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100 RP / 100 WCI / 98 JA / 97 DE / 97 VM / 19.5 JR One of the wines of the vintage, the 2000 has barely budged in its evolution since it was bottled and released in 2002. After ten years in bottle, it still reveals a dense...
100 WA /100 VM / 100 WI / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 99 JS / 98 DE / 98 JA / 97 WS / 97 WE / 19++ JR The 2005 La Mission Haut-Brion is pure perfection. It has an absolutely extraordinary nose of sweet blackberries, cassis and...
97 DE / 96 WE / 95 RP / 95 WA / 95 WS / 94+ VM / 19 JR Colour still tight and inky at 10 years old. Smooth, silky, very expressive; this is so powerful it almost lulls you into a false sense of security with the tannin...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JD / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 98 JA / 98 FS / 97+ VM / 97 WE / 96 WS / 18.5 JR The deep garnet colored 2009 La Mission Haut-Brion absolutely sings of warm red and black currants, chocolate-covered cherries,...
100 JS / 100 WA / 100 FS / 99 DE / 98 WCI / 98+ RP / 98 VM / 97 WE / 97 WS / 19 JR This is crazy. The nose is so unique with the iodine, stones and currant aromas with wet earth and mushroom. Aromas like this don't usually...
96 DE / 94-96 WE / 95 VM / 95 WA / 93 WS / 93 JS / 93 WCI / 93 FS / 18 JR A more refined expression than in La Chapelle, but I would strongly recommend going for La Chapelle right now. as these tannins remain fairly closed...
100 JS / 99 WCI / 98 JD / 98 WA / 98 VM / 96 WS / 96 WE / 96 DE / 19 JR #45 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 Rose petals, sandalwood and currants with some plums and fruit tea. Full-bodied, tight and...
99 VM / 99 WI / 99 WCI / 98+ WA / 98 DE / 98 JD / 98 FS / 97 JS / 97 WS / 18.5++ JR The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion was stunning from barrel, and now in bottle. It has a sublime bouquet of blackberries, briar and...
100 JD / 100 WI / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96 WS / 18 JR #75 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 Although it emerges from a similar terroir and the same winemaking team, the 2018 Château...
100 WA / 99 JD / 99 WI / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 VM / 98 JA / 18+ JR #85 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance...
100 WA / 99 JD / 99 WI / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 VM / 98 JA / 18+ JR #85 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and...
97 JA / 97 WE / 96 JS / 95 WA / 95 DE / 95 FS / 94 WCI / 94+ WI / 94 JD / 93 VM / 17.5 JR Plenty of classic La Mission finesse and balance, touches of cloves and velvety tannins, this is surpremely balanced and elegant,...
98-99 JS / 97-99 WI / 97-99 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE /95-97 JD / 94-96 WA This has real al dente fruit character on the palate with lemon rind and blackcurrants with blueberries. Lead pencil and stone, too. Full-bodied with chewy...
97 WCI / 96 RP / 95 FS / 19 JR Powerful, rich, concentrated and deep, with waves of rich, juicy, sweet, fresh mineral driven citrus fruits, honey suckle and vanilla, this is quite young and tight. Give this at least another...
98-99 JS / 97 WCI / 96 RP / 17 JR I love the lemon-lime, mineral and lilac character to this young white. It says great Montrachet but it’s dry white Bordeaux. Full and super minerally and racy. Intense and vibrant...
99 JD / 97-99 LPB / 98 FS / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 96 WS / 95+ VM / 95 WA / 16.5 JR A gorgeous wine, yet one that's going to demand bottle age, the 2019 La Mondotte comes from a tiny vineyard located just beside...
92 JS / 92 WCI / 91-93 WA / 91 DE / 91-93 VM / 16 JR Aromas of blackcurrant and tobacco leaf with some dark cherry follow through to a medium body, creamy tannins and a medium finish. Some bitter wood, too. Drinkable now,...
93 JD / 93 VM / 92 JS / 92 WS / 92 DE / 92 WCI / 91 WE / 16+ JR Under the helm of Marjolaine de Coninck, who arrived from Fonplegade in 2009, this estate has been firing on all cylinders, and they've made a...
