Vin de Pays de Vaucluse 'Burle Est ce Que?', Domaine Burle 2022 Region_Hawkes BayA juicy, easy going blend from excellent Gigondas producers Florent and Damian Burle, quite full bodied with ripe, dark, plummy fruit, licorice notes and some soft sweet spice. Great fun and all too easy to drink. Grenache, Syrah, Caladoc & Marselan Rhone Valley, France 13. 5% ABV
certified organic from the 2018 vintage
it's worth the effort
A superb value example of the Lalande appellation from the Neac plateau
believed to have been grown by the Ancient Greeks under the name Asprokondoura but now the star white grape of the magnificent La Clape region (recently accorded Cru du Languedoc status) lying between Narbonne and the Mediterranean
or try in a martini or with prosecco
5 hectares of vines
East Sussex
the southern extremity of Champagne home to many small family-owned growers and a world apart from the manicured environs of Reims and Epernay
Sauvignon Blanc
The Classic Cuvee is a blend of the classic Champagne trio but always strikes me as tasting completely of the English summer
full-flavoured Sussex gin created by James Rackham of Mayfield and made principally using hops
with particularly fine plots in Le Grand Chemarin and Le Chene Marchand