Chunky, Bold, Forrest

Blend: Merlot 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon 40%

Tasting Notes: A silky, full-medium bodied wine. Developing a softer texture over time, flavours of tobacco and ripe red fruits dominate.

Food Pairing: Grilled or roast lamb. Intense garlicky dishes match perfectly.

Plump, Juicy, Tannic

Blend: Merlot 90%, Cabernet Sauvignon 10%

Tasting Notes: Moulin d’Issan 2019 shows an expressive and crunchy red fruit character with a deep colour. The finish is very well-balanced, ended with fine tannins.

Food Pairing: Hot game pies and hearty stews. This is great with mashed potatoes, gratin dauphinoise, mushrooms and truffles.

Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 50%, Merlot 40%, Cabernet Franc 10%

Tasting Notes: The aroma of wine is revealed expressive notes of ripe cherries and cassis, hints of Oriental spices, light notes of tobacco and cedar nuances.

Food Pairing: The wine is the perfect accompaniment for dishes of red and white meat, game, poultry and cheeses and even desserts

Almonds, Cedar, Smoke

Blend: Merlot 62%, Cabernet Sauvignon 32%, Petit Verdot 6%

Tasting Notes: This Lilian Ladouys 2020 has a beautiful and intense purple colour. The bouquet is very open, dominated by the Merlots, and exhibits notes of small red fruits and orange peels. After aeration, the wine is on the rise and reveals flavours of cedar and gunflint aromas. The palate is expressive, it has a lovely attack extended by a chewy structure. The finish has some powdered tannins with a lot of moka and toasted almonds flavours.

Food Pairing: Get out the charcuterie. Simple grilled meats and goat and sheep cheeses.

Cherry, Blueberry, Cocoa

Blend: Merlot 67%, Cabernet Sauvignon 30%, Petit Verdot 3%

Tasting Notes: Ethereal, fresh, appealing to both the nose and palate. Pedesclaux's second wine is a flower that unfurls as you approach. Thanks to its reliance on a high proportion of Merlot, the wine is soft and gentle, with a delicious silky texture.

Food Pairing: Try it with homemade burgers or even some Chinese crispy shredded duck pancakes.

Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 67%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 6%, Petit Verdot 2%

Tasting Notes: The Château Lafon-Rochet 2016 vintage has remarkable strength and length providing much elegance to the tasting experience.

Reviews: "93-94/100 Plenty of fruit and concentration to this wine, and it’s buttressed by the tannins. Muscular and intense. Full-bodied yet reserved and tight. Excellent" - James Suckling 2017

"95/100 This is a fabulous Lafon-Rochet and certainly the best bottle of 2016 that I have encountered" - Neal Martin 2020