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

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Glass (125ml) £20

Carafe (500ml) £78

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Allsopp's fine, hand-pulled, naturally fermented ales available from £5.75/pint at all times. Of course.

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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

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

Lord Byron