The below are well-selected, highly individualistic and expressive reds which offer tremendous value for money.
| Orangerie Rouge de Château Pennautier 2007 |
2.95 |
| This wine conveys all the warm, generous and extrovert flavours of southern France. | |
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| Merlot de Pennautier 2007 (Carcassonne) |
2.95 |
| Dark and smooth like a mahogany tan. Beau Geste's favourite gulper after staggering over the desert dunes! | |
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| Côtes-du-Rhône ‘Les Costes’ 2007 |
3.50 |
| Light and fruity, very gluggable drop. |
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| Cabernet- Merlot de Pennautier 2005 (Elevé en fûts de chéne) |
3.95 |
| If you can’t afford Pétrus this oak-aged smoothie is ideal! The poor man’s Pomerol! |
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| Château Bastide (Cabardes) 2005 |
3.95 |
| Inhale and devour the rich and intense fruits, the herbs and the spices of the sultry and seductive south. Magnificent stuff ! Gold medal, Paris..mais naturellement ! |
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| La Combe des Oliviers 2005 (Corbières) |
3.95 |
| Porthos’ preferred tipple with a duo of ducks and a couple of plump partridges. An appetite inspiring wine at a duck-pond price! 3.95 |
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| Château de Pennautier 2005 (Cabardès) |
4.50 |
‘Deeply seductive, luxurious red..’ (Jane MacQuitty, The Times , October 2006).
Sells in Majestic U.K. for circa 4.99 pounds per bottle. Also listed in Berry Bros. Ideal for claret lovers! |
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| La Côte des Pins 2005 (Faugères) |
4.50 |
| ‘Showing an intense nose of stewed plums and fresh blackberries, with hints of Havana cigars and bay leaves,it is warm and generous on the palate with big, ripe tannins and a firm long finish.’ (Majestic U.K.) The latter sell at 5.99 pounds per bottle. |
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| Château Dubois-Gramont 2006 |
4.95 |
| Gold medal award Paris for the 2005. ‘Telegraph’ Wines U.K. sell the 2004 for 71.00 pounds sterling per dozen! |
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| Château de Pennautier Terroirs d’Altitude 2004 (Cabardès) |
5.95 |
| The colour bedazzles with Rembrandt hints.Ripe, mature, autumnal scents waft from the glass, and the overall bouquet and flavours outclass many clarets at double or even treble the price. |
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