86-88 NM The 2017 Bourgogne Chardonnay has a pleasant light green apple and lime scented bouquet. The palate is crisp and taut, and without any new oak contact (just one to five years old oak), it possesses a linearity and...
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...
90-92 VM The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 1er Cru has a clean, precise bouquet that is just missing a little energy at the moment - much like the Les Clavoillons. The palate is well balanced with a tad more weight...
89-91 VM The 2017 Saint-Aubin En Remilly 1er Cru matures in 30% new oak, feels very primal on the nose, not quite expressing the terroir with the clarity of its peers, at least at the moment. The palate is showing more...
100 JS James Suckling's Wine of the Decade 2010-2019#1 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Chile 2019#15 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 For the last 10 years, vintage after vintage, Almaviva vineyard...
95 WA / 94 JS / 94 WS The single-vineyard 2017 Finca Dofí comes from ten hectares that were planted 20 years ago in the village of Gratallops. It's mostly Garnacha with 8% Cariñena and 1% white grapes that...
97 JS This starts out with a more savory, earthy and spicy expression and has a gently meaty edge to the nose with a vibrant, exotic feel. Violets and wild herbs abound with forest wood and sous bois – very complex...
97 JS A very detailed nose with aromas that include savory stones, woody spices and sweet tobacco, together with hints of chocolate, earthy nuances and abundant, pure red cherries and blueberries. The palate is full of...
97 DE / 97 JS / 96 DE / 95+ VM / 95 WA / 95 WS / 17.5 JR Super-restrained cassis fruit with an almost blueberry maturity in front of violet, clove and blond tobacco spiciness. Retasting the wine the next day, it...
98 WA / 97 DE / 96 VM / 96 JD / 96-97 JS The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of baked red and black plums,...
96 DE / 97-99 WA / 96-99 JD 100+-year-old Roussanne here gives very small yields, and it's harvested around two weeks after the younger vines. This wine has notes of macadamia, mango, quince and rhubarb - a dizzying...
95 JD / 95 WS / 95-97 WA / 95 DE / 93 JS / 18 JR The 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape is another sunny, beautifully Provençal effort that has a huge nose of garrigue, raw steak, leather, truffle, and peppery spice...
97 WA / 96+ JD / 96 JS / 95 DE / 95 WS / 93 VM Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) prances out of the glass with energetic notes of crushed black and red plums, black cherries and black...
96 JS / 95 WS / 94-95 VM / 92+ WA #75 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of the USA There’s a real sense of depth and detail here with fresh cherries and blueberries, swathed in vanilla-dusted violets, fresh-cut roasting...
"Dark ruby red in color with satisfying aromas of boysenberry, dark cherry and mulberry along with delicate hints of baking spices, dill, cola, nutmeg and vanilla. On the palate, bold flavors of cranberry, ripe...
92 JS / 91-93 WA / 89-92 WS / 88-90 JD Some berries and smoke with stone and tar. Full-bodied, creamy and beautifully crafted. Tight and focused. A little lean, but shows balance and juiciness. Bitter lemon and smoke...
95 WA The 2017 Garnacha de Viña Bonita has a pale color and a fragrant, floral nose, which is a constant in the 2017 single-vineyard bottlings. Here there is a notch more finesse and complexity, more filigree and...
91-93 VM / 90-92 WA The 2017 Fixin Les Crais comes from vines on ancient alluvial soils, in a single parcel of 1.30 hectares with vines aged between 10 and 80 years. Aged in 20% new oak, it has a very pure bouquet with...
89-91 VM / 89-91 WA from parcels Planted in 1935, 1949, 1955 The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village comes from two parcels: Les Réas and Rivière, next to Arnaux-Lachaux’s winery. The well-defined bouquet...
89-91 BH Tasting note: This too is quite restrained aromatically with its mélange of pepper, earth and various dark pinot nuances. The rich and not especially dense medium-bodied flavors possess a velvety mid-palate,...
