When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Available for delivery within the UK only.
If you’re after a truly special Christmas gift, our Connoisseur’s Collection is sure to delight and impress. This pack of six features outstanding vintages from some of the world’s greatest winemakers. Inside, you’ll find the 2016 Château Giscours, a 2021 Meursault from Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur and a 2016 Brunello di Montalcino, among other fine wines.
This case contains one 75cl bottle of each of the following:
2016 Château Giscours, Margaux, Bordeaux
2018 Beaune, Vignes Franches, 1er Cru, Dominique Lafon, Burgundy
2019 Lingua Franca, Estate Chardonnay, Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon, USA
2016 Brunello di Montalcino, Gemini, Riserva, La Serena, Tuscany, Italy
2021 Meursault, Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur, Burgundy
2018 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Clos des Papes, Paul Avril & Fils, Rhône
This case arrives in a wooden gift box.
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