Ripe apple and fennel bulbs with a clean, crisp acidity and just that stoney edge that keeps us coming back. These kinds of wine make the day/night about them and leave us feeling lucky to have tasted their perfection.

Timothee Delalle La Burette Blanc 2023

Deliciously open with falling black cherries, wild strawberries that rise above hints of mushroom and some round tannins. You'll love the depth and texture which is like jumping onto a sheet of satin and letting it lower into bliss.

Jean-Baptiste Boudier Pernand Vergelesses Les Vignes Blanche Rouge 2020

2022 is a little more complex rendition with more mineral impact, savoury saline and notes of straw, bitter lemon and talc. The palate is savoury and stoney, with lemon meal, salted rock and some pear pith. Yes, it’s delicious again and of course it'll go with oyster.

Bonnet-Huteau Dabinières Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine 2021

Phillipe Viet Regnie Haut Ronze Mozaique Gamay 2023

What makes it Vieilles Vignes (Old Vines)? 60-year-old plantings naturally. Amazing, value-laden Chablis that’s cut and dry with lemony granita and a flick of salt for depth and concentration to impress Chardonnay lovers all over.

Christophe et Fils AC Chablis Vielles Vignes 2023

Grower Champagne – grapes are farmed, vinified, bottled and riddlered (bottles turned to incorporate phenolics) in-house. These are always bursting with terroir and represent the year and the land with just a little bit of the house’s inflexion. Here, it’s all taut and focused. This NV runs deep with some moreish texture. Seems like an ode to Langres cheese.