98 JS / 96 DE / 95 WA / 95 JA I love the depth and complexity of the nose, which brings you down deeply into the wine, showing blackberry, ink, tar, earth, incense, cloves, and black licorice. Thyme, too. The purity of the...
92 WS Concentrated and still youthfully tight, with bitter almond and toasted brioche notes still not fully melded into the core of Jonagold apple, creamed melon, quince and white peach. There's good cut on the finish...
95 WE / 94 WA / 93 JS / 93 VM A heady sense of red-cheeked Mirabelle skin and ripe pear releases fruitiness on this wine's nose. The palate pulls it all together into a body of freshness and precision. Immensely...
100 JS / 96 DE / 95 WS / 17.5 JR#1 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2017#1 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of the Andes 2017 A glorious and complex nose of tobacco, blackberries and hints of stones and flowers. Hints of...
98 JS / 96 WA / 95 JA#97 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Special 25th Anniversary Label Fresh and deep nose, full of blueberries, minty cassis, mussels, cigars, dark spice and roasted sesame oak, which will...
94 JS / 93+ WA / 93 WS #91 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 Aromas of blueberries, blackberries and fresh flowers. Very cool and pure. Medium-bodied with fine, linear and very integrated tannins that are compressed and...
94 WA / 94 JS / 93 WS The current release of their second wine is the 2020 Epu. It's selected from the same terroir and vineyard in Puente Alto, one of the most reputed places for Cabernet Sauvignon in Chile, but from the...
100% Pinot Noir - Hints of small red and black fruit: raspberries, currants, mulberries and morello cherries, with spicy traces of pink peppercorns, vanilla and cinnamon. Vine age is between 5 – 45 years old, all...
98 JS / 96 WA / 96 JA Available in an OWC of 6. Individual bamboo 1-pack OWCs may be available upon request - contact us to enquire. Very scented, complex and layered with a classy nose full of...
99 JS / 97 JA / 96 VM / 95 WA / 95 WS #11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 A generous array of ripe black and blue fruit with pink peppercorns, green olives, dried flowers, toffee and chocolate orange...
300 Points! This beautiful 300 points collection case features three vintages of Clos Apalta, all awarded with 100 points : 2014, 2015 and 2017 2014: 100 JS | #5 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2017This was the...
98 JS / 97 WA / 96 WS The aromatics here really seduce you with their blackberry and dried-strawberry notes and undertones of wet earth, green tea, dried flowers, stones and dust. Full bodied, tight and very focused with...
98 JS / 96 WA / 96 VM This is a phenomenal malbec with intense blue fruits such as blueberries and blackberries. Black truffle, too. Full-bodied, bright and juicy with fantastic power and richness. Yet the acidity just...
97 WA / 97 DE / 96+ VM / 96 JS The 2016 Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae is from a cold and rainy El Niño vintage that broke the mold of typical Mendoza weather. The grapes were picked a bit later and...
98 JS / 97+ WA A layered and very soft red with checked yet unctuous tannins. Full body and caressing texture. Plenty of meat, earth and decadent notes. Great finish. A joy to taste. Drink or hold. James Suckling The three...
98 WA / 98 JS / 97 VM The 2018 Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae started with a marked creamy and lactic note, reflecting a very young and tender wine that started with a lot of malic acid. It has lower alcohol and...
98 WA / 97 JS The sleek and elegant 2019 Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae is now certified organic (since 2018) and comes from vines planted in 1992 at 1,390 meters above sea level in Gualtallary on alluvial...
100 JS / 98 WA / 96 VM Incredible aromas of blackberries, hot stones, wet earth and flowers. Full-bodied, it floats across the palate with ultra-fine tannins that melt into the wine. Superb, long finish of subtle fruit and...
100 JS / 99 WA This is really something. There’s purity and focus to the aromas of crushed berries, licorice and black tea, which follow through to an integrated palate of extremely fine, melted tannins that spread to...
99 WA / 98 JS / 97 VM The old River Stones has seen its name simplified to 2019 Adrianna Vineyard River. This is an exceptional vintage for this bottling, from a very stony part of the large Adrianna Vineyard in...
99 JS / 98 WA / 96 VM #2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2021 Honeysuckle, ripe pear and some dried apple. So perfumed. Full-bodied with incredible intensity and length. So much green-apple character and...
99 WA / 99 JS#2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2022#21 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 The nose of the 2020 White Bones Chardonnay is an explosion of thyme and rockrose, aromatic, open, expressive,...