94 JD / 94 WCI / 94 FS / 93 WA / 93 VM / 93 DE / 92 WS / 93-95 WE / 93-94 JS / 16+ JR The 2018 Château Labegorce is a perfumed, already complex Margaux based on 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, and the rest...
94 VM / 94 JD / 94 WCI / 94 JA / 92 DE / 92 JS / 16.5 JR The 2019 Labégorce, picked from 19 September to 12 October and matured in 40% new oak, has one of the more flamboyant Margaux bouquets with expressive black...
94 JA / 94 WCI / 93 VM / 93 AG / 93 JD / 93 DE / 93 WI / 92-93 JS / 91 WA / 16.5 JR Clear depth to the cassis fruits, studded with fennel, anis, cut herbs, raspberry leaf and smoked earth, delivering complexity and pleasure...
100 JS / 96-98 VM / 96+ WI / 95-97 JD / 96 WCI / 17.5 JR #4 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024#16 James Suckling Top 100 2024 The transparency of this is incredible. It’s like drinking glacier water...
99-100 JS / 97-99 JD / 95-97+ WI / 95-97 VM Another mind-blowing Sauternes with dense and concentrated fruit, and incredible depth and power. Spices galore. Very sweet. 260 grams residual sugar. Twice the normal year...
100 DE / 99 JD Actual bottle shown. Per back label was recorked at the chateau in 1991. I have tasted this wine several times over the past few years, and each bottle has blown me away. Now almost 60 years old, it still...
96 JS / 94 WA / 93 RP This is the wine of the vintage. I love the rosewater, currants and citrus character to this now. It's still full body yet so ethereal. It goes on and on in the finish turning creamy and citrusy. From...
94 WS / 93 WA / 93 JA Beautiful deep-garnet color, with classic Médoc flavors of plum, spice, earth and mineral. Tannic, well-balanced, mouth-filling, chewy in its intensity but needs time. - Wine Spectator This has...
100 RP / 100 DE / 98 WCI / 18 JR The 1986 possesses outstanding richness, a deep color, medium body, a graceful, harmonious texture, and superb length. The penetrating fragrance of cedar, chestnuts, minerals, and rich fruit...
98 RP / 96 VM / 95 DE / 18 JR A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Merlot, this wine represents only 34% of Lafite's total harvest. In a less than perfect Medoc vintage, it has been spectacular since birth, putting on...
100 RP / 100 JS / 99 WE / 98 JA / 98 WCI / 98 WS / 98 FS / 98 DE / 97 VM / 19.5 JR Well, well, well - Lafite Rothschild does it again. Ever since manager Charles Chevalier was transferred from his beloved Sauternes property...
100 RP / 99 FS / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 97 WE / 18 JR A modern day version of the 1959 Lafite, the 2003 Lafite Rothschild was bottled in mid-May, 2005 after achieving 12.9% natural alcohol hardly an astonishing figure given the...
96 WE / 96 WCI / 95+ VM / 95 WA / 95 JS / 95 DE / 17.5 JR As so often with Lafite, it is power that marks this wine. That, and density of texture. The additional element in this vintage, and at this stage of the wine's...
100 DE / 100 JA / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 WE / 99+ WA / 98 RP / 97 FS / 19 JR This vintage featured a cold winter and cool weather at flowering, followed by a dry summer with a hot July and warm days and cool nights...
100 DE / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WE / 98 WS / 98 FS / 18.5 JR #98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 What I love about the 2016 Lafite is that the sweetness of the fruit comes...
100 DE / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WE / 98 WS / 98 FS / 18.5 JR #98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 What I love about the 2016 Lafite is that the sweetness of the fruit comes through...
100 WA / 100 WE / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 VM / 97 WS / 19 JR#34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#53 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021 Lafite...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 FS / 99 WCI / 98 JA / 98 WS / 98 VM / 98 DE / 98 JD / 97 WI / 18.5 JR One of the greatest wines produced in Bordeaux this year is the 2019 Lafite Rothschild, an impeccably balanced...
