Bordeaux Region Report

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois

The 2020 Caronne is a very impressive rustic style classic claret. it boasts a moderate peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate with well-balanced with raspberry and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.

Château Caronne Ste Gemme is a notable wine estate in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Covering about 45 hectares, the vineyard thrives on gravelly soils that are ideal for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. This family-owned estate, …
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Price: $30.54 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock

Margaux, The second wine of Chateau Margaux
Magnum (1.5L)
New Bordeaux arrivals

The 2020 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux is the second wine of the prestigious Château Margaux, located in the Margaux appellation of Bordeaux, France. Pavillon Rouge is made with the same care and attention to detail as the estate's first wine but is often more approachable in its youth, offering a glimpse of Château Margaux's elegance and complexity at a more accessible price.

Tasting Notes:The 2020 Pavillon Rouge is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
Nose: is expressive with vibrant aromas of ripe blackcurrant, blackberry, and dark cherry, complemented by floral notes of violets, along with hints of cedar, tobacco, and a touch of graphite. …
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Price: $512.29 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois
Magnum 1.5L

A 2019 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2019 has a good rich colour. There is great concentration and intensity of fruit due to reduced yields. The structure is well complemented by the vibrant juiciness of the fruit.

Château Cissac is a prestigious wine estate situated in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Encompassing around 50 hectares of vineyards, the estate features gravelly soils ideal for growing Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. …
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Price: $66.46 USD
Stock: 21 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois

A 2019 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2019 has a good rich colour. There is great concentration and intensity of fruit due to reduced yields. The structure is well complemented by the vibrant juiciness of the fruit.

Château Cissac is a prestigious wine estate situated in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Encompassing around 50 hectares of vineyards, the estate features gravelly soils ideal for growing Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. …
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Price: $29.21 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

St Julien, Bordeaux
New Bordeaux arrivals

The 2019 Château Gloria is a standout wine from a superb vintage, offering excellent depth, richness, and finesse. Its combination of ripe fruit, freshness, and structure makes it both enjoyable now and capable of long-term aging. This vintage continues to enhance Gloria's reputation for producing high-quality, approachable wines that offer great value. . The 2019 vintage was characterized by warm conditions and a long growing season, which allowed the grapes to ripen fully while retaining good acidity. This led to wines that are both concentrated and fresh, with impressive balance and aging potential. …
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Price: $79.77 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

St Estephe, 2nd Growth Classification

The 2018 Château Cos d'Estournel is a highly acclaimed wine from the Saint-Estèphe appellation in Bordeaux. It is considered one of the top wines of the vintage and showcases the estate's commitment to producing elegant yet powerful wines.

Tasting Notes: Appearance: Deep, almost opaque ruby color with hints of purple on the rim.
Nose: Intense aromas of dark fruits, such as blackcurrants, blackberries, and ripe plums, with underlying notes of cedar, tobacco, licorice, and spices. Hints of earth and mineral also emerge, along with subtle floral touches. Palate: Full-bodied and richly textured, with finely grained tannins and a lush, velvety mouthfeel. …
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Price: $246.17 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux
*** 89 Points- Wine Enthusiast ***

The 2017 Caronne is a very impressive rustic-style, classic claret. It boasts a moderate, peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate and well-balanced with raspberry notes and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.

C Château Caronne Ste Gemme is a notable wine estate in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Covering about 45 hectares, the vineyard thrives on gravelly soils that are ideal for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. This family-owned estate, …
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Price: $33.20 USD
Stock: 7 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux
Includes Leather Effect Presentation Box
*** 90 Points- Wine Enthusiast ***

A 2017 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2017 has a good rich colour - browning just a little at the rim. This bottle demands patience when opening as it needs time to develop. Good blackcurrant nose. Plum, damson on the palate with balancing blackcurrant acidity. Dusty tannins on the end palate at first but the tannin softened in the glass, even without food. With food it is excellent. …
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Price: $46.51 USD
Stock: 18 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux
*** 90 Points- Wine Enthusiast ***

A 2017 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2017 has a good rich colour - browning just a little at the rim. This bottle demands patience when opening as it needs time to develop. Good blackcurrant nose. Plum, damson on the palate with balancing blackcurrant acidity. Dusty tannins on the end palate at first but the tannin softened in the glass, even without food. With food it is excellent. …
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Price: $35.86 USD
Stock: 40 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux

The 2016 Caronne is a very impressive rustic-style, classic claret. It boasts a moderate, peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate and well-balanced with raspberry notes and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.

