Bordeaux Classic Wines

Chateau Marac Bordeaux Supérieur Blanc 2005
A wonderful marriage of Sauvignon and Semillon. A typical fruity nose with fresh tropical fruit and a touch of grassiness on the palate. Great value wine from Alain Bonville that improves vintage after vintage.

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Price: £8.00

Chateau Marac Bordeaux Supérieur 2001
Opposite St. Emilion, on the other side of the river, thrive the vines of this red wine that consists of 70% of Merlot, 20% Cabernet franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Dark red in the glass, with a nose of red fruits and liquorice. Very good fruit and soft tannins with an excellent finish. This Château bottled wine can be cellared for at least 10 years. Excellent value!

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Price: £7.60

Château Lamothe Vincent Bordeaux Blanc 2006
A limited edition, château bottled white Bordeaux. A blend of Sauvignon Blanc with a small amount of Semillon but made in the New Zealand style - full of gooseberry and elderflower with a long fruity dry finish. Excellent value for money.
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Price: £8.25

Chateau Leon, Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux 2003
Ch. Leon is the second wine of Ch. Carignan. Like Ch. Carignan the wine is made from the traditional Bordeaux grape varieties, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc. The care taken during harvesting, along with the expertise of Philippe Pieraerts in selecting the cuvees, ensures the exceptionaly high quality of this chateau bottled wine from vintage to vintage. Can be cellared for up to 5 years.

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Price: £9.60

Chateau Bauduc Bordeaux Blanc Sec 2006
The house white at Gordon Ramsay's restaurants and a 'special selection' at Rick Stein's, this 2006 Bordeaux Blanc is arguably the best made so far. Crisp, dry and delicious, the wine is made from 95% sauvignon blanc and 5% barrel fermented sémillon from carefully cultivated vines near the Château. The grapes were picked before dawn to keep the flavours bright and fresh. A versatile wine with soft citrus flavour and a lovely balance: great as an aperitif or with all sorts of lighter meals including salads and fish, shellfish and starters.

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Price: £8.45

Chateau Bauduc Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge 2001
An 80% merlot and 20% cabernet sauvignon blend from vines planted on the slopes around the château. 2003 was a hot, dry year and low yields were further decimated by hail on the night of 24th June. "In the Créon area virtually every grape has been destroyed" reported Decanter magazine. Well, not quite. The merlot grapes were hand picked in September and the cabernet in October, but there was a lot of labour for the tiny output. Ready to drink, a tasty, well-rounded claret.

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Price: £7.90

Chateau Bauduc Clos des Quinze Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2002
A 70% merlot, 30% carbernet blend, this can be drunk now or left a year as the tannins are still in evidence. 2002 was a tricky vintage until a lovely September saved the day. All the grapes were picked by hand and they were fussy about selection, so much so that they made less than half the permitted yield: 30hl/ha (hectolitres per hectare) compared to a legal limit of 63 hl/ha. We recommend you decant this traditionally styled claret before enjoying with roast lamb, a good steak or game.

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Price: £10.15

Chateau Bauduc Les Trois Hectares 2004
Les Trois Hectares is a limited release dry white wine that we think is more of a food wine than Bauduc’s regular, sauvignon blanc-style Bordeaux Blanc. Made from sémillon, it comes from a three hectare (seven acre) parcel of old vines that were planted in 1947. The juice from the hand picked grapes was fermented and then aged in French oak barrels. Aromatic, long and complex, it is listed at all the Ramsay restaurants and at Rick Stein’s. Less than 1000 cases made.

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Price: £10.15

Château Preuillac, Médoc Cru Bourgeois Rouge 2001
The grapes are handpicked and the wine is matured in French oak for twelve months. This vintage, made of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and has not undergone any fining or filtration.
This great grand Cru Medoc can be kept for up to 10 years or can be drunk young after being allowed to breathe for a while.

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Price: £13.75

Chateau Moulin de Cantelaube Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2001
This is a blend of 85% merlot and 15% cabernet franc from 30 year old vines from a small (7.5 hectare) property in Saint Emilion.
A fairly mature ruby, nice, even colour. The nose has green, weedy (in an nice way!) hedgerows and liquorice, together with loads of tobacco. Light and fresh on the attack, with good plummy red fruits. Very elegant and restrained. Good soft tannins round out a very attractive wine. Very Good Indeed.

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Price: £15.15

Éléonore du Château Teynac, St. Julien 2003
An elegant, finely balanced claret with richly cabernet cassis fruit. Concours des Grands Vins de France bronze medal 2006.

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Price: £17.45

Les Sieurs de Bellegrave, Pauillac 2002/3
Sweet fleshy and robust. Good fruit and mild tannins.

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Price: £17.80

Château Taillefer, Pomerol Rouge 2001
Château Taillefer was the first estate bought by Antoine Moueix in 1923. The vines are planted on sand and gravel and the wine develops lovely wood aromas, vanilla, toast and spices mingling with hints of crystallised black fruits. Supple and fine on the palate with smooth, nicely balanced tannins.

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Price: £29.65

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