A gutsy, indulgent Bordeaux

2005 Chteau Tour Baladoz, Grand Cru, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France (£150 for six bottles, or £135 for a double magnum (300cl), Private Cellar, 01353-721999, www.privatecellar.co.uk).

There was a massive response to my recent house claret' review, so I thought that you might be champing at the bit for a few more indulgent red Bordeaux recommendations. This time I have moved up the price ladder a little.

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The other wine is 2005 Chteau Capbern Gasqueton, Saint-Estphe (£105 for six bottles) from the portfolio of the great Chteau Calon-Sgur. This couldn't be more different, with linear, upright, masterful cabernet taking the place of lush merlot.

Both are 2005s and you will already know that this is regarded as one of the great vintages of the last 30 years, which means that there is no hurry to drink either of these wines because, while they both look stunning now, they will run and run.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (www.matthewjukes.com).

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.