Red Wine
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€39.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
After many years of languishing behind its competitors, by 2008, Château Lascombes was back on form producing world...
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€24.30 The BottleAdd To Cart
In 2017, the harvest was early and in general the wines had slightly more tannins than a warmer year. This is an...
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€23.80 The BottleAdd To Cart
As the name implies, this is the second wine of Chateau Lynch-Moussas, a 5th growth château in the appellation of...
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€19.30 The BottleAdd To CartAn excellent mature claret that will impress with its soft rich claret-y flavours. Will last another three years.
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Pinot Noir from Alsace can be pale in colour but this wine is ruby red and is easy to appreciate with its fresh...
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€93.50 The BottleAdd To Cart
Château Gazin is producing some of the best wine in Pomerol these days. 2003 was a warm year and the wine is soft,...
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€296.50 The BottleAdd To Cart
A limited stock of this very fine 23 year old wine. The top of the top in Grand Cru Saint-Emilion.
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€57.50 The BottleAdd To Cart
This high quality wine is from the warm year, 2003, meaning that it is rich and soft and ready to enjoy now....
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€35.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
This is the second wine of the great Chateau l’Evangile in Pomerol, where there is no classification of Grand Cru...
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€49.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
This high quality wine is from the warm year, 2003, meaning that it is rich and soft and ready to enjoy now....
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€79.50 The BottleAdd To Cart
The second wine of the great Château Palmer, this is a richer style of claret that has been made from 53% Merlot,...
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€9.10 The BottleAdd To Cart
The area of Fitou in the Languedoc makes its reds from Carignan, Grenache and Syrah – grapes that give soft generous...
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€19.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
A fresh floral, yet honeyed, style made from 60% Marsanne and 40% Roussanne vinified at low temperature in stainless...
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€10.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
At a trade tasting in spring 2020, we were impressed with the amount of succulent juicy mid-weight fruit in this...
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This extra-ordinary wine is made from Grenache, Cinsault and Cabernet Sauvignon. With an appealingly full and juicy...
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An old favourite: a rich powerful Rhône wine that goes so well with red meats and cheeses. However, the wine is...
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€9.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
A warm, rich and spicy wine made from an exotic blend of 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah and 20% “old” Carignan. This wine...
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€16.30 The BottleAdd To Cart
This lesser-known sweet red wine is made from Grenache Noir in the Roussillon area and is like a port but without...
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Made from the classic GSM mix (Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre), this has lots of jammy fruit aroma, it’s supple on...
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€33.10 The BottleAdd To Cart
The 18th century Pontac-Lynch is a highly regarded château situated in the commune of Cantenac in Margaux. Made from...
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€11.80 The BottleAdd To Cart
A delicious medal winning full fruity claret. An excellent example of the new quality Côtes de Bourg wines. Numbered...
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€31.20 The BottleAdd To Cart
Charmes de Kirwan, as the second wine of the great Château Kirwan, made from younger vines tends to be a fuller...
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€28.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
This wine has won a few high scores and prizes (in Decanter and 2 stars in the Guide Hachette). An excellent fuller...
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€12.10 The BottleAdd To Cart
From an excellent year, this wine is made by the Bécot family at the Grand Cru Château Beauséjour-Bécot in...
Our Selection of Red Wines
France produces almost every type of red wine style imaginable – it’s just a question of knowing where to find it!
While the classic areas such as Alsace, Burgundy, Bordeaux and Côtes du Rhône without question produce great wines, the south of France and especially the Languedoc is nowadays producing a variety of great red wines at some really attractive prices. Also, not being hidebound by some of the Appellation Controlée regulations, producers can be more flexible and more responsive to public demand.
The Red Wines of Alsace
The red wine of Alsace is made uniquely from red Burgundy's principal grape variety, the Pinot Noir, which lends itself well to the cooler climate of Alsace situated on the eastern side of the Vosges mountains. The Pinot Noir from Alsace is different than that of Burgundy and is certainly worth discovering…
The Red Wines of Beaujolais
These reds are produced 100% from the Gamay grape and are characterised by a soft juicy fruitiness that can range from light to medium bodied. The Beaujolais region comprises ten "crus" or villages which produce the best of the Beaujolais. You will find at Boursot Wines a selection of these wines including Brouilly, Morgon, Juliénas, Beaujolais Villages and sometimes even ...Fleurie!
The Red Wines of Bordeaux
In the heart of Aquitaine on the west coast of France lies Bordeaux, arguably the world's most prestigious wine-growing region. Being on 45° of latitude, Bordeaux produces every type of wine, from dry to sweet white, rosé as well as a wide variety of red wines, ranging from light to full-bodied.
Better known appellations include Margaux, Saint-Julien, Pauillac and Saint-Estèphe on the Médoc peninsula, or left bank, and Saint-Emilion and Pomerol on the right bank of the Gironde estuary. Other appellations to look out for include Graves, Fronsac and Côtes de Bourg. All the wines have a balance between the fruitiness derived from the Merlot and the backbone from the Cabernet Sauvignon, but the majority have a slight dryness on the "finish" or aftertaste. Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenère are also used and all grape content ratios will often vary according to the nature of the year.
The Red Wines of Burgundy
When it comes to Burgundy, one can't help but mention Pinot Noir, the grape variety that produces succulently fruity yet elegant red wines. The red wine of Burgundy is principally found in the Côtes de Nuits, the Côtes de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais. The best of the vineyards lie on a north-south landslip, so that the exposed soils and substrata have a more direct effect on the wines than in other regions. Owing to the parcelisation of vineyards over the centuries, many of the landholdings are tiny and there can be several producers in close proximity that work on a variety of different subsoils! In Burgundy it is more useful to look out for the name of the producer, who uses a certain winemaking style, before the name of a particular village. For instance, the village of Gevrey-Chambertin has 150 different producers, each of whom produces a slightly different wine at a widely varying price. Burgundy is complex and not so easy to understand!
The Red Wines of Côtes de Provence, Languedoc and the South West
The regions of southern France and especially the Languedoc-Roussillon produce nowadays some very high quality wines that can offer some really great value. Thanks to the warmth of climate, these wines can be full and fruity, such as those from Fitou, Minervois and Corbières to name a few. These regions have received much foreign investment in recent years and can produce wines of open sunny nature, not restricted necessarily by an Appellation Contrôlée system that governs grape varieties, cultivation and yields and everything in between. This is an exciting area to watch.
The Red Wines of the Loire
The Loire Valley produces three times more white wine than red. The reds are produced in the main from Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir and Gamay. With such varietals in this relatively northerly latitude, red Loire wines tend towards being fresher and fruity in style that are great with lighter food - or even lunchtime or summer drinking.