White Wines
Our sales of white wines continue to be dominated by Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, so we make sure we offer you a very wide choice of wines from these two great varieties from all over the world.
However, we make considerable efforts to promote intriguing varieties and blends too, so do consider alternatives, whether Chenin Blanc (Loire and South Africa); the peachy and exotically fruited Rhône varieties - Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc; and those varieties we now broadly label "Alsace" but which appear all along the trade routes from northern France via Germany to north-eastern Italy - Pinot Blanc (Bianco), Pinot Gris (Grigio), Gewurtztraminer; plus of course Riesling.
Some of our most distinctive and increasingly popular wines are from grapes grown only in small zones: Picpoul de Pinet from the Languedoc shores of the Med; Gros and Petit Manseng (Pacherenc du Vic Bilh) from the south-west of France; Albarino from Galicia; or Grechetto from Umbria. Then there are blends: blending grape varieties with specific qualities - for example using one for fruit (e.g. Viognier), one for body (e.g. Marsanne) and another for freshness (e.g. Clairette) - makes complete sense and can make wine so much more interesting. We commend in particular blends from the Languedoc, Spain and South Africa - especially the latter.
Key to our selection is only to offer wines from vines suited to the climatic conditions in which they are grown: that’s why we don’t offer Sauvignon Blanc from the Languedoc, or Pinot Grigio from Australia - it’s simply too hot there for these varieties. Some grapes thrive in the heat - for example Grillo in Sicily. Finally, note that we enjoy and seek freshness in our whites, and abhor the following: over-ripeness; ugly adjustment of acidity levels with tartaric acid (yes, in hot countries they can legally dump sacks of white powder into the wine); and clumsily oaked examples.
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From two vineyard plots bordering Santenay. 100% barrel fermented, with 10% new oak; and given...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ521
GrapeChardonnay
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Wholly owned by the family since 1933, a stony and rocky vineyard, hence the name. About 55% in...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeFAJ121
GrapeChardonnay
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The Fourreys own a healthy 3.60 hectares of Côte de Lechet, divided amongst six plots over the...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
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Bottle75cl
CodeFRR721
GrapeChardonnay
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Named after a village Priest who was said to have introduced the wine of Cabrières to the...
OriginFrance
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFUL123
GrapeClairette &
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From a very small plot at the top of the slope, planted in the 1940s on gravel and red clay...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
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CodeSAB321
GrapeChardonnay
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From a small, half a hectare parcel, on clay and limestone planted in the late 1960s....
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
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CodeSAB121
GrapeChardonnay
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From two parcels, one planted in 1954 and the other in 1982, in this top 1er Cru, which faces...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV 12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeROB421
GrapeChardonnay
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From the cool crest of the Top Paddocks vineyard, with an archaic Burgundy style label. Mainly...
OriginAustralia
RegionGippsland
ColourWhite
ABV 13.2%
Bottle75cl
CodeHOD521
GrapeChardonnay
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Mont de Milieu is a hillside vineyard facing south and south-east, and as such the vines are...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV 13%
Bottle75cl
CodeFRR521
GrapeChardonnay
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A single vineyard, barrel-fermented Chardonnay that easily rivals Cote d'Or Burgundy at the...
OriginAustria
RegionRied Kaiserberg
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeART921
GrapeChardonnay
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Fiano may be better known in the Campania, but Cerignola is just across the Apennines from...
OriginItaly
RegionPuglia
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBIA622
GrapeFiano
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From white clay soils on the slopes above Larnage: all goes into tank and the malolactic is...
OriginFrance
RegionRhone
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeVEN622
GrapeViognier