El Enemigo is a cult wine producer based in the high-altitude wine region of Mendoza, Argentina. The estate is a joint venture by Adrianna Catena and Alejandro Vigil, chief winemaker at renowned Bodega Catena Zapata since 2002. Together they created El Enemigo ("the enemy") and the Bodega Aleanna winery in 2007 and quickly garnered critical […]
2020 Château Cos d'Estournel, Saint-Estèphe £900 IB per case of 6x75cl EP 96-98 pts WA, 97 pts Decanter, 95-97 pts NM Cos d'Estournel is a vineyard and winery in the Saint-Estèphe appellation of the Médoc. In the 1855 Classification, it was classified as a second growth and remains one of the most prominent and sought-after […]
2020 Château Pontet Canet GBP 445 IB per case of 6x75cl EP 96-98+ pts WA, 97 pts Decanter In 1705, Jean-François de Pontet purchased a few acres of land to the north of the village of Pauillac, which he turned into a vineyard. A few years later, he added several parcels in a place called Canet. […]
2020 Chateau Saint Pierre, St. Julien GBP 231 IB per 6x75cl EP 94-96 pts WA, 93-95 pts AG The St Pierre estate is considered to be one of the oldest in the Médoc. From 1693, the archives confirm the existence of a wine estate known as “Serançan”, owned by the Marquis de Cheverry. In 1767, Baron de […]
Chateau Montelena is most famously known for it’s involvement in the Judgement of Paris - this was a wine tasting in 1976 organised by Steven Spurrier where for the first time a lot of the new world Californian wines were picked over that of their old world contemporaries. Originally constructed in 1888 and called the […]
2023 Bordeaux vintage – A well priced surprise? Having spent some time in Bordeaux tasting the new vintage, the conversations were more about price than the wines themselves, which whilst in itself is a shame, is a reflection of the wine market that these wines will be released into. Whilst there was never any […]
Château Cantenac-Brown, Margaux GBP 206 IB per case of 6x75cl EP Château Cantenac-Brown is a wine producer located in Margaux, on the left bank of the Gironde river in Bordeaux. It was established in the early 19th Century and was classified as a third growth in the 1855 Classification of the Medoc and Graves.The vineyard […]
2020 Alter Ego, Chateau Palmer – GBP 305 per 6x75cl IB EP We are pleased to offer the fantastic second wine, Alter Ego from Chateau Palmer. . Alter Ego made its debut with the 1998 vintage. The birth of Alter Ego coincided with the purchase of 8 hectares of vines, which became the key […]
Gosset is the oldest wine house in Champagne. It was founded in Aÿ in 1584 by Pierre Gosset an alderman and wine-grower who made mostly red wines. At that time the region’s still wines competed for pride of place on the best tables of France with the wines of Beaune which were made from the […]
2020 Domaine de Chevalier (Rouge), Pessac-Léognan GBP 282 IB per case of 6x75cl EP 95-97+ points WA, 95-97 points AG One of things that makes Domaine de Chevalier unique is how it achieved fame in a relatively short time compared to the majority of Bordeaux great growths, which took several centuries to acquire a similar status. […]
