White Burgundy in a league of its own. Rich and golden, with honeyed depths and racy minerality; a wine for buttery scallops or fish carpaccio. Mâconnais vigneron extraordinaire Jean Thévenet makes awesomely intense Chardonnays using methods others shun as commercially suicidal. Risking calamitous weather, his grapes are picked over-ripe, often yielding wines of surpassing richness. [...]

Cheery Kiwi winemaker and micro-biologist John Forrest has assembled a range of wines reflecting his exuberant personality and ongoing experimental quest to capture 'essence of place'. This sumptuous Marlborough Chardonnay offers enticing aromas of honeyed lemons, toasted brioche and freshly-ground spice, leading to a ripe, peachy palate lent balance and structure by seamless acidity and [...]

Impeccably organic, an impressive alliance of lush, cassis-rich Cabernet and gamey, generous Syrah. Domaine Richeaume lies at the foot of Provence's Sainte-Victoire mountain. The winery itself was built on the vestiges of a Roman Villa by organic vigneron Henning Hoesch. All viticulture at the estate is biodynamic, to the extent that a flock of sheep [...]

Substantial, well-structured, biodynamic claret with ripe concentration of black fruit flavours and restrained oak. John and Véronique Cochran, whose vineyards spread out from their 14th century château (once home to the lords of Lansac, faithful to the English Crown) in an area called 'the little Switzerland of the Gironde' have won praise for their wines [...]

Special occasion stuff, this: a super-premium Australian Chardonnay made at the cool-climate Yarra Valley outpost of famous Champagne house Moet & Chandon. The focus here is, as you'd expect, on classic fizz, but elegant still wines are also produced from Champagne grape varieties. The fresh, peachy character of this wine was complexed by fermentation and [...]

Dr Bailey Carrodus (now sadly deceas ed)was one of the best and most innovative of all Aussie winemakers. He chose the Yarra Valley in Victori a for its cool climate and the world soon followed him. Esposing old worl techniques his wines have a length a nd finesse to them which soon earnt him an [...]

Jean-Paul Versino makes one of the finest, velvety smooth, Grenache dominant wines of this region
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This classic medium-dry sherry hails from the 140-year-old Sanlucar de Barrameda cellars of Pedro Romero, which used to supply more sizeable bodegas but now bottles wines under its own name. Deep amber colour, aromas of almonds and dried figs and a rich, dry, appetisingly savoury palate.
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In the mid-1990s, Philippe du Roy of Châteauneuf's famed Domaine de Villeneuve joined forces with consultant Philippe Cambie, seeking to produce 'authentic' (rather than flashy, souped-up and overblown) southern Rhône wines that owed their character to natural processes involving earth, vines, fruit, harvesting and winemaking. Gently-handled from vine to bottle, this spicy red, with classic [...]

At their rustic Ampuis estate (where the eggs from happy free range chickens are used to filter wines), Jean François and Carmen Garon have been producing old-fashioned, gently-oaked, full-bodied Côte-Rôties since 1995. Soft and well-rounded, with subtle concentration of black fruit flavours, this appealing style is lovely with pan-fried duck breasts.
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Select your favourite wines in any combination you choose to make up your own 12-bottle case. You will pay just £89 and delivery is included.
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Impressively full-flavoured, rich and chocolatey, yet elegant and refined, with gentle toasty oak nuances; a wine for game. Vincent Girardin first strolled into our list in 1997 after we found that most of our favourites from 1996 were his. Based in Santenay, southernmost Côte d'Or village, he creates wines from his own vineyards and parcels [...]

Try this Seasonal Cellar case. It's part of our series of mystery cases (revealed here so you can see the type of wines you may receive, although each season is different). For full details of joining our Seasonal Cellar Club, please call Adele Spindler on 01502 727222. In the meantime, enjoy this case.
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