French Red Wine

"The 2013 Lynch-Bages is unusual but also quite pretty. In this vintage the flavors are quite dark, with distinct dark red/purplish >

Domaine de Saint-Guirons is a small vineyard in the heart of  Pauillac owned and run by Xavier Borie’s famous ‘5eme >

Château Cayla 2016 is our everyday drinking claret. It has everything we were looking for soft, rich merlot driven >

Really good and affordable Claret from the great 2010 vintage has all but disappeared from the market. Château Les >

Château Moulin Eyquem 2016 is one of the best affordable young Clarets I have tasted in a long time. This estate, once the >

Château Ramafort 2010, from one of the greatest vintages of modern times, was my claret find of 2019 and is a great bargain.This >

Château Saint Jean 'Plan de Dieu' is one of the very best Côtes du Rhône Villages - they also make one of the stars of Gigondas. >

Château Trillol is one of the stars of Corbières, the Languedoc’s most prestigious appellation. It provides wonderful everyday >

“It’s remarkably, delightfully complex and rewards a swift double-decant from bottle to jug and back to bottle. It’s still >

2017 is another very good southern Rhône vintage and this Cairanne is a perfect example from the top Côtes du Rhône Villages >

Le Renard is one of the rather few French red burgundies at under £20 that I drink with enormous pleasure. Too many, alas, >

The Cuvée Trois Soeurs named after Mireille and Marc Besnardeau's three daughters is a delicious predominantly grenache >

Mas Carlot red, a rich syrah and grenache, the two great grapes of the Rhône, has long been a favourite of mine and of our >

It hails from the most famous Château in Pauillac, Bordeaux's most illustrious appellation and is made entirely from grapes >

Petite Sirène de Château Giscours 2015 is a superb affordable claret made by the winemaking team at Château Giscours in >

The latest vintage of our favourite Southern French Pinot Noir Ripaille has just arrived and is a bargain. This is a superb >

Our Saint-Julien 2014 from the appellation's most famous ‘super second growth’ is my favourite of our declassified wines >