Summer Sale 2026
22nd August - 5th September 2026
Welcome to our annual summer sale. We have been looking in all the dark corners of the warehouse finding odd bottles and bin ends and there is a host of fantastic wines on offer on even better prices.
This year, there is a particular focus on Burgundy. With the 2024s due to arrive in the autumn, we are clearing out some older vintages to make space. As usual, we have also included our much sought after Courier Casualties, bottles with stained or damaged labels, usually after a butter-fingered courier has smashed a bottle or two. If you don’t mind an imperfect label then there are bargains to be had here.
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Style
Grape Variety
Country
Region
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Vintage
We like retro, mildly out of fashion styles here. True Soave (as opposed to the watery stuff...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAI324
GrapeGarganega
Garganega with a little Trebbiano di Soave. From vineyards near the cellar with clay-limestone...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAI124
GrapeGarganega
A blend of no less than eleven grapes this is one of the unsung heroes of our list. Ripe and...
OriginFrance
RegionLanguedoc
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAB622
GrapeWhite blend
"Dark-berried juiciness and berry-leaf fragrance. This is a doodle of happy, plashy,...
OriginFrance
RegionLanguedoc
ColourRed
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAB322
GrapeMourvedre, Syrah & Grenache
We always taste the full range of François' Vidals top cuvées every year and chose our...
OriginFrance
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
ColourRed
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeLIQ821
GrapeGrenache & Carignan
We had a lengthy flirtation with L’Estabel, a small co-op in the schistous hills of Cabrieres...
OriginFrance
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
ColourRed
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeLES622
GrapeGrenache & Syrah
The sister wine of François Lequin’s ever popular Back to the Roots cuvée. Sourced from the...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ823
GrapeChardonnay
Lequin-Colin, Santenay Rouge, 1er Cru La Comme, 2022
Medium Bodied
From a very well-sited south-east facing 1er Cru on the border with Chassagne-Montrachet....
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourRed
ABV %
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ722
GrapePinot Noir
Lequin-Colin, Bourgogne Pinot Noir, 2023
Medium Bodied
All the wine goes into barrel but only 10% new. “Glou glou” feels unfair, but it is not...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourRed
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ623
GrapePinot Noir
From two vineyard plots bordering Santenay. 100% barrel fermented, with 10% new oak; and given...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ523
GrapeChardonnay
Les Hâtes is a lieu-dit in the mid-slope of the Côte, close to the village on clay and...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV 13%
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ423
GrapeChardonnay
From the south facing lieu-dit Languettes.To our surprise this was noticeably more open than...
OriginFrance
RegionBurgundy
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeLEQ019
GrapeChardonnay
