Wine: Some good Bordeaux offers for Christmas

Up until recently my favourite wine trivia question was “what is the world’s most planted grape?” 

The answer used to be the Spanish grape Airen (mainly for brandy), and while Airen is now third, sadly the correct answer is more predictable — Cabernet Sauvignon.

Since the 1970s the whole wine making world has been trying to recreate the flavours of Bordeaux’s left bank and this quest has gathered pace in recent years with plantings everywhere from China to Georgia.