Red Wine

The Merlot Maison Jean Guillot wine has a lovely deep and glossy hue and an enticing perfume of fruit with a roasted hint. This French Red Wine is youthful, deliciously ripe blackberry and mulberry core with negligible tannins. This Merlot Maison wine is a well-priced, smartly presented bottle from this prestigious appellation for enjoying immediately.

The 2022 Merlot Maison Jean Guillot is a wine from Pays d’Oc, France. This Merlot Maison wine is best paired with red and white meats, grilled or served in a sauce, poultry and cheeses.

The 2019 Alter Ego de Palmer wine is gorgeous rich dark purple in the glass. This Alter Ego wine has intense aromas of blackcurrants, cedar and ripe tobacco with hints of violets, following through to a full-bodied palate with extremely refined tannins that are well-integrated into the wine and are long and subtle at the finish. Such precision and harmony with structure.

This second wine of Chateau Palmer might be the richest, most concentrated second wine out here, and truthfully, it tastes like a Grand Vin. It is one of the best Alter Ego cuvee since its creation. A Margaux that should be given a long-term lease in your cellar.

96 points James Suckling
95 points Decanter
94 points The Wine Independent

The 2013 Amiral de Beychevelle wine is a medium-bodied with a firm, chewy frame, it has lovely freshness and purity, finishing on a mineral note. This Amiral de Beychevelle wine has aromas of currant and orange peel follow through to a medium to full bodied red, solid core of fruit and a light cassis aftertaste. This Saint-Julien wine is firm and silky to taste. The Amiral de Beychevelle wine has a powerful attack with great elegance, young tannins with great aging potential, crunchy fruits, spices, dark chocolate, impressive final finesse.

Chateau Beychevelle is a Premier Cru Classé St-Julien wine property that boasts one of the most impressive châteaux in the whole of the Médoc. Its label depicts a beautiful galley with a large sail, as a consequence of its ownership in the 16th century by the Duc d`Eperon, Admiral of France at the time. The L’Amiral is the second wine of Chateau Beychevelle, from the young vines of the estate, same care is given to these vines the same finesse as the first wine of the domain is enjoyable.

This 2013 Amiral de Beychevelle wine is composed of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

The 2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Bourgogne Pinot Noir La Vignee is a youthful Pinot Noir, majoring on summer berry fruit and firm, chalky tannins. It’s fairly serious for the level but works well with food and can take a light chill. A summer wine for red Burgundy lovers.

The 2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Bourgogne Pinot Noir La Vignee has a deep dark red colour with black tinged edges and a bright red hue. Fragrant violet, red cherry and strawberry scents fill the nostrils followed by spicy cedar, a hint of earth and fresh herb notes. Light in body, fresh and very savoury, the palate has delectable red cherry and winter strawberry fruits which overlay subtle spicy cedar, light earth and infusions of fresh herbs. This pinot noir wine is elegant, refined feel with finely integrated tannins, bright acidity and a medium to long finish. Drink over the next 3-4 years.

The 2017 Bouchard Pere & Fils Chambolle Musigny wine has an intense and delicate bouquet with notes of red fruits, sweet spices and mocha. sleek and suave, with great finesse. This French red wine is tender and delicate, with an elegant structure, this is a wine with great charm. Good ageing potential.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Dom. Beaune Greves Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus 2008, has garnet colour with brown and purple shades. Deep nose developing flavours of ripe black fruit and spices. Dense and rich mouth, with a structure of racy tannins and lingering velvety finish.

This Beaune 1er cru “Grèves Vigne de L’Enfant Jésus” Domaine 2017 from Bouchard Père & Fils takes its name from a historical anecdote linked to the Carmelite Marguerite du Saint-Sacrement. Indeed, she is said to have predicted the birth of the future King of France despite the infertility of his mother, Anne of Austria. This vineyard took the name of “Vigne de L’Enfant Jésus” following the birth of Louis XIV. Sold in 1791 during the sale of national assets, this terroir, with an east/south-east exposure on very gravelly clay-limestone soil, has since been the monopoly of the Bouchard Père & Fils company.

This wine has a strong wood and menthol elements all but dominate the earthy and spicy red dark pinot fruit scents. The sleek, intense and well-defined medium-bodied flavors exude evident minerality onto the much more complex and persistent finale where the wood telegraphed by the nose reemerges. This is really quite good though note that my predicted range offers the benefit of the doubt that the generous wood will ultimately be successfully integrated.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Gevrey Chambertin 2015 wine has garnet color with purple shades. Intense bouquet developing colour with purple shades. Intense bouquet developing flavours of red fruit (raspberry, strawberry jam) entwined with delicate oaky hints. Refined and fleshy mouth, with harmonious tanins.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Moulin-a-Vent 2011 has floral and ripe aromas. On the palate appealing through the skill blend of its structure anf fleshiness. Perfect with grilled or roasted meat and robustly flavoured cheese. This wine has a blend of 100% Gamay.

