Enjoying Clarets for Everyday

This tasting  will be based around tasting and discussing three recent vintages for red Bordeaux, by looking at:

• Wines which are accessible – “lunchtime clarets”, i.e. modest red Bordeaux – rather than rock stars; and
• Developments during the last twenty years: Left Bank, Right Bank; relationships abroad; styles of wine; new permitted grapes; sustainability and climate change.

I’ve chosen wines from the current Majestic list to illustrate the following vintages:

• 2016 – Left Bank (e.g. Médoc, Cabernet Sauvignon predominant)
• 2015 – Right Bank (St Émilion or Pomerol)
• 2010 – either.

1. 2016 Chateau Tour Bayard Montagne 2016 £13.99
   or
   2016 Château Méaume  Bordeaux Supérieur £10.99
   or
   2016 Definition Claret £9.99
2. 2015 Château Grand Faurie La Rose St-Emilion Grand Cru £18.99
   or
   2015 Chateau Marzy Pomerol2
3. 2010 Chateau Caillou, Pomerol £32.97
   or
   2010 Château Citran ‘Moulin de Citran’, Haut-Médoc £16.99