Aoife Carrigy | Left Bank Bordeaux for great-value autumn sipping

Left Bank Bordeaux for great-value autumn sipping

"Bordeaux can be bamboozling. It once was the first wine region that budding Irish wine drinkers would get their heads around. We have strong connections with the region, historically, thanks to centuries of direct trade links plus the many exiled Irish 'Wine Geese'who married into wine- making families. However, if you didn't grow up knowing your Right Bank (predominantly Merlot-led) crus like Saint-Émilion from your Left Bank (usually Cabernet Sauvignon-led) crus like Pauillac, it can be a little bewildering. Typically. Bordeaux labels don't spell things out for you, expecting drinkers to know enough about the typical varietal blend and style of each AOC sub-region to decode the wine themselves. 

Did you know? 

Cabernet Sauvignon is a small, thick-skinned grape, making the proportion of tannins (found in grape skins as well as pips and stalks) to juice higher than in fleshier, thinner-skinned Merlot." 

La Petite Bohème, Haut-Medoc, 2019 - 13.5 %

"Merlot-led with ripe cherry, blackberry, warm spice and mushroom notes, plus impressive freshness and purity. Minimal sulphur and intervention from organic vigneron Christine Nadalié." 

€25