{"title":"Cabernet Franc","description":"\u003cp\u003eCabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc, it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard – it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St Émilion, where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils.\u003cbr\u003eCabernet Franc thrives in the Loire, where the cooler growing conditions serve to accentuate the grape’s herbaceous, grassy, lead pencil aromas. The best wines come from the tuffeaux limestone slopes of Chinon and Bourgueil.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1985-chateau-cheval-blanc-st-emilion-bordeaux","title":"1985 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood full colour. Less development than most. Lovely nose. Rich, cedary, chocolaty, intense and classy. Fullish. Still not yet ready. 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From a cool year, with a late start to spring and an early end to summer, which generally produced lighter, earlier drinking wines, Sassicaia 2014 nonetheless rises above the noise with a fresh and juicy expression of fragrant dried fruits and moreish blackberries with spicy, meaty and balsamic touches. It displays a streak of blackcurrant coulis and an aromatic note of toasted fenugreek seed on the long, gentle finish. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elacks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e some complexity and concentration compared to more esteemed vintages, but don't be fooled into thinking this is anything other than very good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrink 2023 - 2043\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Button, Decanter.com (February 2023)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berry Bros. \u0026 Rudd Hong Kong","offers":[{"title":"75cl","offer_id":45856681754780,"sku":"2014-0750-00-8008596","price":2180.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/7794\/3880\/files\/20148008596_Sassicaia_Tenuta-San-Guido_2014_01.jpg?v=1752664370"},{"product_id":"2000-chateau-montrose-st-estephe-bordeaux","title":"2000 Château Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux","description":"\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"668ao-0-0\" data-editor=\"27fmr\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"668ao-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"668ao-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eJust beginning to soften and open after a stubborn few decades. Tobacco and crushed mint leaf sit against blackberry and bilberry fruits that continue to be held by a firm frame of tannins. A stately Montrose with a long future ahead is packed with the power and finesse that is so signature to this estate. Harvest September 22 to October 7. First year in the new stainless steel vat room. 2% Petit Verdot completes the blend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"668ao-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"668ao-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\" data-editor=\"27fmr\" data-block=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eDrink 2022 - 2035\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"3b89m-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eJane Anson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Berry Bros. \u0026 Rudd Hong Kong","offers":[{"title":"75cl","offer_id":45758166171804,"sku":"2000-0750-00-8009942","price":1590.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/7794\/3880\/files\/20008009942_Chateau-Montrose_Ch-Montrose-St-Estephe_2000_01.jpg?v=1765540818"},{"product_id":"2005-chateau-lynch-bages-pauillac-bordeaux","title":"2005 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is tremendously harmonious on the nose, with notes of ripe dark fruit and hints of mint and spice. There are oodles of ripe black fruit on the palate, which is rich and fine, perfectly balanced by crisp acidity and fine tannins. It is satisfying and elegant on the finish. The wine is drinking well now and will do over the next decade or so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Pollington, Account Manager, Berry Bros. \u0026amp; Rudd (September 2025)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berry Bros. \u0026 Rudd Hong Kong","offers":[{"title":"75cl","offer_id":45758884249756,"sku":"2005-0750-00-8004817","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/7794\/3880\/files\/20058004817_Chateau-Lynch-Bages_Ch-Lynch-Bages-Pauillac_2005_01.jpg?v=1765555174"},{"product_id":"1986-chateau-lafite-rothschild-pauillac-bordeaux","title":"1986 Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac, Bordeaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery intense deep garnet colour with a ripe classical nose. Medium to full-bodied on the palate with marvellously silky black fruits and pronouced, velvety tannins. Very intense and very Lafite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berry Bros. \u0026 Rudd Hong Kong","offers":[{"title":"75cl","offer_id":46021756190876,"sku":"1986-0750-00-8008857","price":9900.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/7794\/3880\/files\/19868008857_Chateau-Lafite-Rothschild_Ch-Lafite-Rothschild-Pauillac_1986_01.jpg?v=1769531881"},{"product_id":"2023-berry-bros-rudd-extra-ordinary-claret-by-chateau-villa-bel-air-bordeaux-copy","title":"2023 Berry Bros. \u0026 Rudd Extra Ordinary Claret by Château Villa Bel-Air, Bordeaux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0e101a;\"\u003eThis is a classic red Bordeaux blend of Merlot (50%), Cabernet Sauvignon (40%) and Cabernet Franc (10%). The nose is immediately inviting with red cherry and delicate floral notes. 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