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19 JR / 96 WS / 95+ WA / 95 WE 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. So long! Complex...
97 WA / 97 WS / 95 JS Tasted at the chteau, the 2005 Chateau dYquem delivers a similar performance as last year. Lucid in colour, the bouquet is detailed with very pure honey, vanilla and almond scents, still a little new...
98 WA / 97 WS / 97 JS / 97 WE / 94 VM / 17 JR Pale to medium lemon-gold color, the 2010 d'Yquem has retreated into its shell at this youthful stage, offering spritely suggestions of lemon curd, lime cordial and green mango...
100 JA / 99 DE / 98 VM / 98 JS / 97 WA / 96 WS / 18+ JR Axel Heinz turning out yet again a wine that is generous and moreish but that goes deeper, offering layers of coffee, smoked herbs, rosemary, saffron, gentle...
This special vertical collection case contains 1 bottle each of the following vintages: 2005 - 97 WA: "This decadent flavor bomb still needs a good five to seven years in bottle before it is set to go off, but oh what a...
This special trilogy collection case contains 1 bottle each of the following vintages: 1988 - 99 RP: "this powerful wine possesses full body, layers of highly concentrated, extracted flavors, considerable botrytis, and a...
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...
94 WA / 92 BH / 92 JM The 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Fontenys wafts from the glass with aromas of cassis, cherries and dark chocolate, complemented by hints of licorice, loamy soil and toasty new oak. Medium to...
97 WE / 96 VM / 95 DE / 95 JS / 94 WA / 94 WS / 94 JD A classic in development, a wine that will last for decades. It is certainly powerful, but already the shape is finalized, with its plums and berries settling down with...
100 DE / 98+ JD / 98 WA / 98 JS This is as good as it gets for Washington Cabernet Sauvignon. Right away the gorgeous crème de violette and crème de cassis tones join blackberry cordial, exotic spices and dark...
98 JA / 98 DE / 97 JS / 96 WA The talented Telmo Rodriguez is launching this wine onto the Place with its first vintage for the entirety of its production. The grapes are from a 3.8ha limestone-dominant plot within the...
97 JA / 96 DE This is savoury, dry in the best possible way, with a ton of red fruits, dried roses and herbs, and waves of fragrance. It’s a successful blend where the Sangiovese is dominant, conferring the wine with...
99 VM / 98 JS / 97 JA / 96 DE / 17++ JR The 2019 Siepi continues a trend towards greater finesse and nuance in this wine. Crème de cassis, lavender, spice, licorice and plum meld together effortlessly in the glass...
This special limited collection of 1100 numbered cases includes 1 bottle each of: 2017 Lafaurie-Peyraguey - 97 JS2017 Sigalas Rabaud - 95 WA2017 Rayne Vigneau - 94-96 VM2017 La Tour Blanche - 94-97 JD2017 Rabaud-Promis - 17...
98-100 WA / 96-98+ JD / 95 JS Might this be the next vintage of La Chapelle to crack triple digits? Knockout aromas of crushed stone, violets, blueberries, and cassis mark the nose of the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle, while...
97 RP / 96 WS / 95 JS / 95 JD / 95 WE / 94+ VM Limited edition of 1000 numbered Double Magnums with labels signed by Jean-Michel Cazes presented in numbered wooden cases. Beginning to open magnificently, the...
98 DE / 93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 92-94+ WA Edition of 150 x 1.5L bottles in OWC of 1. Since the 2016 vintage, Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey has released a very limited series with the “Femme et Raisins” (Woman...
98 DE / 93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 92-94+ WA Edition of 147 x 375ml bottles in OWC of 1. Since the 2016 vintage, Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey has released a very limited series with the “Femme et Raisins” (Woman...
98 DE / 93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 92-94+ WA Edition of 240 x 750ml bottles in OWC of 1. Since the 2016 vintage, Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey has released a very limited series with the “Femme et Raisins” (Woman...
