2016 Berrys'Own Selection

Celebrated British artist Kate Boxer created her dashing dandy – a nod to our former customer Beau Brummell – for the latest in our limited-edition series of Good Ordinary Claret. Just 7,000 bottles have been produced.

Our best-selling wine for many decades, GOC, as it's known, brilliantly highlights the drinkability of modern red Bordeaux. Bright, medium ruby in colour it has a siren-like nose of black cherries, bramble fruit and wood smoke. The palate follows through with a long, velvety finish. Equally at home with a weekday supper or a grand Sunday roast, it is the perfect wine for all occasions.

Once again, sisters María and Cristina Amézola de la Mora have produced our own-label Rioja. A nose of fresh hedgerow fruit and subtle vanilla leads to a generous but fresh palate of raspberries and blackberries, with hints of cinnamon and exotic spice. The layers of fruit reveal the wine’s complexity and finesse. This is gloriously enticing.
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

From the hills of Gaiole, in Tuscany's historic Chianti Classico zone, this Sangiovese-dominant blend is made by Badia a Coltibuono. Perfumed aromas of red cherry, wild herbs and a spicy complexity lead to a dense palate laden with ripe fruit, savoury depth and freshness. The tannins are integrated and polished, framinga generous finish. Perfect with grilled meats or tomato-based pasta dishes.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Since its first vintage in 2002, “EOC” has come from a single estate in Graves. Surely the finest showing yet, the 2016 is a textbook example of classic, rounded Claret, that can be enjoyed now, or cellared for a year or two. Loaded with rich blackberry fruit, with a warming, woody finish, it will drink as well with a modest midweek meal as it will with the grandest of roasting joints.
Max Lalondrelle, Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

We are delighted that our own-label New Zealand Pinot Noir has once again been produced for us by Pinot Noir specialist, Greystone, in North Canterbury. This delicious 2016 has a gorgeously open nose of red and black cherries. The fleshy fruit continues on the palate, accompanied by an extremely appealing savoury quality and a smoky element that draws you in. The wine is very attractive, both vibrant and refreshing, and the long finish gives it real gravitas.
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer

Our best-selling wine for many decades, GOC, as it's known, brilliantly highlights the drinkability of modern red Bordeaux. Bright, medium ruby in colour it has a siren-like nose of black cherries, bramble fruit and wood smoke. The palate follows through with a long, velvety finish.
Max Lalondrelle, Wine Buyer

This is the first vintage of our own-label St Julien to be made by Ch. Léoville-Las Cases, one of the finest properties in Bordeaux. Broodingly deep, dark and glossy in the glass, it has a ripe nose of black cherries, crème de cassis and cedar wood. The full-bodied palate is laden with pure blackcurrant fruit, wood-smoke and has a long, complex finish. A blend of 63 percent Merlot and 37 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, the superb 2016 vintage will repay a year or two in the cellar, but is hard to resist now.

Our own Pauillac has long come from the JM Cazes family, the owners of Ch. Lynch-Bages, and the 2016 vintage is arguably the finest we’ve tasted. From its dark, glossy colour to the gorgeously intense nose of ripe blackcurrant, this shows all the hallmarks of Cabernet-driven Claret. A touch of creamy oak encases a core of rich, cassis fruit, but the key to this vintage is its balance, which shows on the long, elegant finish. Gorgeous now, this will cellar impeccably for a couple of years. It’s a classic match for salt marsh lamb, but cottage pie would do just as nicely.
Max Lalondrelle, Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Our 2016 Nuits-St Georges has once again been made for us by the talented Benjamin Leroux. We have blended the fruit of two vineyards — Aux St Jacques and Les Fleuriöres — to paint a complete picture of the appellation. The former provides floral perfume, elegant tannins and red berry fruit, while the latter gives structure, spice and black fruit. It's an irresistible combination which should be enjoyed now or over the next few years. Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer

Made by Rossignol-Trapet, our 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin is made with fruit from 10 organically farmed, old-vine plots. The old vines provide both concentration and balance, while the varied locations of the parcels give a true expression of the village. A bouquet of vibrant redcurrant and flowers seduces, while the palate is packed with sweet cherry fruit and subtle spice, finishing on a precise and mineral finish. Try it with roast lamb or mushroom Wellington. 
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

A blend of Grenache and Cinsault, direct pressed and fermented at relatively low temperatures, this is an archetypal Provence Rosé, a category which is getting more and more popular and in which the spectrum of quality is ever-widening. Mascaronne is right at the top of the pile, quite literally, its stony, photogenic vineyards carved out of the rocks, its fruit cultivated organically and at low yields.

The 2016 vintage enjoyed a benevolent ripening season, even by Provençal standards, and this harmonious backdrop has been expertly captured by our friends at Mascaronne. Cinsault and Grenache are the majority shareholders here, and are perfectly complementary; the first floral and lifted, the second rounded and generous. The wine is a symphony of red fruit and soft spice, its gentle nacreous colour perfectly antithetical to the expressive and joyful fruit basket of the palate.