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Bordeaux
Reds |
Taste
Guide |
Trade
Sales Price |
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Bergerac
Borie Manoux
Effectively an extension eastwards
of Bordeaux though not on the same
map. Style of fruit and flavour the
same, producing fresh, elegant reds. |
B |
£4.09 |
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Claret
Borie Manoux
Classic Bordeaux blend from one of the leading producers showing good
structured fruit and flavour. |
B |
£4.33 |
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Grande Reserve de Beau Rivage
This barrel aged Bordeaux is principally blended from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. A supple and fruity wine made to drink fairly young especially with food. This wine was recently recommended to Decanter magazine readers by Michael Broadbent, the retired head of Christie’s Wine Department. |
B |
£5.23 |
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Château La Tuilerie de Puy, 2005, Bordeaux Superieur
Our supplier was so impressed by the quality of this wine that he bought the whole
of the vintage! It is very easy to see why given the abundance of currant fruit, the
soft tannins and long aftertaste which give excellent balance. |
C |
£7.59 |
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Chapelle de la Trinité, St. Emilion
An excellent made claret showing Merlot’s plummy fruit and ability to match
food very well. |
C |
£7.99 |
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Château Le Cedre d’Arthus, 2004, Bordeaux Superieur
This property’s wine has a very pure colour and up-front fruit. What marks it out is the soft
tannins which provide structure, grip and length of flavour which goes so well with food. |
B |
£9.59 |
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Château Lamarsalle, 2005, Montagne St. Emilion
Montagne is the largest and best satellite of St. Emilion and this comes from
a classic year giving the warm, full, rounded style the Merlot grape has
made so popular. |
C |
£10.95 |
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Château Tour du Roc Milon, 2002, Pauillac
2002 was a year when the Cabernet Sauvignon wines of the regions like Pauillac
did well. The result is both ripe and fresh fruit flavours with finesse and elegance. |
B |
£14.25 |
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Château Au Pont de Guitres, 2001, Lalande de Pomerol
Lalande de Pomerol is just to the North of Pomerol, the region which is famous for
its full, rich and very expensive wines like Chateau Petrus. Lalande wines tend to
be less mellow, very much less in price and very much improving in quality.
Rounded and full-bodied Merlot flavours are very much to the fore. |
B |
£14.25 |
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Château Grand Soussans, 2004, Margaux
Margaux is the largest of the communes of the Southern Medoc and is renowned
for the production of elegant, fragrant wines with a silky feel to them. The Grand
Soussans is classically well-made from this vintage with a really long finish. |
B |
15.65 |
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Château Batailley, 2001, Pauillac
Dense purple in colour, cedarwood and black fruits on the nose and palate, mediumbodied
and a long, long finish - in fact all it should have to be a classed growth claret.
In particular, this wine is an example of supremely well-made Left Bank claret. |
C |
£26.49 |
