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98 JS The finesse and intensity to this are very impressive, with a salt, honey, cedar, almond and dried lemon character. The depth and complexity are fantastic. Spicy and minerally with a chalky touch. Very long and...
95 WS / 17 JR This haunting wine evokes violet, black currant and slate aromas and flavors, all defined by the taut, racy structure. Light-weight, lean and intense, with a kaleidoscope of flavors on the expansive finish...
97 WS / 96 WE / 95 VM / 95 DE / 18 JR White peach, pineapple, white ginger, orange zest and green fig notes are clear and racy, while green almond, brioche, pear and yellow apple details wait in reserve. Offers stunning...
100 JS / 98 WS / 98 WE / 98 FS / 97 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 18 JR#4 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 #23 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted...
93 WS / 17 JR Medium ruby. Beautiful aromas of flowers and fresh plum, with hints of stems. Full-bodied and medium-sweet, with gorgeous silky tannins and a long, long finish. This is just starting to come around and...
98 RP / 96 WS / 95 WA / 95 WCI / 17.5 JR "One of my favorite vintage ports - the 1970 Fonseca - a great port in full maturity, but capable of lasting another 25-30 years.” - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate...
18.5 JR / 95 WS / 94 VM Wonderfully inviting nose – pure, delicately and lighty spiced dried apricots with a very slight note of linseed oil and honey on toast. Youthful blend of bittersweet orange flavours and bright...
97 WA The 1980 Don PX Selección is said to come from a warm and dry year that favored the raisining of the Pedro Ximénez grapes. This has lots of candied fruit and spice and combines the 17% alcohol with a...
94 WA / 19 JR Going up the ladder of age, concentration, complexity (and price), the 1968 Don PX Selección aged in American oak butts for some 47 years before bottling, and was never blended with any other vintage...
95 WA My favorite of the two Amontillados is the 1951 Amontillado Selección a rare, single-vintage Amontillado produced with Pedro Ximénez grapes as is the norm in Montilla-Moriles. It's a bright mahogany...
97 VM / 96 WA / 18 JR Tasted at Chateau Climens. A lucid golden colour. This has a more “broody” nose that demands some coaxing from the glass. Seville orange, marmalade, a touch of quince and lanolin. The...
19.5 JR / 96 WA / 94 WS 1937 750ML D'YQUEM NO LABEL 19.5 JR / 96 WA / 94 WS Dark orange-amber. Very dense €“ amazingly so for a wine of this age! Broad, orange-compote flavour with such intensity! Some bitter marmalade and...
95 JS / 94 JD / 94 WA / 94 VM A gorgeous sweet wine that brings a smile to your face. Dried apricots and flowers with peach pie on the nose. Full-bodied with medium sweetness and phenolic tension that gives you a firm and...
91 WS/ 92.8 CT#1 GVWM Staff Favorite 2024 - Barbra P. Redolent of toffee, this light, spicy style offers succulent flavors of dried fig, pear tart and baked apple. Cinnamon and white chocolate notes chime in on the fresh,...
96 WE / 95 WS / 95 DE / 17.5 JR#82 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Cellar Selections 2024 Owned and the Alvarez family, and part of the Tempos Vega Sicilia properties which include Vega Sicilia, Alion, Pintia and Macan. Pineapple...
92 WA The 1988 possesses an opulent, full-bodied, exotic, lavishly rich personality, moderate sweetness, and huge quantity of extract, glycerin, and alcohol in its finish. The wine is also extremely young and unevolved. The...
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98 JS / 94 WA / 17++ JR Very intense, candied yellow-grapefruit nose. Super-concentrated, but the most important thing about this Auslese is the incredibly tight focus on the palate and the purity of the dried apricot and...
95 VM Despite its 125g/L of residual sugar, the 2022 Le Mont Premiere Trie Moelleux is balanced, fine and long. Yes, its sweetness fills the mouth and makes it blossom, but there's no suggestion of unctuousness or weight...
93 VM The 2022 Le Haut-Lieu Premiere Trie Moelleux is supple and fine with a high level of purity and finesse. It's delicate, light and precise despite its 95g/L of residual sugar. - Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous...
