WHOLESALE LIST
All of these wines are produced by small growers who make wines that we find exciting, vibrant and delicious. Healthy vineyards, natural yeasts for fermentation with minimal additions in the cellar, sometimes none. The list is subject to change. All prices ex VAT.
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COTEAUX D’ANCENIS, LOIRE
JACQUES FEVRIER, LE RAISIN A PLUME
Jacques Fevrier is a former sommelier who spent time working around the world with conventional and then natural wine and falling in love with the latter, decided it was time to make them himself. He chose Oudon, not the most fashionable of locations, but a place where the terroir was varied, there were quite a few varieties to work with and he could afford to actually buy some land. He’s a thoughtful, skilled winemaker making understated wines that reveal themselves to be packed with personality - a rising star of the Loire. Soils of schiste and granite bring a freshness to the fruit, all wines are unfiltered, unfined and without additions. Wines of real character and honesty from a winemaker who is really getting into his groove.
RENCONTRE 2023 £13.70
50% Melon, 50% PInot Gris. In 2023 he lost a lot of fruit and bought some from friends - Domaine De Pavillion in La Varenne and Les Pierres Meslieres in St Gereon. He pressed the grapes direct and then co-fermented them in fibreglass, racking after the malolactic had finished and bottling with no additions. Bright with fruit, pouring a little hazy, this is a delicious aperitif.
A BOUT 2020 £15.50
Abouriou is a rare varietal, native to this region. In 2020 Jacques took a different approach to this varietal giving it just a two day whole bunch maceration to create a lighter style of this variety, which related to merlot. It has lovely wild dusty fruit, a touch of structure and plenty of length
A BOUT 2021 £16
Because of the frost and mildew in this vintage, Jacques did not have many grapes, so he chose to blend the Abouriou with his Cabernet Franc, Giving a short maceration it's created a delicious light, soft red with silky tannins and plenty of wild black fruit.
ANJOU, LOIRE
CEDRIC GARREAU, GARO’VIN
Cedric Garreau farms 3 hectares of vines around Beaulieu-sur-Layon in Anjou and is not keen on expanding any further as he prefers to do everything himself (aside from the help with picking at the harvest). He is quiet and measured in his approach and this is reflected in his wines, structured, elegant, they speak for themselves. He farms organically, using biodynamic methods, the only sulfites used are to clean the barrels.
LUNATIC 2023 £17
100% Chenin Blanc from soils on purple schiste. This is the original version of Lunatic, direct press Chenin, aged in barrel. In a fresh vintage this has a lovely mix of clean, fresh fruit with plenty of minerality, given ageing on the lees in barrel for complexity. Already drinking very well.
NUIT BLANCHE 2024 £15.50
The new name for the wine formerly known as Lunatic, it's a blend of three different parcels:
0.75 ha of Chenin Blanc vines from 2012, "La Soucherie," in the commune of Beaulieu-sur-Layon (Purple schist), 0.50 ha of Chenin Blanc vines from 1962, "Le Clos des Gentils," in the commune of Beaulieu-sur-Layon. (Black schist)
0.21 ha of Chenin Blanc vines from 2014, "Les Gaesneries," in the commune of Beaulieu-sur-Layon. The grapes are pressed direct and aged in barrels for about a year. It is powerful with direct lush fruit and a distinct minerality. 2024 was a stellar vintage and this wine is firing on all cylinders already.
LA VIE EN ROSE 2023 £11
100% Grolleau Noir, pressed direct. Usually a sparkling wine but the bubbles didn't arrive so he bottled it as a delicious off-dry rose, full of pink fruit, it's lovely well chilled in the park!
LULU BERLUE 2024 £12.50
A new iteration of this delicious light red.
60% Grolleau + 30% Cabernet Franc + 10% Pineau d'Aunis from plots located in the commune of Beaulieu-sur-Layon. The soils are primarily composed of schist and quartz.
Winemaking: Hand-harvested in small crates and macerated for three weeks with whole bunches using semi-carbonic maceration. Bright, fresh and full of fruit, this is lovely lightly chilled. The Aunis really adds a lovely peppery edge.
