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Reserve your case of what is to be an epic and monumental Cape red wine!

Reserve your case of what is to be an epic and monumental Cape red wine!

Ch. Lagrange is one of the largest estates in St Julien, covering two hillsides of deep gravel and clay. Fiefs de Lagrange is a chance to taste this excellent claret without paying the hefty price-tag of the first wine.

Owned by Gerard Perse of Ch. Pavie, Clos Lunelles is one of the leading estates of Castillon-Cotes-du-Bordeaux. Planted on peak of the limestone plateau in Cotes de Castillon, this full-bodied claret will drink perfectly in two years and last for a decade or more.

Croix de Beaucaillou is in many ways it’s own wine – produced from a separate parcel of vines further inland than the rest of the estate, nearer Ch. Talbot. This being said, it is still produced by Bruno Borie’s superb team at Ducru Beaucaillou and is an absolutely superb glass of Saint-Julien.

Ch. Poesia was started in 2014 by  Helene Garcin and Patrice Leveque, buying parcels of the old Ch. Haut Villet. Sustainable farming was introduced immediately and 7 of the estates 13.2 hectares of vines were left fallow for five years to allow the soil to rejuvenate.

Ch. LaTour-Martillac is named for the medieval tower built for in the 12th century by the ancestors of noted French political philosopher Montesquieu. Originally producing mainly white wines, the Kressmann family (who still manage the estate today) replanted the vines to produce red wines in around 1930.

Reaching far back into history, Ch.

Ch. Gruaud Larose isn’t the oldest property in Bordeaux, dating “only” to 1725 when an older property called Fond-Bedeau was purchased by a knight called Joseph Stanislas Gruaud.

Another jewel in the crown of Frances-Xavier Borie, Grand Puy Lacoste is often being seen as showing the best qualities of top class Pauillac. Named for the small hillock the vineyard sits on, it has been in a recognisable format since the 16th century.

Léoville-Barton is still owned by the titular family who named it back in 1722 and was garnered from the grand old pre-revolution Léoville estate, whose other component parts became Léoville Las-Cases and Léoville-Poyferre.

Founded five centuries ago on the ruins of a Roman villa (called, interestingly enough, Villa Ausone) the estate was exported world-wide by the French East India Company for much of it’s early history. Today this Cru Bourgeois property has just finished a significant change in its vineyard care and vitrification.

Troplong Mondot has seen many changes in the last thirty years. Rather than the opulent spices, fruit preserves and plush unctuousness that Troplong Mondot has become known for, fans of this estate can expect brighter, crunchier black fruit, loads of earth, savoury and mineral nuances and a tauter structure with compelling freshness.

Ch. d’Issan possesses a history rich in the sort of textural detail that all wine historians enjoy – this was on the table at the wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II, thus kicking off the taste for Bordeaux in England and hence a large chunk of the worlds fine wine production. Not bad for a wine pennies over £50/bottle.

French inheritance law being what it is, the estate of Ch. Léoville was in 1826 and again in 1840 split into the three estates we know today – Léoville Las Cases, Léoville Poyferré and Léoville Barton.

From the master of French grape varieties, Kyros Melas has once again raised the bar in the world of European rosé wines. After the initial success of Idylle rose which has swept Europe by surprise, this bon viveur has now produced a micro cuvée of fine elegant pale rosé.

Read our blog post with this wine (2017) featured in the Sunday Times write up 29th April 2018 by Will Lyons here.

We've now moved on to the 2018 vintage of Whispering Angel.... and it's delicious! One of Provence's greatest wines. The cult product of Sacha Lichine of Ch. D’Esclans, Whispering Angel is a beautiful wine, delicately scented with raspberries, peaches and citrus undertones of grapefruit.

94 Points from Decanter

92 - 93 points from James Suckling

91 - 93 from the Wine Doctor

70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon