97 WA / 96 JD / 95 DE / 17+ JR One of the top vintages for this cuvée, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Prestige features intense aromas of black cherries and purple raspberries, without the dark chocolate nuances that...
95-97 VM / 96 WA / 96 WS / 93 JD Deep, vivid ruby-red. Intensely perfumed, mineral-tinged scents of medicinal cherry, redcurrant and cassis are complemented bysuggestions of star anise, white pepper and pungent flowers...
94 WS / 93 VM Perfumed and juicy, with a concentration that builds. Round and silky, this shows a lot of delicious fruit and a lot of complexity, with sea salt–dusted apple and honeycomb flavors layered with green...
94 WA / 94 JS / 94 WS / 93 JD / 93 DE / 93 WE The 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva is an organic blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. I can't say enough good things about Barbara Widmer and her winemaking efforts in this...
100 VM / 98 WA / 97 JS / 97 WS / 96 JD / 17.5 JR The 2019 Barolo Ravera is the most intensely mineral and saline of the Barolos. Crushed rocks, white pepper, flowers, orange zest, red berry fruit and bright acids all run...
95 DE / 92 JS / 91 WS The 72ha Viña Lanciano vineyard sits in a privileged location, in a curve in the Ebro river. The vines dig deep to find nutrients on this pebble-strewn former riverbed. Grapes for this...
97 JS / 96 DE / 95 WS / 93-95 WA / 94 JD / 94 VM #80 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023This amazing Chateauneuf-du-Pape squares the circle of southern richness and spring-like freshness in spite of coming from a...
92 BH / 92 JM Note: our stock imported by Grape Expectations uses the Marcel et Blanche Fevre-Fevre labels, but is the exact same wine labeled as Nathalie & Gilles Fevre.More info: www.grapex...
97 JA / 96 DE / 95 VM / 94 WI One of a handful of single vineyard châteaux in Champagne, now being made by Leclerc-Briant (although they are not owners). Crisp, clean, touches of green apple on the nose but there is...
94 WE / 92 WA / 91 VM / 90 WS / 90 JS This Champagne has the necessary bottle age for its bone-dry character to be softened and given great complexity. The wine's freshness and apple fruits are palpable but they have...
93 VM Glistening ruby-red. Fresh red and blue fruit, baking spices and potpourri scents Shows intense, along with smokey mineral topnote. Sweet and expansive in the mouth, displaying boysenberry, kirsch, savory herb and...
94 VM / 93 WA The 2017 Langhe Freisa Kyé is polished, understated and supremely beautiful. Over the last few years, the Vajras have tamed some of the rusticity of Freisa, but there is still plenty of varietal...
92-94 VM / 89-91 BH The 2017 Chablis Les Sechets 1er Cru is gorgeous. Apricot, hazelnut, crushed flowers and herbs give the Sechets a savory character that is beguiling and undeniably attractive. Light on its feet, perfumed...
99 FS / 98 DE / 97 WI / 96+ JD / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 95 VM / 95 JS / 16.5+ JR Dark ruby ​​garnet, opaque core, violet reflections, delicate edge brightening. Attractive dark berry confit, nuances of licorice, floral notes,...
94 JM / 91-93 BH / 91-93 VM Medium deep crimson, displaying a slightly reductive nose, which needs a little time to clear. The Grivot Beaux Monts then shows considerable weight and a light lick of oak. This is very intense,...
98 JD / 96 WE / 96 WCI / 95 VM Similarly colored to the classic cuvée, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Quet is 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre. It offers a huge, rich, powerful style that never goes over the...
92 WS / 91 DE / 91 VM / 91 BH / 91 WA / 16.5+ JR Lightly toasty, firm and focused, this minerally Champagne layers a chalky underpinning with crunchy notes of green pear, preserved lemon and spring blossom. Disgorged...
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...
98 RP / 98 JS / 96 VM / 95 WS This was the finest performance by this wine that I have seen since it was released. I did not expect the 2003 Chateau Margaux to show this well in a vintage where the southern part of the...
96 JS / 94 WA Naturally high concentration like the rest of Artadi wines. Crushed wet stones, more red and blue fruit than black fruit. Oyster shells, too. Nice chalky tannins on the palate, showing more suppleness and...
