard Was: £19.50 Now: £16.50 Code: AMB615
Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Viognier barrel fermented. Rich and rounded,
dominated by citrus, apricot, cream and honey, concentrated and intense. Super
wine. “Full-bodied, full of energy, beautifully harmonious and well balanced…Decidedly
moreish. 92/100”, Matt Walls in Tim Atkin MW Rhone 2015 report. We are shipping 2016.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 39 bottles
2014 Roger Perrin,
Châteauneuf du Pape Blanc Was: £22.95 Now: £17.95 Code: PES714
Half Grenache Blanc with Roussanne, Clairette etc. Weighty, with flavours of bitter orange
and honey.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles
Rhône - Red
Some superb Syrahs from the northern Rhône on temporary discount. Remember, you will
need wine from this section once autumn comes!
2015 La Pigeade, Ventoux, Les Sables Was: £10.50 Now: £8.95 Code: PIG615
From 40% Grenache, 40% Carignan and 20% Syrah grown on sandy soils: freshness, grace,
moderate alcohol level and cherry fruit. The 2016 will follow.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 51 bottles
2015 Joncier, l’O, Côtes du Rhône Was: £11.95 Now: £10.50 Code: JON215
Unoaked, organically and biodynamically farmed and hand-harvested Grenache from 45 year
old vines. All raspberries and cherries, energetic, backed by soft tannins. We move to 2016.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 15 bottles
2014 Roger Perrin,
Côtes du Rhône Villages, Vieilles Vignes Was: £12.95 Now: £10.95 Code: PES214
About 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 5% Mourvèdre, from 60 year old vines just outside
the boundary of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. Black fruited core with pleasing
texture and spice.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 42 bottles
2014 Espiers, Côtes du Rhône Villages Sablet Was: £13.95 Now: £11.75 Code: ESP414
Splendid, organically farmed Grenache with about 30% Syrah. Generous and powerful
gush of cooked raspberries, blackberries and spice, very rich, but supple too.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 96 bottles
102014 Joncier, Lirac, Le Gourmand Was: £14.95 Now: £12.75 Code: JON514
Organic and Biodynamic. A mélange of blackberry, raspberry and cassis, very ripe with a
lovely texture. Très gourmand indeed! We move to 2015.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 16 bottles
2013 Joncier, Lirac, Le Classique Was: £14.95 Now : £12.95 Code: JON113
Bio-dynamically farmed Lirac, from vines on the galets terraces. Black cherries.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 2 bottles
2014 Stéphane Pichat, Syrah, Vin de France Was: £15.95 Now: £13.50 Code: PID114
The lightly oaked Syrah, from young vines within the Côte Rôtie appellation (so it could
legally be sold as Côte Rôtie) is a wine of authenticity and value. Pure, lifted and fine.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 8 bottles
2013 Domaine Le Couroulu,
Vacqueyras, Classique Was: £16.95 Now: £14.50 Code: COW113
Recently tasted - still youthful, with pure red and black fruit. Very complete southern
Rhône from about 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 15% Mourvèdre.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 96 bottles
2014 Yann Chave, Crozes-Hermitage Was: £18.95 Now: £14.95 Code: CHA114
Unoaked Syrah of splendid colour, ripeness and concentration: blackberry and blueberry
with a touch of blackcurrant, very supple and fragrant and a fresh finish. Drinking
beautifully now.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 120 bottles
2014 Espiers, Gigondas Was: £18.95 Now: £15.95 Code: ESP314
2/3 Grenache and 1/3 Syrah, always a wine of power and richness: brambly fruit with spice
and liqueur hints. We move to 2015.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 13 bottles
2014 Roger Perrin, Bottle was: £23.50 Now: £19.95 Code: PES414
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Magnum was: £48.50 Now: £40.95 Code: PES914
65% Grenache, with Syrah and Mourvèdre and tiny amounts of Cinsault, Counoise,
Vaccarese and Cinsault; and about 15% in a mix of oak barrels. Excellent, immediately
appealing attack of blackberries and blackcurrants, lush, with just the merest notes of
leather and game to indicate its likely evolution. Smooth, honest, textbook Châteauneuf.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 61 bottles, 18 magnums
2014 Yann Chave,
Crozes-Hermitage, Le Rouvre Was: £24.95 Now: £19.95 Code CHA214
From Yann’s best parcels on very stony land to the south, this is one of the top wines
of the appellation: ripe blackberry and black cherry with a touch of vanilla and dark
chocolate, superb tannins, supple and silky.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 84 bottles
2014 Monier-Perreol,
St Joseph, Terres Blanches Was: £25.95 Now: £20.50 Code: MOP114
M. Monier’s bio-dynamically farmed wines are jewels in our stock - but we are perhaps
over-enthusiastic in our buying. A wine of such finesse, melding vanilla and clove oak
aromas with silky blackberry fruit.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 180 bottles
112011 La Barroche,
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Signature Was: £35.00 Now: £28.00 Code : BAS211
Profound, hugely powerful, wild and intense. Black and dried fruits, savoury and complex.
