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.

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.

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.

Extraordinary value, and a very classy glass of claret. Rich, textured and plump; also luscious with profound black fruit, and an alluring smoky, exotic spice note.

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."

This is a great advertisement for the vintage - nicely developed, but also with plenty of presence and stuffing, partnering ripe, luscious cassis fruit, with maturity adding layers of cedar.

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

"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."

An outstanding mature claret from the excellent 2015 vintage. Château Senejac is one of the most famous Cru Bourgeois estates in the Haut-Médoc much loved among British claret drinkers.

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

"...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."

The 2020 Margaux is a class act indeed. Really quite showy, but also sophisticated and serious with profound dark berry fruit aromas.

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

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.

"It's richly scented with loganberries, mulberries and peppery spice to the fore, and a savoury touch in the mouth."

A fine expression of Pomerol - deep, dark and profound with striking spiced black plum and damson fruit and an exotic, ethereal perfume.

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.

One of the few wines in Bordeaux made almost entirely of Malbec and from 60 year old vines. Generous, expressive, plush, yet retaining classic elegance.