Dark ruby in colour, Echo de Lynch-Bages 2015 offers a sweet nose of red fruits, plums and a touch of jam with some creamy vanilla oak. A good example of Pauillac with silky mouthfeel leading to a structured finish.

A blend of 77.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 7.5% Cabernet Franc. This has a ripe blackberry, violet tinged nose that is perhaps lacking the clarity and vigour that it often shows at this stage. A touch of seashells become apparent in the glass. The palate is full-bodied, quite sinewy comparative to other Saint Juliens with good concentration and purity of fruit with no signs of under-ripeness. The Langoa 2009 has a persistent finish with good depth and focus with blackberry and cedar to the fore. Very fine, as usual.

A big, fruity, hedonistic style of wine, the Les Ormes de Pez has a dense ruby/purple colour, notes of incense and barbecue smoke and oodles of black berry and cassis fruit. It is medium to full-bodied, with silky tannins and low acidity. This attractive, very hedonistic style of wine should drink well for at least a decade.

Aromas of blackberries, cassis, chocolate, roasted espresso and a smoky/foresty note. This hedonistic, juicy succulent Margaux is best consumed in its first 10-15 years of life.

Complex and rich Médoc with plenty of blackcurrant, cassis fruit on the nose and the palate. Good purity and concentration of flavour with a medium to full - bodied mouthfeel.

Well balanced cabernet sauvignon full of blackberries, blackcurrants, and a touch of spice.

A slightly off dry rosé. Soft, aromatic and full of fresh red berry fruits, La Clotiere is an easy-drinking wine with a long and very crisp finish.

Minimum Purchase on this Wine 12 bottles Dense and richly textured, with baked fruit characters, plum, fig and date. Drinking now or can be kept for several years

Dark cherry colour with spicy and black fruit berries with a hint of French oak. Fruit explosion on the palate, fine and balanced.

Intense, full-flavoured red showing notes of ripe red fruit flavours along with some herby undertones (fresh mint). Silky smooth tannins with long satisfying finis.

Nice, smooth wine with an earthy red color. Good right bank Bordeaux example. Very fine tannins, and a good balance between smoothness and fullness. A full, well-balanced aroma.

A full-bodied red from an iconic producer, Sassicaia. Full-bodied and packed with juicy red berry fruits, warming spice and some fine oakiness. Soft, with well integrated tannins and a long lasting finish.

Intense ruby-red colour. The nose has layer upon layer of caramel, cinnamon with hints of mint, but without any dominance of oak. A spicy, full-flavored wine, with good body, fruit and firm tannins and a strong finish.

This wine hits your nose with intense aromas of blackberry and cassis with hints of coffee bean and mocha. On the palate, subtle flavours of dark fruit, very balanced and deep. A wine for cellaring, but easily enjoyed in the short term.

Lovely aromas of deep, red fruits followed by rich silky flavours which is typical of the Merlot grape. This wine is a delight to drink now but would do well with many years in the cellar.

Intense aromas of dark red fruits - blackberry, cassis, followed by ripe fruit and a bit of spice on the palate. Finishing with a hint of minty toast. A full-bodied wine with well-rounded tannins that lingers in your mouth for a long time.

A full-flavoured wine with notes of cassis, black pepper and a hint of spice. A nice background of oak brings tones of vanilla and caramel. Mature and soft tannins bring a nice balance and freshness to the wine.

A wine which brings a well-structured palate with strong tannins and flavours of bright cherry and cassis followed by hints of spice and chocolate. Wafts of forest floor and blackberry hit your nose as you drink.

Full on aromas of black cherry and blackcurrant followed by chocolate and coffee beans. Hints of sage and bay leaf linger. On the palate, juicy with dark cherry and savoury chocolate, a bright acidity and soft tannins. Finishing dry it lingers awhile.

A full-bodied wine, juicy in the mouth with notes of red cherry, cassis, savoury dark chocolate and tobacco. On the nose, menthol, violet, and mixed herbs.

Bold nose of dark red fruits followed by a luscious palate of dried plums, medjool dates, and red currants. Soft, round tannins and a long lasting finish.