2/3 Grenache, with Syrah, Cinsault & others. Old fashioned and dramatic. “…a forward,
supple and sweetly fruited beauty that has lots of incense, pepper, licorice and spice in a
medium to full-bodied, rounded sexy style….no need to delay gratification here. 91/100”,
Jeb Dunnock, eRobertParker.com, September 2015.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 72 bottles
2012 Clos des Papes, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Bottle £61.50 Now: £55.00 Code: CDP112
Always one of the top wines of the appellation, from the master Paul Avril. Cheapest price
on winesearcher. Now-2025
At best: Now-2022 Available: 8 bottles
Bordeaux and SW France - White
2016 Château Barréjat,
Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Sec Was: £10.25 Now: £8.75 Code: BAJ616
From the same area as Madiran, north of Pau, and the Gros Manseng grape; showing exotic
flavours of pineapple, apricot and yellow plums.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 12 bottles
2016 Les Combes,
Bordeaux Blanc, Sauvignon-Sémillon Was: £10.50 Now: £8.95 Code: GRC616
Including about 20% Sémillon. Grassy aroma. Limey freshness, but also rounded and with a
custard creaminess. Always popular - we move to 2017.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 7 bottles
Bordeaux and SW France - Red
2015 Moulin de Mallet, Bordeaux, France Was: £9.50 Now: £8.25 Code: MDM115
90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, a gold medal winner at the Concours de Bordeaux in
2016. Real substance and presence, with a little tannic backbone to the plump fruit.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 24 bottles
2015 Cazalet, Raisin Volé, Tursan Was: £10.95 Now: £8.95 Code: CAZ116
Cabernet Franc blended with some Tannat, a light and fragrant wine from Tursan, south of
Bordeaux. With crunchy black fruit - blackcurrant with even a hint of menthol - this is mid-
weight and refreshing.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 31 bottles
MAGNUMS 2015 Château Barréjat,
Madiran, Tradition Was: £20.95 Now: £17.95 Code: BAJ915
Just superb in this splendid vintage, offering such vitality and fruit. Deeply hued and mildly
rustic blend of local grape Tannat with Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 14 magnums
122014 Château Beausejour, Fronsac Was: £11.95 Now: £9.95 Code: BEA114
Very traditional right bank - 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc:
midweight, fresh and very lightly herbaceous.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 50 bottles
2009 Château Blaignan, Médoc, Cru Bourgeois Was: £17.50 Now: £14.95 Code: BLB109
Vigorous, masculine, ripe and strongly black-fruited Médoc, based on Cabernet Sauvignon
and Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Ridiculous value at this price.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 18 bottles
2011 Clos l’Hermitage, Lalande de Pomerol Was: £17.95 Now: £14.95 Code: CLH111
Elegant, well-known right bank wine, black-fruited and drinking well.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 14 bottles
Alsace and Germany - White
Bit of a clear out of German Rieslings here as we embark on a revamp of our selection. Top
winemaker + discounts from old prices fixed when the £ was worth something = super
bargains.
2014 Dr Loosen, Estate Riesling Was: £10.95 Now: £9.50 Code: DRL114
Loosen’s entry level, off-dry Riesling - classic Mosel sweetness and acid balance; ripe
lemon and green apple.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 9 bottles
2013 Jean-Luc Meyer, Gewurztraminer Was: £13.25 Now: £11.25 Code: MEY313
A perfect balance between rose-petal aromatics, exotic fruit and spice. Full bodied,
flavoursome and off-dry. We move to 2016.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 5 bottles
2011 Leitz, Riesling Kabinett, Rheingau Was: £14.50 Now: £12.25 Code: LEI111
From Nähe star Johannes Leitz; in the traditional Kabinett style with medium sweetness,
showing both delicate floral and tropical fruit notes.
