• A little selection of Summer Favourites - June 2023

    A little selection of Summer Favourites - June 2023

    Below is a little selection of some favourite summer bottles. You may recognise some old friends (Gallimard Champagne, Sorg Pinot etc.) , others are new to Whitfield Wines in recent weeks.

    Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with any questions.  It’s worth noting that I can deliver to holiday houses and friends if you are getting organised..

    Deliveries next week or sooner in London.

    Thanks!

    Ben

    ben@whitfieldwines.com

     

    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

     

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