94 Points It was with much anticipation that I tasted Chateau Mouton Rothschild’s Aile D’Argent 1993. This is the third vintage of the renowned Chateau’s white wine and made from young vines...
97-98 JS / 95 DE / 93-95 WA / 92-94 JD / 91-93 VM A very exotic Aile d’Argent with dried-mango, fresh-pineapple, and sliced-lemon aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and very ripe, yet it’s framed by bright acidity...
94 DE / 92-93 JS / 90-93 WS / 90-92 JD / 90-92 WA This wine has a lovely complexity with balance and lift and does that thing where it waits for a heartbeat, then makes you wait for a heartbeat, before releasing its stone...
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...
92-93 JS A creamy-textured white with grapefruit and white-pineapple character. It’s medium-to full-bodied with bright acidity and a flavorful finish. - James...
94 WE / 90-92 RP / 91-93 WA / 92 JS / 90 WS This is pure fruitiness but with a tense, tight structure underneath.The fresh exterior is all citrus fruits and acidity, while behind lies a texture that demands aging. It's...
93-94 JS / 93 DE / 90-92 JD A dense, tight red with creamy texture and dried-pear and apple character. It’s full-bodied, focused and intense. Serious effort. One of the best whites from here. - James Suckling A...
97-98 JS / 97 DE / 92-94+ WA This is incredibly long and refined with a compact structure and beautiful tension. It goes on and on. It’s full-bodied, yet tight and energetic. Lovely bitterness and brightness. Lemons,...
93 JS Lots of lemon, lime and peaches. Apricots. Full body, bright acidity and mineral. Stone and green apple finish. Drink now. James Suckling
92-93 JS / 92 DE / 91-93 AG / 91-93 VM / 91-93 WA / 90-92 JD A tangy, fresh white with minerals, sliced lemons and green apples. Medium-bodied, racy and linear. Good energy here. - James Suckling Good quality here with a...
Fun to smell, with intriguing aromas of lemon, lime, and honeysuckle, but offers less on the palate. Medium-bodied, with fresh acidity and a lemony, creamy aftertaste. March, 1999. -James Suckling
94-95 JS A beautiful, layered white with dried apples, lemons and stone. Minerals, too. Medium-to full-bodied, tight and focused. Structured, yet vivid. - James...
98 JS / 95 WA#67 James Sucklings Top 100 Wines of 2017 98 Points James Suckling: This is so solid and structured. It’s bigger and better than most 2014s! What a wine. Full body with flavors of stones,...
97-98 JS / 95-97 JD / 93-96 WS / 93-95 WA This is dense and very structured with phenolic tension and depth. Full-bodied, lightly phenolic with sliced apples, cooked pears and lemons. Lively and intense. Solid as a rock...
95-96 JS / 93 DE This is an opulent, dense white with dried-apple and honey character. Salty and hot-stone notes, too. Full-bodied, round and phenolic. Formed and beautiful. Quite open. Intense length. - James...
92 JS / 92 DE A bright, fresh white from chardonnay, viognier, grand manseng and sauvignon with pears, lemons and hints of lemon grass. It’s full-bodied, fruity and crisp. Tangy and creamy.- James Suckling Always a...
91 DE Citrus and white pear fruits are the major character to the wine, all wrapped up in a tight spine of mouthwatering minerality. Great stuff. Around half of the planting Sauvignon Blanc is from Sancerre genetics. 20%...
98 RP / 96 WS / 97-98 JS Easily the top wine of Pessac-L'ognan, the 2012 from Haut-Brion has extraordinary flesh and intensity, with an unctuousness and thickness that is almost hard to believe for a dry white wine. The high...
98 RP / 96 WS / 97-98 JS Easily the top wine of Pessac-L'ognan, the 2012 from Haut-Brion has extraordinary flesh and intensity, with an unctuousness and thickness that is almost hard to believe for a dry white wine. The...