94 VM The 2022 Le Mont Moelleux is a medium-sweet, tender style that is just so welcoming and appealing. It is the quiet type that doesn't show off. It offers breadth without weight, which I always like about the Huet wines...
93 VM The 2022 Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux is a supple, tender style. It's delicate on the palate while succulent and medium-sweet, which is quite a feat. You'll struggle to find many producers in the world who can achieve this...
Stunning complexity from the benchmark producer of collectible Chenin. Excellent vintage, ready to drink.
94 WE Intensly rich without being sweet, this wine is full of ripe flavors and a touch of honey. It's a wonderful combination of spices, candied fruits and opulence. The acidity rounds this wine out nicely. Imported by...
97 JS A giant of a sweet Loire chenin blanc that is incredibly powerful and vibrant. So dynamic, dancing across the medium- to full-bodied palate. Stacks of dried apricot, creme brulee, toasted walnut and maple syrup aromas...
96+ WA From another early, low-acid vintage, the golden shining, botrytis-free 2003 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie shows a beautifully intense, extraordinary clear, refined and elegant bouquet of ripe...
96 JS / 95 RP / 94 WA / 93 WS / 18 JR A wonderful and fascinating wine with a tangy sweet and sour character. Full and very sweet, with a dried citrus character and an underlying orange marmalade note. Long and delicious...
98 WA Sometimes prices seem disparate even if the wines are unique, and that seems to be the case for a one-off NV 100 Centenario Single Cask Pedro Ximénez, a sweet and dense wine with 17% alcohol and 490 grams of...
96 WA / 18 JR The hard-to-believe 1937 Don PX Ginés Liébana, whose grapes must have been picked in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, belongs to the Ginés Liébana range. Like many older wines,...
100 RP / 98+ WA / 97 WE / 18/20 JR / 96 WS To celebrate the momentous occasion of a port wine travelling to space for the first time, Taylor’s is bringing extra sparkle to wine cellars with limited edition...
97 JS / 96 VM What a nose of floral honey and dried flowers this fabulous Auslese has. In spite of the abundant richness what makes this stand out is the invigorating mineral freshness. And the further back the wine rolls...
97 JS / 95 VM / 94 FS Wonderful nose of exotic fruits and flowers. More than enough concentration, but what makes this stand out is the interplay of ripeness - floral honey as much as very ripe citrus - with a vibrant...
97 JS / 95 VM / 94 FS A great Spatlese that has deep apricot and mandarin orange fruit with delicate mint and tarragon aromas. Staggering vitality and brilliance on the extremely focused and precise palate. Enormous wet...
97 WS 1959 750ML D'YQUEM #61 LOW FILL Classic, exciting Yquem. Silky, creamy and round, yet armed with plenty of intense botrytized flavors--dried apricot, raisin, dried fig. Full-bodied, with caramel and butterscotch...
95 WA The acidity of Barthelmes’ 2010 Pinot Gris Altenbourg Selection De Grains Nobles Le Tri – picked on October 7 – is not extreme for its genre, but still nearly half again as much as that of the...
96 WS / 96 JS / 95 VM / 93 WA / 93 DE / 93 WE / 18.5 JR A big, broad, powerful style, with piecrust, roasted almond and hazelnut cream notes framing the core of apricot, creamed peach and dried mango. Picks up extra fig and...
97-99 WI / 96-98 VM / 93-96 AG The 2022 L'Extravagant de Doisy Daene, 100% Sauvignon Blanc, is pale to medium straw in color. The nose erupts with vibrant grapefruit, lemonade, and lime cordial scents, leading to...
99-100 JS / 97-99 JD / 97-99 WCI / 95-97+ WI / 95-97 VM / 17.5+ JR Another mind-blowing Sauternes with dense and concentrated fruit, and incredible depth and power. Spices galore. Very sweet. 260 grams residual sugar. Twice...
