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...
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93-95 JD / 94 JA / 94 DE / 92-93 JS / 91-93+ WI / 90-92 WA From a château that consistently makes it into my personal cellar, the 2022 Château De Pez is terrific, with a floral, perfumed, complex style...
All 1855 classified growths (61 wines, from 1st classified growth to the 5th) of the 2010 vintage, a very special and unique collection, with one bottle of each in special collector wooden cases! "Speaking of quality,...
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...
98-99 JS / 97 VM / 97 DE / 97 JA / 95-97 JD / 96 WA / 95+ WI / 18 JR Woooow! This really rolls off the palate and goes on and on, Full-bodied and so long. Sweet and sour. Cherries, currants. Orange peel. Thought-provokingly...
91 JA Interesting to taste next to the 1982, as this appellation famously over-performed the rest of the Médoc in 1983. A punchy opening of liqourice root, tobacco and crushed rose petals, with a sweeter black...
93 VM / 93 DE The 2001 Rauzan-Ségla, picked September 28 to October 11, shows moderate maturation on the brick rim. The bouquet is quite intense, embracing both primary and secondary aromas at 17-years of age,...
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...
95 JA / 94-96 JD / 94-96 WA / 94-95 JS / 93-95 WI / 93 DE / 92-94 VM / 16.5 JR Vitality, freshness, grip and length, this is an unusual interpretation of the vintage, reflecting not only the limestone soils on this spot...
98-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WI / 96-98 VM / 97 DE / 96 JA / 94-95 WA Tasted on multiple occasions and one of the legendary wines in the making from this vintage, the 2022 Château Larcis Ducasse clocks in as 86%...
95-96 JS / 94-96+ JD / 93-95 VM / 94 DE / 91-93 WA Very Pauillac in its blackcurrant, dark chocolate and walnut husk character. Full-bodied yet compacted. Wet earth, mushroom, earth, black tobacco. Fine and intense tannins...
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...
99-100 WA / 98-100 VM / 98-100 JD / 97-99 WI / 97-98 JS / 98 DE / 96 JA / 16.5 JR The remarkable 2022 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a strong candidate for the title of wine of the vintage. It's also one of the most singular,...
94-95 JS / 93-95 JD / 92-94 WA / 92-94 VM / 92 JA / 92 DE / 90-92 WI Wonderful freshness and brightness to this with currants and red berries, as well as chocolate and hints of coffee. Full and layered with round tannins...
96-98 JD / 94-95 JS /92-94 WI / 92-94 VM I continue to absolutely love the wines from Jeremy Chasseuil’s tiny estate located in the heart of Pomerol. His 2022 Château Feytit-Clinet checks in as 88% Merlot 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...
99-100 JS / 98-100 WA / 98-100 JD / 98-100 VM / 98-100 AG / 98-100 WI / 98-100 DE / 97 JA This shows no gravity. The tannins are totally melted in the wine and give it fantastic structure, but the texture is so fresh and...
98-100 WA / 96-99 VM / 98-100 DE / 98 JA / 97-99 WI / 96-98+ JD / 97-98 JS A blend of 35% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2022 Figeac is a brilliant wine with which to celebrate this property's...
98-99 JS / 94-96 JD / 93-95+ WI / 93-95 WA / 93-95 VM / 93 JA / 93 DE Gorgeous and very fine tannins with a fine velvet texture and wonderful berry, chocolate and hazelnut character. Medium-bodied with round and balanced...
93-94 JS / 91-93 WA / 90-92 WI / 89-91 VM / 90 JA / 90 DE A racy and refined red with currants and crushed stone character as well as ovaltine. Medium-bodied. Polished and focused. - Jame Suckling One of several...
98-100 WI / 98-100 AG / 98-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 97-99 VM / 98 DE / 96 JA A blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon with a yield of 35 hl/ha, the 2022 Vieux Chateau Certan is deep...
97 DE / 95-97 JD / 93 - 95 WA / 93 - 94 JS / 92 -94 VM A clear stand out in 2022 that delivers refined density and sublime drinking pleasure. Smells perfumed and opulent, aromatically expressive and alive on the nose. Full...
