Bring out the Bordeaux
Includes three bottles of each of the below wines
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Chateau Les Combes, Lussac-Saint-Emilion, 2020
100% unoaked Merlot from a single vineyard with thin soils over limestone located at one of the highest points in the appellation. A long term SVS favourites from grower Frédéric Borderie, it has fresh blackberry and plum fruit and there is a stony note on the finish. Fine tannins give structure and support the fruit. Balanced and refined, this is a smart claret for all occasions. Now-2027
ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
GrowerFrederic Borderie
Grape VarietyMerlot
Vintage2020
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeGRC420
Frederic Borderie, Chateaux Les Combes and Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux, France
Frederic Borderie, in his late 30s, is one of our stars, making delicious, perfumed whites and a range of reds which he fairly views as the equals - both in quality and longevity - of more expensive wines from grander appellations.
Modestly he ascribes their success to his vineyards being on gravelly river terraces of the Isle river, an underrated terroir with some similarities to the...
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Merlot
Origins
- Bordeaux region. Known by 18thC
- Now much more widely planted in Bordeaux than Cabernet Sauvignon
Characteristics
- Productive - high yielding …but early budding, so vulnerable to frost (e.g. 1956)
- In comparison to Cabernet Sauvignon: higher sugars and appealing...
Chateau Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux Superieur, 2020
“Firm, shaded garnet. Nice lifted leafiness on a ripe-fruited palate. Bone-dry finish. Just the job for classicists seeking a bargain. And already a pleasure to drink. VGV 16.5/20, Drink 2023-2028”, Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com, 8th November 2025
Frédéric Borderie’s principal wine, 65% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc, as ever a superb generic unoaked Bordeaux. He chose to adopt his grandfather’s marvellous traditional black, red and gold...
ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
GrowerFrederic Borderie
Grape VarietyMerlot, Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc
Vintage2020
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeGRC120
Frederic Borderie, Chateaux Les Combes and Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux, France
Frederic Borderie, in his late 30s, is one of our stars, making delicious, perfumed whites and a range of reds which he fairly views as the equals - both in quality and longevity - of more expensive wines from grander appellations.
Modestly he ascribes their success to his vineyards being on gravelly river terraces of the Isle river, an underrated terroir with some similarities to the...
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Francis a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon.
A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Many of the red wines of the Loire are primarily Cabernet Franc.
Origins ...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Chateau Beauregard Ducasse, Graves, 2022
A splendidly suave and traditional Bordeaux.. 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon; and about 20% in barrels. Deeply hued. Already delicious and interesting: red cherry and berry heart tinged with some savoury notes. Lovely ripeness without heat. Graceful, with just the right support of gentle tannins and restrained, stony Graves character. Now-2029
The Perromat family’s estate is now in its seventh generation, run by Albert with help from his father Jacques and his uncle. They...
ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
Sub RegionGraves
GrowerBeauregard Ducasse
Grape VarietyMerlot & Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage2022
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeBDU822
Château Beauregard Ducasse
Graves
Jacques Perromat’s sixth generation family estate lies at Mazères near Langon at the southern end of the Graves, with about 50 hectares of gravelly vineyards on limestone sub-soils hacked out of the surrounding forest from 1850.
This is as far removed - and not just in distance - from the grand estates of the Haut-Médoc as possible: here the...
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Cabernet Sauvignon
The most prestigious red grape?
Origins
- Bordeaux region, as a natural cross of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc (established 1997 by DNA analysis)
- Was known as Vidure or Petit-Vidure
- Spread throughout left bank of Bordeaux, supplanting white grapes
Characteristics
- Fairly easy to grow: hardy, buds...
Château Beausejour, Fronsac, 2020
The latest vintage of a long term value here.The Melet family has owned the Château in Fronsac for five generations. Since 2011, the consultant oenologist has been one of Bordeaux’s finest, Stéphane Derenoncourt: here the grapes are picked by hand and the wine isaged for eighteen months, two thirds in barrel. 95% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc in this vintage. Wonderful ripeness and aromatics. Fleshy blackcurrant flavours with light tannins. Excellent persistence and a pleasing plumminess...
ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
Sub RegionFronsac
GrowerChâteau Beausejour
Grape VarietyMerlot & Cabernet Franc
Vintage2020
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBEA120
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Francis a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon.
A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Many of the red wines of the Loire are primarily Cabernet Franc.
Origins ...
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Bring out the Bordeaux
Includes three bottles of each of the below wines
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