Keeling Andrew & Co are offering Noble Rot's best-loved wines during lockdown.

Are you tired of pointless meed-ja conjecture, or concerned at the bodgers-in-chief’s lack of direction? Or maybe you’re frustrated that your attempts at home-schooling owe more to Grange Hill than A-Level classics at Eton? Well, so are we, although we’re keeping ourselves sane by drinking some of the most exciting wines in the world – something which we’re now pleased to offer to you too, dearly-missed Rotter.

Back in 2017 we founded Noble Rot’s sibling company, Keeling Andrew & Co, to import the wines of some of our favourite producers. From up and coming Burgundians such as Eleni & Edouard Vocoret and David Duband, to established superstars such as Ulysse Collin and Jean-Marc Roulot, our philosophy is to only work with domaines whose wines we love to drink ourselves. Supplying the best hospitality businesses and wine shops in the UK, Keeling Andrew & Co also works with Michelin stared restaurants such Brat and Sorrel to run their wine programmes. Which is something we’d now love to do for you too.

For the next few months Keeling Andrew & Co are offering cases of some of our best-loved wines, from Noble Rot restaurant’s house red and whites and bestselling ‘greatest hits’, to our exciting new discoveries and long cherished ‘Club Classics’. If there are certain wines that you particularly enjoy drinking more of, or would like us to help put together a bespoke selection of goodies to stock your lockdown homestead, let us know and we’ll be in touch before you can say ‘Covid Ninete….’

Chin-chin,

Dan Keeling & Mark Andrew

All prices below are for cases of six bottles and include nationwide delivery.

To order please send your case(s) choice, delivery address & contact number to
Charlie Blightman 07377 393942 / Charlie@keelingandrew.co.uk
Payments are made via bank transfer.

When we opened Noble Rot restaurant our priority was to find house wines at low prices that we’d be happy to drink ourselves. They’re not easy to find! Our red, 2018 Gran Cerdo, is a bright and juicy Tempranillo grown organically in Rioja, and the white, 2018 Chin Chin, has become something of a cult classic. It's a bone dry, fruity Vinho Verde from northern Portugal with a label design from artist Jose Mendez, who also illustrated the covers of Noble Rot magazines 12 and 13.

Greatest Hits 1 is a selection of our most popular by-the-glass listings, from whites such as our much loved ‘Chin Chin’ Vinho Verde, to the crisp, refreshing flavours of Koehler-Ruprecht’s dry Riesling and Chavy-Chouet’s Aligoté, Burgundy’s ‘other’ white grape and and his stellar benchmark Pinot Noir. In addition to ‘Gran Cerdo’, our house red, the case includes an aromatic red version of Muscat exclusively grown on the mountains of northern Greece.

Another selection of Noble Rot restaurant’s most popular wines, such as Luneau Papin's mineral Folle Blanche (our #1 seller), Bourgogne Blanc 'Les Femelottes' from Chavy-Chouet (our best-selling white Burgundy) and Lopez de Heredia's ultra-traditional white Rioja 'Gravonia'. Reds don’t come more quaffable than Vinessens 'Tragolago' Mourvedre or Olga Raffault's organic Chinon 'Les Barnarbes', and then there’s Domaine de Galouchey's unique 'Vin du Jardin' from Bordeaux, a super silky blend of the region's nine permitted varieties. Made in tiny quantities, so as soon as it hits our list it sells out quick!

2010 Rioja Blanco ‘Gravonia’; Lopez de Heredia (Rioja, Spain)

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Rotters' Greatest Hits 3:  £185

Wines become mainstays of Noble Rot’s restaurant list not just because they are consistently delicious, but because they’re authentic and represent the place where they were grown. From Droin’s Petit Chablis to Naudin Ferrand’s future classic red Burgundy 'Orchis Mascula’, down to Julien Sunier in Beaujolais, Le Soula and Mas Coutelou in southern France, and Vale da Capucha in Portugal, Rotters’ Greatest Hits 3 is our latest selection of favourite bottles representing high quality winemaking in their region.

 

2018 Petit Chablis; JP&B Droin (Burgundy, France) 

2018 Arinto; Vale da Capucha (Lisboa, Portugal) 

2014 Blanc; Le Soula (Roussillon, France)

2017 'Flambadou'; Mas Coutelou (Languedoc, France) 

2017 Fleurie; Julien Sunier (Beaujolais, France) 

2017 Hautes-Côtes de Beaune 'Orchis Mascula'; Naudin Ferrand (Burgundy, France) 

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This case represents old school winemaking at its best.  Pfalz’s Koehler-Ruprecht are known for their proudly archaic winemaking techniques, such as using oak barrels on their Rieslings, while Cota 45 have become one of the hottest names in Spanish wine by making unfortified Jerez wines that are a throwback to hundreds of years ago. Likewise, Sortevera Clarete harks back to a time when the Canary Islands produced light-bodied, complex reds, while Cos 'Pithos’ is aged in amphora like every wine on the planet once was. Collecapretta's biodynamic 'Terra dei Preti' is a delicious example of amber wine that we found in Umbria: 1999 Château Pegasus is Greek Xinomavro drinking beautifully at 21 years young. 

