94-95 JS Very lively white with wonderful pineapple, honey and lemons on the nose and palate. Great finish with such intensity. Mineral, white pepper, and tropical fruit. Complex aftertaste of spices, pie crust, and...
95 JS / 94 DE / 92 VM / 90-92 WA Really fresh and vivid with sliced grapefruit, lemon, green apple and white peach. Apricot, too. Medium to full body with phenolic texture and a long, vivid finish. 70% sauvignon, 20%...
92 WA / 92 DE / 92 JS The Carbonnieux 2015 Blanc opens with scents of white grapefruit, lemon peel and fresh pears with touches of dill seed, white pepper, musk perfume and crushed rocks. Light to medium-bodied, the palate...
93 JS / 93 DE / 92 VM / 91 JD / 91 WA / 91 WS Dried lemon, beeswax, sage, pineapple and guava on the nose. Medium-bodied with tangy acidity. Vibrant citrus and tropical fruit. Compact, creamy and intense. 65% sauvignon...
93-95 WE / 93 JS / 92 WS / 91 VM Barrel Sample. Crisp and tight with fine citrus flavors, the wine is beautifully proportioned with textured, zesty acidity. It shows balance between its structure and its fruits that...
91-92 JS / 91 DE / 90-91 WA / 92 JA / 88-90 VM / Medium-bodied with a crisp and fresh array of citrus and apple fruit. Hints of stones and hazelnuts. Fresh and lightly creamy finish. - James Suckling. Mouthwatering and...
91-92 JS / 90-92 WA A fine, racy white with crushed-stone and apple character. Medium body. Linear finish. Second wine of Pape Clement. - James Suckling The 2020 Clémentin de Pape Clement Blanc offers up very...
93 WA / 92 WSThe Doisy Daene 2016 Blanc Sec is one of those wines that just makes you fall head over heels in love with white Bordeaux and makes you wonder why you spent all that money on white Burgundy grand crus. The...
98-99 JS / 95-97 JD / 95-97 VM / 94-96 WA / 95 DE / 95 JA This is always an impressive white, with a lengthy, layered and compact palate. Lots of dried lemon, clove, fennel, green-apple and cedar. Flint and toast, too...
This special edition vertical case is limited to an edition of 100 and contains 1 bottle of the following wines: Domaine De Chevalier Blanc 2015 - 98 JD / 98 JS / 96 VM / 96 DE / 95 WA / 95 WS / 95 WEDomaine De...
100 JS / 98 JD / 98 WI / 97 VM / 97 DE Very aromatic, with a real airy quality of jasmine, lilacs, crushed stone, pear skin and apple, as well as some citrus. Full-bodied and dense with a creamy, phenolic...
Located on one of the appellation's finest gravel outcrops, Château La Garde was one of the first vineyard estates to make a conscious commitment to preserve and protect the natural environment and adopt integrated...
96 RP An exquisite blend of 84% Semillon and 16% Sauvignon Blanc, this wine possesses a zesty crushed rock component intermixed with lemon butter, fig, white currant, quince and melons. Its steely backbone of acidity gives...
96 RP / 98-99 JS A staggeringly rich blend of 81% Semillon and the rest Sauvignon Blanc, this full-throttle, impressively endowed wine has good acidity, with hints of candle wax, mandarin orange marmalade, caramelized...
89 WS This has a flattering edge, with a light shortbread frame around a mix of yellow apple, mirabelle plum and salted butter flavors. The open-knit finish has a ginger hint. Drink now through 2018. 1,475 cases made. -...
94 JA / 94 DE / 93 JD Love this wine, and it has taken a leap in depth and character since the addition of Sémillion as of the 2018 vintage. Fleshy citrus comes through in the rich texture and a contrasting scrape of...
92 WS Fresh, with a mix of white asparagus, oyster shell, white peach and fleur de sel. Very pure, sneaky long finish. Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. Drink now through 2025. 2,242 cases made. - JM, Wine Spectator For...
98 DE / 96 JA / 93+ VM Matchstick on the nose, less overtly fruit, more clean, clear crisp - delicate with aromas of white flowers, white spices and white pepper. Power but purity, this has density and weight,...
92 JA / 91-92 JS / 90-92 VM / 90-92 JD / 91 DE / 89-91 WI Subdued right now, but with great texture and structure, lovely touches of fennel and lemongrass, with white flowers as the aromatics uncurl in the glass. Harvest...
97 DE / 96 JS / 95 WS / 95 VM / 17 JR Absolutely living up to the promise of en primeur now it's in bottle, this is complex and expertly-spun, with notes of honeysuckle, kiwi, lime, waxy rosemary and savoury herbs...
100 DE / 98 WI / 98 JS / 96 VM / 96 JD / 17.5 JR There is flesh here but it is so precise and well held together that it takes a minute to realise how much weight is in the palate. Tons of creamy white peach, apricot...
99 JD / 98 JS / 97 WS / 96 DE / 95+ WA / 95 DE #20 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 I'd say the finest white I've ever tasted from this estate, the 2018 Château Margaux Pavillon Blanc is all...
93 JA The new identity of R de Rieussec arrives with the 2021 vintage, a white wine with great freshness with a completely redesigned bottle. The packaging is refined with the least possible impact on the environment:...
97 JA / 16+ JR Give this 5 or 10 minutes to open in the glass because it has a pretty serious structure, deftly weighted, full of white pear, quince and apricot pit, balanced by savoury rosemary, straw and fennel notes,...