Founded in 1978, Kistler continues to produce top notch Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Until 2017, Steve Kistler, a graduate of Stanford University oversaw the vineyard work. Mark Bixler, who has a PhD in Chemistry from the...
96 GP / 94+ WA / 94 JS Style, creamy. Colour, cherry, garnet rim. Aroma, red berry notes, ripe fruit, neat, expressive, dark chocolate. Flavour, elegant, fine bitter notes, full of life, flavourful, varietal,...
93+ WI / 92 WS / 91 VM / 91 WE / 16.5 JR Exuberant and youthful, the L’Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs NV opens with enticing aromas of lemon confit, hints of chalk and white flowers. A vibrant, racy line of acid lights up...
92 JS / 91 AG / 91 WI / 90 WA / 17 JR A blend of pinot noir (70%) and chardonnay (30%), this has a profound sense of harmony on both the nose and palate. Aromas of grilled nuts, pepper and lightly spiced wild raspberry...
95-97 VM / 96 WS / 95-96 WA Pear and pineapple aromas meet fine, floral characters in the 2020 Demi-Sec Le Haut-Lieu. While this wine's edges are rounded, it is refined and elegant. It has a sense of density on the...
95 JS / 95 FS / 93 WS / 93 DE For an 8-year-old champagne this is extremely vibrant, the red-fruit character from the pinot noir grape rather in the background. Quite a strict style with discreet lees creaminess. However...
98 JS So spicy and smoky with a hint of mushroom, this is an enormously deep and concentrated dry pinot gris that’s just beginning to open up. With some aeration, ripe melon character is added to the expansive picture...
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...
94-97 JM / 96 DE / 95 WE / 94 BH / 94 VM / 94 WA / 94 JS / 17 JR Glowing lemon and lime, this is very promising. The nose keeps drawing out more and more. This is the most complete wine among the William Fèvre 2018s...
98 WE / 97+ WA / 96 FS / 17 JR New leather, pressed rose, underbrush, dark spice and camphor are just some of the aromas you'll find on this extraordinary red. Full bodied, with depth and finesse, the elegant, structured...
90 VM / 89+ WA The 2012 Rosé de Saignée is deep and full of flavor, yet also stays light on its feet. Pinot Noir takes center stage in this precise, perfumed Rosé. Veins of chalkiness and gorgeous inner...
99 JS / 96+ VM / 95 WA This is an incredible wine that reminds me of the perfect 2000 Barolo Rocche del Falletto. Flowers, spices, leather and animals. Dried mushrooms too. Then changes to Japanese ginger and lemon peel...
95 JS / 91 WCI / 90 RP This is a phenomenal bottle with licorice, violet and berries on nose. Full body with soft and velvety tannins and a velvety finish. This is perfect now. A fabulous wine. Shame this isn't made...
94 JM / 94 JS / 93+ WA / 93 DE / 93 WS / 93 WE / 93 JD / 91 VPVinepair Best Champagnes of 2023 Even though 2019 follows the modern trend for warm, ripe vintages, harvesting was a couple of weeks later than in 2018,...
93 JS / 92 DE / 89 VM A juicy, fruity red with blackberry, cherry and tar. It’s medium-bodied with medium, chewy tannins and a savory finish. Delicious now, but a couple of years will make it even better. Will improve...
95+ WA / 95 JS / 95 WS / 95 WE / 93 JD / 92 VM / 17 JR La Fiorita's 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Fiore di No shows a saturated and nicely enriched presentation with dark ruby highlights. Compared to the estate's classic...
97 JS #53 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023So many pink rose, jasmine and orchid aromas that you can’t resist falling into the super-sensual embrace of this dreamy gewurz that makes you feel you have...
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...
95 WS / 92-94 VM / 91-93 BH Compact and racy, this red delivers plenty of black cherry, blackberry and spice flavors. Energetic and resonant, with vivid acidity and dense yet refined tannins. Everything is in the right...
89-91 JM New this year, recuperated from Fougeray de Beauclair. What a weight of fruit is here. Dark, mostly raspberry fruit, with noticeably firmer tannins, which is the site speaking. I love the way the fruit returns...
