2017

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 2017 (750ML)

86-88 VM The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet is a blend of several parcels within the appellation and matures in 25% new oak with 30% in 400-litre barrels. It has a straightforward bouquet with fresh apple peelings and a subtle...

Aldo Conterno Barolo Cicala 2017 (750ML)

97 FS / 96 JS / 95 WS / 92 VM / 91 WA Intense, sparkling ruby ​​garnet. Very intense and appealing nose, full of dried rose petals, blackberries and fine leather. Appears magnificently on the palate, lots of distinctive...

Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Old Vines 2017 (750ML)

96 VM / 93 WA Glistening scarlet. A highly complex bouquet evokes red berry and cherry preserves, along with building Asian spice, rose oil and smoky mineral flourishes. Shows fine delineation and seamless texture, offering...

Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse 2017 (750ML)

97 WI / 96+ JD / 96 JS / 96 VM / 96 WCI / 96 WE / 95 DE / 95 WS / 16+ JR #90 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 The 2017 Beausejour Duffau is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps with...

C Des Carmes Haut Brion 2017 (750ML)

91 DE / 91 WCI / 89 VM / 89 JS The vines for the second wine of Carmes Haut Brion are in Léognan, a good mile or so away from the main estate. As with the main wine, they work on tension, freshness and purity, helped...

Camille Giroud Beaune Aux Cras 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

90-91 JM / 89-91 VM / 89-91 BH 100% whole bunch. 2.5 barrels of ancient vines. Fine mid purple. A wealth of dense very dark raspberry fruit, exciting purple, evidently ripe enough and with good density, spicy white pepper...

Camille Giroud Corton Renardes Grand Cru 2017 (750ML)

94 JM / 91-93 BH / 89-92 VM Medium deep red, dark raspberry notes and some rose petals, whole bunches. Really lovely bouquet, growing in stature while retaining purity. A little of the sweet and sour character that...

Castellare di Castellina I Sodi di San Niccolo 2017 (750ML)

96 VM / 96 WS / 96 JS / 96 FS / 16.5 JR 40th Anniversary labelThe 2017 I Sodi di San Niccolò is supple, radiant and inviting, almost uncharacteristically so for a young vintage of this typically potent, brooding wine...

Chateau de Meursault Savigny-les-Beaune Rouge 2017 (750ML)

88 JM In bottle. From Les Gollardes and Les Goudelettes. Good mid red colour with an easily attractive red fruit nose, nothing complicated here. Tight, more concentrated than expected with dark fruit up front, softer finish...

Clos de Tart la Forge de Tart 1er Cru 2017 Ex-Library (750ML)

93 DE / 90-93 JM / 90 BH La Forge de Tart isn't made every year - there was no 2012, 2013 or 2015 - but when it is made, it uses the younger vines planted between 1999 and 2011. For people who can't afford the grand vin,...

Comte de Vogue Musigny VV 2017 (750ML)

96 DE / 95 VM / 93-96 BH / 93-95 WA / 18+ JR The older vines in de Vogüé's extensive 7.2ha in Musigny date back to 1953 and make a wine that's considerably weightier than the young-vine cuvée. This is...

d'Angerville Volnay Fremiet 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

92-94 VM / 90-93 JM / 17.5 JR The 2017 Volnay Fremiet 1er Cru has an expressive bouquet with veins of blue fruit that strafe the vibrant raspberry and crushed strawberry. Here there is fine mineralité tucked just...

de Montille Beaune Greves 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

91 WA / 91-93 VM / 91-93 JM The 2017 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves is showing well from bottle, unfurling in the glass with aromas of strawberries, cherries and plums mingled with sweet soil tones and licorice. On the...

Domaine du Pegau CdP Cuvee Laurence 2017 (750ML)

97 JS / 97 FS / 93-95 WA / 94 JD Enveloping, warm and spicy nose with an extremely wide spectrum of aromas, ranging from dried rose to graphite via thyme and smoked bacon. Very powerful, concentrated and earthy, yet...

E. Pira & Figli Chiara Boschis Barolo Cannubi 2017 (750ML)

96 WI / 96 JS / 95 WA / 95 VM The 2017 E. Pira & Figli Barolo Cannubi is made by the charismatic Chiara Boschis. She is a firm believer in organic practices in the vineyard and the winery is certified organic. In this...

Elio Sandri Barolo Perno Collection: 1ea 2016 Riserva & 2ea 2017 Barolo (750MLx3)

2016 Riserva: 98 VM / 2017 Barolo: 94 VM This special collection only available at GVWM features 1 bottle of 2016 Riserva & 2 bottles of 2017 Barolo. For those of you who want to know what Barolo was like decades ago...

