Bordeaux Wine Month

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)

Deep colour, full and succulent, stays fresh and with supple mid-palate weight and a fine, direct Médoc character. Some charm to the feel, a nice gentle rich aspect to the fruit with spice and vigour, this is anot...(read more)

Château Lauriol is the 100% Merlot second wine of perennial over-achiever - Château Puygueraud, owned by the Thienpont family. It comes from their vineyards in the Côtes de Francs. Sleek and sophisticat...(read more)

2018 has produced some seriously lovely wines at many levels and this is one such example. Well endowed with cassis, plum and tobacco. In the mouth it has ripeness balanced by a lovely frame of fine tannins, notes of smo...(read more)

When you visit this part of Bordeaux, you can turn right for Pomerol where you will pay significantly more for your wines, or left for Lalande de Pomerol, where you will pay considerably less and find quality levels that...(read more)

A supple wine - Melted tannins with a balance of freshness and fruit. Light on the palate but a long finish. A very, very good Bordeaux.

The second wine of L’Hêtre, a new wine in the distinctly up-and-coming AP of Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. Owned by the Thienpont family, organically farmed and situated high on the limestone plateau to the ea...(read more)

The 2020 Le Pessac-Léognan du Domaine de Chevalier offers an elegant bouquet of blackcurrant, dark cherry, and plum, accented by notes of graphite, cedar, and a hint of tobacco. On the palate, it's medium-bodied w...(read more)

This ripe wine offers dark-chocolate flavors over tannins and young black fruit. It is dense, piled with tannins and ripe blackberry flavors.