The 1996 Chateau Margaux, which was bottled in September, 1998, is undoubtedly one of the great classics produced under the Mentzelopoulos regime. In many respects, it is the quintessential Chateau Margaux, as well as the paradigm for this estate, combining measured power, extraordinary elegance, and admirable complexity. I tasted the wine on three separate occasions in January, and in short, it's a beauty! The color is opaque purple. The wine offers extraordinarily pure notes of blackberries, cassis, pain grille, and flowers, gorgeous sweetness, a seamless personality, and full body, with nothing out of place... The fruit is exceptionally sweet and pure, and there are layers of flavor in the mouth. I do believe this wine will develop an extraordinary perfume, and possess a high level of richness. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2040. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 99 points

Price: £ 650.00

More info: Château Margaux 1996, Margaux, 1er Cru Classé

Bottled at cask strength and natural colour from a single cask matured in a sherry hogshead since 1960 in the Glenfarclas traditional dunnage warehouses. Glenfarclas uniquely has casks from every year from 1952 to the current day.

Price: £ 535.00

More info: Glenfarclas Single Highland Malt "Family Cask" 1960

Lorina Sicilian Lemonade in Swing Top Bottle 75clDows Late Bottled Vintage Port 2005 75clBaron Albert NV Brut Champagne 75clHarveys Bristol Cream Sherry 75clLindemans Tollana Chardonnay 2008 75clChâteau Haut Pougnan Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2006/7 75clGuylian Belgian Chocolate Dip 150gRose & Lemon Turkish Delight 325gCupido Dark Chocolate Sticks filled with Mint Fondant 125gFinest Belgian Truffle Chocolates in a Presentation Gift Box 430gMenz Fru Chocs Chocolate Dipped Apricot & Peach 180gHerb & Spice Mill Pineapple & Coconut Gourmet Jelly 90gShortbread House Shortbread Fingers 170gByron Bay Cookie Company White Choc Chunk & Macadamia Nut Cookies 125gArtisan British Stilton Biscuits 100gOlives Et Al Rosemary & Sea Salt Reganas Spanish Crackers 200gBiscotto Chocolate Flavour Wafer Sticks 120gBorder Biscuits Belgian Chocolate Chip Cookies 150gMondovino Black Olive Crackers 125gBorder Biscuits Strawberry & Cream Shortbread ...

Price: £ 343.83

More info: KINGS BANQUET - CLASSIC HAMPER

"Like many of its peers, the 1998 has filled out spectacularly. Now in the bottle, this opaque black/purple-colored offering has increased in stature, richness, and size. A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc (57% of the production was utilized), it is an extremely powerful, super-concentrated wine offering notes of roasted espresso, creme de cassis, smoke, new saddle leather, graphite, and licorice. It is massive, with awesome concentration, mouth-searing tannin levels, and a saturated flavor profile that grips the mouth with considerable intensity. This is a 50-year Mouton, but patience will be required as it will not be close to drinkability for at least a decade. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2050." Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 96 points

Price: £ 340.00

More info: Château Mouton-Rothschild 1998, Pauillac, 1er Cru Classé

Bottled at cask strength and natural colour from a single cask matured in a sherry but since 1970 in the Glenfarclas traditional dunnage warehouses. Glenfarclas uniquely has casks from every year from 1952 to the current day.

Price: £ 295.00

More info: Glenfarclas Single Highland 'Family Cask' 1970

The 1998 is a refined, elegant offering with a dark ruby color, sweet cassis fruit, attractive fat, surprisingly soft tannin, and a good finish. There is firmness and muscle in the background, but this is not an enormous or powerful Latour. However, it is very pure, with the vineyard's mineral/black fruit character presented in a medium-weight format. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2025.' 89-91 points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Price: £ 285.00

More info: Château Latour 1998, Pauillac

Château Haut Pougnan Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2005 75cl Lorina Traditional Lemonade in Swing Top Bottle 75cl Drouet Freres Sauvignon Vin de Pays du Val de Loire 2007 75cl Dows Late Bottled Vintage Port 1999/2000 75cl Nicolas Feuillatte Reserve Particular Brut NV 75cl Cupido Dark Chocolate Sticks filled with Mint Fondant 125g Hamlet Cupido Assorted Belgian Chocolates 250g Fudge Tree Clotted Cream Toffee 125g Walkers Scottish Biscuits for Cheese Assortment 250g Yorkshire Crisps Sour Cream Dill & Mustard 100g McKenzies Scottish Savoury Biscuits with Sesame Seed 150g Border Biscuits Viennese Whirls 150g Border Biscuits Milk Chocolate Crumbles 150g Twinings Lemon & Ginger Teabags 30g H R Higgins Finest Ground Coffee Blend 125g Crandale Wensleydale with Cranberries 150g Abbeydale Double Gloucester with Onion & Chives 150g Waxed Mull of Kintyre Mature Scottish Cheddar 220g Rannoch Smoked Duck Breast 100g Rannoch Smoked Scottish Venison wit...

