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99 JS / 99 JD / 98 DE / 97 VM / 96 WA / 96 WE #7 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021#53 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Complex and expressive nose, offering...
99 JS / 98 WI / 97 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 97 WE / 96+ WA / 96 JD #2 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#22 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Extremely aromatic, with incredible...
99-100 JS / 99 WI / 99 JD / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96-98 WE#6 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $200 2023#19 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 This has incredible power and drive with blackberry,...
100 RP / 98 VM / 98 JD / 96 WS / 18 JR The dark garnet-colored 1961 Haut-Brion is pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, chocolate, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky...
99 DE / 98 JS / 97 JA / 96 VM / 96 WA / 95 WS / 19 JR Although the colour of the wine is now bricking at the rim, the core still has a deep, tawny/garnet hue. The aromas here are significantly mature, including smoke,...
98 RP / 97 DE / 96 VM 1990: In terms of the brilliant complexity and nobility of the aromatics, scorched earth, black currants, plums, charcoal, cedar, and spices, the 1990 offers an aromatic explosion that is unparalleled...
100 DE / 99+ WA / 98 VM / 98 JD Is this as good as the 1989? Certainly it is lush and powerful, lingering and expanding in the mouth with sweet tobacco and cigar box notes, along with still young blackcurrant and...
100 RP / 100 WA / 100 JD / 99 WS / 98 DE / 98 WE / 97 JS As for the 2010 Haut-Brion, it does not have the power of Latour’s 2010 or the intense lead pencil shavings and chocolaty component of Lafite-Rothschild, but it...
100 WA / 100 JD / 98 WS / 98 JS / 98 VM / 97 DE / 18.5 JR A blend of 50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Haut-Brion is reticent to begin, languidly...
100 WA / 100 DE / 100 VM / 100 JS / 100 WE / 98+ JD #55 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 The 2016 Haut-Brion is blended of 56% Merlot, 37.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6.5% Cabernet Franc. Medium...
98 JS / 98 WE / 97 WI / 97 DE / 96+ VM / 96 WS #39 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is extremely aromatic and perfumed with crushed-berry, flower, currant and orange-peel character. Full-bodied,...
98-99 JS / 97-99 JD / 97-99 WA / 98 DE / 93-96 VM The length and texture to this wine is so very impressive. It’s not so much the sheer power that is impressive here, rather the form, tension and exquisite form that...
100 WA / 99 JS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 WS / 97 VM #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The 2018 Haut-Brion is composed of 49.4% Merlot, 38.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11.9% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in...
100 WI / 100 JS / 100 TB / 98+ JD / 98 VM / 98 WA / 98 DE / 98 WE #1 Tasting Book Best Red Wines of the World 2023#7 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2022#69 James Suckling's Top...
100 JS / 100 JD / 99 WI / 97 DE / 97-99 VM This is a superb Haut-Brion with incredible tannins that are wonderfully fine-grained. It’s really powerful. This is very primary with so much grape-generated tannin...
97 WA / 97-98 JS / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 95 VM / 95 JA / 93-95 WI / 94 AGWine Advocate Wine of the Vintage The 2021 Haut-Brion confirms its fine showing en primeur, cementing its status as one of the wines of the vintage...
97-99+ WI / 98-99 JS / 97-99 VM / 96-98 JD / 95-97 WA / 96 DE / 96 JA Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Haut-Brion is a blend of 53.6% Merlot, 35.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 11% Cabernet Franc aging in 62.9%...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS / 98+ VM / 98 WS / 98 DE / 96 WE / 19 JR The 2009 Haut-Brion is deep garnet colored and slightly closed and shy to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal sensuous notions of warm blackberries, plum...
99-100 WA Picked at 42° KMW and aged in two barriques until this year, without the addition of sulfur for almost 13 years and still yet to be bottled, the 2009 Welschriesling Trockenbeerenauslese displays an amber color...
98 WA / 98 JD Revisiting Bonneau's recently released 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Celestins is a real treat as this cuvee flirts with perfection. Already revealing some pink and amber at the edge, the color is...
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...
97 JD / 96 WE / 95+ WA / 95 JS / 95 VM / 18 JR From the top barrel and lot selections, the 2019 Pinot Noir Reserve Pinot Noir is layered with wild herbs, cedar, and black raspberry on the nose. The palate is fresh with...
89-91 BH Note: N; from Les Epointures and Reniard Producer note: It has been a rocky road for one of Burgundy's long-time standout domaines since the tragic and premature death of Hubert Lignier's son Romain in 2004...
98+ WA Served from the 500 ml bottle, the apricot-golden colored 2003 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux Première Trie offers a beautifully deep, intense, concentrated and at the same time precise, fresh and refined...
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 #65 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023 The intensely yellow colored 2020 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie is highly concentrated and complex on the nose that...
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,...
