Château Picoron, 'Le Bon Nobel', Bordeaux 2015

Bordeaux but not as we know it - this Australian led winery is producing wines outside of the appellation rules from the base of an ancient estate. Made from a single plot of Merlot (thus the Merle blackbird on the label) on the famous St Émilion ridge, the wine is both fermented and aged in barrel, spending 20 months in French oak. Full of typically earthy, plummy fruit and eminently quaffable, this wine is the perfect marriage of new world winemaking and Bordeaux terroir. 

From: France, Bordeaux

Made with: Merlot

Style: Medium bodied red

ABV: 14.5%