Château Caronne Ste Gemme is a notable wine estate in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Covering about 45 hectares, the vineyard thrives on gravelly soils that are ideal for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. This family-owned estate, …
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Price: $30.54 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

St Julien, Bordeaux
New Bordeaux arrivals

The 2016 Château Gloria is an outstanding representation of the Saint-Julien appellation, offering both approachability and long-term aging potential. It’s an elegant, powerful wine that punches well above its price point in such a strong vintage. The 2016 Château Gloria is a top-quality wine from the Saint-Julien appellation, benefiting from one of Bordeaux's finest vintages in recent memory.

Tasting Notes. The blend consists of Cabernet Sauvignon (around 60-65%), Merlot (about 25-30%), with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. In 2016, the Cabernet Sauvignon particularly thrived, thanks to the warm and dry conditions later in the season. …
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Price: $91.81 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Pauillac 5me Cru Classe
New Bordeaux arrivals

The 2016 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is an exceptional wine from a stellar vintage in Bordeaux, especially in the Pauillac appellation. The 2016 vintage is widely regarded as one of the finest in recent years due to a combination of perfect ripening conditions and the resulting wines that balance power, elegance, and age-worthiness. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a Fifth Growth (Cinquième Cru) in the 1855 classification, but it consistently outperforms its ranking, particularly in great years like 2016.

TAsting notes about the 2016 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste: Typically dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon (about 75-80%), with Merlot making up the balance (around 20-25%). …
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Price: $131.73 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Margaux 3rd Growth Classification, Bordeaux

The 2016 Marquis d'Alsme Becker is pouring deep brick red, the delicate aroma of dark forest fruit tells you that you have a Margaux in your hand. Full bodied, but not heavy, this is a complex blend of grapes and flavours that has nothing going against it. Not as harsh as some Margaux’s are, this wine needs to be savoured in the mouth to explore its full taste.

Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker is a distinguished wine estate located in the Margaux appellation of Bordeaux, France. With a history dating back to the early 17th century, the estate spans 15 hectares and features a diverse terroir of gravel, clay, and limestone soils. …
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Price: $93.08 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Barsac, Sweet White Wine, Bordeaux
***95-97 Points - The Wine Advocate***

This 2015 sweet white wine from Barsac is 100% Semillon this year, and retains a lovely freshness. Textured and with plenty of noble rot in evidence, it displays notes of orange peel and apricots. Intense and scented with a finish that goes on and on.

"Wow. This is really impressive with a fabulous density and style. So much mushroom, almond and dried apple, apricot character. Fresh and bright. Joyous." James Suckling - 96 points

Château Doisy-Daëne stands as an esteemed wine estate nestled in the Barsac appellation of Bordeaux, France, renowned for crafting exquisite sweet wines. …
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Price: $59.81 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Haut Medoc

Chateau Lamothe-Cissac lies mere moments from the prestigious estates of Lafite and Latour, sharing their hallowed grounds and climate, only without the eye watering price tag they carry.

Dark garnet towards purple in color, with on the nose green pepper, foliage, cassis and tobacco. Medium, perhaps medium to full-bodied, with on the palate somewhat astringent notes of under-ripe black forest fruit, black tea, a touch of tobacco with medium-plus acidity and firm, searing tannins highlighting some notes of bitter chocolate on the moderately long finish.

Château Lamothe-Cissac is a distinguished wine estate situated in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. …
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Price: $43.84 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

St Julien, 4me Cru Classe
New Bordeaux arrivals

The 2014 Château Talbot from Saint-Julien is a solid vintage from this well-regarded Fourth Growth (Quatrième Cru) estate. 2014 was considered a good year for Bordeaux, with favorable weather conditions late in the season contributing to good ripeness, especially for Cabernet Sauvignon, which plays a dominant role in the wines of Saint-Julien.

The blend for Château Talbot typically consists of around 60-70% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the balance made up of Merlot, and small percentages of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc.
Aroma: Aromatic with classic Bordeaux notes of blackcurrant, plum, and cherry, accompanied by cedar, tobacco, and hints of graphite and herbs. …
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Price: $158.34 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Graves Pessac-Leogan
***93 points- Wine Advocate***

The Domaine de Chevalier 2014 is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot and 30% Merlot. It has a fragrant bouquet with blackberry, black plum, cigar ash and woodland scents, complex though not as intense as its white counterpart. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy, quite firm tannin that underpin a classic Domaine de Chevalier that has just the right amount of austerity at this stage. Reserved perhaps, but it is beautifully knitted together with a lovely bay leaf tinged finish. Quintessential Domaine de Chevalier...which is what we all want. Neal Martin- Wine Advocate- Aug 2015

Château Domaine de Chevalier stands as an iconic wine estate located in the Pessac-Léognan appellation within Bordeaux, France. …
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Price: $79.77 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

St Estephe, 2nd Growth Classification
** 92 Points - The Wine Advocate **

Powered by its structure and texture, this complex wine is dense, structured and firm. Plenty of dry and taut tannins dominate at this stage, but it is also full of fruit. The wine will age over many years while not being one of those vintages that will mature forever: the fruitiness will see to that. Drink this impressive wine from 2025.