98+ WA / 98 JD / 98 JS / 97 VM Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select displays a deep garnet-purple color, bursting from the glass with scents of blueberry pie, crème de...
97 JM / 95 VM / 94 BH La Grande Rue is a monopole vineyard nestled in between La Tache, Romanee Conti, Romanee St Vivant, and La Romanee. The 2015 La Grand Rue Grand Cru has a concentrated bouquet, very pure but more...
100 WA / 98 AG / 98 JS / 97 DE / 19 JR / 96 WE This late release edition (not late disgorged) was held at Roederer's cellar since bottling and comes with contemporary labeling which has been updated since the original...
97 JS / 94 DE This is a tight and powerful Orma with solid tannins that beautifully frame the fruit in the wine. Full-bodied and focused with intense structure and fruit character. Perhaps the best Orma ever. Give this...
97 JS Gorgeous aromas of lemon rind, lemon cream, waxy dried apples and hints of cedar and vanilla. Full-bodied, with a round, lightly chewy palate and a long, intense finish. Fantastic fruit and complexity. Yet always...
99 JS / 95 DE Blackberries and black cherries with lavender and violets on the nose. Full-bodied with velvety, chewy tannins, yet the fruit is very intense with vibrancy and energy. Muscular, yet agile. Pure and poised. A...
98 WA The flagship 2018 Clos Mogador is a blend of 45% Garnacha, 29% Cariñena, 16% Syrah and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon that fermented with natural yeasts and showcases their philosophy—slow fermentations with long...
98 VM / 98 JA / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 JS / 95 WS Antinori’s 2018 Solaia captures all of the elegance of this important vintage. The bouquet alone is mesmerizing. It speaks to the stunning beauty and pedigree of Cabernet...
98 WA / 98 JS / 95 JA The 2018 Cheval des Andes is a blend of 70% Malbec and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon fermented in small lots in 3,000- to 8,000-liter tanks and matured 40% in 225-liter oak barrels, 40% in 400-liter oak...
100 WE / 99 JS / 98 DE / 96 WA #74 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Cellar Selections Of 2019 A re-release from one of the legendary vintages of the last 30 years, this Champagne still shows some of the intense acidity that marked...
97 JS / 96 DE / 95 AG / 95 WA The complexity of chocolate, toasted almonds, praline, burnt toffee, mushrooms and earth here is stunning. There’s a beautiful, spiced cherry-biscuit edge, too. The palate has a suave,...
97 JS / 95 WA The aromas of iodine and blackcurrants with roses and lavender make the wine extremely perfumed. It’s full-bodied with a tight, fine-tannined palate that shows linear flow through the center palate...
100 VM / 100 JS / 99 WS / 98+ WA / 98 RP / 98 JD / 98 JA / 19 JR The 2005 Latour was mind-blowingly profound in two recent tastings for this report. Deep and sensual to the core, the 2005 is utterly captivating. All...
96-99 JM / 96-98 VM / 94-96 WA / 93-95 BH 70% new wood. Purple black, with a light reduction on the nose, but a massive heart to it. Waves of fruit, red and black fighting it out, incredible intensity through the middle, a...
100 WA / 100 JD / 99 VM Composed of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from Spottswoode explodes from the glass with bombastic notes of crushed blackcurrants, fresh...
98 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE Extraordinary aromas of white peaches, apricots, vanilla and flowers. Full-bodied and very sweet with so much sweet and dried fruit, such as apricots and tangerines, yet it maintains citrusy freshness...
94-97 JM / 93-95 WA / 92-94 VM The holding is in fact in Mazoyères-Chambertin, in the upper part. Rich glowing purple. Beautifully floral nose, roses and fine ripe cherries, very stylish. A lovely little touch from...
99 JS / 97 WA / 96 VM Subtle and very beautiful with currants, tarragon, basil and rose petals in the aromas. It’s full-bodied, yet agile and so fine-textured with superb tannins that provide multi-layers on the...
