Bordeaux
Few wine regions command the same reverence as Bordeaux, a name that has become shorthand for balance, tradition, and timeless style. Stretching along the Garonne and Dordogne rivers before they meet the Atlantic, Bordeaux is a landscape of gentle hills, gravel banks, and maritime breezes that have shaped its wines for more than two millennia. The city itself has long been France’s great wine port, once trading claret to England, now exporting a benchmark for the world. Every château, every parcel of vines seems to whisper history and yet the region continues to evolve, gracefully bridging past and present.
Bordeaux is divided by its rivers into two great stylistic families: the Left Bank, where Cabernet Sauvignon reigns supreme, and the Right Bank, where Merlot holds court.
The Left Bank encompasses the gravelly communes of the Médoc, including Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux, and Saint-Estèphe, as well as Graves and Pessac-Léognan.
Across the Gironde lies the Right Bank, home to the limestone and clay soils of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol, producing plush, seductive wines led by Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Further south, Sauternes and Barsac craft the world’s most enchanting sweet wines, golden with botrytis and patience, while Entre-Deux-Mers and the Côtes de Bordeaux offer freshness and charm in everyday-drinking form.
Bordeaux’s story is one of constant refinement. Its classification systems from the 1855 Grands Crus Classés to the Saint-Émilion rankings, reflect both legacy and ambition, while its hundreds of family-run estates ensure diversity from the grandest château to the humblest grower. In recent years, a new generation has emerged, embracing organic and biodynamic viticulture, precision winemaking, and a renewed focus on terroir transparency. The result is a Bordeaux that feels both classic and contemporary, a region where structure meets soul, where every bottle, whether Pauillac or Pomerol, speaks the same fluent language of place, patience, and poise.
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2020 Château Bellecroix, Bordeaux Superior
This wine from the superb 2020 vintage is a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s a silky-textured, medium-bodied Bordeaux with blac...
View full details2020 Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon, Chateau Haut-Grelot
This classic everyday drinking Bordeaux offers rich damson fruit with hints of cocoa on the nose and palate. The supple tannins support an elegant ...
View full details2020 Château des Antonins, Bordeaux Supérieur
“Comfort Claret” Classic, generous and quietly reassuring, Château des Antonins opens with ripe blackcurrant, plum and dark cherry, layered with no...
View full details2018 Chateau Le Pey
Deep ruby in the glass, this classic Médoc claret greets you with aromas of ripe blackcurrant, cedar, and warm spice, lifted by hints of graphite a...
View full details2023 Entre Deux Mers, Château Lestrille
A fantastic blend bringing intense aromas of citrus, lime and pear on the nose and unveiling an expressive mineral character on the palate. This wi...
View full details2022 Sauternes Castelnau De Suduiraut, 375ml
Radiant pale gold in the glass, this second wine from Château Suduiraut is all about freshness, finesse, and quiet indulgence. The nose offers an e...
View full details2019 Chateau Le Gorce, Cru Bourgeois
This classic Médoc blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon is exceptional for the price. Fruity, fresh, with hints of pulpy raspberry, crunc...
View full details2018 Bordeaux Supérieur, Château Lestrille Capmartin
A medium-bodied Bordeaux showing concentrated fruit aromas backed by delicate woody notes. In the mouth is has good freshness, while the structure ...
View full details2016 Château Lucas, Lussac-Saint-Émilion
Deep ruby with flashes of garnet, this polished Saint-Émilion satellite shows all the charm and structure of its famous neighbour. The nose opens w...
View full details2022 Capmartin Bordeaux Blanc, Château Lestrille
A smooth, ripe wine bursting with white peach flavours and superb lemon freshness. Concentrated apricot flavours on the palate are generously kisse...
View full details2018 Chateau de Carles, Fronsac
Château de Carles is a deep and flamboyant Fronsac wine. Silky on the palate and enveloped in tannins as delicate as they are melted, this wine dr...
View full details2015 Chateau Preuillac, Medoc
A fine, elegant wine with plump red-berried fruit and delicate hints of oak spice. Smooth and supple on the palate, with fine tannins and a long, p...
View full details2020 Les Allées de Cantemerle, Château Cantemerle
A traditional and deeply coloured Bordeaux, with a delicate, elegant bouquet of blackcurrant and tobacco through to a smooth, silky palate with a t...
View full details2018 Le Secret de Lestrille Bordeaux Superieur, Château Lestrille
Opulent, “Worthy of a grand cru”, according to the Hachette Guide, this pure Merlot is aged in new barrels, a glass of rich, powerful wine with a b...
View full detailsRiedel Superleggero Bordeaux Grand Cru
The Bordeaux Grand Cru glass is perfect for full-bodied, complex red wines that are high in tannin.This shape was one of the original ‘wine-frien...
View full details2011 Chateau Grand Pey Lescours, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Deep ruby with a touch of garnet at the rim, this is Saint-Émilion at its most inviting, plush, fragrant, and beautifully composed. The nose opens ...
View full details2019 Le Charmes de Kirwan, Chateau Kirwan
This is one of the finest Charmes de Kirwan, the second wine of famous Margaux property Chateau Kirwan, ever produced.In the glass is has a rich de...
View full details2021 Initial de Desmirail, Château Desmirail, Margaux
A real purity of fruit is showcased in this elegant Margaux, with an abundance of blackcurrant, black cherry and fruits of the forest, complemented...
View full details2016 La Chapelle de Haut-Bages Liberal, Pauillac
Precise, intense and expressive wine. This second wine reflects the terroir of Pauillac and pays a fine tribute to Château Haut-Bages Libéral. The ...
View full details2018 Le Relais de Durfort-Vivens, Chateau Durfort-Vivens
Deep ruby in the glass, this second wine of Château Durfort-Vivens is pure Margaux elegance, fragrant, poised, and beautifully detailed. Aromas of ...
View full details2011 Chateau Potensac
Deep garnet in colour, this 2011 Potensac opens with refined aromas of blackcurrant, plum, cedar and dried herbs, followed by graphite and a hint o...
View full details2019 Château de Valois, Pomerol
Château de Valois is a traditional right-bank Bordeaux from a small property with a growing reputation. Beautifully traditional, they blend Merlot...
View full details2013 Château de Suduiraut 1er Cru Classe Sauternes, 375ml
“The Golden Harmony” Glowing deep gold in the glass, this 2013 Château de Suduiraut is a study in balance, lush, honeyed opulence tempered by preci...
View full details2017 Brio de Cantenac Brown, Château Cantenac Brown
This superlative 2nd wine of Château Cantenac-Brown is a rare beast indeed – with only 2500 cases made each year! Aromas of pencil-lead and cedar....
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