METISSE 2022 £13.50
A welcome return for this delicious Cabernet blend. In 2022, a warm vintage, 50% Cabernet Franc + 50% Cabernet Sauvignon from silty schiste and quartz, destemmed, macerated for two weeks and aged for 11 months in old barrels. After being given some rest in bottle, it's drinking wonderfully, full of black fruit, earth and real depth.
ANJOU, LOIRE
VINS HODGSON, RABLAY SUR-LAYON
In a bid to become a wine writer Kenji Hodgson moved from British Columbia to Japan to do an internship at a winery in Japan where he luckily fell in with a winemaker trying to work more naturally and first tried some french natural wines. On his return to Canada he met Mai in Vancouver who had been working in vineyards and together after a period working vineyards in British Columbia they moved to the Loire to immerse themselves in the natural wine scene, the production and the people. At first the intention was to move back to Canada and buy vines, but they couldn’t afford the land, so winemaker mentor Mark Angeli suggested buying a parcel in Anjou. They never went back.. All of the wines are produced without additions, they have a rigour and attention to detail that is second to none. Inspiring people making inspiring wines. These are long-lasting true wines of terroir and really they reward cellaring.
FAIA 2023 £29
Kenji: '“Faia” is mostly clay sands, quartz, and a little volcanic soil. For me the defining terroir characteristic of ‘Faia’ is its very shallow soil. It’s a slice of earth about 30cm deep, all in the same zone.'
This vintage of Faia is unique as it is an assemblage of our parcels of oldest vines: Le Clos de Vigneau (~ 100 years) and Le Clos des Grands Champs (~ 50 years). The wine was fermented and aged in small barrels (20% new).
LES AUSSIGOUINS 2023 £31
Kenji: In the particularly complicated vintage 2023 the parcel Les Aussigouins held up well, in part due
to its placement and exposition which allowed for good ventilation of the grapes at a moment of
intense humidity and temperature. The wine was fermented primarily in foudre, with some juice going into small barrels (10% new).
LUCHINI ROUGE 2023 £19
A welcome new release from Mai & Kenji. The P'tit Luchini moniker is used when they have wines that don't quite fit the bill of their estate cuvees - Faia/Aussigouins or Grande Piece. This is a blend of all their red varietals, including the first significant harvest of the syrah they planted a few years ago...
Kenji: "Luchini" rouge is an assemblage of all the reds of 23: grolleau, syrah, and cabernet. 23 being a lighter vintage, we chose to call it Luchini although it is essentially O Galarneau. It has nice fruit flavours and fresh acidity. Tasting good and ready to be opened though could also age several years.
O GALARNEAU 2017 £17.50
Cabernet Franc from the 2017 vintage that we've held onto for five years. This is finally starting to express itself, the VA is balanced with pure red fruit, lovely lightly chilled and reminiscent of something from the mountains of the Ardeche..
ANJOU, LOIRE
SIMON ROUILLARD
Simon Rouillard is a producer recently installed in Anjou, after spending a number of years working with some brilliant producers - Domaine De La Tournelle, Phillip Bornard & Babass to name a few. He has found two hectares of old vines in Anjou, which require a lot of work and replanting, plus he is planting new parcels of Grolleau & Chenin. In order to supplement this work and help him set up, he has been making some negociant wine from fruit bought from friends in the area. From 2022 though, all his wines are from his own fruit.
SEPTEMBRE 2022 £20 / MAGNUM £43
100% Chenin Blanc. The first vintage from this plot in the commune of Mozé. A plot historically planted to produce sparkling wines in the late 1970s, on a north-facing terroir... Now though a north-facing terroir no longer is such a bad thing and in 2022 a warm vintage these 50-year-old vines produced a beautiful wine, with a balance of acidity and richness.