98 WI / 98 JD / 97 DE / 95 WA The 2019 The Warrior is deep garnet-purple in color. Creme de cassis, plum preserves, and chocolate-covered cherries give way to suggestions of sandalwood, camphor, and tar with a waft of...
97 DE / 97 WA / 97 JD / 95 VM / 17.5 JR Iacopo Mori described the 2019 vintage as ‘perfect, no disease...lots of fantastic grapes,’ when he visited Decanter in December 2023. Indeed, 2019 is looking superb...
97 JS / 95+ WA / 95 VM / 95 JD Aromas of blackcurrants, dark chocolate and dried flowers. Very aromatic. Full body, velvety tannins and impressive intensity and richness. Opulent fruit, yet this is still lightly austere and...
97+ VM / 96 WA / 96 WS #80 Wine Spectator Top 100 2023 The 2020 Cepparello is dense, powerful and soaring in intensity. A dark, almost somber Cepparello, the 2020 possesses remarkable depth from start to finish. Black...
97 JS / 95 VM / 96 WS / 95 WA / 95 DE Very pronounced and wonderfully complex nose of persimmon, egg yolk, cinnamon, tarte tatin, caramel, mango pastry, apricot tart and spice box. The full-bodied palate feathers a fine...
100 JS / 94+ WA Intense aromas of licorice and dark berries with hints of tar. Graphite too. Full bodied, with a beautiful core of fruit. Ultra-fine tannins. All there. This is breathtaking with laser guided focus. So...
98 JS #14 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022 Super-bright nose, with notes of notes of cranberry, pomegranate and hibiscus. At once very concentrated, super-focused and almost icy cool on the...
98 JS Beautiful violet and black-cherry nose. A gentle giant that has a radical mineral and tannin structure, but also wonderful elegance, the finishing washing over you in waves that echo down the valleys. Great aging...
95 WS / 94-97 JM / 93-95 BH This round version is packed with ripe black cherry, violet, graphite and tobacco flavors. The silky texture and vibrant acidity work in tandem, while refined tannins provide support without...
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,...
95-98 JM/ 96 DE / 95 BH Pale lemon and lime. The bouquet shows all the majesty of this vineyard without the over-ripeness which I have found in some past vintages. 29 hl/ha. Superb intensity with a measured ripeness...
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...
97 JS / 94 VM / 94 WS / 92-94 WA / 91-94 BH This is exactly what Burgundy and pinot-noir freaks around Planet Wine are looking for. Enveloping nose of red and black raspberries that's really hard to resist. So concentrated,...
97 VM / 94-97 BH / 17+ JR The 2020 Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche Grand Cru is consistent with my previous tasting in January. Exquisite definition on the nose, real mineralité here. The palate is intense and...
99 JD / 97 DE / 97 JA / 97 WI / 96+ VM / 96 WA / 17 JR Another beautiful wine from this team, the 2019 Insignia is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon but includes smaller amounts of Merlot and Malbec, brought up all in new barrels,...
94 WA / 93 VM / 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...
94 WA / 94 JM / 91-94 BH / 92-94 VM From 80+ year old vines The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Fontenys wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet berry fruit, plums, peonies, warm spices, orange rind and licorice...
98 JS / 96+ VM / 95+ WA / 94 WE#6 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2023#31 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 This is a serious and intense syrah. Complex notes of chocolate, blackberries, black...
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...
97 VM The 2021 Chardonnay (Napa Valley) is stellar. Wonderfully refined and airy, the 2021 impresses with its total harmony. It is especially elegant. Whether that is due to the vintage, a tendency to pick on the earlier...
98 WA / 98 JS / 96 JA / 96 WI / 95 DE / 17.5 JR #72 James Suckling Top 100 Austrian Wines Blending 60% Welschriesling vinified in Slavonian oak vats of 1,000 and 1,500 liters and 40% Chardonnay aged in barriques, the 2019...
98 WS / 96 WE / 95 WA / 95 VM / 19.5 JR This harmonious Champagne offers luxurious texture and powerful, focused acidity, showing aromatic accents of spring blossom, crushed thyme and chai, with rich notes of lemon...
98 WS / 95 WA / 95 VM / 19.5 JR This harmonious Champagne offers luxurious texture and powerful, focused acidity, showing aromatic accents of spring blossom, crushed thyme and chai, with rich notes of lemon meringue,...
100 JS / 99 WS / 99 DE / 97+ JD / 97 VM / 97 WE / 97 WI / 18+ JR#18 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023#31 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021#99 Wine Spectator Top 100 2021 This is very structured and framed...
99 JS / 99 DE / 97 WA / 97 WS #38 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is a fabulous edition of Clos du Mesnil. The pure chardonnay is magnificent with density and agility at the same time. Apple and...
97 JS / 96 DE / 95 WA / 94 VM / 18.5 JR A Grande Cuvee that’s starting to show some age with a nutty undertone to the biscuit and pie crust, as well as cooked apple and lemon curd. Toast, too. Full and round with very...
