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97 + VM / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 JD For the 14th edition of Ornellaia Vendemmia d’Artista, Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg have interpreted the “Il Vigore” character of Ornellaia 2019, chosen to describe...
97 DE / 96 WS / 95 AG / 95 WE / 17.5 JR An intense clarity of fresh red berries from the start, which builds anticipation on the magnificent and magnifying nose. On the palate there’s counter-balancing mature buttery...
98 DE / 96-98 WA / 94-96 JD A very Clos des Papes vintage,' says Vincent Avril, and I know what he means - a vintage that naturally delivers the kind of fresh, elegant wines that this estate is famous for. A tasting of...
98 DE / 96-98 WA / 94-96 JD A very Clos des Papes vintage,' says Vincent Avril, and I know what he means - a vintage that naturally delivers the kind of fresh, elegant wines that this estate is famous for. A tasting...
100 WA / 100 NM / 98 WS / 97 DE / 18 JR Pale to medium gold colored, the 2009 d'Yquem bursts from the glass with gregarious crème caramel, allspice, dried apricots, mandarin peel and pineapple upside down cake scents...
97 JS / 96+ WA / 96 WS / 96 DE / 18.5+ JR / 95 WE / 94 VM ID#419046 is Krug Grande 169th Edition per Krug website, however the edition is not noted on the label. This is a layered Champagne with very fine tannins and...
98 JS / 97 DE Best In Show Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 This remarkable Amarone won the very highest acclaim from its original judging panel and then sailed through every subsequent judging stage, to the extent that its...
100 JD / 98+ RP / 98 JA / 98 WE / 97 VM / 97 JS /18 JR Pure gold, the 2010 Château Léoville Poyferré, which was drunk beside a perfect 2009 Latour, offers everything you could want from wine...
97 VM / 97 JS / 95 WA / 95 DE The 2009 Dom Ruinart is showing beautifully today. Rich and ample with terrific freshness, the 2009 is a gorgeous, modern-day Dom Ruinart that marries vinous intensity with energy and more...
98 JS / 96 WS / 96 WE / 18.5 JR #100 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2020 A firm and vivid Champagne with a precise, focused palate. Full-bodied and dry. It’s very layered and bright with light...
99 JS / 96+ WA / 96 VM / 95 DE Incredible aromas of apple skin, pie crust, praline and flowers. So young in the nose. Full-bodied with super-fine tannins. It’s tight and refined, yet structured and intense. Really...
100 JD / 96-98 Lastly, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Sanctus Sanctorum is one of those wines that’s hard to describe as it seems to change every time you come back to it. Offering a more translucent ruby hue as...
100 WI / 98 WA / 98 JS Composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot, the 2019 Dominus was harvested from September 29 to October 10. It was aged in 40% new oak. Deep garnet-purple colored, the...
97 JS / 96+ WA / 95 VM / 96-98 JD If anyone tells you that Châteauneuf is just a big red that’s never elegant, then they need to taste this masterpiece of elegance. So many spicy and savory nuances on the very...
100 VM The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the truly exceptional wines of the vintage. As I worked through this series of retrospective tastings, I had hoped to find at least one wine like this. A truly epic 2011. When I...
96-98 VM / 96-97 JS / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 94-96 WI / 93-95 JD The 2021 Vieux Château Certan is a spectacular tour de force from Alexander and Guillaume Thienpont. What a wine. Vibrant and magnificent in its...
94-97 JD / 96 JA / 95-96 JS / 93-95 VM / 94 DE / 93-94 WA / 91-93 WI The Grand Vin 2021 Château Valandraud checks in as 85% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, and it's still resting all in new...
96-97 JS / 95 JA / 93-95 WA / 93-95+ JD / 92-94 WI / 92-94 WI / 92 DE Lots of clove, black-licorice and cigar-box character. Already perfumed. Medium body with fine, chalky and precise tannins. Lead-pencil shavings. Well...
98-99 JS / 96 JA / 94 DE / 17.5 JR This is intense and compact with lots of mushroom, ginseng, lemon grass, dried lemon peel, tangerine, clove and white chocolate. Green mango, too. Complex and layered. Sweet, but with a...
96 DE / 94-96+ JD / 94-95+ WA / 94-95 JS / 91-93+ WI Cocoa powder, iris notes, pink roses and black fruits - so fragrant - you just want to smell the wines in 2021 for hours. This is a seriously impressive Comtesse and...
