90 WA The 1995 is concentrated, with a super-rich, expansive, old vine intensity. The opaque purple color is followed by a ripe, pure, rich nose. The wine possesses a mid-palate that exudes fat, glycerin, and fruit, as well...
97 JD / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 95 VM / 95 WS / 18.5 JR I loved this bottle of 1982 Cos d'Estournel, and it was easily the best bottle I’ve had of this wine...It shows classic, even youthful notes of lead pencil, currants...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 98 FS / 97 WS / 18 JR Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Cos d'Estournel features a myriad of wonderfully intense notes, including blackcurrant pastilles, redcurrant jelly, kirsch...
99 JD / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 98 WI / 97 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 96 WE / 18 JR #2 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 #86 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023 Gold-engraved bottle to celebrate the 20th...
94 VM / 93 JA / 91 JS / 91-93 JD / 91 WCI The 2019 Côte de Baleau takes quite a few minutes to settle in the glass. It has a very concentrated bouquet of black cherries, mulberry, touches of licorice and...
93 DE / 92 JS / 92 WA / 92 JA / 92 WCI / 91 JD / 91 FS / 90 AG / 90 VM / 16 JR Succulent and softly supple, this has lots of energy and pace with bright red fruits, raspberries and cherries, alongside sweet spices and...
97 JS / 96 DE / 96 JA / 96 WCI / 95 JD / 95 VM / 95 WI / 94 WA / 17.5 JR #2 James Suckling's 10 Best Value 2019 Bordeaux Fresh currants and raspberries pop out of the glass, together with oranges and cedar. Such...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Yquem (100 JS / 99 DB / 98 JA / 98 WCI / 97 WI / 96 VM / 95 WA / 19 JR) Haut-Brion (98 JS / 97 WA / 97 DE / 96 WI / 95 VM / 95 JA / 94+ JD / 94 AG / 18 JR) La...
90 WA / 90 JS / 17 JR 1966 DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU #25 DAMAGED LABEL, LOW SHOULDER FILL Medium brown colored with a touch of brick, the 1966 Ducru-Beaucaillou gives up savory notions of smoked meats, sautéed herbs and tapenade...
90 WA / 90 JS / 17 JR 1966 DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU #26 DAMAGED LABEL, MID-TOP SHOULDER Medium brown colored with a touch of brick, the 1966 Ducru-Beaucaillou gives up savory notions of smoked meats, sautéed herbs and tapenade...
92 RP / 90 WS This wine has been fully mature and delicious for many years, so I was not surprised by how stunning this bottle was. It has always been an outstanding wine for the vintage - complex, rich, savory, and the...
95-96 JS / 93 JD / 93 DE / 92 JA / 92 FS / 16 JR Intense graphite and violet character with lead pencil. It’s full and firm with chewy and balanced tannins. Iodine coming through. So intense. Super second wine. Like...
95 JS This is the first vintage of this wine. It is in beautiful condition with lots of ripe and spicy fruit, as well as redwood and cedar undertones. Currants. Full-bodied, chewy and rich with a balance of freshness...
96 DE / 94 WA / 19 JR One-third each of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, 100% new oak, with a harvest that lasted from 17 September to 6 October. Still deep in colour, and is given a huge boost by the...
95 WS / 19 JR Best Figeac in years. Loads of blackberry, chocolate and stones. Full-bodied and concentrated with masses of tannins and fruit. Long, long finish. Needs time. Best after 2002. -Wine Spectator Impérial...
97 JA / 17.5 JR Dense ruby in colour, slight bricking around the edges. Beautifully supple tannins, hints of black truffle, cocoa dusting. Signature Figeac finesse. Bright and vivid, feels like the slow-moving 2000 is now...
97 JA / 97 DE / 96+ WA / 96 WI / 96 WCI / 95-97 WE / 95 JS / 95 JD / 95 FS / 17++ JR Wine Advocate Wine of the Vintage Lovely aromatics right off the bat, good spice, white peppers, touches of savoury cassis. This 71% mix...
91 WS This is extremely well-crafted. Dark colored, with wonderful milk chocolate and ripe berry aromas. Full-bodied, with well-integrated tannins and plenty of refined and rich fruit. Give this time. Super quality from a...
