
Sunday Magnum: Chateau La Parde Haut-Bailly, 2016 Pessac-Léognan
Every Sunday, working with the redoubtable Tuggy Meyer of Huntsworth Wines opposite the pub, we open a big bottle or two of superior wine and sell it by the glass and carafe.
This Sunday's offering is magnums of Ch La Parde Haut-Bailly, a correctly cellared Cru Bourgeois Supérieur from Margaux from the 2016 vintage.
"As to the second wine of Château Haut Bailly, it too is fabulous stuff in 2016. A blend of 47% each of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, with the balance Cabernet Franc, the 2016 La Parde Haut Bailly offers notable purity as well as medium to full-bodied notes of blackcurrants, dried herbs, flowers, and spice. It’s a layered, seamless wine from this estate that has no hard edges, beautiful balance, and a great finish. It’s already delivering loads of pleasure but will keep for 15+ years." Jeb Dunnuck, 2019
Glass (125ml) £20
Carafe (500ml) £75
Allsopp's fine, hand-pulled, naturally fermented ales available from £5.50/pint at all times. Of course.
Previous Stoops Sunday Large Format Bottles:
23/02/25 Côtes-de-Nuits-Villages “Au Leurey – Vignes de 1937” 2020 Thibault Liger-Belair
16/09/25 Ch Beaumont '05
09/02/25 Ch Angludet '00
02/02/25 Grand-Puy-Lacoste '10 Pauillac
26/01/25 Cantemerle '05 Haut-Médoc
19/01/5 Castello Romitorio '16 Brunello di Montalcino
12/01/25 Patache d'Aux '17
05/01/25 Cantemerle '10
29/12/24 Lafon Rochet '05
22/12/24 La Tondonia '10
15/12/24 Ch Angludet '08
08/12/24 Ch Batailley '09
01/12/24 Chateauneuf du Pape Versino '16
24/11/24 La Bruja '23 from Comando G
17/11/24 Ch Beaumont '05
10/11/24 Tondonia '10
03/11/24 Ch Batailley '09 + a rogue Tondonia '10
27/10/24 Ch Batailley '09
20/10/24 Ch Sociando-Mallet '06
13/10/24 Ch LaTour Carnet '09

"If Britain mourn her bleakness, we can tell her,
The very best of vineyards is the cellar."
Lord Byron