Seasonal Box
Each quarter we put together 6 wines that are tasting particularly fine at that moment. You can subscribe for a one-off, for two seasons, or for the full year.
(If ordering two or four seasons, your next boxes will be sent out quarterly from the dispatch date of the first box. If you would like the boxes to arrive at particular intervals do let us know in the delivery instructions at check out.)
Each quarter we put together 6 wines that are tasting particularly fine at that moment. You can subscribe for a one-off, for two seasons, or for the full year.
(If ordering two or four seasons, your next boxes will be sent out quarterly from the dispatch date of the first box. If you would like the boxes to arrive at particular intervals do let us know in the delivery instructions at check out.)
Each quarter we put together 6 wines that are tasting particularly fine at that moment. You can subscribe for a one-off, for two seasons, or for the full year.
(If ordering two or four seasons, your next boxes will be sent out quarterly from the dispatch date of the first box. If you would like the boxes to arrive at particular intervals do let us know in the delivery instructions at check out.)
Early Autumn 2024*:
FIZZ
Glow Glow, Fizzy 2023 (Nahe – Bacchus, Morio-Muskat, Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay)
Pauline and her younger brother Carl are the sixth generation to be making wine at Weingut Baumberger. Together they forged a new direction for the family domaine, bringing in new ideas and championing a style of wine and farming largely unknown in the area. The 2023 vintage was very wet and warm, and much of the harvest was lost to the suzukii fly. This is a blend of many of their white grapes, full of bright zippy acidity and a lovely peach-y fruitiness.
WHITE & ORANGE
Les Vins de Lavie, 1930 2023 (Pays Nantais – Folle Blanche)
Guillaume and his wife Adèle had been making wine in the Savoie, and in 2020 they moved to Gorges in the Pays Nantais. Their first vintage at the mouth of the Loire was in 2021, where they now have 10 hectares of mainly Melon de Bourgogne. This is from a small plot of Folle Blanche (called Gros Plant in the Loire) planted in 1930. It’s bright and mineral, with some green apple fruit and tartness.
Domaine Carterole, Limonada 2023 (Roussillon – Xarel lo)
The wines of Joachim Roque are soulful and transportative, with each sip carrying you to Banyuls sur Mer. Joachim works terraced vines in Collioure, a coastal Catalan town where the Mediterrenean meets the arid Rousillon shoreline. The first wine made with Xarel-lo planted in 2020 next to their new cellar in Saint Andre. There is a touch of maceration here which gives the wine a little structure but, as the name suggests, this wine is all about freshness and zip.
PINK
Celler Tuets, Tot 2022 (Catalunya – Parellada, Macabeo, Garnatxa Blanca, Chenin Blanc, Tempranillo, Syrah)
Albert’s family has been living in and working the land around Aiguamurcia for five generations. The “Tot” wines are made from a selection of grapes harvested on one day from all the plots. Here all the grapes are destemmed and macerated for about a day on the skins, and then spends about 8 months on the lees in stainless steel. While dark pink in colour, this remains fresh and easy drinking on the palate. Full of ripe, savoury fruit and lovely herbal notes.
RED
Marie & Vincent Tricot, Rouge Lux 2023 (Auvergne – Gamay d’Auvergne)
Based in the town of Orcet just south east of Clermont-Ferrand, Marie and Vincent farm just over five hectares, planted mainly with Gamay and Pinot Noir. With this change of seasons, we often gravitate towards their wines; they are compelling, complex, but still enormously enlivening. They don’t always make Rouge Lux, but when they do it comes from one of their older plots of Gamay d’Auvergne, but remains light and easy drinking–full of plummy fruit and certainly chillable on warmer days.
Mas Coutelou, Buvette à Paulette 2022 (Languedoc – Grenache noir, Carignan)
Jean François Coutelou (Jeff for short) runs his family’s domaine in Puimisson a few kilometres from Béziers on France’s mediterrenean coast. The farm has been certified organic since 1987 and disturbed by the monoculture of modern farming Jeff has planted thousands of trees amongst his vineyards transforming the 20 hectares of the farm to 13 planted with vines and the rest with olives, figs, almonds, and fruit trees. We are thrilled to have a new vintage of Buvette à Paulette, it’s deliciously autumnal: brambly fruit, smoky tannins, and some warmth.
*Wines subject to change.
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