96 JS / 96 VM / 96 WCI / 95+ WA / 95 DE / 95 JA / 94+ JD / 94 WI / 17 JR Fascinating aromas of blueberries, crushed stone, and blackcurrants. Very aromatic. Full-bodied with juicy tannins that are creamy and intense...
95 DE / 94+ WA / 94 JD / 93 WI / 92 JS / 92 JA / 91 VM / 16.5++ JR #10 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $25 2023Vinous Memorable Wines of 2022 - Neal Martin A medicinal edge on the nose, some...
94 DE / 93 WA / 92 JD / 92 JS / 91 AG / 91 VM / 91 JA / 91 WCI / 91 FS / 16 JRWine Advocate Sleeper of the Vintage Softly floral-touched blackcurrants - violet and lilac, quite a subtle perfumed tone to them but giving...
94 WA / 94 JD / 94 FS / 93-94 JS / 93 DE / 92 VM / 92 JA / 90-92 WI / 16.5 JR One of the best wines ever produced at this address, the 2022 Grand Village reveals a dense, bright and complex bouquet of...
2nd wine of Vieux Chateau Certan 2004 Vieux Chateau Certan received 97 points from James Suckling
94 DE / 94 JA / 93 JD / 93 WI / 92 WA / 17 JR2nd wine of Vieux Chateau CertanLovely soft spicing on the nose, liquorice touches and bramble fruits - gorgeous aromatics on show. Excellent clarity on the palate, this has...
96 JS / 95 WI / 95 JD / 95 VM / 93 WE / 93 WCI / 93 DE / 92 JA / 16 JR Wow. What a second wine with berries, chocolate, and coffee beans. Black berries. Full and layered with such incredible length and intensity. The real...
100 RP / 97 FS / 96+ VM / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 18 JR "The monumental 1982 Gruaud Larose, which I think I've said before is clearly the greatest Gruaud Larose I have ever tasted, and I have had most of them - back through the...
97 JA / 96 FS / 96 DE / 95+ WA / 95+ WI / 94 VM / 94 JS / 94 JD / 17.5 JR Savoury, chiselled and elegant Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated fruits, totally gorgeous and so moreish. Controlled power, huge precision, with an...
95 DE / 94 WA / 94 VM / 94 JA / 94 WI / 93 WCI Black peppercorns, tobacco, ash, vanilla, cinnamon and cedar spice. A gorgeous mouthfeel straight away, the tannins so plump, not heavy or opulent but filling and ripe. This...
99-100 JS / 99 WI / 99 JD / 98 JA / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96-98 WE / 17++ JR#6 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $200 2023#19 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 This has incredible power...
94 DE / 94 WE / 94 WI / 94 JS / 94 FS / 93 VM / 92 JA / 92 JD / 92 WCI / 90 WA / 16.5 JR Wow, dark berries and violets on the nose, so sensuous, smells rich and round. Beautifully fresh on the palate, there is a real...
Please specify which number bottle(s) you would like at checkout. 97 RP / 19 JR A dark ruby-colored wine with noticeable amber/rust, the 1955 Haut-Brion offers a huge, fragrant bouquet of walnuts, tobacco, wet stones, and...
100 VM / 20 JR / 98 WS The 1959 Haut-Brion is, in my view, the most moving of the utterly profound wines on the table. Ripe and flamboyant, the 1959 races across the palate with kirsch, mint, licorice and tobacco, all in an...
100 RP / 98 VM / 98 JD / 96 WS / 18 JR The dark garnet-colored 1961 Haut-Brion is pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, chocolate, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky...
99 DE / 98 JS / 97 JA / 96 VM / 96 WA / 95 WS / 19 JR Although the colour of the wine is now bricking at the rim, the core still has a deep, tawny/garnet hue. The aromas here are significantly mature, including smoke,...
100 WA / 100 WS / 100 RP / 100 VM / 100 JA / 100 JS / 100 WS / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 98 DE / 97 JD / 19.5 JR A spectacular wine that only goes from strength to strength, and which ranks among the pinnacles of my birth year...