56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot,10% Petit Verdot, 9% Cabernet France The clusters were hand-picked into 15 kg boxes and then selected by hand on a double sorting table, before and after destemming, and finally softly crushed. In 2016, optical sorting has been introduced in addition to manual selection, in order to further increase the quality of selection. Each grape variety and single vineyard block was vinified separately. Fermentation took place in stainless steel and concrete tanks at temperatures below 25°C for a week, followed by maceration for about 10-15 days, for a total time in the vat of about three weeks. The malolactic fermentation took place mainly in oak barrels, 70% new and 30% once-used. The wine then remained in barriques, in Ornellaia’s temperature-controlled cellars for about 18 months. After the first 12 months of maturation, the wine was assembled and then returned to the barriques for an additional 6 months. After bottling, the wine aged a further 12 months prior to release. “Ornellaia 2017 masterfully interprets what was a particularly warm and sunny year. The intense and dark colour heralds a wine of beautiful concentration; the nose, rich and complex, releases scents of ripe red fruits, accompanied by notes of sweet tobacco and vanilla. The taste reveals an Ornellaia of great balance, a combination of firmness and pleasant freshness.” Olga Fusari – Winemaker – July 2019 Cellar Potential 2020-2040

In 2017 Bolgheri was blessed by the third exceptional vintage on the trot, after the superb 2015-16. People are struggling to remember two such excellent consecutive vintages and it is fair to say that the release of the wines has been much anticipated. The critics have been lavish with their praise. 93/100 Wine Advocate Sassicaia is today one of the most sought after fine wines in the world. This is larely because of the vision, energy and drive o proprietor Mario Incisa della Rocchetta. The name Sassicaia means place of many stones and the gravelly soil has been compared to those found in the Medoc. "Mid-deep ruby-garnet. A notable nose ragrance with tobacco scent lifts out of the glass. Acore or ripe, sweet cassis fruit is wrapped in subtle clove oak spice, some earthy tones and cigar box. Needs only a little coaxing from the glass, whish is surprising, given its youth. Focussed, precise and elegant cassis on the palate with crushed rock and tobacco. Very fine, fairly firm tannins, with a line of acidity helping to give structure. Very long, delicate, scented finish." Tim Jackson, MW, jancisrobinson.com

Ch. Lynch Bages, a Cinquième Cru Classé, is one of the best-known Médoc estates and has always had a particularly strong following on this side of the English Channel. The wine can be surprisingly soft and approachable when young; however, when fully mature, it develops a succulent richness and a heavenly bouquet of minty blackcurrants and cigar boxes. As Oz Clarke says, “Lynch Bages is impressive at five years, beautiful at 10 years and irresistible at 20.”

The 2003 Lynch Bages has re-emphasised just how good the Left Bank wines are. Huge wafts of muscular, minty, cassis-laden Cabernet Sauvignon on the nose introduce a powerful structured palate with savoury hints of liquorice. It displays even more elegance than other vintages and looks likely to prove absolutely stunning with a bit of patience. Cellar Potential 2012-2030

From one of the founding figures of natural farming in Italy. Not-interventionist approach and no use of chemicals, additives or preservatives. A blend of varying amount of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon and sometimes Tocai Rosso and Lagrein depending on the year. Fresh, sapid wine. Juicy and mineral.

A complex wine offering dark cassis and spice with a backdrop of silky dark chocolate. Full, ripe and rich.

Red fruit jam combined with notes of pepper and highlighted minerality. Corpulent, highly structured, pleasant tannins. Its characterized by the great reunion in mouth of pallet of red fruit and spices. The long ageing in barrels brings complexity, descriptors such as vanilla, cocoa and chocolate.

Grapes 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc Tasting Note “Made in a more charming style than the normally backward, rather formidably tannic wines of Batailley, this 2010 is an endearing, elegant wine, but it has no shortage of power, richness, and intensity. It displays loads of beautiful cassis, cedar, and Christmas fruitcake notes along with impressive purity, texture, and a full-bodied mouthfeel”. Robert Parker. Scores and Awards 95/100 – Wine Advocate Cellar Potential 20 years