98+ JD / 98 JA / 98 VM / 97 JS / 96 WA / 95 WS #96 Jeb Dunnuck’s Top 100 Wines of 2019 Possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée to date, the 2016 Château Pavie Macquin comes from a cooler, later...
97 WA / 95 JA / 95 JS / 95 VM / 95 JD / 95 WS / 95 WE#1 Jane Anson Top 50 Wines of 2023#42 Jeb Dunnuck’s Top 100 Wines of 2020 Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Pavie Macquin comes charging out of the...
98 JA / 97+ JD / 97 WA / 97 JS / 96 WS / 96 VM #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 One of the standouts of the vintage, with blackcurrant fruits that are layered through with bitter black chocolate,...
97+ WI / 97 JA / 97 JS / 96+ WA / 96+ JD / 96 DE / 95 WS / 95 VM / 95 WE A blend of 78% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Pavie Macquin is deep garnet-purple in color. It bursts with...
100 VM / 98 JS / 97 WI / 97 DE / 96+ JD / 96 JA / 96 WE / 95+ WA / 95 WS#45 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#67 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 The 2020 Pavie Macquin is...
96 JS / 95 DE / 95 WI / 93-95 JD / 94+ AG / 94 JA / 93 WA / 93 VM A very juicy and rounded young 2021 with berry, chocolate, cedar, balsamic, and redwood aromas and flavors. Medium to full body. Velvety tannins. Excellent...
96-98+ WI / 96-98+ JD / 98 JA / 95-97 VM / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 94-95 JS The 2022 Pavie Macquin, 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, is deep garnet-purple in color. It is quite closed to start off, revealing scents of...
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...
90-93 WS / 91 WE Delivers black tea and singed vanilla aromas, with supple red currant and iron notes. A pleasant backdrop of cedar comes into focus on the sinewy finish. Tasted non-blind. - James Molesworth, Wine...
96 JS / 94 VM / 94 JD / 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 polished and refined. It’s like...
96-97 JS / 94 DE / 92-94 JD / 92-94 VM / 92-94 WA Blackberry and graphite with dark fruit and violets on the nose. Very complex. Full-bodied with lovely, fine tannins that are lightly chewy. Extremely long and...
94-95 JS / 94+ WI / 92-94 JD / 93DE / 91-93 WA / 92 AG / 92 VM / 92 JA A nicely rounded young red with fine tannins that are polished and poised. Medium body with a solid center-palate and a creamy finish. Shows wonderful...
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...
99 JS / 98 WA / 97 JD / 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 dark,...
97-98 JS / 93-96 WS / 90-92 WA / 89-92 AG This has an incredible finish to it and shows such energy and intensity. Full-bodied yet vivid and energetic. Chewy tannins. Goes on for minutes. Merlot magic. - James...
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...
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 / 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 ruby/purple-colored effort is beginning to hint at the...
100 JS / 100 DE / 99 VM / 98 WA Stunning. So deep and characterful yet refined and subtle. It shows aromas of wet earth, mushrooms and dark fruits. Dry black olives come out as well. Full body, firm tannins and bright...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WE / 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, “Our biggest challenge...
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...
96 JS / 95 VM / 95 JD / 95 WI / 94+ WA / 94 JA / 94 DE / 94 WS / 93-95 WE #3 James Suckling’s 10 Best Value 2019 Bordeaux #76 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 This is a very classically...
98 WA / 95 DE The 1990 Pichon-Longueville Baron has always been one of my benchmark wines, one that never ceases to perform. Now at 27 years of age, it is clearly at its peak, and what a wondrous thing it is. Now showing...
93 WS 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 clearly better than 2001...
100 DE / 100 WE / 99 JS / 98+ WI / 98+ JD / 98 JA / 97+ WA / 97 VM / 97 WS / 18.5 JR#9 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $200 2023#12 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#38...
99 JS / 98+ JD / 98 AG / 98 DE / 98 WE / 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, blueberry,...
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 AG / 94 DE / 93 JS / 93 JA / 93 WE / 92 VM / 92 WI / 91 WA The 2019 Réserve de la Comtesse is elegant, silky and nuanced, with terrific presence and tons of pure class. Crushed red berry fruit, mint, blood...
95 JS / 93 WI / 93 JD / 93 WS / 92 AG / 92 NM / 92 DE / 91 WA Love the lead pencil, black berry and graphite aromas and flavors with iron shavings. It’s medium- to full-bodied with very fine and polished...
