My first Château Dalem 2017 red Bordeaux review
This is a truly magnificent Bordeaux single vineyard red wine well worthy of your notice!
Merlot 95% Cabernet Franc 5%
This is a vintage with decades in bottle - a claret on a completely different level - silky tannins deliver complexity and promise! Dark currants & chocolate and so much more
40% new oak
2017 “A rockstar Fronsac!” Jeb Dunnock review
Enjoy my video review :)
My second Château Dalem 2020 red Bordeaux review
Compare this 2020 vintage to my mighty 2017 Dalem review! This is far more approachable and ready to enjoy now - showing a fine marriage of fruit, spice, forest - to either cellar or enjoy immediately
95% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc
50% new oak
Kicking way above its price level of £20-25 this really classic claret displays balance and intensity with aromatic wild blackberry and fulsome raspberry, energetic and long
Use a big glass! Tastes like 8 or 9 years in bottle but actually just 3! I love this, very impressive and I will be buying an annual case of 12 - see what you think
40 Year Old Pomerol 1983 La Croix de Gay 12.5%
My most adventurous wine opening to date!
A 40 year old Pomerol red wine I purchased at auction
Is this good with stilton, apples and chocolate cake? Thursday Wine&Dine #9
Tuo Tasting Bordeaux Château de Colombe 2020 & 2021
Two vintages of this sumptuous seductive red from Sainte-Colombe Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2020 at 14.5% and 2021 at 13.5%
Mostly Merlot & Cabernet Franc with some Malbec & Cabernet Sauvignon
Grown on a steep sunny south face of the limestone ridge running along the Dordogne Valley
See how these two very varying vintages perform!
Château La Clarière 2018 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux red 14.5%
Four grape varieties comprise this mighty Grand Vin - Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec all grown on the sunny slopes near St Émilion with this priced a fraction of its neighbours
Strawberry redcurrant looks and a wardrobe of grape interlayering - discover why you want to be buying cases for cellaring yourself and how this wine project really kickstarted my exploration of right bank reds by compelling me to abandon my comfort zone
I’m thrilled with this wine! Enjoy my video review!
Château Milon 2014 Cuvée Dione 13% St Émilion
Continuing the great Bordeaux legend, this remarkable estate was founded in medieval times and has been in the present family for 7 generations
St Émilion wines are largely very approachable and ready to enjoy now in contrast to their left bank Medoc counterparts
This wine is perfect at nine years and does not require decanting - here I give fascinating insights into the restaurant wine experience so join me for a video review of pure enjoyment & celebration of a beautiful opening
Click here to compliment your own cellar with comparable quality clarets today!
Le Vieux Château Guibeau 2016 Puisseguin Saint-Émilion
One of my all time favourite glorious Bordeaux red wines, 14% and whilst ready to enjoy now, will mature many years yet in bottle
Remarkable value - first showing a light red cherry in glass, this is now much heavier in tone with dark plum and loganberry looks, a slightly floral yet earthy nose and a rounded palate of both lush fruit and leather
80% Merlot - 10% Cabernet Sauvignon - 10% Cabernet Franc
Mis en bouteille au Château - Grand Vin
First sold in GB by Tony Laithwaite as the 1966 vintage! Now in the hands of winemaker Brigitte Bourlon
Gold medal winner many times
Enjoy my video review and order yourself a case of six or twelve today here >>
Château Gigault Cuvée Viva 2019 Blaye red
The best reason to purchase en primeur from Laithwaites!
Simply perfect gorgeous drink-me-now red claret from Côtes de Blaye Bordeaux at 14%
Earthy yet generous fruit, will mature over many years
For me, this is one of the finest I buy and I paid around £11.25 per bottle with retail price £19.99
Watch my short video review to discover why you want to discover this great wine yourself :)
Tonight a blockbusting Bordeaux red TRIO TASTING totally £70 of fine wine!
Château La Clarière 2018 Castillon 14% blend of 4 grapes
Château Gigault 2019 Blaye 14% all merlot
Château Dalem 2020 Fronsac 14.5% Merlot & Cabernet Franc
Three fantastic right bank reds covering three vintages
On opening Wednesday they all tasted amazingly similar but by Friday each had mellowed out, showing its own unique characteristics
Video review showing ALL the action with a surprise finale!
Click here to begin your discovery journey with En Primeur adventure!!