Bordeaux is one of the most frustrating of all wine regions, mainly because it is also the biggest.

A good wine collection is invaluable when trying to keep up good relations with the neighbours, you know.

Bordeaux is the largest fine-wine producing region on the planet and produces around 700m bottles of wine from its 120,000 hectares, says Leslie Williams.

The words “Vintage Wine” often conjure up a romantic vision of a delicious elixir “cooled a long age in the deep delved earth tasting of flora … and Provencal Song” as Keats put it.

WHEN we think of Bordeaux wine we think of quality and the famous châteaux.