Price: £ 249.99

More info: Gift Hamper - Yuletide Fayre

Château Haut Pougnan Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2006/7 75clPalandri Pinnacle Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2007 75clBaron Albert NV Brut Champagne 75clDows Fine Ruby Port 75clBells Scotch Whisky 70clDroste Dark Chocolate Pastilles 100gHerb & Spice Mill Pineapple & Coconut Gourmet Jelly 90gPetite Coffeemocca Meringues 65gBurnt Sugar Fluffy Nougat with Caramel Ripples 100gFinest Belgian Truffle Chocolates in Book Style Presentation Box 200gMidor Chocobisc Meringue Biscuits with Cream Filling 100gWalkers Scottish Biscuits for Cheese 250gBelgium Treasure Petipa Finest Butter Coffee Flavour Wafers 75gAustralian Cairns Highlands Black Mountain Coffee 70gCrandale Wensleydale with Cranberries 150gWhite Stilton with Apricots 150gRoast Smoked Belgian Ham 700gGrandma Wilds 6 Luxury Mince Pies with BrandyGold Crown Iced Christmas Cake 400gColes Rum & Double Cream Christmas Pudding 400gOlives Et Al Love Bites Nuts 100gDuerrs Fairtrade Fine Cut Seville Orange Marmalade 340...

Price: £ 212.47

More info: # CHRISTMAS FEAST - CHRISTMAS HAMPER

"Exibiting an opaque, dense purple colour thet suggests a massive wine of considerable extraction and richness. The dense, full bodied 1989 is brilliantly made, with huge, smokey, chocolaty, cassis aromas intermingled with scents of toasty oak. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2030." Robert Parker, 95+ points

Price: £ 200.00

More info: Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 1989, Pauillac, 2ème Cru Classé

This Christmas hamper includes:- Castellblanch Cava Brut- Ch.Maine Gazin Cote de Blaye 2007- Miniature Cognac 3cl- Stilton Cheese in Wax 225g- Tremains Creamy Cheddar in Wax 200g- Scottish Smoked Salmon 200g- Gravadlax 200- Smoked Wild Venison Rannoch 100g- Cooked Ham 1.3kg- Pate de Faisan 125g- Holandaise Sauce Atkins & Potts 190g - Chateau Blanc Belgian Chocolates 250g- Clotted Cream Fudge 170g- Brandy Christmas Pudding Coles 450g- Brandy Butter Coles 170g- Iced Fruit Cake Oldfield 400g- Brandy Snaps Olde English 90g- Florentines Dark Chocolate, Fudges 150g- Coffee Connaught Blend 227g- Country Garden Chutney Tracklements 340g- Milk Chocolate with Orange Dessert Sauce Atkins & Potts 250ml- Dill Sauce Tracklements 140g- Packed in a wicker basket

Price: £ 199.00

More info: Christmas Feast

'The opaque purple-hued 2005 exhibits an extraordinary nose of violets, creme de cassis, charcoal, and spring flowers. Gorgeously pure, opulently full-bodied, with sweet tannins, superb concentration, and a low acid, ripe, tannic finish, it tastes like a top-notch vintage of ripe Bordeaux, but made in California. It can be drunk now and over the next 20-25 years. Bravo!' Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate, 95 points

Price: £ 180.00

More info: Opus One 2005

Greene King Old Speckled Hen Ale 500mlJ P Selles Côtes du Rhône 75clWolf Blass Red Label Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir 75clGreene King Ruddles County Ale 500mlLorina Sicilian Lemonade in Swing Top Bottle 75clPalandri Pinnacle Unwooded Chardonnay 2006 75clFudge Tree Clotted Cream Fudge 125gCupido Dark Chocolate Sticks filled with Mint Fondant 125gMathez Cube Cocoa Dusted Truffles 100gCandy Canes Sweet Tree Decorations 170gScrabble with Chocolate PiecesHerb & Spice Mill Pineapple & Coconut Gourmet Jelly 90gPetite Coffeemocca Meringues 65gLynton Chocolate Snowman Balls 80gWalkers Scottish Biscuits for Cheese 250gWalkers Pure Butter Shortbread Fingers 160gPanealba Mini Grissini Napoletana 75gFarmhouse Biscuits Orange & Choc Chip Biscuits in Hessian Bag 125gChocolate Coated Gingerbread in a Hansel & Gretel House 75gFarmhouse Biscuits Rolled Oat Fruit Flapjack 150gArtisan British Stilton Biscuits 100gEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company Ground Breakfast Coffee...

