Hang on, stop pushing at the back! Our annual ‘defrocked’ claret offer from FromVineyardsDirect might well be one of our most popular, but please quit jostling and get back in line. There’s plenty for everyone, I promise.
As you know, these wines come from some of the finest châteaux in all Bordeaux – the very finest – made from younger vines and/or excess fruit with the same care and attention that goes into the grands vins. OK, so they may not boast quite the same complexity as the grands vins, but they are dusted with the same Bordelais stardust and give canny wine lovers the chance to nab a bargain or so of impeccable pedigree.
These wines come from some of the finest châteaux in all Bordeaux – the very finest
The châteaux are wary of the wines’ provenance being identified and ask that I don’t name them exactly. I can hint at them, though and you can read between the lines…
Although from one of the appellation’s most celebrated estates, the 2020 Saint-Estèphe (1) could almost come from Somerton, so classic an ‘English’ claret is it.
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