The sorting was extremely precise, and the harvesters were exemplary in their motivation and patience. Vertical press, 24 hours of pressing, barrel fermentation. 24 months of aging: 12 months in barrels, 9 months in vats, 3 months in bottles before release. This is a really lovely Chenin, with a bright future ahead of it, though it's already extremely enjoyable.
APRES LA PLUIE 2023 £15.50
100% Grolleau. Simon'e Grolleau is consistently one of our favourite expressions of a varietal that in the wrong hands can be a flabby rustic varietal. He manages to coax out the elegance in it, with a rare talent.
TOUT SEUL LES DEUX 2023 £17.50
A stellar vintage for this delicious blend of Grolleau Noir & Chenin Blanc, The Chenin pressed direct and the Grolleau macerated in the juice. The Grolleau provides pretty fruit, the Chenin freshness, minerality and texture. It's lovely lightly chilled, thinking of spring days ahead.
MINUIT 2022 £18.50
In 2022 Simon decided to again co-ferment his varietals from this plot. It's a blend of Gamay, Chenin & Grolleau Noir. The grapes were co-fermented for 8 days together in whole bunches, with a light foot-pressing, then aged in tank. It has lovely dark red fruit, but is bright and complex too. Bright rounded and retains freshness despite the warm vintage.
MINUIT 2021 £18.50
In the disastrous vintage of 2021 Simon put all his estate fruit into one wine. it's Gamay 70%, Chenin 20%, Grolleau Noir 10%. The grapes were co-fermented for 8 days together in whole bunches, with a light foot-pressing, then aged in tank. It has lovely dark red fruit, but is bright and complex too. An exciting, delicious wine that points to a bright future for this young winemaker. We got just 60 bottles and 6 magnums. Drinking very well.
ANJOU, LOIRE
LES FRERES BERTRAND
LE VEAU 2024 £19
Le Veau is a 50-year-old Chenin vineyard covering 1.4 hectares; 50% vinified in barrel and 50% in fiberglass tanks, then blended before bottling. In a cooler vintage this is an extremely precise wine full of orchard fruit, texture and salinity. An impressive debut!
SAMUR, LOIRE
CÔME ISAMBERT,
Côme Isambert is a brilliant winemaker who produces miniscule quantities in his cellar under a Chateau in Saumur (formerly a mushroom factory.) He vinifies part time, also working as a teacher.. He has worked in wine and the organic sector for 12 years, including time working under Eric Dubois at Clos Cristal, in Austria with Christian Tschida (allegedly pushing him into working more naturally…) He started making his own wines in 2013, buying only organic fruit from suppliers he know who are producing good quality grapes on chalke and schiste. Grapes are always hand-harvested in boxes, with no pumping of the juice, fermentations tend to be slow because of the coolness of the caves where the barrels are kept. Recently Côme has started to work with apples, quince & pears from Normandy, other soft fruit like raspberries plus occasionally.. Carrots.
POIRE 2020 £11
The indigenous pears for this Poire comes from the fruit of a Normandy orchard of a friend of his,which he picks every year. He ages the Poire mainly in bottle to build complexity from the lees, this has had over three years on the lees. Aromatic, dry and incredibly refreshing, this is one of our favourite aperitifs.
CHENIN BLANC 2020/2021 £15
100% Chenin from clay and limestone soils, a blend of 2 different vintages (2020-2021), offering 2 opposite styles (2020 hot, 2021 cool) mixing softness, acidity and roundness from the long elevage in barrel (15 months) and bottle (over 2 years). Côme is never in a hurry to release his wines and this shows the benefits that time gives to his wines in full, a balanced wine of texture, minerality and bright fruit.
CHENIN BLANC 2021/2022 £15
100% Chenin from clay and limestone soils, a blend of 2 different vintages, 2021 cool, 2022 warm, so he blended to find balance, ageing the wine for 15 months on average. Complexity, length and texture, this is remarkable value for money.
