Bordeaux Small Wonders

A star-value buy from the Calon-Ségur stable with lovely ripe red fruit and impressive depth of flavour. Quite powerful but remains harmoniously balanced. Made from 62% cabernet sauvignon, 37% merlot and 1% petit verdot.

This has attractive freshness and lift combining nicely with its ripe cassis and fleshy persistent finish. The blend is 61% cabernet sauvignon, 34% merlot and 5% petit verdot. Proper left-bank claret which always provides excellent value.

From a property built in 1769 just outside of Libourne and still owned by the de Cournuaud family, this is a rich, ripe, and generously fruited Canon-Fronsac produced by the son of the current owner, Jean, who is also the winemaker at flagship Saint-Emilion property Beau-Séjour Bécot. The same opulence and expertise can be found here, with an appealing minerality and tension on the core. Dense yet soft tannins give great structure to the wine and the finish is long and fresh.

2020 is the fourth vintage of Verso and the quality of the vintage and the fruit is clear to see with this classy, richly fruited Pauillac. The appeal of this wine is that it's delicious young but clearly has the capacity to age, with dense blackberry and cassis fruit, graphite, sweet chalky tannins and great finesse.

Full-bodied right-bank Bordeaux with spicy, grippy tannins and fresh, mineral finish this cuvée is a selection of the best grapes from old vines, aged in barrel to add finesse. A perfumed and harmoniously balanced claret. The Bourotte family own several well-regarded properties on Bordeaux`s right bank. This property is in the satellite appellation of Lussac-Saint-Emilion and has been in the hands of Jean-Baptiste Audy - the négociant company founded by the man of the same name in 1906 – for several decades. Their properties include Clos du Clocher in Pomerol, still run by Jean-Baptiste's descendants and since 2003 his great-grandson Jean-Baptiste Bourotte. Du Courlat's 17 hectares of vines have an average age of 25 years and are planted on the slopes of Lussac with a large lake at their centre. Four hectares of this are dedicated to the company's first wine, Cuvée Jean-Baptiste, named in honour of the company's founder.

The Moueix's are right-bank royalty in Bordeaux and are behind legendary names such as Pétrus, La Fleur-Pétrus, and Belaire Monange. They also run a successful negociant business and provide wines under their own labels from across a range of producers at great value. This 2023 Pomerol impressed for its juicy, effortless charm, full body and texture for an otherwise light vintage. Full of alluring raspberry and strawberry with a hint of oak, this is the perfect entry point to, arguably, Bordeaux's most premium region.