Médoc & Haut Médoc

This new arrival is a very smart Medoc for the money. 2015 was such a generous vintage it is admirable when restraint is clear. With this brilliant wine the balance between ripeness, weight and t...(read more)

Classic Médoc, but perhaps a little softer and more enveloping than many, thanks to Guillaume's care with late and hand-harvesting, cold pre-fermentation soaking, and careful maturation in barrel...(read more)

Very ripe fruit and healthy tannins make this an impressive wine and the velvety texture that extends right through the rather long finish makes this easy to enjoy right now. Drink or hold.

2% Petit Verdot adds a nice element to this ample, full and impressive wine. There is a touch of chewy intensity to the deep fruit - but ripeness is spot-on, broad but balance is there too. Nicel...(read more)

2% Petit Verdot adds a nice element to this ample, full and impressive wine. There is a touch of chewy intensity to the deep fruit - but ripeness is spot-on, broad but balance is there too. Nicel...(read more)

Having tasted several Margaux wines before this - the change in intensity comes as somewhat a shock. Wham, this is serious, intense, deep dark fruit, whiff of nutmeg and nice oaky spice. Good lin...(read more)

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. This is an attractive effort. Good deep, quite rich fruit - a suedy feel of nicely succulent tannin and just a whiff of wood-spice. Quite p...(read more)

Good wholesome aromatic fruit. Delicacy and precision, red fruit with high-toned red currant, then a bit more depth. There's really a very attractive richness here. A little spice. Goes on well.

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot - exactly the same blend as the previous three vintages. Deep but not excessively dark colour, round, 'toffeed', gentle. The...(read more)

Deep violet-laced crimson which coats the glass. Rich dry fruit, though with a sweet touch of vanilla and crème patissière to go with the tight cherry and blackcurrant. A nice consistency on the...(read more)

At last shedding its tannins and revealing fabulously rich fruit and great elegance. A wonderful Pauillac.