Now-2019 Available: 31 bottles
2012 Dönnhoff, Riesling Qba, Was: £14.95 Now: £12.95 Code: DON612
Entry-level Qba from indisputably the top grower in the Nahe. Elderflower and pineapple,
very pure fruit character, and just off dry.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 8 bottles
2013 Dr Loosen,
Urziger Würzgarten, Riesling Kabinett Was: £16.95 Now: £14.50 Code: DRL213
From the dramatically steep, famed “spice garden” vineyard above Urzig. Surprisingly exotic
flavours - lime, pink grapefruit and passion-fruit. Splendid zest.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 29 bottles
2009 Mader, Riesling,
Vendange Tardive, Alsace Was: £32.95 Now: £25.95 Code: MAD709
Mouthfilling, silkily textured, offering clean tropical fruit flavours. This late harvest wine has
90g/l residual sugar, yet maintains wonderful poise.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 2 bottles
13Italy - White
Excellent whites here as we switch vintages.
2016 La Battistina, Gavi Was: £10.50 Now: £9.50 Code: BAT616
Well known wine from the Cortese grape - and would be Gavi di Gavi were it not bottled
under screwcap. Light, fresh and fruity - pineapple and grapefruit.
At best: Drink this year Available: 43 bottles
2016 Corte Mainenti, Cengelle, Soave Was: £10.95 Now: £9.25 Code: MAI116
Overtly fruity - green plums and more exotic fruit hints - and medium-bodied, this offers a
ripe and friendly glass. We move to 2017.
At best: Drink this year Available: 36 bottles
2016 Il Palagione,
Hydra, Vernaccia di San Gimignano Was: £12.50 Now: £9.95 Code: PAL616
A fine, organic Vernaccia - and one we know keeps well too: green fruit and melon with zip
and a long stony finish.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 96 bottles
2016 Corte Mainenti,
Tovo al Pigno, Soave Classico Was: £12.95 Now: £10.95 Code: MAI316
A top Soave, 100% Garganega grown on red and black volcanic soils in Pigno, one of the
best terroirs in the central Classico zone. Fresh apricot and guava flavours are backed by a
mineral spine. Concentrated, perfectly balanced and with impressive length.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 21 bottles
2016 Fiorano,
Donna Orgilla, Offida Pecorino, Italy Was: £15.50 Now: £12.25 Code: FIO616
Fascinating organic wine. Offida Pecorino is a DOCG for wines from Pecorino, an ancient
grape of the southern Marche, in the commune of Ascoli Piceno. Fresh pears and lemon
with hints of fennel and menthol. Excellent depth - from six months ageing on the lees -
but not in the least heavy.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 60 bottles
Italy - Red
2015 La Rocca, Nero di Troia, IGT Puglia Was: £9.95 Now: £8.25 Code: ROD415
A grape which is a Puglian speciality, here the Nero di Troia is part aged in large old
Slavonian oak vats. Perfumed, savoury and aromatic, a nice balance of black fruit and
gentle acid. Perfect for strongly flavoured pasta.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 84 bottles
2014 Talosa, Rosso di Montepulciano Was: £12.50 Now: £10.50 Code: TAK114
Sangiovese, with 15% Merlot, Canaiolo and Mammolo, in old barrels. Melting cherry fruit,
very ripe and juicy. We now list the impressive 2016 vintage.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 6 bottles
142015 Boasso, Dolcetto d’Alba Was: £12.50 Now: £9.95 Code: BOA115
This has been rather sitting around, so let’s get it moving, especially as it could be lightly
chilled. Crisp black cherry and cranberry fruit, fully ripe but also sappy and gently spicy.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 72 bottles
2012 Filadoro, Aglianico, Irpinia DOC Was: £13.25 Now: £11.25 Code: FIM612
100% Aglianico, and unoaked. A gutsy wine, textured and evincing plenty of ripe tannins,
with savoury notes of leather and game around a blackcurrant and blackberry core. Very
aromatic.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 60 bottles
2013 Fiorano,
Terre di Giobbe, Rosso Piceno Superiore Was: £13.95 Now: £11.50 Code: FIO313
80% Montepulciano and 20% Sangiovese, aged in old French oak. A big wine, fleshy and
expansive, but it has the fresh cut of blackberry and blackcurrants too.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 12 bottles
2011 Cantina del Glicine,
Barbera d’Alba, La Sconsolata Was: £14.50 Now: £11.50 Code: GLI211
A lovely Piedmont Barbera from a super vintage, aged in the traditional large Slavonian oak
vats. Refined from the outset, with a gentle attack, and a bright cherry-scented palate.
