58 Guineas Claret

Bordeaux, France

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Claret is the English name for Bordeaux wines and this particular red is named after the reported price Sir Robert Walpole, the First Lord of the Treasury, paid in 1713, to smuggle twenty hogsheads of claret into Britain, where it was highly prized by London's fashionable wealthy elite.

Key flavours

Grapes

Merlot; Cabernet Sauvignon; Cabernet Franc