I taste up to 40,000 wines a year and I can tell you that it is very rare to find a red Bordeaux of this calibre for a tenner. Made from 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, the silky fruit here is both beguiling and rewarding. There is stunning freshness on the finish, which is […]
Cabernet franc grown in the south-west facing vineyard of Les Poyeux: ample and plump like a stew of summer berries, but with pleasing threads of astringency and a scent of flowering currant leaves. Chill for 20 minutes before drinking with home-made burgers, salmon or Puy lentils. Victoria Moore in The Telegraph, 2nd May 2020
A superb specimen of an unassuming red bordeaux. Fresh, clean and unoaked, it is built on merlot with a splash of cabernets franc and sauvignon. Victoria Moore in The Telegraph, 2nd May 2020
Haynes, Hanson & Clark is a London-based wine merchant whose buyers favour wines that are clearly delineated and fresh. A refreshing white with a lick of salinity that makes it a perfect aperitif. Victoria Moore in The Telegraph, 2nd May 2020
Well-integrated ingredients make a most attractive whole with a bit more body than the simplest Muscadets. Crisp and fresh – a taste of spring? Great aperitif or accompaniment to shellfish. Clean as a whistle. in , 1st May 2020
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. Close to the border with St-Émilion. Unoaked. Straightforward crimson. Very little visible sign of evolution. Very frank, zesty unadorned Bordeaux fruit with very racy, agreeable sandy tannins on the finish. An honest country claret. Looking at the bottle, your guests could easily confuse this with a wine costing five times […]
From Marie and Sylvie Courselle, ‘vigneronnes épicuriennes’, daughters of Francis Courselle of Ch Thieuley. This comes from a 6-ha property in Cadillac and consists of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 12 months, two-thirds in French oak barrels and one-third in concrete. Dark crimson. Rich, dried-fruits nose with lots of evolution and pleasure. […]
Very pale, distinctly orangey, salmon Provençal colour. Lightly smoky nose. Saline and fresh with some light mineral notes on the palate. More refreshing than many rosés and drier than many from Provence. Racy and lively. Quite dry enough with some persistence. A very good pick from HH&C. Not a bad price either. in , 1st […]
There is one merchant in the UK whose innate understanding of inexpensive red Bordeaux (as well as the dear stuff!) is simply amazing. HH&C sent me ten wines the other day to taste, all new arrivals, all from petits châteaux and ranging from my featured wine at under nine quid each by the case, to […]
I have written up and also bought this wine every vintage for well over a decade and it is safe to say that this is the grandest and also the prettiest release I have seen. Grandest because the fruit is so strict, well organised and mineral-drenched and prettiest because the top notes are blushingly floral […]
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I can remember sitting next to the venerable Madame Gatinois at a Bollinger Vins Clairs Assemblage lunch many, many years ago. This prestigious, annual event is held to thank those grape growers who contribute to Bollinger’s own harvest and it forms the basis for blending the wines which will appear on the market in years […]
An absolutely lovely classic claret: fresh, gentle and so fragrant, as if there’s a waft of flowering currant leaves – 15 per cent of the blend is cabernet franc. 2016 was a belter of a Bordeaux vintage and it brings beautiful structure to this red. Good now, but no rush to drink. Victoria Moore in […]
Tempranillo is the rioja grape but this wine is made in the adjoining region of Navarra, just to the north-east. It’s a bargain buy, bright but with a hint of spice and fresh leather, showcasing tempranillo’s more garnet flavours. Victoria Moore in The Telegraph, 14th Mar 2020
Streamlined, elegant and very unshowy, this white wine made from verdejo and viura has all the crispness and limpidity you might want in an aperitif. With a mild air of meadow flowers and lithe citrus, it tastes deceptively simple, but there’s serious skill in here. Victoria Moore in The Telegraph, 14th Mar 2020
This is one of the most enchanting and remarkable wines of the year so far. Pinot Bianco/Blanc is often a rather neutral tasting grape, but this stunner, grown at altitude, is silky, sensual and magical with a soothing pear and apple theme and a very long finish. in , 7th Mar 2020