Fonseca 2017 (750ML)

98 WA / 98 WE / 97 WS / 95 VM / 95 JS / 95 DE / 17.5 JR The 2017 Vintage Port, not quite bottled when originally seen, has now been in bottle for a couple of years. It is a field blend (with typical grapes like Touriga...

Genot-Boulanger Aloxe-Corton Clos du Chapitre 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

93 CT The domaine, formerly known as Château Génot-Boulanger is run by Guillaume Lavollée and his wife Aude, who is the inheritor of an estate which was founded by her great grandfather (Génot)...

Giscours 2017 (750ML)

96 WE / 94 JS / 94 DE / 93 VM / 93 WCI / 16.5+ JR This wine is rich with tannins and ripe black fruits. A core of lusciousness gives the wine weight and density. It will be a fine wine to drink from 2024. Cellar Selection -...

Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo Santo Stefano di Perno 2017 (750ML)

95 WA / 17.5 JR  Boasting a fuller more opulent fruit delivery, the Giuseppe Mascarello 2017 Barolo Perno Vigna Santo Stefano shows soft layers of dark berry and sweet cassis. Nebbiolo maintains its freshness in this...

Grand Puy Lacoste 2017 (750ML)

94 JA / 93 DE / 93 JS / 93 VM / 92 WS / 92 WI / 91 WE / 17.5 JR A lighter-framed vintage that will be ready to drink before the classic 10 year window. You see hints of this immediately in the plum colour, with shadings of...

Haut Brion 2017 (750ML)

98 JS / 98 WE / 97 WI / 97 DE / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 96+ VM / 96 WS / 17.5+ JR #39 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is extremely aromatic and perfumed with crushed-berry, flower, currant and...

Holden Wine Company Chicken Grease Vermentino 2017 (750ML)

Jean et Sebastien Dauvissat Chablis Sechet 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

92-94 VM / 89-91 BH The 2017 Chablis Les Sechets 1er Cru is gorgeous. Apricot, hazelnut, crushed flowers and herbs give the Sechets a savory character that is beguiling and undeniably attractive. Light on its feet, perfumed...

Jean Grivot Richebourg 2017 (750ML)

97 DE / 96 VM / 95 BH / 95 JM / 93-96 WA For the third vintage in a row, this 0.32ha plot, ranging in age between 60 and 80 years, has produced the best wine at the domaine. It's a stunning grand cru that was deceptively...

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2017 (1.5L)

97 VM / 97 JS / 97 DE / 96 WE / 95 WS / 94 WA / 18 JR 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...

Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch 2017 (750ML)

95 JD / 94 JS / 94 WE / 93 WS / 93 WA The 2017 Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch is another beautiful, classic Pinot Noir from this estate. From the Russian River and brought up in 42% new French oak (there's some Austrian oak as...

L'Enclos Tourmaline 2017 (750ML)

95 JS / 95 WCI / 94+ JD / 93 VM / 93 FS / 92+ WA Fantastic purity and depth to this young wine and especially for the vintage. Medium to full body. Creamy and beautifully textured with gorgeous richness and balance...

L'If 2017 (750ML)

97 JS / 96 VM / 94 WCI / 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...

Labegorce 2017 (375ML)

93 JD / 93 VM / 92 JS / 92 WS / 92 DE / 92 WCI / 91 WE / 16+ JR Under the helm of Marjolaine de Coninck, who arrived from Fonplegade in 2009, this estate has been firing on all cylinders, and they've made a...

Les Carmes Haut Brion Elements VI Case (750MLX6)

Special Limited Edition Case with 1 bottle of Les Carmes Haut Brion from the 2013-2018 vintages: 2018: 100 JD / 98 JA / 97 VM / 97 JS / 96+ WA2017: 96 VM / 96 DE / 94 JS / 94 JD / 93+ WA2016: 99 JD / 98 VM / 97 JS / 96 JA /...

Les Forts De Latour 2017 Ex-Chateau Case (750MLx6)

95 WI / 95 JS / 94 DE / 94 VM / 94 WE / 93 JA / 93 WS / 93 JD / 93 WCI / 93 WA / 93 FS / 17+ JR The 2017 Les Forts de Latour is composed of 65.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, and 0.8% Cabernet Franc...

Luigi Baudana Barolo Cerretta 2017 (750ML)

96 WS / 96 JD / 96 JS / 95 VM / 95 WI / 93 WA / 94 DE / 17+ JR This red boasts a beautiful balance between its cherry, strawberry, floral, eucalyptus and mineral aromas and flavors. Supple and elegant, despite the resonant...

