Only 75 cases produced of this 600-Point Limited Edition Collection.The case contains 1 bottle each of: Beausejour Duffau Lagarosse (Saint Emilion) - 100 JDDucru Beaucaillou (Saint Julien) - 100 JDMontrose (Saint Estephe) -...
94 Points It was with much anticipation that I tasted Chateau Mouton Rothschild’s Aile D’Argent 1993. This is the third vintage of the renowned Chateau’s white wine and made from young vines...
92 WS Angélus continues its hot streak. Super color and concentration for the vintage. Exotic aromas of berries, red fruits, toasted oak and minerals. Full-bodied, with full, silky tannins and a long minty, fruity...
100 WE / 99 JS / 98+ WA / 98 VM / 97 DE / 97 JD / 96 WS #37 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 This is a rich, perfumed wine, with dense tannins and intense layers of black plum and spice...
100 RP Proprietor Alain Vauthier has produced a prodigious wine that captures the essence of Ausone's terroir. A saturated black/purple color is followed by sensational aromas of ink, cherries, blackberries, blueberries,...
94 WA The Ausone 2004 possesses a sensual bouquet that demands more encouragement than the Cheval Blanc. It does not quite have the same complexity or nuance of its fellow Saint Emilion, opting for plusher and arguably more...
100 RP This brilliant, blue/black-hued offering reveals an extraordinarily youthful, but promising nose of incense, blueberries, blackberries, currants, licorice, and crushed rocks. This intense 2005 boasts powerful,...
98 RP One of the handful of candidates for wine of the vintage is the 2006 Ausone. In fact, while tasting it, I was thinking, is there any estate in Bordeaux that, since 1998, has made as many legendary wines as proprietor...
94 RP/94 WA The 2007 Ausone is a candidate for one of the wines of the vintage, rivaling Pavie and Lafite Rothschild. Its deep ruby/purple hue is accompanied by a beautiful nose of spring flowers, raspberries, black...
98 RP / 98 DE / 96 VM Possibly the “wine of the vintage,” the 2008 boasts an inky/blue/purple color as well as a glorious perfume of spring flowers, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, camphor, truffles and...
100 JS / 98+ RP Incredible nose of currants and blueberries. Flowers too. Licorice. Such purity on the nose of Cabernet Franc. Full body, incredible structure, with fabulous tannins and a long, long finish. Built out of...
98+ RP / 98 JS Alain Vauthier\'s wines have been so remarkable since he acquired full control of Ausone that readers probably feel I have thrown my critical wits away. However, the proof is in the tasting, and the 2010...
96+ RP/96 WA One can’t say enough about the amazing job that Alain Vauthier and his daughter have done at this historic property on the decomposed limestone slopes of St.-Emilion. Not surprisingly, the 2012 Ausone is...
97-99 WA / 97 DE / 96 VM / 96 JD / 96-97 JS Blended of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone offers up slowly emerging notes of crushed black plums, blackberries and mulberries...
99-100 JS / 98-100 WA / 97-100 VM / 96-99 JD / 98 DE This is really exotic with wild-fruit character that I have seldom encountered in Ausone. Full-bodied yet reserved and very tight. Amazing depth and purity of fruit...
86 WA Tasted blind at Farr Vintners' 2006 horizontal, the 2006 Bahans-Haut-Brion has a fragrant earthy, woodland, almost autumnal bouquet that is well defined and fully mature. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy...
96-99 WS / 95-97 JD / 95-97 WA / 95-96 JS / 94-97 VM / 95 DE / Juicy and forward in feel, with fresh plum, blackberry and anise notes. Dense, but still silky and refined in feel, revealing a long mineral echo through the...
"Ripe dark-fruit aroma with just a slight leafy lift. Lovely freshness and gentle harmony. No shouting but everything in place. Juicy fresh finish." - Jancis Robinson
97 AG / 95 DE / 94 JD /94 WS / 94 JS / 17 JR An utterly spellbinding wine, the 2014 Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse is also one of the unqualified successes of the vintage. Beams of tannin give the 2014...