94-96 VM / 94-96 WI / 94-96 WCI / 93-94 JS / 93 DE / 92 JA / 17.5 JR The 2022 Coutet has a beautifully-defined nose with pure botrytised fruit: tangerine, saffron, honeysuckle and orange rind hints. This has impressive...
98 WCI / 97+ WI / 97 VM / 97 DB / 97 WE / 96 DE / 96 JS / 95 WS / 17 JR On the fresh, bright vibrant, racy side ofthe style range with a focus on its complex core of honeysuckle, dried oranges, apricots, lemon curd,...
100 WS / 100 FS / 99 WA / 99 DE / 98 VM / 98 WCI / 20 JR Actual case and bottles available shown below: 100 WS / 100 FS / 99 WA / 99 DE / 98 VM / 98 WCI From one of the 20th century's celebrated vintages...
This special collector case features 6 outstanding vintages of Yquem in 375ml: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017.2006 D’Yquem (375ml) 19 JR / 97 WA / 96 WS Sweet crème pâtissière on the nose...
98 WA / 96 WS / 96 WI / 96 WCI / 94-96 WE / 19 JR A monumental bottle of Sauternes despite a moderate level of residual sugar (122 grams per liter), the 2006 d'Yquem displays a singular, distinctive and elegant bouquet...
98 WA / 98 JS / 96 JA / 96 WI / 95 DE / 17.5 JR #72 James Suckling Top 100 Austrian Wines Blending 60% Welschriesling vinified in Slavonian oak vats of 1,000 and 1,500 liters and 40% Chardonnay aged in barriques, the 2019...
96 WS / 96 JS / 95 DE / 94 WE / 17.5 JR #66 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 This is really vivid, with a beautiful range of cassis, cherry purée, boysenberry coulis and plum reduction notes unfurling across the palate...
97 JG / 96 WS The 2018 Vouvray "Cuvée Constance" from Domaine Huët is a stunning young wine. The bouquet is deep, pure and youthfully complex, offering up scents of sweet quince, honeycomb, barley sugar,...
99 JS / 96 FS / 95+ WA / 95 DE / 95 WE / 17.5+ JR Ex-Library Bottles. Shows the intense ripeness of the vintage with hints of raisins and other dried fruits. Full-bodied, medium sweet and so very velvety. A big mouthful...
100 WS / 100 JS / 99 WA / 99 JD / 99 FS / 97 WCI / 96+ VM / 19 JR Like lemon curd on the nose, turning to honey and caramel. Full-bodied and very sweet, with fantastic concentration of ripe and botrytized fruit, yet...
95 WA / 94 WS Tasted in Sauternes with Charles Chevalier, the 1988 Rieussec is a vintage that Chevalier himself claimed to be his favorite. I can understand why. It has an unerringly youthful bouquet with vibrant citrus...
94 WS / 92 RP / 18 JR Nectar-like if a bit on the sweet side, impressively complex, concentrated and focused. Deep gold, big, sweet and rich, with gobs of concentrated fig, brown sugar, butterscotch and oak flavor. A...
99 WA / 98 JS My favorite of all the old sweet PXs I tasted this time was the perfumed and showy 1964 Don PX Convento Selección, which still has the wooden label, but it has also been modernized and made easier to...
100 JS / 99 VM / 98+ WA / 97+ WI / 97 JD / 18+ JR#3 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024#10 James Suckling Top 100 2024 Very intense spices on the nose with nutmeg, cinnamon, dried apples, apple tart, lemon peel and...
100 JS / 96-98 VM / 96+ WI / 95-97 JD / 96 WCI / 17.5 JR #4 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024#16 James Suckling Top 100 2024 The transparency of this is incredible. It’s like drinking glacier water...
95-96 JS / 93-95+ WI / 95 JA / 94 VM / 94 DE / 17 JR Fantastic energy and length to this young Sauternes, with dried-apple, apple-pie, spice and cinnamon character . Medium body, medium sweetness and a vibrant finish. -...
96-98 VM The 2021 Doisy-DaëneL'Extravagant is phenomenally great. It offers up a head-spinning mélange of grilled pineapple, ginger, tangerine oil, candied orange peel and cloves. Rich and unctuous, but not at...