Mouton Rothschild 2017 (750ML)

98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 JD / 95 WI / 95 WE / 18 JR #37 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Extremely perfumed Mouton with currants and crushed berries. Hints of roses and other...

Muchada-Leclapart Lumiere 2017 (750ML)

94 WA / 17 JR I loved the 2017 Lumière, a white Palomino from old vines in the La Platera vineyard in Pago Miraflores that somehow made me think of the white topped-up wines from Jean-François Ganevat in the...

Orma 2017 (750ML)

95 JS / 94 FS / 93 WS This is a dense and powerful red with lots of currant and blackberry aromas. Full body and creamy tannins, yet ripe and pretty. Lovely length and beauty. Needs a year or two to come together. Try after...

Pape Clement Rouge 2017 (750ML)

96 JS / 96 VM / 95 WI / 95 WS / 94+ WA / 94 WE / 93 JD / 93 DE / 17 JR #84 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Beautiful spice, tobacco, wet earth and blackcurrants with some raspberries. Aromatic...

Paul Jaboulet Aine Crozes Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert 2017 (750ML)

94 JD / 94 FS / 92 VM / 92 WA / 92 JS / 91 WCI This terroir always delivers a wild, opulent, gamey style of wine, and the 2017 Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert doesn’t disappoint. Loads of chocolaty black fruits,...

Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage la Chapelle 2017 (6.0L)

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...

Pontet Canet 2017 (750ML)

96 WI / 96 WE / 96 JS / 95 VM / 94 JA / 94 WCI / 94 FS / 94 WS / 17+ JR #66 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2020 #91 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 A blend of 64% Cabernet...

Produttori del Barbaresco Pora Riserva 2017 (750ML)

94 WA / 93 WS / 93 VM / 93 WI / 92 WE / 17 JR The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Pora (with 13,333 bottles released) is usually the first wine I taste each year when I review this set of Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco...

Quinta do Vesuvio Capela 2017 (750ML)

99 JS / 97-99 WA / 97 WS / 97 DE / 96 VM / 19 JR This is an old-vine Port with two-thirds coming from ancient ones. Bark, black tea, crushed grapes and mahogany. Big and grippy. Old, traditional styled Port with incredible...

Roagna Barolo La Pira 2017 (750ML)

95 WS / 93 VM Dense and muscular, with cherry, strawberry, rose, mineral and eucalyptus flavors in the grip of assertive tannins. Despite being lithe and light-bodied, this red finds equilibrium in the end, with the red...

Roberto Voerzio Barolo 5 pack Collection 2017 (750MLx5)

Only 72 bottles of each of these wines came to the United States. This collection has 1 bottle each:2017 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Brunate - 97 JS2017 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Fossati - 95 JS2017 Roberto Voerzio Barolo La...

Rocca Di Montegrossi Geremia 2017 (750ML)

97 VM / 94 WE The 2017 Geremia is a revelation. It might be even better than the 2015 or 2016, which is saying a lot. Soaring aromatics make a strong first impression. In 2017, the fruit profile leans more into the red...

Sandrone Barolo Aleste 2017 (1.5L)

97 KO / 96 JS / 95 VM / 95 WI / 17.5 JR Aromas of menthol, pressed rose, wild berry and grilled herb are front and center on this stunning wine along with a whiff of forest floor. Combining structure and finesse, the...

Sassetti Livio Pertimali Brunello di Montalcino 2017 (750ML)

94 JS / 93 WA / 93 VM / 92 WE / 16 JR Black cherry and mushroom with some dried flower undertones. Full-bodied with fine velvety tannins and a juicy and succulent finish. The tannins are very polished for a 2017. Try from...

Simon Bize Savigny-les-Beaune les Vergelesses 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

90-93 WA / 90-92 VM The 2017 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Vergelesses was 20% destemmed this year, as Chisa Bize struggled to fit all the grapes in the fermentation tank. Offering up aromas of sweet berry fruit,...

Thibault Liger-Belair Nuits-St-Georges Les St Georges 1er Cru 2017 (750ML)

93-95 JM / 92-94 VM 40% whole bunch. 15 new in 27 barrels instead of 8 total in 2016. One third is Thibault’s special chauffe blanche. Dense dark purple, exciting concentration in this wine. Huge density on the...

Vajra Barolo Bricco delle Viole 2017 (750ML)

96 JD / 96 KO / 95 DE / 95 WA / 95 VM / 95 JS / 95 WI / 94 WS / 17.5 JR The 2017 Barolo Bricco Delle Viole is the darker fruited of the G.D. Vajra sites and has rounded floral aromatics of crushed roses, resin, and...