Affordable Wines with Age
Buying mature wine can require very deep pockets. Lots of collectors buy in advance and forget about their cases as a many saving exercise, but for those who have not had the time or inclination to do so, we’ve put together a list of our favourites below. These are all appropriately aged, are drinking wonderfully now and critically, won’t make enormous holes in your bank balance for the pleasure they provide.
Inevitably with these older wines, the parcels we are able to acquire are very limited in quantity, so if you would like anything here, please order swiftly.
- Free mainland delivery available for orders over £150 (except Highlands & Islands). Case price discount on any 12 bottles or more -
2014 RIOJA RESERVA Bodegas Ruconia
Rioja Alta Rioja Spain 14% Red
Graciano, Tempranillo, Mazuelo.
This really is a superb vintage of this wine, so much to love in the more traditional Rioja style here, liquorice, coffee, meat juices, leather, redcurrants, herbs and cedar. But the palate then delivers everything in su...(read more)
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2016 CHÂTEAU FOURCAS BORIE Cru Bourgeois Listrac-Medoc
Bordeaux France 14% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.
68% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot. Good deep colour, quite fleshy and supple feel, fine tannins and fruit depth - well done, very harmonious. One of the Bruno Borie (Ducru-Beaucaillou) stable, this spo...(read more)
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2014 CHÂTEAU TRONQUOY LALANDE Saint Estèphe
Bordeaux France 14.5% Red
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.
The 2014 Tronquoy-Lalande has a more elegant, refined bouquet compared to its peers, a mixture of red and black fruit, cedar, iodine and violets, perhaps picked a little later? The palate is medium-bodied with a ferrous...(read more)
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2016 TERRAZZE CHIANTI CLASSICO Riserva Castagnoli
Chianti Tuscany Italy 14.5% Red
Sangiovese.
Tasting great now, it has been drinking well for a couple of years - why wouldn't you want this with new season grouse? Grown in very hard-to-manage narrow terraces on a precipitous slope, with each vine on a pole, so ev...(read more)
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2019 MOREY SAINT DENIS Blanc Les Crais Domaine Christian Clerget
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13.5% White
Pinot Beurot, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay.
Racked just before the 2020 harvest to make room for the new vintage. This comes from part of les Crais that has a very white mineral limestone soil. Quite full and concentrated, crunchy and crisp, bright fruit and lots...(read more)
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2005 CHÂTEAU FERRIÈRE 3ème Cru Classé Margaux
Bordeaux France 13% Red
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75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot. With Durfort Vivens and Margaux, Ferrière has the highest proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in Margaux, so it is no scented wallflower. Big and dark, with great purity of fruit,...(read more)
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2006 LUPICAIA Castello del Terriccio
Tuscany Italy 14% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.
Terriccio's top wine. A classic Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, aged eighteen months in new 'barriques', this is treated very much like a top Bordeaux but somehow retains all the character...(read more)
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