93-94 JS / 91-93 JD / 90-92 WI / 91 DE / 90 JA Such beautiful blackberry, chocolate and hazelnut character here. It's medium-bodied with juicy fruit and a succulent finish. All here for the second wine. 87% merlot and 13%...
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,...
98-100 JD / 98-100 WI / 98-100 DE / 98-99 JS / 96-99 WA / 98 JA / 96-98 VM Moving to the flagship, the 2022 Château Mouton Rothschild is a massive, full-bodied, incredibly powerful 2022 that takes no prisoners...
94-96 JD / 93-95+ WI / 93-95 WA / 93-95 VM / 94 DE The 2022 Château Malescot Saint Exupéry is gorgeous and certainly a Margaux worth seeking out. Dense purple-hued, with a rich, powerful bouquet of ripe black...
95 JA / 94-95 JS / 93-95 WE / 91-93 WA / 91-93 VM A vineryard that should perform strongly in this kind of vintage, because located right next to the river for air conditioning, with a mix of gravel with clear clay sections...
93-95 WA / 92-94 VM The best wine that Guillaume Thinepont has produced to date at this small estate is the 2022 Guillot Clauzel, an attractive blend of 83% Merlot and 17% Cabernet Franc that exhibits aromas of...
98-100 JD / 97-98 JS / 96-98 WI / 96-98 VM / 97 JA / 96 DE / 94-96 WA The 2022 Château Haut-Bailly is going to be one of the legendary vintages at this château, and it should be a no-brainer purchase for readers...
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...
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...
96-97 JS / 95-97+ JD / 95-97+ WI / 96 DE / 95-JA / 93-95 VM / 93-95 WA This is one hell of an Issan with blackberry, blackcurrant, and hazelnut aromas and flavors. Cherries. Cedar. Full and intense with tannins that are...
91-93+ WI / 92-93 JS / 92 JA / 90-92 JD / 90-92 VM Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2022 Haut-Carles needs a fair bit of swirling to unlock notes of black raspberries, juicy blackberries, and preserved plums, followed by...
96-97 JS / 95 DE / 93-95+ WA / 93-95 JD / 94 JA / 92-94 WI / 91-93 VM Deep fruit, dark spices and graphite with wide yet polished, linear tannins. Full-bodied and intense with depth and structure. Long and chalky at...
96-98 VM / 95-97 WA / 96 DE / 96 JA / 95-96 JS / 93-95 WI The 2022 Grand Puy Lacoste was picked from 7 to 23 September and contains more Merlot due to the high quality of the fruit, matured in 75% new oak. There is 14.2%...
97-98 JS / 95-97 WI / 94-96 WA / 94-96 VM / 95 DE / 94 JA Redcurrants with dark chocolate and hints of fresh herbs like basil and thyme on the nose. Full-bodied with a beautiful center palate and a lovely fine tannin...
98-99 JS / 96-98+ JD / 97 DE / 97 JA / 95-97 WI / 95-97 VM / 93-96 WA Wow. Blackcurrants, blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Full-bodied with beautifully integrated tannins that melt into the wine. Persistent and...
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...
95-96 JS / 94 JA / 94 DE / 92-94+ WA / 92-94 WI / 92-94 JD A very juicy and nicely chewy young red with black berry, chocolate and cedar aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with integrated tannins and a fresh and persistent...
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...
95-97 JD / 95-96 JS / 93-95 WA / 92-94 WI / 92-94 VM / 92 JA I loved the 2022 Clos Du Marquis, which is a brilliant effort, if not the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted. Cassis, graphite, and floral notes all...
97-98 JS / 97 DE / 97 JA / 96-98 JD / 95-97+ WI / 95-97 VM / 94-95 WA The polish, texture, complexity and patina are very impressive and fascinating. So spicy and interesting with so much going on. Medium body with...
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...
95-96 JS / 94-96 JD / 95 JA / 95 DE / 93-95 WA / 93-95 WI / 91-93 VM Focused and bright with plenty of fruit but oranges and minerals in the mid-palate. Really fresh with a fresh bitterness. - James Suckling As to the...
98 DE / 98 JA / 96-98 VM / 96-98 JD / 96-97 JS / 95-97+ WI / 95-97 WA One of the standouts of the year - a wonderful wine with so much to like. Coffee, tobacco, liquorice, dark chocolate, blackcurrants and floral scents on...
