When tasting a range of Berry Bros wines last week I came across a new addition to their own-label bordeaux. They have long had one called Good Ordinary Claret, currently a Borie Manoux AC Bordeaux tasting very ordinary indeed at £5.50. They have recently launched an Extra Ordinary Claret however which is really very nice: fresh, pure, easy, fruity and vigorous – great for current drinking, and offered at £11 a bottle.
I looked carefully and saw that it was one of my favourite wines when I tasted the 2001s en primeur, Ch Villa Bel-Air 2001 Graves from the...