French Wine

Q: What French wine should I start with?

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Q: Why is Chablis different from other Chardonnay?

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Q: What does Premier Cru mean in Burgundy?

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Q: Is Champagne included in French wine?

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Provence rosé and white Burgundy, more than anything else

French wine weighted heavily towards two things. Provence rosé is the largest part - Whispering Angel from Château d'Esclans, Domaines Ott, Château Sainte Marguerite and Château d'Estoublon. Burgundy is the other, from Albert Bichot's Mâcon-Villages and Bourgogne Pinot Noir to Jean-Marc Brocard's Chablis and a Santenay Premier Cru from Vincent Girardin. Château Cissac covers the Haut-Médoc and Château Lamartine brings Malbec from Cahors. Champagne has its own pages. Tracked UK delivery, next-day available.

Albert Bichot Mâcon-Villages white wine bottle.

Albert Bichot Mâcon-Villages, Burgundy (2023)

£18.00

Roseblood Château d’Estoublon rosé wine bottle.

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Roseblood Château d’Estoublon, Provence, 75cl (2025)

£20.00

Albert Bichot Origines Bourgogne Pinot Noir red wine bottle.

Albert Bichot "Origines" Bourgogne Pinot Noir (2023)

£20.00

Château Cissac Haut-Médoc red wine bottle.

Chateau Cissac, Haut-Médoc (2018) 75cl

£21.00

Whispering Angel, Chateau d'Esclans, Côtes de Provence (2025)

£21.00

By Ott Côtes de Provence rosé wine bottle.

By Ott Rosé, Domaines Ott (2024)

£23.00

Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis white wine bottle.

Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis (2024)

£24.00

Château Sainte Marguerite Symphonie rosé wine bottle.

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Château Sainte Marguerite Symphonie Rosé, Provence, 75cl (2025)

£24.00

Domaines Ott Clos Mireille Rosé rosé wine bottle.

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Domaines Ott Clos Mireille Rosé, Côtes de Provence (2024)

£40.00

Whispering Angel rosé wine magnum bottle.

Whispering Angel Magnum, Chateau d'Esclans, Côtes de Provence (2025)

£47.50

Vincent Girardin Santenay 1er Cru Le Beauregard red wine bottle.

Vincent Girardin Santenay 1er Cru Le Beauregard, Côte de Beaune (2022)

£47.50

Château Lamartine Cahors Malbec red wine bottle.

Chateau Lamartine Malbec, Cahors (2021)

£20.00

Provence rosé: the largest part of the French range

More of this page is Provence rosé than anything else, and it is not an accident - Provence has made pale, dry rosé its main business rather than a summer sideline, and it shows. Château d'Esclans' Whispering Angel is the bottle most people know. Domaines Ott has been working the region since 1912 and its Clos Mireille is one of the eighteen Cru Classé estates of Côtes de Provence; Château Sainte Marguerite is another. Château d'Estoublon's Roseblood completes it. All of it sits within pale and dry rosé.

Burgundy: Chablis, Mâcon and the Côte de Beaune

Burgundy is the other half, and it is mostly Chardonnay. Jean-Marc Brocard's Chablis comes from the coldest corner of the region, where the grape stays lean and sharp. Albert Bichot's Mâcon-Villages comes from the warmer southern end and shows the opposite. For red, Bichot's Origines Bourgogne Pinot Noir is the entry point, and Vincent Girardin's Santenay Premier Cru Le Beauregard is a step up into named-vineyard Côte de Beaune.

Bordeaux, Cahors and the rest of the French list

Château Cissac is the Bordeaux entry, a Haut-Médoc from the left bank where Cabernet Sauvignon leads the blend - a classically built claret rather than a modern one. Château Lamartine works in Cahors, the original home of Malbec long before Argentina took the grape and made it famous. The style there is darker and firmer than most people expect.

Champagne, French wine gifts and UK delivery

Champagne is French but large enough to sit on its own pages - the full Champagne range runs from grower bottles through the grandes marques to Krug and Dom Pérignon. Still wine bought to drink ships in packaging built to protect the bottle rather than to present it. Orders go tracked across the UK mainland with next-day available.

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France is the one country where you could stock a hundred bottles and still have gaps, so we have not tried to. Provence and Burgundy are where we buy with the most conviction, and Champagne sits on its own pages because it earns them. Everything on this list is something we drink rather than something we felt we ought to carry.

FAQs About French Wine

What French wine should I start with?

Depends what you want it to do. Whispering Angel is the most recognised bottle on the page and the easiest to give. For white, Brocard's Chablis is the classic reference. For red, the Bourgogne Pinot Noir from Albert Bichot is the gentler introduction and Château Cissac the more traditional one.

Why is Chablis different from other Chardonnay?

Climate and winemaking rather than the grape. Chablis sits at the northern edge of Burgundy where the grapes ripen slowly and keep their acidity, and it usually sees little or no oak. The result is sharper and leaner than a Chardonnay from anywhere warmer, using exactly the same variety.

What does Premier Cru mean in Burgundy?

It is a rating of the vineyard, not the producer. Burgundy classifies individual plots, and Premier Cru sits below Grand Cru and above village level. The Vincent Girardin Santenay on this page is a Premier Cru from a named site, Le Beauregard, rather than a blend across the village.

Is Champagne included in French wine?

It is French, but it has its own pages here rather than sitting on this one. The Champagne range is by some distance the largest category on the site, so it would swamp everything else if it were mixed in. This page covers still French wine.

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