100 VM / 100 AG / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 99 DE / 98 WS / 98 WE / 19 JR #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 The 2016 Mouton Rothschild bowled me over when I tasted it from barrel...
98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 JD / 95 WI / 95 WE / 18 JR #37 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Extremely perfumed Mouton with currants and crushed berries. Hints of roses and other...
100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WE / 99 FS / 98 WS / 97+ JD#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#36 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 I am a little bit...
100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WE / 99 FS / 98 WS / 97+ JD / 18.5 JR#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#36 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 I am a...
100 WI / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 99 JS / 99 AG / 98+ WA / 98 JA / 98 VM / 98 WS / 98 JD / 98 WE / 19 JR The 2019 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and 1% Petit...
100 WI / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 99 JS / 99 AG / 98+ WA / 98 JA / 98 VM / 98 WS / 98 JD / 98 WE / 19 JR The 2019 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep...
98 JS / 96+ WI / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 WE / 96 WCI / 95 JA / 95 JD / 95 FS / 17.5+ JR This shows blackcurrants, blackberries, violets, lavender, pencil shavings and hints of metal shavings. Medium- to full-bodied...
98-100 JD / 98-100 WI / 98-100 DE / 98-100 WCI / 98-99 JS / 96-99 WA / 98 JA / 96-98 VM / 96-98 WE / 19 JR Moving to the flagship, the 2022 Château Mouton Rothschild is a massive, full-bodied, incredibly...
98-100 JD / 98-100 WI / 98-100 DE / 98-100 WCI / 98-99 JS / 96-99 WA / 98 JA / 96-98 VM / 96-98 WE / 19 JR Moving to the flagship, the 2022 Château Mouton Rothschild is a massive, full-bodied, incredibly powerful...
98-100 JA/ 98-99 JS/ 96-99 VM/ 98 DE/ 96-98 JD /95-97 WI / 94-96 WA #14 Jeb Dunnuck Top 25 2023 Bordeaux En Primeur High Cabernet, and the grape is dominant not just in blend but character, totally delicious, with tension,...
96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA / 94 DE / 94 WI / 93 VM / 17 JR The 2019 Château Nenin is truly fantastic, and my money is on it being the finest vintage to date for this estate. Based on 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc...
93 JS / 92 AG / 92 VM / 91 JD / 91 WE / 90 WS Earthy and savory, this starts rich and mellow then slowly turns in the stern direction. A lot of personality and character, and power for long ageing. Try in 2020. James...
94 WE / 93 DE / 93 FS / 92 JD / 91 WS / 93-94 JS / 90-92 WA / 16.5+ JR The estate is under the same ownership as Château Lynch-Bages in Pauillac. Rich and smoky, this sophisticated, rich wine has some serious tannins...
94 JD / 93 JS / 93 WS / 93 DE / 93 WE / 92 WI / 91 VM / 90 WA / 16.5 JR Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Ormes de Pez comes bounding out of the glass with energetic scents of black raspberries, fresh...
93 JA / 92 JS / 92 JD / 92 WS / 92 WCI / 91 VM / 91 WA / 91 DE / 17 JR Love this wine, with its punchy stamp of St Estèphe, with powerful black fruits and fresh acidities, both enticing and appealing while...
93 JA / 92 JS / 91-93 VM / 91 DE / 90 JD / 89 WA This has punch and mouth-watering juicy acidities. Cheerful, enticiting, blackberry and loganberry fruits, and all is in place to add on further depth over ageing. There is...
93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 93 JA / 93 DE / 91-93 VM / 90-92 WA / 89-91 WI Another brilliant Saint-Estèphe, the 2022 Château Ormes De Pez offers up lots of ripe blue and black fruits as well textbook earth, crushed...
100 JS / 100 WCI / 98 JD / 98 WA / 98 WE / 98 FS / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96 WS / 99-100 GV / 18 JR #48 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 I am breathless with the dark-berry, lavender and burnt-orange aromas. Some salt...
100 VM / 100 JD / 100 WE / 100 WCI / 98+ WA / 98 DE / 98 JS / 98 FS / 18.5 JR #27 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 Technical Director Thomas Duroux and his team made one of the most brilliant...
98 JS / 97+ WA / 97 DE / 96+ VM / 96 WCI / 95+ JD / 95 WS / 95 WE / 17.5+ JR Wine Advocate Top 100 of 2020#35 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Very perfumed and subtle with dried...
