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Les Légendes ‘R’ Saint Emilion 2018, A.C. Saint Emilion, France
£30.50 – £164.70 Buy A deep ruby with shimmering highlights, this vintage looks the part in the glass. The nose doesn't need much coaxing, a gentle swirl lifts toasted vanilla, morello cherry, blackberry, liquorice, cedar, toast and pepper. This exotic, sexy St Emilion is open and expressive from the off. Despite the accessibility, you could certainly cellar for a few years. But why wait when its this good now? -
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Lafite Réserve Spéciale Médoc Magnum 2019, A.C. Médoc, France
£45.00 – £243.00 Buy Developed and mature with notes of tobacco, cigar box, cedar, violets, blackberry, toast and cassis. The palate is much riper and richer than you may expect given the format. This is a juicy Medoc with layers of suave black fruit and earthy spice. Great stuff from DBR Lafite! A well priced magnum of claret from one of the very best producers, what's not to love about that? -
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Château Malmaison 2016, A.C. Moulis-Medoc, France
£32.95 – £177.90 Buy Malmaison 2016 exhibits and deep ruby colour with a slight browning at the rim due to extended barrel maturation. The nose screams left bank Bordeaux; cassis, leather, cedar, brambly red fruit and toasted oak with menthol and cigar box. The palate is loaded with warm vintage fruit, supple tannins and great intensity. Great to drink now, but will evolve well in a cool cellar. -
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Château Paradis Casseuil 2019, A.C. Bordeaux, France
£19.50 – £105.30 Buy The vineyard of Paradis Casseuil is planted with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, the classic pairing you find in almost all red Bordeaux blends. The Merlot brings juicy red fruit and the Cabernet Sauvignon brings structure and body. On the nose there's delicate toasted notes with peppery red cherry and almonds. The palate is elegant and medium bodied with redcurrants, red cherry, cedar and spice. This easily accessible claret is perfect for drinking this year, but will hold in the cellar for a couple of years. Enjoy with roast chicken. -
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Les Légendes ‘R’ Bordeaux Rouge 2020, A.C. Bordeaux, France
£17.50 – £94.50 Buy Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are married with a judicious touch of French oak to deliver a supple claret with juicy fruit and gentle spice. The Légende range focuses on a gentle extraction aiming for a style that offers instant pleasure, so there's little need for extensive decanting or a lengthy cellaring. There's lots of redcurrant and raspberry notes mingled with blackcurrant and mocha on the nose followed by a plump and supple palate. -
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Les Légendes ‘R’ Médoc 2019, A.C. Médoc, France
£22.50 – £121.50 Buy This vintage exhibits a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, of which 50% is aged in French oak - the rest in stainless steel to retain freshness and purity of fruit. The nose offers an array of black fruit, earthy toasted spice and cedar. There's a freshness and crunch to the palate which will ensure this wine cellars well. However, a quick decant enables the silky plush edge to come through which allows for immediate pleasure. -
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Les Légendes ‘R’ Pauillac 2021, A.C. Pauillac, France
£45.00 – £243.00 Buy Deep purple robe with black hints. The nose is complex and layered, the bouquet will further develop with decanting. A swirling of the glass will reveal notes of toasted oak, spices and pencil lead delicately woven together. Assertive on the palate, this full-bodied wine shows great persistence and rich flavours. This wine will benefit from further cellaring, yet it shows well after a couple of hours in a decanter. -
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Reserve Speciale Pauillac 2021, A.C. Pauillac, France
£45.00 – £243.00 Buy DBR Lafite have produced a rich yet precise Pauillac, similar in style to the 1990 vintage. Lafite rarely does exuberance, true to form the aroma needs coaxing from the glass. After a few minutes there's cool blackberry coulis, warm slate, fresh tobacco, cedar, violets and graphite. The palate is compact and concentrated with fine tannins. You can feel the quality, but it is slightly reserved in the mid-palate. Whilst it offers very enjoyable drinking you can't help feel its best days lay ahead. It is very 'Lafite' in style and typical of the vintage. -
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Château Odilon 2018, A.C Haut-Médoc, France
£25.00 – £135.00 Buy Classic Merlot on the nose; red cherry, blackberry and plum. Micro-oxygenation occurs in the barrel which enables the wine to reveal an array of mature spices; cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg. The dense and rich wine has supple red fruit at its very core. Although this drinks well now after a few hours in a decanter, you can't help thinking it's best years lay ahead.