SAUVIGNON BLANC / CHENIN BLANC 2022 £15
Like the Sauvignon x Pineau d'Aunis 2020, this Sauvignon Blanc from the Centre Val de Loire region was vinified using carbonic maceration (10 days), aged in barrels for 30 months and then blended with Chenin 2022 (30 %) to add complexity and aromatic freshness. The rich and opulent 2022 vintage gives this Sauvignon Blanc very exotic aromas (guava), good length on the palate and lovely acidity. A delicious orange wine that opens up beautifully over a few hours and even days.
CABERNIN 2021 £16
This year's Cabernin is a blend of direct press Chenin, Cabernet Franc and some Chardonnay which had a short maceration on the skins. The chardonnay adds a roundness and fleshy texture to the minerality of the Chenin and savoury notes of the Cabernet Franc. Another delicious one-off from a singular winemaker.
CHIMERE BLANCHE 2020 £9.50
Chimère blanche 2020 Blend of pears ( 80 %) vinified for Perry with grapes of chardonnay and sauvignon blanc (20%), according soft tannins, aromas of pear and acidity of the two fruits. Aged 12 months in fiberglass tank. Has sediment from the perry, can be decanted if wished. Unique and wonderful expression of the symbiosis between these fruits. Clocks in at a brisk 8%
GRIMACE ROSE 2023 £15
The new vintage of Grimace is a blend of Grolleau Gris and Pineau d'Aunis, blended in equal proportions and then vinified partly using carbonic maceration (10 days) and partly in amphorae (7 months' maceration), before being aged in vats for 12 months. This fourth version of Grimace remains in line with its predecessors, offering beautiful exotic
aromatic intensity, with notes of green tea and wilted flowers, while remaining slightly structured. Rosé in colour, white in flavour and red in vinification!
ONOMATOPEE 2021 £14.50
Always a favourite from Côme, produced from free run juice, the 2021 version is a blend of Gamay & Grolleau Noir, similar in character to the 2019. Bright, aromatic and very juicy.
LA PERE LICAN 2018 £16.50
Nickname for Come’s Grandpa - named after him for first vintage in 2017. Pere Li Can - the feeding person of the family. - His hair was a bit like the feather of the pelican.
100% Grolleau Noir from Saint Georges sur Layon, grown on schiste a very good year for Grolleau. Destemmed by hand - 3 weeks in tanks punchdowned by hand, pressing off in a vertical press and blending press and running juice. Aged in two barrels - 600l barrel for 20 months. There were a few bunches in the tank to help filter the wine which also infused into the wine to give some structure. A wonderfully deep and elegant Grolleau which is drinking exceptionally right now after some bottle age. We grabbed the last 36 bottles..
50 CENT 2020 £10
50% Pear 50% Apple. Picked riper than previous years this is rounded and broad, dry but with lovely chalky fruit. Delicious on its own or with cheese.
L’ÉPHÉMÈRE #9 £10
A delicious wild-fermented beer produced in collaboration with the Hula Hoop brewery, Pear must, Quince was added to the mash. Refreshing & fruity!
BERRIE, LOIRE
FRANCOIS SAINT-LO, RUE DES BELLES CAVES
In troglodyte caves deep in Berrie, near Saumur, François Saint-Lo runs the Rue Des Belles Caves. Working in restaurants & wine bars he then dived headlong into winemaking, learning with producers like Olivier Cousin & Eric Dubois.. Eventually he bought his own place near Berrie, approximately 25km south of Saumur, it was basically an ancient ruin, but has previously been used for wine production and since 2012 has been restored with the help of friends. Like his mentors François prefers to work with horses in the vineyards and all other work is done by hand. In the cellar he & the team use old barrels, fibreglass and a huge antique press he moved from his old cellar. In recent years Francois has moved to plant his own vines around the cellar and stopped renting parcels further away, so he can have more control, but also because it's not as far for his horses to travel.
LES POUCHES MACERATION 2019 £26.50
100% Chenin Blanc. A remarkable wine, from the dry, warm 2019 vintage. The grapes were given the usual 14 days of whole bunch maceration, then pressed very slowly before putting straight into barrel. Because of the warmer vintage, they gave the juice a full 30 months in barrel before bottling and ageing the bottles for a year before release.
