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99 NWR / 98 WA / 98 JS / 96 VM / 96 WS#58 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2023 "Cellar Stocker"-Champoux Vineyard comprises 90% of the fruit for this all-varietal wine, with the rest from Mach One. Aged 22...
97 DE / 17 JR Racy and thrilling, this hits the spot in terms of direct and punchy yellow fruit flavours - lemon, grapefruit, orange and quince with a crisp texture and fine bubbles that fill the mouth. Such tension and...
97 WA / 96 JS / 95 DE / 93+ JD The stunning 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale comes from old vines in two sandy parcels—one in Pied Long and one in la Crau. Exotic aromas of orange zest, Campari-like spice and...
100 JS #16 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022 If every Chambertin was like this, we could give up our job. So much spice, earthy and meaty character, but in the end it's the amarena-cherry fruit that...
97 JA / 96 DE / 94 WI One of a handful of single vineyard châteaux in Champagne, now being made by Leclerc-Briant (although they are not owners). Crisp, clean, touches of green apple on the nose but there is weight...
100 JD Only the second release of this cuvée (it was first produced in 2016 and will be produced in 2019 as well), the 2018 Château Angelus Hommage A Elisabeth Bouchet is 100% Cabernet Franc coming from a...
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...
98 WA / 98 JS / 97 DE / 96 VM / 96 JA#9 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Chile 2021 The 2019 Seña was produced with a Bordeaux blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Malbec, 15% Carmenere and 4% Petit Verdot with...
98 JS / 96 DE / 96 WA / 96 JD / 96 VM#29 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2021 There’s clarity and energy to this, offering sweet strawberries and watermelon with fresh-rose and sandalwood undertones...
99 JD / 98 JS / 98 WI / 97 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 96 WE / 18 JR #2 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 #86 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023 Gold-engraved bottle to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Michel...
99 JD / 98 DE / 98 JA / 98 WI / 97 WA / 97 WE / 96 VM / 96 JS / 95 WS / 18 JR The 2020 Château Calon Ségur is pure gold and another masterpiece from this estate. Harvested all in September...
100 JD / 99 VM / 97+ WI / 97 JA / 97 DE / 97 JS / 96+ WA / 96 WS#2 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 The 2019 Château Lynch-Bages is stunningly good, and it's going to be interesting to compare...
97 VM / 96 JA / 96 DE / 96 WI / 17 JR 2019 is the first vintage to be offered in this eye-catching new bottle intended to be kept and reused after the Sauternes is enjoyed. The 2019 Rieussec is absolutely gorgeous...
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,...
98 WA / 95 DE The 1990 Pichon-Longueville Baron has always been one of my benchmark wines, one that never ceases to perform. Now at 27 years of age, it is clearly at its peak, and what a wondrous thing it is. Now showing...
99 JS / 96+ VM / 95 WA This is an incredible wine that reminds me of the perfect 2000 Barolo Rocche del Falletto. Flowers, spices, leather and animals. Dried mushrooms too. Then changes to Japanese ginger and lemon peel...
98 JD / 96 WE / 95 VM Similarly colored to the classic cuvée, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Quet is 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvèdre. It offers a huge, rich, powerful style that never goes over the top and...
97 WS / 97 JS / 97 JD / 96 DE / 94 VM / 94+ WA #12 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#94 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 Cassis, crushed plum and steeped blackberry fruit is all packed into...
100 JD / 99 JS / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 VM / 95-98 WS#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The bottles for the 2018 vintage feature a red phoenix above the label: “Suddenly the obstacles...
99 JD / 99 JS / 98+ WA / 97 DE / 96 TB / 18.5+ JR#1 Tasting Book Best Sweet Wines of the World 2023 The 2016 Chateau D’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
98 JS / 96 RP / 95 WS This is big and powerful with a dense and very sweet palate. Full of botrytis and spices, from cinnamon to cloves to nutmeg. The finish is nutty with more spices and orange peel. Very stunning. Why...
100 WI / 100 JD / 100 RP Medium garnet-brick in color, the 2000 Pavie needs a little swirl to coax out fragrant notes of dried roses, cinnamon stick, red loam, and fallen leaves leading to a core of kirsch, plum...
100 RP / 96+ VM / 96 WA "The monumental 1982 Gruaud Larose, which I think I've said before is clearly the greatest Gruaud Larose I have ever tasted, and I have had most of them - back through the 1920s. The 1961...
