Jancis writes Majestic’s buying team continue to do a good job, even if the consumer has to buy at least six mixed bottles to take advantage of their best prices.
Of the 64 wines I tasted, I thought 11 were good value and six very good value – at those ‘mix six’ prices. They cunningly buy from fewer suppliers than is immediately obvious. Their Crémant de Bourgogne, for example, is from the same behemoth, Les Grands Chais de France, as their ‘Maurice Gentilhomme’ Mâcon-Villages, the latter much more inspiring than the...