100 JS / 97-100 JD / 96-98+ WA / 97 VM / 97 DE This is crazy quality. The depth and intensity is really something. It is so compact and powerful with such intensity and density. Energy. So structured. Full-bodied. Layered...
This wine comes from a 160-acre vineyard just east of Bordeaux city. Half-and-half Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc, it has a mineral edge as well as tightfruits. The herbal flavors, bright acidity and crisp aftertaste...
93-94 JS / 92 DE / 90-92 WA Dense and thick with lots of dried-apple and peach character and hints of apricots. Full and round. Chewy at the end, but remains fresh.- James Suckling Wonderfully juicy frame. This feels...
97-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 98 VM / 94-96+ WA / 96 DE The 2019 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc is a more Semillon-dominated release (compared to the Haut-Brion Blanc) and checks in as 70% Semillon and 30% Sauvignon...
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. -...
91 WA / 90 RP / 89-91 WS Tasted blind at the 2005 Southwold tasting, the 2005 Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc has a lovely resinous, lightly honeyed bouquet with hints of toffee apple and nutmeg with just a touch of...
94-95 JS / 92 DE A bright, dense white with lots of dried-lemon, pear and apple character. Some vanilla and cream. It’s full-bodied and flavorful. Seriously structured.- James Suckling Another extremely promising...
92-93 JS / 92 DE Very structured and full of depth and layers of fruit. It's rich and layered with plenty of lemon curd and cream, as well as lime. Nicely done. - James Suckling Proof again of how...
92-94+ WA / 92-93 JS / 91-93 JD This is the only white wine from Jonathan Maltus (of Le Dome fame), and it comes from a vineyard just on the other side of the river, composed of clay over limestone with 10-year-old vines...
97 JS / 94 WA / 94 AG Aromas of dried mangoes, lemon rind and cream. Undertones of violets and lavender. Full-bodied and dense with great length. Lovely, fine phenolic tension. Beautiful structure. Amazing length. The...
95 DE This has tons of flesh and depth through the mid palate. There is real substance here, translating into muscles rather than weight, and minerality in its slate texture. One barrel of Sémillon, and 100% Sancerre...
92-93 JS Dried lemon with hints of burnt orange and hot stone. Minerals, too. It’s full-bodied and delicious already. Round texture with bright acidity at the end. - James...
96-97 JS / 94 DE Really intense and powerful with great density and energy, showing sliced limes, green apples, stone and minerals. It's full-bodied and very long. Extremely minerally with precision and brightness...
92-93 JS Tangy and flavorful with lemon-rind and cooked-apple aromas and flavors. It’s tight and lively with plenty of fruit and intensity. Consistently outstanding. - James...
95-96 JS / 89-91 WA A ripe, fruity white with dried-pineapple and green-apple character. It’s full-bodied and very spicy and intense. Structured with tension. Excellent second wine. - James Suckling A blend of 88%...
96-97 JS / 94-96 JD / 94 DE Lots of tangy fruit and beautiful depth. It’s full-bodied, yet racy and very, very long. So much salty and sliced-apple character here. Excellent minerality and intensity. - James...
96 DE / 97-98 JS / 94-97 VM / 92-94 WA / 17 JR They started harvesting the whites here on 8th September, three or four days earlier than last year and earlier than planned after checking the acidity levels - an...
100 DE / 97-98 JS / 94-97 VM / 93-95 WA / 93-95 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...
96-98 WA / 96-97 JS / 96 DE / 94-96 JD / 94-96 VM The blend this year is 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sauvignon Gris and 5% Sémillon, fermented in French oak, 50% new, within which it will age for 12 months on lees with...
93 DE / 92-93 JS I love this, and although the first wine is hugely impressive, it's hard not to fall in love with this sappy, nuanced and beautifully textured 2nd wine, that is layered with citrus and lime notes, and juicy...
97 JS / 93 WA / 93 WS This is best ygrec ever with pineapple and lemon. Full body yet vivid and fresh. Incredible energy and depth. Distinctive wine. - James Suckling The 2014 Ygrec is a blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and...
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