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A dashing blend of traditional Douro grape varieties. Rich, ripe and spicy.

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Dried figs, ripe apple skins and wonderfully rich fruit flavours -with the structure and dry finish of the true Amarone. Glorious.

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Dense black/purple colour. Aromas of the Garrigue; juniper and thyme. Rhône meets Bordeaux, falls in love, and cocks-a-snook at all New World pretenders. Divine.

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The lush, green, rolling hills of Beaujolais are home to many different styles, with surprising degrees of variation given the near-complete domination of the Gamay grape. Ten 'cru' villages on granite hills to the north of the region are home to the most substantial wines, and Chénas is renowned for producing some of the longest-lived wines. This is youthful yet sturdy, with plenty of vibrant raspberry fruit. Lovely drinking with roast poultry or soft cheeses.

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One of our most popular reds: elegant and appetising, a mix of Gascon grapes plus a pleasing dash of Merlot. Our 'Jean des Vignes' range is designed to showcase the best in good-quality everyday-drinking from southern France. Made in this case by the ultra-reliable Plaimont winery, who have an admirable focus on polishing the finer characters of the region's local grapes, bringing intriguing styles to a wide audience.

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There's no stopping Telmo Rodriguez, tireless champion of obscure Spanish grape varieties and reviver of ancient vineyards. He roams relentlessly from his Rioja HQ (the Rodriguez family's respected Remelluri estate) seeking out long-forgotten parcels of vines and unlocking their potential. From north-western Spain's hot, rocky, rugged Toro region, this pure Tempranillo is dark, enticing and earthy, with robust bramble fruit flavours and hints of black chocolate richness.

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Wonderful purity of blackfruit flavours, reminiscent of Pauillac were it not for the added warmth.

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Impeccably organic, an impressive alliance of lush, cassis-rich Cabernet and gamey, generous Syrah. Domaine Richeaume lies at the foot of Provence's Sainte-Victoire mountain. The winery itself was built on the vestiges of a Roman Villa by organic vigneron Henning Hoesch. All viticulture at the estate is biodynamic, to the extent that a flock of sheep has been installed to provide fertiliser. Henning produces powerful wines, deserving, as he says, "5 to 6 years of patience".

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Substantial, well-structured, biodynamic claret with ripe concentration of black fruit flavours and restrained oak. John and Véronique Cochran, whose vineyards spread out from their 14th century château (once home to the lords of Lansac, faithful to the English Crown) in an area called 'the little Switzerland of the Gironde' have won praise for their wines from the 'Revue des Vins du France'. Unfiltered, this wine may leave a deposit, natural expression of a living product.

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A brooding beauty that's just starting to show at its best: aromas of roast game and herbs, a dense, rich palate of blackcurrants, figs and plums and a firm tannic finish. Since 1549, Beaucastel has been home to some of the finest Châteauneuf-du-Papes, made from the fruit of classic, pudding stone-strewn vineyards. Marc and Pierre Perrin's progressive commitment to organic cultivation echoes the spirit of their Edwardian scientist forebear, Pierre Perrin, a colleague of Louis Pasteur.

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