Affordable Wines with Age

Deep colour, full and succulent, stays fresh and with supple mid-palate weight and a fine, direct Médoc character. Refined, but not lacking spice and vigour, this is another excellent Médoc from Philippe an...(read more)

Intense, dark, red cherry colour. Strong aromas of tobacco, toasty notes, creamy and ripe blackberry aromas. Round, velvety and full of volume, leaving toasted, spicy notes on the palate.

The 2015 Caburnio is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller parts Merlot, Alicante Bouschet, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc from the beautiful beach community of Capalbio on the Tuscan Coast just a few hours' drive nort...(read more)

This is pure and classic Bordeaux. A delicious elegance delivers the crisp dark red berry fruit. Seasoned perfectly with lovely cedarwood notes and a sprinkle of clove spice. This is drinking brilliantly now - and tradit...(read more)

We really are in a sweet spot with Tuscan releases at the moment and this is the first of two consecutive vintages of simply superb wines. The 2015 is slightly more muscular and powerful, plenty of rich berry and damson...(read more)

From the Nicolas Thienpont family of estates (which includes Pavie Macquin and Larcis Ducasse)

This vineyard's fantastic position up high and facing south east, as well as its rock-laden soil really show the class of this site in warm vintages. The vines here are now 37 years old and the 2018 is a total triumph. F...(read more)

This new addition is a fabulously suave claret. L'Etoile is a collaboration from 2 sides of the distinguished Thienpont family. Guillaume from Vieux Chateau Certan and his uncle Francois have identified a single plot of...(read more)

Another cracker of a wine from Stefan, power, precision, depth and intensity. Rich lime and mandarin fruit, with grip and a slatey mouthfeel. Layered, fragrant, deep and beautifully etched, this wine drinks well now, but...(read more)

Grown in very hard-to-manage narrow terraces on a precipitous slope, with each vine on a pole, so everything has to be done by hand. Undoubtedly hideously hard work but the result is one of the most complete and refined...(read more)

Lovely. Feels fresh but the fruit weight is soft and generous. Ample and fleshy with warm citrus juice. This is classic Beauroy. The nicely, sunny spot gives that good weight - and then comes a whiff of iodine and crushe...(read more)

A slightly fuller style, with great ripeness of fruit - peaches, apples and lemon, but still tightly wound. This is just beginning to show the signs of what it is capable of, - so ready to drink now but will be fascinati...(read more)