This is a powerful, muscular style of Hermitage - 100% whole cluster used this year. The dense structure here promises long-term ageing, full of dark cherry and bramble fruit, pepper, violets, licquorice root and anissed. There is a brooding, mineral core not far below the surface. This will be extremely impressive with time.

The 2023 Rocoules is an intense and vibrant white. Offering up notes of quince, white peach and citrus balm there is a hint of honeysuckle and savoury miso complexity. A sense of salinity runs through the wine and the finish is expansive and expressive on the palate.

100% old vine Marsanne which is aged in old barriques. The resulting wine this year is a standout for quality and price. Honeysuckle, almond blossom and apricot and quince fruit lift from the glass. Rounded on the palate yet with a salty edge this is a brilliant white Crozes.

A supple, fleshy style of Syrah with bramble fruit and black cherry laced with violets and liquorice. The palate is ripe with freshness and energy to the fruit which is well-defined offering a peppery lift to the finish.

A supple, expressive Hermitage delivering wild herbs, fresh cracked black pepper, violets and bright bramble fruit. There is freshness and energy here without too much weight or opulence. Tannins are sinewy and ripe and frame the wine in a stately way.

A real head-turner, the 2018 Pichon Baron is open and ready for business. There is a seamless, velvety texture on the palate yet it is brimming with energy and focus. Classic Pauillac notes of graphite and warm gravel mingle with a hint of exotic spice and succulent bramble fruit. Another triumph under the direction of Christian Seeley.

The second vintage release of this 'Second Vin' of Pavillon Blanc, it is a wine of freshness, tension and floral complexity. The nose opens with fresh jasmine and nectarine with white grapefruit and ocean spray. The palate has a roundness and creaminess adding complexity yet also a vibrant line of acidity at its core. The finish is very well defined, long and refreshing.

This wine is sourced from six small plots planted in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These are some of the oldest vineyards owned by Rafael Palacios, located in Santa Cruz do Bolo on the north side of the Bibei Valley. It is a wine that speaks so clearly of the rocky landscape on which it was grown. The nose has deftly integrated oak spice, wild herbs, ocean spray, with a muscularity and texture on the palate that demonstrates the potential longevity. So fluid and crystalline, the finish is vibrant and beckons you in for another sip.

This 0.24-hectare parcel of bush-vine Godello, planted in 1920, is the oldest and most distinctive vineyard owned by Rafael Palacios. In 2022, this has produced a musucular and textured white with real density and focus which belies some of the warmth of the vintage. It offers dried mountain herbs, white stone fruit, and real salinity that flows through on the finish.

This is a wine that speaks of the rocky hillside on which it was grown. Vibrant, tense and saline on the palate this offers citrus, white grapefruit, and white peach with a breath of wild mountain herbs. Fluid and crystalline, the finish is beautifully focused and refreshing.