90 WA / 16+ JR Aromas of green apple, pear, white flowers and beeswax introduce the 2018 Bouzeron, a medium-bodied, racy wine with an elegantly satiny attack, bright acids and a long, precise finish. This is a touch more...
"Just five minutes down the coast from San Sebastian, Ameztoi's vineyards overlook the Atlantic Ocean. The Ameztoi family has been making txakolina in Getaria for seven generations, utilizing the indigenous Hondarribi Zuri...
99-100 JS / 98-100 WA / 97-100 VM / 96-99 JD / 98 DE This is really exotic with wild-fruit character that I have seldom encountered in Ausone. Full-bodied yet reserved and very tight. Amazing depth and purity of fruit...
96-99 WS / 95-97 JD / 95-97 WA / 95-96 JS / 94-97 VM / 95 DE / Juicy and forward in feel, with fresh plum, blackberry and anise notes. Dense, but still silky and refined in feel, revealing a long mineral echo through the...
99-100 JS / 98-100 DE / 97-99 JD / 95-98 WS / 95-97+ WA / 94-97 VM A muscular and powerful young wine with incredible depth and power. Full-bodied, layered and dense. Flexes its muscle with every sip, yet there’s...
"Deep garnet in color, with pleasing aromas of sun-warmed blueberry, blackberry pie, and blackcherry with hints of forest floor and cedar. There is an earthy cola tone on the palate with veryeffusive dark berry flavor...
93-96 JD / 93-95 WA / 94-95 JS / 91-94 WS / 93 DE / 90-93 VM A rough blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Franc made by the team at Canon (Thomas Duclos also consults here), the 2018 Château Berliquet sports a deeper purple...
94 DE / 92-93 JS / 90-93 WS / 90-92 JD / 90-92 WA This wine has a lovely complexity with balance and lift and does that thing where it waits for a heartbeat, then makes you wait for a heartbeat, before releasing its stone...
94-97 WS / 95-96 JS / 92-94 WA / 93 DE This is well-packed, with blueberry, açaí and blackberry fruit flavors and licorice snap and fruitcake notes. Long and refined despite the copious fruit,...
95-96 JS / 94-96 JD / 95 DE / 92-95 VM / 92-94 WA / What strikes me about this Brane-Cantenac is the gorgeous center palate of ripe fruit, which gives an impression of generosity, yet it’s tight and reserved at...
97-100 / 96-99 WS / 97-98 JS / 96-99 VM / 96-98 WA / 96 DE In the running for the wine of the vintage in Saint-Estèphe (if not the whole Medoc), the 2018 Château Calon Ségur is a tentative blend of 65%...
94-95 JS / 92 DE A rich and layered young Bordeaux with a solid center palate of ripe fruit and coated with ripe and polished tannins. Tightly wound ball now. Pretty texture and length to this. - James Suckling There's an...
92-93 JS / 91-93 WA / 91-94 WS / 92 DE A fresh and firm Capbern with lots of dark berries, chocolate and hints of hazelnuts. Medium to full body and dense, lightly chewy tannins. Mineral undertone. The 2018 Capbern is...
93-94 JS / 16.5 JR This pure merlot shows fantastic depth and richness with a medium to full body, ripe and caressing tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Solid and together. - James Suckling The colour of elderberry...
90-91 JS A pretty second wine of Rieussec with creamy, cooked pear and apple character. Some soufflé character, too. Medium body, medium sweet and a fresh finish...
"Crystal clear lemon color with green tinges. Soft, delicate nose with hints of grapefruit, unripe peach, accacia and briney notes. Balanced with good structure and acidity in the mouth, and a saline lingering finish...
"Cherry garnet color with violet edges showing its youth. The nose is initially spicy, floral, dairy and ripe, round fruit with mineral notes. On the palate it is fresh, balanced by a good acidity, sensations of fresh fruit,...
92 WA The raison d'être for Lachaux's négociant project is to produce the 2018 Bourgogne Aligoté Les Champs d’Argent, which derives from a parcel in the commune of Vosne-Romanée that was...