100 WA / 99+ RP / 97 WS One of the great vintages from this estate, surpassing even the 1990, 2000, 2001, 2003, and maybe the 2010 (time will tell with this one), the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape from Vincent Avril delivers...
99 JS / 98+ WA / 98 VM#3 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2023#75 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 What an exotic, perfumed yet elegant nose here full of thyme, local herbs, green...
99 JS / 96 VM#50 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 #9 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2023 Lots of rose petal notes here with pure fruit like raspberries and fresh strawberries. Full and powerful with...
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...
100 DE / 99 JS / 99 WI / 99 WE /99 JD / 98 VM / 98 JA / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 18 JR #22 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2023 Intense and full on the nose, fragrant with ripe black fruit, floral aspects and soft...
98 JS / 96 VM / 95 DE #32 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#80 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 A giant dry riesling that is so cool, focused and precise, it comes across as only medium-bodied in...
97 JS / 96 DE / 95 WS / 93-95 WA / 94 JD / 94 VM #80 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023This amazing Chateauneuf-du-Pape squares the circle of southern richness and spring-like freshness in spite of coming from a...
97 WA / 95 JS I was blown away by the 2020 wines in barrel in June 2021 and found the 2020 Villa de Corullón very ready, open, expressive, floral and ethereal. It destroyed the idea I had of a warm and ripe 2020...
99 JS / 99 WE / 98+ VM / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 96 WI / 95 WS / 18 JR The complexity and beauty of this wine is something else on the nose, offering perfume, cedar, dried flower, black cherry, blueberry and crushed stone. Orange...
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...
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 JD / 97 JS / 97 JA / 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...
100 WI / 99 JS / 98 JD / 98 WE / 97 WA / 97 DE / 97 JA / 96-98 VM / 18 JR The 2020 Angelus is a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, with the tiniest splash of Petit Verdot. It has a deep garnet-purple color and...
97 DE / 97 VM / 95 JS / 94 WA / 94 JD / 94 WI / 93 JA / 16.5+ JR A rich, full and heady nose. On the palate there's ripe blackcurrant, red cherries, raspberries and strawberries but also some mint, black pepper and truffle...
96-98 WA / 93 JD / 93 JS / 92-94 VM Rich, full-bodied and creamy-textured while simultaneously appearing almost weightless, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Saintes Vierges looks even better than last year. Cola, spice and...
97 JS / 97 WS / 95 WE / 94 VM / 94 WA Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium sweet. Hints of resin. Opulent yet restrained. Shows ripe and beautiful...
98 JS / 97+ VM / 97 WI / 97 WE / 95+ JD / 95 DE / 95 JA So much floral and dark-fruit character with almonds and walnut shell. Full body and ultra-fine tannins. Powerful. Classic style with a harmony and energy...
98+ WA / 98 DE / 96 JA / 96 WS / 95 VM / 17.5 JR Pale to medium gold colored, the 2007 d'Yquem delivers powerful scents of tropical fruits—dried mangoes and pineapple paste—accented by acacia honey, toasted...
98 WS / 96 RP Super-intense and full-throttled, elegant and stylish. Dark amber in color and rich in complexity, this '83 coats your mouth with butterscotch, dried apricot, fig and spice flavors. Made to age for decades...
97 WCI / 95 JD / 95-96 JS / 94-96 WA / 93-96 VM / 17+ JR A deep, jewel of a color, this wine is filled with black plum liqueur, flowers, black cherry and fig aromatics. Opulent, sexy and with depth of character, like the...
100 VM / 98 DE The 2021 Syrah Que Syrah Vineyard is the greatest wine I have ever tasted from Duncan Arnot and Nathan Roberts. It emerges from Roberts' home vineyard in the Taylor Lane district that includes other notable...
98 WA / 98 JS / 97 VM / 95 WE The 2021 White Stones Chardonnay is subtler and more elegant, a little closed with moderate ripeness and alcohol (12.5%) and a mineral palate with strong chalky sensations. It might be worth...
98 JS / 95+ WA Stunning and totally original nose of mango, lychee, Amalfi lemon and a complex mix of pepper aromas. Enormous concentration, yet it’s so vibrant, the staggering mineral freshness slicing through the...
97 JS #53 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023So many pink rose, jasmine and orchid aromas that you can’t resist falling into the super-sensual embrace of this dreamy gewurz that makes you feel you have...
