Bordeaux Red Wine

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 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.

Ripe, red-berried fruit on a dense silky palate. Savoury notes reminiscent of cigar box add a touch of refinement. Drinking well now and will continue to evolve.

"...the Château Meaume 'Reserve du Château' 2015, is similarly quaffable with perhaps a touch more finesse and elegance."

An "utterly delicious Médoc" from one of the great Bordeaux vintages of recent times, and one in which a complexity of fruit-laden flavours now approaching full maturity.

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

Wonderful structure and balance, where merlot delivers rich, vibrant, plummy fruit, and cabernet franc adds structure, a touch of perfume and bouquet garni both aromatically and on the palate.

"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."

"...from a fine, incredible, gorgeous, extraordinarily able contractor, a wine estate that is roaring up the charts and whose grand vin sells for around £250 a bottle."

A classic Pauillac expressed entirely through estate vineyard fruit and by the same winemaking team as châteaus grand vin label itself.

Another very pretty, expressive 2021 with pronounced blackberry and plum aromas and an underlying green-leaf freshness.

"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Les Tourelles de Longueville gives aromas of crushed blackberries, warm plums and mulberries with accents of bay leaves, garrigue and cinnamon..."

A highly rated Cru Bourgeois from the Northern Médoc and one whose 2015 is not just an exceptional vintage, but one now fully mature.

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.