87 BH Tasting note: A relatively elegant and overtly floral nose speaks of ripe but fresh red berry scents that are trimmed in soft earth wisps. There is both good richness and energy to the delicious and nicely dense...
90 VM The 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin En Reniard has a very attractive bouquet of plentiful raspberry and cranberry aromas that are well defined. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy red berry fruit. Nicely structured and,...
91 VM / 90 WA The 2018 Pommard Auprès du Clos, which is a "fantasy name" rather than a lieu-dit, underwent two pressings à pieds. The nose offers ripe raspberry, wild strawberry, pressed rose petals...
92 BH Tasting note: This too is conspicuously floral in character with its more elegant and spicier aromas of both red and dark pinot fruit that is cut with hints of earth, anise and violet. There is even better volume and...
90-91 JS / 16 JR A very pretty wine, right out of the box. Medium body, fine tannins and a fruity finish. Nice berry and spice undertones. - James Suckling Black core with purple rim. Dark, savoury fruit, relatively closed...
98-100 DE / 97-100 VM / 97-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA This is a wonderful, fairly classic Cheval Blanc, less exuberant than some of the wines that you're going to find in 2018. It's full of intense red and black...
95 DE Les Boucauds is one of 14 communes within the Sancerre appellation and is rich with Kimmeridgian limestone-clay soil. The Domaine owns a total of 13.5 hectares of vineyards across Sancerre. The certified organic Les...
96 DE / 95-96 JS / 93-96 WS / 93-95 WA / 92-94 JD / 91-93 VM The progression of this property continues to be evident in the glass with a beautiful classicism, full of life and layers comprising dark spice and touches of...
96-99 JD / 97 DE / 94-96+ WA / 95-96 JS The 2018 Château Clinet is 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon (which is more Cabernet than usual) that was brought up in slightly more new oak than normal, aging in 75% new...
The heart of Clos Cibonne is Tibouren. The Roux family are great fans of this native varietal and believed it to be the ideal grape for the region. As part of the estate’s revitalization in the 1930s, André Roux...
93 JD / 90 WA The whites here continue to improve. The 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc offers a rocking bouquet of key lime pie, tangerine, and ripe peach that gives way to a powerful, opulent, medium to full-bodied...
97-100 WA / 97-100 VM / 98-99 JS / 97-99 JD / 97 DE The 2018 Cos d'Estournel is composed of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc and has 14.59% alcohol. Aging in 50% new...
94 DE / 93-94 JS / 92-94 JD / 91-94 WS / 91-93 WA / 90-92 VM This is clearly one of the most concentrated d’Armailhacs that has been produced in recent decades owing to the extremely small and concentrated berries,...
95-96 JS / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 93-95 JD / 92-95 VM The cashmere texture of the tannins is wonderful in this. They are ripe and precise. Dense at the same time, giving a slow drive and a long finish. Full-bodied with dark and...
97-98 JS / 95-97 JD / 93-96 WS / 93-95 WA This is dense and very structured with phenolic tension and depth. Full-bodied, lightly phenolic with sliced apples, cooked pears and lemons. Lively and intense. Solid as a rock...
99-100 JS / 96-98 JD / 94-97 WS / 94-97 VM / 96 DE / 94-96 WA Wow. I can’t get over the pureness of fruit in this wine with so much currant, tar and wet-earth character. Flowers, too. So aromatic. Full body, yet...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Ausone (99-100 JS / 98-100 WA / 97-100 VM / 96-99 JD / 98 DE) Cheval Blanc (98-100 DE / 97-100 VM / 97-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA) Haut-Brion (98-99 JS / 97-99 JD /...
97-100 JD / 98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 96-99 WS / 95-98 VM / 97 DE The grand vin of this terrific estate, the 2018 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is based on 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot that will spend 18 months...
95-96 JS / 94-96 JD / 95 DE / 93-95 WA / 90-93 WS This is a very powerful Duhart with blackcurrant and blackberry character. Lots of graphite and black tea. Full-bodied and muscular with lots of formed muscles and great...