97-99 WA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 97 JD Still in foudre working through the last few grams of sugar when I tasted it in July 2022, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes showcases bold black-cherry fruit that virtually...
99 JS / 98+ WA / 98+ WI / 98 JD / 97 DE / 97 WS / 96 VM / 18 JR #37 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023#72 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023Amazing aromas of sweet uncooked pie crust with almonds. Then you smell...
96-98+ WI / 96-98+ JD / 98 JA / 95-97 VM / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 94-95 JS The 2022 Pavie Macquin, 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, is deep garnet-purple in color. It is quite closed to start off, revealing scents of...
96-98 JD / 94-95 JS /92-94 WI / 92-94 VM I continue to absolutely love the wines from Jeremy Chasseuil’s tiny estate located in the heart of Pomerol. His 2022 Château Feytit-Clinet checks in as 88% Merlot and...
99-100 JS / 98-100 WA / 98-100 JD / 98-100 VM / 98-100 AG / 98-100 WI / 98-100 DE / 97 JA This shows no gravity. The tannins are totally melted in the wine and give it fantastic structure, but the texture is so fresh and...
98-100 WI / 98-100 AG / 98-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 97-99 VM / 98 DE / 96 JA A blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon with a yield of 35 hl/ha, the 2022 Vieux Chateau Certan is deep...
97-98 JS / 97 DE / 97 JA / 96-98 JD / 95-97+ WI / 95-97 VM / 94-95 WA The polish, texture, complexity and patina are very impressive and fascinating. So spicy and interesting with so much going on. Medium body with...
97-99 JD / 97-99 WI / 97-98 JS / 97 JA / 97 DE / 96-97 WA / 95-97 VM This château has been firing on all cylinders of late, no doubt due to the talents of technical director Nicolas Audebert, and a wine that's going...
97-98 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 93-95+ JD / 93-95 WA / 93-95 WI / 91-93 VM Blackberry, iron, hazelnut, crushed stone, hints of salt and spice. Medium to full body. Fresh and vivid. Very sophisticated and classy. The tannins are...
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...
98 VM The 2012 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva TB takes things to a much darker, deeper and more savory place than nearly any wine in its category. Cloves and cinnamon combine with balsamic spice, molten...
99 WA / 98 JS / 97 VM / 97 WE / 96 DE / 17.5 JR #26 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Australia 2021 The 2018 vintage can comfortably be described as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest vintage in Margaret...
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,...
99 WA / 96 JS The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard was aged in 70% new oak this vintage, as opposed to 100% as it normally is. Deep garnet-purple in color, it rolls out of the glass with perfumed rose...
98 VM / 97 JD / 96 WS / 95 WE #30 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2023 Deep, brilliant ruby. Assertive, mineral- and spice-accented red and dark berry preserve, incense, cola and garrigue scents show superb...
97 DE / 96+ WA / 96-97 JS / 96 AG / 95 JD / 95 WI / 94 VM / 94 JAWine Advocate Wine of the Vintage Utterly captivating on the nose, fragrant and floral with soft orange flecks, sweet cedar and cinnamon. Textured like heavy...
97 WA / 97-98 JS / 97 DE / 95-97 JD / 96 WI / 95 VM / 95 JA / 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...
98 VM / 97 WA / 97-98 JS / 96 WI / 96 JD / 96 DE / 96 JAWine Advocate Wine of the Vintage Rich and explosive in feel, the 2021 Cheval Blanc is outrageously beautiful. For the first time since 2011, the Grand Vin is...
100 WI / 99 JS / 98 WA / 97 VM / 95 WE / 95 WS #16 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2022#20 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022#50 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 The 2019...
98 VM / 97+ WI / 97 WS / 97 JA / 97 DE Owners LVMH took the decision to delay the release of the 2019 Yquem until spring 2022. It was tasted with winemaker Sandrine Garbay in London. After the summer drought when Sauternes...
100 JD / 97 VM / 18 JR Lastly, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Reserve is another magical wine, and I might have rated this cuvée a perfect score more than any other Southern Rhône. Unquestionably in the...
98 JS / 97 WA / 96 DE #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,...
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...
97 JD / 94 VM I loved the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc, which is one of the finest versions of this cuvée I can recall. Rich stone fruits, apple blossom, melon, crushed stone, and white flower notes all...
97 WS / 97 JD / 97 WE / 96 VM / 96 DE This is packed together, with taut iron cables providing a platform for mouthwatering bitter plum, cassis and blackberry reduction flavors. Sage, bay tobacco and warm earth notes play...