It's powerful and ripe with incredible depth to the fruit, length and texture. Drinking well now, but will also no doubt age wonderfully.
LES POUCHES MACERATION AMPHORE 2020 £26.50
100% Chenin Blanc. Two weeks whole bunch maceration then put into Amphora. We cellared this wine and it has suddenly blossomed into a beautifully rounded citrusy expression of Chenin. Very lithe tannins and pure fleshy fruit.
LES POUCHES 2021 £24.50
100% Chenin Blanc. A delicious direct press Chenin from François they press in their huge basket press through the night, as slowly as possible sometimes it takes days. After pressing the wine was put straight into old barrels for over two years.
As with a lot of 2021 wines, the less warm year made for a vintage where fermentations were easier and this is already drinking beautifully with ripe orchard fruit, tension and minerality. A delight.
LES POUCHES MACERATION 2021 £24.50
100% Chenin Blanc. In 2021 he gave the grapes as usual around two weeks of whole bunch maceration, before pressing slowly in a huge antique basket press. A cooler vintage where fermentations were quick, this is already showing beautifully. Pouring a golden yellow it's saline and mineral with lovely aromatics, a real treat. We have a few Magnums..
LES POUCHES MACERATION 2022 £24.50 MAGNUM £52
100% Chenin Blanc. In 2022 the grapes were given a 15 day whole bunch maceration, before a slow press in his huge antique basket press. The juice was aged in barrel for around two year before bottling. This is a supreme, wonderful vintage, a wine of real finesse that balances the aromatics and tannins from the gentle maceration with the minerality of the varietal brilliantly.
HEY GG! 2022 £16.50
100% Grolleau Gris given a twenty day maceration. A deeper pink than last year, this is a delicious bright rose, with beautiful pink fruit like blood orange and grapefruit. Perfect for spring!
HEY GRO! 2020 £15
100% Grolleau Noir, given a twenty day maceration. The process is the same as for Hey GG. This Gro has just a touch more structure and elegance, though and is wonderfully ripe for just 10% abv.
HEY GRO 2021 £15.50
As always this is 100% Grolleau Noir, given a gentle maceration for around two weeks. In this cooler vintage, it has produced a remarkably open, fruity and rounded wine clocking in at just 8.5%!
HEY GRO! 2022 £16.50
100% Grolleau Noir. Bloody, juicy and full of fruit, this is just the thing for aperitif, or with a plate of charcuterie. Low in alcohol but big in flavour as usual!
UNIS 2022 £22.50
100% Pineau d'Aunis. The parcel sits on the same plot as the old vine Bois Guyon Cabernet Franc. This vintage pours a beautiful pale red and screams with pretty red fruits and white pepper. A classic!
HEY GAMIN! 2021 £19
100% Gamay from a tiny 0.3 hectare parcel. They give the grapes a 20 day whole bunch maceration before pressing slowly and then ageing in fibreglass. In the cool 2021 vintage, this has brought a light, expressive wine reminiscent of a poulsard from the Jura, bright, effervescent and full of minerals and fruit!
HEY GAMIN! 2022 £22.50
100% Gamay from a tiny 0.3 hectare parcel. As usual they gave the grapes a 20 day whole bunch maceration before pressing slowly. For the first time though, it was aged in barrel rather than fibreglass, giving a silky, sumptous texture to the bright red fruit. Perhaps our favourite vintage of this wine to date, we don't expect it to hang around too long..
HEY GAMIN! 2023 £22.50
100% Gamay from a tiny 0.3 hectare parcel. In 2023 he ghave the grapes a ten day whole bunch maceration before pressing slowly. After the success of 2022 they again aged in barrel rather than fibreglass, giving a silky, sumptous texture to the bright red fruit. 2023 is a stellar vintage, with a beautiful balance of in tensity, depth and such a light weight on the palate. A classic vintage for him.