94 WS / 93 BH The lime blossom, citronella, vanilla and pastry flavors are fused to a gossamer texture and linear profile in this white. The clean lines and purity make for overall harmony, while the finish evokes lemon...
95 VM / 93 WA Deep, glistening red. An expansive, finely etched bouquet evokes fresh red and blue fruits, incense, potpourri and exotic spices, along with suggestions of cola and smoky minerals. At once concentrated and...
95 JS / 95 DE / 92-94 JD / 92-94 WA / 93 VM / 88-91 WS Graphite, wild herbs, bracken, violets and such spicy black and blue berries. The palate has impressive concentration, yet very supple, charming texture. Such...
97 JD / 94-96 WA / 95 JS / 95 VM / 95 DE / 93-96 WS Showing spectacularly, the 2017 Chateau Canon checks in as a final blend of 77% Merlot and 23% Cabernet Franc that’s from one of the most exceptional terroirs in the...
91-92 JS / 16.5 JR This is nicely layered with plenty of plum fruit intertwined between structured tannins and driven acidity. Rather chewy. - James Suckling Dark cherry red. Inviting, ripe, pure dark fruit with a lovely...
93 JS / 90-92 JD / 90-92 WA / 89-91 VM A lovely second wine with cooked apples and peaches. Honey, too. Full-bodied, very sweet and bright. - James Suckling The entry-level effort is the 2017 Rieussec Carmes de...
95 WA The 2017 Las Gravas is surprisingly floral and ethereal, perfumed and elegant. Syrah has disappeared from the blend of this wine—it now has 20% Garnacha to complement the Monastrell—and they think this is...
96 JS / 93 WA This is so delicious with blackcurrants, spice, sweet tobacco, lavender and roses. Full-bodied, tight and very polished with gorgeous texture and finesse. Shows tannin tension at the end. A blend of mostly...
94 WA / 94 JS / 93 VM The Castello di Ama 2017 Haiku (a blend of Sangiovese with Cabernet Franc and Merlot in supporting roles) shows a rich and powerful center of gravity, all framed by lovely freshness and lots of rich...
97 WA / 98 JS #17 James Suckling's Top 100 Argentinian Wines of 2019 I tasted two vintages of the top whites, 2017 and 2018, and the wines perfectly show the conditions of each of the vintages, which were very...
92 WA / 17 JR The 2017 Mainqué Chardonnay is the second white produced with grapes from their own and their partners' vineyards that are worked by their own team, since the wines are organic and biodynamic. It was...
97 WA / 97 WS / 95+ JD From a rocky, mica-schist lieu-dit that's only recently been showing up on single-vineyard wines, Chapoutier's 2017 Cote Rotie Neve is a bold, full-bodied and powerful example of the appellation...
94 DE / 94-96 WA A full-bodied, deep coloured, rich and intense style. Floral and stony on the nose with lovely fresh berry fruit. Very tannic although it's still mouth-coating and ripe – this needs time but...
95 WS / 93 DE Very focused, with yellow apple, persimmon, acacia, honeysuckle and lemon curd notes layered seamlessly as they move through, ending with salted butter and quinine echoes that bring you back for more. Drink...
97 JS / 96 WS / 95-97 JD / 96 DE / 93-95 WA This is a special Cheval-Blanc with blackcurrants, blueberries and hints of fresh herbs, tobacco and cedar. Full-bodied, very powerful and muscular with lots of tannins. The...
95 WS / 93-95 JD / 93 JS / 92-94 WA / 93 VM / 92 DE This is brimming with raspberry and boysenberry compote flavors, while mouthwatering anise and pain d’épices notes fill in the background. Reveals a...
96-98 VM / 96 DE / 95 WA / 93 BH The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru was matured in around 80% new oak, the barrels toasted “chauffe blonde”. Jacques Devauges mentioned that the wine needed oxygen ingress during...
98 WA The just-bottled 2017 Clos Erasmus is a blend of Garnacha with 25% Syrah that fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak vats and matured in 228-liter oak barrels (40% new). It feels very aromatic, expressive and open,...
