96+ WA / 96 VM The origin of everything here and the first single-vineyard red, the 2018 Finca Dofí excels in 2018. Those 10 hectares planted 20 years ago in the village of Gratallops are mostly Garnacha, but the...
100 JD / 99 JS / 98 DE / 97-100 WA / 95-98 WS / 95-98 VM The bottles for the 2018 vintage feature a red phoenix above the label: “Suddenly the obstacles had disappeared and glorious conditions set in that...
89-92 BH The Fuees vineyard is one of Chambolle’s great vineyards that is located on a small plot bordered by Bonnes Mares and les Cras. The Fuees vines here are 20-40 years of age. Tasting note: A quite deeply...
90-93 BH / 92 WA Note: from vines planted in 1947 Tasting note: Moderately generous wood can be found on the otherwise ripe and well-layered aromas of dark cherry, raspberry, spice and discreet earth nuances. The very rich...
The Gruenchers vineyard is mid-slope on the Cote d’Or with a southeastern exposure giving it good morning sun. The soil has a bit more clay in it than the upper part of the slope, and wines from Gruenchers tend to be a...
97 VM / 96 JS The 2018 Tignanello is a wine of breathtaking purity. Impossibly silky and persistent, the 2018 is all class, all the way. In many ways, the 2018 reminds me of the 2004 because of its finesse , but it has an...
94 JM / 91 BH From the upper part of the vineyard, surrounded by Domaine des Comtes Lafon. Only 40cm topsoil up here. Another fine lemon and lime colour. Good flesh is apparent even from the bouquet. Really impressive pure...
94 JM / 93 BH Clear pale colour. This has an attractive fresh appeal, not the seduction of Charmes but more an intellectual pleasure. On the palate this is firmer and stricter than the Charmes but with a fine sense of...
93 BH A subdued if not mute nose only grudgingly offers up notes of soft wood, matchstick, wet stone and citrus peel. There is excellent underlying tension to the powerful and concentrated yet refined flavors that are also...
96+ JD / 96 JS / 95 DE / 95-97 WA / 94-97 VM This estate makes an incredibly classic, elegant Saint-Emilion. The 2018 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot is based on 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and...
99 WA / 97 JD / 97 DE / 95-98 VM Red-fruited and garrigue-laden, the nose of the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is glorious, showing remarkable complexity in its notes of cherries, raspberries and...
99 JS / 97 JD / 97 VM / 98-100 DE / 95-97+ WA Aromas of blackcurrant, ripe blackberry, black olive, oyster shell and black tea. Some ash and dried flowers, too. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm,...
95 WS / 95 VM / 94 JS #9 Wine Spectator Top 100 2020 A wine of presence and expression, impeccably structured yet elegantly layered, with evocative raspberry, rose petal and brown baking spice notes that pick up richness...
96 VM / 94 WS Vivid magenta. A hugely perfumed bouquet displays an array of ripe red and blue fruits, pungent flowers and exotic spices, along with hints of cola and smoky minerals. Deeply concentrated yet lively as well,...
94 WE Plush aromas of black cherry, baked strawberry, caramel and vanilla make for a rich, inviting nose. There's a hearty texture to the palate, yet freshness remains intact, with a ripe boysenberry flavor that's accented...
94 WS / 92 VM #37 Wine Spectator Top 100 2020 Dynamic yet harmonious, with expressive raspberry and rose petal aromas, accented by flavors of orange peel and dusky spice. Builds richness toward polished tannins. Drink now...
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...
96 JD / 95 WS / 94 JS / 94 DE / 94-96 WA / 93-96 VM The flagship 2018 Château Beychevelle is a more serious, concentrated, focused wine that still has that classic Saint-Julien purity of fruit as well as a...
99 JS / 97 WA / 97 DE #22 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2020 What intense aromas of cherries and raspberries! Then it turns to flowers and orange peel. Roses, too. This is really full and powerful with...
This special vertical collection is available with an OWC of 6 and includes 2 bottles each of 2015 (99 JS), 2016 (98 JS) and 2018 (100 DE) Testamatta. 2018 Testamatta: 100 DE / 97 JS#47 James...
