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Chateau Leboscq 2005 - £10.39
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The previous vintage won Decanter's Wine of the Year and this one's a 2005! Concentrated old-vine fruit is fermented and aged in oak at the multi award-winning Chateau Leboscq. Classified as a Cru Bourgeois in 1932, the property was bought by Claude Lapalu in 1972. The estate featuring a beautiful 19th century building is in St Christoly Medoc, with vines overlooking the Gironde estuary. Winemaker Jean-Michel Lapalu, Claude's son, produced the stunning 2005 which he aged in top quality Merrain oak barrels - known for lending depth and structure to fine claret without overpowering the fruit. Bright ruby colour, with enticing ripe fruit aromas and a subtle hints of clove and vanilla. Good depth of flavour and lovely weight in the mouth. Ripe, rounded, full of crushed berries and minerals, full-body & fine tannins. This complex and expressive claret is gorgeous with Sunday roasts, rare fillet steaks or even wild mushroom risotto.
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The previous vintage won Decanter's Wine of the Year and this one's a 2005! Concentrated old-vine fruit is fermented and aged in oak at the multi award-winning Chateau Leboscq. Classified as a Cru Bourgeois in 1932, the property was bought by Claude Lapalu in 1972. The estate featuring a beautiful 19th century building is in St Christoly Medoc, with vines overlooking the Gironde estuary. Winemaker Jean-Michel Lapalu, Claude's son, produced the stunning 2005 which he aged in top quality Merrain oak barrels - known for lending depth and structure to fine claret without overpowering the fruit. Bright ruby colour, with enticing ripe fruit aromas and a subtle hints of clove and vanilla. Good depth of flavour and lovely weight in the mouth. Ripe, rounded, full of crushed berries and minerals, full-body & fine tannins. This complex and expressive claret is gorgeous with Sunday roasts, rare fillet steaks or even wild mushroom risotto.
Cuvee du Vatican Reserve Sixtine 2005 - £22.49
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Thankfully, deeply passionate winemakers like Jean-Marc Diffonty sometimes make tiny quantities of truly luxury wine 'just for fun' - and despite it being virtually uneconomical. The yields from the vines that make 'Sixtine' are dramatically low - just half that of a top Medoc estate. No wonder he calls this his ''Cuvee Fetiche''. Stunning concentration puts this head to head with previous '95 Parker point' vintages. Drink 2007-2020.
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Thankfully, deeply passionate winemakers like Jean-Marc Diffonty sometimes make tiny quantities of truly luxury wine 'just for fun' - and despite it being virtually uneconomical. The yields from the vines that make 'Sixtine' are dramatically low - just half that of a top Medoc estate. No wonder he calls this his ''Cuvee Fetiche''. Stunning concentration puts this head to head with previous '95 Parker point' vintages. Drink 2007-2020.
Chateau Tonnelle de Grillet 2005 - £8.29
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''Cotes de Blaye ... good wines at excellent prices'' (Clive Coates MW) - this 'best-ever' 2005 is a real step up in flavour concentration and finesse. Delicious! The Cotes de Blaye, on Bordeaux's 'right bank is separated from heart of the Medoc by a two mile stretch of water - the mouth of the Gironde. Chateau Tonnelle de Grillet has belonged to the Glemet family for 200 years and has an impressive cellar with 200 barrels. The 2005 is a rich blend of 80% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon with a dash of Cabernet Franc and Malbec adding spice and depth. The vines are quite old - between 30 and 45 years and mainly harvested by hand. The vineyards are located on steep slopes which lead down to the Garonne estuary from where you can look across to Chateau Margaux.
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''Cotes de Blaye ... good wines at excellent prices'' (Clive Coates MW) - this 'best-ever' 2005 is a real step up in flavour concentration and finesse. Delicious! The Cotes de Blaye, on Bordeaux's 'right bank is separated from heart of the Medoc by a two mile stretch of water - the mouth of the Gironde. Chateau Tonnelle de Grillet has belonged to the Glemet family for 200 years and has an impressive cellar with 200 barrels. The 2005 is a rich blend of 80% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon with a dash of Cabernet Franc and Malbec adding spice and depth. The vines are quite old - between 30 and 45 years and mainly harvested by hand. The vineyards are located on steep slopes which lead down to the Garonne estuary from where you can look across to Chateau Margaux.