Price: £ 173.61

More info: # THE HEARTY HEARTH - CHRISTMAS HAMPER

Lindemans Vintage Selection Shiraz Cabernet 2005 75cl Nicolas Feuillatte Reserve Particular Brut NV 75cl Hamlet Square Brown Box Assorted Chocolates 250g Fudge Tree Scotch Whisky Fudge 200g Bolero Vanilla Wafer Sticks 110g Waterthins Fine Wafer Crackers Pepper & Chives 100g Border Biscuits Belgian Chocolate Chip 150g Boaters Toffee Cappuccino Ground Coffee Cube 57g Twinings Lemon & Ginger Teabags 30g Crandale Wensleydale with Cranberries 150g Rannoch Smoked Duck Breast 100g Roast Smoked Belgian Ham 700g Sliced Smoked Scottish Salmon 180g Gold Crown Rich Fruit Christmas Pudding 454g Walkers 9 Mini Mincemeat Tarts 225g Olives Et Al Sunshine Olives 160g Olives Et Al Chilli Puffs 75g Thursday Cottage Brandy Butter 110g Crespi Deli Ricotta and Basil Tomato Topping 140g Herb & Spice Mill Mulled Wine Sachet 38g Tracklements Cranberry Sauce with Port 110g Tracklements Onion Marmalade 110g WICKER HAMPER POSTAL CARTON

Price: £ 169.99

More info: Gift Hamper - Traditional Christmas

A beautifully matured and complex Saint-Julien that was declared ‘one of the top wines of the vintage’ by esteemed critic Robert Parker. This sublime Leoville Las Cases still possesses a vibrant ruby colour, with darker tints that hint at its age. With layer after layer of rich flavours from smoky cedarwood to intense cassis, this is a velvety, supple wine with outstanding definition and concentration.

Price: £ 166.25

More info: Château Leoville Las Cases 1983 Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France

Included in this hamper is: - Castelblanch Cava Sparkling Spain - Muscadet de Sevre et Maine 2006/7 - Cabernet Franc Rose Vin de Pays 2006/7 - Ch.Haut Guillon Bordeaux 2006 - Dalva Ruby Port - Miniature Cognac 3cl - Brandy Christmas Pudding Coles 450g - Mincemeat Coles 350g - Brandy Butter Coles 170g - Coffee Connaught Blend 227g - Earl Grey Tea Bags (50) Ahmed - Raspberry Conserve 340g - Strawberry Conserve 340g - Iced Fruit Cake Oldfield 400g - Double Choc Orange Cake 190g - Shortbread Rounds Duncans 150g - Brandy Snaps Old English 90g - Whitakers Mint Cremes 150g - Belgian Praline Sea Shells 125g - Packed in an attractive green carton

Price: £ 159.00

More info: Traditional Large Christmas Hamper

Nicolas Feuillatte Reserve Particular Brut NV 75clHamlet Belgian Chocolate Selection 125gFinest Belgian Truffle Chocolates 70gMcKenzies Scottish Savoury Biscuits with Sesame Seed 150gBorder Biscuits Toffee Apple Crumbles 200gWalters Angels Shortbread Biscuits with Chunks of Crisp Nougat 140gWaxed Mull of Kintyre Mature Scottish Cheddar 220gRannoch Smoked Duck Breast 120gSliced Smoked Scottish Salmon 200gStephan Terrine de Foie de Volaille au Porto 130gWalkers 9 Luxury Mini Mincemeat Tarts 225gGold Crown Rich Fruit Christmas Pudding 454gOlives Et Al Chilli Puffs 75gGourmet Bites Roasted Almonds with Ginger 95gDuerrs Fairtrade Strawberry Conserve 340gDuerrs Fairtrade Fine Cut Seville Orange Marmalade 340gThursday Cottage Brandy Butter 110gHerb & Spice Mill Dill & Wild Onion Dip 28gEssential Dressings Raspberry Coulis 225mlTracklements Onion Marmalade 110gBAMBOO CHESTPOSTAL CARTON

Price: £ 124.79

More info: # CHRISTMAS CHEER - CHRISTMAS HAMPER

APOSTOLES PALO CORTADO 30 YO SHERRY 37.5CL

Price: £ 113.94

More info: González Byass Apostoles Very Old Palo Cortado 37.5cl (Half Bottle)

MATUSALEM SWEET OLOROSO 30 YO SHERRY 37.5CL

Price: £ 113.94

More info: González Byass Matusalem Very Old Sweet Oloroso 37.5cl (Half Bottle)

A good effort from Comtesse with lots of herb, spice and cassis aromas and flavours. It is less opulent than the 1996 but displays greater finesse. Drink now until 2014.