 

2018 Riesling Kabinett Trocken 'Kallstadt'; Koehler-Ruprecht (Pfalz, Germany) 

2018 'Ube Miraflores'; Cota 45 (Jerez, Spain)

2018 'Terra dei Preti'; Collecapretta (Umbria, Italy) 

2018 Clarete; Sortevera (Tenerife, Spain) 

2016 'Pithos' Rosso; Cos (Sicily, Italy) 

1999 Naoussa; Chateau Pegasus (Macedonia, Greece) 

 

Pretend you’re kicking back on the terrace Ibiza rather than a being perennial contestant on the Great British Lockdown with our al fresco mix. Few wines pair as seamlessly with fish as Muscadet, and Haut Févrie 'Gras Moutons' is a nailed-on Rot restaurant classic. Domaine Chavy-Chouet's Meursault 'Casse-Têtes' is beautiful white Burgundy from one the region’s rising stars, while no al fresco box would be complete without a selection of top rosé: biodynamic 'Rosé de Xinomavro' from Greek star Apostolos Thymiopoulos, benchmark Provençal rosé from Triennes (co-owned by the Seysses family of Domaine Dujac, Burgundy), and Domaine Tempier's sought after Bandol Rosé, considered by many to be the best in the world. Domaine Chapel's Fleurie 'Charbonnières Cuvée Rotter’ – a limited edition of just 240 bottles made exclusively for Noble Rot – completes the selection; perfect slightly chilled with an old DJ Alfredo mix on the stereo.

 

 

2018 Rosé de Xinomavro; Thymiopoulos (Macedonia,Greece)

This case features some of our most exciting pre-lockdown discoveries, including Sortevera Blanco, a mineral white blend grown on volcanic soils in Tenerife by Jonatan Garcia of Suertes del Marques. Two domaines taking quality in classic regions to another level are Jules Desjourney, whose Mâconnais Chardonnays are among the best we've tasted, and Eric Morgat in Savennières, who makes deliciously bitter and complex Chenin Blancs. Reds come from three top organic estates including Jeff Coutelou’s Syrah 'On Peut pas Vraiment Dire Que', Domaine de Galouchey's cult 'Vin du Jardin', and Dalamara's Naoussa 'Paliokalias', an outstanding Xinomavro from our favourite vigneron in Greece. 

Our first love will always be Burgundy, and here’s a lovely selection from some of the region’s best up and coming producers. Chavy-Chouet’s Bourgogne Blanc 'Les Femelottes' and Jules Desjourney Mâconnais Chardonnays are among the very best whites in their appellations, while Comtesse de Cherisey is the leading domaine in the picturesque hamlet of Blagny, where Meursault meets Puligny. Simon Bize's benchmark 2015 Bourgogne Rouge 'Les Perrieres' combines vivid fruit with savouriness, a theme which David Duband’s Gevrey-Chambertin takes up a notch. Newcomer Camille Thiriet’s silken Volnay is drinking beautifully already; testament to why she has been heavily tipped as one of Burgundy’s future stars.

2015 Bourgogne Rouge 'Les Perrières'; Simon Bize (Burgundy, France)

This case comprises wines from some of our all-time favourite producers. Ulysse Collin ‘Les Maillons’ is undoubtedly now one of the best wines in Champagne, while dry German Riesling doesn’t get much more delicious than from Koehler-Ruprecht in the Pfalz. In Chassagne-Montrachet in Burgundy our friend Alex Moreau makes some of the village’s most authentic wines, while Tempier Bandol Rosé is a class above others, which we could sell by bucket full during the summer, if only they made more! Domaine Simon Bize in Savigny-Les-Beaune has been producing finessed Pinot Noir for decades, while Ridge’s full bodied, luxurious Cali Zinfandel is a nailed on Rotter club classic.

2017 Zinfandel ‘Geyserville’; Ridge Vineyards (California, France)

To order please send your case(s) choice, delivery address & contact number to
Charlie Blightman 07377 393942 / Charlie@keelingandrew.co.uk
Payments are made via bank transfer.