100 FS / 99 WCI / 98 RP / 97 DE / 96 VM / 18.5 JR Strong ruby garnet, good color depth, violet reflections, delicate water edge. Subtle spicy, black and red berries, candied mandarin zest, spicy and tobacco hints. Juicy,...
100 DE / 99+ WA / 99 WCI / 98 VM / 98 JD / 97 FS / 18 JR Is this as good as the 1989? Certainly it is lush and powerful, lingering and expanding in the mouth with sweet tobacco and cigar box notes, along with still young...
98 WCI / 96 WA / 96 RP / 96 DE / 96 WE / 95 VM / 95 JD / 94 JS / 18 JR Deep ruby in color, with the tell tale aromatics of cigar box, tobacco, tar, cassis and dark ripe fruits, while it's still in the primary stage, it's...
98 JS / 98 WE / 97 WI / 97 DE / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 96+ VM / 96 WS / 17.5+ JR #39 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is extremely aromatic and perfumed with crushed-berry, flower, currant and...
100 WA / 100 WCI / 99 JS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 WS / 98 FS / 97 VM / 18 JR #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The 2018 Haut-Brion is composed of 49.4% Merlot, 38.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11.9% Cabernet...
98 JS / 98 WE / 97 WA / 97 DE / 97 WCI / 96 WI / 96 FS / 95 VM / 95 JA / 18 JRWine Advocate Wine of the Vintage This is racy and aromatic, with blossom honey, lemons, limes and crushed stone. Some Thai basil, too...
93 JS / 92 DE A juicy, fruity red with blackberry, cherry and tar. It’s medium-bodied with medium, chewy tannins and a savory finish. Delicious now, but a couple of years will make it even better. Will improve with...
The history and evolution of a vineyard through inheritances, purchases, regroupings of lands, can lead to the association of several AOC (Protected Designations of Origins, i.e. PDOs) within the same estate. Chasse-Spleen...
93 WA Both vintages of L'Arrosee performed slightly better than my original tastings. The impressive 1990 L'Arrosee offers up a provocative, penetrating, super-fragrant nose of minerals, truffles, black fruits (jammy...
98 VM / 98 JA / 97 WS / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 18.5 JR This is the most sublime example of the 1998 l’Eglise-Clinet of many that I have tasted. The 1998 is a Pomerol that, after 23-years, has reached its zenith. It has a...
100 WCI / 99+ RP / 99 VM / 97 JS / 96 DE / 19 JR 5 Spice, smoke, kirsch liqueur, truffle, tobacco, charcoal and floral aromas pop from the glass. On the palate, this deep colored wine is pure, sensuous, silky and rich...
100 RP Tasted three times over the last year, the monumental 1947 is a great example of what thick, viscous, chewy, super-concentrated wines were produced in Pomerol in that vintage. The color is opaque garnet. The nose...
96 WA / 94 WCI Tasted blind at Southwold ’06 Bordeaux tasting. This has a languid, sensuous nose with bright red-berried fruit, strawberry, cranberry and a touch of granite. Superb definition and sense of clarity. The...
99 DE / 96 JS / 96 WS / 96-98 JD / 95 WI / 17.5 JR From the very first moment your nose approaches the glass you know something special is happening. Seductive, rich, mouth-filling to the point that you really understand...
99 WI / 99 JS / 98 DE / 97+ JD / 97 WCI / 96 VM / 95 WA / 95 FS / 17++ JR #29 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 L'Evangile is composed of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color,...
17+ JR / 91.6 CT Exceptional Value from Le Pin’s Jacques Thienpont + One the world’s most-celebrated winemakers+ Unique terroir situated at Bordeaux’s highest point+ Organic farming+ 2016 - an...
98 JS / 97 WCI / 96+ VM This is a compact cylinder of ripe and fresh fruit with currant, fresh-herb and dry-earth character on the palate. So solid. Full-bodied yet refined and checked in every way. Well-defined, formed and...
60% Merlot / 20% Cabernet Sauvignon / 20% Cabernet FrancClay and limestone soils covered with stony gravel. The second wine of Château Carignan is ripe and fruity. It has red fruits and layers of tannin and...
95 JS / 91 WCI / 90 RP This is a phenomenal bottle with licorice, violet and berries on nose. Full body with soft and velvety tannins and a velvety finish. This is perfect now. A fabulous wine. Shame this isn't made anymore...
