Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
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
Join us for an evening exploring the famous communes of Bordeaux’s Left Bank. You’ll explore a range of examples from top châteaux, comparing and contrasting their different styles, looking at vintage variation and the wines’ ability to age. You will also get a feel for the context in which they are made, as we explore how these wines relate to the rest of Bordeaux and how they represent the region in today’s international wine market.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: Champagne Gosset, Blanc De Blancs, Brut
2020 Brane-Cantenac Blanc, Bordeaux Blanc
2015 Château Calon Ségur, 3ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe
2012 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, 2ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
2015 Château Haut-Bailly, Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan
2014 Château Brane-Cantenac, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux
2014 Baron de Brane, Margaux
2017 Château Léoville Las Cases, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien
2001 Château Léoville Las Cases, 2ème Cru Classé, St Julien
2017 Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
2006 Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac
Dress code: smart casual
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