The Modest Merchant

The Modest Merchant A new, young, London wine merchant selling to the London restaurant, bar and pub trade. Email for any trade enquiries.

Importing directly from France, Italy and Spain from small, original and exciting winemakers.

December 2024 Delivery Schedule TRADE Last deliveries for Christmas will be made on Tuesday 24th December. Last deliveri...
13/12/2024

December 2024 Delivery Schedule

TRADE

Last deliveries for Christmas will be made on Tuesday 24th December. Last deliveries for New Year’s Eve will be made on Tuesday 31st December. For London we highly recommend placing orders at least 2 days in advance from now until the end of the year. For outside London we highly recommend placing orders at least 3 days in advance.

RETAIL

For any Christmas & New Year’s Eve wines we strongly recommend placing orders by 12pm on Wednesday 17th December. After this date we cannot guarantee deliveries will be made in time.

We will be sending orders on Monday 30th December for next day delivery, but we cannot guarantee these will be delivered in time for New Year’s Eve as the drivers will be very busy! For any deliveries on Tuesday 31st, orders will need to be placed by 12pm on Friday 27th December.

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Montagny 1er Cru [Burgundy] There are few guarantees in life – death, taxes and good white Burgundy, and Aline Beauné’s ...
11/12/2024

Montagny 1er Cru [Burgundy]

There are few guarantees in life – death, taxes and good white Burgundy, and Aline Beauné’s latest release of Montagny 1er Cru Chazelle is no exception to the latter.

Whilst 2018 may have been Aline Beauné’s first ever vintage, she’s no stranger to winemaking in the Côte Chalonnaise. For 15 years she headed up the winemaking for Château de la Crée (a domaine based in nearby Santenay) before going solo with 5 hectares of vines, an eighth of which is Montagny 1er Cru.

From a year that saw record-high temperatures but rain that arrived just in time to deliver grapes that exhibited few characteristics of a hot summer, the 2022 Montagny 1er Cru Chazelle is one of Aline’s most elegant cuvées. It has the ripe, citrus and tropical aromas typical of 2022 Côte Chalonnaise, but alongside that a seductive floral character. Steely minerals to boot and the finish is long with a savoury and creamy salinity.

Technical Info:

0.6ha
50 year old vines
Hand-harvested
Fermentation in tank and barrel
12 months ageing in oak (15% new)
5,800 bottles

In stock and ready to order in time for the festivities. Dm or email for any trade enquiries, or head to our website for any retail orders.

FIZZTis the season. We have an ever expanding selection of sparkling wines. From mineral, fruit driven Prosecco and ultr...
06/12/2024

FIZZ

Tis the season.

We have an ever expanding selection of sparkling wines. From mineral, fruit driven Prosecco and ultra-rare traditional method Rioja, to rich, extensively aged English sparkling wine, and lots in between, we have a style to suit every wine list.

Email or DM us to enquire about our range, or head to the website for any retail orders.

Gredos Chasselas It still takes us by surprise too, but we are once again overwhelmingly excited to introduce Ruben Diaz...
29/11/2024

Gredos Chasselas

It still takes us by surprise too, but we are once again overwhelmingly excited to introduce Ruben Diaz’s latest Spanish interpretation of the variety more famously associated with Swiss and Alsatian wine.

It is believed that Chasselas vines were planted in the 1930s during the Spanish civil war, primarily for food. It is here, nearly 100 years later, that Ruben is working with those very same vines, and whilst he is a lover of Garnacha and believes it is part of his DNA, he’s producing some of the most elegant, complex and finely-balanced examples of Chasselas we’ve tried. Ruben is focussed on keeping wine as it has been made for 100’s of years - with minimal intervention in both the farming and winemaking, to truly express the exact state of the soil, the winemaker, the vineyard and the weather in the bottle. Farming is organic and biodynamic and all the grapes are hand-harvested, de-stemmed and hand selected.

The Dore&+ is a blend of Chasselas with some small parcels of Albillo, Palomino, Jaen, Chelva and some grapes that Ruben hasn’t identified yet. The Chasselas spends 8 days on skins, with the rest of the blended grapes for 28 days, followed by 6 months ageing on the lees over the winter, before being bottled without any fining or filtering.

The result is a smokey, leesy and aromatic wine with direct, focussed notes of grapefruit pith, preserved lemon and sea salt, an orange floral lift and electric acidity. The extended lees ageing adds to an almost Champagne-like finish with a doughy, croissant richness. Seriously impressive.

