Chateau Senejac 2015

A youthful and substantial left-bank Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux from The Co-op

Vintage and terroir matter in Bordeaux; 2015 was a good year and Haut-Medoc produces some lovely wines at affordable prices.

Cru Bourgeois are, quite literally, the middle class of Bordeaux wines from the Medoc - better than the basics, but neither as grand, nor as pricey, as the very top flight.

Château Sénéjac Cru Bourgeois 75cl (£17, The Co-op) ripe bramble fruit, inky pencil shavings, cool mint, minerality and fine tannins. Fresh, savoury and substantial. Very adept.

Good.

Still very youthful and will benefit from aeration or repay cellaring.

Match with plain roast red meats.