Saint Emilion & satellites

A brilliant vintage of Montaiguillon, this is drinkable now, but has a long life ahead if cellared. Very concentrated dark fruit and rich and fully-formed in the mouth.

All the vines grown for “La Violette” of Château Manoir du Gravoux are planted on a clay-limestone plateau which is on ideal location, thus offering favourable wine growing conditions and produci...(read more)

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 c...(read more)

From Denis Durantou’s newest vineyard, which is in the Côtes de Castillon, he calls it his second best terroir after the L'Eglise Clinet vineyards. This delicious wine is made up of 75% Merlot, 2...(read more)

Big, juicy wine for the vintage with lots of berries, dried fruits and toasted oak. Full and velvety. Very serious for the vintage from here. Better in 2016.

A full-bodied red with soft and silky tannins that gives the wine definition and brightness. Savory and fresh.

Dark, expressive, fruity, with an attractive hint of oak. Very good supple taut lush juiciness, vinous and plummy length.

85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Rich almost plummy nose. Plump and yet not sweet, very richly full of black fruit flavour. Fleshy and goes on well. Second sample away from Chateau was oxidise...(read more)

A sophisticated nose full of rich plum and dark berry fruit mingling with tobacco leaf and sweet spice. This could easily be from a much grander appelation than Côtes de Francs. The wine has a lovely fr...(read more)

This is just the most delicious juice! Purple and sweet, a simple but gorgeous mouthful.