93-95 JD /93-94 JS / 91-93 VM / 92 DE / 90-92 WA / 89-92 WS The 2018 Echo De Lynch-Bages is the second wine of Lynch Bages and is 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc brought up all in...
94-96 VM / 95 DE / 91-94 BH / 18 JR The 2018 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a gorgeous bouquet of dark cherry fruit, black currant, crushed stone and light iodine aromas, very pure and seductive. The palate is medium-bodied...
93-95 VM / 90-92 BH / 17 JR The 2018 Vosne-Romanée Aux Brûlées 1er Cru contains 60% whole cluster. It has a crisp, focused bouquet of vivacious raspberry, morello cherry, crushed chalk and light marine...
89-91 BH / 88-90 VM / 16.5 JR Moderate wood influence surrounds the overtly spiced and ripe plum, dark currant and violet scents. The attractively textured, rich and sappy medium weight flavors possess very good depth on...
90-92 VM / 89-92 BH / 17 JR The 2018 Vosne-Romanée le Clos d’Eugénie is matured in around 30% new oak this year and includes 50% whole clusters. It has a very attractive bouquet of well-defined cranberry...
97-100 WS /98-99 JS / 97-99 JD / 97-99 WA / 96-99 VM / 98 DE This is pretty gorgeous, with velvety texture that lets nearly exotic cassis, plum and blackberry fruit reduction flavors roll through. Has a beautiful bass line...
93-96 WS / 94-95 JS / 92-94+ JD / 94 DE / 92-94 WE / 91-94 VM / 91-93 WA Only 1,000 magnums have been packaged with this unique, hand-numbered label, packed in especially screen-printed single wooden cases. Caroline and...
91 JS "A handy array of fresh peaches and apricots leads to a smoothly juicy palate with a fresh and fleshy edge. The balance is good and some nice tannins smooth the finish out nice and even. 58% Viognier and 42% Roussanne...
93 JS Exotic aromas of mango, papaya and lime with fresh thyme and other herbs. Medium body. Crisp acidity. Serious Sancere here. Drink now. - James...
"A fine expression of jasmine on the nose while the palate is alive with yellow fruits, gooseberry acidity and a prickle of white-pepper freshness." - Decanter
94-97 WS / 94-97 VM / 96 DE / 95-96 JS / 94-96 WA / 92-95 JD Features a beautiful beam of cassis, bitter cherry and raspberry fruit streaming through, laced with chalky minerality and backed by floral and spice accents, all...
94-96 JD / 93-96 WS / 94-95 JS / 91-94 VM / 91-93 WA / 92 DE A rock star in the making, the 2018 Château Gazin is made from 93 %Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc. Rich, powerful, and medium to full-bodied, it has s serious...
90 JS "A more delicate red with strawberry and dark-berry aromas and flavors. Medium body, fine tannins and a fruity finish. Mostly grenache. Drink now." - James Suckling "Our Rhone-style blend of Syrah, Grenache,...
More sophisticated than your average Rosso - Wine Advocate A deep red with a full bouquet of aromas of black cherries, and berries with sweet spices, nutmeg and eucalyptus. Silky tannins, crisp acidity and flavorful long...
96-97 JS / 93-96 WS / 93-96 VM / 95 DE / 90-92 WA The black color indicates a solid and structured red with loads of blackberry and blueberry character. Full-bodied and very tight and tensioned. Savory tannins that are...
93-96 WS / 93-94 JS / 92-94 WA / 92-94 JD / 91-94 VM / 93 DE There's lots here, with raspberry, blackberry, currant and blueberry fruit all playing a role, along with lively briar and licorice snap notes. An apple wood...
95-98 WS / 93-96 VM / 95 DE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 WA This captures the style of the vintage to a T, with vividly ripe cassis and plum fruit, carried by solidly built but fine-grained structure. Lots of graphite and tobacco...
95 Points Wow. I was very fortunate to be visiting Vieux Chateau Certan this morning and had the privilege to taste first Gravette De Certan 2018 (on the day of its release), second Vieux Chateau Certan 2019 barrel sample,...
