Introduction To The Beautiful South
Lots of terrific value wines here (one sparkling, four whites, two rosés and five reds), all from the Languedoc, Roussillon and Provence - and discounted by 12.5% on the individual bottle prices.
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Domaine J. Laurens, Blanquette de Limoux Brut, Le Moulin, NV
Elegantly made, using Champagne techniques, from 90% Mauzac, the traditional variety of Limoux, with 10% Chardonnay, grown in the foothills of the Pyrenees. 90% Mauzac and 10% Chardonnay, made in the traditionalmethod with nine months lees ageing. Elegant and well balanced with a soft mousse and textbook Blanquetteflavours of green apple, almonds and white flowers. Drink this year whilst young and fresh.We have been recommending the sparkling wines of Domaine Laurens for years to customers...
ColourWhite
StyleSparkling
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionLimoux
GrowerDomaine J. Laurens
Grape VarietyMauzac & Chardonnay
VintageNV
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeLAU1NV
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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La Combe Saint-Paul, Rolle IGP Pays d'Oc, 2023
One of our best-selling whites. Rolle (the grape formerly known as Vermentino) thrives on Paul Maury's estate near La Clape. Bone-dry but zingy with generous stone fruit. Lots of wine for the money. Now-2026
ColourWhite
RegionPays d'Oc
GrowerLa Combe Saint-Paul
Grape VarietyRolle
Vintage2023
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeCSP223
La Combe Saint-Paul
La Clape, France
Paul and Line Maury might be our youngest producers but winemaking runs in the genes.
Paul’s grandparents and great grandparents were winemakers specialising in single varietal wines, and we list his fine examples of Vermentino, Chardonnay and Viognier.
In 2008 Paul came across the opportunity to buy vines on La Clape and create his own domaine....
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Les Roches Saintes, Picpoul de Pinet, 2023
A Picpoul de Pinet straight out of Central Casting - grapefruit and lemon with a pinch of fleur de sel. Mid-weight and food friendly, it ticks all the boxes. Drink this year.
100% Picquepoul from this now-fashionable appellation. This local grape has the advantage of being slow-ripening: picked after the heat of summer has passed it retains freshness and flavour. In the old Occitan tongue Picpoul means “lip-stinger”, due to the grape’s natural...
ColourWhite
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionPicpoul de Pinet
GrowerLes Vignerons Schistes
Grape VarietyPiquepoul
Vintage2023
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Chateau La Grave, Minervois Blanc Expression, 2023
Macabeu, Rolle and Marsanne. Dry but no shortage of sherbet of lemon and peach fruit with an attractive herbal note underneath. Very good value. Drink this year.
ColourWhite
RegionMinervois
GrowerLa Grave
Grape VarietyMaccabeu, Vermentino & Marsanne
Vintage2023
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeGRV623
Domaine du Grand Arc, Corbieres Blanc, Veillee d'Equinoxe, 2023
40% Grenache Blanc, 25% Rolle, 25% Roussanne and 10% Macabeu. Very aromatic with red apple, stone fruit and acacia notes. Long, bright finish. Very good value for money. Now-2027.
“This is good stuff! It dances in with mimosa and acacia florals, trailing honeyed creaminess and wild herbs and vetiver and lemongrass. It fills the mouth with satisfying weight and presses gently into every corner, but it is spiky-bright with acidity and freshness. At the end, a little grilled-polenta...
ColourWhite
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionCorbieres
GrowerDomaine du Grand Arc
Grape VarietyGrenache Blanc, Roussanne & Vermentino
Vintage2023
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
CodeDGA623
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Domaine du Grand Arc
Corbieres, France
Nicolas Schenk is now running the family estate created by his father Bruno. Bruno Schenk is still a legend here at SVS.
He was an engineer in Alsace before he came to buy vineyards in the Corbieres in 1995. At first he sent his grapes to the co-operative, but after one frost affected year he decided he had to come out and bottle his own wines to...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Zou Rose, IGP Pays d'Oc, 2024
We went hunting for new good value rosé at Wine Paris and were very pleased with this find. Pale and fruity, this is aneasy-going summery wine packed with soft strawberry notes that punches above its weight. Just 11% abv too.Drink this year.
ColourRosé
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionIGP
GrowerDomaines Vic
Grape VarietyGrenache & Cinsault
Vintage2024
ABV11.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
CodeZOU124
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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Ferry Lacombe, Mystere, Rose, IGP Mediterranee, 2024
ColourRosé
RegionMediterranee
Sub RegionProvence
GrowerFerry Lacombe
Grape VarietyGrenache & Caladoc
Vintage2024
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFLA524
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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Les Pradelles, IGP Herault, 2023
Bottled at a smart new co-op at Cébazan in St.-Chinian, this is an easy-drinking blend of Carignan and Grenache from the plains of the Languedoc. Red fruited with a surprisingly good texture, no rough edges, soft, light and juicily berried. Perfect for uncomplicated daily drinking. Now-2026
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionIGP
GrowerLes Pradelles
Grape VarietyCarignan & Grenache
Vintage2023
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
DietaryVegan
CodePRD123
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Carignan
Carignan is the grape which really distinguishes the red wines of the Languedoc and Roussillon from those of the southern Rhône (in the latter Grenache is ubiquitous and dominant, and Syrah and Mourvèdre are the preferred blending grapes).
