Château Argadens Bordeaux Supérieur 2019, France (14.5%, Booths, £11.25; Adnams, £13.49) From a reliable château in the Entre-Deux-Mers, this is merlot-based with 37 per cent cabernet sauvignon.

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet ...

2004 Château d'Argadens, 13.5%vol, Bordeaux, France (£7.59 if you buy six bottles or more in store; Booths). Part of the Maison Sichel stable (along with Châteaux Palmer and d'Angludet), this ...

It’s an inauspicious setting for a chateau listed as a “fifth growth” in the famous 1855 classification of Bordeaux estates, entitled to boast Grand Cru Classé status on its wine label.

On est toujours à la recherche d’un bordeaux de qualité à bon prix. Moi en tout cas. En voici un (assemblage de 63 % merlot, 32 % cabernet sauvignon, 5 % cabernet franc). Torréfaction ...