France
When one thinks of France, wine is always one of the foremost symbols of the country. It has been producing quality wine for centuries and is the birthplace of the appellation system. Food and wine is a great part of the French culture.
Names such as Burgundy, Claret and Champagne are all synonymous with France and have given rise to many other wine producing nations to try to copy the style of these wines but seldom with the same panache as the French.
But France's vineyards are a patchwork of different soils, exposures and climates that all give rise to the suitability of different grape varieties and wine-making techniques, thus the wines are diverse in character and style. For instance in Burgundy, the soil structure changes in a small way every 10 meters and in a large way every 100 meteres so despite wines originating from the same village, no two are alike. Thus the expression "don't buy the appellation, buy the grower" was born.
France remains one of the world's largest producers of wine and now the European wine lake has departed, the quality level is in general, excellent. No matter what your palate demands, you'll be sure to find something to please it in France.
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£11.60Château Du Barry Bordeaux Rouge
Château Du BarryChateau Du Barry has a saturated garnet colour that borders on purple-blue. The nose is elegant and powerful, delivering gingerbread, vanilla, and ...
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£22.50Château Caronne Sainte Gemme, Haut-Médoc 2012
Château Caronne Sainte GemmeChateau Caronne Ste Gemme 2012 is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, grown on deep gravelly soil close to Saint-Jul...
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£22.50Château Cissac 2016, Haut-Médoc
Château CissacChateau Cissac 2016, showing more fruit and density than in previous vintages, is a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot...
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£19.95Château Pontet Plaisance Grand Cru Saint-Émilion 2015
Château Pontet PlaisanceChateau Pontet Plaisance 2015 is deep crimson in colour. It is a ripe and full St-Emilion, with blackberry and cassis fruit and a delicious note of...
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£28.50Château Bernadotte 2009, Haut-Médoc
Château Bernadotte"The finest Château Bernadotte made to date, this 2009 is an undeniable sleeper of the vintage. Composed of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot, and...
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£12.50Chateau la Croix de Roche - Bordeaux Superieur 2014
petits chateaux bordeauxThis organic wine is a blend of Merlot, Carmenere, Petit Verdot and Malbec is a favourite for our Bordeaux lovers. Complex, well rounded and now dr...
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£39.95Château Sansonnet 2014 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classe
Château SansonnetChateau Sansonnet 2014 is a really complex, well fruited and brooding St Emilion with excellent structure and plenty of finesse. The classic pencil...
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£18.20Château Haut-Peyrous Graves Rouge Retour De Palombières
Château Haut-PeyrousChateau Haut-Peyrous Graves Rouge Retour De Palombieres is immediately complex on the nose with red fruits, chocolate, violets and pencil shavings....
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Original price £15.85Current price £11.50Chateau Reynon Sauvignon Blanc - Bordeaux Blanc 2015
petits chateaux bordeauxThis bright and elegant wine has a pale lemon colour with mineral notes in the bouquet as well as apple and pears with citrus notes behind. Clean a...
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£26.95Château Caronne Sainte Gemme, Haut-Médoc 2015
Château Caronne Sainte GemmeChateau Caronne Ste Gemme 2015 is a blend of largely Cabernet Sauvignon with a healthy dollop of Merlot and a dash of Petit Verdot, grown on deep ...
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£15.15Lions De Suduiraut 2015 Half Bottle
Château SuduirautLions De Suduiraut 2015 has a youthful, exhuberant nose and enjoys aromas of candied and honeyed dried fruits. A juicy, direct style on the palate,...
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£15.95Château Haut-Colombier 2015, Premières Côtes De Blaye
Château Haut-ColombierChateau Haut-Colombier is a blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Malbec and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Ripe and juicy, this is a ready-to-drink wine. It has berry ...
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£26.75Le Benjamin de Sansonnet Grand Cru St Emilion 2016
Chateau SansonnetThe second wine of this exemplary Grand Cru Classe St Emilion is a terrific offering and often is more impressive than many first wines. Merlot dom...
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£32.95Clementin de Pape Clement - Pessac Leognan 2011
petits chateaux bordeauxChateau Pape Clement is one of the best run estates in Bordeaux and the second wine, Clementin de Pape Clement benefits from the same care and atte...
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£33.00Saint Estephe de Calon Segur - Saint Estephe 2016
Château Calon SégurThe third wine of the fabled chateau Calon Segur which delivers top quality at a superb price. Made from 4 of Bordeaux's major grape varieties, it ...
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£39.50Lacoste Borie - Pauillac 2016
petits chateaux bordeauxThis second wine of the 5th Growth Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste has a great reputation. And rightly so as the Borie family take great care in the prod...
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£28.70Lions De Suduiraut 2015
Château SuduirautLions De Suduiraut 2015 is described as a lighter, "contemporary" take on classic Sauternes; it certainly feels fresh with plenty of racy, orange c...
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£67.10Chateau Gloria - St Julien 2016
petits chateaux bordeauxMeticulous wine-making have given this wine great precision and depth of flavour. It is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot and small amo...
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£60.85Les Pagodes De Cos 2017, Saint-Estèphe
Château Cos D'EstournelDeep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Les Pagodes de Cos sashays out of the glass with youthful, presumptuous notes of Black Forest cake, raspberry ...
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£39.95Château Pavillon Beauregard Le Chapelain 2014, Lalande-De-Pomerol
Château Pavillon BeauregardChateau Pavillon Beauregard Le Chapelain 2014 is adorned with a flattering deep Burgundy colour and reveals an already attractive and complex nose ...
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£20.60Mousset de Bouard - Montagne St Emilion 2016
petits chateaux bordeauxWhat an exceptional wine! They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and so you shouldn't judge a wine by its appellation. Musset de Bouard i...
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£63.95Les Griffons de Pichon Baron - Pauillac 2016
petits chateaux bordeauxThis soft, easy drinking red from the Pichon Baron stable is very easy on the palate and silky too. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlo...
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£42.50Château Sansonnet 2013 Saint-Émilion
Château SansonnetChateau Sansonnet 2013 is a really dark mpurple colour with a nose of ripe black fruits.Due to the extreme low yields in 2013 it has quite a concen...
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£52.75Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse - Pauillac 2017
Château Grand-Puy DucasseThis is an excellent offering from what is quite an underrated estate with vineyards sited close to Batailley, Lafite and Mouton. It has a deep gar...
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