Supple and drinking beautifully.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 15 bottles
2012 Talosa, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Was: £18.50 Now: £15.50 Code: TAK212
This wine was accorded the top award of Grande Vino, in the prestigious Italian Slow Wine
Guida 2016. 90% Sangiovese and 10% Merlot in largely old oak. Very ripe cherry fruit with a
figgy element; concentrated, with plenty of ripe tannins.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 3 bottles
2011 Col di Lamo, Brunello di Montalcino Was: £31.50 Now: £26.00 Code: CDL311
Splendid aromatics: cassis with dried fruit. This builds beautifully on the palate, offering
cooked red fruits and figs, plus a savoury dimension. Ripe tannins there for keeping. The
splendid 2012 vintage follows at £33.50.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 21 bottles
2011 Boasso, Barolo Gabutti Was: £36.50 Now: £30.95 Code: BOA411
A top Barolo from a top vintage, from the Gabutti vineyard beside the Boasso cellar, a one
hectare, south-east facing site on calcareous marl at about 330m of altitude. Wonderful
pure Nebbiolo, part aged in traditional large Slavonian oak vats, with a proportion in smaller
French oak barrels. Gorgeous strawberry and cherry core.
At best: Now-2027 Available: 3 bottles
Spain - White
2014 L’Olivera, Agaliu, Costers del Segre Was: £13.25 Now: £9.95 Code: OLI113
100% Macabeo, barrel fermented, this resembles a white from Roussillon over the border.
Full-flavoured: creamy peachy, rich but not sweet; and slightly (deliberately) oxydised.
At best: Drink soon Available: 3 bottles
152014 L’Olivera,
Blanc de Marges, Costers del Segre Was: £13.50 Now: £9.95 Code: OLI314
Parellada, Malvasia and Xarello, three high quality local white varieties, fermented in
Hungarian oak. Ripe citrus and stone fruit, brazil nuts, and quinine. Subtle oak.
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 32 bottles
Spain - Red
2012 Marques de Arviza, Rioja Crianza Was: £10.95 Now: £8.75 Code: ARV102
Nicely savoury, sweet-oaked (French and American barrels) and traditional style of Rioja
At best: Now-early 2019 Available: 46 bottles
2013 Eternum Viti, Toro Was: £13.50 Now: £11.50 Code: ETE113
A showy, powerful Tempranillo with extravagant strawberry and raspberry fruit and classic
Spanish oak flavours.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 6 bottles
2014 MAGNUM El Lagar de Isilla,
Ribera del Duero, Roble Magnum Was: £25.00 Now: £21.00 Code: LAH914
95% Tempranillo with 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, with just five months in French and
American oak: robust glass of briary fruit, praised by Jancis Robinson.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 3 magnums
South Africa - White
Amongst this section are a couple of wines which need drinking soon, so HUGE discounts.
There’s also some amazing wine, including two Platter 5 star award winners
2016 Chamonix,
Unoaked Chardonnay, Franschhoek Bottle £12.50 Now: £9.95 Code: CHX916
Splendid weight and lightly creamy - but also more perfumed, leafy and racy than past
vintages.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 104 bottles
2014 The Fledge, Vagabond, Western Cape Was: £14.50 Now: £9.50 Code: FLE114
60% Viognier from the Klein Karoo with 40% Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc, barrel fermented:
cool, apricotty and balanced, beautifully textured with refreshing bite.
At best: Drink now Available: 59 bottles
2016 Fryer’s Cove,
Sauvignon Blanc, Bamboes Bay Was: £13.50 Now: £11.50 Code: FRY116
Top SB, a Cape Pouilly-Fumé - an intense mouthful of gooseberry and passion-fruit,
checked by crisp minerality. Some tasters may taste salt in this wine - possible given the
proximity to the cold Atlantic.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 96 bottles
162013 Lemberg, Hárslevelű, Tulbagh Was: £14.75 Now: £12.50 Code: LEM813
The Hungarian grape, crafted in a deliberately oxydised style, aged in 500 litre French
barrels. Apple skin fragrance, and a complex, pungent and savoury palate with notes of
dried apples and lime.
