Table 13 - Les Vins de Crus

From 3rd-growth Château Giscours (Margaux) and sumptuous, abundant, well-balanced proof that you need not always pay £20+ for a bottle of Left Bank pedigree and finesse.

Château Ramafort is in cracking form. The Cru Bourgeois estate, once belonged to Château Lafite. A 50/50 blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

A showy, voluptuous style of claret - very clearly from a warm, expressive vintage, but still with striking freshness and fine balance.

A perfectly mature 'mini-super-Tuscan' blend of sangiovese, cab franc and merlot and without the super-Tuscan price. Almost two decades on, it's full of delicious nuance, complexity - and life.

Expressive, vibrant nose with perfumed, floral notes enhancing blackberry, mulberry and plum aromas. Mint, mocha and exotic spice layers unfurl, leading to a rich, spicy, robustly structured palate.

Another fine vintage for Andrew McIness’s Ramafort, the 2016 takes the ripeness and expression of the excellent 2015 and adds a nudge more structure and texture.

"Medium-bodied with nice vibrancy and freshness, it offers approachable tannins with a lift to the finish."

Classic Pauillac power and elegance in a fabulous 2016 vintage now coming into its own. Ripe blackberry, sage, rich cedar, earthy notes, firm tannins, solidly structure but still light on ...