95-97 WA / 95-96 JS / 94 DE The 2018 Gruaud Larose is blended of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Franc, with a pH of 3.88 and 14.2% alcohol. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps from the glass with bold...
97 JD / 97 JS / 96 VM Bottled at the same time, the 2018 Condrieu La Doriane is a bigger, more luxurious version of the appellation release. Beautiful quince, acacia flowers, apricot, and spice notes emerge from the glass...
96-97 JS /92 DE A fantastic wine with lovely depth of ripe fruit and transparency and beauty. Full bodied. Succulent and rich tannins to the gorgeous fruit. From biodynamically grown grapes.-James Suckling A more unfussy...
94-95 JS / 93-95 JD / 92-95 WS / 93 DE / 92-94 WA I can’t remember a Haut-Batailley this tannic, yet the tannins are savory and very ripe with beauty and purity. Full-bodied, chewy tannins and a long and intense...
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...
95 WA / 93 VM The most youthfully reserved wine in the cellar was the 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, a promising bottling that opens up to reveal scents of citrus zest, dried white flowers, green apple and pastry cream...
92 WA Offering up aromas of buttered citrus fruit, Anjour pear, dried white flowers and fresh pastry, Boillot's 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes is medium to full-bodied, layered and textural, with an ample core of...
93 WA Aromas of orange oil, fresh pear, almond paste, warm pastry and beeswax introduce the 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots, a medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional wine that's concentrated, racy and...
95 WA / 92 VM Boillot's emblematic 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère has turned out brilliantly, wafting from the glass with aromas of pear, hazelnut, dried white flowers, citrus oil, blanched...
93 WA / 93 VM The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes offers up aromas of orange oil, waxy citrus rind, fresh pear and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping palate that's supple...
93 WA Aromas of citrus oil, white flowers, blanched almonds and crushed chalk preface the 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières, a medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive wine that's chalky and tensile, with...
94 WA Boillot's 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles reveals aromas of orange oil, white flowers and peaches, complemented by classy top notes of nutmeg and warm bread. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied,...
89-90 VM The 2018 Chablis is lifted, perfumed and sensual, with striking layers of nuance that unfold in the glass, as well as fabulous complexity - especially at this level. Light on its feet with tons of pure...
93-95 VM The 2018 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru is a dense, spherical wine built on power and texture. Lemon confit, apricot, marzipan, dried flowers, chamomile all build as this creamy, voluptuous Chablis shows off...
91-93 VM The 2018 Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru is airy and gracious, with striking inner perfume and lift. Citrus peel, white pepper and chalk give the Vaillons its brilliant aromatic top register and total sense of...
94-96 VM The 2018 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru is another stunning wine in this range that captures the essence of the vintage beautifully. A wine of breadth, richness and volume, the 2018 is flat-out stunning. Apricot,...
93-95 VM The 2018 Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru is one of the most exotic, flamboyant wines in the range. Marzipan, candied lemon confit, passionfruit and honeyed notes add to an impression of deep, exotic...
92-94 VM The 2018 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru is powerful, ample and rich, all of which give it a decidedly exotic flair. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers and apricot all flesh out in the glass...
99-100 JS / 96-98 JD / 95-98 WS / 95-98 WA / 95-98 VM / 97 DE This is incredibly powerful with fantastic depth and length. It goes on for minutes. Full-bodied yet so tight and intense. Blackberries and hints of spice. It...
96-99 JD / 97-98 JS From a miniscule one-hectare parcel right across from Clinet, on the upper plateau of Pomerol, the 2018 Enclos Tourmaline is a blockbuster in the making, and I suspect it’s going to give the 2016 a...
98-99 JS / 97-99 WA / 96-98 JD / 97 DE / 94-97 VM A very plush and exciting L’Evangile with polished, velvety tannins that set this up to be a classic. It’s full-bodied with glorious fruit and a great center...
This soft wine has plenty of red fruits lifted by lemon acidity and a tangy texture. A half-and-half blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it is smooth, gently fruity and ready to drink. - Wine...
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