Médoc & Haut Médoc

The second vintage of this for us, the 2016 Aimée follows the sleek and easily drinkable style of the 2015 with a wine that is really very similar in style. With the fresh balance and accuracy of the 2016 vintage,...(read more)

This really typifies how good Bordeaux can be even at a relatively affordable price. Great vintage, wonderful balance and freshness, poise and a deep cassis and plum fruitiness. The shape is so lithe and supple, very smo...(read more)

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)

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 Philippe an...(read more)

Intense black fruit with a touch of bitterness on the palate, and simple spices that prevent this being too one-dimensional

69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Another terrific showing from Stéphane Dief's 18 hectare jewel of a property in Saint Christoly. Dark colour, rich and round with ripe Cab...(read more)

Very rich, dense with dry matter, real character (which has not always been the case for Potensac) crème de mûre and eau de vie, harmonious and long.

Fresh. Showing Talbot medicinal Cabernet, cool and supple blackcurrant, then firming noticeably, but still fresh, still crisp on the finish.

Attractively blackcurranty scented, a slightly edgier palate than some, marginally leafy. Taut wiry fruit and good length.

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot. As completely coal-black as recent vintages. Very pure black fruit nose -ripe cassis, a sweet fruit expression. Silky quite oaky attack, real intens...(read more)

Like Langoa, a very classical profile, marginally more haughty and austere, the Cabernet coming out. How does it manage always to be a different colour to all the other wines - an imperial Roman purple. Lovely rich textu...(read more)