France
France remains the benchmark for fine wine, home to many of the world's most celebrated vineyards, historic estates and sought-after, age-worthy wines. Its extraordinary diversity of climates, soils and grape varieties has shaped centuries of winemaking tradition, with many of the world's great wine styles and varieties still judged against their French counterparts.
Bordeaux is renowned for its structured, long-lived blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, while Burgundy produces remarkably precise, terroir-driven expressions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Champagne, made principally from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, is the world's most celebrated sparkling wine, equally capable of marking a special occasion or developing wonderful complexity with age.
Elsewhere, the Loire Valley stretches from mineral Sauvignon Blanc and wonderfully age-worthy Chenin Blanc to elegant Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir. The Rhône Valley brings another contrast, from the perfumed, structured Syrah of the Northern Rhône to the rich, Grenache led blends of the south. Provence has become synonymous with elegant, pale rosé, while the Languedoc and Roussillon offer an exciting combination of historic vineyards, Mediterranean varieties and exceptional value.
From everyday regional wines to some of the rarest and most coveted bottles in the world, few countries can match France for its breadth of styles, sense of place and enduring influence on the world of wine.
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Mas de Daumas Gassac, Rouge 1985, Languedoc, 75cl
Founded in the late 1960s by Aimé Guibert and his wife Véronique, Mas de Daumas Gassac was born from their recognition of the extraordinary potenti...
View full detailsHudelot-Noellat, Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers 2011, 75cl
"A relatively high-toned nose of earthy red and blue pinot fruit, violet and a hint of the sauvage seamlessly merges into delicious and vibrant mid...
View full detailsExcellence de Belliard 2014, Saint Julien, 600cl Imperial
An impressive large format bottle from one of Bordeaux's most prestigious appellations.
Excellence de Belliard 2014, Pessac Leognan, 600cl Imperial
An impressive large format bottle from one of Bordeaux's most prestigious appellations.
M. Chapoutier, Ermitage Le Meal 2007, 75cl
"Chapoutier's 2007 Ermitage le Meal offers a full-bodied, charming, character-filled personality to go with notes of black raspberries, creme de ca...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Cote Rotie La Mordoree 2004, 75cl
"The 2004 Cote Rotie La Mordoree is dark ruby/purple in 2004 with notes of cassis, melted licorice, incense, and pepper. The wine has good power, c...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Ermitage L'Ermite 2004, 75cl
"All of the single vineyard Ermitages turned out as good as I had hoped, possibly even better. In short they are among the strongest wines one coul...
View full detailsDomaine Tortochot, Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2013, 75cl
"Matured in 80% new oak, the 2013 Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru was bottled in December. It has a straightforward bouquet with brambly red berry fru...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Ermitage Les Greffieux 2009, 75cl
"Closer in style to the ’11, yet with more mid-palate depth and concentration, the 2009 Ermitage Les Greffieux is a voluptuous, decadent and seriou...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Cote Rotie La Mordoree 2007, 75cl
"The more closed, dark ruby/purple-colored 2007 Cote Rotie La Mordoree exhibits tart acidity as well as a cooler, greener mouthfeel. Notions of bay...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Ermitage Le Meal 2004, 75cl
"Showing signs of maturity, the 2004 Ermitage le Meal is an elegant, pretty and seamless Hermitage that offers up plenty of dried flowers, dried sp...
View full detailsTrimbach, Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles Hors Choix 2000, Alsace, 75cl
"The apricot-scented 2000 Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles Hors Choix is a massive, white peach, assorted yellow fruit, and zesty lemon-fl...
View full detailsBernard Faurie, Hermitage 2006, 75cl
"Bright ruby color. Intense, spicy red berry and cherry aromas, along with a subtle anise quality. Silky in texture, with elegant raspberry and can...
View full detailsDomaine Maume Marchand-Tawse, Mazoyeres Chambertin Grand Cru 2013, 75cl
"Full, bright red. Aromas of redcurrant and pungent sweet oak. At once fleshy and quite primary, with crushed redcurrant, mineral and spice flavors...
View full detailsTrimbach, Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles 1989, Alsace, 75cl
"The 1989 Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles has leafy/minty, apricot, fruit cake, dried and candied fruit aromas, with some spicy/white pep...
View full detailsDomaine Bruno Clavelier, Corton Grand Cru Le Rognet 2007, 75cl
"Discreet wood spice notes frame elegant, expressive and ripe red and blue pinot fruit aromas nuanced by hints of underbrush and earth that continu...
View full detailsDomaine Bruno Clavelier, Corton Grand Cru Le Rognet 2008, 75cl
"Almost invisible oak allows the spicy, ripe and mildly sauvage red berry fruit aromas to shine and this transparency extends to the dense, serious...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Ermitage Le Meal 2014, 75cl
"The sweetly fruited, downright sexy 2014 Ermitage le Meal offers plenty of raspberry jam, toasted bread and floral notes in a ripe, expansive, mou...
View full detailsDomaine Maume Marchand-Tawse, Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru 2013, 75cl
"Medium red, a bit less saturated than the Mazoyères. Ripe aromas of musky strawberry, licorice and game are complicated by exotic oak tones. Sweet...
View full detailsMas de Daumas Gassac, Rouge 1989, Languedoc, 75cl
Founded in the late 1960s by Aimé Guibert and his wife Véronique, Mas de Daumas Gassac was born from their recognition of the extraordinary potenti...
View full detailsDomaine Pierre Damoy, Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru 2008, 75cl
"The 2008 Chapelle-Chambertin is a huge wine endowed with striking purity in its rich, dark fruit. Despite its sheer richness, the Chapelle also sh...
View full detailsDomaine Arlaud, Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2011, 75cl
"This offers a completely different aromatic profile with its intense floral, earth and spice aromas that add considerable breadth to the red curra...
View full detailsJaboulet, Hermitage La Chapelle 1983, 75cl
"Fantastic quality makes your palate spin with joy. Warm July and August with timely rains were a recipe for greatness, and this is a vin de garde....
View full detailsM. Chapoutier, Ermitage L'Ermite 2008, 75cl
"It is an amazing achievement. Even better is the 2008 Ermitage l’Ermite (449 cases). Not as concentrated as Le Pavillon, it reveals a powdered roc...
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