Blanc de Blancs 2024, Raventos i Blanc Gift Card

Blanc de Blancs 2024, Raventos i Blanc Gift CardRavents i Blanc is run by Pepe Ravents, who took over his familys historic estate in Penedes after working with Hubert Lamy in Burgundy, Gaston Chiquet in Champagne and Didier Dagueneau in Pouilly Fum. Pretty handy CV! Macabeo, Xarello, Parellada and Malvasia de Sitges (local varieties) make up the blend here, with 18 months on lees. Ridiculous quality and complexity for the money.

lower on the slope

steely citrus and red apple balanced by really good texture and some fine hazlenut notes

library released from benchmark Hunter Valley Semillon producer Mount Pleasant

30% Chardonnay and 10% Sauvignon Blanc

The wine was produced by celebrated winemaker Dermot Sugrue and spends 5 months on lees for bags of richness and complexity

Camel Valley are one of our favourite English producers and this is a fab expression of Bacchus

but a lot of winemakers feel that Chardonnay could eclipse that as the region's premier grape

Gros Manseng

A really classy

which refers to wines that are topped to the eye of the barrel and protected from oxidation during the aging-an uncommon practice in Jura where they’ve built their name for oxiditive wines

deliciously evolved with all the toasty lime curd flavours you'd expect

spice and a slight saline