98+ WA / 98 JS / 97 DE / 95 VM The outstanding 2018 White Stones Chardonnay epitomizes the expression of the grape in the cooler-climate and high-altitude location of the Adrianna vineyard in Gualtallary. There is...
99 WA / 97 JS / 95 VM The amazing 2019 White Stones Chardonnay comes from a select group of 27 rows planted on lot I of the Adriana Vineyard, and the composition of those rows is soil with white oval stones covered by...
97 JS / 97 VM / 96 WA Lemon zest, pineapple, white pepper, cloves, jasmine, crushed stones and chalk on the nose. Medium-bodied, focused and phenolic. Very fine, mineral and tight with persistent energy and vivid acidity...
99 JS / 96 WA / 95 VM This is made from over 100-year-old vineyards and offers blackberries with blue fruit and dark chocolate. Shows bark and black truffle undertones, too. Tight and more focused than in past vintages. The...
92 VM / 92 JS / 90 WA 60% Semillón, 40% Chenin Blanc Alcohol: 13.5% Family vintners for over 100 years, the Catenas are recognized for ther pioneering role in high-altitude viticulture in Argentina. Luján de...
97 JS / 94 WA Enormously spicy with a dense tannin structure that makes this malbec spectacular and slightly erotic, too. A breathtakingly long finish that makes you want more. The balance of this is so good that you can...
Castle Brig is pleased to introduce this new Cuv'e. Brig legacy is a natural red wine without sulfites added. This red wine is based on the following varieties: Egiodola, Arinarnoa and Merlot, picked perfectly ripe to bring...
98 WS / 96 DE Like maple syrup on the palate, this is lush and viscous, with a beautifully expressive beam of honeyed apricot enlivened by rapierlike, mouthwatering acidity that plays off the mouthcoating texture, showing...
93 WA / 92 WS From one of the grand old estates of Provence, the 2020 Palette Rose is a dark pink, copper-tinged rosé—a blend of 45% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre and 5% Cinsault, plus 20% mixed "secondary"...
The heart of Clos Cibonne is Tibouren. The Roux family are great fans of this native varietal and believed it to be the ideal grape for the region. As part of the estate’s revitalization in the 1930s, André Roux...
98 HW / 97 DE / 95 JS Astonishing. Complex, layered, vivacious and utterly smooth, with a heady, voluminous perfume of violets, small red flowers, dark cherries, mulberries and cassis knit with cedar/vanilla oak and backed...
97 WI / 96 VM / 95 DE / 95 JA The 2020 Chardonnay slowly emerges from the glass with fantastically floral scents of orange blossoms and jasmine over a core of Bosc pears, white peaches, and grapefruit juice,...
97 JS / 96 DE / 94 WA This is bright and vivid with fantastic structure and tension. Aromas of lightly cooked apples, cream and hints of toasted oak. Full-bodied, yet so bright and agile. Goes on for minutes. Minerally,...
93 WS / 93 VM / 92 DE Intense and fresh, with green apple, dried pineapple, candied ginger and lemon curd flavors that show a hint of ripe melon, followed by details of lemon verbena on the finish. Drink now. - Wine...
97 DE Platinum Medal 2018 Decanter World Wine Awards Toasty, nutty and biscuity on the nose with some evolution evident. The palate is generous but maintains tension with bright acidity, precise green apple fruit and...
"From the sauvignon grape whose vines are planted on the Sancerre hillside, a terroir composed exclusively of Silex. Vinification is carried out in temperature controlled inox tanks. Dry and fruity, it shows mineral...
92 WE This is a ripe and mature wine. It still has plenty of structure and minerality, but there's also plenty of ripe citrus and apple fruits over a tight texture. It is ready to drink, but will continue to age well. - RV,...
98 JS #7 James Suckling's Top 100 Values 2021#37 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 Stare into the abyss and it will stare back at you! This has such an incredible depth of dried-flower and fresh-herb...
95 JS / 95 WA / 94 VM Domaine Nico is the world's first extreme high-altitude parcela Pinot Noir. It is an unusual location for the New World with limestone soil of alluvial origin and cool climate and a labor of love for...
96 JS / 96 VM / 95 WA Blueberries, blackcurrants, hot stones, tobacco leaves, dried lavender, walnuts and cracked pepper on the nose. Medium-to full-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins. Dark and mineral character to this...
97 WA / 97 JS / 94 VM The nose of the 2018 Gran Enemigo El Cepillo Single Vineyard, from a low-yielding and drier year, is full of curry, a note that was a constant across the three vintages I tasted together, but it tends...