93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 92-94 WA / 92 DE / 91-93 VM / 90-92 WI / 91 JA / 16.5 JR The 2022 Grand Village (Lafleur)comes from more clay and limestone soils and is 80% Merlot (half of the Merlot is a massale selection from...
96-98 VM / 96-98 WI / 96 JA / 95-96 JS / 94-96+ JD / 93-95 AG The 2022 Léoville Barton was picked between 8 and 23 September at 30hL/ha and matured in 60% new oak. This represents the first vintage that has been...
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...
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...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Yquem (not yet rated) Haut-Brion (97-99+ WI / 98-99 JS / 97-99 VM / 96-98 JD / 95-97 WA / 96 DE / 96 JA) La Mission Haut-Brion (98-99 JS / 97-99 WI / 97-99 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE...
98 JA / 97-98 JS / 96-98 WI / 96-98 VM / 96-98 JD / 97 DE /94-96 WA Mathieu Cuvelier marks 20 years of the Cuvelier family at Clos Fourtet with this vintage, and it's a wonderful attestation to the potential of limestone...
96-97 JS / 94-96 JD / 95 DE / 93-95 VM / 93-95 WI / 94 JA / 92-94 WA This is like a baby Mouton this year with blackcurrant, flower, and orange aromas. Medium- to full-bodied with a tight and racy palate that shows...
97-98 JS / 96-98+ JD / 95-97 WI / 94-96 VM / 95 JA / 95 DE / 92-94 WA This is a very structured 2022 with powerful tannins that run the length of the wine. Yet it’s perfumed and fresh with flowers and subtle...
99-100 DE / 98-100 JA / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 97-99 VM / 96-98+ WI / 96-98 JD / 17.5++ JR A sublime wine from Lafleur in 2022 that delivers a vibrant, electric and incredibly charming wine with subtle power. A beautiful...
97-99 JD / 97-99 WI / 97-98 JS / 97 JA / 97 DE / 96-97 WA / 95-97 VM This château has been firing on all cylinders of late, no doubt due to the talents of technical director Nicolas Audebert, and a wine that's going...
98-100 WA / 98-100 DE / 97-99 JD / 98 JA / 96-98+WI / 97-98 JS / 96-98 VM A wine that transcended both my lofty expectations and anything produced at this address in the last 50 years, the 2022 Troplong...
99-100 WA / 98-99 JS / 97-99+ JD / 97-99+ WI / 96-99 VM / 98 JA / 98 DE From an estate that is delivering its greatest run of vintages since the superb Post War series that preceded the frosts of 1956, the 2022 Canon is a...
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...
95-96 JS / 94-96 JD / 92-94 VM / 91-93 WA Iodine, crushed stone, salt, oyster shell, ink pot. Fascinating. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with a firm framing of fruit, with fine tannins and electric acidity...
94-95 JS / 95 DE / 93-95 JD / 93-95 WA / 94 JA / 92-94 VM The tannins really are integrated and fill out across the palate. The texture is so beautiful and refined. Medium- to full-bodied and crunchy, with lovely texture...
95-97 VM / 96 DE / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96+ WA / 94-96 WI / 94-95 JS / 91-94 JD The 2022 Lagrange was picked between 8 and 30 September, it ages in 60% new oak for a planned 21 months. It has an almost clinical bouquet, with...
96-98 WI / 97 DE / 96-97 JS / 95-97 WA / 95-97 VM / 95-97 JD / 95 JA The 2022 L'Evangile is composed of 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc, and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a lot of swirling...
97-98 JS / 95-97 VM / 96 DE / 94-96+ WA / 94-96 WI / 94-96 JD / 95 JA This is a big move forward for Giscours. Full-bodied yet agile and fresh with tannins that are precise and integrated, with great beauty and length...
97-99+ WI / 98-99 JS / 97-99 VM / 96-98 JD / 95-97 WA / 96 DE / 96 JA Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Haut-Brion is a blend of 53.6% Merlot, 35.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 11% Cabernet Franc aging in 62.9%...
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...
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...
97-99 JD / 96-98 WA / 95-97+ WI / 96 DE / 95-96 JS / 94-96 VM A wine that's going to flirt with perfection, the 2022 Château Calon Ségur is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet...
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...
95-96 JS / 92-94+ WA / 92-94 JD / 93 DE / 91-93 WI / 92 JA / 90-92 VM This is really clear and bright. Medium- to full-bodied with a solid tannin structure. Tight layers of phenolics to this. Racy and long finish. Firm and...
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...
95-96 JS / 95 JA / 94-96 JD / 94 DE / 92-94+ WI / 92-94 WA / 92-94 VM The Petit Mouton is more and more structured and intense. It's made for the cellar. Full to medium body. Lively and intense. Solid. 71% cabernet...
98-100 JA / 97-99 JD / 97-99 WI / 97-99 VM / 98 DE / 96-97 WA / 95-96 JS Stunning in its density and construction, with a gorgeous balance that starts with red rose aromatics and slides into creamy and intense...
97-100 JD / 96-98 WI / 96-97 JS / 95-97 VM / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96 WA I was blown away by the 2022 Château Léoville Poyferré, which is a classic blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 4%...
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...
97-98 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 93-95+ JD / 93-95 WA / 93-95 WI / 91-93 VM Blackberry, iron, hazelnut, crushed stone, hints of salt and spice. Medium to full body. Fresh and vivid. Very sophisticated and classy. The tannins are...
92 JA / 90-92 JD Vivid, bright raspberry and blueberry fruit, limestone plateau, concentrated but with air and mouth-scraping pummice stone acidity that reflects the fingerprint of limestone. Josephine Duffau-Lagarosse's...
96-98 JD / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96+ WA / 94-96+ WI / 94-96 VM / 94-95 JS The 2022 Château Clinet showed beautifully, with an almost Médoc-like style in its darker cassis, graphite, cedar pencil, and tobacco...
94-96 JD / 93-94 JS / 93 DE / 91-93 WI / 92 JA / 90-92 VM The 2022 Château Cote De Baleau is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc raised in barrels. It's a pure, elegant, classic Saint-Emilion with obvious minerality as...
97 DE / 95-97 VM / 96 JA / 94-96+ WA / 94-96 WI Another excellently consistent wine from Gruaud in 2022 that gives terroir typicality with crystalline purity and such overall charm. Smooth and supple, silky but firm,...
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...
96 DE / 94-96 WA / 94-96 VM / 95 JA / 93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 92-94+ WI Juicy and lively, cool and crisp with concentrated but cool tannins that give the structure and density. It's massy, full, upfront, but retains a...
95-96 JS / 92-94 WA /91-93 JD / 91 DE Blackberry, hazelnut and chocolate, yet it remains reserved and focused. Full body with a solid core of fruit and fine tannins. Very classy. One of the best I have had. - James...
92-94 JD / 91-93 WA / 91-93 VM / 92 DE / 89-91 WI I loved the 2022 Château Joanin Bécot, which might be the finest vintage I've tasted from this château. Based on 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc,...
99 WI / 98+ VM / 98 JA / 98 JS / 97 WS / 97 DE The 2015 Latour is a blend of 97.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2.6% Merlot, and 0.3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet in color, it needs a little swirling to uncover the latent scents of...
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...
95 WI / 95 JS / 94 VM / 94 WE / 93 JA / 93 WS / 93 JD The 2017 Les Forts de Latour is composed of 65.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, and 0.8% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet in color, it comes galloping out...
99 WI / 98+ VM / 98 DE / 98 JA / 98 JS / 97 WS / 97 DE The 2015 Latour is a blend of 97.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2.6% Merlot, and 0.3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet in color, it needs a little swirling to uncover the latent...
100 WA / 100 WE / 99 JS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 VM / 97 WS#53 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021 Lafite celebrates their 150th Anniversary with a Special Label for the 2018 vintage The...
100 DE / 100 JS / 100 JD / 99 WA / 99 VM / 98 WS #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 even at this early stage...
98-99 JS / 97-99 JD / 97-99 WA / 98 DE / 93-96 VM The length and texture to this wine is so very impressive. It’s not so much the sheer power that is impressive here, rather the form, tension and exquisite form that...
99 WA / 98+ AG / 98+ WI / 98+ JD / 98 VM / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 JS One of the wines of the vintage, but likely to prove slower evolving and more introverted than its 2019 counterpart, the 2020 Lafleur unwinds in the glass...