96-97 JS / 95-97 VM /94-96+ WA / 95 DE / 93-95 JD / 94 JA / 90-92 WI Blackcurrant, blueberry, violet and blackberry notes, as well as plenty of spices. Medium to full body with plenty of richness and blackcurrant and...
95-97 VM / 95-96 JS / 94 JA / 92-94 WI The 2021 Pavie is a wine of tremendous potential. Naturally, it shows the more mid-weight style of the year and yet there is plenty of depth as well as energy that starts to emerge...
96-97 JS / 96 DE / 95-96 WA / 94-96 JA / 94-96 VM / 93-95 JD A firm and compact Mouton with a powerful tannin frame for the vintage, yet it remains fine and precise as it opens to a velvety texture. Black fruit with tar,...
97-98 JS / 97 DE / 95-97+ WA / 95-97 WI / 95-97 JD / 95-97 VM / 95 JA A Margaux with beautiful depth and grace and wonderfully well-placed, refined tannins, showing presence and a soft texture. They caress your palate...
96-97 JS / 94-96+ JD / 94-96 VM / 95 DE / 93-95 WA / 94 JA / 92-94 WI This is really cool to smell, with lead pencil shavings, iron filings and oyster shells. Blackcurrants, too. Full to medium body with layers of...
95-97 WA / 94-96 VM / 94 JA / 91-93+ WI One of the wines of the vintage, the 2021 Léoville Las Cases is reminiscent of a hypothetical blend of the 1999 and 1996—only better. Offering up incipiently complex...
98-99 JS / 94-97 WA / 94-96 VM This has a firm, seamless and velvety tannin structure, accompanying a deep core of dark plum fruit, peach stones, chocolate and mahogany. Layered and caressing. Supple, yet full and powerful...
97-98 JS / 97 DE / 97 JA / 95-97 WA /95-97 VM / 94-96+ JD / 94-96 WI Polished and refined with a firm, fine and linear tannin structure. Harmonious. Perfumed violets, roses and subtle licorice. All in balance here, with...
95-97 VM / 95-96 WA / 95 DE / 95 JA / 94-95 JS / 93-95 JD / 92-94 WI The chateau is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2021 with a commemorative bottle and special OWC. The 2021 La Conseillante was picked the latest in...
97-98 JS / 96-98 WA / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 95-97 VM / 93-95 WI A very structured young Haut-Brion with blackberry, blackcurrant, black-olive and mushroom character. Medium to full-bodied with a driving balance of firm and...
97 JA / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 95-97 VM / 94-97 WA / 94-96 WI / 94-95 JS Lovely aromatics right off the bat, good spice, white peppers, touches of savoury cassis. This 71% mix of the two Cabernets is the highest ever...
97 JA / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 95-97 VM / 94-97 WA / 94-96 WI / 94-95 JS Lovely aromatics right off the bat, good spice, white peppers, touches of savoury cassis. This 71% mix of the two Cabernets is the highest...
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...
97-98 JS / 96-98 VM / 95-97 WA / 95-97 WI This is so finely textured with very precise, tight tannins. Medium to full body. Lots of layers here with black and blue fruit, stones, tar, dark cocoa and spices. Dried herbs...
95-97 VM / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 93-95 JD / 90-92 WI Dramatic, rich and imposing, the 2021 Canon is shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. Sculpted red purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender, sage and...
98 JS / 97-100 VM / 97-99 JD / 96-98 WA Brightness and purity to this, offering blueberries, fresh plums and peaches. It’s medium-to full-bodied with ripe, fine tannins Terra cotta and red fruit at the...
100 JS / 97-99 WA / 99 VM / 98 JD Seductive aromas of blackcurrants, plums and flowers, including roses. Really incredible this year with such verticality, depth and brightness. Goes on and on and on. Superb...
97-100 WA / 99 VM / 99 JS / 97-100 JD From a vineyard located on Spring Mountain, the 2018 Pluribus (a barrel sample) reveals a deep garnet-purple. Youthfully reticent, it needs a fair bit of coaxing to reveal gorgeous...
97 JS / 94 WA / 94 VM / 93 WS Wonderful aromas of flowers, plums, terracotta and white pepper. Intense, yet ever so subtle. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a long and intense finish. Shows excellent length...
