Affordable Wines with Age

This really is a superb vintage of this wine, so much to love in the more traditional Rioja style here, liquorice, coffee, meat juices, leather, redcurrants, herbs and cedar. But the palate then delivers everything in su...(read more)

68% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot. Good deep colour, quite fleshy and supple feel, fine tannins and fruit depth - well done, very harmonious. One of the Bruno Borie (Ducru-Beaucaillou) stable, this spo...(read more)

The 2016 Duluc de Branaire-Ducru is a soft, fruity wine to drink now and over the next few years, while the red/purplish berry fruit and floral notes retain their youthful vibrancy.

This is a vibrant, supple vintage port that delivers explosive woodland berry flavors and dark chocolate, wrapped in a polished, silky texture. Housed in a smart wooden presentation box, this release includes a practical...(read more)

Salita has an intense ruby colour. On the nose it has pronounced fruity notes of cherry and raspberry, mild woody aroma and liquorice. The palate is is characterized by freshness, velvety tannins and by a very harmonious...(read more)

65% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon. Good expressive nose. Lots of deep coloured fruit. In the mouth, morello cherries and brambly blackcurrant with a bit of black mineral. Immediate, sweet freshness bu...(read more)

Again ripe and rich. There's a sweetness here, and a lift despite the fruit being so blackly concentrated and powerful. Finish has tiny sensation of the whole bunch fermentation, but this carries and lifts the fruit.

While it is surprisingly luscious and polished enough to drink beautifully today after a thorough decant, it still has an immense inner strength and stamina. It has all the breeding of a classic Taylor’s and will easily...(read more)

The 2014 vintage marks the fourth iteration of Nyetimber's Tillington Vineyard (the previous being '09, '10 & '13), and it was one well worth considering - a possible Jubilee weekend treat!?

The grapes...(read more)

(This is a blend of three 1er Crus from the Vosne side of Nuits, Murgers, Cras and Richemone) Nose is gently perfumed with dark fruit, not that imposing. Palate is clean, mineral-scubbed fruit. A lovely firmness to the r...(read more)

After the village wines, this shows another level of finesse of structure and supple flow. Fleshy, almost, mineral too, not really a fruit character, just a seamless vinous richness with a delicate freshness to the finis...(read more)

35% Chardonnay, 34% Pinot Noir, 31% Pinot Meunier. 100% malo. Aged on lees 46 months. Disgorged January 2020. Dosage 8g/l. From magnum. Tasted blind. Pale greenish straw for the first time in this tasting! Ligh...(read more)