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...
98 JS / 95 VM / 94+ JD / 93 DE / 93 WA #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023Lots of violets, blackberries, bark and iodine. Oyster shell. Full-bodied. Firm and velvety tannins with a long and satisfying...
98 JS / 95 VM / 94 JD / 94 JA / 94 DE#44 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#62 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 So much black mushroom to the dark fruit, such as blackberries and brambleberries...
97 JS / 94 WE / 17 JR Wow. This has such attractively pure fruit with flinty nuances, across ripe peaches, nectarines and grapefruit. The off-dry palate has a flinty and gently smoky edge with a very fresh, concentrated...
98 WA / 97 JS / 97 DE The 2018 d'Yquem is all lime cordial, grapefruit oil and mandarin peel to begin. With a little coaxing, the fireworks really begin, letting off a whole array of honeysuckle, candied ginger, dried...
99 DE / 96+ WA / 95+ VM / 95 JS / 17+ JR Lots of lean muscle converts into flavour power: pure blackcurrant and chocolate, sage, plum and espresso, all bound in a graphite tannic grip. Coming from a drier vintage, the...
100 WI / 99 JS / 99 AG / 98+ WA / 98 JA / 98 VM / 98 WS / 98 JD / 98 WE The 2019 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it...
100 JD / 99 WA / 99 JS / 98+ WI / 98 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 95-97 WE / 17.5 JR #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#41 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 An utterly...
99 JD / 98 WA / 98 JS / 95 VM Reminding me of the 2009 La Chapelle (which is a personal favorite), the brilliant 2017 Hermitage La Chapelle knocks it out of the park with its massive, opulent personality. Notes of smoked...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WE / 99 JD / 98 VM / 19 JR #53 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 When I asked winemaker Olivier Berrouet about his greatest challenges in 2015, he replied, “Our biggest challenge...
97 WA / 97 JD Coming from the Beckstoffer Georges III vineyard, the very deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon GIII bursts forth with an outrageously spicy nose of Chinese five spice and aniseed with a core of...
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...
100 JS / 97 WS Wow. Fabulous aromas of currants, rosemary, mint and orange peel. Perfect nose. Full body with perfectly integrated tannins. Its long and incredible with tangerine, toasted-oak, berry, terracotta and...
100 JS / 100 WA / 100 JD / 99 VM / 99 DE / 98 WI / 97 WS The nose on this seems more concentrated than the 2000, and the purity of fruit is stunning, with blueberries, raspberries, fresh flowers, and hints of licorice. This...
100 VM / 100 JS / 100 WI / 99 WS / 99 JD / 98+ WA / 98 RP/ 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...
100 RP / 100 JS / 98 WS / 97 ST / 97 WE “Administrator Frederic Engerer says the 2003 is “the sexiest Latour ever made.” He also described it as “the 1990 without any brettanomyces.” I loved...
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 JS / 100 WS This is in total balance now with such harmony. What amazing aromas of berry and flowers. Full and sweet, the tannins are complete dissolved. The fruit is perfect. This goes on for minutes. Drink now. But it...
97 JD / 96 WA / 95 VM / 95 WS / 18.5 JR I loved this bottle of 1982 Cos d'Estournel, and it was easily the best bottle I’ve had of this wine...It shows classic, even youthful notes of lead pencil, currants and saddle...
97 RP / 96 WS / 18.5 JR Space limitations preclude including tasting notes. 2003 is a rich, sweet vintage of powerful, full-bodied wines that possess huge levels of glycerin, alcohol, and residual sugar. - Robert...
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...
96-98 WA / 96 JS / 95 WS / 17+ JR#46 James Suckling's Top 100 Spanish Wines of 2023 The more backward of the 2021s was the 2021 Finca Dofí, which was very primary and smelled almost like the fermentation...
97 WE / 96 JS / 95 VM / 94 WA The nose is dark yet polished, like a new leather jacket, with aromas of blackberry, black olive, wet stone, dirt and playful violets. The palate mixes a more pronounced, sweeter streak of...
98 JS / 95 WS #55 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#73 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 Here's a giant Chateauneuf that miraculously manages to remain vibrant and uplifting in spite of the enormous...
100 JS / 98 WA / 98 WS / 98 DE / 18.5++ JR This is the second 100-point Vigna Le Rocche, following the 2015. What the former had in intensity of fruit and transparency, this has in structure and power. The purity of fruit...
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...