98 WA / 97 VM / 96 JD / 94 WS With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, the Vietti 2019 Barolo Lazzarito is a historic cornerstone wine of this mighty portfolio. It is also one of the Vietti Barolos that consistently delivers...
91-94 BH / 90-93 JM Tasting note: This is aromatically similar to the La Refène but with more spice nuances in place. There is even better volume and focused power to the bigger-bodied and beautifully textured...
94 JD / 94 WE / 93 WI / 91 JS / 16.5 JR From a terrific site on Pritchard Hill, the 2021 Zinfandel Stagecoach Vineyard is deeper hued and has a more substantial, structured style in its darker red and blue fruits, peppery...
93 WA / 93 JS / 93 WI / 92 WS / 92 JD / 92 WE / 17 JR Sourced primarily from Oak Knoll, the 2021 Zinfandel Black Chicken delivers briar-laced bramble-berry fruit, plus a decent dose of vanilla (maturation was in 25% new...
88+ WA A fine success, the 2020 Bourgogne Aligoté unwinds in the glass with notes of pear, citrus zest, dried white flowers and bread dough. Medium-bodied, ample and textural, it's taut and chalky, with fine depth at...
96 WS / 94 DE / 93 VM / 93 WA Gorgeous aromas and flavors of nectarine, chopped almond, dried white cherry, ground cardamom and ginger, lime blossoms, graphite and espresso crema are immediately present on the mouthwatering...
89-92 JM / 89-91 BH Pale to mid lemon. A certain toast on the nose from this richer soil site. Some peachy notes through the middle, a little drier at the finish. A plumper style of Meursault than the Fichet norm,...
Jean and Agnès Foillard took over his father’s domaine in 1980 – it was 4.5 hectares that came from his parents – with time this slowly grew to the current 18 hectares, including 2 hectares from...
93 JS / 91 AG / 91 WS / 90 WE A very pale rosé champagne with delicate strawberry and raspberry aromas, but this is as much about the elegance of chardonnay as anything else. Long, filigree finish that’s all...
95 JS / 93 WE Bright and intense with blackberry, blueberry, and lemon rind. Full-bodied, yet tight with tannin tension and form. Mineral and Asian mushroom too, plus a bright finish. Just about ready. Love tasting this. -...
94 AG / 94 WI / 93 JD / 93 JS / 93 JA / 93 DE / 93 WCI / 92+ WA / 92 VM / 16.5 JR The 2021 Laroque is classy, elegant and polished. A wine of stature and breeding, Laroque is a quintessentially finessed Saint-Émilion...
91-94 JM Just two demi muids. Clear bright lemon and lime colour. Compared to the regular Fourchaume there is a little bit more power, weight of fruit, on the nose, and then this excellent balance between generous...
96 WS / 93 BH This red's depth and harmony are evident on the first sniff and sip. Delivers a deep well of balanced black cherry, plum, licorice, tar, sandalwood and toasty oak flavors, with dense structure and supple...
96 WE / 94 VM / 17+ JR Forest floor, cedar, new leather and camphor aromas take shape in the glass on this compelling, earthy red. Showing a Barolo-like structure, the full-bodied, savory palate has an alluring wildness and...
In 2006, Joe Dressner and Kevin Mckenna fell in love with the wines of an unassuming 24 year old showing her first vintage at an Italian wine fair. Today, Arianna Occhipinti has become a seminal figure for a...
97 WA / 97 JD / 97 VM / 97 WS / 97 WE / 96 DE Marcoux's 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is full-bodied, dense and tannic. Hints of crushed stone and dried garrigue appear on the nose, alongside blackberries and...
90-92 JM / 88-90+ WA / 89 BH Made from what Dominique calls La Petite Montagne, vines rented from the commune of Meursault. Pale lemon yellow, a lightly reductive nose, certainly not the explosion of ripe fruit of some...
99 JS / 98 DE / 98 JA / 96-98 WE / 97 WCI / 96 JD / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WI / 18 JR / 95+ WA#3 Wine Spectator Top 100 2023#11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#77 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of...
92 JS / 92 FS / 90 DE / 90 WCI This has aromas of currants, blackberries, licorice, pine needles and peppercorns. It’s medium-bodied with refined, tightly knit tannins. Elegant and poised, with a fine finish. Second...
