Wine

Year

June Favourites – why?

Price (£)

White

Domaine Cheysson Beaujolais Blanc L'Exception’

2020

Incredible value white burgundy, quirky in that is made in Beaujolais. A classic Whitfield Wine, priced to stock up. Perfect before, during and after an al fresco dinner and for under £20 a bottle, not to be missed.

114 for 6 bottles

Caves Yves Cuilleron, Viognier 'Les Vignes d'a Côte', Rhône

2022

WW baby Condrieu, made by Rhône royalty, perfect for summer as an aperitif or with dinner. All peaches, dried fruit and white flowers this wine achieves brilliant balance in response to Viognier's low acidity.

120 for 6 bottles

Pieropan ‘Calvarino’ Soave Classico

2021

An absolute classic of a restaurant wine, every present on the best Italian lists around. Super versatile, with flavours of green apple, almond, blossom, and oyster shell.

156 for 6 bottles

Domaine Cyril Testut Chablis ‘Rive Droite’

2019

Produced from some of the finest terroir in the Chablis region, this is wonderfully, elegant, complex, Chablis at a good price. Snap it up while stocks last.

150 for 6 bottles

Fontanassa Ca'Adua Gavi, Piedmont

2021

A classic Gavi and a big restaurant favourite. Straw yellow colour with greenish reflection, aromas of citrus, grapefruit, cut grass, good freshness, persistent and mineral taste with a long-lasting finish. Super moreish.

114 for 6 bottles

Rosé

Massaya Rosé Bekaa Valley

2021

Made in a crisp Provençal style, Massaya Rosé is an elegant combination of wild strawberry, redcurrants, Mediterranean spices, aromatic thyme and cooling mint. Moro, Dorian, Andrew Edmunds have this rosé as it’s so versatile with or without food. Made a stone’s throw from the temple of Bacchus in Lebanon.  How apt.

108 for 6 bottles

Domaine de Triennes, Rosé, Méditerranée

2022

There's Provence rosé, and then there's Domaine de Triennes. A collaboration between two of Burgundy's finest producers (Dujac and DRC), this is a thoughtfully made, organically grown wine that does real justice to this idyllic coastal region. Bright berry fruit, wild strawberry and citrus. Available in large formats.

177 for 12 bottles

Magnums 31

Champagne:

Gallimard Champagne Père et Fils.

NV

Whitfield Wines’ house champagne with its tantalising pinkish hue and pinot noir mouth fill. Such an exciting growers’ champagne, and staggeringly popular with those lucky enough to try it. Should be your house champagne in large formats too.

186 for 6 bottles

Magnums 62

Red:

Pinot Noir, Domaine Bruno Sorg

2021

I discovered Bruno Sorg during my time at Zédel, as it is the perfect expression of those wonderful bright red fruit wines so prevalent in the brasseries of Alsace. Low yielding, hand-picked fruit and careful vinification in temperature-controlled conditions gives an elegant and restrained Pinot Noir. Soft textured with a mineral finish, it’s amazing with roast chicken.

120 for 6 bottles

Langhe Nebbiolo Simane, Reverdito

2020

100% Nebbiolo, the wine has deep, delicious red fruit notes you expect from the grape variety as well as hints of liquorice and tobacco.  These are soft wines, light in body, but still with plenty of backbone and authority. You will love for barbeques and long summer lunches.

112.50 for 6 bottles

'La Grola' Veronese IGT, Allegrini

2019

This is a prestigious wine of great renown, a super Veronese in name, super good value and a real restaurant wine.  A River Café favourite, it’s a classic Whitfield Wine. A blend of Corvina and Oseleta, This is a lot of wine in the best possible way. Luscious aromas of blackberries, blueberry compote and baking spices define the wine.

168 for 6 bottles