2016 Rhône
Bottle
£22.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£24.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 68cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£45.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Crau plateau, have gifted this blend which is made up
of 80 percent Grenache, 10 percent Mourvèdre, seven
percent Syrah and three percent Cinsault. Gentle
extraction after a modest cold soak has been followed
by eighteen months ageing, shared between vat and
350 litre casks, none of which are new. Benchmark
Châteauneuf aromas of black olive and the scrub cede
to a dark and savoury palate, hugely textured and
with layers of potential. The 2016 calling cards of pure
acidity and elegant tannins are both present and the
finish is imperious. Drink 2020-2028.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£48.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 8cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 45cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 86cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 58cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 10cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 51cs
Case price (Magnum 6 x 150cl)
Magnum 6 x 150cl 6cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
and if there was ever an illustration of Grenache
that is richly wrought, powerful and luxuriously
textured, yet still structured and not tipping over into
a decadent over-indulgence, then this would be it. The
herbal hints at the back of the palate ground the wine
magnificently; otherwise it’s an ethereal paean to
Provencal pleasure. Drink 2022-2028.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£60.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 34cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 12 x 75cl)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 7cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 9cs
although I infer that the Sabons might vote for the
Chaupin. Hard to choose really. I love the dense, richly
complex, nervously adolescent splendour of this wine,
its strutting potential and plush, unending generosity,
a long and happy future definitively secured. Drink
2023-2030+.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£80.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 24cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 18cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
D. Magnum
£270.00
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 11cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Matt Walls - Decanter 09/10/17
Magnum
£695.20
Magnum 1 x 150cl 8cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
underwrite Lirac’s gregarious personality. The
Marcoux vines here are sheltered by the garrigue
and are older than the average, and as a result their
wine has more depth and complexity and less fleshy
opulence. The 2016 is initially a touch reticent, then
the garland of black fruit flavours envelops the palate,
with a subtle spicy backdrop and finely integrated
tannic support. Drink 2019-2021.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Mourvèdre and 80-year-old Grenache, the
Confidential 2010 is an outstanding effort, its weight
of dense black fruit beautifully complemented by
what Christine describes as salinity – a reference
to the pure minerality which underpins the wine’s
structure. Wonderfully balanced and almost
feminine, despite its power – a word seldom used in
this particular appellation. Drink 2021-2025.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
might say, all matured in concrete, therefore a pure
and completely unadorned expression of the quality of
the fruit, all the more so as there has been only three
grams of sulphur added here. Astonishingly energising.
Drink 2022-2030.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 7cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Oliver Barton, Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
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of the different vineyards are matured differently; in
2016, 50 percent was in new or one-year-old barrel,
30 percent in tronconique and the balance in older
barrique. The assemblage has an attractive nose
dominated by tapenade, wood-smoke and blackberry
fruit; on the palate there are additional notes of
pepper and spice. The finish is finely etched and
winsome. Drink 2019-2022.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer