98 VM / 98 WA / 98 WCI / 97+ JD / 97 JS / 97 DE / 95 FS / 95 WE The 2018 La Conseillante is a regal and utterly exquisite Pomerol from the very first taste. Technical Director Marielle Cazaux and...
98 VM / 98 WA / 98 WCI / 97+ JD / 97 JS / 97 DE / 95 FS / 95 WE The 2018 La Conseillante is a regal and utterly exquisite Pomerol from the very first taste. Technical Director Marielle Cazaux and her...
100 JD / 99 WA / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98+ WI / 98 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 95-97 WE / 17.5 JR #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#41 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 An...
96 AG / 96 JS / 96 WCI / 95 WA / 95 DE / 95 JA / 94 JD / 94 VM / 94 WI / 94 FS The chateau is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2021 with a commemorative bottle and special OWC. The 2021 La Conseillante is...
98-100 WI / 98-100 JD / 97-100 WA / 98-99 JS / 96-98 VM / 98-100 DE / 97 JA A blend of 87% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 La Conseillante has a pH of 3.65 and is aging in 70% new oak. The yield was 33 hl/ha...
95 DE / 95 JS / 94 JD / 92-94 VM / 92-94 WCI / 93 FS / 92 WI / 91 WA So much purity and definition, this is a beautiful wine with clarity of flavour. Touches of grilled almond and rosemary, mocha, smoke and coffee bean,...
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,...
94 JS / 92 VM / 92 DE A rich and layered red that shows plenty of fruit and velvety tannins, with a citrusy and black olive undertone to the ripe and flavorful fruit. Full and intense. Give it two or three years to...
98 VM / 98 WI / 97 JS / 96 WE / 95 DE / 95 WA / 95 JA / 95 WS / 94 JD / 17.5 JR #3 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $100 2023#78 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 La...
96 AG / 95 DE / 94 JD / 94 VM / 94 JS / 94 JA / 93 WI / 93 WA / 16.5 JR The 2021 La Gaffelière is a wine of sublime elegance and understated finesse. Aromatic and pliant, the 2021 shows the more delicate side of the...
98-100 VM / 96-98+ WI / 96-97 JS / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96+ JD The 2022 La Gaffelière is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. Refined, sculpted and wonderfully precise, La Gaffelière simply has it all. Hints of...
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...
90 WA The 1981 exhibits a more youthful purple hue to its dark plum color than any vintage back to 1970. Somewhat narrowly constructed for a La Mission-Haut-Brion, it reveals plenty of incense, blueberry, black...
100 WA / 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, exhibiting...
100 RP / 100 VM / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 96 WS / 18.5 JR I am certainly not going to argue with anyone who believes La Mission-Haut-Brion's 1989 is every bit as profound as the 1989 Haut-Brion. It is a spectacular wine, and as...
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 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...
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 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...
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