At best: Drink this year Available: 27 bottles
2014 Nitida,Coronata Integration, Durbanville Was: £14.95 Now: £12.50 Code: NIT314
60% barrel-fermented Sémillon (60%) with tank fermented Sauvignon, winner of the top
Platter 5 star award. Lime and more exotic fruit.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 52 bottles
2016 Cape Rock, White,
Olifants River, 2016, 11.5% Was: £16.95 Now: £11.95 Code: CAP116
This was wonderful in its youth (so we shipped lots) and then went through a surly stage,
from which it has emerged and is again very good, subtle and polished, showing gentle
peach fruit, suavity and a dry stony character on the finish - and it’s just 11.5%. It’s from
one complanted vineyard near the Olifants river, a blend of 40% Viognier, 31% Grenache
Blanc and 29% Roussanne, barrel fermented, and aged for just a few months in old
barrels
At best: Drink now-2019 Available: 84 bottles
2014 Blankbottle, DOK, Elgin Was: £16.95 Now: £14.50 Code: BBO414
Brilliant, textured white blend: winemaker Pieter Walser: “mainly Weisser Riesling, Semillon
and Sauvignon Blanc …super fresh, textured, vibrant and energetic. All components made
separately in older French oak barrels, fermented there and aged for a year on the lees”.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 17 bottles
2014 Cederberg,
Five Generations Chenin Blanc, Cederberg Was: £21.95 Now: £18.50 Code: CED514
Just 360 cases of this top white, a barrel-fermented Chenin of great freshness and
intensity. Creamy oak counterpointed by vibrant flavours of ripe citrus and guava. Rated
Outstanding, 95/100 points, in Decanter magazine, November 2016. We move to 2015.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 25 bottles
2014 Ataraxia,
Chardonnay, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge Was: £23.95 Now: £19.50 Code: ATA114
Now acknowledged as a New World classic. Overt buttery oak is cut by limey minerality.
Rich, creamy and energetic. This is the cheapest price quoted we can find for any
vintage.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 72 bottles
2015 Badenhorst,
Family White, Coastal Region Was: £23.95 Now: £19.95 Code: BAD315
20% Chenin Blanc, 13% each of Clairette, Roussanne and Verdelho, plus Grenache Blanc
and Gris, Marsanne, Viognier, Semillon and Palomino, given about a year in large barrels.
Always a densely textured, complex stone-fruited wine, and very long indeed. “White
and yellow fruit, dried herbs and yeasty complexity. Real drive to the palate - super
concentration and lively acidity before a pithy finish. Oxydative, yet still very focused.
95/100”, Christian Eedes, Decanter, January 2018
At best: Now-2020 Available: 16 bottles
172015 Chamonix,
Reserve Chardonnay, Franschhoek Was: £23.50 Now: £19.95 Code: CHX715
You won’t often see this amazing wine in a sale but we have shipped the 2016 vintage at
£25.50. 2017 Platter Wine Guide 5 star winner. Mid weight, with a subtle hint of orange peel,
this is polished and will keep very well. 92/100, Decanter magazine, April 2017.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 89 bottles
South Africa - Red
Very good reds, albeit in small volumes
2015 Badenhorst,
Secateurs Red, Coastal Region Was: £11.95 Now: £9.95 Code: BAD615
Adi Badenhorst’s Shiraz-based blend, with Cinsault and Grenache, aged only in large neutral
casks, fresh and berried, always showing an old world-style restraint. We move to 2016.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 24 bottles
2014 Cape Rock,Capa Roca, Olifants River Was: £13.95 Now: £11.50 Code: CAP614
Blend of Portuguese varieties, distinctive and impressive, showing blackcurrant fruit,
peppery, with supple tannins and refreshing acidity.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 4 bottles
2015 The Fledge, Syrah, Western Cape Was: £15.95 Now: £12.75 Code: FLE815
A New World Syrah / Shiraz at just 13%! Northern Rhône in style, with pure red fruit, intense
and incisive, with the oak lending a light milk chocolate accent.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 24 bottles
2014 Fryer’s Cove, Pinot Noir, Bamboes Bay Was: £14.50 Now: £12.95 Code: FRY614
Supple, strawberry and raspberry scented wine, aromatic, and lightly spicy. We are now on