100 JS / 98 JD / 98 AG / 96 DE / 96 WS / 97-99 GV#6 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018#21 Jeb Dunnuck Top 50 Reds of 2018 This is extraordinary. There has never been a wine like this here since the famous 1990 or...
100 JD / 99 VM / 98 JS / 97 WA / 97 DE Cassis, crushed rocks, graphite, and liquid violet notes all emerge from the 2016 Château Beauséjour, one of the magical wines in this great, great vintage...
97 WA / 96+ JD / 96 JS / 95 DE / 93-96 WS / 93 VM Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) prances out of the glass with energetic notes of crushed black and red plums, black cherries and...
100 RP One of the most singular Bordeaux I have ever tasted, it verges on being port-like, but it pulls back because of the extraordinary minerality and laser-like focus. The wine is massively concentrated, still...
91 RP/92 WA While no one will confuse the 2005 with this estates prodigious 1990, it is an outstanding effort from one of St.-Emilions finest terroirs. In terms of potential, the vineyard is exceeded only by Ausone, Pavie...
95 VM The 2008 Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse is evolving into one of the standout wines of the vintage. From a modest showing in barrel, it seemed to improve when I last tasted it in 2012 and now at a...
100 RP The 2010 is a more structured, masculine and steely version of the utterly compelling 2009. Tasting like black raspberry confiture with subtle notes of graphite and crushed chalk along with enormous floral notes, the...
92-94 WS
17 JR 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Very low yields of 18 hl/ha – each grape picked individually? Fermentation in temperature-controlled wooden vats. 13.8%. Dark but lively crimson. Enclave in...
92 WS / 91 DE Very alluring, with dense but silky-textured layers of boysenberry, fig and blackberry fruit. As this moves toward the finish, extra briar, toasted wood spice and black licorice notes emerge, lending drive and...
92 JS / 91-93 WA / 89-92 WS / 88-90 JD Some berries and smoke with stone and tar. Full-bodied, creamy and beautifully crafted. Tight and focused. A little lean, but shows balance and juiciness. Bitter lemon and smoke...
93-96 JD / 93-95 WA / 94-95 JS / 91-94 WS / 93 DE / 90-93 VM A rough blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Franc made by the team at Canon (Thomas Duclos also consults here), the 2018 Château Berliquet sports a deeper purple...
96 VM / 96 JD / 95+ WA / 94 DE / 94 JS / 93 WS #58 Jeb Dunnuck’s Top 100 Wines of 2019 The 2016 Beychevelle has a stunning bouquet of vibrant, shimmering blackberry and wild strawberry fruit laced with crushed stone...
94 DE / 92-93 JS / 90-93 WS / 90-92 JD / 90-92 WA This wine has a lovely complexity with balance and lift and does that thing where it waits for a heartbeat, then makes you wait for a heartbeat, before releasing its stone...
92 WE / 91+ VM Taking advantage of the delicious fruit of 2006, this Branaire-Ducru shows a charming side. It brings out ripe, spicy black plums and black cherry spice to go with the lively, fresh tannins. That's not to say...
96 WS / 95 JS / 95 WE / 94 DE / 93+ VM #16 Wine Spectator Top 100 2019 The core of this red is loaded with pure plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors. The polished structure is integrated, with alluring ganache,...
94-97 WS / 95-96 JS / 92-94 WA / 93 DE This is well-packed, with blueberry, açaí and blackberry fruit flavors and licorice snap and fruitcake notes. Long and refined despite the copious fruit,...
96 WA Tasted at the chateau with Henri Lurton. Having had the 1961 Brane-Cantenac once before, my hopes were not astronomical since it never made a positive impression. However, this ex-chateau bottle is totally...
