Showing 1–12 of 24 results

• 

  Lafite Réserve Spéciale Médoc Magnum 2016, A.C. Medoc

  £39.95 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?  
• 

  Penfolds Grange Bin 95 2016, Australia

  £595.00 Buy This vintage is more immediately drinkable on release than historical vintages. It’s good to open now while there is plenty of deep diving to be done palate wise with its house styled VA note (in subtle amounts) and American oak influence playing its typical role in the overall character of the wine. Energy, depth and balance are key to its success, the palate appears bottomless with dried fig, anise, dark soy and classic chariness, yet there’s fleshy relief, neatly measured tannin feels that allow its dark fruit notes to rise again in the finish.
• 

  Penfolds Magill Estate 2017, Australia

  £139.00 Buy Deep, bright red/purple colour. The bouquet is disarmingly attractive with blueberry, blackberry and raspberry nuances, background vanilla and chocolate, the palate soft and supple, rounded and silky-smooth, with fruit sweetness and fine-grained tannins in perfect balance. A stunning wine, elegantly-framed and deliciously drinkable now, although it will undoubtedly age well. Full-bodied but far from being a blockbuster. Hard to resist now.
• 

  Penfolds RWT Bin 798 2018, Barossa Valley Australia

  £132.00 Buy Medium deep colour. Intense dark cherry blackberry aromas with roasted chestnut dark chocolate notes. Well concentrated but elemental wine with deep set blackberry elderberry fruits, fine chocolaty tannins, new roasted chestnut vanilla oak notes and plentiful firm tannins. Finishes long and minerally. A lovely wine with Grange-like density, power and tension and the balance for a great cellaring career. Needs at least five years to fold into each other.
• 

  Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2017, Australia

  £95.00 Buy Medium deep colour. Lovely fragrant claret style wine with exuberant fresh red cherry redcurrant, mulberry cassis aromas and roasted walnut complexity. Well concentrated and generous with inky cassis mulberry fruits, smooth velvety tannins, attractive viscosity and richness on the mid-palate and fine integrated acidity. Finishes powdery firm with superb mineral length. A hugely evocative wine; true to the original blueprint, spirit of style and the classic Penfolds multi-regional template. Delicious to drink now but should age beautifully.
• 

  Domaine Machard de Gramont Hautes Côtes Beaune 2018, France

  £19.95 Buy Classical and alluring nose of redcurrants, savoury notes, black truffle, spice and cherry. Medium bodied with supple tannins and nicely weighted acidity. There's a obvious core of red fruit here that is slightly more prominent given the warmth of the 2018 vintage. It's tough to find quality under £20 in Burgundy. Every year we hear the same 'it's been a small harvest' which is a precursor for the inevitable price increases, but this is sensibly priced and performs very well. This will age well for another six years, yet after an hour in a decanter it drinks impressively. So the question is why wait?
• 

  Penfolds Kalimna Shiraz Bin 28 2018, South Australia

  £29.95 Buy plummy fruits meshed with cinnamon and almond. Medium-bodied with raspberry chocolate flavours with a sprinkling of spice and cola. Fleshy, and an rich texture with a bulbous/expansive palate profile. Gentle oak and no obtrusive flavours to speak of ... yet all the benefits of a calm maturation in seasoned hogsheads.  The acidity is in tune with the wine’s weight and structure. Great stuff!
• 

  Avondale Samsara 2011, Paarl South Africa

  £29.95 Buy This is quite simply brilliant wine. It punches well above its weight - in fact we've tasted wines three times the price that really don't compare. Let's start with the colour, its a shimmering opaque ruby that hugs the glass beautifully. On the nose there's soft wood, white pepper, violets, cured meat, vibrant red berries, orange peel, sweet smoke and layers of broody black fruit. Samsara is full, yet well-integrated with hints of plum and cherry, cloves, cinnamon and pepper on the palate. This wine is spectacular, balancing a polished feel and rusticity in the same glass. Hats off to the team at Avondale.
• 

  Penfolds Bin 2 Shiraz Mataro 2019

  £29.95 Buy Mediterranean notes of savoury ratatouille, sundried tomato, olive tapenade, Moroccan spices and charcoal roasted roast game.  Balancing the savoury notes are aromatic blueberries, exotic red fruits, perfumed cranberry and fresh pomegranate. A delightfully complex amalgam of savoury green olives, pepperoni with a hint of sweet/salty Dutch liquorice. Soft blue fruits to the fore with textured tannins providing grip. An expansive palate gives this wine generosity and presence.
• 

  Château Clarke 2018 Limited Edition Anniversary Magnum

  £130.00 Buy This is extremely classy, deep purple in colour with great tension through the palate and easily one of the best vintages Ch. Clarke has ever produced. The wine opens up wonderfully in the glass with juicy, plush and vibrant black cherry fruit flavours, and tannins that are fine and well balanced. The structural impact of the wine is matched perfectly by the cassis and bilberry fruits. There's some new oak influence of course, but it pulls the wine together and offers a smoky sweet-edged complexity. This is a modern and classy vintage of Ch. Clarke that will age effortlessly for a few decades in the magnum.
• Sale!

  Chateau Malmaison 2015, A.C. Moulis-Medoc France

  £32.95 £29.95 Buy Malmaison 2015 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.
• 

  Pauillac Special Reserve 2018, Magnum, A.C. Pauillac

  £78.00 Buy The 2018 vintage was generous and the resulting wines are bold and juicy. DBR Lafite have produced a rich yet precise Pauillac, similar in style to 2015 but with more oomph and juiciness. Lafite rarely does exuberance, but this is almost exotic with supple tannins and plush core. After a few minutes there's cool blackberry coulis, inky cassis, blueberry, warm slate, fresh tobacco, cedar, violets and graphite. The palate is open and expressive with layers of juicy cassis and toasty spice. After a few hours this magnum will show very well, but it's best years are yet to come.