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...
96 JS / 95 WS / 91 WA Aromas of dried flowers, dried strawberries, lavender, and hazelnuts. Some roses, too. Full-bodied, chewy and powerful, yet the tannins are polished and very energetic. Lots of them, yet with...
97 JS / 94+ WA / 94 WS Aromas of dried flowers, dried strawberries, lavender, and hazelnuts. Some roses, too. Full-bodied, chewy and powerful, yet the tannins are polished and very energetic. Lots of them, yet with...
98 JS / 95 WS / 94 WA / 94 VM Lots of floral aromas, such as lilacs and roses, with crushed raspberries and strawberries. Sandalwood, too. Full-bodied and very powerful with incredible depth of fruit and chewy tannins. It...
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...
98 WA / 97 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 96 JD 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, wild...
97 WI / 96+ JD / 96 JS / 96 VM / 95 DE / 95 WS #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 notes of blackberry pie and...
94 DE / 93 JS / 93 WA A famously difficult year in Rioja with frost and hail, as well as some botrytis. However, Macán shows plenty of promise with dark damson fruit, very fine tannin and well managed oak. Definitely...
94 WA / 93 WS / 92 JS / 90 VM / 90 JD / 90 DE / 15.5 JR Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Berliquet gives up expressive notes of baked plums, blackberry preserves and mulberries with hints of licorice, crushed...
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...
97 JS / 96+ WA / 96 DE / 96 VM / 94 BH The very complex nose of flint, dried pear, Amalfi lemon and fresh ginger pulls you inexorably into this super focused and racy Corton-Charlemagne that is still tightly wound...
91 DE / 89 VM / 89 JS With every bottle of C Des Carmes Haut Brion 2017 purchased, save $10 on a bottle of Carmes Haut Brion 2018. Savings shown once products added to your cart.The vines for the second wine...
95 JD / 94 VM / 93 WA Deeper ruby, the 2017 Pinot Noir De Villiers Vineyard reveals more black raspberry, sassafras, tea, and spicy notes. It's medium-bodied, with a juicy, elegant style and a great finish. Jeb Dunnuck The...
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...
93-95 JM / 91-94 VM 100% whole bunch. Beautiful mid to deep purple. This is really lovely, the pure raspberry essence with cream of Charmes has worked really well with the whole bunches. Exceptionally long and fine, no more...
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...
90 JM / 89-91 BH / 86-88 VM This is a very different wine because it has been vinified with 100% whole bunches, no sulphur and very light extraction. Glowing bright purple, a really heady nose, ripe, deep cherry. Much...
93 JS / 92 WE / 93 VM / 92 JD / 91 WA A lovely second wine with cooked apples and peaches. Honey, too. Full-bodied, very sweet and bright. - James Suckling Almost entirely Sémillon, this wine is rich but not...
300 Points! This beautiful 300 points collection case features three vintages of Clos Apalta, all awarded with 100 points : 2014, 2015 and 2017 2014: 100 JS | #5 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2017This was the...
96 WA / 96 IWR / 94 JS / 93 VM / 17 JR This is one of my all-time favorite Brunellos, and although personal tastes are fluid and may change from time to time, there is something timeless and solid about this wine...
96 VM / 96 WS / 96 JS 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. That makes the...
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 JS / 96+ VM / 96 WA Intense and exotic on the nose with blackberry, blueberry, violet and walnut aromas that follow through to a full body with layers of ripe tannins and a beautiful finish of polished and well poised...
100 JS / 98 WA / 96 VM Incredible aromas of blackberries, hot stones, wet earth and flowers. Full-bodied, it floats across the palate with ultra-fine tannins that melt into the wine. Superb, long finish of subtle fruit and...
96-98 VM / 96 JM / 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...
96 VM / 96 JM/ 96 DE / 95 WA / 93 BH The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru is showing a bit of new oak on the nose, but it is simpatico with the pure red cherries, cranberry and wild strawberry scents. The palate is medium-bodied...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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...
92 BH Note: exclusively from 1er fruit Tasting note: A more restrained nose reluctantly offers up a bit more deeply pitched nose of violet, plum and anise hints. The sleek, delicious and beguilingly vibrant medium weight...