100 DE / 100 VM / 100 AG / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 99+ JD / 98 WS / 98 JS / 98 WA / 18.5 JR Beautifully rich even on the nose, this makes you smile from the first moment. On the palate things are intense...
99 VM / 99 JS / 99 WI / 98 AG / 98 JA / 98 WE / 98 WCI / 98 FS / 97 JD / 97 DE / 96+ WA / 19 JR #18 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022 The 2019 Palmer is beautifully defined on the nose with pencil lead...
99 DE / 98 VM / 98 WE / 98 WCI / 97+ WI / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 JD / 97 JA / 96 FS / 18+ JR Glorious finesse, depth, density and length. An amazing wine that deserves to be a first growth. Such vivid expression of...
97 DE / 97 WE / 97 DE / 96 VM / 96 JA / 96 WCI / 95+ WA / 95 JS / 95 JD / 17+ JR A showstopper of a wine that offers a fragranced nose of purple flowers, blackcurrant, cola and liquorice. Smooth and silky, this has a...
In the 19th century, it was a common practice of the time to “hermitage” the wines. Bordeaux chateaux would add to their wines a certain quantity of wine from the Rhone - notably from the region of Hermitage...
90 CT Château Pape Clement Rouge-Grand Cru Classé of Graves “With their smoky and spicy bouquet, the red wines are of an admirable quality and a very characteristic softness. The wine is both...
99 JS / 97 JD / 97 WI / 96 VM / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 95 WS / 95 WE / 17.5 JR #41 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The clarity to this wine is impressive. Wealth of dark-plum and black-fruit essence not to mention orange...
98 JS / 97 JD / 97 JA / 96 WA / 96 VM / 96 WS / 96 DE / 95 WCI / 95 WE / 17.5 JR #85 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 Stunning concentration of perfectly ripe blackcurrants here with a delicate whiff of...
96 JS / 96 VM / 95 WI / 95 WS / 94+ WA / 94 WE / 93 JD / 93 DE / 17 JR #84 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Beautiful spice, tobacco, wet earth and blackcurrants with some raspberries. Aromatic...
99 JD / 97 JS / 97 JA / 97 WCI / 96+ WA / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WE / 17 JR Coming from 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc brought up in 60% new French oak, the 2018 Château...
98 JD / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 96 JA / 96 WI / 96 FS / 95 DE / 95 WE / 94 WA / 94 WS / 17+ JR As to the Grand Vin 2019 Château Pape Clement, it reveals a dense purple hue to go with stunning aromatics...
98 VM / 98 JS / 97+ JD / 97 WCI / 95 WS / 95 DE / 95 JA / 17+ JR#37 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#59 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 The 2020 Pape Clément is outrageously beautiful...
93 VM / 93 DE / 93 JS / 91 JA / 91 FS / 90 JD / 90 WE / 90 WCI / 16 JR Second wine of Clerc Milon. 2020 is the first ever vintage released en primeur. The 2020 Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is fabulous. Rich, ample...
92 JS / 91 VM / 90 JD This is energetic, with a bright citrus and currant character, orange peels and light chocolate. Medium body, fine tannins and a vivid finish. Crunchy. Drink or hold. - James Suckling The 2021...
92-93 JS / 91-93 JD / 92-92 VM / 91 DE / 89-91 WI Plenty of juicy fruit with blackcurrants, cherries and chocolate. Medium to full body. Juicy finish. - James Suckling The 2022 Pastourelle De Clerc Milon is a full-bodied,...
92 JS / 92 VM / 92 DE / 92 FS / 91 WI / 91 WA / 91 JD / 91 WCI / 16.5 JR This has aromas of blackberries, porcini mushrooms, tobacco and charred bark. It’s medium-bodied with fine, supple tannins. Savory, with plenty...
94 JS / 94 WCI / 93 FS / 92 JD / 91 WI / 90 DE / 16.5 JR This is already very complex with tobacco, blackberries and hints of cedar. It’s medium-bodied with firm and layered tannins. Juicy and so delicious. It can...
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16 JR / 91 CT Very, very deep, blackish crimson. Dusty. Scented. Correct. Gentle, but quite a bit of vigorous tannins at the end. Quite surprisingly chewy.-Jancis...
