Red Wine
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€9.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
Typical of this region, this red has a soft dry fruitiness derived from the Cabernet Franc. Mr. Bruneau, the...
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€18.10 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Ce vin servit autrefois sur les tables royales de Louis XVI, appartenant à la...
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€18.50Add To Cart
A fuller style of red Bordeaux produced in the Entre Deux Mers region, which disallows red wines to be classified...
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€36.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
Château d'Issan always produces fuller styles of Margaux and this wine, being made from younger vines at the château...
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€43.80 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Château Talbot s'étend sur 110 hectares dans l'appellation Saint-Julien, dont...
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€53.50 The BottleAdd To Cart
One of Margaux’s most famous wines, now at its peak with 30 years in bottle. This is a wine that is full, yet...
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€39.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Le château Valandraud appartient à Jean-LucThunevin et Murielle Andraud depuis...
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Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Château Trottevieille fut acheté par Marcel Borie en 1947. Il devient Grand Cru...
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Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Au départ nommé le "Clos Chantemerle", c'est en 1966 que le nom de Bosquet des...
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€31.20 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Au départ nommé le "Clos Chantemerle", c'est en 1966 que le nom de Bosquet des...
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€30.10 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave :
Patrice Magni a repris le domaine familial en 1993, qui a été créé par son...
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€27.20 The BottleAdd To Cart
At 350 metres of altitude, the vines of Dames Huguettes are arguably the best vineyard in the Hautes Côtes behind...
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€33.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
A mature fragrant wine from arguably one of Burgundy’s greatest producers. It has been aged in oak for up to 14...
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As the second wine of the great Château Pressac, Grand Cru Classé in the prime Saint-Etienne de Lisse area, this is...
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€8.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine/La Maison/ La Cave
Vinificateur d'exception, maintes fois récompensé, Alain Brumont a su créer un style...
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€11.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
Le Domaine / La Maison / La Cave
Le Domaine du Bourg Neuf situé à Varrains à quelques kilomètres de Saumur, a donné...
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€28.30 The BottleAdd To Cart
A wine with an amazing purity of Pinot fruit on the nose, elegant, soft and round on the palate, with an incredibly...
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A delightful fresh and fragrant style of Pinot Noir, that offers super value for money. The wine has plenty of...
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€67.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
Nowadays this château is producing astoundingly good wine. This is from the last of the great noughties vintages in...
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€30.90 The BottleAdd To Cart
In 1948, this château was detached from the renowned Château Duhart-Milon, the home of the Rothschild family of...
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€23.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
The second wine of the famous Château La Croix du Casse, a property that has been acquired recently by the owners of...
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Called “The Cherries” because the wine evokes the freshness of this fruit. This is one of the most attractive wines...
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€20.40 The BottleAdd To Cart
This is an understated wine, coming from Comblanchien, just beside "Clos de la Maréchale", one of Nuits Saint...
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€11.00 The BottleAdd To Cart
A lovely smooth and juicy Beaujolais made from the Gamay grape. 2009 produced Beaujolais of fantastic quality, and...
Our Selection of Red Wines
France produces almost every type of red wine style imaginable – it’s just a question of knowing where to go to find it!
While the classic areas such as Alsace, Burgundy, Bordeaux and Côtes du Rhône without question produce great wine, the south of France and especially the Languedoc is nowadays producing a variety of great red wines at really attractive prices. Also, not being hidebound by some of the Appellation Controlée regulations, producers can be more flexible and more responsive to public demand.
The Red Wines of Alsace
The red wine of Alsace is made uniquely from red Burgundy's principal grape variety, the Pinot Noir, which lends itself well to the cooler climate of Alsace situated on the eastern side of the Vosges mountains. The Pinot Noir from Alsace is different than that of Burgundy and is worth discovering…
The Red Wines of Beaujolais
These reds are produced 100% from the Gamay grape and are characterised by a soft juicy fruitiness that can range from light to medium bodied. The Beaujolais region comprises ten "crus" or villages which produce the best of the Beaujolais. You will find at Boursot Wines a selection of these wines including Brouilly, Morgon, Juliénas, Beaujolais Villages and sometimes even ...Fleurie!
The Red Wines of Bordeaux
In the heart of Aquitaine on the west coast of France lies Bordeaux, arguably the world's most prestigious wine-growing region. Being on 45° of latitude, Bordeaux produces every type of wine, from dry to sweet white, rosé as well as a wide variety of red wines, ranging from light to full-bodied.
Better known appellations include Margaux, Saint-Julien, Pauillac and Saint-Estèphe on the Médoc peninsula, or left bank, and Saint-Emilion and Pomerol on the right bank. Other appellations to look out for include Graves, Fronsac and Côtes de Bourg. All the wines have a degree between the fruitiness derived from the Merlot and the backbone from the Cabernet Sauvignon, but they all have a slight dryness on the finish. Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenère are also used and all grape content ratios often vary according to the nature of the year.
The Red Wines of Burgundy
When it comes to Burgundy, one can't help but mention Pinot Noir, the grape variety that produces succulently fruity yet elegant red wines. The red wine of Burgundy is principally found in the Côtes de Nuits, the Côtes de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais. The best of the vineyards lie on a north-south landslip, so that the exposed soils and substrata have a more important effect on the wines than in other regions. Owing to the parcelisation of vineyards over the centuries, meaning that the average landholding is tiny, there can be several producers in a small area that contains a variety of different soils! It is more useful to look out for the name of the producer, who uses a certain winemaking style, before the name of the village. For instance, the village of Gevrey-Chambertin has 150 different producers, each of whom produces a slightly different wine at a widely varying price. Burgundy is complex!
The Red Wines of Côtes de Provence, Languedoc and the South West
The regions of southern France and especially the Languedoc-Roussillon produce nowadays some very high quality wines that can be of great value. Thanks to the warmth of climate, these wines can be full and fruity, such as those from Fitou, Minervois and Corbières to name a few. These regions have received much foreign investment in recent years and can produce wines of open sunny nature, not restricted necessarily by an Appellation Contrôlée system that governs grape varieties, cultivation and yields and everything in between. This is an exciting area.
The Red Wines of the Loire
The Loire Valley produces three times more white wine than red. The reds are produced in the main from Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir and Gamay. With such varietals, red Loire wines tend towards being lighter, refreshing and fruity in style that are great with lighter food or even lunchtime or summer drinking.