LA BOUT DE LA RUE 2024 £21
Pineau d'aunis, cabernet francs and grolleau gris. First harvest from two new plots at the end of the street, 12-day maceration together, aged for 1 year in 16 HL concrete eggs. So vibrant with beautiful, elegant fruit, this is a really delightful and exciting taste of the future of the domaine.
LES PALENNES 2019 £22.50
100% Cabernet Franc from 60-70 year old vines. Always very expressive in it’s youth, this has wonderful length and very vibrant fruit. A dry, warm vintage has brought a wine of concentration and depth that is built to age and is drinking wonderfully now.
LES PALENNES 2020 £24.50
100% Cabernet Franc from 60-70 year old vines on limestone, given a two week whole bunch maceration. In this warm vintage, this is full of bright dark fruit, with a savoury edge, a really elegant expression of the varietal that is drinking very well already, but as with all of his Cabernet's will age wonderfully.
LE BOIS GUYON 2019 £22.50
100% Cabernet Franc from vines between 80-90 years old. Whole bunch maceration for around two weeks. Wonderfully ripe fruit, with a lovely herbaceous note, this is already drinking really well, though will age wonderfully.
LE BOIS GUYON 2020 £24.50
100% Cabernet Franc from vines between 80-90 years old. Whole bunch maceration for around two weeks. The 2020 has silky tannins, with pure black fruit and a distinct minerality. Drinking well already, but experience tells us it will age beautifully.
BERRIE,
ALEXANDRE WALLIMAN, LE BUREAU DU VIN, BERRIE
Alex Walliman is a busy guy, helping a number of vignerons with administrative duties as well as with all aspects of winery. He set up his own cellar next to Francois Saint-lo's in Berrie and makes wines in his own distinctive fashion using grapes bought from friends. Alex cherrypicks ideas and techniques from other winemaking friends and makes micro-cuvees of elegant textured wines of real finesse.
L'ADMINISTRATEUR 2023 £19.50
100% Chardonnay given a 5 day whole bunch maceration. This is beautifully balanced, textured and rounded with the crispness of a white wine, though the colour is orange. Delicious
BERRIE,
ROMUALD & STEPHANIE SAUVAGE, CLOS DES FOLIES
We came across Clos Des Folies through Francois Saint-Lo on a visit there. Romuald & Stephanie have worked in vineyards for 23 years, beginning with Jo Pithon, Francois Poirel and then Olivier Cousin. They took on this domaine in 2014, 2.5 hectares of Cabernet Franc & Grolleau, most of the vines being 60-70 years old. Their son works in the cellar with Francois as his assistant in the cellar, as well as with this domain. You can see the touch of what he has learnt in the wines, with incredibly purity of fruit. I was blown away when I first got to try their wines over whole lamb cooked over fire at Francois’ old cellar. Everything is done by hand with no chemicals used in the vineyard or cellar, no sulfites at all. The wines are brimming with energy - a real treat. Unfortunately there isn't a lot to go around.
DENISE ROSE 2021 £18
100% Cabernet Franc from very old vines. This unique one-off made in tiny batches is a perfect rose. Whole bunch pressed, then agedin vat for a year or so. Bright pink fruit, lovely acidity and freshness, perfect for the sun.
BOYAU ROUGE 2014 £23.50
100% Cabernet Franc from vines just very old vines on hard limestone. The fruit was destemmed and given around 3 weeks maceration. After ageing in barrel for around a year this has rested in bottle and we are delighted to grab some of the last available. Drinking wonderfully right now.
VENDOME, LOIR-SUR-CHER
ARIANE LESNE
Ariane Lesné worked as a retailer, then a wine agent, then made the move into producing her own wines after falling in love with natural wine over a bottle of Emile Heredia’s Les Verres Des Poets in Paris. She worked at an estate in Burgundy for 5 years, before taking the opportunity to take over the reins at Emile Heredia's estate when he put it up for sale,at the end of 2014. She worked with Emile for the first vintage, but is now ploughing her own furrow in this little appellation, one of the very few in France to have Pineau d’Aunis as it’s AOC red varietal. She works tirelessly in the vineyards, where old vines sit in flinty topsoils with a deeper limestone bedrock, they have been without chemicals since 1999.. In recent years with loss of fruit due to frost and other factors she has supplemented the estate wines with her negociant project Goutte a Goutte; young wines of freshness and fruit.
