Bordeaux and Rhone 2016 and 2018

Velvety Saint-Juien with plush fruit and lively freshness. For relatively early drinking, this is providing a great deal of pleasure in this top vintage.

Exquisite Côte-Rôtie from a high-performing estate in the northern part of the region. Two generations are at work here making polished wines of great expression and feel for terroir. This is a full-flavoured Rhône red, packed with black cherry and glorious in 2018.

This northern Rhône syrah offers concentrated red-berry fruits combine with thyme and liquorice aromas. The palate is rich and generous with crisp and energetic acidity and well-structured tannins.

This is a unique blend for our 150th Anniversary, representing a selection of wines taken from five top estates: Boussières, La Gardette, Cazaux, Amadieu and Saint-Cosme. It was bottled at Saint-Cosme in 2020 after ageing in wood and is a textbook Gigondas with gorgeous, sweet fruit, purity and round, fine structure. For a video message from the buyer, Marcel Orford-Williams, and for more on the story of this wine, please scroll down.

We have worked with the Despagne family for many years and were delighted when they agreed to blend a wine for our 150th Anniversary celebrations, especially as the 2016 vintage in Bordeaux was amongst the best of the last 30 years. This is perfect for drinking now, although it has the capacity to age for several more years. Made from vines bordering Pomerol, the unique blend combines 80% merlot with 20% cabernet franc for freshness. Aged for 18 months, 50% was matured in French oak barrels and the balance in stainless steel. It reveals a bouquet of ripe damsons and a touch of lavender. On the palate it is fresh and vibrant, with suave tannins and plush merlot-fruit texture. For more on the story of this wine, please scroll down.

Under the same ownership as nearby Château Montrose, and the same care and attention is lavished on this excellent property located at the northern end of the Médoc. This is a full, rich claret from an exceptional vintage for Saint-Estèphe.