Bordeaux 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

"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.

A cuvée for lovers of fully mature claret. It's also one from Bordeaux's most undervalued appellation, Fronsac. But 25 years of aged complexity and nuance for under £20? Château Saint-Nicolas.

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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.

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.

"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."

"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."

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.

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.