Merlot

For easy drinking at home - a beautiful Bordeaux. Gold-medal winner Chateau les Roquettes St Emillion 2016 Grand Cru. A Wimbledon Wine Cellar's favourite, now in limited supply. Buy the last of the '16 which is excellent to drink now.

Lourens River Valley is Morgenster’s second wine, made (like the Grand Vin) with French consultant, Pierre Lurton. This is a very fine, Merlot and Cabernet Franc dominated red with smooth, nuanced tannins, notes of cut grass and graphite and stylish oak. 93pts Tim Atkin, MW

Tasting notes: "Deep garnet-purple in color with a violet rim. Nose offers intense blueberry and rasberry notes, freshness of the blackcurrant bud perfectly combined with the spices of the wood (vanilla, toasted aromas).

Tasting notes: "Deep garnet-purple in color with a violet rim. Nose offers intense blueberry and rasberry notes, freshness of the blackcurrant bud perfectly combined with the spices of the wood (vanilla, toasted aromas).

Tasting notes: "Deep garnet-purple in color with a violet rim. Nose offers intense blueberry and rasberry notes, freshness of the blackcurrant bud perfectly combined with the spices of the wood (vanilla, toasted aromas).

Tasting notes: "Deep garnet-purple in color with a violet rim. Nose offers intense blueberry and rasberry notes, freshness of the blackcurrant bud perfectly combined with the spices of the wood (vanilla, toasted aromas).

BORDEAUX 2020 En PRIMEUR - DELIVERY June 2022. Gorgeous Saint Emilion Cru from Château Mangot. The Todeschini brothers (Karl and Yann) work hard to make, every year, a truly compelling wine which sheds a different light on Bordeaux, and is well worth your consideration.

BORDEAUX 2020 En PRIMEUR - DELIVERY June 2022. PRICES IN BOND.   91-92/100 Points. "Lots of blackberry and black olive with a salty undertone. It’s medium-to full-bodied and firm with quite a velvety texture to the tannins and a good finish." James Suckling

BORDEAUX 2020 En PRIMEUR - DELIVERY June 2022. PRICES IN BOND.

93-94/100 Points. "A firm, nicely formed 2020 with fine, energetic tannins and plenty of blackberry and minerally character. Medium-to full-bodied. Racy." James Suckling

An attractive, brilliant, dark ruby colour. Wild red berry fruit aromas mingle with notes of cherry stones, with pepper and spices coming through. Smooth, velvety tannins on the palate with a pleasant tang which in the finish provides length of flavour and amazing sapidity.

90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc

The wine displays a brilliant, dense, very dark, almost black colour with dark purple tones, mirroring the perfect ripeness of the grapes and their optimal pH level.

*Prices in bond* Awatea takes its name from the historic ship, SS Awatea  that sailed the Auckland - Sydney - Wellington route in the late 1930s.  The final blend is aged in new and seasoned French oak for 15 months. 

*Prices in bond* Coleraine ’19 is both Beauty and the Beast, capturing a new depth and power, with an exquisite perfume, and spellbinding enchantment.  A marriage of grace, refinement, strength and power.  

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"Wow. This is really super polished with incredible length and intensity, offering blackberries and hazelnuts. Superb richness that is reserved and poised. Great length. Full-bodied, extremely long and exciting." 97 - 98 / 100, James Suckling

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru - Second Vin Du CHÂTEAU VALANDRAUD

97 - 99 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown on Robertparker.com: "The 2020 La Conseillante is a blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc. Seventy percent of the wine is being aged in new French oak barriques, 27% in second-fill barrels and 3% in amphorae. The alcohol came in at 14% and the pH is 3.64.

96 - 98+ points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robertparker.com: "The 2020 Figeac is a blend of 37% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, weighing in with an alcohol of 13.9% and a pH of 3.7.

56% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Malbec from Stags Leap District, Yountville and a vineyard in the foothills of the Vaca Mountains, just south of Stags Leap District. Aged for 20 months in a combination of Allier and Troncais barrels (100% new).