96 AG / 96 DE / 94 JD / 94 JS / 94 WANM / 93 WS The 2015 Brane-Cantenac is powerful, structured and explosive in feel. A deep, resonant wine, the 2015 boasts off the charts ripeness allied to formidable structure and...
96 VM / 96 DE / 94 JD / 94 JS / 94 WA / 93 WS / 18 JR The 2015 Brane-Cantenac is powerful, structured and explosive in feel. A deep, resonant wine, the 2015 boasts off the charts ripeness allied to formidable structure and...
96 VM / 95 DE / 95-96 JS / 94-96 GV The 2016 Brane-Cantenac has been on a roll of late, under the watchful eye of Henri Lurton. This latest bottled vintage is superb. The divine, pure blackberry and bilberry...
95-96 JS / 94-96 JD / 95 DE / 92-95 VM / 92-94 WA / What strikes me about this Brane-Cantenac is the gorgeous center palate of ripe fruit, which gives an impression of generosity, yet it’s tight and reserved at...
97 RP Everyone at the tasting where this wine was presented was rocked (or should I say shocked) by the greatness of this wine. It needs no defense. I rated it 96 seven years ago, and it comes from a beautiful vineyard in...
95 WS / 94 WE / 93 RP Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and a long, caressing finish. This is the sleeper of the vintage. Best after 2010...
94 WA / 94 JS / 93 WS / 92+VM / 17.5 JR Tasted from an ex-château bottle at BI Wine & Spirits Calon-Segur dinner in London, the 2005 Calon Segur is on par with the wonderful 2000. The only real difference is that...
93 WA / 93 DE / 92 WS asted at Bordeaux Index's tasting and at the château, the 2006 Calon Segur was current winemaker Vincent Millet's first vintage. In many ways, you can see it as one of the last of the "old style"...
95 WE / 92 JS This wine has so many of the structural elements of a Saint-Estèphe, but also is enveloped by ripe fruitiness. Black in color and dense in character, it has sweetness from the plum juice fruits and...
96+ AG / 96 JS / 95 DE / 95 WE / 94 JD / 93 WS The 2014 Calon Ségur is a real show-stopper. Unusually ripe, powerful and seductive, the wine exudes class. Myriad shades of plum, sweet red cherry, pomegranate,...
95 JS / 95 DE / 92-94 JD / 92-94 WA / 93 VM / 88-91 WS Graphite, wild herbs, bracken, violets and such spicy black and blue berries. The palate has impressive concentration, yet very supple, charming texture. Such...
97-100 / 96-99 WS / 97-98 JS / 96-99 VM / 96-98 WA / 96 DE In the running for the wine of the vintage in Saint-Estèphe (if not the whole Medoc), the 2018 Château Calon Ségur is a tentative blend of 65%...
97 JS This wine shows fabulous aromas of stones and flowers with dried fruits and spices. It’s subtle yet full with ultra-fine tannins and a gorgeous, long finish. Drink now. - James...
93 WA / 91 DE / 90 RP / 90 WS Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London.The 2006 Château Canon has a vivid, kirsch and wild strawberry bouquet with touches of orange zest and marmalade, a touch of...
100-100 JS / 94-97 WS / 96-99 GV This is the greatest red ever produced here, even better than the great wines of the 1950s and 1960s. Full body yet tight and reserved. Superbly refined tannins. Yet rich and flamboyant...
100 AG / 100 WA / 100 JS / 98+ JD / 98 DE / 97 WS / 96-99 GV#1 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018#14 Jeb Dunnuck Top 50 Reds of 2018 From the very beginning, the 2015 Canon has made an eloquent case for itself...
97-99 WA / 96-97 JS / 95-98 WS / 91-94 AG / 96-99 GV The 2016 Canon makes it a double slam-dunk for head winemaker Nicolas Audebert and his team, as it is the second of two ethereal wines that will put the estate right at...
