Graves & Pessac-Léognan

Deep in colour, scented with rich berry fruit and lovely wood=spice. Full and persistent in the mouth with very fine tannins, this has remarkable length too. Brilliant value Graves for easy drink...(more info)

Sleek dark-berry fruit - soft and succulent cassis - dominates this medium-bodied gently fleshy Graves. Not massive, but a very pretty wine which has a fine-grained elegance.

Very supple and silky. Very civilised and not emphatic, just very nicely done. Suave, and there is good fruit, even if it does not shout about it. A perfect gentleman of a wine.

The 2017 de Cérons has a perfumed, floral, almost Margaux-like bouquet with fine definition. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red and black fruit laced with pencil lead and black pep...(more info)

Nicely polished deep fruit - but this has drive and energy too. A sophisticated feel on the palate this has everything you could hope for from a modern Bordeaux. Sophisticated wood-spice, great l...(more info)

Classic graves, fine-tannined and fleshy, with a dark berry fruit and a touch of graphitey depth.

This looks to be a very good Domaine de Chevalier, with excellent colour, round and harmonious, fresh compared with many of the Graves, though lacking a bit of grace in the mid-palate.