Chateau Leoville-Poyferre 2006 - £42.00
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''Beautiful black raspberry and cassis, superb ripeness and a long savoury finish - top-notch St-Julien'' Parker Poyferre has proved in recent years its ability to make one of the Medoc's most profound reds ... and the 2006 didn't disappoint. We loved its copious amounts of blackberry, liquorice and toasted oak. Delicious!
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''Beautiful black raspberry and cassis, superb ripeness and a long savoury finish - top-notch St-Julien'' Parker Poyferre has proved in recent years its ability to make one of the Medoc's most profound reds ... and the 2006 didn't disappoint. We loved its copious amounts of blackberry, liquorice and toasted oak. Delicious!
Mas de Daumas Gassac 2003 - £20.49
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Hugh Johnson famously singled out Daumas Gassac as ''the one first growth of the Languedoc'' for its incredible flavour concentration and striking finesse - at a fraction of the cost of a Grand Cru claret! The genius behind this domaine, located 18 miles west of Montpellier, is Aime? Guibert, who along with his wife, purchased the estate in 1970. The soils are the very same type of porous soils that make up the best parts of the Medoc, particularly the estates of Lafite-Rothschild and Latour. The wine gets much of it's character from the surrounding dense garrigue and terroir, chemicals in the vineyard are avoided - and the vines now produce intense low yield fruit - the equivalent of one glass of wine per square metre of vine. Rich, ripe and pure with a dense blackcurrant core and gorgeous black pepper, spice and coffee notes. Decant and serve with a garlic, rosemary and sea salt-encrusted leg of lamb.
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Hugh Johnson famously singled out Daumas Gassac as ''the one first growth of the Languedoc'' for its incredible flavour concentration and striking finesse - at a fraction of the cost of a Grand Cru claret! The genius behind this domaine, located 18 miles west of Montpellier, is Aime? Guibert, who along with his wife, purchased the estate in 1970. The soils are the very same type of porous soils that make up the best parts of the Medoc, particularly the estates of Lafite-Rothschild and Latour. The wine gets much of it's character from the surrounding dense garrigue and terroir, chemicals in the vineyard are avoided - and the vines now produce intense low yield fruit - the equivalent of one glass of wine per square metre of vine. Rich, ripe and pure with a dense blackcurrant core and gorgeous black pepper, spice and coffee notes. Decant and serve with a garlic, rosemary and sea salt-encrusted leg of lamb.
Chateau Siran 2006 - £18.99
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''Chateau Siran is making consistently delicious, fragrant, deeply coloured wines that are on a level with a Medoc fifth growth'' says Robert Parker ... and few Margaux will beat Siran this year when it comes to offering the superb depth of flavour and striking elegance of the vintage at such an affordable price. ''Intense, big smoky blackcurrant fruit, lots of concentration ... good length and a good future'' - Decanter magazine.
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''Chateau Siran is making consistently delicious, fragrant, deeply coloured wines that are on a level with a Medoc fifth growth'' says Robert Parker ... and few Margaux will beat Siran this year when it comes to offering the superb depth of flavour and striking elegance of the vintage at such an affordable price. ''Intense, big smoky blackcurrant fruit, lots of concentration ... good length and a good future'' - Decanter magazine.
Chateau Marbuzet - £20.49
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Originally built in tribute to Regina Badet, prima ballerina of the Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, Chateau Marbuzet is renowned for having one of the most picturesque estates in France - Robert Parker agrees, ''If I had to pick one of the most beautiful and romantically situated Medoc estates it would be this gloriously situated Chateau''. The wine produced is dense and rich, offering hints of ripe berry and spice. Parker awarded the 2004 an impressive 86-88 points, calling it ''An elegant, crisp, refreshing effort offering cherry, herb, cedar and spice flavours''.
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Originally built in tribute to Regina Badet, prima ballerina of the Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, Chateau Marbuzet is renowned for having one of the most picturesque estates in France - Robert Parker agrees, ''If I had to pick one of the most beautiful and romantically situated Medoc estates it would be this gloriously situated Chateau''. The wine produced is dense and rich, offering hints of ripe berry and spice. Parker awarded the 2004 an impressive 86-88 points, calling it ''An elegant, crisp, refreshing effort offering cherry, herb, cedar and spice flavours''.