Magnums

100% Merlot from the famous Thienpont family. Smart fruit here retains some lift and refreshment because of the gentle and sensitive approach in the cellar, leaving just enough cedar-wood spice to root it firmly in Borde...(read more)

Elegant nose with notes of very ripe cherries, blueberries and blackberries with a hind of licorice. Fat and velvety on the palate with ripe tannins and a fruit compote finish. Blend: 80% merlot, 15% cabernet franc, 7% c...(read more)

Darkly ripe-fruited, with a slight spice to the plummy, creamy-textured Merlot fruit, there are fine tannins which just give the requisite grip to the elegant finish. From the 2016 vintage onward this property was was re...(read more)

*STAR BUY IN THE TIMES*. "Elegant, racy, very pale pink from the Les Diables stable with a tasty, cassis palate and zingy, garrigue herb finish." Jane MacQuitty.

Deeper perhaps slightly denser fruit profile, floral, cherry skin, redcurrant and citrus. Lovely weight and delivery of a deep fruitiness, persistent and mouthfilling.

At the bottom of the Sonnay hill sit the 70 year old vines of Bernard's oldest vineyard. The Cabernet Franc grapes are fermented in concrete before spending a year in 3 to 5 year old barrels. A little more serious than '...(read more)

The 2022 Fleurie, rooted in clay and manganese-rich soil that's more typical of Moulin-à-Vent, is always unique for the appellation, but especially so in 2022 with its ripe, succulent, smoke-tinged palate. Offerin...(read more)

Bright cranberry, damson and mulberry, cocoa powder, woodland floor, violets. In the mouth the wine is sleek and creamy, mulberry, damson and wild cherry, undercut with dark chocolate and gentle spice, aromatic, nicely d...(read more)

Most of the en primeur hype is reserved for the members of the exclusive club of crus classés (literally classed growths) that occupy the top tier of Bordeaux. This club has been set in stone for getting on for 17...(read more)

Deep citrus, cherries, mocha, pear, almost a touch of spice, cumin. Broad and rich in the mouth, a real savoury note, cumin, red fruits, citrus, long and satisfying.

Lovely nose, some gloss but not overdone, stone fruit, wild flowers, lemon verbena, citrus and wet stone. Sauvignon to the core at first, on the palate there is nice freshness, good acid undercut, sapid, with stone fruit...(read more)