In the 19th century, it was a common practice of the time to “hermitage” the wines. Bordeaux chateaux would add to their wines a certain quantity of wine from the Rhone - notably from the region of Hermitage...
2006 D’Yquem (375ml) 19 JR / 97 WA / 96 WS Sweet crème pâtissière on the nose. Solid and very rich and impressive. Real depth and unctuousness and complexity. This is great stuff. Long and layered...
96 WS / 96 JS A rich red, with good tension and energy, displaying tightly meshed flavors of blackberry preserves, fig cake, espresso crema and singed sage coiled around a core of dense but fine tannins. Tea leaf, smoky...
99 WA 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 read. It...
Special collection coming direct from the chateau with one bottle each 2005, 2009, 2010, 2016 in individual OWCs. 2005: 99 points James Suckling: "Still needs a year or two but gorgeous to drink already."2009: 100 points...
Special collection coming direct from the chateau with one bottle each 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018 in individual OWCs. 2005: 100 points Robert Parker: "This is another fabulous wine and a perfect expression for this...
Special numbered collection limited to 300 cases coming direct from the chateau with one bottle each of 2009, 2010, 2015. Ausone 2009 (100 JS) Incredible nose of currants and blueberries. Flowers too. Licorice. Such...
99 DE / 19 JR / 95 WE Best in Show 2018 Decanter World Wine Awards The Blandys established themselves on Madeira in 1811 and are now in charge of the Madeira Wine Company. Aged for 49 years in seasoned American oak casks...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Yquem (not yet rated)Haut-Brion (97-98 JS / 96-98 WA / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 95-97 VM)La Mission Haut-Brion (97 JA / 94-96 JD / 94-96 WA / 95 DE / 94-95 JS / 93-95 VM)Mouton...
This OWC of 3 was released in 2022 and comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 bottle each: 2009: 99 WA / 2010: 100 VM / 2015 99...
This OWC of 3 was released in 2022 and comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 bottle each: 2006: 96 WA / 2009: 99 WA / 2010: 100...
This special collection of 2018 California All Stars is only available at GVWM and contains 1 bottle each of the following wines:Dominus Estate 2018 (100 JD / 100 JS / 99+ WA / 97 VM / 97 WS | #1 WS 2021)Eisele Vineyard...
97 JS / 95+ WA / 93+ RP Special edition label designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the 350th Anniversary of the chateau. Complex aromas of dried citrus fruit, with very ripe plums and currants. Full and very dense, with lots of...
95 VM Matured for five decades in cask, the 1971 Single Harvest Port has a tawny hue that is commensurate for its age. It has quite a spirituous nose, strong scents of Chinese 5-spice, clove, wood varnish, Montecristo...
A vertical collection of 11 vintages of Château Margaux from 2005 to 2015: 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015. Only 200 numbered cases made from wines that have never left the...
Tribute to the world-famous spy James Bond. Chateau Angelus 007 limited edition is a tribute to the world-famous spy James Bond and his iconic codename. Each case is made with walnut wood and leather –in the spirit of...
100 WA / 100 JS / 99 JD / 98+ VM / 97 WS / 97 DE #81 James Suckling’s Top 100 Wines of 2019 2016 is the first edition of this new collection which will be released annually 5 years after each vintage...
This collection of 3 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 imperial each: 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This collection of 3 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 double magnum each: 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This collection of 3 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 magnum each: 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This collection of 6 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 bottle each: 1996: 100 WA / 2000: 100 RP / 2003: 98 RP / 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This stunning collection cabinet was made in a numbered edition of 100 and features 20 consecutive vintages, 1998-2017. Château Pavie 1998, Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé – 97 WA, 93...
98 DE 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 harvest...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Yquem (97+ WI / 97 DB / 96 DE) Haut-Brion (100 JS / 100 JD / 99 WI / 97 DE / 97-99 VM) La Mission Haut-Brion (99 JD / 99 WI / 98 VM / 98 JA / 97-98 JS) Mouton Rothschild (100...
Only 100 cases were made featuring 1 magnum from 4 outstanding vintages: 2000 (97 WA), 2010 (99+WA), 2015 (98 JS) and 2016 (100 WA / 100 VM / 100 JS) To complete the experience, a private tour of Cos...
Figeac 2010: 98 JS / Palmer 2005: 98 VM / Leoville Las Cases 2000: 100 JS A unique mixed case gathering three emblematic estates of Bordeaux. This very special and limited case features three legendary...
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...
96 WS Smoky, with cinder and smoldering charcoal notes weaving up and away from the core of juniper, allspice, dried currant and mulled blackberry flavors. Slightly grainy on the finish, with the charcoal coating hanging on...
To celebrate the 200-year anniversary of Château Montrose, the Bouygues family released an exceptional, custom-designed case in a limited edition of 200. It includes three numbered bottles in...