100 DE / 97 JS #47 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2020 Finely textured, with a nuanced perfume that fills the glass and takes you to the intense underbrush of Tuscany. Succulent and yet savoury, this has a...
97 JS / 96 VM / 94 JD / 94 WS / 93 WA Very attractive aromas of currants, tile and sandalwood with black and red currants. It’s full-bodied with a tight, dense center-palate that remains closed in and tight...
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...
99 JD / 97 JS / 96 DE / 96-99 VM / 96-98 WA Easily the greatest example from this château that I've tasted, the 2018 Château Calon Ségur checks in as 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15%...
98 JS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 VM / 97+ WA / 95 WS Blackberries and tar with wet-earth and dark-bark aromas. Dark-chocolate and brownie notes, too. It’s full-bodied with creamy tannins and a round, caressing...
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 JS / 16.5 JR Plum, ripe-blackberry, tar, chocolate and walnut aromas. It’s medium-to full-bodied with sleek, round tannins and a creamy texture. Delicious. Nicely done for the vintage. Rich and layered. 100% merlot...
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...
Pierre-Yves’s wines have become highly sought-after in recent vintages and in many ways it is a totem of Burgundy’s move towards more micro-négoçiant set-ups. Where once the mantra was that...
98+ WA / 98 JS The outstanding 2018 White Stones Chardonnay epitomizes the expression of the grape in the cooler-climate and high-altitude location of the Adrianna vineyard in Gualtallary. There is rectitude, austerity and...
100 JS / 97+ WA #3 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2020#11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2020 This is really exuberant at this stage with fantastic aromas of honeysuckle, salt, chalk and dried apples...
91 JS / 16 JR This is fine-tannined with pretty currant, light chocolate and walnut character. Medium-to full-bodied with a chewy finish. Drink in 2022. - James Suckling Black core with purple rim. Dark, savoury...
100 DE / 99 JS / 98 JD / 97 WS / 97-100 VM / 97-99 WA A great Cheval Blanc that stands up to the potential that I found during en primeur. Extremely restrained and classic in its construction, shot through...
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...
99 JD / 97 DE / 96 JS / 95 VM / 94-96+ WA Including slightly more Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, the 2018 Château Clinet is 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon that was brought up in 75% new French oak...
98 DE / 93-95 VM / 92-94 BH / 91-93+ WA Absolutely bursting with blue and red fruits, the concentration is deceptive here, as it starts out juicy and full of air, but after a few minutes in the glass you start to feel the...
92 DE / 91-93 BH / 89-91 VM / 88-90 WA This was previously a cuvée made by Clos de Tart only in certain years (often when they needed greater selection for the first wine) but it will now be produced annually from...
96 JD / 96 DE / 96 WS / 95 WA / 94-96 VM#13 Jeb Dunnuck’s Top 100 Wines of 2020 Due to devastating yields, there’s not much of the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape to go around, but it’s going to be...
98 DE / 93-96 JM It’s always a treat to taste Grand Cru Burgundy, of course, and the challenge for our judges is not to be seduced by the vineyard names alone. There was no danger of that here: this young, dark...
97 DE / 92-95 JM There is a massively deep purple colour to this Malconsorts, with bundles of energetic red fruit on the nose. The palate too demonstrates this, some orange zest, otherwise entirely red fruit, no black...
97 WA / 95+ WA Another terrific effort from this estate, the 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina shares a sense of elegance with its vintage stablemate, the La Combe des Fous. Kirsch, stone fruit, black cherries,...
98+ JD / 98 JS / 97 DE / 97-100 VM / 97-100 WA An incredible wine from this estate that's as good as anything in the vintage, the 2018 Château Cos D'Estournel checks in as 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23%...
91-93 WA / 90-92 JM / 90-92 BH As usual, the 2018 Volnay 1er Cru is blend of Les Pitures and Mitans. More reserved than the Pommard that preceded it, the wine unwinds slowly in the glass, revealing enticing aromas of rose...
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...
93-95+ WA / 93 VM The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a barrel sample blended of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Petit Verdot, expected to age 20 months in 50% new French oak. It has a very deep purple-black color and is...
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...
97 WA The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow is a blend of 78.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.4% Merlot, 8% Malbec and 5.1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it slips effortlessly from the glass, singing of ripe...
