Pinot Noir from the Auvergne that is nimble and expressive with incredible purity of flavour. The wine comes from two parcels of vines at varying elevations both planted over the same iron-rich volcanic soils. Find out more.

This is Pinot Noir from some of Patrick's oldest vines which are planted over volcanic soils of Basalt, with a splash of Chardonnay. Luminous, fine-grained and electric. Find out more.

The warm ripening season of 2021 has imprinted some bold, generous fruit to a wine that can, on occasion, be more angular and austere. There is that restrained suggestion of bonfire smoke permeating the lifted, violet high notes. Dreyer rarely puts a foot wrong. Find out more.

Inky Malbec (the eponymous Côt) that is much brighter and crunchier than most would expect of the grape. As always with Mikaël's wines, there is a noticeable mineral imprint; that hard-to-define aspect of wet stones or patio paving following rain on a hot day. Find out more.

The taste of Garnacha when grown at altitude over granitic soils in the mountains surrounding the city of Madrid. Hot days and cool nights impart freshness and perfume. Find out more.

From fifty year old vines of Pinot Noir planted in one of the steepest, shallowest parts of Saint Romain. True to site, despite the warm vintage this impresses with dark brambly fruit, chalky minerals and soft supple tannins. Find out more.

Aromatically this is a textbook example of the grape; plush, brightly-toned notes of red berries, charred capsicum and ground coffee are vibrant and upfront. On the palate the wine is glossy, with deep, sumptuous fruit and gentle bitters leading into detailed granular tannins and a stony, mineral backbone. Find out more.

Bedeau Rouge is the gateway red to Cossard’s world of zero-zero Burgundy, under the more regional ‘Bourgogne’ AOC and made using grapes from a number of plots around Volnay & Nuits-Saint-Georges. Find out more.

Here we have all manner of dusty dry spices, bonfire smoke and Mediterranean herbs jumping out of the glass, with a hint of something like eucalyptus floating in there too. A short maceration lends gentle tannins that neatly frame the bright, spicy red fruits and crushed peppercorns on the palate. Find out more.

Electrically-charged Etna rosso with plenty of brooding charisma, its character transmitting as a fresh heap of cherries steeped in violet perfume, buoyed on a black cushion of volcanic smoke. Find out more.

The volcanic soils here impart an unmistakable smokiness and granular feel to the black berry fruits, giving the impression that the whole thing has been filtered through rock. A singular wine of real tension and verve, which could be of interest to fans of the Auvergne style of Gamay & Pinot. Find out more.

Even at full maturity, as here, Grolleau produces light, low alcohol wines with lots of acidity and an earthy quality. The Gamay adds some bright cherry fruits and stony minerality. Lots of freshness this year in this brilliant, quintessential Loire red. Find out more.

A serious wine with a silly name - Couilles d'Anes translates as 'donkey balls', a colloquial term coined by the local vigneron to describe the unusual black stones that can be found dotting the vineyard soils in certain locations. A delightfully aromatic vintage, bright cherry and bramble fruits meld with a violet perfume in the glass. Find out more.

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.

One of those beautifully-coloured, luminous wines that results from combining red and white grapes in the vinification. A vintage of compact, crystalline fruits and stony minerals, elevated by a gentle piquancy to the acids. Find out more.