2015 at £15.95.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 3 bottles
2014 Nitida, Calligraphy, Durbanville Was: £15.95 Now: £13.50 Code: NIT814
Very high quality right bank Bordeaux ringer - about half Merlot with the Cabernets and a
little Petit Verdot, all in French oak, 25% new; perfumed red fruit, youthful and pure.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 13 bottles
2013 Blankbottle,
Col. Mulscal Roos, Western Cape Was: £20.95 Now: £16.50 Code: BBO613
90% Shiraz and 10% Carignan from the Swartland, vital and punchy, with layers of black
fruit, a touch of cassis, some spice, and fresh currants on the finish. “Combining Shiraz
with Cinsault, mostly from the Voor Paardeberg, this has 30% whole bunches and shows
appropriate sappy spice complemented by flavours of raspberry coulis, rosemary and
lavender”. 90/100, Tim Atkin 2016 South Africa report.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 9 bottles
182014 Chamonix,
Pinot Noir Reserve, Franschhoek Was: £21.95 Now: £18.50 Code: CHX314
Total bargain for a famed New World Pinot. Beautifully ripe attack of raspberry and
blackberry. Oaky, silky and delicious.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 8 bottles
2014 Badenhorst, Family Red, Swartland Was: £23.95 Now: £19.95 Code: BAD814
56% Shiraz, 17% Grenache and Cinsault and 10% Tinta Barocca, given a very long post-
fermentation maceration. Crafted for perfume, suavity and longevity rather than power, this
offers complex flavours of blackberry and black cherry with liquorice and black pepper with
a decent backbone of svelte tannin. The 2015 vintage follows.
At best: Now-2021 Available: 18 bottles
Chile - White
2015 Errázuriz,
Wild Ferment Chardonnay, Casablanca Was: £11.95 Now: £10.50 Code: ERR815
Consistently successful and weighty New World Chardonnay
At best: Now-2019 Available: 3 bottles
2014 Pandolfi Price,
Larkün Chardonnay, Valle del Itata Was: £13.50 Now: £10.75 Code: PAP114
Unoaked, but left on its lees a long time to develop a dairy richness. Ripe and rounded,
creamy, and rich with satisfying length.
At best: Drink now-early 2019 Available: 41 bottles
2011 Aquitania,
Sol de Sol Chardonnay, Valle del Malleco Was: £19.95 Now: £9.95 Code: AQU311
From one of the most southernmost (and therefore coolest) vineyards in Chile, this is one of
the most awarded Chilean Chardonnays - but frankly, it shows too much vegetal character
on the nose and palate for most tastes (though some old-fashioned Burgundy used to
taste just like this). So it’s now being old well under cost to clear. “Sol de Sol is a model of
a modern Chilean white, with its deep fruit, sharp acidity and soft touches of flint. The oak
is perfectly integrated, giving great complexity and depth to the flavours. A wine with great
ageing potential. 19/20pts (96)”, Patricio Tapia in Decanter, November 2015.
At best: Drink this year Available: 45 bottles
Chile and Argentina - Red
2015 Vicien, Malbec, Catamarca, Arg. Was: £9.95 Now: £8.25 Code: VIB115
We are selling more and more of this sprightly Malbec, from organically farmed vineyards
at 5,500 feet in the Fiambala Valley. Bright red fruit - the owner Carlos Arizu says that is
the expression of high altitude Malbec - with purity and freshness. A bottle vanishes very
quickly - especially with a barbecue - but it’s also soft enough to enjoy without food.
Clever forward buying of the $US enables a temporary 17% discount!
At best: Now-2019 Available: 240 bottles
192012 Volcanes de Chile, Tectonia Grenache-Petite
Sirah-Mourvèdre, Central Valley Was: £12.95 Now: £10.95 Code: VOL212
Winner of a gold medal in the 2015 International Wine Challenge; showy, all cassis and
brambly fruit with a liqueur richness and hints of woodsmoke and forest floor.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 39 bottles
2013 Walter Bressia,
Monteagrelo Malbec, Mendoza Was: £16.50 Now: £14.50 Code: BRE313
Beautifully managed oak just rounds the smooth, lush red and black fruit; refined and
satisfying.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 8 bottles
New Zealand - White
2014 Felton Road, Bannockburn Chardonnay,
Central Otago, NZ Was: £23.95 Now: £20.95 Code: FET114
Grown on schist gravels. Wonderful volume, cut by lime. Mineral, classy Chardonnay.