GRANDGOUSIER 2020 £19.50
This remarkable Pineau d'Aunis is made from a patch of Ariane's oldest vines which date up to 120 years old. It's given a ten week whole bunch maceration before ageing in steel for 18 months. It's a beautifully dense, haunting expression of what has to be one of the most beguiling grape varietals, alive with herbs and the hallmark white pepper. Drinking exceptionally well now, but able to age wonderfully too.
MAREUIL-SUR CHER-LOIRE
LAURENT SAILLARD
Laurent has a deep restaurant background, spending 13 years in New York, opening Balthazar, before starting his own restaurant one of the first to focus on natural wine in the city. Eventually he decided he wanted to start producing himself, moving back to France, to the Loire valley, starting, working for other growers, principally Noella Morantin, starting to make his own wines on the side, When the historic Clos Roche Blanche vineyard came up for sale, he was offered it and because he didn't want the full 13.5 hectares bought it in conjunction with Julien Pineau. Now 8 years in, he has forged his own identity, using the fruit from this beautiful vineyard, walled by forest and organic since the 90's. It hasn't been plain sailing though, with frost an increasingly difficult issue and terrible vintages like the aforementioned 2021, he bought fruit from Domaine De Cambalu in 2020, a 17 hectare organic estate just 15 minutes down the road and has continued that relationship, which has provided him with some varietals he doesn't have on the estate, like Grolleau, Chenin & Pineau d'Aunis.
L&C&S+ 2025 £14
Sauvignon Blanc & a little bit of Chardonnay from Fabrice Delaunay vineyard in Pouillé, which is organic and very close to Laurent's. This vintage is very vibrant with lush tropical fruit and a lovely texture. Remarkable value.
L&C&S+ 2025 MAGNUM £33
Sauvignon Blanc & a little bit of Chardonnay from Fabrice Delaunay vineyard in Pouillé, which is organic and very close to Laurent's. This vintage is very vibrant with lush tropical fruit and a lovely texture. Remarkable value.
LUCKY YOU! 2025 £17.50
The welcome return of Laurent's most iconic wine, a blend of around 70% Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Chardonnay, all from the historic Clos Roche Blanche estate. 2025 was a warm dry vintage and the wines a bursting with fruit, with as usual a wonderfully lush texture and balance.
LUCKY YOU! 2025 MAGNUM £41
The welcome return of Laurent's most iconic wine, a blend of around 70% Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Chardonnay, all from the historic Clos Roche Blanche estate. 2025 was a warm dry vintage and the wines a bursting with fruit, with as usual a wonderfully lush texture and balance.
LUCKY YOU! 2025 JEROBOAM £94
The welcome return of Laurent's most iconic wine, a blend of around 70% Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Chardonnay, all from the historic Clos Roche Blanche estate. 2024 was a tough vintage in terms of quantity, but the fruit that was left, was great quality and Laurent has managed to craft another delicious iteration of this iconic wine. Slightly fresher than last year, it's bursting with bright fruit, texture and minerality.
LA VALSE 2025 £15
From a new parcel that Laurent farms, this is young vines of Pinot Noir & Gamay, pressed direct and aged in steel to keep things fresh. Bright with fruit, this is perfect summer drinking.
SCARLETTE 2023 £17.50
100% Pineau d'Aunis given a whole bunch two week maceration before pressing and ageing in 15hl wooden vat for ten months. More length and depth than his popular Discute cuvee, frokm the older vines and longer maceration, this a wonderful example of this delicious varietal.
LA PAUSE 2024 £17.50 / £41
100% Gamay from the Roche Blanche estate, vines mostly 50+ years old. Laurent gave the grapes a two week whole bunch maceration, then pressed into 500l barrel and a 40hl wood vat. A really beautiful vintage for this wines with lovely silky red fruit, depth and elegance. Perfect in large format, with something grilled.