Contains 1 magnum each: Volcanic Hill, Red Rock Terrace, Gravelly Meadow 2018 Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill 98+ WA The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.5% Merlot, 8.7%...
98 WA The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 4.5% Malbec and 4.5% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple, it comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant notes of cassis,...
98+ WA The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.5% Merlot, 8.7% Malbec and 2.8% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it bursts with vibrant scents of wild blueberries,...
93-95 WA Normally a 50-50 blend of Grenache and Syrah, the 2018 Cairanne L'Estevenas continues the successful run for this cuvée, even though it might be more like 60% Syrah. The volume produced was about half of...
98 JS / 96 JD / 96 WS / 95 VM / 93-95 WA This has a complex nose of dried apple, green mango, grapefruit zest, dried honeysuckle and crushed almonds. It’s full-bodied with bright acidity and a dense, phenolic texture...
99 JS / 97 JD / 97 VM / 96 WS / 96 DE / 95+ WA The intensity and perfumes on the nose are extremely impressive, offering pure blackberries and violets, as well as bark, wild-mushroom and raw-tile notes. It’s...
100 JD / 99+ WA / 97 VM The flagship 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot brought up in 40% new French oak. With an essence of Cabernet-like character in its...
94 JD / 93+ WA / 92 VM The 2018 Napanook showed incredibly well, with fabulous crème de cassis, spring flowers, graphite, and green tobacco aromas and flavors. With terrific ripeness, medium to full body, and ripe,...
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 /...
100 WE / 99 JS / 98+ JD / 98 WA / 97 DE / 96+ VM / 96-99 WS Vintage 2018 was generous to the style of Ducru-Beaucaillou. The rich character of wines from this estate is enhanced by the ripeness and...
89-91 WA The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny Village is also showing very well, exhibiting aromas of Griotte cherries, raspberries and blood orange, framed by a deft application of creamy new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium...
93-95 WA / 92-96 JM The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru was also showing very well, offering up an expressive bouquet of ripe cherries, cassis, warm spices and rich soil tones. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied,...
87-89 WA Revealing generous aromas of pear, ripe lemons and bread dough, the 2018 Morey-Saint-Denis Blanc is medium-bodied, with a fleshy core of fruit tempered by good tension and grip, concluding with a chalky finish...
95 DE / 92-94 WA / 91-94 JM Picked early to retain acidity in 2018 - and showing a chiselled pH of 3.0 - this is a superb, almost vintage-defying expression of Morey-St-Denis' greatest white wine vineyard...
96 DE / 95 WA Perfumed, refined and showing none of the firmness that Aux Malconsorts can exhibit in its youth, this is balanced, nuanced and spicy, with 75% whole bunches adding some freshness and texture, all framed by...
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...
97 JS / 95+ WA Intense aromas of black fruit, cocoa powder, black olives, dried violets, tar and cigar box. Some black peppercorn, too. It’s full-bodied with firm, chalky tannins. Incredible intensity and purity of...
97 JS / 93 WA / 93 VM #2 James Suckling's Top 100 Values of 2020 This is another rock-star chardonnay from here with dried-apple, pear-skin, crushed-stone and peach-pit character. Full body. Creamy texture. Phenolic...
92-95 JM / 92-94 VM Pale primrose. An impressive nose but with more density. Weight too with a little bit of sun on the stones minerality, in the middle of a significant weight of ripe but still white fruit. A pretty...
91-93 JM / 90-92 VM / 91 WA A little pale lemon colour, the nose is weighty but not quite so fresh as Referts. Intense on the palate, it’s the wood which has not quite integrated so well: apparently this is usual at...
93-95 JM / 92 WA / 91-93 VM Delicious lemon and lime colour with a very classy balanced nose. Lovely weight on the palate, the clay has not been allowed to speak too much but shows in the weight of fruit on the very...
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 JS / 92-95 VM / 91-93 WA An extremely polished Bordeaux with silky tannins that are integrated and creamy-textured. Lots of blueberry and blackberry character. Such pure fruit here. It’s already long...
100 WE / 98 JS / 98 JD / 98 VM / 98 DE / 96 WS / 97-99 WA With its rich swathe of Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine has density and immense structure balanced by stunning black fruits that give impressive promise. This...
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