Rare Bottles

Price – £40-£50

Small scale producers with low yields and those sought after bottles with a cult following make some wines hard to come by. Here you'll find those that we've manged to bag tiny allocations of.

Thierry Hesnault
A Part! 2021

A one-off cuvée from Thierry Hesnault. An alluring wine of gorgeous texture, heaving with perfume, flowers, red berries, earth and exotic spice all wrapped around a tight coil of acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Jasnières, Loire, France
  • Grapes Pineau d’Aunis & Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£49

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Bbirbiciù
Brasì 2022

The colour of a brick-tinged Nebbiolo in the glass, this singular red/white blend of Catarratto and Pignatello really captures the essence of this far-flung volcanic island. Packed full of dusty black fruit, floral cherry blossom, exotic spices and the twang of salinity that the Sirocco wind brings in on the breeze. Find out more.

  • Region Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Catarratto & Pignatello
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£48

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Bbirbiciù
Cagnolo 2022

A tiny, experimental bottling from just a couple of amphora, Cagnolo is Davide's latest addition to the Bbirbiciù range. From a small planting of Nero d'Avola and Merlot, two grapes that are not as common on the island, the wine nevertheless oozes the Mediterranean charm of Sicily itself. Find out more.

  • Region Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Nero d'Avola & Merlot
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£48

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Victoria Torres Pecis
Clarete Sur 2021

Stunning lightness of touch in this co-fermentation of red & white grapes grown on volcanic ash soils. This blend of Listan Blanco, Negramoll, and Listan Negro sees some very short skin contact and is aged in old barrels. Less than 900 bottles produced! Find out more.

  • Region La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Grapes Listan Blanco, Negramoll & Listan Negro
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£41

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Domaine de l'Octavin
Corvée de Trou Trou 2020

A stunning example of this highly Jura-specific red grape. The wine gives off the most wonderfully exotic cinnamon and toasted peppercorn aromas, which float above a delicate, silky body of red cherry and forest berry fruits. Truly singular stuff and from a lauded cult producer with a deft, gentle hand. Find out more.

  • Region Arbois, Jura, France
  • Grapes Trousseau
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£51

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Jean-François Essler
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay 'Premier Pas' 2020

100% Chardonnay coming from the heart of Grusse, in the south of Jura. Detailed and well structured, the wine has the slightly exotic fruit you associate with the region. The fruit is well balanced with plenty of freshness, minerality and a hint of salinity. Find out more.

  • Region Grusse, Jura, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£45

Yannick Meckert
Cris et Chuchotements 2023

A compact, elegant and deeply savoury macerated Pinot Gris with moreish notes of red cherry and blood orange taking centre stage before a long, salty finish. Gleaming ruby in the glass, this category defying wine falls somewhere in-between the orange and rosé wine world thanks maceration on the grapes pinkish-grey skins. Find out more.

  • Region Rosheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Gris
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£43

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Le Mazel
Cuvée Larmande 2011

Those who have had the experience know that, whilst humbly priced, Mazel wines age with aplomb. We're happy to offer a small quantity of the above Syrah cuvee with well over a decade under its belt. Here we start to see the youthful fruit fall away into something more chiseled and defined. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Syrah
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£42

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Fabrice Dodane
Le Dos d'Chat 2021

This lesser-spotted Riesling is a wine from the négoce project of one Fabrice Dodane, who you may know better for his work at the lauded Domaine de Saint Pierre. Everything you'd expect from a high-quality expression of the grape; high levels of mouth-watering acidity with a raw citrus quality, smoky lime and nectarine with that hallmark waft of kerosine lifting from the glass. Find out more.

  • Region Matheny, Jura, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£45

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Tony Bornard
Le Gentil Blanc 2020

A rare Jura gem, Le Gentil Blanc balances intensity, power and precision. A vibrant wine of pure energy that simply glows in the glass. This is one that doesn’t come along very often. Made with 100% Savagnin, the wine bursts with ripe stone fruits and apples. Find out more.

  • Region Jura, France
  • Grapes Savagnin
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£50

Domaine de la Côtelette
Les Trognes De Pinot 2023

A beautiful, pure expression of Pinot Noir coming from very old vines, some over 100 years old. Find out more.

  • Region Côte de Saône, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£44

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Domaine de la Côtelette
Meligoté 2023

From a single parcel of 2/3 Aligote & 1/3 Melon de Bourgogne, of which the majority are ungrafted. Benoit pressed the grapes directly and ages in barrel. The Aligote brings tension and focus, the Melon roundness and aromatics. Find out more.

  • Region Côte de Saône, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Aligoté & Melon de Bourgogne
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£42

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Domaine Dandelion
Pet Nat 2023

We’re very happy to have received a handful of Domaine Dandelion’s beautiful Pét Nat. A glorious ‘blanc de noir’ of Gamay and Pinot Noir, as always this sparkler is delicate and textured with a chalky minerality and wonderful balance. Find out more.

  • Region Beaune, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir & Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphite
£42

Sophie Evans
Pinot Noir Reserve 2022

Only 180 bottles of this wine were produced, so its safe to say there is very little to go around. We’re very happy to have got our hands on just a few bottles. Find out more.

  • Region Kent, England
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£46.50

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La Calmette
Resurgences 2021

A completely unique white wine from the Cahors - a region famed for its robust reds. Resurgences encapsulates elegance, vibrancy, complexity and surprise. The wine balances perfectly between power and elegance. Find out more.

  • Region Cahors, France
  • Grapes Noual, Sylvaner, Sauvignon Blanc & Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£42

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Jean-François Essler
Réve Éphémère 2022

Réve Éphémère is made up of 99% Poulsard from very old vines, blended with a few Pinot Noir vines that exist on the same plot. The grapes are destemmed and given 4 weeks on the skins, then pressed using a vertical rachet press before being blended with free-run juice and aged in fibreglass. Find out more.

  • Region Grusse, Jura, France
  • Grapes Poulsard & Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£43.50

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Domaine de la Côtelette
Right Pinot 2023

Wonderfully delicate, aromatic and bright with Benoit's signature purity underpinning every sip. Find out more.

  • Region Côte de Saône, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41

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Petite Nature
Sorcières 2022

This is resolutely a red wine, despite 50% of the grapes being white, such is the influence of the Syrah. The Chardonnay and Viognier keep things delightfully silky and fluid, but the red grape provides a huge aromatic lift, that somehow seems to carry itself through into the palate, which is dense with dark blackcurrant fruits and juicy, saline black olive. Find out more.

  • Region Quintenas, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Syrah, Viognier & Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41

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François Saint-Lô
Unis des Bois Guyon 2022

Only the second ever time that François has vinified this rare and special cuvée, making it as he does with a selection of Pineau d'Aunis grapes from within the Bois Guyon vineyard parcel. Find out more.

  • Region Saumur, Loire, France
  • Grapes Pineau d'Aunis
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41.50

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