Bordeaux reds with some bottle age are an excellent companion for Christmas food, although beware of anything still carrying an over-abundance of tannin. Below, Decanter experts have picked out superb wines from the 1990s and 2000s, plus some older choices from the ’80s.
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Bordeaux for Christmas:
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{"wineId":"41039","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"62470","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"29972","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"62442","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"60709","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"4842","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"10469","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"19348","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"18372","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"46290","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"38593","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"62467","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"21560","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"22599","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"56131","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"57980","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{}
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