This Special Limited Edition Collection comes in custom hinged OWC and includes 1 bottle each of the following wines never before packaged together: Brane Cantenac 2019 - 97+ WI / 97 WA / 97 VM / 97 WCI / 96 DE /...
96 JS / 95 DE / 94 WE / 94 JD / 94 WI / 93 VM / 93 JA / 17.5 JR Intense aromas of blackcurrants, cedar and ripe tobacco with hints of violets, following through to a full-bodied palate with extremely refined tannins that...
96 JS / 94 VM / 94 DE / 94 JD / 94 WE / 93 WA / 93 JA / 93 FS / 17.5 JR Gorgeous perfumes of plums, berries, light chocolate and walnut follow through to a medium body, fine tannins and crunchy finish. Bright and fresh...
98 DE / 97 WA / 96 RP / 95 WS / 95 WCI / 18.5 JR Even at 32 years old the tannins are dense, even chewy, still so much power. Here you get pure black truffle, along with olive paste, raspberry, enveloping violet and peony...
93 WA / 93 VM / 92 WS / 92 WCI / 17 JR In the new classification of St.-Emilion, justice was certainly served with the elevation of Angelus to premier grand cru classe status. No Bordeaux estate has been making as...
100 JD / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 WI / 98 DE / 97 VM / 96-98 WE / 95-98 WS / 17.5 JR#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The bottles for the 2018 vintage feature a red phoenix above the...
98 JD / 98 WI / 98 JS / 98 DE / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 JA / 96 WA / 18+ JR Based on a final blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Château Angélus is knockout stuff, and while I'm not...
100 WI / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 JD / 98 WE / 97 WA / 97 DE / 97 JA / 96-98 VM / 18.5 JR The 2020 Angelus is a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, with the tiniest splash of Petit Verdot. It has a deep garnet-purple...
96 WI / 96 WE / 94-96 VM / 95 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 94+ WA / 94 JD / 94 FS / 17+ JR A blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot, the 2021 Angelus has a medium to deep garnet-purple color. It needs a little swirling...
98-100 WI / 98-100 WCI / 99 FS / 98-99 JS / 97-99 JD / 96-98 WA / 97 DE / 97 JA / 95-97 VM Special bottle for the the 2022 vintage:"Exactly ten years after the precious black and gold bottle, the bottle for the 2022...
100 JD Only the second release of this cuvée (it was first produced in 2016 and will be produced in 2019 as well), the 2018 Château Angelus Hommage A Elisabeth Bouchet is 100% Cabernet Franc coming from a...
100 WCI Produced from 100% old vine, Cabernet Franc, the aromas of smoked roses is what you initially notice before finding tobacco leaf, cherries, black raspberries, mint, menthol, and cigar box scents. The wine offers...
Château Angélus CEO and co-owner Stephanie de Boüard-Rivoal explained to me during our tasting last week that it has long been the practice of her father, Hubert de Boüard, to put aside a little of...
100 RP / 100 WCI / 98 WA / 98 WE / 97+ VM / 97 WS / 19 JR 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...
100 RP / 99 WCI / 98 WA / 18.5 JR Amazing! The limestone soils of Ausone appear to have been the perfect foil for resisting the extreme heat and drought of June, July and August, 2003. This black/purple-colored effort...
100 WA / 100 VM / 100 WI / 100 WS / 99 WCI / 97-99 WE / 18.5 JR This brilliant, blue/black-hued offering reveals an extraordinarily youthful, but promising nose of incense, blueberries, blackberries, currants, licorice, and...
98 WA / 97 VM / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96 DE / 17.5++ JR 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,...
95 WE / 94 RP / 94 WA / 94 WCI / 17++ JR While there is certainly plenty of wood here, the wine has weight and impressive concentration for the year. The tannins are still brooding away, giving a dark firm character to the...
98 JS / 95-97 WCI / 96+ RP / 96 WA / 95+ VM / 95 WE / 95 JA / 94 DE / 18 JR Wild aromas of mint, spearmint, cool chalk and dark fruits. Full-bodied, tight, linear and incredibly long with a evening-stone, blueberry, cherry...
98 WA / 98 WCI / 97 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 96 JD / 96 WE / 18 JR The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of baked red...
100 WI / 100 WCI / 99 JA / 99 VM / 98+ JD / 98 DE /98 WE / 98 FS / 18+ JR The 2020 Ausone, composed of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-purple in color. After a shake or two, the nose erupts with...
97 FS / 96-98 WCI / 96 JS / 96 WI / 96 WE / 95 AG / 95 JA / 95 DE / 94 JD / 94+ WA / 94 VM / 17.5 JR Dark garnet, intense core, purple tinges to the narrow rim. Herbal savouriness, tobacco, red berry nuances, hints of black...
98-100 JA / 97-99 WI / 97-98 JS / 96 -98 JD / 95-97+ VM / 94-96+ WA / 96 DE Intense and concentrated, with fennel, aniseed and liqourice root. Where Chapelle d'Ausone celebrates a wave of opulence in the vintage, this...