UN ETE PARTAGE 2023 £14.50
70% gamay/30% grolleau. Again destemmed and macerated for around a week. Silky dark red fruit, this is a beautiful blend, bright fresh and lovely lightly chilled, a great wine to reach for when the barbecue gets fired.
UN ETE PARTAGE 2025 £15
70% gamay / 30% grolleau. 2025 is bursting with bright fruit, silky tannins, lovely lightly chilled. Wine for the barbecue.
UN ETE PARTAGE 2025 MAGNUM £35
70% gamay / 30% grolleau. 2025 is bursting with bright fruit, silky tannins, lovely lightly chilled. Wine for the barbecue.
CA SE DISCUTE 2025 £15
100% Pineau d'Aunis (half is the tenturier varietal). 6 days maceration destemmed then aged in tank. In a warmer vintage this has some of the chocolatey fruit you get from the grape in this area, but with plenty of freshness too and of course that signature white pepper.
CA SE DISCUTE 2025 MAGNUM £35
100% Pineau d'Aunis (half is the tenturier varietal). 6 days maceration destemmed then aged in tank. In a warmer vintage this has some of the chocolatey fruit you get from the grape in this area, but with plenty of freshness too and of course that signature white pepper.
KEG ROUGE 2023 £300 (20L KEYKEG)
100% Cot, de-stemmed, supple and fruity this is all dark fruit and lithe tannins. Delicous crowd-pleasing red wine of real quality.
KEG ROSE 2023 £300 (20L KEYKEG)
A blend of direct press Gamay & Pineau d'Aunis that Laurent planted on the Roche Blanche estate a few years ago. The vines are for him too young to make good red wine, but are perfect for this pretty, fresh and dry rose, ideal summer drinking.
POUILLE, LOIRE
JULIEN PINEAU
Julien Pineau is now 7 years into his journey, having taken over the reins of Clos Roche Blanche with Laurent Saillard. 2021 was a crazy year, he moved his cellar to his house, just down the road from the vineyard, building a purpose built space. Coupled with this, 2021 was the most difficult vintage in memory, losing 90% of the fruit on the vineyard, this led Julien to purchase fruit from the south, around Provence, where he once worked. He hired a truck and took a team down to friends in the region.
ESTATE
LES SUCETTES A L'AUNIS 2022 £17.50
100% Pineau d'Aunis given a ten day whole bunch maceration. A much better vintage than the disastrous 2021, this has lovely soft fruit and a silky structure, with lot's of herbs and just a hint of white pepper.
COUP D'JUS 2019 £14.50
100% Cot from the Clos Roche Blanche. In 2019 Julien reduced the maceration on the Cot giving it just a week with very little extraction, aged 25% in barrel and 75% in inox tank. All the lovely dark red berry fruit you expect from the varietal but without the jammy heavy tannins you might expect from the varietal. Brilliant expression of the grape from very beautiful terroir.
COUFFY, LOIR-ET-CHER
CHRISTOPHE FOUCHER, LA LUNOTTE
La Lunotte is ran by the enigmatic Christophe Foucher, making very clean, pure and delicious wines always without additions in his tiny Chai in Couffy, near the Touraine river. He is permanently relaxed and certainly enjoys a good time, but his winemaking is very, very precise and farming impeccable. He’s been here since 2002 when he gave up work as an engineer and teacher. All of his wines are bottled without sulphur and are unfiltered and unfined. Vineyard work is led by 20 yers of experience, beyond organic, some biodynamic practises, he stopped spraying copper in 2018. Christophe is a master and we’re so happy to bring his wines to the UK.
ROSSIGNOUX 2 2022 £15.50 - OOS
100% Sauvignon, from the relatively hot 2022 vintage. Christophe let this age in barrel for an extended elevage to give balance to the bright ripe fruit. This is totally delicious, reflective of his craft and a standout example of just how good his Sauvignon's can be.