98 JS / 97 WA #5 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Chile 2020#74 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of 2020 A complex, structured young chardonnay and clearly the best in Chile. It shows lavender, sliced green apples, white...
98 JS / 95 WA #8 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Chile 2020 It’s all about purity here with blueberries, raspberries, rose hips, rose leaf and hints of tea, mushrooms and truffle. Full-bodied, firm and structured...
"Shows a sinewy, meaty character, as well as dried berry and wild cherry flavors. Mocha and dark currant accents linger on the rich, sanguine finish. 2,500 cases made." — KM, Wine...
"Youthful granny smith apple flavors topped with toasty oak and a drizzle of honey make this a drink-now example." - Decanter
17 JR Gold Medal 2020 Sommelier Wine AwardsRunner-up Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year 2020 Sommelier Wine AwardsBlended by Gerard Fox, the one half of the husband-and-wife couple running Fox & Fox (the...
97 DEPlatinum Medal 2019 Decanter World Wine AwardsRunner-up Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year 2020 Sommelier Wine Awards Lovely creamy aromas balanced with aromatic strawberry notes. Great palate of fragrant...
93 JS A very expressive gruner veltliner with a ton of herbal freshness. Plenty of stuffing packed into this rather sleek silhouette, the finish leaping and bounding with life. Discreet underlay of tannin...
88 WA Vinified in stainless steel, the 2018 Grüner Veltliner Loibner Federspiel is terribly aromatic and fresh on the highly attractive and spicy-phenolic and floral nose. Lush, clear, elegant and with stimulating...
96 WE / 94 JS / 92 WA Dried moss, warm stone, ripe russet pear and a gorgeous pithy citrus note spell concentration on the nose already. The palate then homes in on the zesty, concentrated core of savoriness: that salty,...
95 JS / 94 WA A very striking gruner veltliner that’s seriously introverted, offering so much herbal and licorice character, but almost no fruit. The power is underplayed, the body restrained and the salty finish is...
96 JS Super cool in every sense of the word, also thanks to the wonderful herbal complexity and very elegant balance. So bright, pure and precise, in spite of the considerable mineral power. Great aging potential. Drink or...
97 JS / 96 WA It’s hard to imagine a more attractive and enticing dry riesling than this cornucopia of peach, apricot and mandarin that’s so curvaceous and seductive. However, behind all this extravagance is a...
93 WS Concentrated and harmonious, with melon, nectarine, gooseberry and lemon curd layered with green herbs and an intense salty spine. A subtle hint of honey adds richness, and a toasted almond note rounds out the lengthy...
98 DE / 97 JH / 96 JS / 95+ WA The beautiful and historic name Mount Edelstone is a translation from the German Edelstein meaning ‘gemstone’, a reference to small yellow opals once found in the area. The Mount...
96 WE / 93 WS / 93 JS / 92 RP The aromas are marked by butterscotch and baking spice notes, picking up lemon and apple flavors as this rides the vibrant structure to a long finish. Drink now through 2020. 15 cases imported"...
95+ WA / 93 WS / 93 JS "A blend of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon and 44% Shiraz, the Hickinbotham 2014 The Peake Cabernet Shiraz has a deep garnet-purple color and very spicy with warm red and black fruit preserves, mocha,...
97 VM / 95 WA / 95 DE Drinking the 2020 Clos du Bourg Demi-Sec is like taking your shoes off at the end of a long day of walking and soaking them in warm water: there's just satisfaction and relaxation. The 2020 has a sense...
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...
97-98 VM / 97 WS / 97 DE / 96-97 WA / 96 JS The 2020 Clos du Bourg Première Trie comes from a warm parcel and a warm vintage, meaning that the grapes were a little quicker to ripen than the norm – but it's...
95 VM 100 cases produced The 2021 Clos du Bourg Sec is an ample, full bodied wine with a stream of acidity. Pure, floral and fragrant with aromas of pineapple, violets and fresh grapes. While rich, it is light in...
96 WS / 16.5 JR Delivers a beautiful display of purity and grace, with creamed Jonagold apple, star fruit, white peach and chamomile notes flowing seamlessly, backed by wet stone and fresh verbena accents. Subtle but...
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 WS / 16.5+ JR Gorgeous crystallized ginger, dried quince, glazed pear and warm persimmon notes are seamlessly interwoven here, gliding through a lengthy finish that picks up a lilting green tea accent. Frankly off-dry...
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...
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...
95 WA / 93 WS The deep brown clay soils of the Haut-Lieu plateau provide the typical fruitiness and freshness wonderfully in Huet's 2019 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Sec. Ripe pear, tangerine and orange fruits with notes of lemon...