97 WCI / 96+ JD / 96 VM / 96 JS / 96 WE / 96 FS / 95 DE / 94+ WA / 94 WS / 16+ JR #33 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Deeply colored, the wine is all about its sensuality. Texturally, the wine is silk and...
97 WCI / 96+ JD / 96 VM / 96 JS / 96 WE / 96 FS / 95 DE / 94+ WA / 94 WS / 16+ JR #33 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Deeply colored, the wine is all about its sensuality. Texturally, the wine is silk and velvet...
97 WCI / 96 AG / 96 DE / 96 JS / 96 WI / 95 WS / 95 VM / 94+ WA / 17.5 JR#11 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 Deep, dark, rich, full-bodied, concentrated and vivacious, the wine is packed with dark, black and red pit fruits,...
97 VM / 96-97 JS / 95+ WA / 95 JD / 95 DE / 95 WE / 94 WS / 17+ JR The 2020 Beau-Sejour Becot is a dense, powerful wine. A rush of black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and sweet oak builds as this...
98-100 VM / 96-98 WA / 95-97+ JD / 95-97 WI / 96 DE / 96 JA The 2022 Beau-Séjour Bécot has a bit more Cabernet Franc than most years, which comes through immediately in the wine's aromatic profile. Dark, rich...
90 VM / 89 JD / 89 JS / 87-89 WA / 88 VM / 15.5 JR The 2021 Beaumont is a beautiful, expressive Haut-Médoc to drink now and over the next decade or so. Crushed flowers, red-toned fruit, spice, leather, tobacco and...
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100 RP / 100 JD / 99 WCI / 98 WS / 98 FS / 18 JR 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...
97 VM / 95 DE / 94 JD / 94 WS / 94 JS / 94 WCI / 94 FS / 93 JA / 17 JR An utterly spellbinding wine, the 2014 Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse is also one of the unqualified successes of the vintage...
100 JD / 99 VM / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 98 WI / 97 WA / 97 DE / 17+ JR Cassis, crushed rocks, graphite, and liquid violet notes all emerge from the 2016 Château Beauséjour, one of the magical wines in this...
97 WI / 96+ JD / 96 JS / 96 VM / 96 WCI / 96 WE / 95 DE / 95 WS / 16+ JR #90 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 The 2017 Beausejour Duffau is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps with...
100 JA / 100 FS / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 97 JD / 97 VM / 97 WA / 97 WI #16 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#54 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021#71 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 The 10th vintage under the Nicolas...
99 FS / 98 DE / 97 WI / 96+ JD / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 95 VM / 95 JS / 16.5+ JR Dark ruby ​​garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge brightening. Attractive dark berry confit, nuances of licorice, floral notes,...
100 JD / 98 WI / 98 JA / 97 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 17+ JR #96 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarrosse), made mostly by the team...
97 JS / 96 DE / 96 WI / 95 WCI / 94 JD / 94 VM / 94 JA#52 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 Fascinating depth and complexity with beautifully knit fruit and oak spices. Glossy, bright but subtle, with lightly...
98-100 DE / 98-100 JA / 97-99 WI / 97-98 JS / 96-98+ JD / 95-97 VM / 95-97 WA One of the clear standouts of the vintage! A sensual, fun, salivating and sublime wine from winemaker Joséphine...
89 WS Delicious, subtle and elegant. Good ruby color. Medium-bodied, with medium, silky tannins, a floral, berry and fresh earth character and a fruity, chocolate and berry aftertaste.--1982 Bordeaux horizontal. - Wine...
96 VM / 96 JS / 96 WE / 95 DE / 95 JD / 95 WS / 93-95 WCI / 17.5 JR A huge, dramatic wine for the year, the 2014 Bélair-Monange possesses tremendous depth and overall intensity. Succulent black cherry, leather, spice...
98 JD / 97 JS / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 94+ WA / 94 JA / 94 VM / 94 WI / 94 DE / 94 FS / 16.5 JR #17 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023#42 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The finest wine I've tasted from this estate, the...
97-98 JS / 96-98 WCI / 95 JA / 95 DE / 95 FS / 93-95+ JD / 93-95 WA / 93-95 WI / 16.5 JR Blackberry, iron, hazelnut, crushed stone, hints of salt and spice. Medium to full body. Fresh and vivid. Very sophisticated and...
95+ RP / 94 VM / 94 WCI / 93 WS This tiny, 5-acre vineyard with nearly 50-year old vines produces only 4,000 bottles from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The broodingly tannic, backward 2006 is remarkably...
92-94 WA / 91 FS / 17 JR This terroir is superbly situated between Beausejour Duffau and Beau-Sejour-Becot, with Angelus within shouting distance. Bellevue has been managed by Stephane Derenoncourt and Nicolas Thienpont...
94 WA / 93 WS / 92 JS / 90 VM / 90 JD / 90 DE / 15.5 JR Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Berliquet gives up expressive notes of baked plums, blackberry preserves and mulberries with hints of licorice, crushed...