Château Cos d'Estournel is a prestigious wine estate located in the Saint-Estèphe appellation of Bordeaux, France. Established in the early 19th century by Louis-Gaspard d'Estournel, the estate is renowned for its grand architectural style, including the iconic pagodas that distinguish its winery. …
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Price: $198.26 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Pauillac 5th Growth Classification, Bordeaux
New Bordeaux arrivals

The 2012 Château Batailley is a wine from a well-known estate in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, classified as a Fifth Growth in the 1855 classification. Château Batailley is recognized for producing robust, structured wines with a strong emphasis on Cabernet Sauvignon, offering excellent value within the Pauillac region.

The 2012 vintage in Bordeaux was somewhat challenging, marked by variable weather, with a cool and wet spring, followed by a warm summer. The result was an uneven ripening of the grapes, and the vintage as a whole is considered lighter compared to some more powerful years like 2009 or 2010. …
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Price: $106.38 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux
Double magnum 300cl

The 2011 Caronne is a very impressive rustic style classic claret. it boasts a moderate peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate with well-balanced with raspberry and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.

Château Caronne Ste Gemme is a notable wine estate in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Covering about 45 hectares, the vineyard thrives on gravelly soils that are ideal for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. This family-owned estate, …
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Price: $292.74 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux

The 2011 Caronne is a very impressive rustic style classic claret. it boasts a moderate peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate with well-balanced with raspberry and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.

Château Caronne Ste Gemme is a notable wine estate in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. Covering about 45 hectares, the vineyard thrives on gravelly soils that are ideal for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. This family-owned estate, …
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Price: $51.83 USD
Stock: 36 in Stock

Pauillac 5th Growth Classification, Bordeaux
*** 92+ Points Neal Martin ***

The name of "Batailley" would come from the "Battle" which took place in 1453 between the French and the English on the lands of the future domain; with the reconquest of Château Latour by the French, this year saw the end of the Hundred Years War. Château Batailley is one of the oldest residences in the town of Pauillac.
Vines have been planted on this land rich in history since the 17th century. In 1855, Château Batailley was classified in the Fifth Grand Cru category of the Médoc.

Château Haut-Batailley is a distinguished wine estate situated in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, France. …
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Price: $118.43 USD
Stock: 15 in Stock

Haut Medoc 5me Cru Classe, Bordeaux

This Bordeaux has bags of fruit, tannin and acidity, all tied up in an impeccably-balanced, polished package. Sweet cassis fruit is accompanied by a spicy edge and a long, fresh lift. This is very pretty now but ideally wants another five years to really get going, and will easily keep for another five after that.

About Château Cantemerle Chateau Cantemerle is an esteemed wine estate situated in the Haut-Médoc appellation of Bordeaux, France. With a history dating back to the 12th century, the estate is one of the oldest in the region and holds the distinction of being classified as a Fifth Growth (Cinquième Cru) in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. …
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Price: $78.51 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

St Julien, 2eme Growth Classification

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, located in the renowned Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux, France, is an iconic estate celebrated for its exceptional wines and illustrious history. Dating back to the 18th century, this historic property has been meticulously tended by generations of the Borie family, who have upheld a tradition of excellence in winemaking. Situated on gravelly soils along the Gironde River, the vineyards are predominantly planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller proportions of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot, yielding grapes of exceptional depth and complexity. …
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Price: $498.99 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Saint Julien, Bordeaux

Hortevie is a quality Bordeaux vineyard, located across the road from Ducru-Beaucaillou, who now own it and have added extra polish and finesse. Hortevie is a consistent, forward yet age-worthy claret. Some of Saint-Julien’s typical cedary character has emerged to add intrigue to the long, satisfying finish. The wine was made by Bruno Borie at Ducru-Beaucaillou.

Château Hortevie is a distinguished wine estate situated in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux, France. With a history dating back centuries, the estate has garnered acclaim for its production of high-quality red wines. …
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Price: $56.55 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock