Older Wines

If you haven't explored the world of older wines, I suggest you give them a shot. As wine matures, more complex, evolved flavours develop and you get an entirely different style of wine to what you might be used to.

All our wines come direct from the producer, unless stated, so the provenance is impeccable.

Please note that these wines, and any wine over 10 years old, is exempt from our returns policy.

 

Churchill Late Bottled Vintage Port 2005 75cl

Churchill Late Bottled Vintage Port 2005 75cl

£20.50

One of the most popular styles of port - you get complexity, but drinkability at an affordable price. Bigger, more dark berries abound with some rich, dried fruit, lots of sweet chocolate, mint and cherry. Graham Family (Owners) Contains Sulphites...
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14% offChateau La Louviere Blanc 2006 75cl

Chateau La Louviere Blanc 2006 75cl

£29.50 £34.50

"Lurton wanted their whites to go into screwtop but by the 2014 vintage the French market had forced them to abandon this plan. Fortunately the 2006 is in screwcap and is unbelievably fresh for a wine that is over a...
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Caves de Sao Joao Frei Joao 1985 75cl

Caves de Sao Joao Frei Joao 1985 75cl

£29.50

"A delightful red wine - with decades ageing it has savoury notes, a delicious spice and dried berries galore. Superb and fun." Caves de Sao Joao started in 1930, producing sparkling wines. They have an extensive range of old wines,...
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Quinta do Poco Lobo Arinto 1994 75cl

Quinta do Poco Lobo Arinto 1994 75cl

£29.95

Fancy an old Portuguese white? Don't know what to expect? Me neither, but this came straight from the producer so they obviously have faith in it and they've never let me down before! Sustainable
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Chateau Siaurac 2014 75cl

Chateau Siaurac 2014 75cl

£29.95

"Attractive truffle, graphite and plum notes intermixed with mocha and black cherry cascade from the glass of this supple, chunky, fleshy wine. There is good glycerin, purity and overall character to this wine, which can be drunk over the next...
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11% offSchloss Saarstein Riesling Auslese 2009 75cl

Schloss Saarstein Riesling Auslese 2009 75cl

£32.00 £36.00

Begins with an extraordinarily intense nose, smelling like the lime bit of chocolate lime sweets, and sleek minerality. While it is technically a sweet wine, there is enough natural acidity to it that you can hardly feel the sweetness; this wine...
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13% offChateau Couhins-Lurton Rouge 2004 75cl

Chateau Couhins-Lurton Rouge 2004 75cl

£34.95 £39.95

"Such a lovely red - elegant, cherry, mint and thyme with a soft tannin, mulchy earth coming through with a little bit of pipe tobacco." 90/100 Peter's Points History of Vignobles Andre Lurton 1953: André Lurton inherited the historic family...
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Chateau Gaudin 2002 75cl

Chateau Gaudin 2002 75cl

£38.95

Aged in the family owned Chateau, this has baked plums, cassis and spice on the now with a silky, long aged fruit finish.  Family-owned since 1901, Château Gaudin is an 11-hectare estate with a vineyard planted on the gravel ridge of...
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11% offChateau Couhins-Lurton Blanc 1983 75cl

Chateau Couhins-Lurton Blanc 1983 75cl

£39.95 £44.95

"Soft citrus fruit, bread and butter pudding on the nose with brioche and apricot. The palate has nice acidity, some fresher fruit asnd then a little spice." 89/100 Peter's Points History of Vignobles Andre Lurton 1953: André Lurton inherited the...
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 1985 75cl

Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 1985 75cl

£47.00

A brilliant sweet Chenin Blanc from 1985, aromas of sherry, musky mushroom notes and a raisin quality too. The palate is lovely, again some more oxidised sherry flavours but with a little sweetness creeping through. Contains Sulphites
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9% offChateau Couhins-Lurton Rouge 2008 75cl

Chateau Couhins-Lurton Rouge 2008 75cl

£48.95 £53.95

"Unfortunately this wine doesn't have Grand Cru status, but only because the Chateau didn't have any red grapes when it was classified in the 1950's! The wine is of CG quality though, ripe cassis, cherry and with leather aromas. The...
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Only 1 leftVieux Chateau Gaubert 2009 150cl

Vieux Chateau Gaubert 2009 150cl

£50.00 £55.00

Wonderfully complex nose, with aromas of cassis and plums, swathed in savoury nuance with hints of truffle, roasted meats coffee and fresh leather. Rich yet graceful with succulent, soft, velvety tannins. At its peak right now, this delicious red still...
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Chateau Cap de Mourlin 2010 75cl

Chateau Cap de Mourlin 2010 75cl

£51.95

"Drinking wonderfully now and at the perfect stage of maturity. Elegant cassis and tobacco flavours with a soft, silky tannin." The Capdemourlins have owned property and made wine in St Emilion since the 16th Century. The property is 14 hectares...
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Champagne Paul Dethune Millesime 2008 75cl

Champagne Paul Dethune Millesime 2008 75cl

£80.00

"Brilliant producer, brilliant vintage..... what else do you need to know?!" The Déthunes started as growers in the early 1800s and began to make their own Champagne in the 1930s. The vineyards are planted in the ratio of 70% Pinot...
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Cupano Brunello di Montaclino 2009 75cl

Cupano Brunello di Montaclino 2009 75cl

£119.95

"The 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is an unabashedly plush and modern wine with high extract and a big burst of ripe fruit that is tightly woven within its bold textural consistency. Biodynamic farming is implemented and the wine (40% of...
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Chateau Siran 1990 Magnum 1.5l

Chateau Siran 1990 Magnum 1.5l

£153.00

"Coming from the Chateau straight to us in St Andrews, this 1990 is from one of the two exceptional vintages of 1989 and 1990. About to enter a stretch of mediocre vintages until 1995, 1990 was the last hoorah for...
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Chateau Siran 1989 Magnum 1.5l

Chateau Siran 1989 Magnum 1.5l

£160.00

"Coming to us straight from the Chateau, this 1989 magnum is from a superb year, widely accepted to be the best of the decade with the 1985" Château Siran is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region...
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Only 1 leftChateau Figeac 2005 75cl

Chateau Figeac 2005 75cl

£225.00

"The finest Figeac since the 1990 and 1982, the restrained, but complex 2005 exhibits notes of black olives, new saddle leather, tobacco leaf, and sweet cherry and black currant fruit. The wine is medium-bodied with racy tannins as well as...
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Only 1 leftCalem Colheita Port 1961 75cl

Calem Colheita Port 1961 75cl

£250.00

A wonderous old wine - raisins, tree bark, leather, asian spices... a never ending flavour that you just keep tasting long after your glass is empty! Just beautiful and balanced.  If you, or a friend or relative, love port, PLEASE...
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Arran 1995 Bourbon Private Cask 70cl

Arran 1995 Bourbon Private Cask 70cl

£495.00

From the first year that the Arran distillery produced whisky, this is surely going to become a wonderful collectors item, but is also a very tasty whisky. Only 172 bottles of this whisky were produced.
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