The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village exhibits notes of sweet raspberry fruit, spices and smoky oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate with a juicy core of fruit, chewy tannins and appreciable amplitude and power. This hails from an old-vine parcel that Bouchard has purchased for many years and which contains an appreciable percentage of Pinot Gris–not uncommon in Vosne-Romanée.

The Cap Roya Rouge Bordeaux Superieur 2015 wine has a red ruby colour with subtle tints of purple. Expressive and complex nose with ripe berries aromas mixed with spicy notes (pepper & liquorice). The palate is full, round and deep. Tannins are velvety and provide a good mouth filling texture up to the finish which is marked by spicy and red fruit notes.

The 2020 Cap Royal Rouge Bordeaux Superieur wine has a beautiful red colour with garnet glints. This Cap Royal Rouge wine has an expressive and complex nose, with primary aromas of toast, vanilla and ripe red fruits. After aeration, secondary notes of menthol and spice mixed with cedar develop.

On the palate, the mouth feel is rich and silky with elegant tannins. The 2020 Cap Royal Rouge Bordeaux Superieur wine finish is long, aromatic and delicious, structured and oaky yet always maintaining finesse

The Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur is a ‘sum of its parts’ sort of wine. Jean-René Matignon, winemaker at the renowned Chateau Pichon Baron, is in charge of the wine each vintage and uses his extensive connections in Bordeaux to source grapes from vineyards he sees fit for the year’s blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.

A wine of joy and pure pleasure, the 2015 Carmes de Rieussec is absolutely delicious. The 2015 Carmes de Rieussec wine has a pale to medium golden color and a lovely nose of lemon tart, orange marmalade and preserved apricots with hints of musk perfume and candied ginger. This Sauternes wine is medium to full-bodied, richly fruited and with compelling savory and earthy layers intermingled with the citrus preserves, it finishes with great freshness and length. The 2015 Carmes de Rieussec wine is composed of 87% Sémillon, 7% Sauvignon Blanc and 6% Muscadelle.

93 points Vinous
91 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
90 points Wine Spectator

The Second Wine of the prestigious Premier Grand Cru Classé – Château Lafite-Rothschild – the Carruades de Lafite 2010 reflects the identity of the great terroirs of Pauillac.

The 2010 Carruades de Lafite wine offers a smoky nose and a fleshy sensation with dark plum, charcoal and coffee notes. These are the characteristics of a nice grip on the finish which reveals a sensation of persistent plum skin in this second wine from Pauillac. The Carruades de Lafite wine displays much of the same lead pencil, charcoal and black currant notes of its bigger sister, although it is forward, precocious and far less structured than the grand vin. Nevertheless, this wine, which can be drunk now, will cellar beautifully for at least 20-25 more years.

This 2010 Carruades De Lafite has a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42.5% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot.

95 points James Suckling
94 points Wine Advocate
93 points Wine Spectator

The Second Wine of the prestigious Premier Grand Cru Classé – Château Lafite-Rothschild – the Carruades de Lafite 2015 reflects the identity of the great terroirs of Pauillac.

The 2015 Carruades de Lafite wine has a satisfying purity on the nose. This Carruades de Lafite has a blackberry and briary, a distant, cold slate-like note just underneath, with the new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. There is moderate depth to this slightly foursquare and conservative Carruades, but there is also plenty of freshness and it has an appealing, unassuming finish that is both harmonious and precise.

This 2015 Carruades De Lafite has a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc.

95 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points James Suckling
91 points Wine Advocate

The Second Wine of the prestigious Premier Grand Cru Classé – Château Lafite-Rothschild – the Carruades de Lafite 2016 reflects the identity of the great terroirs of Pauillac.

The 2016 Carruades de Lafite wine has a velvety tannins coalesce with the black plum and berry fruits. This Carruades de Lafite is juicy and perfumed, with notes of spice and dark fruits as well as intense final acidity. It has an attractive bouquet with smoke and tobacco infused black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin. This Pauillac is rather sophisticated (a great representation of the terroir) with fine and well-integrated tannins. Freshness and precision are waiting for us in every sip. A classic and solid Carruades.

This 2016 Carruades De Lafite has a blend of 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot this year that matured in around 20-25% new oak.

95 points James Suckling
95 points Wine Enthusiast
91 points Wine Advocate