Barton & Guestier, Château Toinet Lavalade, Saint Emilion

• Vintage: 2021
  
• Origin: Bordeaux - St Emilion, France
• Grape Varietals: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
• Taste guide: Fruit driven with ripe red berries (redcurrant, raspberry) and delicate aromas of cocoa and cedar. Unoaked wine although there are certainly oak/cedar nuances coming through. Very pleasant and medium-full in body.
  
• Food match: White and red meat, pâté and cheese.
• 75cl - 12% - Natural Cork Opening

The company’s founder, Thomas Barton left his native Ireland in the beginning of the 18th century nd emigrated to Bordeaux when he was just 30 years old. As a true adventurer he founded his wine-shipping company in 1725. Very quickly, his efforts brought an unbelievable level of prosperity and by 1747, Thomas Barton was considered Bordeaux’s number one shipper and his loyal clients nicknamed him “French Tom”. He was the first shipper to have his own wine estates. In 1802 Hugh Barton, his grandson and successor, teamed up with Daniel Guestier, a French trader, to create Barton & Guestier which is today the oldest wine merchant established in Bordeaux.