At best: Now-2020 Available: 2 bottles
2015 Felton Road, Block 6 Chardonnay Was: £28.95 Now: £24.95 Code: FET315
A wine we get so little of that it hasn’t even made it onto the website. Great keeper.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 6 bottles
New Zealand & Australia- Red
2012 Yalumba, The Strapper,
Grenache Shiraz Mataro, Barossa, Aus. Was: £14.50 Now: £11.50 Code: YAL512
40% Grenache, 35% Shiraz and 25% Mataro (Mourvèdre) all from the Barossa Valley
in South Australia, so a sort of Châteauneuf blend, but with a bit more obvious oak
influence. Powerful and ripe, the Grenache delivering red-fruited sweetness. A total
bargain but we have too much stock!
At best: Now-2019 Available: 84 bottles
2011 Coriole, Shiraz,
McLaren Vale, South Australia Was: £17.50 Now: £13.95 Code: COP411
Pure, vibrant blueberry and blackberry flavours, with hints of mint and mocha. Svelte, high-
toned and graceful.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 13 bottles
2015 Jules Taylor,
Pinot Noir, Marlborough, NZ Was: £18.50 Now: £15.95 Code: JUL615
Lovely lush purple tone - expressive of joyous raspberry fruit. Intense and pure Kiwi Pinot.
We move to 2016.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 9 bottles
2010 Jim Barry,
McRae Wood Shiraz, Clare Valley, Aus. Was: £29.50 Now: £25.00 Code: JIM810
Famed, powerful Aussie Shiraz: intense red fruit and a blueberry note with mocha and
liquorice.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 3 bottles
202015 Felton Road,
Bannockburn Pinot Noir NZ Was: £32.50 Now: £28.95 Code: FET615
A benchmark: very high quality, concentrated Pinot of poise and purity.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 48 bottles
2014 Felton Road,
Calvert Pinot Noir, Central Otago, NZ Was: £38.95 Now: £35.00 Code: FET814
Usually the most precocious of the single vineyard wines, nevertheless showing great
depth of flavour. Fat and rich, with dense black fruit.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 9 bottles
2015 MAGNUM Felton Road, Cornish Point Pinot Noir,
Central Otago, NZ Magnum Was: £95.00 Now: £80.00 Code: FET715M
Cornish Point is a vineyard almost surrounded by water, on loess soils over gravel. Owner
Nigel Greening refers to the “exoticism” of this wine. Open and voluptuous, all fleshy
raspberries and spice.
At best: Now-2024 Available: 1 magnum
USA - Red
2014 Ridge, Lytton Springs, California Was: £34.50 Now: £30.50 Code: RID214
69% Zinfandel, 18% Petite Sirah, 11% Carignan and 2% Mourvèdre, based on very old vines,
Dense black fruit, cherries and blackberries, with nuances of spice and tobacco.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 5 bottles
2014 Ridge, Geyserville, California Was: £36.00 Now: £31.50 Code: RID114
60% Zinfandel, 24% Carignan, 12% Petite Sirah and 4% Mourvèdre, the Zin from a single
site. Geyserville ages extremely well: this is dramatically vibrant and succulent.
At best: Now-2022 Available: 9 bottles
2013 Ridge,
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, California Was: £45.00 Now: £39.50 Code: RID513
From the famed Monte Bello vineyard in the Santa Cruz mountains: 75% Cab. Sauv., with
20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cab. Franc.: very concentrated, supple and velvety,
with delicious blackcurrant and brambly flavours tinged with spice.
