Fine French Red Wine

"...from winemaking royalty that is Alexander Sichel (grandson of mighty Peter), is a Grenache, Syrah and Carignan blend from vineyards 350 metres high in the Vallée de Cucugnan in Corbières..."

"... from Nos Vins du Sud - the Languedocian collaboration between Burgundian Bruno Lafon and Bordelais Francois Chamboissier - comes from high-altitude vineyards between the Pyrenees and the Montagne Noire..."

From the exceptional and forward 2018 vintage - our everyday drinking claret with everything we are all looking for - soft, rich merlot driven fruit.

"...when we offered the previous vintage in January it sold out immediately. Produced by Christian Meffre of Gigondas fame, its old vine fruit is rich, ripe, dark, spicy and juicy..."

Fine everyday drinking red, named after the Besnardeau three daughters from one of Robert parker’s favourite vineyards.

A delicious red Rhône and a long a favourite of the Guide Hachette des Vins, Hugh Johnson, Robert Parker and ours. Grenache, syrah and just a touch of mourvedre.

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 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.

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.

A delightful soft juicy red made by Alexander Sichel that is lapped up by the Wine Bars and Bistros in Paris who always eek out the best new wines.

A very high quality, affordable claret from the great 2010 vintage, when the growing season and harvest in Bordeaux were as close to perfect as it gets.

This pinot noir / gamay made by the Devillard family of Chateau de Chamirey in Mercurey is the house red burgundy of Alain Ducasse’s great left bank bistrot Chez Allard.

A delicious Beaujolais made by the Loron family from hand-picked 100% gamay grapes at the lovely 18thC Château de Fleurie. The last two vintages have had a coup de Coeur.

Rasteau, with cairanne is the best of the 21 Cotes-du-Rhône Villages. Small fourth generation family growers Marc and Mireille Besnardeau's grenache, syrah and mourvedre Rasteau is a favourite of ours.

The drinking window is opened wide on this Cru Bourgeois gem and shows how the 2011 vintage continues to impress. A solid, mature Médoc which, at this price, is ridiculously ...

A really fine Graves from the stellar 2009 vintage, 35% merlot, 5% cabernet franc, 65% cabernet sauvignon. Graves , the left bank region to the south of the city of ...

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

An extremely impressive Cru Bourgeois claret . "A half-and-half blend of merlot and is just hitting its prime - deep, dark and intense with hedgerow fruit and plenty of blackcurrant." ...