I popped over to the Berry Bros & Rudd Warehouse in Basingstoke on Saturday to pick up a half dozen bottles of wine for the holiday and also snagged a couple of their own brand Clarets to consume with various meals we have planned, we started that very evening and opened one up. I've had this wine several times before from different vintages and it doesn't disappoint! Made by Chateaux Villa Bel-Air down in the Graves region of Bordeaux it's a classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes and has a nice softness to it, sometimes Cab blends can be a bit "angular" but this one is all blueberries and blackcurrants with nicely integrated oak and smooth tannins. Not cheap at £17 a bottle but not crazy expensive either, tasted blind I reckon it would knock the socks off Supermarket imitations of this classic style any day of the week.
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