92-94 VM / 90-92 JD / 91 WS / 89-91 WA The 2021 Réserve de la Comtesse is a seriously great wine in its peer group. Or any peer group. Rich and layered, with no hard edges and compelling balance, the 2021...
95-96 JS / 92-94 JD / 92-94 WI / 93 JA / 93 DE / 91-93 WA / 91-93 VM The density of fruit is serious with blackcurrants, black berries, crushed stone and coffee beans. Yet it’s not heavy and overdone. The palate is...
96 WS Smoky, with cinder and smoldering charcoal notes weaving up and away from the core of juniper, allspice, dried currant and mulled blackberry flavors. Slightly grainy on the finish, with the charcoal coating hanging on...
94 WS One of the wines of the tasting. Fresh and complex, generous in character, with lovely dried cherry and spice aromas that follow through on the palate. Full-bodied, with concentrated fruit and firm tannins,...
100 WA / 100 JD / 100 DE / 100 VM / 100 RP Several years ago, I purchased a case of the 1982 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from a frigid Alsatian cellar where it had lain undisturbed since release, and from these...
97+ WA / 97 DE / 97 VM / 96 JS / 95 RP Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a little reticent to begin, slowly giving way to notions of warm black cherries, blackcurrant cordial, stewed...
100 WA / 100 VM / 100 JD / 98 DE / 98 JS / 97 WS #97 Wine Spectator Top 100 2019 One of the greatest wines that this estate has produced in the modern era, the 2016 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a...
98+ JD / 98 WS / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 VM / 97 JS#2 Wine Spectator Top 100 2021 The 2018 Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse De Lalande is a monster of a wine with an almost Château Latour-like...
99 VM / 99 JD / 98 WA / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 AG / 98 WI / 97 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS The sample of 2019 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande sent to me last year was an absolute show-stopper. The bouquet needs a few minutes...
99 VM / 99 JD / 98 WA / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 AG / 98 WI / 97 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS#26 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 The sample of 2019 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande sent to me last year was an absolute show-stopper...
98 DE / 98 JD / 98 VM / 97 WS / 98 JS / 96 DE / 95 WA #82 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023Smooth, seductive and finely textured, this is both sleek and strict, with a savoury, crushed stone saline tang...
98 VM / 96 DE / 94-96+ JD / 95 WA / 95 JA / 94-95 JS The 2021 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a towering wine. Just as it did en primeur, the 2021 dazzles from start to finish. The Cabernets are very high in the...
98-100 WI / 97-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 98 DE / 97-99 WA / 96-99 VM A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is deep garnet-purple in color. After a...
95 WA / 93 JA Composed of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Grenache, and 7% Counoise, the 2018 Odyssée has a deep garnet color, bursting from the glass with a whole array of exotic spices notes—cumin seed, star...
93 JS / 90 WS / 90 JD Attractive red berries and light licorice notes with a lick of iodine lead to a palate that has plenty of red-fruit and -licorice flavors. Smoothly groomed tannins and a fresh cherry-pip finish. Try...
95+ RP / 94 VM / 93 JS The 2006 is a wine to stockpile, especially for those in their thirties and forties as it needs another decade to reach maturity, after which it should keep for 30+ years. This vineyard, just south of...
96 JD / 96 RP / 96 WCI / 94 JS / 94 VM Unquestionably one of the gems in the vintage is the 2008 Pontet-Canet, which reminds me of the 2005 with its concentrated, deep, powerful style. Beautiful dark fruits, graphite,...
100 WA / 100 JD / 100 RP / 98+ JS Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Pontet-Canet is a little shut down to begin, but with coaxing this baby is soon firing on all cylinders with a full-throttle nose of...
98 JS / 97+ VM / 97 WI / 97 WE / 95+ JD / 95 DE / 95 JA So much floral and dark-fruit character with almonds and walnut shell. Full body and ultra-fine tannins. Powerful. Classic style with a harmony and energy...
96 WI / 96 WE / 96 JS / 95 VM / 95 DE / 16+ #66 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2020 #91 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4%...
99 WI / 99 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 WE / 96 VM / 18 JR #5 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $200 2023#6 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#14 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector...