94 JS / 94 WI / 94 WCI / 94 FS / 93 WA / 93 DE / 93 WE / 92 WS / 91+ JD / 16++ JR #94 Wine Spectator Top 100 2021 Blackberry, plum, blueberry and some stone and crushed cement on the nose. Full body with...
94 WA / 93 WI / 93 JA / 93 JS / 93 WCI / 92 VM / 92 JD / 91 WS / 17 JR The 2019 Berliquet is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, wild berries, sweet spices, violets and forest floor. Medium...
95 WI / 94 JS / 94 WA / 94 JD / 93 DE / 93 WE / 93 JA / 92 WS / 92 VM / 17 JR Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2020 Berliquet, a blend of 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc, needs a fair bit of coaxing to bring out notes of...
93 WA / 93 JD / 93 JS / 93 AG / 93 JA / 93 DE / 93 WI / 93 WCI / 91 VM / 16 JRWine Advocate Sleepers of the VintageThe 2021 Berliquet is showing very well in bottle, wafting from the glass with notes of sweet wild berries,...
94-96 JD / 94-95 WA / 93-95 WI / 93-94 JS / 94 JA / 94 DE / 92-94 VM Candied cherries, tapenade, violets, and floral notes all emerge from the 2022 Château Berliquet, a medium to full-bodied, seamless Saint-Emilion...
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92 DE / 92 WE / 92 FS / 91 WS / 90-91 JS / 16.5 JR Less intense than the 2010 vintage, but there are still rich dark cassis and bilberry notes on offer, with blonde tobacco and walnut edging. Another wine that suggests it's...
94 JD / 93-95 WE / 93 WI / 93 DE / 93 JA / 92+ WA / 92 VM / 92 JS / 17+ JR Drinking beautifully, the deep ruby/purple-hued 2012 Château Beychevelle just about jumps out of the glass with lots of ripe black cherry and...
96 VM / 96 JD / 96 WCI / 95 FS / 95 WS / 95 WA / 94 DE / 94 JS / 94 WE / 16.5 JR An unabashedly flamboyant, exotic wine, the 2018 Beychevelle possesses tremendous richness and raciness right out of the gate. Inky dark...
96 JS / 95+ JD / 95 WI / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 95 FS / 94 VM / 94 WA / 94 JA / 94-96 WE / 17 JR Gorgeous aromas of currants, crushed stones, blackberries and flowers. Full-bodied with refined tannins that are long and...
97 JD / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 WCI / 95 WI / 94-96 WE / 94 JS / 94 JA / 94 WS / 94 FS / 93+ WA / 17.5 JR The Grand Vin 2020 Château Beychevelle is a tiny selection representing just 55% of the total production of the...
94 AG / 94 DE / 94 WCI / 93+ JD / 93 JA / 92+ WA / 92 VM / 92 WI / 92 FS / 16.5 JR The 2021 Beychevelle is elegant, understated and classy. Medium in body and less overt than most recent years, the 2021 is impeccably...
95-97+ JD / 95-97 VM / 94-96 AG / 94-96 WI / 95 DE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 WA / 93 JA I was able to taste the 2022 Château Beychevelle on multiple occasions, and it never failed to impress me. Based on 54% Cabernet...
94-96 VM / 93-96 JD / 94-95 JS / 94 JA / 94 DE / 93-94 WA / 90 DE The 2023 Beychevelle is fabulous. As always, Beychevelle includes quite a bit more Merlot than most wines in the appellation, but the Cabernet is especially...
95 JS / 94 JA / 94 JD / 93 WI / 92 VM / 92 DE A bright and vivid white with sliced lemon, grapefruit and mineral character. Medium to full body. Crisp acidity and a minerally finish. Lots of energy this year despite the hot...
94 JS / 92 JA / 90-92 JD / 90 VM / 90 WCI / 90 FS / 16.5 JR Dried oranges and plums with bark, mushroom and forest floor aromas that follow through to medium to full body with a dense finish and excellent energy...
93 JS / 91 JD / 90 VM / 89 WA This shows black cherries and mushrooms with bark and chocolate and hints of citrus. It’s medium- to full-bodied with round and velvety tannins and a juicy finish. Very gourmand and...
An Exclusive Collection of Six Bordeaux Legends in an Elegant Wooden Case1 bottle each: 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild (100 JS / 99 WE / 98 WA / 98 WS / 98 VM / 98 DE / 98 JA)2009 Chateau Latour (100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS /...
94 JS / 94 AG / 94 DE / 94 WA / 94 WCI / 91-93 WI / 92 VM / 92 JA / 16 JRWine Advocate Sleepers of the Vintage The plum, chocolate and orange-peel aromas and flavors are all so attractive, and the tannins are creamy and...
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97 WCI / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 WE / 96 JA / 94 JD / 94 JS / 94 WA / 94 WI / 18 JR Already incredible to drink, the wine is concentrated, rich, sensuous, and packed with layers of fruit that does not quit. Even though it is...