94 VM / 94 WA / 93 WCI / 93 JA / 92 JS/ 92 WE / 17 JR A powerful, intense wine, the 2012 Les Carmes Haut-Brion exudes richness and depth. Game, smoke, tobacco, grilled herbs, black cherries and incense are some of the...
97 DE / 96 VM / 95 BH / 95 JM / 93-96 WA For the third vintage in a row, this 0.32ha plot, ranging in age between 60 and 80 years, has produced the best wine at the domaine. It's a stunning grand cru that was deceptively...
Varietals: 100% ViognierAppellation: Condrieu AOPLocation: La Roncharde, Corbery,Côte de Bellay, VerlieuSoil: GraniticExposure: South / EastArea: 1.7 haVineyard Age: 20 yearsFarming Method:...
87-89 BH – Outstanding Top Value / 87-89 VM The 2015 Gevrey-Chambertin Village includes 60% whole bunch fruit and was matured in 60% new oak. It has a perfumed bouquet that is quite floral in style, black cherries and...
91 VM Good full ruby-red. Knockout, complex nose offers vibrant aromas of raspberry, sour red cherry, strawberry, licorice and violet, complicated by white pepper and rose. Then moderately dense and fresh in the mouth, with...
90 JS / 89 RP Featured in James Suckling's Bordeaux Confidential Events in 2015 Tangy and juicy, with pleasant berry and plum fruit character. Drink now. - James SucklingAn excellent wine that sells for a song, the basic...
94 WS / 93 JD / 90-92 WA Big in stature and scale, with creamy pear and pureed melon backed by stylish oak, flinty minerality and a saline beam of acidity. Decadent and rich, with the energy to keep perfect pace. Reveals...
93 VM / 91-93 BH The 2019 Chablis Mont de Milieu 1er Cru has a tensile, mineral-driven, malic bouquet that you would assume derives from a much cooler growing season. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of...
94 WS / 94 JS / 92-94 VM / 92 WA / 16+ JR Powerful, with steeped plum and cherry coulis merging with potpourri and charred garrigue on a ripe, lush palate. Packs a wall of iron that provides a ballast for the ripe fruit,...
100 FS / 99 WA A complex bouquet that develops with a little time in the glass from fresh wild berry notes to floral and savoury-herbal nuances with violets and dried thyme. Extremely elegant on the palate, intense yet...
90-92 JM / 88-91 BH From the upper part of Les Voillenots. Pale lemon and lime. There is a reserved steeliness to the nose. This has a racy white fruit quality with some fresh plum notes as well. Fruit, body and acidity all...
94 VM / 92-94 JM / 90-93 BH The vineyard lies below Bonnes Mares Note: from vines planted in 1947 The 2020 Chambolle Musigny les Sentiers 1er Cru, courtesy of 70 year old vines, is much more backward on the nose compared...
98 JD / 95 JS / 95 DE / 94+ VM / 94+ WA The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% each of Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc from a mix of sites in the heart of the Walla Walla Valley. Its...
91 DE Inspired by the Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG but switching the prominent variety from Nero d'Avola to Frappato – a variety which Arianna has arguably mastered – SP68 is a fragrant and juicy wine...
96 JS / 95 JD / 94 VM / 16+ JR This youthful 2020 Chateauneuf is enormously spicy, the red fruits character coming through more prominently on the generous and precisely contoured palate. Deep fine tannins are married to a...
100 JS #16 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022 If every Chambertin was like this, we could give up our job. So much spice, earthy and meaty character, but in the end it's the amarena-cherry fruit that...
Supple in texture, this red boasts cherry, black currant, graphite and earth notes. Starts out very elegant for the appellation, picking up firm tannins and more weight on the long finish. Domaine...
94 VM The 2019 Chardonnay Bassi Vineyard emerges from a site in San Luis Obispo that has started to produce some pretty interesting wines. Citrus peel, chalk, white flowers and a touch of reduction are the signatures. I...
94 JS / 91-93 WA / 91-93 WCI / 92 WI / 90-92 VM / 91 DE This show so much effusive ripe fruit with cherries and strawberries. Lightly jammy. Full-bodied and slightly chewy, yet with so much fruit and brightness. Delicious...