95 WA The 2017 Laurel is a blend of the younger vines, some barrels that were declassified from Clos Erasmus and the remaining Cabernet Sauvignon, and in the low-yielding and dry 2017 vintage, it's 70% Garnacha, 20%...
98 WA / 98 JD With its more discreet oak and layers of complexity, the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina is my favorite release here this year. Layers of dried spices accent raspberries and cherries in this...
94+ JD / 93 WA As always, the 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes has a touch more dark fruits, more concentration, and more structure, which makes it less approachable but more age-worthy. Blackcurrants, ground...
98 HW / 97 DE / 95 JS Astonishing. Complex, layered, vivacious and utterly smooth, with a heady, voluminous perfume of violets, small red flowers, dark cherries, mulberries and cassis knit with cedar/vanilla oak and backed...
97 JS / 96 DE / 94 WA This is bright and vivid with fantastic structure and tension. Aromas of lightly cooked apples, cream and hints of toasted oak. Full-bodied, yet so bright and agile. Goes on for minutes. Minerally,...
90 WA The 2017 Sauvignon Blanc may not go down as an all-time classic Cloudy Bay, but in a difficult vintage, the wine has turned out excellent. Hints of snow pea pods accent tropical fruit notes in a wine that is soft,...
98 JS / 96 WS / 96 WE / 94-96 WA / 95 VM / 95 DE / 17.5 JR #43 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 Insane aromas of crushed berry, flowers and lifted ester like a fermenting lager. Full body, tannic...
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...
98+ WA / 98 JS / 95 VM / 94-96 JD / 94 DE Composed of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, yields for the grand vin in 2017 were 43 hectoliters per hectare, and it was aged in 60%...
96 JS / 95 DE / 95-97 WA / 93-95 JD / 92-95 WS Wow. Fabulous focus and intensity to this wine with energetic sweetness and long, linear quality through the center palate. Orange-peel, lemon and peach undertones. Fresh...
97 JS / 97 WS / 96 DE / 93-95 WA / 94 VM / 17.5 JR Blueberry, blackberry and dried violets on then nose that follow through to a full body, firm and chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. This shows grip and some green, wet...
91-93 VM The 2017 Volnay 1er Cru is a blend of Les Pitures and Les Mitans as usual. It has an attractive dark cherry and crushed strawberry bouquet with fine mineralité, though not powerful. The palate is...
92-94 VM The 2017 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru is tasted from two barrels. It demonstrates wonderful grace and precision with mineral-infused cranberry and wild strawberry fruit. There is a sense of vitality...
94-96 VM / 94 WS The 2017 Volnay Clos des Ducs 1er Cru is the famous crown jewel monopole of the domaine, ostensibly the rear garden with its own spring. Initially it is showing some reduction on the nose, although...
92-94 VM 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 underneath. The...
94 JS / 90-92 JD / 90 DE / 89-91 WA Very pure and attractive red cherries, plums and wild herbs on the nose here. Impressive polish and poise on the palate. The cabernet fits really beautifully into the merlot,...
89 WA The 2017 Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Les Clous Aimé unfurls in the glass with scents of waxy orchard fruit, nutmeg and some leesy top notes of freshly baked bread and yeast extract. On the palate, the wine...
93 DE / 90 WA / 90 WS Pierre de Benoist says that he wants bitterness in his wine and, in the best possible way, he gets what he wants: this is racy and refined, its greenness and salinity balanced by pretty white fruit...
94-96 WA / 93 WS The sample of the 2017 Corullón showed a wider side of this village blend, where they have been focusing to get more precision through harvesting every plot the exact day it should be bottled. That's...
94-96 JD / 94-96 WA Not yet bottled, the 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Réservée is a normal blend of 80% Grenache, 6% Syrah, 4% Mourvèdre, and the rest assorted varieties (not destemmed),...
90 WS / 88 BH A lean, lime-infused style, with some reductive, sel gris and iodine notes playing off the stony mineral element. Fine length. Decant now, or cellar for a few months. Drink now through 2024. 2,000 cases made,...