98 JA Needs coaxing out of the glass, as is true with so many 2005s even at 16 years old, but straight off the first nose you get the most beautiful nuance and turmeric-strewn spice. It's exotic if subtle, with a creamy...
98 JA There is a subtlety to this that strikes you immediately - gentle smoke, cold ash, tobacco, white truffle, brambled blackberry fruits, mint leaf, totally sublime, my favourite of the line up so far. It plays to the...
98+ WA / 98 WE / 97+ JD / 97 DE / 95 WS Black cherries, blackberries and garrigue all appear on the nose of the dense, concentrated 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Yes, the wine boasts some formidable tannins, but...
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...
100 DE / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 WE This vintage featured a cold winter and cool weather at flowering, followed by a dry summer with a hot July and warm days and cool nights in August and September. The season...
97 DE Fresh, intense aromas of grapefruit peel, limes, oyster shells and a touch of Brie rind. Has great depth and drive with an ethereal lightness and deep mineral energy. It shows tension on the gently smoky finish...
99 JS#12 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Australia 2021 This is a wine we have not yet seen from Tolpuddle. It has such well-curated complexity and whole-bunch influence (40%) sits in the sweet spot. It is...
97 WS A dark and mysterious version, whose black cherry and black currant flavors are backed by a frame of dense, dusty tannins, with a juiciness and energy that carries this to a lingering conclusion. Earth, forest floor...
98+ JD / 98 JS / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 AG / 96 VM / 95 WS #2 Jeb Dunnuck Top 50 Reds 2018The 2015 Haut Bailly checks in as a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot that comes from the gravelly...
99 JD / 98 WA / 96 DE One of my favorite whites in the world is the old vine Roussanne cuvée from Beaucastel, which comes from a single 3-hectare parcel just outside the domaine, in the northern, cooler...
97 JS / 96+ JD / 96 DE / 96 WS / 95 VM / 95 WA So much ripe damson-plum and blackberry fruit, but also notes of licorice, candied ginger and baking spices. In spite of all the considerable power and concentration, this is...
97 JS / 94 WA Blackberries, black cherries and hot crushed stones with cement and black licorice. Subtle yet complex aromas. Medium to full body and an exquisite texture, with intense tannins and a long, flavorful finish...
100 WE There is a beautiful meeting of the minds with this site in this winemaker's hands that it's hard not to be drawn to it year after year. The fifth single- vineyard designate from this magical place, it is spiced,...
97 JS / 96 VM / 17+ JR This is really perfumed with tar, licorice, blackberries and stone. Some gunmetal. This has ultra fine tannins with a tightly wound mouth feel that gives a long, precise finish. The flavors are...
97 DE / 96 JS / 94 JD / 94 WS The Lançon family’s history at Domaine de la Solitude dates back to the 15th century, with 17th-century links to Tuscany and even Popes (Barberini was the family name of Pope Urban...
97 JS / 96 WA Very subtle aromas of blackberries, black olives, tobacco, cedar and wet earth. Wild mushrooms, such as oyster mushrooms. Full-bodied with firm, very silky tannins and succulent fruit. Extremely refined and...
97 JS / 95+ VM Opulent and very sexy with perfume, cedar, dried flowers and dried strawberries and just a hint of nutmeg. It’s medium-to full-bodied with round and finely velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. So...
99 JS / 98 WA Blackberries, dark wet soil and blackcurrants. Graphite, too. So aromatic. Pure fruit. Full-bodied with superbly polished, fine tannins that draw you down through the center of palate. Extremely layered and...
98 JS This is so delightful in the nose, but there are so many dimensions to the aromas that it's not easy to grasp this, without sinking into this enormously complex wine. The aromas range from leaves and flowers, dripping...
97 JS What a stunning nose of ripe white and yellow peach, pineapple and grapefruit with a slew of spicy and herbal notes! But that barely prepares you for the breathtaking interplay of super-mineral acidity and the...
98 DE / 97 JS Established as a winery in 1612 by Capuchin friars, Domaine Weinbach takes its name from the little stream which runs through the property, at the foot of the grand cru hill Schlossberg, whose slope demands...
97 JD / 95 JS The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Vieilles Vignes (90% Grenache and 10% Mourvèdre) comes all from the stony, pebbly soils of La Crau and was brought up in tank and demi-muids...
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