93 WA Curiously enough, the 1999 Don PX, which has 17% alcohol and 402 grams of sugar, feels lighter and less concentrated than the 2002 I tasted next to it. And the wine seems more perfumed, even with a floral touch that...
98 VM / 98 WCI / 97+ WI / 97 WS / 97 JA / 97 DE / 97 FS / 18.5++ JR Owners LVMH took the decision to delay the release of the 2019 Yquem until spring 2022. It was tasted with winemaker Sandrine Garbay in London. After the...
97-98 WA / 97 WS / 97 JS / DE 95 / 94 VM #65 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023 The intensely yellow colored 2020 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is highly concentrated and complex on the nose that...
97 VM / 95-96 WA / 95 WS There are many shouty wines in the world, but the 2020 Le Mont Moelleux is understated, which is highly attractive. There's finesse and elegance to this sweeter style (49g/L). Delicate exotic...
97 JS / 96 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 96 WS The expansive spectrum of dried stone-fruit, candied-citrus and fresh-melon aromas beautifully fill out the rich and luscious palate of this precisely balanced Vouvray. Great honeyed...
96 VM / 95 DE / 94 WA / 94 WS It might be delicate but the 2020 Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux is also rather succulent, coating the mouth with its sweet embrace. A combination of white flowers and nectarine creates an...
100 WS / 100 JS / 99 WE / 97 RP / 18 JR #1 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 1997 This stock was released in 2021 directly from Taylor Fladgate's cellars. In a word, superb. It's full-bodied, moderately sweet and incredibly...
98 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 96 VM / 96 WA / 17.5 JR #98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 Extraordinary aromas of white peaches, apricots, vanilla and flowers. Full-bodied and very sweet with so much sweet and dried...
96 WA Molitor’s golden-colored 2019 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Beerenauslese * is concentrated, deep and complex on the flinty, fresh and lemon-scented nose. Juicy-piquant, with precise and piercing acidity on the first...
93 WA The 2019 Saarburger Rausch Spätlese (White Capsule) is intense and crunchy-slatey on the piquant and characterful nose that reveals ripe fruit and stony/herbal notes. Salty, piquant and highly stimulating on the...
99 WA The 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** (Green Capsule) opens enormously deep, intense and complex on the nose that immediately indicates the wine is in an exceptional class on its own. Only with lots of aeration...
98 DE / 97 JS Good things come to those who wait. The last two pipes (casks) of a wine set aside 125 years ago were bottled earlier this year. The 1896 vintage was a watershed for the Port trade as it was much the best...
95 WI / 95 WI / 94 FS / 92-94 VM The 2020 Rieussec has a pale lemon-straw color. It offers up vibrant, gregarious notes of fresh pineapple, juicy apricots, and spiced pears, leading to suggestions of allspice, orange...
92 FS Pale golden yellow, silver reflections. Fine white tropical fruit, subtle honey notes, candied orange zest, yellow peaches. Medium complexity, a fruity-sweet core, a discreet acidity, white peaches, balanced,...
97 WA The 1980 Don PX Selección is said to come from a warm and dry year that favored the raisining of the Pedro Ximénez grapes. This has lots of candied fruit and spice and combines the 17% alcohol with...
97 WS / 96 DE / 96 JS / 17+ JR Expressive, with a wave of pure creamed plum, blackberry and blueberry fruit gliding through atop enticing anise and milk chocolate notes. Velvety, caressing finish makes it hard to see the...
95 WATaylor Fladgate Very Old Tawny Port - Kingsman Edition is a very rare Tawny Port of great age matured for almost nine decades in hand-made seasoned oak casks. Presented in a bespoke crystal decanter with gold detailing...
99 RP It is against my better judgment to taste the sweet wines of Barsac and Sauternes at such an early age, as I find they typically require at least 12 months to reveal the definition/delineation so essential in these...
99 RP / 98 WA / 96 VM / 19.5 JR The 1988 is a backward-styled Yquem, built along the lines of the extraordinary 1975. With a honeyed, smoky, orange/coconut/pineapple-scented nose, this powerful wine possesses full body,...