At best: Now-2024 Available: 3 bottles
Sparkling & Champagne
NV Floriano Cinti,
Pignoletto Frizzante, Colli Bolognesi, Italy Was: £11.95 Now: £9.50 Code: CIN1NV
Pignoletto is the name of the delicious sparkling wine made in the foothills of the
Apennines south and south-west of Bologna. From the Grechetto Gentile grape, with the
fizz produced in the same way as Prosecco, i.e. in a closed tank, it’s delightful. Pull the
cork with a corkscrew and away you go…lightly foamy, perfectly dry and citrussy, with
accents of pears and green apple. Creamy, rounded and with a crisp finish, this makes a
lovely aperitif at any time and a perfect party fizz
At best: Now-2019 Available: 180 bottles
212015 J. Laurens, Cremant de Limoux,
Les Graimenous, Brut, France Was: £14.50 Now: £12.50 Code : LAU315
A blend of 60% Chardonnay with 30% Chenin, 5% Pinot Noir and 5% Mauzac, a dead
ringer for Champagne, racy and vital, but with some bready complexity too.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 96 bottles
NV Perrot-Batteux, Champagne Blanc de Blancs,
Hélixe Nature, Brut Nature Was: £27.95 Now: £23.95 Code : PBA3NV
A splendid example of a zéro dosage style: whistle clean, lime and lemon, yet with a splendid
volume to complement the finesse.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 14 bottles
Sweet
2015 Forges, Coteaux du Layon Chaume,
Les Onnis, France Was: £21.95 Now: £18.95 Code: FOR215
Long-lived, luscious Loire sweet with high levels of residual sugar: ripe peach, barleysugar
and Seville orange marmalade notes. Intense.
At best: Now-2023 Available: 5 bottles
2015 Corte Mainenti, Luna Nova,
Recioto di Soave, Italy Half Bottle was: £13.50 Now: £11.50 Code: MAI615
Perfume of orange peel - and that bitter marmalade orange flavour permeates this opulent
sweet wine.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 10 half bottles
22Courier Casualties
From cases damaged by our couriers (or very occasionally in our warehouse!); bottles
with stained and damaged labels.
White
2017 Cape Heights,
Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, SA Was: £6.50 Now: £5.50 Code: CAH117X
Bright, citrus and green fruit, with attractive concentration for a wine at this level.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles Stained
2016 Errazuriz, Sauvignon Blanc,
Aconcagua Costa, Chile Was: £11.95 Now: £10.50 Code: ERR416X
Splendid (and popular) Chilean SB
At best: Now-2019 Available: 3 bottles Scratched and lightly stained
2016 Espiers, Côtes du Rhône Blanc,
Diablotines, France Was: £14.50 Now: £11.50 Code: ESP616X
Complex, weighty white Rhône: nectarines with a hint of orange peel, concentrated
and fat.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles Very stained
Red
2016 Murphy Vineyards,
Big Rivers Shiraz, Murray Darling, Aus. Was: £6.95 Now: £5.50 Code: MUR116X
True varietal character and balance
At best: Now-2019 Available: 3 bottles Stained
2016 Apaltagua, Gran Verano Cabernet Sauvignon,
Valle Central, Chile Was: £7.95 Now: £5.95 Code: APA316X
True varietal character and balance
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles Stained
2016 Petit Pont, Rouge,
IGP Pays d’Oc, France Was: £7.95 Now: £5.95 Code: PEP616X
Bramble fruited Languedoc blend
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles Stained
2016 Vega del Rayo,
Rioja, Vendimia Seleccionada, Spain Was: £8.50 Now: £6.75 Code: VEG216X
Cheerful, oaked Rioja.
At best: Now-2019 Available: 2 bottles Badly stained
2015 Vieux Château Palon,
Montagne St Emilion, France Was: £24.95 Now: £20.95 Code: VCP115X
Superbly rated right bank red from super vintage
At best: Now-2019 Available: 3 bottles Badly stained
23Some advice:
• It is best to call us to place your order
• Please do not send cheques with an order: invariably some wine or other is sold out,
requiring us to return the cheque
• Only the wines temporarily discounted or available in large quantities will be available
on the website.
We will try to process all orders fairly in the sequence in which we receive them - but
inevitably this is difficult when orders are arriving by telephone, email, fax and post.
Please bear with us if we inform you that any wine is available if it later turns out to
have been already sold: we will endeavour to provide suitable replacements, or cancel
the order.
REMNANTS DAY AT THE SHOP
Saturday 8th September, 9.30am-4.00pm
We always have lots of odd bottles - and even cases - left after the first few weeks of
the sale so here’s a chance to come to the shop, taste a few wines, and tidy up what
remains, with a prospect of an additional discount on orders over £100.
Telephone: 01962 712351 Fax: 01962 717545
Email: sales@stonevine.co.uk
13 Humphrey Farms, Hazeley Road, Twyford,
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1QA
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