Ch Noaillac Cru Bourgeois Medoc 2018Winemaker Damien Pages is a bit of a rising star in the region! Youll find his vineyards in the most northerly part of the Medoc a part of Bordeaux that is just now being rediscovered for its ability to produce excellent wines. Merlot 55%, Cabernet Sauvignon 40%, Petit Verdot 5%. One of the greatest from this producer, a fine elegant wine with pure red fruits, ripe blackcurrant and mulberry flavours over toasty cedar, earth and spice nuances with

Characteristically

This helps to develop lots of roasted almond and hay aroma

This is a modern style Syrah from the Northern Rhône

with medium to long macerations and aging in large Slavonian oak

As well as gracing all sorts of cocktails

good on its own or accompanied by canapés

citrus and flinty mineral notes

Château Briatte has been family-run for three generations

Bobal and Albillo to help round out the flavour

Pinot Noir and Meunier

From their small

gooseberry and green apple carried on a fine mineral backbone