98 WA / 98 JS / 96 VM / 96 JA / 96 DE The 2019 Seña was produced with a Bordeaux blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Malbec, 15% Carmenere and 4% Petit Verdot with the Chilean character of the high percentage of...
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...
98 JS / 18.5 JR A super elegant Auslese that balances exactly the creamy and racy aspects of nobly sweet riesling, in a way that anybody who doesn't hate sweetness (e.g. rejection of sugar in espresso) will have no problem...
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...
97 WA / 97 VM / 97 WE / 97 JS Disgorged with six grams per liter dosage, the 2007 Brut Cuvée Nicolas François is showing very nicely, offering up aromas of fresh bread, citrus oil, crisp yellow orchard fruit,...
97 WA The site-specific 2018 Malbec Appellation Gualtallary comes from specific soils, two plots that they believe transmit the maximum expression of limestone to Malbec, giving a structured wine with fine-grained tannins...
94-97 JM / 91-94 BH (80% new wood 25% whole bunch vinification. Dark imperial purple, there is a suavity about the nose which evokes this vineyard very well indeed. Marvellous depth of fruit on the palate, fine grained wood...
98 JS Stare into the abyss and it will stare back at you! This has such an incredible depth of dried-flower and fresh-herb notes that you could get lost in the bouquet, before reaching the sleek and enormously mineral...
99 JD / 96-98+ WA / 97 VM Deep purple-colored, the tiny production 2017 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 30 months in new French. This rocking wine has a huge nose of deep black fruits, new...
95 DE / 93-96 JM / 94 WS / 92-94 VM / 92 BH Always one of Etienne and Mathilde Grivot's stand-out Premier Cru reds, this is not the most immediate of their cuvées at a young age, often displaying some grip and tannic...
97 JD All from Red Mountain, the dense purple-hued 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Curiositas offers up a pure, powerful bouquet of cassis and blue fruits as well as plenty of classic Red Mountain savory herb and earthy mineral...
100 WA The golden-colored 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) opens with an intense yet highly finessed and elegant bouquet of perfectly ripe, tropical fruits intermixed with very fine weathered slate...
99 WA The intensely lemon colored 2019 Kinheimer Rosenberg Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is pure and salty on the nose that reveals pretty unique flint stone aromas intertwined with perfectly ripe and precise Riesling berry...
98 TA / 95 VM At its best - and La Nieta is a very good example - 2018 produced some delicious wines in Rioja. This single vineyard parcel of 1.78 hectares, planted on bony clay and limestone soils in 1975, has produced one...
98 WA / 98 WE / 98 JS / 17 JR The Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso is a single-vineyard expression that draws its fruit from an 11.7-hectare parcel with moderately thick galestro soils with...
99 JSWow. Fantastic aromas of blackberries, currants, minerals, violets and graphite. Full-bodied with firm, silky tannins that are incredibly polished and intense, yet ever so refined and integrated in the wine. It...
99 JSWow. Fantastic aromas of blackberries, currants, minerals, violets and graphite. Full-bodied with firm, silky tannins that are incredibly polished and intense, yet ever so refined and integrated in the wine. It goes on...
97 DE / 96 JS / 95 RP / 95 WS A serious Haut-Brion, still very much closed. Concentrated with firm tannins, this has real depth to it, showing walls and structure. Beautiful juice starts to seep through the walls after a...
97 WE / 96 WA / 95 JD / 95 WS / 95 DE Le Claux is sourced from a Grenache-dominant field blend, with vines dating back to 1870. Vinified in whole clusters and matured in 20% new oak, it's a penetrating, finessed wine that...
97 WA / 97 JD / 97 WE / 95 WS / 94 DE The 2018 Gigondas Hominis Fides is another huge success for the team at Saint Cosme, boasting complex aromas of roses, dusty earth, cigar box, asphalt and dark fruit. The plums and...
97 JS / 96 WS / 18.5+ JR ID#319028 is Krug Grande 169th Edition per Krug website, however the edition is not noted on the label. Instantly recognizable aromatic depth and complexity here. The DNA of Grande...
