Bought by the case, never by the pallet.

riserva

Barolo DOCG Riserva

Ten years from the same slope as the annata, held back in cask. Rose, tar, iron. Don't open it before 2028.

Nebbiolo 100% · 14,5% · 0,75 L

Tenuta Marecchia

Bolgheri Superiore DOC

The Tuscan coast doing Bordeaux better than it has any right to. Cassis, myrtle, sea air in the finish.

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot · 14,5% · 0,75 L

Podere Fonteguerra

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva

The vintage everyone in Montalcino is quietly proud of. Sour cherry, tobacco leaf, tannin like a drawn wire.

Sangiovese Grosso 100% · 14,5% · 0,75 L

Serracapelli

Barbaresco DOCG Riserva

Nebbiolo with the perfume turned up and the shoulders narrowed. Drinking beautifully now, unusually.

Nebbiolo 100% · 14% · 0,75 L

Vigne del Calore

Taurasi DOCG Riserva

The Barolo of the south, grown on volcanic ash at 500 metres. Smoke, sour plum, a long bitter close.

Aglianico 100% · 14% · 0,75 L

Valpolicella Ripasso

DOCG

Corvina,Rondinella Molinara · 14,5% · 0,75 L

Corte Bruna

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

Grapes dried a hundred days. Fig, cocoa, bitter almond — a wine for the end of a long dinner.

Corvina, Rondinella · 16% · 0,75 L

Cascina Levri

Franciacorta Brut DOCG

Thirty months on the lees. Bread crust and white peach, a firmer bead than most Prosecco.

Chardonnay, Pinot Nero · 12,5% · 0,75 L

Contrada Nave

Etna Rosso DOC

Pale as a Burgundy, tastes of volcanic ash and sour cherry. Serve at 16°C.

Nerello Mascalese · 13,5% · 0,75 L

Amarone di Valpolicella

Veneto, DOCG

Corvina,Rondinella,Molinara · 14% · 0,75 L

Punta Sarda

Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

Sea spray, grapefruit and a bitter herbal snap. Sold out until the 2024 harvest lands.

Vermentino 100% · 13% · 0,75 L

Masseria Trulli

Primitivo di Manduria DOP

Blackberry jam and dried thyme, warm but dry at the end. Old bush vines near the coast.

Primitivo 100% · 14,5% · 0,75 L

Selva Alta

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC

Green almond and lemon pith, chalky underneath. Better on day two, oddly.

Verdicchio 100% · 12,5% · 0,75 L

Château Vieux Sentier

Margaux AOC

The perfumed side of the Médoc — violet and graphite over a very fine tannin. Drink 2027–2040.

Cabernet Sauvignon 70% · 13,5% · 0,75 L

Clos Marèges

Pomerol AOC

Blue clay gives it the plummy, iron-filing depth Pomerol is bought for. Already generous.

Merlot 90%, Cabernet Franc · 14% · 0,75 L

Château La Brande

Saint-Julien AOC

The classic 2016 spine of acid and tannin. Cedar, blackcurrant leaf, a long dry finish.

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot · 13% · 0,75 L

Domaine de l'Ourme

Pessac-Léognan AOC Blanc

White Bordeaux at its best: waxy lemon, a smoky edge from the barrel, and it will age ten years.

Sauvignon, Sémillon · 13% · 0,75 L

Chardin-Belloy

Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

Chalk and lemon curd, cut very fine. Grower Champagne from a single village in Le Mesnil.

Chardonnay 100% · 12% · 0,75 L

Chardin-Belloy Rosé

Brut Rosé Premier Cru

Made by bleeding the juice, not blending — wild strawberry with real grip behind it.

Pinot Noir 80% · 12% · 0,75 L

Chardin-Belloy Millésime

Brut Millésimé

Eight years in the chalk cellars. Toasted hazelnut, quince, a finish that goes on far too long.

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir · 12,5% · 0,75 L

Prosecco Contarini

Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze DOCG

The 106-hectare hill at the top of the Prosecco pyramid. Pear, acacia honey, a dry finish.

Glera 100% · 11,5% · 0,75 L

Rive di Guia

Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Brut

Steep hand-picked slopes, not the flat DOC land. Green apple and a proper bitter almond finish.

Glera 100% · 11,5% · 0,75 L

Vaudevey Premier Cru

Chablis 1er Cru AOC

Oyster shell and green apple, no oak in the way. The wine to drink with anything from the sea.

Chardonnay 100% · 13% · 0,75 L

Steinberg Trocken

Rheingau Riesling

Bone dry, lime and slate, with the electric acidity that makes it live twenty years.

Riesling 100% · 12% · 0,75 L

Awatere Ridge

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Passionfruit and cut grass, loud and cold and exactly what it means to be.

Sauvignon Blanc 100% · 13% · 0,75 L

Rutherford Bench

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Cassis, cocoa and sweet oak over dusty Rutherford tannin. Big, and unapologetic about it.

Cabernet Sauvignon 96% · 14,5% · 0,75 L

Viña Aldeana Gran Reserva

Rioja DOCa

Five years in American oak and bottle before release. Dried fig, vanilla, soft as an old chair.

Tempranillo 90% · 14% · 0,75 L

Ebenezer Block

Barossa Valley Shiraz

Century-old vines. Blackberry, black pepper and a smoky finish — cook something over coals.

Shiraz 100% · 14,5% · 0,75 L