100 WI / 100 JD / 100 WA / 100 FS Medium garnet-brick in color, the 2000 Pavie needs a little swirl to coax out fragrant notes of dried roses, cinnamon stick, red loam, and fallen leaves leading to a core of kirsch,...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JD / 98 DE / 98 JS / 97 WCI / 18 JR Deep garnet in color, the 2009 Pavie drifts effortlessly and profoundly from the glass with baked plums, spice cake, sandalwood, Black Forest cake and blueberry pie...
98+ JD / 96 WI / 96 JS / 96 WCI / 95 WA / 95 WS / 95 VM / 94-96 WE / 94 JA / 17.5+ JR No. 9 James Suckling's Top 100 List of 2012 Red Bordeaux To celebrate the property's promotion to Premier Grand Cru...
100 JD / 100 FS / 99 WCI / 99 WA / 99 JS / 98 WS / 97 VM / 96 DE / 19 JR #29 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 One of the wines of the vintage is the 2018 Château Pavie, and...
99 JD / 99 WI / 99 FS / 98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 WS / 96 JA / 96 DE / 96 WE / 17.5 JR#20 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022 The 2019 Château Pavie is another beauty that...
100 WI /100 JD / 100 JS / 99 WCI / 97 DE / 97-99 VM / 96 FS / 18+ JR#27 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2020...
97 JS / 96 JD / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 WI / 96 WCI / 17++ JR Very complex with red currants, iodine and iron. Medium-bodied, with a dense yet energetic palate and a long and racy finish showing chalk and gunpowder. Flinty. 52%...
98 JS / 97 JA / 97 WE / 97 VM / 97 WCI / 96 WS / 94 JD / 94 WA / 16.5+ JR #95 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 So much violet and lilac aromas to this with blackberry and blueberry character, too. Full-bodied and...
98 JA / 98 DE / 97+ JD / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WI / 94-96 WE / 17 JR #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 One of the standouts of the vintage, with blackcurrant...
98 JA / 98 DE / 97+ JD / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WI / 94-96 WE / 17 JR #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 One of the standouts of the vintage, with blackcurrant fruits...
97+ WI / 97 JA / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96+ WA / 96+ JD / 96 DE / 95 WS / 95 VM / 95 WE / 17.5 JR A blend of 78% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Pavie Macquin is deep...
97+ WI / 97 JA / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96+ WA / 96+ JD / 96 DE / 95 WS / 95 VM / 95 WE / 17.5 JR A blend of 78% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Pavie Macquin is deep garnet-purple in...
100 VM / 98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 WI / 97 DE / 96+ JD / 96 JA / 96 WE / 95+ WA / 95 WS / 17 JR#45 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#67 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 The 2020 Pavie Macquin...
96 JS / 95 DE / 95 WI / 94+ AG / 94 JA / 93 WA / 93 VM / 93 JD / 93 FS / 93 WCI / 16.5 JR A very juicy and rounded young 2021 with berry, chocolate, cedar, balsamic, and redwood aromas and flavors. Medium to full body...
97-99 WCI / 96-98+ WI / 96-98+ JD / 98 JA / 95-97 VM / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 94-95 JS / 17.5 JR Dark garnet in color, the wine offers its nose of cherry blossoms, licorice, black fruits, orange rind, olives, and...
94 JS / 93 VM / 92 WCI / 92 JD / 92 DE Currant and dark chocolate with walnut and cedar undertones. It’s medium-bodied with creamy tannins. Juicy finish. 68% cabernet sauvignon, 24% merlot, 6% cabernet franc and 2%...
16 JR Quite edgy on the nose. Very focused nose but a bit lacking sweetness and charm. Edgy. Rather grainy tannins on the finish. The grand vin 1996 is very different indeed. - Jancis...
94 DE / 91 JA / 91 JS / 91 WE / 91 VM / 90+ WA / 90 WS / 90 WCI / 90 FS / 17.5 JR A true younger sibling of the first growth, this well-known second wine offers a finely scented bouquet and creamy palate in 2012. Proper...
96 JS / 93-95 WCI / 93-95 FS / 94 VM / 94 JD / 94 WE / 94 WS / 93 DE / 92 WA / 17.5 JR Shows incredible depth and power with near perfect Margaux character of black fruits and power. Full body, very tannic yet...
97 JS / 95 WE / 95 WCI / 94 JA / 94 FS / 94 DE / 94 JD / 94 VM / 93+ WA / 17 JR Subtle and attractive aromas of blackcurrants and flowers with hints of spices. Black truffles as well. Medium to full body, with fine...