100 JD / 100 WE / 100 JS / 99 DE / 97-99 WCI / 98 VM / 98 WI / 98 FS / 97 WA / 97 JA / 19 JR Looking at the Grand Vin, the 2020 Château Lafite-Rothschild is a sensational effort checking in as 92%...
99-100 JS / 98-100 WI / 97-99 JD / 98 DE / 96-98 VM / 97 JA / 95-97 WA A classical Lafite that reminds me of something like the 1986, with its blackcurrant and tobacco character with cedar and hazelnut, but it's so today...
98-100 JA / 97-99 WI / 97-99 WA / 98 DE / 97-98 JS / 95-98 VM / 95-97 JD This hits you right off the first nose, driven by slate and crushed rocks, setting the tone and the architecture, guiding the fruit through the...
96 WS Harmonious, supple and very generous, full-bodied, with ripe tannins; perfect to enjoy now but it should last, it's almost black in color and explodes with cassis and green olive aromas and flavors.--Château...
98+ WA / 96 WS Along with Haut Brion, this is one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The wine is approaching full maturity, yet still seems so atypical for a 1979, a phenomenally concentrated, thick,...
92 FS Slightly brightened ruby ​​garnet. Ripe fruit, a hint of cassis, dried apricots, some botrytis? Slightly leaner on the palate, good tannin backbone, red berry finish, well-aged wine. Still very nice to drink...
98+ WA Along with Haut Brion, this is one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The wine is approaching full maturity, yet still seems so atypical for a 1979, a phenomenally concentrated, thick, massively...
98 WS / 95 WCI / 94 WA / 94 VM / 18.5 JR Super wine that delivers great concentration. Terroir bursts through in this wine, as it tastes of soil and mineral, blackberry and concentrated fruit. Clean, classy and...
98 WCI / 97+ WA Off the hook from the first sniff, sip, and swallow. The compelling nose, with its ripe and overripe plums and kirsch, black cherry, charcoal, mint, flowers, truffle, and forest scents was almost more than...
92 CT / 91 RP Lafleur has fashioned a blockbuster wine in 1992 that must be tasted to be believed. After seeing so many diluted, light, soft wines, it is hard to believe the level of concentration Lafleur achieved...
91 RP Still backward, but one of the great successes of the vintage, the 1994 still has a deep ruby/purple color, notes of plums, a hint of prunes, earth, truffle, and mineral. As the wine sits in the glass, some of the...
100 WA / 100 VM / 100 DE / 100 WCI / 98 FS / 19 JR An utterly awesome wine, the only problem with the 2000 Lafleur is that I indicated its maturity window would be 2012-2040+. Based on two tastings of it, I would...
95 RP / 93+ VM / 93 WS / 93 JS / 18 JR The 2006 Lafleur, which I had not tasted from bottle prior to this visit, merits 95 points. One of the vintate’s most brilliant wines, this blend of 61% Merlot and 39% Cabernet...
97 JS / 96 DE / 96 WCI / 96 FS / 18 JR Complex aromas of blackberry and whole white truffles with hints of wet earth and stones. Full body and structured with gorgeous, velvety tannins, but reserved and polished. Very long...
95 DE / 95 JS / 93 WA In a difficult vintage like 2013, reassuring hands are what you look for, those with an instinctive ability to tease out the best possible from the character of the year. Weather wise things were...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 DE / 100 VM / 100 WCI / 99 WI / 99 JA / 98 AG / 19 JR The 2019 Lafleur is an utterly profound young wine that unwinds in the glass with aromas of rose petals, raspberries and sweet...
99 WA / 99 FS / 99 WCI / 98+ AG / 98+ WI / 98+ JD / 98 VM / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 JS / 19 JR One of the wines of the vintage, but likely to prove slower evolving and more introverted than its 2019 counterpart, the 2020 Lafleur...
98 JS / 97 VM / 97 DE / 97 JA / 96 JD / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 96 FS / 95+ WI / 18 JR It’s the mid-palate that really impresses you with a depth, focus and polish of such beauty and complexity. Hint of fresh tomatoes...
99-100 DE / 98-100 JA / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 97-99 VM / 96-98+ WI / 96-98 JD / 17.5++ JR A sublime wine from Lafleur in 2022 that delivers a vibrant, electric and incredibly charming wine with subtle power. A beautiful...
