Southern France

From the coolish slopes near the large Etang de Thau and just a stone's throw from the Med comes this cracking, crisp Merlot and Cabernet blend, with a touch of Carignan for spice. it is a light and eas...(read more)

As Victoria Moore wrote in the Daily Telegraph when describing an earlier vintage - this is a '...French malbec from the region around Cahors, not fat and punchy as you know it from Argentina, bu...(read more)

Excellent house-style red. Good solid Cabernet fruit, wonderfully soft, and a great price. Made by the super winemaker Edwige Thuillé, a glamourous lady who runs the state on behalf of the Lafon...(read more)

A surprising heft of blueberry, blackberry and damson make way for a palate which has sinew and grip yet allows the fruit and spice to weave around it and deliver a lot of wine for such a small p...(read more)

The Boyers have got the balance of this wine spot on - just the right mix of juicy, bramble and graphite fruit with a good crunch and structure, with tannins that are soft and merely add volume.

A very consistent performer over the years, this vintage is spectacularly good, shapely and filled with spiced woodland fruits, plums, blackberry and a good whack of garrigue. Svelte and ripe on...(read more)

95% Malbec, 5% Merlot. 2014 was a tricky season in the South West, but thankfully the team at Chateau du Cedre were saved by a hot, late burst of summer which dried everything out and got the grapes up...(read more)

Quite open nose of plum, boysenberry and blackberry, nice freshness with subtle herb and spice. The palate is elegant with nice ripeness, plum, blackberry, aniseed, spice and decent length. Not the biggest Pec...(read more)

Blackberry, plum and black cherry, polished with spice and dark chocolate. Structured, quite taut, with rich black fruit, spice and earth on the finish.