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.
A category defying red/white blend, light, fragrant, a touch more tannin + green fruit than previous cuvées, still lithe + bloody with pretty floral aromatics Find out more.
A wine of stunningly deep, concentrated fruit, with the sort of silky elegance that only patience in the cellar can bring. Aromatics are both savoury and perfumed, with peppercorn spice, charry blackcurrant and something earthy, like walking into a cool stone cellar. Find out more.
RegionQuintenas, Ardèche, France
GrapesGamay & Syrah
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
RegionPantelleria, Sicily, Italy
GrapesCatarratto & Pignatello
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
A rare planting makes for a unique expression of Syrah, it's potential to display dark, charry fruit here feels enhanced with the volcanic influence. A wide-open perfume floats above a slick, glossy body that is dense with juicy black olives and blackcurrant. Less granular in texture than the other wines using indigenous grapes, it shimmers long into the profoundly mineral finish. Find out more.
RegionTenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
GrapesSyrah
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
RegionRosheim, Alsace, France
GrapesPinot Gris
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
RegionValvignères, Ardèche, France
GrapesSyrah
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
100% Merlot that did not ferment completely dry, so Paulette elected to bottle with a little residual sugar, giving the wine that wide-eyed drinkability and lightly spritzy character. Bright red fruits feel luminous and crackle with energy, a lick of balsamic cuts the palate. Find out more.
RegionQuintenas, Ardèche, France
GrapesMerlot
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
A warmer year has produced a wine that is a little darker and deeper than previous vintages, where firm tannins frame woodsy notes of berries, earth and spice. Find out more.
RegionMâcon, Burgundy, France
GrapesPinot Noir
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Patricia & Remi's domaine white is a distinctly Northern Rhône affair; an equal blend of Marsanne & Roussanne from a single tiny plot, sitting a stone's throw from the river bend where the storied appellations of the region converge. Find out more.
RegionÉtables, Ardèche, France
GrapesMarsanne & Roussanne
Vineyard Organic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Golden amber in colour, with tannins that are chalky, dialled-back, yet deeply integrated. Citrus oils, ripe peach, salty apricot and sweet almond meld harmoniously with herbal aromatics and a distinctive tea-like quality. Find out more.
RegionQuintenas, Ardèche, France
GrapesViognier & Chardonnay
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Gamay from some of his oldest vines (80 and counting) planted over volcanic soils. A vivid, fine-grained and electric wine that more than lives up to the hype. Find out more.
RegionSt Georges Sur Allier, Auvergne, France
GrapesGamay d'Auvergne
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites"
Showing plenty of flesh, texture and rounded fruit at the moment, the wine feels fun in its youthful years, to only gain complexity with time. One to lay down. Find out more.
RegionCôte de Saône, Burgundy, France
GrapesAligoté & Melon de Bourgogne
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Here we see a hyper-specific expression of terroir, this parcel singled out to make its own unique wine owing to its sandy decomposed granite soils having a high content of the manganese minerals - something closely associated with fine structure and ageability of wines from this cru Find out more.
RegionBeaujolais
GrapesGamay
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
A beautiful, delicate vermouth that somehow channels the exotic aromas of flora you find on the air in this remote part of western Sicily. A heady delight when simply drunk over ice with a twist of citrus, it is a transportive aperitif if ever we tasted one. Find out more.
RegionMarsala, Sicily, Italy
GrapesCatarratto
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites, fortified and infused with natural citrus & botanicals
Huge solera-style red that blends 6 different vintages of Grenache and Syrah in old barrels, making for the most muscular, powerfully-structured and complex wine we have tried from this grower. Find out more.
RegionLuberon, Southern Rhône, France
GrapesGrenache & Syrah
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
As always, racy and textured, the 2024 brings a blackberry yoghurt element to to this well loved cuvée, alongside chalky minerality and balanced acidity. Find out more.
RegionBeaune, Burgundy, France
GrapesPinot Noir & Gamay
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphite
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.
A silky wine full of pretty red fruit. We’d suggest giving it a bit of air once opened, with a chance to breathe the plush layers of fruit will start to emerge. Find out more.
RegionGrusse, Jura, France
GrapesPoulsard & Pinot Noir
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Wonderfully delicate, aromatic and bright with Benoit's signature purity underpinning every sip. It's sure to only get better with time. Find out more.
RegionCôte de Saône, Burgundy, France
GrapesPinot Noir
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Aromatically, Syrah, briny black olive tapenade, spicy blackcurrant. On the palate the Viognier shows in citrus peel, fennel, green olive and a silky fluidity. Find out more.
RegionQuintenas, Ardèche, France
GrapesSérine & Viognier
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
One of Paulette’s domaine wines, from a small parcel of 50 year-old Gamay, planted over sandy decomposed granite and quartz at around 500 meters in the hills outside Annonay. This is in many ways her signature cuvée, and offers a beautiful expression of the extreme north of the Ardèche. Find out more.
RegionQuintenas, Ardèche, France
GrapesGamay
VineyardOrganic & Biodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£43
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