95 DE / 94 VM / 93 WA / 93 JM / 93 BH The domaine's holdings of Santenots are sizeable at 3.9ha, although the younger vines are used to make Dominique Lafon's village Volnay. This richer, denser, sappier wine has subtle...
96 JS / 95 DE / 95 WA / 95 WS / 94-96 VM / 93-95 JD #57 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Wow. Fabulous focus and intensity to this wine with energetic sweetness and long, linear quality through...
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...
This special collector case features 6 outstanding vintages of Yquem in 375ml: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017.2006 D’Yquem (375ml) 19 JR / 97 WA / 96 WS Sweet crème pâtissière on the nose...
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...
95 VM / 95 WS / 95 WE / 94 JD Deep shimmering crimson. Expansive, mineral- and spice-accented red berry liqueur, cherry cola and incense scents show outstanding definition and spicy lift. Palate-staining Chambord,...
92-95 JM / 91-94 BH / 91-93+ WA Two thirds whole bunch vinification and a little more new wood. There is a certain density of purple fruit in the middle and a more powerful if more backward behind. There is a depth to...
97 JS / 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 there’s...
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...
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...
93 JS / 91 JD / 90 VM / 16.5 JR 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%...
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...
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...
92-94+ WA / 93 BH Hailing exclusively from "terres rouges," 2017 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is the king of the cellar, unfurling in the glass with a less outgoing bouquet of peony, cherries, cassis, currant leaf and rich soil...
91-94 JM / 88-91 BH Pale primrose here, very vibrant in colour and bouquet. Complex nose with some tension, a very faint toast in a way which works, and a sense of energy to the fruit – indeed more in fruit than...
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 / 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...
95 JS / 95 WA / 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...
96 WE / 94 JS / 94 DE / 93 VM 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 - RV, Wine...
94 WS / 93 WI / 93 VM / 17.5 JR Though firm, this has a beam of cherry, raspberry, floral and mineral aromas and flavors. Linear, elegant and balanced, but will need more time to fully open and reveal all the facets. Fine...
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...
95 WA / 17.5 JR The 2017 Barolo Villero is visibly darker with opulent fruit, blackberry confit, potting soil and licorice. The wine is layered and bold, but it also shows a soft side with sweet fruit that spreads evenly...
94 DE / 93 JS / 93 VM / 92 WS 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 exceptional, a...
94 VM / 93 JS / 93+ JD / 92 DE / 92 WS The 2017 Haut-Batailley is powerful, dark and racy. Dark cherry, gravel, smoke, menthol, licorice and spice all pulse with notable energy and tons of Cabernet Sauvignon savoriness. For...
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 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...
96 WS / 96 JD / 94 WA / 92 DE / 17+ JR A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples lengthily through the finish, while light verbena,...
91-93 BH / 91-93 VM / 90-92 WA Note: from vines planted in 1956 and 1965Tasting note: The wood is a bit more obvious though not intrusive on the green fruit, white flower and iodine-scented aromas. The exceptionally rich...
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...
91-93 VM / 90-92 BH The 2017 Chablis Vaillons Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru is pretty, gracious and lifted, with a real sense of vertical expansiveness. In this vintage, the Vieilles Vignes is wonderfully lifted in feel. Sweet...
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...
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 JM / 93+ WA / 93 DE / 91-93 VM / 91 BH A fullish clear yellow. The nose is exquisite and approachable but it seems to have become even richer since bottling, while holding its balance without any difficulty. Clos des...
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...
94 WA / 93 JS / 92 WS The 2017 Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard was aged 10-19 months in several vessels: 35% new French oak, 20% concrete and 13% wooden tanks. Medium ruby, it's scented of black tea leaves, licorice, wild...
93 WS / 93 WA Taut and well-framed, showing good cut to the dried red fruit flavors. Blueberry and minerally notes emerge midpalate, with savory richness extending on the finish. Drink now through 2025. - KM, Wine...
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...
95 JS / 94+ JD / 93 VM / 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. Harmonious. Love...
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...
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...
