95-98 WS / 93-96 VM / 95 DE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 WA This captures the style of the vintage to a T, with vividly ripe cassis and plum fruit, carried by solidly built but fine-grained structure. Lots of graphite and tobacco...
95-97 WA / 95-96 JS / 94 DE The 2018 Gruaud Larose is blended of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Franc, with a pH of 3.88 and 14.2% alcohol. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps from the glass with bold...
97-98 JS / 96-98 WA / 95-97 JD / 94-97 WS / 94-97 VM / 95 DE This is very structured and powerful with bright and electric acidity and fine-grained yet muscular tannins. Full-bodied yet compact and focused. Greatly formed...
96-99 WS / 95-97 JD / 96 DE / 95-96 JS / 94-96 WA / 93-96 VM A stunner, showing a great degree of purity, with long flavors of cassis, plum and blackberry preserves, seamlessly integrated with the graphite structure. A very...
96-99 JD / 97-98 JS / 95-98 WS / 97 DE / 94-97 VM / 94-96 WA One of the gems in the vintage will be the 2018 Château Léoville Poyferré, which is a powerful, incredibly sexy wine based on 64% Cabernet...
98 DE / 96-98 JD / 95-98 VM / 95-98 WS / 94-96 WA / 94-95 JS The march of Carmes Haut-Brion continues in 2018. Once again it stands out for a number of reasons: not least because of its high amount of Cabernet Franc, and...
98-99 JS / 97-99 JD / 96-98 WA / 95-98 VM / 97 DE This is a big and muscular wine with great structure and depth of fruit. Blackberry and blueberry character. Hints of fresh leaves. Cool earth. Incredible depth, yet so...
97-99 JD / 97-98 JS / 95-98 WS / 98 DE / 95-97 WA From a cooler, pure limestone terroir just over the hill from Château Pavie, the 2018 Château Pavie Macquin offers an incredible assortment of red and black...
97-100 WS / 98-100 DE / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 96-98+ JD / 95-98 VM This one nails it in 2018, with saturated, almost sappy kirsch, plum and blackberry preserve flavors at the core, inlaid with sweet tobacco,...
97-99 WA / 96-99 VM / 97-98 JS / 96-98 JD / 96 DE The 2018 Pontet-Canet is made up of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Picking began on September 24 and finished on October 5; aging...
97-99 WA / 96-99 VM / 97-98 JS / 96-98 JD / 96 DE he 2018 Pontet-Canet is made up of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Picking began on September 24 and finished on October 5;...
99-100 JS / 97-100 VM / 97-99+ WA / 96-99 WS / 96-98 JD / 97 DE This is one of the most structured and deep Rauzans I have tasted with a full body, layers of fruit and a firm and polished tannin backbone. Compact and...
Loading... Please wait...