94 VM / 91 WS #83 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 This is a very fine, fragrant and floral Le Haut Lieu Sec. While delicate, the 2021 fills the mouth with a cloud of pure fruit reminiscent of violets, apple and nectarine skin...
95-96 WA / 95 WS / 95 DE / 94 VM Pure, fresh and limey on the deep yet bright and precisely flinty-chalky nose, the 2020 Vouvray Le Mont Demi-Sec is a Chenin full of crunchy energy and charm, thanks to its concentrated but...
97-98 WA / 97 WS / 97 JS / DE 95 / 94 VM The intensely yellow colored 2020 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is highly concentrated and complex on the nose that exhibits candied lemon zest and chutney aromas...
96 WS / 96 JD / 94 WA / 92 DE / 17+ JR A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples lengthily through the finish, while light verbena,...
96 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 96 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...
96 VM / 95 JS / 94 WS This 2021 Le Mont Sec fills the mouth with pear, pineapple, nectarine and violet flavors. There's a sense of seduction and succulence through the middle of this wine. The flint and the coolness of the...
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,...
94 DE Rose petal perfume leads to a sharp crunch of raspberry that defines the front palate, but it’s the soft, creamy texture that proves most seductive. This generous vintage amplifies strawberry plushness from the...
99 JS / 97 WA / 96 WS Wow. This is a bold, brassy shiraz that carries a wealth of very intense aromas of ripe blackberries, dark plums, licorice and sweetly spiced earth. Still so very youthful and primary. The palate is so...
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...
97 VM / 97 JS / 97 DE 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 Martin, Vinous Media This is...
98 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 96 VM #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 fruit, such as apricots...
98 JA / 98 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 94 WI / 18 JR#2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of South Africa 2022 Vin de Constance takes the category of sweet wines to a new level and this is another stunning success from them...
99 JS / 97 VM #2 James Suckling's Top 100 New Zealand Wines of 2022 #13 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Lots of minerality with crushed stone, chalk, white grapefruit, peach stones, white apricots, wild herbs...
Grenache Gris, CarignanNo, it's not named after the planet from Star Wars. The wine comes from a single vineyard of red schist soils and is named after it...
99 JS / 97 VM Welcome to the riesling deep end! Try to climb out if you can, but I don't want to! Although this is almost 20 years old there's a kaleidoscope of dried fruit aromas which also make this one of the world's...
92 Vinous / 95 WE Gold-tinged straw. Deep, very pure nose hints at white peach, minerals and flowers. A noticeable step up in depth and complexity over the preceding Riesling samples, boasting impressive flavor intensity...
92 WS 500 Cases Produced A brisk, energetic style, with densely packed flavors of lemon curd, jasmine, gooseberry and verbena coiled around a firm spine of minerals and tangy acidity. An invigorating wine, with notes of...
97 JS / 96 WA / 96 WS / 96 JA / 96 DE / 18 JR A very elegantly complex nose with meticulously fresh aromas that range from red florals to violets, blueberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants and such sweetly perfumed cedary-oak...
This wine was originally called "Granite de Clisson" after the unique bedrock in the vineyard. Marc changed the name to Clisson to agree with the new INAO Cru Communal classification. Pépière owns 5.5 hectares...
The La Pépie cuvée is a blend of estate fruit from all of Pépière's terroirs, 50% of which fall within the Muscadet Sèvre & Maine appellation and 50% within the crus. Since 2016, the...
94 WA Vinified in a new, untoasted 900-liter oak vat, the 2019 Ried Pfaffenberg Alte Reben Grüner Veltliner was only bottled in spring this year. The intensely citrus-colored wine shows a flinty, precise, fine and...
95 JS / 95 WE / 92 WA Did somebody say lobster thermidor? A noble grüner veltliner that is so ripe (apricot, mirabelle and just a hint of papaya), but every bit as subtle, with a very polished texture on the rich...
98 JS / 94 WA #10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Austria 2021 So ripe, fragrant and delicate, this is a dry-riesling masterpiece that squares the circle of concentration and lightness, the palate a star-burst of...
97 WE / 96 JS / 93 WA #36 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Austria 2020 A still shy nose is not ready to give up its secrets easily, despite much swirling and air. It is the palate that lifts the veil on the citric...
96 JS / 93 WA / 93 VM Focused nose, showing fresh red chili chocolate with cigar, truffle, mint, olive and grilled meat. This is a medium-to full-bodied red with incredibly juicy and bright fruit and fine, caressing...
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