98+ VM / 97+ WA / 97 JS / 97 JD / 96 WE #63 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2020 The 2017 Dominus is one of the truly epic, grand wines of the vintage. Rich, dense and explosive, with tremendous...
95 JS / 94 JD / 93 AG / 92 RP This is so drinkable now. Savory and yummy. Lots of blackberries, blueberries and currants. Full-to medium-bodied, tight and silky with beautiful freshness and finesse. So long and caressing,...
93 JS / 92 VM / 91 WA / 90 WS A juicy and elegant wine that turns really dry, thanks to the serious minerality that powers the long, delicate finish. From organically grown grapes. Fair'n Green certification. Drink or hold...
98 VM / 98 JS / 97 DE / 96 WS / 94-96 WA / 18 JR The 2017 Dow’s Vintage Port showed a slight reduction and required more time to really open in the glass. Typical of Dow’s it has a more backward and...
This collection offers your first and only opportunity to secure the 98-99 Point Yquem en primeur, as well as one of the few places in the USA to acquire the 97-98 Point Petrus! The bottles in the Duclot Bordeaux...
98 JS / 96 DE / 95-97 WA / 94-96 JD / 93-96 WS / 94 VM Attractive, intense aromas of ripe blueberries, currants and more savory, tarry notes, as well as iodine, violets and cassis. The palate has a supple and succulent feel...
93 JS / 88-90 JD A juicy red with plums and currants and hints of fresh herbs. Medium body. Lightly velvety with pretty fruit character at the end. A blend of 74% cabernet sauvignon, 24% merlot and 2% cabernet...
93 WS This red is sleek and solid, in the modern style. Bright cherry, berry and currant flavors mingle with licorice, black tea and mineral notes, giving way to a floral and minerally finish. The firm tannins are...
Emma Pearl is a private label that was purchased by California’s Sterling Vineyards. This refreshing Rose is well worth the price of admission as a wonderful summer sipper, or as an everyday easy drinker that...
18 JR / 93-95 WH / 91-93 BH Deep cherry red. Less open than the Brûlées and a hint of smoky reduction adding complexity at this point, very slight and attractive. Under that there’s pure, sweet red and...
17 JR / 94-94 WH / 90-92 BH Mid cherry red. Smells richer, deeper and riper on the nose than the Clos d’Eugénie, generous dark-red fruit. You hardly see the oak the fruit is so alive. Ripe and rounded on the...
16.5 JR / 87-90 BH Bright cherry red. Gentle aroma of zesty dark-red berries. Very cold sample but still fragrant and lithe and finely textured. ‘Good to have this vintage while we wait for 2015 and 2016’, says...
17 JR / 90-91 WH / 89-91 BH Richer and spicier than the village wine and shows the whole-bunch component. Bramble, suggests Michel Mallard and he’s spot on. Slightly floral. So fragrant. There’s a little more...
93-95 BH / 94-96 VM / 17.5 JR / 93-95 WH An exuberantly spicy and attractively fresh nose offers up notes of red currant, essence of plum and ample floral influences, all of which is surrounded by much more subtle wood...
95 JS / 91+ WA A very fresh 2017 with plenty of tight and linear tannins that give the wine energy and drive. Medium to full body. Racy finish. This is impressive. Fantastic texture and complexity on the palate with purple...
98+ JD / 97 DE / 96 WS / 95 VM More bloody meat, black raspberries, wood smoke, spice, and truffle notes emerge from the 2017 Hermitage Le Méal, a massive, opulent effort that has loads of opulence and fruit,...
97 JD / 96 VM / 96 DE / 95 WS The 2017 Hermitage Les Dionnières is more deep, structured, and serious, with killer notes of crème de cassis, graphite, ground pepper, and inky notes. Rich, full-bodied,...
95 DE 100% Monastrell Dark, ripe fruits and delicious spicy oak, subdued and ripe. An abundance of everything, tannin, ripe blackberry fruit, juicy acidity, allworking perfectly together. Decanter.com Finca Bacara is a...