98-100 WA / 98-100 WI / 98-99 JS / 97-99 VM / 98 JA / 98 WCI / 97 DE / 17.5 JR *2023 Lafleur is available by the case of 3 with the purchase of 6 bottles of 2023 Grand Village Rouge. Place an order for Grand Village and...
95 AG / 95 JD / 94 VM / 94 WS / 94 JS / 93 DE / 92 WA The 2019 Lafon-Rochet is every bit as compelling today as it was from barrel. There is a feeling of elegance to the 2019 that is so striking. Sweet dark cherry, plum new...
96 VM / 95 WCI / 93-95 WE / 94 DE / 93 JD / 93 JA / 17 JR The 2020 Lafon-Rochet represents the essence of classicism in Bordeaux. Medium in body and finely-cut, Lafon-Rochet is one of the classiest, more refined...
94 WA / 94 JA / 18 JR Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index’s 2000 tasting in London. There is a lot of ripeness on the nose with small black cherries, pomegranate, a touch of leather, pencil shavings and allspice. The...
95+ JD / 95 WA / 95 WCI / 94 VM / 94 WI / 94 JA / 94 JS / 94 FS / 94 DE / 16.5 JR Coming from depressingly low yields of just 26 hectoliters per hectare (the lowest since 1991), the 2020 Château Lagrange...
94 VM / 93 WA / 93 JA / 92-93 JS / 93 JD / 91 DE The 2021 Lagrange turned out beautifully. Succulent red cherry, plum, cedar, tobacco, spice and mocha infuse the 2021 with gorgeous depth. Soft, succulent and inviting,...
95-97 VM / 96 DE / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96+ WA / 94-96 WI / 94-95 JS / 91-94 JD The 2022 Lagrange was picked between 8 and 30 September, it ages in 60% new oak for a planned 21 months. It has an almost clinical bouquet, with...
97 JS / 95 JD / 94 WA / 94 WCI / 94 WE / 17.5 JR #59 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023This is very linear and structured, with blackcurrant, pine-needle, graphite and cedar aromas and flavors. Intense...
93 WA / 93 VM / 92-93 JS / 92 JD / 92 AG / 92 JA / 89-91 WI The chateau is celebrating 200 years in 2021 with a special label. The 2021 Langoa Barton offers up attractive aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with sweet...
96-97 JS / 95 DE / 93-95+ WA / 93-95 JD / 94 JA / 92-94 WI / 91-93 VM Deep fruit, dark spices and graphite with wide yet polished, linear tannins. Full-bodied and intense with depth and structure. Long and chalky at...
100 WA / 100 JD / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 WI / 17 JR With an unbelievable nose of licorice, tapenade, black cherry and blackcurrant liqueur, as well as full body, super-sweet tannin, and astonishing richness and length, this...
99 JS / 97 VM / 97 WCI / 96 JD / 96 WI / 95 WS / 95 DE / 94 WA / 96-98 GV / 17.5 JR #81 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The aromas to this are phenomenal with oyster shell, blackberries,...
99 JS / 97 VM / 97 WCI / 96 JD / 96 WI / 95 WS / 95 DE / 94 WA / 96-98 GV / 17.5 JR #81 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The aromas to this are phenomenal with oyster shell, blackberries, iodine...
99 JS / 97 VM / 97 JD / 97 WCI / 96 WA / 95 WS / 95 DE / 17 JR #7 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 The aromas here are so spellbinding with shitake mushrooms, wet earth and moss, as well as tree bark and,...
96 JS / 96 VM / 95 WI / 94 JD / 94 WCI / 93 WS / 93 WE#72 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is a wine that is showing lots of structure with tightly wound tannins that spin through the center...
100 JD / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 JA / 96 WA / 17 JR #7 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The 2018 Château Larcis Ducasse checks in as 89% Merlot and 11%...
99 WI / 99 JD / 98 VM / 98 DE / 98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 JA / 96 WA / 17++ JR#2 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $100 2023#51 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 The 2020 Larcis Ducasse is a blend of 90% Merlot...
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