98 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS / 95 DE #34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 A very vinous rosé with sliced strawberry and peach aromas and flavors with a steely undertone. Hints of cream and biscuit...
95-97 VM / 93-97 JM The 2018 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru includes 30% whole-bunch fruit, though this is the one grand cru where you cannot detect the stem addition, just the copious dark cherry, raspberry,...
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...
97 WS / 95+ WA / 95 JS / 93 VM This rich red is energetic and balanced, saturated with black cherry, plum and mineral flavors. Accents of wild rosemary and sage chime in as this remains fresh and long on the iron and...
98 DE / 18+ JR No surprise that the sticky clay of Petrus has withstood the heat, keeping freshness and form. High aromatics, lush and open at first, with iris flowers, followed by plum, raspberry and blackberry fruits...
98 WE / 95 WS / 94+ WA From older plantings on a wide-spaced site—one the producer has worked with for some time—this wine is complicated and wild, combining rich, elegant flavors of salty sea breeze with ginger...
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+ WA Partly from the Felsentreppe, the 2019 Erdener Treppchen Auslese *** (White Capsule) opens with a pure, fresh and flinty, iron-rich and refined bouquet of tropical fruit aromas with notes of broken (red) slate, lemon...
97 DE / 95 VM Lovely complex notes of plum, liquorice, cherry brandy, subtle leather, tobacco and spice. Lush and velvety tannins on the palate, with sweet cherries, clove and nutmeg. This wine is round, generous and has...
97 DE Platinum Medal 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards 50% Pinot Noir, 50% ChardonnayA nose of Madagascar vanilla and sweet spice; air opens it up more and then there is a flinty, clean and increasingly seductive subtext;...
99 JS / 94 WA This dramatically steep site delivers a wine of real personality and distinctiveness. The nose has a very layered mix of red cherries and berries with some plums, leaves, dry stones, forest wood and a wealth...
98 JS / 95+ WA / 95 VM / 19 JR High concentration of flavors in this one with dried apple, pear and salt. Full-bodied, layered and very, very dry with a chalky texture at the end. Minerality with power. Drink or hold. James...
100 JS / 100 DE / 99 VM / 98 WA Stunning. So deep and characterful yet refined and subtle. It shows aromas of wet earth, mushrooms and dark fruits. Dry black olives come out as well. Full body, firm tannins and bright...
97 JS It sounds corny, but this really tastes of an abundance of sunshine, with super-ripe pineapple character. That’s beautifully supported by the mineral acidity, which keeps this as straight as a laser beam. Very...
98 JS A giant of minerality with enormous structure, this also delights you with the stunningly ripe apricot and pineapple fruit that’s wrapped around its dense core. This will surely only get better for many years to...
97 JS There’s nothing obvious about this intensely spicy gewurz. In fact, studying the aromas is like solving an intricate puzzle. Very powerful and creamy with succulent tropical-fruit character, the bold minerality...
97 JS This is a massively concentrated and enormously structured wine with so much smoke and spice, but there’s also so much rose aroma that it comes off as charming rather than imposing. And the giant freshness at...
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...
98 JS This dry riesling masterpiece is full of seeming contradictions that give it a sense of mystery you very rarely find. So rich and concentrated, yet also astonishingly vivid and precise, the aromas range from smoke to...
97 WE / 95 WA / 93 VM Rose, red berry and star anise aromas align with earthy whiffs of forest floor and new leather. The full-bodied, delicious palate doles out succulent Morello cherry, black raspberry, licorice and...
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...
97 JS / 96 WA / 96 VM / 96 DE The aromas to this are so complex and enticing with nutmeg, dark berries, chocolate and white pepper. Full body. Dense and layered with so much wonderful, complex and succulent character. It...
97 JD / 97 JS / 96 WA More minerality, graphite, and scorched earth notes emerge from the 2018 Les Pavots. Full-bodied and uber-concentrated, it reveals building tannins, awesome mid-palate depth, and one heck of a...
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