French Red Wine

Our Red Wine Bargain of the Year Château Trillol 2015. The 2015 is a step up from the excellent 2014 vintage. Why? The Sichel >

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

Named after Mireille and Marc Besnardeau’s three daughters – is a delicious predominantly grenache and syrah wine from 50 >

This new vintage of Mas Carlot Red 2018 is a rich syrah and grenache blend, almost Châteauneuf in style - delicious.

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Bruno Lafon comes from a long line of Burgundian winemakers who left Burgundy determined to make wine as good as fine Burgundy >

"The 2016 Ch. Courac Rouge is just as approachable and as appealing as its white stablemate above. The FVD team refer to >

High class claret from a great year that is drinking really well now Château Moulin Eyquem 2016 is exactly that! It is one >

Please note this wine will be dispatched from Tuesday 4th May

The winemaking team at Château Giscours in Margaux led >

Our new 2018 Vintage Claret, selected and blended for us by Jonathan Maltus, has now arrived. Jonathan only makes our Vintage >

Finding small mature Bordeaux parcels is what we are all about. And a 2008 is a great find. Even in pandemic and lockdown >

Please note this wine will be dispatched from Friday 30th April.

Ronan by Clinet 2015 is close to its optimum maturity - >

A hot summer leads to good ripeness, and as long as there is just the right amount of rainfall, a good vintage is in the >

Cairanne is with Rasteau the best of the 21 Côtes-du-Rhône Villages (Hugh Johnson ranks it above the Villages category) >

The 2019 and 2018 vintages of Château de Fleurie have both had a coup de coeur, the highest accolade in the Guide Hachette >

Crafted by Domaine de Chevalier’s brilliant winemaking  team, this stunner of a merlot and cabernet franc blend delivers >

Similar to the 2011 vintage but now at its peak – and it is lovely.

We are down to our last 40 cases of Château Laroche Bel Air 2009 - a delicious fully mature claret from what is one of the >

The Devillard family’s Côteaux Bourguignons ‘Le Renard’ has long been the house red Burgundy, served in a carafe, chez Allard, >

The 21 Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages, are a step up from ordinary Côtes-du-Rhône, and make some of the finest, very affordable >

Cracking claret. Great value but is has nearly all gone so be quick!

What do the critics say?"The 2012 Ailes de Paloumey, >

A beautifully textured blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot with succulent blackcurrant and blackberry fruit flavours.

"Top Cabernet Sauvignon: Classy cru bourgeois claret, with gorgeous, rich, tarry, beef tea fruit."Jane MacQuitty, The Times >

Château Ramafort 2010 is perhaps our bargain of the year. The Bordelais are raving about the recently released 2010 from >

"Château Saint-Nicolas 2010 is a wonderful example of a really good mature Fronsac from the great 2010 Bordeaux vintage >