Festive Shop
We have scoured the cellar and the warehouse for our top choices for the season and have collected them together in our online Festive shop. Here you can also find our Seasonal and Christmas Boxes, along with gift vouchers for use online or at 40 Maltby Street.
The Festive shop is just a small selection of what we have available, so please explore the rest of the online shop if you are looking for something in particular. And if you have any questions or need help choosing a bottle for yourself or as a gift then do not hesitate to get in touch.
Mixed cases, Gifts & Vouchers
Festive STAFF PICKS
emilio
“A wonderful transition wine as you move from cheese on to puddings – gently off-dry, lick of acidity, and so drinkable.”
Ellen
“Appropriately named and perfect for a party!” 🎉
Carmen
“A wine that is good fun for all the family – deep, dense fruit, beautiful earthy minerality, and a gust of salty sea air.”
Bubbles
An old favourite that always delivers. Zippy and fresh but with a fruity roundness that makes it as happy at the table as it is for aperitif.
Nacho’s wines are so complex, delicious, rich, but also thirst-quenching. This is brimming with heady quince notes.
A light maceration of Spergola from Emilia Romagna. Maybe one for the table as it comes into its own with food.
A great all-rounder. Fresh and fun with a salty leanness to balance the fruit.
Alanna and Martin’s version of sekt. 100% Pinot Noir, this is opulent and toasty.
Some classic brioche-y notes, with plenty of fruit.
Another of Alanna’s takes on a traditional sekt. This is equal parts fresh and full fruited.
Warm and toasty, with dense bubbles. When Anto was in town recently this went down a treat!
Fresh and fruity Chenin, this is a real crowd-pleaser.
Whites for the Big day
100% Aligote. Fresh and with more delicate fruit and a crisp finish.
Rich and verging on opulent from old vines of Chenin Blanc. Zippy acidity to balance.
Chardonnay from an old plot of vines. Aged in barrel which gives it a classic edge.
This has been a firm favourite with us since we tasted it with Matthias in May. Heady fruit and salty minerality.
The Tricot’s older vine Chardonnay; dense and rich fruit, with some classic Auvergnat smoke.
Warmed by the Mediterranean sun, but freshened by the salt sea breeze.
Electric, zippy Chasselas from the banks of Lac Léman. Delicious!
Zingy Alpine brightness, with some richer stone fruit at the finish.
A delightful map for the strong flavours of your festive feast. Saline and aromatic, but with a strong structured core.
Chenin blanc from Anjou; crystalline energy, decadent fruit.
From one of the Baumberger family’s prized plots of Riesling. A classic.
Our “gateway” orange wine. Aromatic, pithy, enchanting.
Reds for the big day
Pitch perfect Pinot. Auvergnat at heart, but with a Burgundian lilt.
Dense and smoky Pinot Noir from Boudes in the Auvergne.
A welcome return of this old vine Gamay d’Auvergne. Dense fruit, salt, smoke.
A Bordeaux blend from western Slovenia that is aged in cherry wood barrels. Inky fruit matched by mineral freshness.
Wonderful Sangiovese from the hills outside Siena. Rich, opulent, but still thoroughly drinkable.
Malbec from its spiritual home on the banks of the Lot. Richness balanced by irony minerality.
Utterly enchanting. The warmth and density are beautifully balanced by fruit forward aromatics.
Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Gamay d’Auvergne. Plush and plump fruit.
Lean and spiced Alsatian Pinot. A punch of dense hedgerow fruit.
Some green spice, but richness from the barrels to balance it out.
Light and lithe, with lovely spice and delicate fruit.
Wow. Iron-y and bloody minerality, with rounded fruit.
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Incredible Pinot from Anto. There’s a classic edge to it, warmed by the Southern sun, delicate fruit and spice.
This is special. Old vines of Gamay d’Auvergne but treated with a light touch.
Warm fruit, bright acidity and waves of complex herbal notes and iron-like minerality – delicious.
This has all the hallmarks of a ‘classic’ gewurztraminer; a heady tropical nose, rich stone fruit notes, but with zip for freshness, balance, and tension.
Warm, heady, rich, but there’s a litheness to it that draws you back in for more.
Notes of toffee apple that gives way to a sublime chalk-like minerality.
A special one. Intense fruit but light on the palate. One for the end of the night.
Dense and rich fruit, with a salty mineral edge.
Earthy, savoury, with a lovely lick of salt and a vibrant fruit-foward finish.
Spirits, Sweet & after dinner
A heady solera method Muscat. Lots of salty brightness to balance the deep sweetness.
A fascinating dry rancio wines from Jean-Luc and Isabelle. For the cheese course.
Less sweet than their Muscat, this has a real nutty depth.
Pacina’s version of vin santo, this is brighter and more complex, not just sweet and sticky.
Supple rounded fruit, deep with sweet ripeness, all balanced by a lick of salinity. An absolute delight at the end of a meal.
Semi-sweet, with some lip smacking acidity and a salty, nutty finish. This will disappear quickly!
Clean and crisp, with some smooth opulence.
Sanguine cherry fruit with a marzipan edge.
A wine of two halves – big and warming, yet lithe and sublime fruit… a bottle to end the night on.
Magnums
Beautiful Gamay from Volvic. Deep and bloody fruit.
A beautiful and special magnum from JM. A heady mix of macerated Alsatian varieties.
A delicious bottle from Lisa and Paul – smoky, with lovely dark fruit and salty edge!
A rather special magnum to open up for the big day. Smoky, salty, with lots of bloody fruit.
Deliciously good fun!
Aromatic and spiced. A lovely wine to bring to a party.
Deep, spiced, and complex – an incredible orange wine from the Island of Giglio.
Sunny and warm, with some smooth tannin.
Immensely drinkable, this is from Babass and Agnes’ old vines – light, lifted with crunchy fruit.
Sauvignon blanc from Touraine. Great with food and one to push the boat out a bit.
Quite classic Alsatian Pinot, but with some zippy freshness and aromatic spice.
Lovely minerality, with rich fruit and gentle acidity… one to please an aficionado or the masses!
PARTY WINES!
Aromatic, gentle zip, rounded finish!
Mineral, crisp, with notes of stone fruit.
Apricot-like notes and incredibly refreshing.
Berry fruit and gentle bubbles – a party starter!
Elegant, grassy, with a creamy edge.
Isotonic and gently perfumed… brings you back to life!