Description
Introductory offer for a small saving. We try to hold back from offering our reds until they’re ready to drink, and this new release (Sept 2026) is a case in point. 2022 was a really warm vintage and this rich Bordeaux certainly reflects that with a core of ripe fruit and supple tannins. Four years on from the harvest and the wine is just opening up nicely - our ‘best to drink’ graphic on the back label being about right, with ‘drink with pleasure now or keep’ being the message.
The back label: 'We made this juicy, full-bodied red from 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes which fully ripened after a sun-drenched summer. The wine was aged in small French oak barrels, so while it’s built to last, the dark fruits and supple tannins make it easy to enjoy from four years old.' 13.5% vol
Click here for a single bottle under ‘Pick & Mix’.
See our nifty 'best to drink' graphic on the back label, some notes from experts and a few pics from the vineyard below.
The price includes 20% VAT, UK duty of £3.10 per bottle, shipping to London City Bond, and swift UK mainland delivery for 12 or 24+ bottles (total order).
Volume discounts off order total
These are applied automatically.
'Pick & Mix' bottles are not included.
For orders of 50 or more cases, please get in touch by emailing us.
- Expert opinion
- pics at the Chateau
Previous Vintages:
Château Bauduc (Bordeaux Supérieur) 2019
At just over five years of age this shows lovely maturing fruit on the nose, with savoury blackberry skins laced with leather and pipe tobacco, the secondary characteristics coming in nicely alongside the berry fruits. Finely textured on the palate, cool and rather modest, with a lacy framework of powdered tannins supporting the evolving fruit, and a nice grip in the finish, this is showing very well. Approachable now with the right dish, there is no doubt this one is still on the up for the moment. Drink or hold. The alcohol is 14%. 90/100
Chris Kissack, aka The Wine Doctor
www.thewinedoctor.com (@chriswinedoctor Instagram/X). Tasted April 2025
This is a soft, juicy, plush old boy. I had a ‘go on it’ from Magnum and mistakenly did most of it. Soft on tannin and big on fruit and flesh, it’s what affordable Bordeaux should be - bleedin’ delish.
Tom Gilbey, @tomgilbeywine Instagram, TikTok, YouTube. Tasted August 2025
Château Bauduc (Bordeaux Supérieur) 2017
The year of the frost, nevertheless this has come out of it rather well. A blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, it has a good concentration in the glass, with a dusty and claretty hue. The nose is restrained when compared to other vintages, with savoury notes of dried cranberry and blackberry, in a taut and crunchy just-ripe style, touched with vanilla caramel presumably from the oak. Medium bodied, cool and restrained on the palate, the taut vibe continues here with damson stone and cranberry fruit, and a touch of black pepper. Lightly textured, with dry and lightly grained tannins, and fresh acidity, this is good to drink now. From a 2021 Update. 89/100
Château Bauduc (Bordeaux Supérieur) 2016
This was a benevolent vintage in the region, providing volume and good quality, and the latter aspect shows here. As always it is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. In the glass it shows a surprisingly modest concentration, with a gentle claretty red hue. The nose hints at some early evolution here, with scents of spiced and degraded red cherry fruit, with a medicinal twist. The palate, meanwhile, shows a cool and supple style, with a little silky edge. I see that medicinal twist coming in again, along with notes of red pepper, red cherry and a touch of coconut. Fresh and lightly composed, and for drinking over the next few years. From a 2021 Update. 90/100
'These are excellent-quality wines - reds as well as whites - consistent and easy to enjoy. One to follow.'
Inside Bordeaux, by Jane Anson. Published by BBR, 2020.“Wonderful plummy fruit and liquorice and leather scent. Soft, feathery tannins and just the right amount of mid weight. Not hugely complex, but presses all the right buttons for this level of Bordeaux. Very pleasurable claret.”
Richard Hemming MW, Jancis Robinson.com“Today this is a model estate for Bordeaux, the white wines clean cut and vibrant, the reds increasingly good. And yet they remain affordable.”
Chris Kissack, thewinedoctor.com“Red, pink and white, they are utterly drinkable, each possessing a classic, mouthwatering Bordeaux texture and easy going fruit.”
Oz Clarke