96 JS / 94+ WI / 93 DE / 92 JD / 92 AG / 92 VM / 92 JA / 91 WA / 16.5 JR This wine has a tightness and linear energy, with red currants, herbs, plums and hints of dark chocolate. Medium-bodied with beautiful integration and...
94-96 JD / 94-95 JS / 93-95+ WI / 94 JA / 94 DE / 92-94 WA / 92-94 VM You could easily mistake the 2022 Pavillon Rouge De Margaux for the Grand Vin here, and truth be told, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this actually...
96-97 JS / 92-94+ WI / 93 JA / 93 DE / 91-93+ JD / 90-93 VM Very Chateau Margaux, with perfumed violets, currants and other berries, as well as oranges. Medium body with fine, caressing tannins that are tight and...
99 JS / 98 WA / 97 JD / 97 WCI / 96 VM / 95 WS / 94-96 GV #46 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 A very intense yet playfully ripe and balanced expression of dark plums, dark stones and blackberries. Then wait for the...
99 JD / 98 WCI / 97 JS / 96 WA The 2016 Château Péby Faugères is flat-out awesome and easily up with the finest Saint-Emilion out there. Incredible notes of ripe black cherries, truffly earth, iron,...
97 JD / 97 JS / 96 WCI The flagship from this estate, the 2019 Château Péby Faugères is all Merlot from the eastern part of the appellation, brought up in a mix of new and used barrels. Its deep purple...
94 JD / 94 JS / 94 DE / 93 WI / 91 WA I loved the 2020 Petit-Figeac, the second wine from Château Figeac. Based on 71% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 14-15 months in 40% new oak, it...
99 JS / 99 RP / 96 VM I drank this last year with some wine collector friends you guessed it: in Hong Kong! It’s a very special bottle I’ve been lucky enough to have tried on a number of occasions, and it...
98 RP / 97 VM / 97 FS / 19 JR One of the best wines of the vintage as well as the most concentrated and tannic Petrus of the seventies, the 1975 is a blockbuster wine, opulently rich, still broodingly dark in color, and...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 FS / 100 JS / 99 WCI / 98 WS / 97 VM / 20/20 JR The 1990 Petrus remains incredibly young, one of the least evolved wines of the vintage (along with Montrose and Beausejour-Duffau). This dense...
100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WA / 98-100 FS / 99 VM / 99 WS / 99 WCI / 98 RP / 19.5 JR Stunning. So deep and characterful yet refined and subtle. It shows aromas of wet earth, mushrooms and dark fruits. Dry black olives come out...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WE / 100 WCI / 98-100 FS / 99 JD / 98 VM / 19 JR #53 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 When I asked winemaker Olivier Berrouet about his greatest challenges in 2015, he replied,...
100 JD / 100 WI / 98 VM / 98 JA / 98 DE / 97 WS / 18+ JR The 2019 Château Pétrus is a behemoth, and I can't imagine a better marriage of sexy, opulent fruit with purity, precision, and length. Always all Merlot...
91-93 FS / 90-92 WE / 90 WS / 16.5 JR Dark ruby garnet, violet reflections, delicate edge lightening, ripe black cherry fruit, tobacco nuances, delicate touch of precious wood and nougat. Powerful, juicy, elegant texture,...
93 WS / 92 JA / 92 VM / 91 DE Dense aromas of licorice, tobacco, cedar and currants. Subtle yet complex. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a rich, long finish. Very pretty. One of the best from Pauillac this year, and...
99 JS / 98+ JD / 98 AG / 98 DE / 98 WE / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 WS / 97 WA / 97 WI / 96 JA / 18 JR#8 Wine Spectator Top 100 2023#32 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 Fabulous aromas of blackcurrant,...
96-98 VM / 96-98 JD / 97 DE / 96-97 JS / 95-97 WA / 95-97 WI The 2022 Pichon Baron was picked 8 September to 3 October and matured in 70% new oak. It has wonderful precision on the nose, with intense blackberry and bilberry...
94 JD / 94 JS / 93 DE / 93 WCI / 93 FS / 92 WA / 91 VM / 16.5 JR Formerly known as Reserve de la Comtesse The second wine of the Château, the 2018 Reserve De Comtesse De Lalande checks...
94 AG / 94 JD / 94 DE / 93 JS / 93 JA / 93 WE / 93 WCI / 92 VM / 92 WI / 92 FS / 91 WA The 2019 Réserve de la Comtesse is elegant, silky and nuanced, with terrific presence and tons of pure class. Crushed red...
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