96 WA / 17.5 JR La Conseillante made an excellent wine in 2001, another great one in 2005, and the estate hit home runs in both 2008 and, above all, in 2009. In fact, the latter vintage may well end up being the modern-day...
93 DE / 93 JS / 93 WCI / 92+ JD / 16.5+ JR Promoted in 2012, and only in existence for 15 years or so before that, owner Jean-François Julien has made waves in a short time, and deservedly so. On clay soils in a...
This special collection case contains one bottle from the following vintages: 2020 - 94+ JD2019 - 95 JA2016 - 97 JD2015 - 96+ JD2014 - 93 JS2012 - 92 JS 2020 La Fleur Morange - 94+ JDRipe black cherries,...
91 DE The estate had just been bought the year before by the Freys, taking over from René Chayou, owner of Ayala Champagne - although Caroline Frey arrived a few years later. Significantly higher Merlot than in...
100 RP / 100 VM / 100 WCI / 98 AG / 19 JR / 96 JA Even allowing for the greatness of Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild, the 1955 La Mission is the "wine of the vintage." It possesses a sweet, cedary, clove, smoke, and...
100 RP / 100 AG / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 99 JA / 98 VM / 96 WS / 18.5 JR One of the greatest 1961s, La Mission-Haut-Brion has been fabulous to drink for the last 5-10 years. Where well-stored, this wine will continue to drink...
93 WS / 92 VM / 17 JR Very ripe, rich and fleshy, although still with a hard backbone. Deep ruby, brick-red color, ripe, intense raspberry aromas, full-bodied, with ripe, rich rasberry flavors and cedar and tobacco notes...
90 WS / 16.5 JR Medium garnet; spicy vanilla nose, with cedar and cassis accents; very full-blown cassis flavor; very concentrated, generous and complex; has some volatile acidity, but it's not a flaw. - Wine...
97 RP / 95 WCI / 18 JR This is undisputably the wine of the vintage, a year that was clearly over-exposed and over-rated, largely because it was better than the four vintages that preceded it. However, it was not terribly...
99 JS / 98 VM / 97 WA / 96 RP / 18 JR I am blown away by the intense iodine and dark fruits and roses on the nose. Full-bodied with very clear and bright fruit. Stoney. Superb quality. - James Suckling There was one...
90 CT / 16.5 JR Brick rim and deep crimson. Very rich nose and round and glossy texture with good freshness. Getting a little dusty but there was obviously class here once. Drink up. Second bottle actually corked! - Jancis...
100 WA / 100 JD / 99 RP / 99 DE / 99 WCI / 97 JS / 19 JR One of the great wines of the vintage, and the last produced under the ownership of the Woltner family, the 1982 La Mission Haut-Brion remains remarkably youthful,...
100 JA / 100 RP / 100 VM / 100 WCI / 100 FS #1 Jane Anson Top 10 Left Bank Bordeaux 2024 La Mission 1989 takes its time, pulls you in with softly charred peony and iris floral aromatics but doesn't give...
99 WA / 97 VM / 96 WCI / 18.5 JR Reminiscing over the 1989 and 1990 vintages, which I have followed from birth, there always seemed to be a dramatic difference in quality. Not that the 1990 was not a top wine, but in its...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
100 DE / 100 JA / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 WE / 99+ WA / 98 RP / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 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...
98 DE / 98 JS / 97+ WA / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96 WS / 95 VM / 95 FS / 94 JD / 17.5++ JR This is delicious, a real take-a-step-back moment. There's a high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon here, complex and layered with cassis...
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...
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 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...
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...
96 WCI / 95 WA / 95 FS / 93+ VM / 93 WS / 93 JS / 18 JR Flowers, fresh churned earth, cherry pipe tobacco, cocoa and cigar box aromas are making their presence known. Still young, the wine is fresh, supple and tannic. While...
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...
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...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 DE / 100 VM / 99 WI / 99 JA / 98 AG / 18.5 JR The 2019 Lafleur is an utterly profound young wine that unwinds in the glass with aromas of rose petals, raspberries and sweet spices...
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...
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