It has been a much maligned grape. For example Jancis Robinson’s Oxford Companion to Wine thunders: "Carignan,...
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L’Estabel, Languedoc-Cabrières, Grande Cuvee Comtesse Rouge, 2022
Supple and fruity but, very importantly, not too soft. Hints of myrtilles and wild blackberries. Very democratic, this is acrowd pleaser that will go down well at summer parties and barbecues. Drink this year to enjoy the juicy fruit at its best.
No-one in this country has heard of the appellation of Languedoc-Cabrières. It’s not surprising, given it’s very small, only 380 hectares, but it was known for good wine as far back as the reign of Louis XIV. It deserves better: like...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Grape VarietyGrenache & Syrah
Vintage2022
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodeLES622
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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La Liquiere, Tutti Frutti Rouge, Vin de France 2024
60% Cinsault, 20% Syrah, and 20% Grenache. The vines are all from AOC Faugères but declassified to VDF to match the fun, modern packaging. The wine is delicious too. Young, pure and primary with crunchy black fruit - try it lightly chilled in summer. Now-2026
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
Sub RegionFaugeres
GrowerChateau de la Liquiere
Grape VarietyCinsault, Syrah & Grenache
Vintage2024
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
CodeTUT124
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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La Combe Saint Paul, Gres Rouges, La Clape, 2022
Named after the vineyard soils derived from grés rouges (red sandstone); 60% Syrah with 20% each of Mourvèdre and Grenache, basically unoaked (10% in old barrels). Warming, spicy red with mulberry and black cherry fruit. Very fine tannins with herbes de Provence on the finish. 14% abv. Now-2027
La Clape (a “heap of pebbles” in the old Occitan language of the south), just east of Narbonne was once a rocky island; geologically speaking a klippen, an eroded remnant of a Jurassic...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionLa Clape
GrowerLa Combe St Paul
Grape VarietySyrah, Grenache & Mourvedre
Vintage2022
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeCSP622
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache / Garnacha
Grenache grows well in hot, dry regions, though it can develop very high (15 degrees+) alcohol.
As such it is grown principally in Southern France and Spain (as Garnacha). It is usually blended with other varieties in the Southern Rhône and Languedoc (Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsaut and others).
Its flavour usually encompasses the...
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Domaine Begude, Le Cerisier Pinot Noir, IGP Haute Vallée de l'Aude, 2023
Les Cerisiers = the cherry trees and there is a distinct cherry edge to the nose and palate here. Pure and focused - just 10% of the assemblage is aged in old oak. Rounded and smooth. Now-2027.
"There is something very 'Chinon' about this wine. Perhaps it's the petrichor-and-graphite spine. Perhaps it's the mountain-stream-cool, mossy perfume. Perhaps it's the sap-sharp, snapped-stem freshness of redcurrants zipped straight off the bush and into your mouth...
ColourRed
RegionLanguedoc
Sub RegionIGP Pays d'Oc
GrowerDomaine Begude
Grape VarietyPinot Noir
Vintage2023
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
DietaryVegan
CodeBEG623
Languedoc-Roussillon
There’s something very complete about our annual offer of wines from the Languedoc and Roussillon: with whites, rosés and reds, and wonderful fortified wines, the Vins Doux Naturels which are such a speciality of the region, there should be something for all tastes. Secondly, there are wines for every budget; at every level we believe these wines continue to offer terrific...
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Domaine Begude
Limoux
We have been shipping wines from James Kinglake since he left his life in the City in 2003 to buy the Domaine La Begude, about 350 metres up in the foothills of the Pyrenees near Limoux.
"I could not quite afford to buy in Burgundy so I chose the next best thing". But it hasn't always been an easy ride: he acknowledges how tough it is to be a farmer: his...
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Origins
- Ancient vine, perhaps 2,000 years old
Distant origins in France - first documented mention in France in 1375
Characteristics
- Finicky grape: notoriously difficult to grow (which is partly why it is hugely intriguing to New World...
Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Introduction To The Beautiful South
Lots of terrific value wines here (one sparkling, four whites, two rosés and five reds), all from the Languedoc, Roussillon and Provence - and discounted by 12.5% on the individual bottle prices.
Great choice of good-value wines in the January sales. The website is really easy to use to make up an order. Delivery, as is often the case, was within 24 hours and, as usual, was well-packed.Read More
I've bought a couple of cases recently, and many more in years gone by, and have really enjoyed their selection. They have a good range of interesting wines from some classic and some more…Read More
Judging by the wines I have had, someone is doing a very good job in selecting the wines to put before the public, and at a very fair price. Delivery from online purchases as also been quick and…Read More
Great company with good service and good prices. Highly recommended.Read More
One of my favourite independents. Been enjoying these special wines for more than 10 years. Always interesting choices, and always great value in the sales!Read More
This was yet another quick and painless transaction, as I have come to expect from SV&S.Read More