98 JS / 97+ JD / 97 WI / 97 WE / 97 JA / 97 DE / 95+ VM #47 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#69 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 Aromas of blackcurrants and black cherries with hints of crushed...
95-96 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 93-95 WI / 93 JD / 93 VM / 91-93 WA Plenty of blackberry and blueberry with wet earth and crushed stone. Some spice,tobacco and lead pencil, too. It’s full-bodied with layered tannins and...
99-100 JS / 97-99+ JD / 97-99 WI / 95-97 VM / 95 DE What a finish on this Pontet-Canet. So much energy and brightness. It's full-bodied yet so tight and focused with superb fruit and transparency. It is racy and fine with...
98-100 JA / 97-99 WI / 97-98 JS / 96-98 WA / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 94-97 VM A wine to convince you of the quality and ripeness of Cabernet Sauvignon in Pauillac in this 2023 vintage, showcasing superbly supple tannins, great...
93 DE / 93 JS / 92 JD / 92 VM / 16.5 JR One of the best value 2009s that you can find in terms of its ability to deliver signature Moulis-Médoc character without having to wait too long or think too hard. Dark...
94 VM / 93 JS / 92 WA / 92 DE / 92 JA / 91 JD The 2019 Poujeaux has a very delineated, focused bouquet of blackberry, cedar, mint and light tea leaf scents, one of the most complex I have encountered from this great estate...
93 JS / 92 VM / 92 DE / 16.5+ JR / 92-94 WE / 90-92 JD This has a dusty character with black cherries and currants, as well as hints of cocoa, wet earth and raw mushrooms. Medium- to full-bodied with ripe, plush tannins...
94 JD / 94 JS / 93 VM / 93 JA / 93 DE / 16 JR I continue to love this wine, and I think it's undervalued in the market. Coming from a walled vineyard near Libourne and managed by the incredible team at Cheval Blanc, the...
92 DE / 91-92 JS / 16+ JR Managing tannins is one of the lines that needed walking in 2020, and the warmer soils of Quinault compared to Cheval needed particular care. You find some traces of the solar nature of the summer...
93 JD / 93 VM / 92-93 JS / 91-93 JD / 92DE / 90 JA / 89-91 WI / 89 WA A gorgeous wine in the vintage, the 2021 Château Quinault L'Enclos has loads of black raspberry and ripe currant fruits to go with complex notes of...
97 JS / 17.5 JR / 95 WI / 95 JD / 95 SEO / 94 VM / 94 DE #4 out of 48 in the Saint Emilion Oswald's Blind Tasting, London 2022 featuring 2011-2018 Angelus, Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Figeac, Pavie, Quintus Ripe...
97 JS / 96 JD / 94+ WA / 94 DE #14 out of 48 in the Saint Emilion Oswald's Blind Tasting, London 2022 featuring 2011-2018 Angelus, Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Figeac, Pavie, Quintus A wine with wonderful clarity of fruit...
96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 94 WI / 93-95 WE / 93 WA / 93 VM / 18 JR The 2019 Château Quintus is brilliant and does everything right in the vintage. Loaded with ripe red and black cherry fruits as well as notes of...
97-98 JS / 95-97 WA / 94-96 JD / 92-94 VM / 93 DE Wow. This is very chalky and salty with lots of mineral character. It shows lots of purple fruit and firm tannins. Racy and bright. Chewy yet fine tannins. Gorgeous. Gets...
94-95 JS / 92-94 VM / 93 WA / 92 DE Extremely focused and refined, with firm tannins that run the length of the wine. Medium-bodied with lovely length and juiciness. Blackberry and earth with mushroom and bark. Hints of...
94 WA Tasted single blind at the Fine Wine Experience horizontal in London. This has a gregarious nose, very extrovert with ripe red-berried fruit, a touch of menthol coming through, the most New World of the flight so far...
94 WA Tasted at lunch at La Trompette, it has that beguiling bouquet of cedar, mushroom, graphite and warm bricks, developing hung game aromas with further aeration in the glass. The palate displays wonderful balance and...
96 RP / 94 WA / 92 VM A great effort from Rauzan-Segla and one of the finest wines made at the estate in many a decade, this youthful, exhilarating effort still reveals a dense ruby/purple color with no signs of lightening...
94 VM The 1989 Rauzan-Ségla is a vintage that to my surprise, I had not tasted since September 2007. Just like then it represents the high point of the decade and augured a much brighter future in terms of quality...