95 JD / 94 DE / 93-95 WA Ripe, sexy notes of blueberries, black cherries, melted licorice, candied violets, and some loamy soil notes all flow to a powerful, ripe, opulent wine that has moderate acidity, ripe yet...
93 JD / 93 VM / 92 JS / 92 WS / 92 DE / 91 WE 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 beautiful 2017...
93 JD / 93 VM / 92 JS / 92 WS / 92 DE / 91 WE / 90+ WA / 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...
96 JS / 96 VM / 95 WI / 94 JD / 93 WS#72 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is a wine that is showing lots of structure with tightly wound tannins that spin through the center palate...
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 /...
95 WI / 95 JS / 94 VM / 94 WE / 93 JA / 93 WS / 93 JD The 2017 Les Forts de Latour is composed of 65.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, and 0.8% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet in color, it comes galloping out...
90 VM The 2017 Champagne Cote, from Mesnil sur Oger and Oger, is bright and finely cut, with lovely citrus, floral and almond character. This is a strict, austere style, and yet all the elements are very nicely balanced. I...
93 BH / 92-94+ / 93 JS Tasting note: This backward effort requires extensive swirling to reveal its restrained and spicy nose that mixes both red and dark currant, freshly turned earth and whisper of wood toast. There is...
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...
94 JS / 93+ VM / 93 WA / 93 DE / 93 WS / 16.5 JR Aromas of blueberries and stone with some dried-flower notes. The palate is medium-bodied with firm, silky tannins and a medium finish. Linear and refined with a very fine...
95 JS / 94 DE / 93 WA / 92 WE Beautifully perfumed with dried flowers, walnuts and violets to the dark berries on the nose. Full-bodied, yet very tight and refined with creamy, chewy tannins that are polished and poised. A...
98 JS / 97+ VM / 97 DE / 97 WA / 96 JD / 95 WS / 18+ JR #41 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2020 The clarity of the ripe blackcurrants, black cherries and flowers in the nose is entrancing. Lavender, too...
90-93 BH Tasting note: An elegant, pure and beautifully layered nose reflects notes of dark cherry, raspberry and violets. The mouthfeel of the medium weight flavors is at once refined but muscular with both good...
98 JS / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 JD #37 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Extremely perfumed Mouton with currants and crushed berries. Hints of roses and other flowers. Tight and extremely refined...
92 WA / 16.5 JR The 2017 Elixir is a new dry blend of Palomino and Moscatel grapes. The Palomino comes from old vines in Viña La Platera from Pago Miraflores in Sanlúcar on classical albariza soils, and the...
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...
90 WA / 16 JR The white 2017 Univers is pure Palomino from 20-year-old vines that are organically and biodynamically farmed in the La Platera vineyard in Pago Miraflores in Sanlúcar on albariza soils This is their...
98 JS As bright as a supernova, this is an extraordinary wine that makes me dream of goose liver and roquefort cheese. Like peach-essence with a ton of lemon zest, this is staggeringly concentrated, but so pure and clean...
94 WS / 17 JR Plush, evoking butterscotch, vanilla, clove and nutmeg top notes wrapped around a core of peach and apple flavors. Firms up on the finish, but a year or two in bottle should help this find equilibrium. A smoky...
95 WS / 94 JS / 93 WA / 92 VM / 17 JR A burst of pure cherry marks the aromas and flavors of this vibrant, elegant red. Earth, iron and tobacco flavors add depth, and this is densely structured, finding an equilibrium among...
96 DE / 95+ VM / 95 WA / 95 JS A fist of late summer cherries, raspberry and bilberry fruits set out their stall, all with the juicy character that confirms, even in a hot vintage like 2017, Opus can deliver balance and...
95-96 JS There is real density and depth to this young red. Currants, blackberries and dark tea. Full-bodied, round and velvety textured. Serious. A blend of 50% merlot, 30% cabernet sauvignon and 20% cabernet franc. -...
98 JS / 97+ WA / 97 DE / 96+ VM / 95+ JD / 95 WS Wine Advocate Top 100 of 2020#35 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Very perfumed and subtle with dried flowers and citrus, as well...
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