Reaching for the Sun Case
Including two bottles of six wines, three white, three red, all with a discount of 10%. Please note that vintages may move on, and forgive us if substitutions are necessary.
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Sax, Gruner Veltliner, Kamptal, 2021
Lovely combination of the green appley freshness of the cooler 2021 vintage with the typical vegetal notes of Grüner. Quite expansive yet with plenty of bite too. Now-2024
ColourWhite
RegionKamptal
Grape VarietyGruner Veltliner
Vintage2021
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeSAX721
Gruner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner (Green Veltliner) is a white wine grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The leaves of the grape vine are five-lobed with bunches that are long but compact, and deep green grapes that ripen in mid-late October in the Northern Hemisphere.
In 2008, Grüner Veltliner plantations in...
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Peique, Godello, Bierzo, Spain, 2021
Bodegas Peique are a family run winery in the heart of Bierzo. Hand harvested from low yielding Godello vines at altitude, this is splendid. Searing citrus and flat peach notes with just a little weight to it. Delicious and refreshing. Now-2024
ColourWhite
RegionBierzo
GrowerPeique
Grape VarietyGodello
Vintage2021
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodePEI121
Peique
Spain
Founded in 1999, Bodegas Peique, based in Bierzo, is a family run winery with a commitment to quality and tradition. They have 40 hectares of vines based around the tiny village of Valtuille de Abajo.
Most of the vines are grown at altitude and have serious age, the vast majority are between 50-90 years old, behind them which has meant both freshness and...
Discover MorePiekenierskloof, Grenache Blanc, 2022
"Very ripe aromas of peaches, nectarine, yellow apple, quince and hints of honeysuckle, with ginger undertones. Lovely harmony of fruit on the palate, creamy texture".Gold Medal and 95/100, 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Open, stimulating scents of grapefruit peel, pureed nectarines, and sweet melon. Ripe grapefruit and stone fruit heart, plus notes of quince and barley water. Splendidly intense at the price, lots of energy but some grip there too. Now-2024
ColourWhite
RegionPiekenierskloof
GrowerPiekenierskloof
Grape VarietyGrenache Blanc
Vintage2022
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodePIK122
Piekenierskloof
South Africa
For years I had been hearing about Piekenierskloof – not as a wine producer but as a source of grapes for numerous other winemakers, young and old.
I didn’t realise that Piekenierskloof wasn’t just a ward (the smallest geographical unit in the South African regional classification) but one large estate, formerly a...
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Decanter
Decanter provides authoritative content, independent advice and our wine's recently featured in their top 5 (out of 149!).
The panel is made up of 3 experts: Jane Anson, Matt Walls & Matthew Luczy.
Any wine you see on our website that has the Decanter icon on the picture has had a great write up!
Jane Anson
Jane...
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Begali, Valpolicella Ripasso, La Cengia, 2019
2/3 Corvina and 1/3 Rondinella, crafted in the Ripasso style by which the wine is left on the skins of the desiccated grapes used after the production of Amarone for about 10-12 days to promote a second fermentation, giving enhanced texture and alcohol. Plentiful black cherry flavour, not raisiny but fresh and juicy. Savoury, elegant and long. Now-2024
The Begali family is one of the founding members of Le Famiglie Storiche, the historic families of Amarone, an association formed in...
ColourRed
RegionVeneto
Sub RegionValpolicella
GrowerBegali
Grape VarietyCorvina & Rondinella
Vintage2019
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBEF219
Begali
San Pietro in Cariano, Veneto, Italy
The Begali family - father Lorenzo, son Giordano and daughter Tiliana - farm 10 hectares just east of Lake Garda.
Although small, this is a top Valpolicella estate, having won numerous Tre Bicchieri awards in the Gambero Rosso guide. Furthermore Begali are one of the thirteen "Famiglie Storiche", historic familes of Amarone, an...
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Carinae, Malbec, Harmonie, Mendoza, 2018
From the ancient vines around the Carinae cellar winery in Maipú, given a year in French oak. Intense aromas of black cherries with coffee, toast and vanilla accents. With silky, classy, brambly and cassis fruit, tinged with dark chocolatey oak, this is well-textured and drinking perfectly now. Now-2024
ColourRed
RegionMendoza
GrowerCarinae
Grape VarietyMalbec
Vintage2018
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeCAE218
Carinae
Mendoza, Argentina
Frenchman Philippe Subra, with his wife Brigitte, came to Argentina as the national boss of EDF, the French energy giant - but loved the country so much he cleverly bought some long-established vineyards and settled there, on the south side of Mendoza. He has built a small cellar - boutique indeed, whilst wholly lacking the pretension that word implies!
What...
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Malbec
Malbec is a red grape whose home is in south-west France, and specifically in the appellation of Cahors.
There (known as Cot) it makes a strongly flavoured wine which is, all too often, tannic and rustic and needs several years ageing to show its best.
Like Carmenère in Chile, it is much more successful in Argentina than in its homeland. Introduced in the mid 19th...
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Domaine Lagneau, Regnie, Vieilles Vignes, Cuvee Gerard, 2021
Gérard is the father chez Lagneau. As ever - we have been shipping this ever since the 2001 vintage - this is terrific, with a depth of colour and intensity of bramble and black cherry flavours rarely seen in Beaujolais at this price. Juicy and stimulating. Now-2025
Régnié is arguably the least known of all the Beaujolais Crus; it was the last to be given appellation status in 1988. But from vineyards across steep, granitic hills just to the west of Morgon, the wines are properly...
ColourRed
RegionBeaujolais
Sub RegionRégnié
GrowerDomaine Lagneau
Grape VarietyGamay
Vintage2020
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeLAG321
Beaujolais
"…if red wine can be nubile, this red wine is" - Andrew Jefford, in The New France
That immediate fruitiness of the Gamay grape, allied to refreshing acidity, moderate alcohol levels - usually 12.5 degrees to 13 degrees - and ability to be served cool (don’t overchill, or you won’t taste anything), makes Beaujolais the definitive summer...
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Gamay
Gamay
Gamay is Beaujolais! Lovely medium to light red wine, with fresh acidity for summer drinking with great potential for ageing in good vintages.
Also planted in: the Loire; odd new plantings in New World, e.g. New Zealand
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Reaching for the Sun Case
Including two bottles of six wines, three white, three red, all with a discount of 10%. Please note that vintages may move on, and forgive us if substitutions are necessary.
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