Price: £ 110.00

More info: Château Pichon-Lalande 1998, Pauillac, 2ème Cru Classé

The hamper contains:- Sauvignon Vistamar Chile 2008- Cinsault Shiraz Klippenkop South Africa 2008 - Double Gloucester in wax 200g - Scottish Smoked Salmon 200g - Oatcakes Duncans of Deeside 100g - Stilton Wafers Fudges 100g - Spiced Honey Mustard Tracklements 140g - Cranberry Sauce Tracklements 250g - DillSauce Traclements 250g - Black Cherry & Amaretto Pudding Coles 220g - Brandy Christmas Pudding Coles 450g - Brandy Butters Coles 170g - Whitakers Mint Cremes 150g - Belgian Praline Sea Shells 125g- Packed in a wicker basket.

Price: £ 105.99

More info: Christmas Day Hamper

The beautiful 2006 Syrah Alder Springs The Terraces is blend of 97% Syrah co-fermented with 3% Viognier. Explosive aromas of blueberries, black raspberries, cassis, camphor, and flowers are followed by a dense, full-bodied, gorgeously layered fruit bomb with surprising complexity, minerality, and laser-like focus. Consume it over the next 5-6 years'. 94 points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate (2008).

Price: £ 100.00

More info: Pax Alder Springs Terraces Syrah 2006, Mendocino County

Château Haut Pougnan Premières Côtes de Bordeaux 2005 75cl Rosemount Diamond Sauvignon Blanc 2005 75cl Belgian Cocoa Dusted Champagne Truffles 200g Droste Dark Pastilles 100g Golden Walnut Belgian Chocolate Filled Shortbread Shells 150g McKenzies Scottish Savoury Biscuits with Sesame Seed 150g Twinings Lemon & Ginger Teabags 30g Crandale Wensleydale with Cranberries 150g Abbeydale Double Gloucester with Onion & Chives 150g Stephan Terrine de Foie de Volaille au Porto 130g Gold Crown Rich Fruit Christmas Pudding 454g Grandma Wilds 6 Luxury Mince Pies with Brandy Dormens Mixed Nuts 100g Duerrs Fairtrade Fine Cut Seville Orange Marmalade 340g Duerrs Fairtrade Strawberry Conserve 340g Tracklements Onion Marmalade 110g Tracklements Christmas Chutney 90g Thursday Cottage Brandy Butter 110g POSTAL CARTON WOODEN FRAMED WICKER HAMPER

Price: £ 99.99

More info: Gift Hamper - Christmas Splendour in a wicker

'The finest example of this cuvee since 1990, the 2003 Hermitage La Chapelle... possesses an inky/purple color as well as a tremendous bouquet of creme de cassis, crushed flowers, truffles, and licorice. Full-bodied and powerful (15% natural alcohol) with good freshness and definition, this big, rich, dense, reassuringly great La Chapelle should be cellared for 5-8 years, and drunk over the following 20-25'. 95+ points. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate.

Price: £ 95.00

More info: Hermitage La Chapelle 2003, Paul Jaboulet Ainé

Inky in the glass, the aromas revealed sweet crème de cassis, fresh blackberry and cherry, with a slight smoky nuance. The palate revealed a true wealth of finely-tuned fruit, concentrated, structural and quite taut. Characters of pure black fruit, gently infused with pepper and spice dominate the palate. The tannins are grippy but remarkably fine, no tannic dryness here. Plenty of volume and potential here and a finish that refuses to fade. Hugely impressive.

Price: £ 90.00

More info: Ermitage l'Ermite 2004, M. Chapoutier

The inky/blue/black-hued 2005 Leoville-Barton exhibits a sensational perfume of charcoal, burning embers, underbrush, cedar, creme de cassis, and subtle toasty oak. Painfully concentrated, with full body, admirable purity, and several boatloads of muscular tannin, this St.-Julien is built for 50-60 years of cellaring. Drink 2020 - 2065.' 94 points, Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate

Price: £ 90.00

More info: Château Léoville-Barton 2005, 2èmè Cru Classé, St. Julien