98 WE / 97 WS / 96-98 WA / 95 VM / 95 JS / 95 DE / 17.5 JR The wine’s fine perfumed black plum fruits give a wonderful jammy character while bringing out a fresh edge. These are balanced by the dry core of this...
93 WA / 91 BH / 91-94 VM Offering up aromas of apple blossom, crisp orchard fruit, dried white flowers and honeycomb, the lovely 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets is medium to full-bodied, satiny and...
96 VM / 93+ WA / 17 JR Deep vibrant red. Savory herbs, balsamic oils, red cherry, raspberry nectar and minerals on the captivating nose. Big, rich and dense, with an ultra-smooth mouthfeel offering spicy nuances...
94 VM Deep red-ruby. Licorice, fennel, black cherry, plum and smoke. Tactile and luscious with a sweet set of flavors similar to the aromas that are nicely framed by lovely acidity and polished tannins. Perhaps the most...
Guillaume and Aude Lavollée represent the fourth generation of vignerons at Génot-Boulanger. Their wines are produced exclusively from estate-owned vineyards, located along all three Burgundy côtes,...
16 JR / 86-88 VM Three lieux-dits including La Croix Blanche (Vosne) and Les Maladières (Chambolle). Already blended in barrel and will be moved to tank before bottling 10 December.Plenty of ripe dark red fruit here...
16.5 JR / 90-92 VM Barrel sample. Mid cherry red. Spicily seductive in ripe fruit on the nose. Deep in fruit and with a lovely chewy texture. All quite embryonic but balanced. Persistent fruit and well-defined but not...
17 JR / 92-94 VM Barrel sample. Mid crimson. Inviting fruit sweetness on the nose. Ripest of cherry fruit and some savoury spice. Plenty of fruit on the palate but the structure is quite light and the tannins fine-boned...
16 JR / 88-90 VM Bottled this morning. 20 ppm total and 7 ppm free SO2. Added some CO2 to help protect the wine. 60% whole bunch.Deep to mid crimson. Spicy red fruit on the nose, lifted and bright with ripe sour-cherry zest...
16 JR From barrel and manually blended to get an approximation of the final wine. He groups parcels in the north and the south.Deep cherry red. Sweetly fragrant red fruit but also ripe and generous in aroma and a touch of...
95 JS / 16.5 ++ JR A strong and dense Etna red with plums, dark berries, orange peel and lemons on the nose and palate. Full-bodied. Layered and flavorful. Juicy fruit. Needs time to open, but great potential from these...
94 JS / 94 DE / 91 VM / 90-92 WA / 89-92 WS / 89-91 JD Subtle aromas of ripe fruit with plums and hints of clove and stone. Complex. Medium to full body with a fine line of tannins running through the mid-palate. Fresh and...
98 DE / 97 JS / 97 WS / 97 WE / 95-97 WA / 95 VM / 18.5 JR Based on Touriga Franca from south-facing slopes at Quinta dos Malvedos, with Touriga Nacional from quintas Vila Velha and Vale de Mealhadas (both predominantly...
94 DE / 93 JS / 91-94 WS / 93 VM / 89-92 JD These guys often over-deliver in challenging years, and have done so yet again. As you would expect in a vintage that has produced such an excellent Lacoste Borie, this GPL is...
97 JD / 96 WA The only other 2017 white I was able to taste, the 2017 Chardonnay Four Hearts Vineyards comes mostly from an old vine site farmed by Tom Dehlinger in the Russian River Valley. It displays a big, upfront...
93 JS / 92-94 JD / 92 VM / 92 DE / 89-92 WS Lovely perfumes and currants with graphite and light herbs. Medium to full body. Creamy tannins. Soft and elegant and creamy at the end. Finesse. A blend of 66% cabernet sauvignon...
98 JS / 97 WA / 97 DE / 96 WS / 95 VM / 94-96 JD This is extremely aromatic and perfumed with crushed-berry, flower, currant and orange-peel character. Full-bodied, very tight and focused with fabulous depth and...
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