In stock and available now. DM or email for trade enquiries or head to our website for retail purchases.

NEW IMPORT Vinicola la Calera [Ribera del duero] We are excited to introduce Javier del Blanco and the wines of Vinicola...
22/11/2024

NEW IMPORT

Vinicola la Calera [Ribera del duero]

We are excited to introduce Javier del Blanco and the wines of Vinicola la Carera to The Modest Merchant family.

Situated in the stunning village of Quintanilla de Arriba on loamy and limestone soil, they currently produce 2 wines – 3 Ases and Pico del Castro. The farming is organic (in the process of converting to certified) and all the grapes are hand harvested from a single plot, planted in 1989. They don’t use any herbicides and use cover crops to prevent erosion and improve the soil structures, as well as reducing the need for irrigation. Careful use of stainless steel and old French oak is used for short periods of ageing.

The 3 Ases is a modern take on Ribera del Duero, made exclusively in stainless steel and focussing on a cold ferment with low extraction, resulting in a light, crunchy almost chillable style of RdD, with notes of cranberry, strawberry and white pepper.

The Pico del Castro leans towards the more traditional style of Ribera wines, with a longer maceration, warmer ferment and a small amount of ageing in old French oak. Rich blackberries, liquorice and a touch of smokiness complete this more intense, concentrated style of Tempranillo.

Both wines are available and drinking exceptionally well.

BEAUJOLAIS As we approach everyone’s favourite Thursday, we’re highlighting some of our favourite wines from Beaujolais....
18/11/2024

BEAUJOLAIS

As we approach everyone’s favourite Thursday, we’re highlighting some of our favourite wines from Beaujolais.

ISABELLE & BRUNO PERRAUD, COTE DE LA MOLIERE

Le P’tit Poquelin 2023
Cote de la Moliere 2021
Saint-Amour 2020
Morgon Les Charmes 2021

DAVED & CELIA LARGE, DAVID LARGE VINGERON

Jack Rabbit Slims Beaujolais Blanc 2022
BTMBL 2022
Poltergeist Pinot Noir 2022

CHARLOTTE & SEBASTIEN CONGRETEL, L’EPICURIEUX

Chacha Regnie 2019

All in stock and available now in limited quantities. DM or email for trade enquiries, or head to our website for retail orders.

The MM Christmas Tasting 2024 🎄Wednesday 4th DecemberSecond Home Cafe, E1 5JL6:30-9pm | £25Join us at Second Space Café ...
07/11/2024

The MM Christmas Tasting 2024 🎄

Wednesday 4th December
Second Home Cafe, E1 5JL
6:30-9pm | £25

Join us at Second Space Café in Spitalfields in their mesmerising space for our annual Bondholder Christmas Tasting, as we taste through our festive favourites alongside some new imports and some classics, with a selection of snacks.

This event is free for MM bondholders, who can also bring one extra guest free of charge.

Ticket link in bio.

See you next on the 4th!

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NEW VINTAGE Ca’N Verdura, Supernova 2023 [Mallorca] The story of Mallorcan wine in general is a despairing one, with wh...
31/10/2024

NEW VINTAGE

Ca’N Verdura, Supernova 2023 [Mallorca]


The story of Mallorcan wine in general is a despairing one, with what was once a flourishing winemaking region with over 30,000 hectares under vine, but a combination of the predations of phylloxera during the late 19th Century, with the vine-guzzling insect eventually making its way to Mallorca, and the more recent tourist boom, has meant there are barely over 2,000 hectares left.

In the face of adversity though, Tomeu Llabres – a 6th generation winemaker, founded Ca’n Verdura Viticultores in 2012. Here he’s been recuperating, replanting, and exalting the thousands of years of history that Mallorcan wine has to offer with indigenous grapes like Moll, Mantonegro and Escursac, planted in the sheltered vineyards of Binissalem.

We are excited to receive the latest vintages of his flagship wines – Supernova.

The Blanc (100% Moll) is creamy and rounded thanks to its partial time in French oak, with notes of custard, pastry, baked apples and pears.

The Negre (100% Mantonegro) is silky but precise, with sweet cranberry and raspberry and a touch of savoury, dried Mediterranean herbs.

DM or email us for trade enquiries.



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