Aimery Grand Cuvée 1531 Crémant De Limoux
This Crémant de Limoux is sourced from the oldest sparkling wine region in the world which continues to produce these amazingly flavoursome, yet affordable sparkling wines. Medium-intense aromas of apple flesh, white melon rind and yellow flowers open the nose of this fresh and inviting sparkler. Made from 60% Chardonnay, 30% Chenin Blanc and 10% Mauzac, it’s brisk and lively, with final hints of green apple and lime leaf.
Albert Mann Cremant d’Alsace Brut 2018
Since 1989, the brothers Maurice and Jacky Bartholome have been running Domaine Albert Mann, making exceptional wines every vintage! They started biodynamic winemaking in 1997 in three Grands Crus plots and since 2000, their wines have been certified organic farming by Ecocert. They are at the forefront of quality wine production in Alsace.
Bubbles’ are fine and delicate. The nose is endowed with a great impression of freshness and liveliness. The aromas are fruity and intense, on pear and apple. Attack in mouth is underlined by a beautiful acidity. We note a good length with apricot and peach.
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Alberto Nani Organic Prosecco
Alberto Nani has a complex bouquet characterized by notes of flowers and jam. The full bodied wine showcases a fine perlage with a mineral finish. It’s ideal as an aperitif with traditional Italian dishes, to live every day as a celebration.
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BEATRIX Alpha Domus NV
Elegant, fresh and light everyday bubbles from Alpha Domus. Amazing value for money. Packed with red fruit aromas as well as racy acidity to back it up. Contemporary style of bubbles for pretty much everyones taste.
Bedin IL Lieve Prosecco Col Fondo
Funky Prosecco Col Fondo aka Pet Nat! Very cloudy straw in color, due to the yeast deposit on the bottom of the bottle, with delicate bubbles. The process of lees ageing adds notes of baked bread that blend with fruity scents in a very elegant, complex bouquet. In the mouth it is full-flavoured and bone-dry, very refreshing and cleansing.
BK Wines Pet Nat Chardonnay 2021
Pet Nat – or rustic, farmhouse sparkling wine created by producing a fermentation in the bottle – is to sunshine as gumboots are to muddy puddles… you don’t have to have either of them to enjoy the other but you’re a whole lot happier if you do. 100% Basket Range Chardonnay. Whole-bunch pressed to concrete ‘egg’ fermenter. Fermented until nearly dry. Light, white pear flavours and enticing frizz. You’ll find yourself praying for summer sunshine or just sitting under a warm, bright light with your glass and pretending it’s here.
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BK Wines Pet Nat Pinot Noir 2021
This season’s Pét Nat Pinot Noir, in addition to all the joy it brings to drink, can be almost as pleasurable just to open up and sit and watch… a veritable lava lamp of lees. Unmistakably and purely Pinot Noir on the nose, just-ripe raspberries on the palate. So many processes of control go into making a Champagne, while Pét Nat is permitted to largely create itself. Where last vintage resulted in a sort of wild, messy, walk-of-shame debauchery, this vintage is tidy and compartmentalised, with a glittery bead and velveteen mousse. Good, clean, bubbly fun. 100% Lenswood Pinot Noir. Whole-bunch pressed to concrete ‘egg’ fermenter. Fermented until nearly dry.
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Casa Coste Piane Valdobbiadene Prosecco NV
The Prosecco “Frizzante Naturalmente” of Casa Coste Piane thrills with production following the dictates of the ancestral method, according to a rural method, according to an ancient method, according to a philosophy that created it not to conform to trends, but to bring to the glass a personality and a truly unique character of its kind. A refermentation not in autoclave, but in the bottle on the “sur lie” yeasts, generates small but still lively and vibrant bubbles. The wine is rustic, has a beautiful freshness and great minerality.
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Clos Henri La Chapelle Blanc de Noir
This is technically a “Blanc de Noir” – made from 100% Pinot Noir and in a rich and full bodied style of Methode Traditionelle. If you prefer your bubbles on the yeasty, chocolatey and savoury end of the spectrum this should definitely catch your eye. Creamy long and satisfying savoury finish too.
Continental Platter Prosecco NV
A frivolous, vivacious but not aggressively effervescent Prosecco. A fresh citrus body is highlighted by lingering honey notes in a full mouthfeel. With organically and sustainably farmed fruit for this number, it’s incredible value.
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DIGBY Fine English NV Brut
Vibrant yet understated, this fizz is in its element at home on a Tuesday evening or at a party celebrating one of life’s big moments. An engaging expression of Digby’s house style, it stems from England’s most luscious Pinot Noir with rich, aged Chardonnay and plummy Pinot Meunier.
PLATINUM 97pts (2019 Decanter)
DIGBY Leander Pink NV Brut Rose
Allow yourself to be transported river-side on a warm summer’s day, cheering as boats slice their way past you, glass in hand. This pink fizz is a blend that celebrates England’s most vibrant Pinot Noir fruit, with red berry aromas carried on the back of a light, creamy fruitiness.
Domaine Baumard Carte Turquoise Cremant de Loire NV
The mousse is elegant and refined and there is plenty of crisp acidity. The finish is long and dry with attractive biscuity notes.
This special old vine cuvée has depth and elegance – a belting alternative to Champagne and leagues ahead on quality over bottom-end fizz!
