A notorious wine with a cult following and a highly distinctive bottle. This is Cabernet Franc at its brightest, freshest and crunchiest. Juicy, vegetal and with a herbal perfume - prime red chiller material. Find out more.

Impressively refined Cabernet Franc from very old vines. A glossy texture and fine-grained tannins that can only be achieved with patient winemaking. Showing all the dark fruit and herbaceous qualities we love in this grape. Find out more.

Electric Touraine pet nat from a producer with a deft hand for the style. A refreshing balance of zippy green apple and lemon citrus, opening to ripe pear and melon. The overall character is unmistakably Loire and makes for a note-perfect aperitif. Find out more.

A gentle shade of gold in the glass, this is wonderfully delicate and finessed, with gentle notes of citrus and stones. It displays the kind of tightrope balance that we find in the very best examples of the grape, suggesting a long life ahead. Find out more.

A real curiosity of a wine from Saint-Lô, and a brand new cuvée too. Light on its feet, supple and juicy. Something tea-like to the tannic structure, with stew-y forest fruits and vibrant aromas. A wine of intrigue! Find out more.

Grolleau from a parcel of fifty year old vines surrounded by forest and planted over loam that has never been subjected to chemical farming. Bottled young and brimming with energy, this cooler vintage has produced a lively wine that pairs berries, earth and a gentle funk to brilliant effect. Find out more.

Faia brims with crystalline stone fruits that have a concentrated, mouth-coating quality, acidity is tight and the finish leads into a flourish of ginger spice. Serious Chenin which ably demonstrates that a natural approach can produce age-worthy wines up there with the best in the region. Find out more.

Dazzling Chenin Blanc from vines approaching a staggering 100 years old. Vines of this age produce tiny yields, but the fruit is of the highest quality. The flesh of the fruit is generous and the acidity is on-point and lingering. Just delicious! Find out more.

Even at full maturity, as here, Grolleau produces light, low alcohol wines with lots of acidity and an earthy quality. The Gamay adds some bright cherry fruits and stony minerality. Lots of freshness this year in this brilliant, quintessential Loire red. Find out more.

Christophe Foucher makes atypical Sauvignon Blanc. This cuvée is vinified only in tank, stripping it of the idiosyncratic oxidate notes that often characterise Foucher's wine in favour of something more linear and fresh. Find out more.

Classic Chenin opulence and aromatics, but lighter, brighter, and fresher than previous vintages - fleshy, with a flash of ginger spice in the finish. A more drinkable take on this often highly complex grape. Find out more.

Less steely and with softer edges than his more classical staple 'La Pente de Chavigny', this feels open and expressive, but never anything other than laser-beam linear. Juicy green apple, elderflower and ripe pear come together in a salivating meld, with a line of raw lemon citrus cutting it all through - without intervention, none of Mikaël’s whites complete malolactic, giving the wine some good vibrancy and edge. Find out more.

The absolute upper echelon of our offering from the Robinot cellars. A remarkable wine, from a historic vineyard for Pineau d’Aunis where the plants are over a hundred years of age. A true vin de garde of rare depth and complexity, it possesses a tightrope balance and history tells us this will reward drinkers for decades to come. Find out more.

Taut, electric Chenin that ticks all the boxes when it comes to what we want from the grape. Perfectly balancing a low-key richness with a lucid clarity, this finely-tuned wine sees crystalline fruits tightly bound with a sinew-y coil of acidity that cuts with phenomenal length. Find out more.

Extra-special large format Chenin from the Grapperie cellars. We were lucky to get our hands on a few magnums that have been slowly developing since the 2017 vintage. Like all of our favourite examples of this grape it shows a pitch-perfect balance of fleshy fruit and tightly-wound acidity. A bit of a stunner. Find out more.

As a broad stroke one could describe Les Aussigouins as a more amped-up sister to Faia - the production is the same, it is the qualities in the raw materials that make it unique. The fruit is opluent and richly textured, with beautiful, long acidity that points to this being a wine built to go the distance. Find out more.

Only the second ever time that François has vinified this rare and special cuvée, making it as he does with a selection of Pineau d'Aunis grapes from within the Bois Guyon vineyard parcel. Find out more.

The macerated version of the wonderful 'Les Pouches' Chenin - a method that makes so much sense with this taut, fleshy wine. It really boosts the overall texture and aroma, and makes that electrically-charged finish zing on for even longer. So good! Find out more.

Chenin Blanc pressed slowly, then put straight into old barrels for over two years. A remarkable wine with such lovely texture, pure fruit and quite incredible length, it's at once delicate and powerful. Find out more.