98+ WA / 98 WE / 97 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 96 JD / 95 WS Composed of 74% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc and aged for 18 months in 70% new French barriques, the 2016 Canon is medium to deep garnet-purple in color,...
97 JD / 94-96 WA / 95 JS / 95 VM / 95 DE / 93-96 WS Showing spectacularly, the 2017 Chateau Canon checks in as a final blend of 77% Merlot and 23% Cabernet Franc that’s from one of the most exceptional terroirs in the...
95+ AG / 95 WS / 93 JS / 92 WA / 17 JR#7 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2017 One of the wines of the vintage, the 2014 Canon La Gaffelière is explosive, lifted and aristocratic in its breeding. Bright Cabernet...
97 WA / 97 AG / 96 WS / 96 JS / 95 JD / 94 DE / 94 WE#2 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 Composed of 55% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Franc and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged in French oak, 55% new, for 17 months, the 2015...
95 JS / 91 JD / 91 DE / 90 AG / 90 WANM / 90 WS Impressive richness and clarity of red and dark berries. Lightly spiced-pastry aromas, too. The palate has a very crisp, polished and groomed tannin texture, as well as super...
94 JS / 92 VM / 92 DE Plenty of menthol, blackberry and blackcurrant aromas in this elegant, medium-weight Haut-Médoc that’s got as much freshness as ripeness and a long, clean, mineral and herbal finish...
94-95 JS / 92 DE A rich and layered young Bordeaux with a solid center palate of ripe fruit and coated with ripe and polished tannins. Tightly wound ball now. Pretty texture and length to this. - James Suckling There's an...
92-93 JS / 91-93 WA / 91-94 WS / 92 DE A fresh and firm Capbern with lots of dark berries, chocolate and hints of hazelnuts. Medium to full body and dense, lightly chewy tannins. Mineral undertone. The 2018 Capbern is...
94 WE / 90-92 RP / 91-93 WA / 92 JS / 90 WS This is pure fruitiness but with a tense, tight structure underneath.The fresh exterior is all citrus fruits and acidity, while behind lies a texture that demands aging. It's...
90 WS Black currant and violet notes on the nose, with a good dose of slightly charred oak, follow through to a full body, with fine tannins and a long, vanilla-colored finish. There's lots of oak, but also lots of fruit...
92 JSThis shows lots of ripe strawberries and hints of shaved chocolate that follow through to a full body with silky tannins and a fresh finish. The pure Merlot character comes through beautifully. Excellent now. - James...
90 JS Love the finish on this wine with bright berry and milk chocolate character. Medium to full body, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. Why wait? - James Suckling
93 JS Aromas of sweet berries and blueberries with hints of walnuts. Full body, with velvety tannins that are polished and refined. This seems to be slightly holding back its inherent qualities. Give it time. Best ever from...
93 JSAromas of sweet berries and blueberries with hints of walnuts. Full body, with velvety tannins that are polished and refined. This seems to be slightly holding back its inherent qualities. Give it time. Best ever from...
89-90 JS This is firm and chewy with a very good structure. Full and chewy. This has 20 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and it shows in the structure. The rest Merlot. - JS
92 JS No. 72 on James Suckling's Top 100 List of 2012 Red Bordeaux, and featured in his Bordeaux Confidential Events in 2015 Any $500+ order receives a Free Bottle* of 2012 Carignan Prima (Add to...
92 JS / 88-90 WA 92 Points James Suckling: Lots of espresso with plums, dark chocolate and blackberries peeking through in the background. This is full but with lots of juicy fruit going on and a marked tannin...
93 JS / 93-94 GV Blackcurrants, chocolate and violets follow through to a full body, round and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Beautiful merlot from old vines. Needs two or three years to soften. Drink in 2020...
93-94 JS / 93-94 GV A red with blueberry and blackberry aromas and flavors. Full body, chewy tannins and savory finish. Impressive. Best ever. Pure merlot. Old vines. ÒJames Suckling Hibiscus, wet stone, and dark...
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