Rare Bottles

Price – £40-£50

Small scale producers with low yields and those sought after bottles with a cult following make some wines hard to come by. Here you'll find those that we've manged to bag tiny allocations of.
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Daniel Sage & Jordi Torgue
Adam Contre Le Beefsteack 2020

Ardèche Pinot Noir, here the grapes come from the vineyards of Les Deux Terres in the south. Owing to the warm vintage the fruit is as ripe and brimming as you'd expect, but still with those ever-present lifted aromatics that we associate with Daniel's wine. Find out more.

  • Region St-Saveur-en-Rue, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£42

Patrick Bouju & Justine Loiseau
Cailloux 2021

This is Pinot Noir from some of Patrick's oldest vines which are planted over volcanic soils of Basalt, with a splash of Chardonnay. Luminous, fine-grained and electric. Find out more.

  • Region St Georges Sur Allier, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir & Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£42.50

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Jean-Pierre Robinot
Charme 2021

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.

  • Region Jasnières, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£45

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Victoria Torres Pecis
Clarete Sur 2021

Stunning lightness of touch in this co-fermentation of red & white grapes grown on volcanic ash soils. This blend of Listan Blanco, Negramoll, and Listan Negro sees some very short skin contact and is aged in old barrels. Less than 900 bottles produced! Find out more.

  • Region La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Grapes Listan Blanco, Negramoll & Listan Negro
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£41

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Jean-François Essler
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay 'Premier Pas' 2020

100% Chardonnay coming from the heart of Grusse, in the south of Jura. Detailed and well structured, the wine has the slightly exotic fruit you associate with the region. The fruit is well balanced with plenty of freshness, minerality and a hint of salinity. Find out more.

  • Region Grusse, Jura, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£45

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Mai & Kenji Hodgson
Faia 2021

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.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£46

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Domaine de l'Octavin
Hip Hip J... Savagnin 2020

The Octavin gnomes are at play once again... Here this cult Jura producer experiments with an extremely long skin maceration of Savagnin. Highly unconventional, but the results are stunning. Spiced, aromatic stone fruits and a persistent tannic structure. Find out more.

  • Region Arbois, Jura, France
  • Grapes Savagnin
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£48.75

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Fabrice Dodane
Le Dos d'Chat 2021

This lesser-spotted Riesling is a wine from the négoce project of one Fabrice Dodane, who you may know better for his work at the lauded Domaine de Saint Pierre. Everything you'd expect from a high-quality expression of the grape; high levels of mouth-watering acidity with a raw citrus quality, smoky lime and nectarine with that hallmark waft of kerosine lifting from the glass. Find out more.

  • Region Matheny, Jura, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£45

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Tony Bornard
Le Gentil Blanc 2020

A rare Jura gem, Le Gentil Blanc balances intensity, power and precision. A vibrant wine of pure energy that simply glows in the glass. This is one that doesn’t come along very often. Made with 100% Savagnin, the wine bursts with ripe stone fruits and apples. Find out more.

  • Region Jura, France
  • Grapes Savagnin
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£50

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L'Arbre Blanc
Les Fesses 2019

L'Arbre Blanc’s intriguing blend of Pinot Gris & Sauvignon Blanc from the iron-rich volcanic soils of the Auvergne. lifted aromatics of peaches and spice with a crackle of volcanic minerality, then such a pure palate, gripping tannic elements, dried fruits, quince and some creamy malolactic notes. Heavenly! Find out more.

  • Region Saint-Sandoux, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Pinot Gris & Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£48

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Domaine de la Côtelette
Les Trognes De Pinot 2022

A beautiful, pure expression of Pinot Noir coming from very old vines, some over 100 years old. The grapes were given a slightly longer maceration than previous years, with Benoit believing that the old vines can give even more elegance and complexity. Find out more.

  • Region Côte de Saône, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£45

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Frank Cornelissen
Munjebel Bianco 2019

Rich, oily Etna Bianco with herbaceous, saline, stone fruits wrapped up in a veil of volcano smoke. A crackle of acidity cuts everything through through with real tension. A wine that will reward the patient and age beautifully. Find out more.

  • Region Etna, Sicily, Italy
  • Grapes Grecanico Dorato & Carricante
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, light filtration, unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£45

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Montevertine
Pian del Ciampolo 2020

From one of the most sought-after producers in Chianti, Pian del Ciampolo is the jumping-in point to their world of celebrated Sangiovese. This wine is a blend of all the vineyards and is bottled a little younger than the others. Find out more.

  • Region Radda, Chianti, Italy
  • Grapes Sangiovese, Canaiolo & Colorino
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£49.50

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Jean-François Essler
Réve Éphémère 2022

Réve Éphémère is made up of 99% Poulsard from very old vines, blended with a few Pinot Noir vines that exist on the same plot. The grapes are destemmed and given 4 weeks on the skins, then pressed using a vertical rachet press before being blended with free-run juice and aged in fibreglass. Find out more.

  • Region Grusse, Jura, France
  • Grapes Poulsard & Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£43.50

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Petite Nature
Sorcières 2022

This is resolutely a red wine, despite 50% of the grapes being white, such is the influence of the Syrah. The Chardonnay and Viognier keep things delightfully silky and fluid, but the red grape provides a huge aromatic lift, that somehow seems to carry itself through into the palate, which is dense with dark blackcurrant fruits and juicy, saline black olive. Find out more.

  • Region Quintenas, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Syrah, Viognier & Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41

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François Saint-Lô
Unis des Bois Guyon 2022

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.

  • Region Saumur, Loire, France
  • Grapes Pineau d'Aunis
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41.50

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