Merlot Red Wine

From one of the best Estates in the Côtes de Bourg – ticks all the ‘affordable claret boxes. Rich forward and perfect for drinking now. Great value.

A soft, rich wine with a touch of minerality. The blend is 65% merlot, 33% cabernet sauvignon with a touch of petite verdot, and the wine aged in oak for 12 ...

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

"It’s a real treat to get full mature red Bordeaux from such a fine vintage for such a fair price."

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

The second wine of Château Cantermerle from an extraordinary vintage that is close to full maturity now.

An estate situated on one of the finest terroirs of Saint-Emilion and therefore has some of the great Premiers Grands Crus Classés as neighbours. Big, concentrated, expressive.

"Merlot-based blend given style and structure by a dash of Cabernet Franc, it’s chock full of dark, plummy fruit and is delightfully soft, smooth, ripe and juicy."

The wine is 87% merlot and 13% cabernet franc with complex and concentrated red fruit flavour. In our opinion, it is of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé quality.

"Full, rich and weighty, crammed with heady hedgerow fruit, it's a fine expression of both vintage and appellation. Silky smooth in the mouth, with great localdepth of juicy cassis flavour"

"... it’s a wonderfully classy vino, with hints of cedar wood, tobacco, leather and plenty of cassis on the impressively sophisticated finish."

Les Romains is reminiscent of the Pomerol and St Emilion styles, offering the added power and richness of texture and fruit from Deux Soleils warmer southern French vineyards.

An example of the supreme quality of fruit and depth of flavour to be had from the Côtes-de-Bordeaux, especially in such a generous vintage, as was 2015.

An elegant, sumptuous blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon from this revered, classified, 27-hectare Grand Cru-classified estate in St-Emilion.

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

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.

A delightful rich 2015 Graves from vineyards first planted by monks in the 17th century. At the time they knew more about where to plant than anyone.

A perfectly mature 'mini-super-Tuscan' blend of sangiovese, cab franc and merlot and without the super-Tuscan price. Almost two decades on, it's full of delicious nuance, complexity -- and life.

An outstanding Cru Bourgeois from one of Bordeaux's all-time greatest vintages that is now at its drinking peak for just under £20 a bottle. An unmissable opportunity.

Ch. Bessane's unusually high percentage of petit verdot (45%) imbue intensified floral aromatics to beautifully complement the opulence and depth expressed in this stellar vintage.