99 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS / 96 VP / 95 VM / 95 DE / 94+ WI / 94 WA / 94 JD#48 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#64 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023Vinepair Best Champagnes of 2023The tightness and tension of...
98 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS / 95 DE #34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 ID#418037 is Krug Rose 24th Edition per Krug website, however the edition is not noted on the label. A very vinous rosé...
97 WE / 94 WS / 93 VM #17 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2023 Following an outstanding 2020 vintage, the '21s are, remarkably, even better. Coddington is the richest in the Kumeu Chard stable. Concentrated...
98 JS / 96 WA / 95 VM#3 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of New Zealand 2023#47 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023Gorgeous precise aromas of apples, white peaches, some minerals, flint and stone...
99+ RP / 99 VM / 97 JS / 96 DE Proprietor Denis Durantou has produced a blockbuster Pomerol from a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, tipping the scales at just over 14.5% natural alcohol. A riveting wine, pure,...
98 VM / 98 JS / 96+ RP / 96 WS The 2010 l’Eglise-Clinet was harvested from 20 to 27 September and matured in 80% new oak. It has a magnificent bouquet with multi-layered red and black fruit, black truffle, a hint of...
97 JS / 96+ JD / 95 VM / 94 JA The purity of fruit is so alluring in this wine. Aromas of crushed berries, lemon rind and flowers follow through to a full body, firm and silky tannins and a long and flavorful finish. All in...
98 JS / 98 WI / 97 VM#24 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Extremely enticing aromas of blackberries, brambleberries, sweet tobacco, bark and mushrooms follow through to a medium to full body that grows on...
98+ JD / 96 JS / 95+ WA I always love this cuvée, which today is made by Jerome Aguirre with consulting advice from Michel Rolland. The 2018 Enclos Tourmaline is 100% Merlot from a tiny parcel in Pomerol and was...
97 JS / 93 WA #93 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023This is pure merlot, with black chocolate, bark, black truffle, ripe plum, and violets. Some black olives. This is very structured and linear with super fine...
99-100 RP / 98 VM / 18.5 JR The 1961 possesses a huge nose of coffee, sweet, jammy, black fruits, buttered nuts, and truffles. The syrupy texture, and fabulous concentration, viscosity, and richness were unbelievable. Given...
100 JS / 99 JD / 97+ WA / 97 DE / 95+ VM / 95 WS / 97-99 GV #40 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 Stunning aromas of blackberries, black olives, brown sugar and dried flowers. Tar. Full-bodied, dense and layered...
97 VM / 97 WS / 96 JD / 95 JS / 95 DE / 95 WA The 2017 L'Évangile,100% Merlot for this first time, is just as impressive from bottle as it was from barrel. Dark, sumptuous and wonderfully inviting, the 2017 has...
98 JS / 97+ JD / 97 DE / 96 VM / 97-99 WA #73 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 So attractive on the nose with blackberry, black olive and a hint of brown sugar. It’s full-bodied with layers of...
99 DE / 96 JS / 96 WS / 96-98 JD From the very first moment your nose approaches the glass you know something special is happening. Seductive, rich, mouth-filling to the point that you really understand what that means...
99 WI / 99 JS / 98 DE / 97+ JD / 96 VM / 95 WA / 17+ JR #29 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 L'Evangile is composed of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is a little...
96-98 WI / 97 DE / 96-97 JS / 95-97 WA / 95-97 VM / 95-97 JD / 95 JA The 2022 L'Evangile is composed of 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc, and 0.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a lot of swirling...
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...
99 JS / 97 VM / 93-96 WS / 93-95 WA #15 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#53 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 Aromas of black cherries, blueberries, licorice, dried lavender, nutmeg and grated milk...
97+ VM / 97 JD / 96 JS / 94 WA The 2019 L'If is the sort of wine I would like to spend hours with. There is just too much to it. At times the 2019 is opulent and quite racy, and yet in other moments its the underlying...
98 JS / 97 VM / 96 JD#73 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#97 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 This is one of the most structured L’Ifs I have had with currants and cherries, and chalk and salt...
97 WA This is an upper-ninety point La Conseillante that is very much in the style of the 1990. In comparing the two vintages, the 1989 has slightly more noticeable tannin and structure, but it is a perfumed, exotic, sweet,...
98 JS / 97 DE / 97 VM / 96 RP / 96 WS / 96 JD Aromas of blueberry, minerals, flowers, and hints of brewed coffee. Sweet tobacco. Full bodied, with an amazing palate of intense dark fruits that verge on kir, but then a racy...
98 VM / 98 WA / 97+ JD / 97 JS / 97 DE The 2018 La Conseillante is a regal and utterly exquisite Pomerol from the very first taste. Technical Director Marielle Cazaux and her team turned out a jewel of a...