South West

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)

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)

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

(90% Cinsault and 10% Syrah from an old vine plot above the village of Roussels) Lovely bright aromatics, spice, licorice, cherry, damson and mulberry. Herby, sappy and nicely grippy, fresh woodl...(read more)

Vineyards are located in Cazelles, just north of Carcassonne and in the shadow of the Montagne Noir, in the hills where temperatures are cooler and terroir varied. The higher elevation—interestingly, the exact...(read more)

Vineyards are located in Cazelles, just north of Carcassonne and in the shadow of the Montagne Noir, in the hills where temperatures are cooler and terroir varied. The higher elevation—interestingly, the exact...(read more)