Pick and choose from a great selection of every day wine drinking. You can mix your own case with any wine you like in this section. We will deliver it to your door, office or friend as a gift within days. Our standard delivery rates are £10.00 for first case (be it 6 or 12 bottles) and each additional case whether 6 or 12 bottles is only £5.00. Please note minimum order case of 6 or £100.00. All prices in this section are duty paid. We hope you enjoy these wines and please let us know about your experience. (Prices exclude vat).
Medium dark ruby-colored, with an elegant perfume of raisins, red currants, dried herbs, and melted licorice, Cantemerle’s 2001 possesses sweet tannin, medium body, and a light but nicely etched style. Enjoy it over the next 10-12 years.
A beautiful wine with 13.4% natural alcohol, this blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc possesses a deep ruby/purple color as well as a sweet perfume of cassis, incense, charcoal, and subtle oak, round, generously endowed flavors, medium to full body, silky tannin, and surprising depth and length. It can be drunk now and over the next 12-15 years.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (188)
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
The 2008 Cos d’Estournel possesses an atypically high (85%) amount of Cabernet Sauvignon, with 13% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. The first vintage vinified in the new facility, an unusually high percentage of the crop (78%) was included in the grand vin. The bad news is that yields were a minuscule 25 hectoliters per hectare. This wine achieved 13.8% natural alcohol, and the number of days between the flowering and harvest was 160, compared to the normal 100-110 (one of the keys to understanding the exceptionally high quality that characterizes the 2008 Bordeaux). There were no serious heat waves during the growing season, which meant that the maturation process was slow, long, and ideal. Combine that with the very low yields, and the superb weather from mid-September to late-October, and the often splendid results are much easier to comprehend. The inky/purple-hued 2008 Cos is still very young, and probably will improve even further as the wine came out of malolactic fermentation very late. It reveals exceptionally precise, fresh aromas of black fruits, crushed rocks, licorice, flowers, and subtle smoke. Dense and high in tannin, the extraordinary richness of polyphenols has given the wine power, substance, and depth, but the sweetness of the tannin and the seemingly low acidity, even though the wine tastes remarkably fresh and the pH is only 3.57 (compared to pH’s close to 4 when the fruit is this ripe), has given the wine a precision and elegance that is remarkable. And don’t forget, this is probably the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ever used in a Cos d’Estournel blend. This wine should gain weight, richness, and a few Parker points by the time it is bottled. It is even denser and richer than the 1996, with an index of polyphenols at 80, which is not unusual for many of the top wines of the vintage, but is extremely high, and more along the lines of what one would find in the top wines of 2005. It should evolve for 30-35 years.
This property has undergone a complete make-over, building a state-of-the-art, spaceship-looking new winemaking facility, and giving brilliant winemaker Jean-Guillaume Prats carte blanche authority from proprietor Michel Reybier. The team continues to fine tune and reflect on every possible detail in both the vineyard and the winery in order to achieve even greater success.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (182)
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc Wine notes
This pleasant, elegant 2008 is less impressive from bottle than it was from barrel. Straightforward with good acidity and tarry black currant notes intermixed with a weedy, herbaceous character, it should be consumed over the next 5-6 years.
Even though this may be one of the finest wines yet made at Pedesclaux, it is still a pleasant yet herbaceous, uninspiring effort for the vintage. The color is medium ruby, and the nose of fresh herbs intermixed with spice and diluted black cherry and currant fruit is one-dimensional. This offering stands out like a sore thumb in a great vintage. Along with Pichon-Lalande, it represents one of the two candidates for the worst performance by a Medoc classified growth. It should be drunk over the next 5-6 years.
This is a straightforward, elegant Medoc with a dark plum/ruby color, crisp acidity, and pleasant aromatics. Following a good attack, the wine narrows to an austere, clipped finish. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.
This has a very primal nose, the oak exposed at the moment although there is obviously a great deal of fruit concentration underneath. The palate is well balanced, a little oaky on the entry, dried honey, lemon curd, apricot and orange peel towards the linear finish. Tightly coiled Sauternes, quite modern in style, this should develop over 8-10 years in the bottle before really opening up and one hopes, evolve a little more “personality”. Drink 2011-2025.
"This classic wine, from the heart of the Bordeaux region, is named after the picturesque Saint Vincent village where it is produced and is a stunning example of the crisp elegant white wines this area is renowned for. Bursting with zesty grapefruit and citrus flavours this wine makes the perfect accompaniment to light chicken dishes, seafood and creamy pasta."
This consistently tasty, under-the-radar offering often resembles a down-sized Pauillac. The medium ruby-hued 2006 reveals classic cassis fruit, sweet tannin, and good ripeness in its spicy, moderately endowed personality. Consume it over the next 3-4 years.
Meaty, plummy aromas and some Christmas cake spice without the raisined fruit. Firm but very cool tannins giving an overall liveliness even though the tannins are still very present and quite dry. Lingering freshness. Full, nicely structured and well balanced. (JH). When to drink : 2009 to 2018.
Jancis Robinson
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc
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