96 VM This is the third bottle of 1945 Cheval Blanc that I have tasted, and to be frank, I have never rated it equal to vintages such as 1934, 1948 or 1949. The bouquet is a bit too loose-knit and lacks the cohesion and...
100 JD / 98 VM / 98 JS / 98 JA / 96+ WA / 97-100 LPB / 97-99 WE The ultimate gift to commemorate a birth in the family or other important event that occurred in 2019! The Ducru-Beaucaillou Birth Year...
This Special Limited Edition Collection comes in custom hinged OWC and includes 1 bottle each of the following wines never before packaged together: Brane Cantenac 2019 - 97 WA / 97 VM / 96 DE / 96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Ausone 100 JS / 99 VM / 98+ WA Cheval Blanc 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 VM / 99 DE / 99 JD / 98 JA / 97 WS Haut-Brion 100 JS / 98+ JD / 98 VM / 98 WA Lafite...
96 WA Disgorged in July 2017, Guillaume Selosse's NV Extra-Brut Largillier derives from grapes cultivated by Jérôme Coessens in the village of Ville-sur-Arce in the Côtes des Bar, and it's a blend of the...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Ausone (99-100 JS / 98-100 WA / 97-100 VM / 96-99 JD / 98 DE) Cheval Blanc (98-100 DE / 97-100 VM / 97-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA) Haut-Brion (98-99 JS / 97-99 JD /...
99 WA Tasted at the Bipin Desai VCC vertical in Los Angeles. Apparently this was undrinkable for the first fifteen years of its life but now it flirts with perfection. It has an unbelievably deep, almost opaque garnet...
92 BH A fully mature and seriously pretty nose of spice, earth, underbrush and an interesting hint of the sauvage combines with delicious, round and rich flavors that offer excellent depth and almost none of...
Actual half bottles available shown below. Purchased from a cellar in France. Due to the fact there are 2 different labels we contacted Faiveley and they confirmed that at that time there were different labels. A...
99 WA / 97 JS / 96 RP The 1948 Cheval Blanc may well constitute the most unheralded legendary wine of the 20th century, in no small part because it precedes the 1947. However, after years of several mavens lionizing this...
98 VM The 1955 Cheval Blanc is utterly divine – even better than the bottle tasted in 2014. Quite clear and deep in color, it is blessed with a heavenly bouquet: ripe and vivacious red fruit, iodine,...
99 VM / 98 AG The 1921 Yquem probably has the best backstory of any wine that I have tasted, this glass purloined from the decanter being served to pop star Madonna at the adjacent table in the salad days of my career. I...
100 WA The 1946 Don PX Convento Seleccion produced with Pedro Ximenez grapes dehydrated under the sun at the time of the Second World War, was only bottled in September 2011. This is an extreme wine, my first descriptor was...
94 WS One of the wines of the tasting. Fresh and complex, generous in character, with lovely dried cherry and spice aromas that follow through on the palate. Full-bodied, with concentrated fruit and firm tannins,...
90 VM The 1957 Mouton Rothschild was served blind, the first time I had encountered this particular vintage. It has a surprisingly fresh nose of wild mint, cranberry and damp undergrowth, clean and well defined, certainly...
18 JR / 89 VMActual bottle shown. Half bottle. François Audouze added two unlabelled half bottles to this dinner at the last minute. Bright mid ruby. Very dense and jagged with some tannin still in evidence! Bone-dry...
93 RP Superbly balanced, with lovely, elegant fruit flavors. Quite succulent in style. Medium ruby-garnet, with an elegant, earthy strawberry aroma, balanced fruit and medium tannins.--1959 Bordeaux horizontal...
100 RP / 98 VM Even allowing for the greatness of Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild, the 1955 La Mission is the "wine of the vintage." It possesses a sweet, cedary, clove, smoke, and black-raspberry-scented nose, and rich,...
98 WS After decades of argument, the debate continues over which Haut-Brion is greater - 1959 or 1961? The 1959, which is certainly less evolved, gets my nod as slightly superior to the full-blown, completely mature 1961...
94 WA / 92 JS Pale brick colour with fragrant scents of mossy wood, potpourri, cinnamon and dried mulberry plus a whiff of espresso. A mature, well balanced Port comes through in the mouth with high acidity cutting through...
20/20 JR / 98 VM / 96 WS / A truly magnificent magnum. Very sweet, rich and glorious (a word I see I wrote twice). Long, subtle and hugely enjoyable. Racy, mineral with strong graphite notes. Round and so friendly. -...
On the calibre of the 2015 vintage, Wine Advocate's Neal Martin remarked, "three weeks in Bordeaux tasting the 2015 vintage from barrel has unveiled a clutch of wines so sublime that they are certain to become landmarks for...
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