Fine French Red Wine

This is a textbook example of the grape, with warm, intense plum and blackberry fruit, gentle tannins and a burst of morello-cherry lusciousness.

From France's deep south where the daily heat gives red wines a bigger, richer character than further north. This a wine with structure, suppleness and plenty of warm, ripe fruit.

Round, light tannins that frame plentiful expressive strawberry and raspberry fruit and sweet spices.

A lovely pinot noir from the Languedoc made by Burgundian Bruno Lafon and at a fraction of the price of red from the Cote d'Or or Cote Chalonnaise.

Made in only the best vintages and blended for us by Jonathan Maltus, the first Englishman to be awarded 100 points by Robert Parker. Rich, ripe merlot, beautifully integrated oak.

A great example from Saint-Gervais - one of the best Côtes-du-Rhône Villages. A blend of ripe syrah and grenache and is gloriously rich and jammy.

From this up-and-coming producer a sensational Côtes du Rhône village and for us, one of the best value wines to be found in all the Rhône valley. Very Châteauneuf.

A silky merlot blend from the Côtes de Castillon to deliciously demonstrate just how good - and ageworthy - the wines of Bordeaux's more affordable regions have become.

From 3rd-growth Château Giscours (Margaux) and sumptuous, abundant, well-balanced proof that you need not always pay £20+ for a bottle of Left Bank pedigree and finesse.

From the wine making team at Château Clinet in Pomerol and so good that the proprietor Ronan Laborde named it after himself. Luscious merlot that is at its peak now.

Vibrant, deeply flavoured cabernet sauvignon that is elegant, aromatic, and, though irresistible now, also happy to spend the next ten years developing further layers of enchanting nuance and flavour.

Domaine les Grands Bois was recommended to us as the best local grower by the owner of the best bistro in Cairanne, itself the best of the 21 Cotes-du-Rhone villages.

This pinot noir / gamay made by the Devillard family of Chateau de Chamirey. Discovered in one of Paris' best left bank restaurants, it will not disappoint you.

"... it's made from 100 per cent Gamay drawn from four specific vineyard sites that surround the family's 18th-century château. The wine spent a few months in old oak..."

"...this wine is firmly structured, with a dry core of tannins and a sense of powerful fruit."

"Floral aromas on the nose with wild berries, discreet oak and aromatic herbs. Dense palate, youthful and tannic texture with plenty of crushed berry fruit..."

Château Ramafort is in cracking form. The Cru Bourgeois estate, once belonged to Château Lafite. A 50/50 blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

Gigondas is the greatest of the smaller appellations in the southern Rhône and Christian Meffre of Château Raspail makes one of its best wines.

"Although from one of the appellation's most celebrated estates, the 2020 Saint-Estèphe could almost come from Somerton, so classic an 'English' claret is it."

Founded in 1781, Vidal-Fleury is located in the midst of the Côte-Rôtie vineyards in the Northern Rhône, and is the oldest continuously operating wine producer in the Rhône Valley.