Domaine de Pothiers Eclipse Pet Nat 2019
Domaine des Pothiers are producers of Gamay Noir in the Cote Roannaise, in the north of the Loire. Passed down over several generations, the vines are cultivated biodynamically with the greatest care to produce quality wines. They work with ‘Saint Romain’ a unique clone of Gamay Noir. Domaine des Pothiers are doing something special with their sparkling wine. They use the Methode Ancestral technique to make a 100% Gamay sparkling pet nat. In the glass this has a light rosy colouring with pink foam. It is medium dry with 9% ABV, and really well balanced by crisp zingy acidity and savoury flavours. A great aperitif style.
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Domaine Mosse Moussamoussettes 2019
Thinking about a perfect summer/spring drop? Look no further! This natural Pet-Nat from Domaine Mosse is not only lively, vibrant, and fun, it has some serious structure to hold it all together and deliver layers of flavors.
Domaine Vincent Carême Vouvray l’Ancestrale
Coming from old vines this is a well-balanced ‘zero dosage’ sparkling wine. This is an incredibly elegant wine that displays a distinct minerality and a very fine bead. There are no sulphites added to this wine at any stage in the winemaking process.
It is rich and complex and will perfectly compliment your moments of shared pleasure.
ORGANIC / BIODYNAMIC / NATURAL / No SO2 ADDED
Egly-Ouriet Brut Tradition Grand Cru NV
Based in Ambonnay, Egly-Ouriet are masters of Pinot. They farm organically, and many of the base wines are fermented in barrel. They like long ageing on lees. Dosage is low or zero. These are proper wines: sometimes a bit stern, but always worthwhile. 48 months on lees, disgorged July 2016. Very fine and detailed with lovely citrus and apple core, as well as some pear and nut richness. It’s quite dry and complex with fine herbs and juicy acidity. Grown up and sophisticated, this is fruit-driven but four years on the lees and another 11 months in bottle has given the first signs of toasty maturity.
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Els Vinyerons Pregadeu Cava 2018
Pregadéu (‘Praying mantis’ in Catalan, the cuvées are named after the insects found in the vineyards). Mètode ancestral sparkling made from 100% Xarel-lo. This wine undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle using the original but unfermented grape juice. Disgorged too so the wine is crystal clean and clear. No added sulphites and with no signs of oxidation (so stable and good for glass pour). Dry and fresh yet fruitful and with good acidity too.
ORGANIC / BIODYNAMIC / NATURAL / NO SO2 ADDED
French Beaches “Cuvee X” Rose 2019
The cuvée «X» is born from our desire to offer a unique sparkling wine, with low alcohol. The most unconventional brand of wine reveals its audacity again by this generous and sensual wine.
Its pale pink in color and has fine bubbles, signing its elegance. The wine’s aromas of ripe fruit and spring flowers, mixed with subtle hints of honey and citrus, bring the final touch to this innovative cuvée.
Greystone Organic Pétillant Naturel 2020
Attractive and flavoursome with a natural effervescence. The palate is fresh and the finish is long. Fresh, dry and with a persistent and fine mousse.
“Broad, textural sparkling wine that’s more vinous than fruity with ginger-like lees, apricot blossom and a suggestion of mineral character” – Bob Campbell MW ( writing about the 2019 Petillant Naturel )
Larmandier-Bernier Longitude Premier Cru
Superbly fresh and mineral! This non-vintage cuvée contains 40% of wines coming from our perpetual reserve begun in 2004. Each bottle is disgorged by hand 6 months before being marketed. The dosage is only 3g/l (extra brut!). Perfect as an aperitif, its straightness and its mineral character will whet your appetite. It’s ready to drink now, but may also be laid down for a few years.
Mas Candi Corpinnat Cava 2017
A blend of Macabeu, Parellada and Xarel·lo grapes sorted from old grapevines, this Cava from Penedès was traditionally vinified. After the completion of both fermentations, it was aged for 24 months in the bottle. Crisp and very pleasant, this sparkling wine of Celler Mas Candí is dry, fruit-driven and fresh. Bubbles are nicely integrated, and the acidity is excellent. This Penedès Brut Nature cava has a long finish with remembrances of dry fruit and spices.
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Monte delle Vigne Lambrusco
This fabulously inviting, sparkling red bursts all the myths about Lambrusco by being dry and joyously drinkable. Grown organically on clay and limestone soils the results are fantastic. Fresh bright black cherry, blackberry fruit, some attractive fermentary notes, mouthfeel is ripe and fresh, nice depth of dark cherry and plum, blackberry fruit, decent grip and fresh acidity. 100% Lambrusco Maestri.
Orsi San Vito Posca Bianca NV
The ‘NV’ in the description stands for ‘non-vintage’, meaning that the wine is made from the product of more than one single year. Federico has made what he calls his ‘perpetual cuvée’ – a wine that slowly changes and evolves over time. The idea is a little like a simplified version of the Solera system used in Spanish sherry-making. Each year wine is added to a tank that already contains wine from up to ten previous vintages; wine is then bottled from that tank roughly every six weeks throughout the year with wine taken from all the available vessels in the cellar to top it up again. Next vintage more new wine is added to the tank, and so the process continues. This results in fresh, zesty notes from the young Pignoletto, and savoury, nutty notes from the Pignoletto that has had more time to mature in the tank. The wine will also display subtle differences depending on which bottling it comes from – check the back of the label to see when yours is dated. Always different, always the same, a bit like the Fall.