Sandys Mixed Wine Case Selections
We’ve always had your seafood, fish, meat, poultry and gourmet goodies covered, but this year we’ve got a great wine selection to share with you too.
With most of us spending more time at home, we hope our mindfully sourced wine selections, ever expanding recipe section and new range of restaurant quality food to go will help you to eat and drink better and more delicious food at home.
Our cellar now features over 30 white and red wines, 4 rosé, 8 top quality sparkling wines, 3 champagnes, 3 low alcohol and 2 zero alcohol sparkling teas. This selection changes regularly in line with produce availability and seasonality.
If you fancy a bespoke wine selection designed around your personal tastes, you are of course welcome to create your own case by chatting to our in-house wine expert, Penny.
The Sensational with Seafood Case
£115
Our “Sensational with Seafood” mixed 6 represents white wines from Sandys’ Cellar carefully paired to all the fishy goodies we have to offer.
Let’s start with some bubbly and head over to the Loire region of France. We’ve chosen a lovely sparkling Chenin Blanc and a sparkling Muscadet, both of which are made in the traditional method and have some lees ageing to give them additional texture and toasty notes. They represent an excellent alternative to Champagne and are really good value for money.
Château Moncontour’s Vouvray Brut is fresh, racy and full of ripe orchard fruits whilst Jérémie Huchet’s Le Bretesche Muscadet is zesty with notes of fresh sourdough and anise on the palate and a lovely saline finish. Heading over to the Côte des Bars region of Champagne to the Pinot Noir specialists Devaux. This lovely predominantly Pinot Noir Grande Réserve champagne has a lovely rich elegance with aromas of baked apple and vanilla.
Back to the Loire Valley for our first white wine selection which has to be Château du Coing’s St Fiacre Muscadet. It really is the classic match for seafood, especially oysters. This too has some lees ageing to add a creamy richness to its peach, green apple and lemon notes. With a mineral edge on the finish, it also has a slight pétillance. Onto Spain now and the most northerly subzone of Rias Baixas on the Atlantic Coast. Lagar de Pintos is a finely balanced Albariño with a grapefruit accented palate and a zesty citrus nose. It’s an incredibly flavourful wine with a saline finish. Back to France to complete our seafood wine pairing with Les Hauts de Milly’s Chablis. Expect classic gunflint and wet stone aromas with this well-balanced Chablis together with fresh citrus, a hint of apricot and a long saline finish.
The Fireside Reds Case
£97.50
Not going out as much isn’t such a bad thing when you’ve got a roaring fire and a nice glass of red. We’ve popped our favourite fireside red into a mixed 6. From Australia to Spain, France to Italy, we’ve got the cosy evening in covered.
Starting in Yecla in south-eastern Spain, Familia Castaño’s Colección is a blend of old vine Monastrell and Cabernet Sauvignon. With plenty of ripe black fruit, roasted coffee and chocolate notes, it’s intense but also soft and elegant.
Moving up to north west of Spain our next choice is the full bodied, velvety Vinea Cigales Crianza from Finca Mueum in Castilla y León. 100% Tempranillo it’s bursting with red berry aromas which continues on the palate with notes of coconut and mocha.
In the north-easterly region of Veneto, Italy we find the Valley of Cellars or Valpolicella in Italian. It is here that the family Allegrini produce the outstanding Palazzo della Torre, a blend of the grape varieties Corvina, Rondinella and Sangiovese. Lots of wonderful aromas and flavours of cherry, dark chocolate, cloves and vanilla are present in this modern take on the ‘ripasso’ winemaking method.
Off to France now for a visit to the Haut-Medoc in the region of Bordeaux. Les Hauts de Perganson is a smooth, rich blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Red and black berries notes mingle with cassis, sweet spices and vanilla to make an incredibly smooth, ready to drink now Bordeaux blend.
Our fifth choice is a gold medal winner in several international wine shows from the wonderful d’Arenberg winery in McLaren Vale, South Australia. The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon is a full bodied, concentrated red wine with layers of blackcurrant, plum and red pepper with some lovely tertiary notes of cedar and violets.
Last but not least, Ben Glaetzer’s fantastic wine Wallace. A blend of Shiraz and Grenache from the Barossa Valley in South Australia, it comes from vines between 60 and 100 years old. This site specific wine is made in small volumes only. Super smooth and extremely easy drinking, it also has a lot going on! Redcurrant, cranberry, cherry and blueberry fruit combine with licquorice, spice and rose petal. The Wallace along with all the wines in this selection, have great cellaring potential if you can bear to lock them away!
Noel Coward drank it for breakfast, Coco Chanel in and out of love and Napoleon in victory and defeat. We agree with them all, there’s always a good reason to open a bottle of bubbly! Christmas and New Year are two of the best reasons to open a few bottles and to give the gift of bubbles especially when combined with a seafood platter.
We love these duo gift sets and hope you do too! Both our 2 bottle gift sets come in a lovely presentation pack, as modelled by Leo, to make gifting even easier.
A very special vineyard with very special soils. It’s farmed by the Raventós family since 1497, composed of marine soils over 16 million years and is a special place indeed!
In the hands of the highly talented winemaker Pepe Raventós, these biodynamic wines express their terroir beautifully.
Bottle 1: Blanc de Blancs has a fresh and smooth palate with aromas of citrus fruit and white flowers that give way to a slightly herbal quality and gentle mineral finish.
Bottle 2: Rosé de Nit 2017 is an elegant, pale pink rosé that marries citrus and floral notes with hints of fennel. The addition of Monastrell gives colour and complexity.
Both wines were made in the traditional method and aged on lees for 18months.
ABV 12% Organic Biodynamic Vegan Vegetarian
The lovely people at Devaux are Pinot Noir specialists and award winners. Their winemaker Michel Parisot was awarded Chef de Cave (Best Sparkling Winemaker) at the 2020 International Wine Challenge.
Bottle 1: The Grande Réserve is predominantly Pinot Noir but has some chardonnay added to compliment the rich finesse of the 69% Pinot Noir blend. Ripe apples and yellow plum aromas develop further on the palate with notes of vanilla and brioche.
Bottle 2: The Cuvée Rosée is fine and creamy with plenty of red berry aromas, notes of hazelnut and violet on the palate and a long finish.
Both are aged on their fine lees for 36months.
ABV 12% Vegan Vegetarian Sustainable