98 WE / 94 FS The nose is still shy, giving very little away. The palate, however, reverberates with in tones of candied lime, grapefruit zest, citrus leaf, nettle and angelica. Freshness, lift, and profound, stony depths...
94-95 JS Chewy and very tannic with a solid depth of dark fruit, showing blackberry and currant character. Full and powerful. Real structure here. - James...
95 DE / 94 WA / 93-95 VM / 92-94 BH Sold at a higher price than the domaine's straight Fourchaume because it's 'more profound', according to Didier Séguier, this comes from a Premier Cru that often makes wines...
91 DE / 91 WCI / 89 VM / 89 JS The vines for the second wine of Carmes Haut Brion are in Léognan, a good mile or so away from the main estate. As with the main wine, they work on tension, freshness and purity, helped...
95 WA / 95 JS / 95 DE / 93 WE / 93 WS / 17+ JR Showing more oak definition, texture and overall fruity richness, the 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Vecchie Vigne benefits from the concentration and complexity you get with old...
89-92 BH The Fuees vineyard is one of Chambolle’s great vineyards that is located on a small plot bordered by Bonnes Mares and les Cras. The Fuees vines here are 20-40 years of age. Tasting note: A quite deeply...
16.5 JR Rich sweet and dark. Fine sandy tannins and an overriding freshness giving an elegant and juicy finish.-Julia Harding MW, Jancis...
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...
95 WS / 93 DE / 92 BH / 92-94 VM / 91-93 WA Very pure, exhibiting black cherry, black currant, violet, earth and black pepper aromas and flavors, this red is solidly built, with toasty oak and wood spice elements emerging...
96 WE / 94 JS / 94 DE / 93 VM / 16 JR This wine is rich with tannins and ripe black fruits. A core of lusciousness gives the wine weight and density. It will be a fine wine to drink from 2024. Cellar Selection - Roger Voss,...
91 WS / 90 RP / 18.5 JR "Ruby-colored, with grape, dark chocolate and plum. Full and chewy. Tannins are still there and need to mellow. Medium-sweet and grapey. A little one-dimensional still, but impressive. '77/'85/'97...
95 WA / 92+ VM / 92 WE The 2010 Wavelength Proprietary Red is an intriguing blend of 65% Syrah and 35% Cabernet Franc. Its saturated purple color is followed by aromas of flowers, blueberries, blackberries, forest floor and...
94 JS / 93 JM / 91-93 BH / 91 VM / 16.5+ JR A fragrant and complex Vosne-Romanée with deep black-cherry and floral notes on the nose. Then comes the rich and very elegant palate, the tannins almost completely masked...
90-93 JM Pale clear colour with a lemon tint. The nose is a little more chiselled, more mineral than Maltroye. This follows through on the palate too. Less oak showing, medium plus length, staying quiet for the moment but...
92 VM The 2021 Aligoté Les Clous, from a southeast-facing parcel in Bouzeron, is another gorgeous wine from Galeyrand. Intense mineral notes from the white chalk soils give the wine its flavor profile and overall...
94 VM Opaque magenta. Spice-accented aromas of dark fruit liqueur, licorice and candied violet, with a smoky bacon element building as the wine opens up. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering juicy blueberry, kirsch...
95 VM / 94 WS The 2022 Le Mont Sec is a parcel of Chenin planted on clay with scattered flint, giving a certain tension to the style you certainly don't find in the come-hither Clos du Bourg. Its supple, concentrated core...
89 VM The 2017 Éphémère 017 is 100% Pinot Noir from Bouzy and Ambonnay based on 2017 with some reserve wines. Soft and caressing, the 2017 offers lovely depth to match its understated...
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...
92 VM The 2020 Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc En Caradeux 1er Cru has a vibrant, much steelier bouquet compared to the Clos des Mouches from Domaine du Pavillon. It is much more mineral-driven, with wet limestone and white...
96 VM / 92+ JD / 16.5 JR Dark, shimmering magenta. Displays highly perfumed black and blue fruit aromas, along with hints ofvanilla, potpourri, olive and smoky minerals. Densely packed cherry, blueberry and fruitcake...