98 WA / 97 JS / 97 DE / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 97 WI / 96 WS / 17.5 JR The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks really begin, letting off a whole array...
97 VM / 97 JS / 97 DE / 96 WE / 95 WS / 94 WA / 18 JR We finished with a welcome dessert wine in the shape of the 2017 Vin de Constance from Klein Constantia, which mirrored my recent tasting note. Just heavenly.-- Neal...
97 VM / 96 JA / 96 DE / 96 WI / 17 JR 2019 is the first vintage to be offered in this eye-catching new bottle intended to be kept and reused after the Sauternes is enjoyed. The 2019 Rieussec is absolutely gorgeous...
97 DE / 96 FS / 95 VM / 94 JS / 95-97+ WA / 93-95 JD / 95 JA / 94 WCI / 18 JR Intense exotic fruits abound, powerful apricot, nectarine, white flowers and white truffles with excellent bitter almonds on the...
98 TA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96 JS / 94 WA / 18.5 JR Best sweet wine of the year. Increasingly celebrated as one of the great sweet wines of the world, not just the Cape, Vin de Constance is a delight to taste and review...
98 WA / 98 WE / 97 WS / 95 VM / 95 JS / 95 DE / 17.5 JR The 2017 Vintage Port, not quite bottled when originally seen, has now been in bottle for a couple of years. It is a field blend (with typical grapes like Touriga...
99 JS / 97-99 WA / 97 WS / 97 DE / 96 VM / 19 JR This is an old-vine Port with two-thirds coming from ancient ones. Bark, black tea, crushed grapes and mahogany. Big and grippy. Old, traditional styled Port with incredible...
98 WS / 98 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WA / 96 DE / 17.5 JR #53 Wine Spectator Top 100 2019 This is well-packed, offering the vivid plum, boysenberry, cassis and açaí berry fruit profile of the vintage, along...
90-91 JS A pretty second wine of Rieussec with creamy, cooked pear and apple character. Some soufflé character, too. Medium body, medium sweet and a fresh finish...
95 WE / 93-95 WA / 94 DE / 94 VM / 17 JR #58 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021 This wine is beautifully textured. The orange-peel and candied fruitiness are balanced by a dry core of botrytis that...
98 WS / 98 DE / 96 JS / 96 WE / 17.5 JR #14 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 Gorgeous, with warm plum reduction and gently steeped raspberry, blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavors forming the core, all inlaid with warm...
99 JD / 99 JS / 98+ WA / 97 DE / 97 WCI / 96 TB / 18.5+ JR#1 Tasting Book Best Sweet Wines of the World 2023 The 2016 Chateau D’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold...
98 JS / 98 WS / 97 DE / 97 WA / 18 JR This is a superb baby Noval that reminds me of the 1966. Chewy yet so polished. The light sweetness suggests an overall dialing back of the sugar content. Stemmy and lightly green. A...
98 VM / 98 WS / 98 DE / 97 WE / 96 JS / 18 JR The 2016 Dow’s Vintage Port is based around the Vinha dos Ecosvineyard behind Bomfim, populated predominantly by mature Touriga Franca vines that were cropped at just 0...
97 JS / 97 WS / 95 WE / 94 VM / 94 WA / 16.5++ JR Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium sweet. Hints of resin. Opulent yet restrained. Shows ripe and...
98 JS / 97 WA / 97 WS / 97 DE / 96 VM / 17.5+ JR Lots of ripe fruit here with raisins and wet earth that turn to violets and hot stones. Full-bodied, tannic and powerful with fantastic grip and intensity. Grabs...
100 RP / 98+ WA / 97 WE / 18/20 JR / 96 WS I was blown away by the 2003 Taylors vintage port. - Robert Parker, Hedonist's Gazette #438 The 2003 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port improved each time I raised it to my nose or...
96 WS / 94 WA / 17+ JR This is ripe and broad, taking a slightly more power-driven approach, with a mix of tropical mango and papaya fruit, backed by orchard fruit accents of yellow apple and peach. The long, heather...
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