
2018 CHÂTEAU BEAUMONT Blanc 'Les Pierrières' Blaye
Right Bank Bordeaux France 13% White
Sauvignon, Sémillon.
This is fast becoming one of the most popular white wines at L&S. 2018 was a warm vintage in Bordeaux but there is no sign of over ripeness or excessive weight. Pineapple and grapefruit on the nose along with a hint...(read more)
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2016 CHÂTEAU LAURIOL Côtes de Francs
Right Bank Bordeaux France 14.5% Red
Merlot.
Chateau Lauriol is the 100% Merlot second wine of perennial over-achiever - Chateau Puygueraud, owned by the Thienpont family. It comes from their vineyards in the Côtes du Francs. Sleek and sophisticated this is r...(read more)
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2015 LES TOURS DE BEAUMONT Haut Médoc
Right Bank Bordeaux France 14% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot. Nicely ripe, a solid mouthful of Médoc from an excellent vintage and it shows - significantly more enjoyable than the 2012 Beaumont itself (this is the second wine). Excellent d...(read more)
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2014 CHÂTEAU L'ARGENTEYRE Cru Bourgeois Médoc
Bordeaux France 13% Red
Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.
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 the Philipp...(read more)
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2016 CHÂTEAU MARJOSSE Bordeaux
Bordeaux & Bordeaux Supérieur Bordeaux France 14% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
Elegant nose with notes of very ripe cherries, blueberries and blackberries with a hind of licorice. Fat and velvety on the palate with ripe tannins and a fruit compote finish. Blend: 80% merlot, 15% cabernet franc, 7% c...(read more)
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2016 LA RAISON D’HÊTRE Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
Bordeaux France 14% Red
Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
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)
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2016 LA VIOLETTE DU MANOIR Côtes de Castillon Château Manoir du Gravoux
Bordeaux France 15% Red
Merlot.
This is another great effort from Francois Thienpont. It comes eclusively from a 2 Hectare plot that the family rent on a very long-term basis. The vines were planted in 1958 and that old vine intensity is clear. Althoug...(read more)
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2018 CHÂTEAU DE CÉRONS Blanc Graves
Left Bank Bordeaux France 12% White
Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Sauvignon Gris.
Clean and quite zingy, lifted with mouth-watering freshness, some grassy-edged fruit and lashings of pert grapefruit that lead to a neat finish This gorgeous white Bordeaux comes from vineyards made up of gravel and seas...(read more)
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2014 CHÂTEAU LA PEYRE Saint Estèphe
Left Bank Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc.
The slightly unexciting label disguises a wine with real Saint Estèphe character - the huge 'R' presumably for the owner René. A firm nose of pencil lead and a touch of cigar-box, and a firm fruit that seem...(read more)
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2011 CHÂTEAU PUYGUERAUD Côtes de Francs
Bordeaux France 14% Red
Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
From the Nicolas Thienpont family of estates (which includes Pavie Macquin and Larcis Ducasse) the Puygueraud is juicy and intense with ripe fruit exploding on the nose and a generous palate of cassis and black cherry. A...(read more)
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2015 CHÂTEAU BEAUMONT Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Haut Médoc
Bordeaux France 13.5% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
Make this cigar-box-scented Beaumont from a good vintage your go-to Christmas claret. Its rollicking, almost 50-50, stylishly oaked mix of cabernet sauvignon and merlot is a classic, chunky crowd-pleaser.
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