This Special Limited Edition Collection comes in custom hinged OWC and includes 1 bottle each of the following wines never before packaged together: Brane Cantenac 2019 - 97 VM / 96 DE / 95 JS / 95 JA / 93-95+ JDCos...
88-90 VM The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet Village, raised in 25% new oak with one-third in large barrels, has a fragrant apple blossom and lemon thyme scented bouquet that is very intense for a village cru. The palate is well...
92-94 VM / 93 JM The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru has a cool as a cucumber nose, Zen-like, opening reluctantly to reveal scents of wet limestone, flint and a touch of chalk. The palate is well...
Grivault owns the largest portion of Meursault Perrieres – 2.54 hectares total. The Grivault wines are regular medal winners and frequently earn the coveted “Tasteviné” designation from the...
98 DE / 97 JS / 95 WA#21 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Chile 2021 Founded by Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Concha y Toro in Puente Alto, Almaviva excels with its Bordeaux-inflected reds created by Michel...
94 JS / 93+ WA Aromas of blueberries, blackberries and fresh flowers. Very cool and pure. Medium-bodied with fine, linear and very integrated tannins that are compressed and silky-textured. New second wine of Almaviva...
96 JS / 95 DE / 93 VM / 93 JA Intense aromas of blackcurrants, cedar and ripe tobacco with hints of violets, following through to a full-bodied palate with extremely refined tannins that are well-integrated into the wine...
97 WA / 96 JS #29 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Spain 2021 The single-vineyard red 2019 Finca Dofí comes from the 14 hectares of vines planted across three parajes (lieu-dits) in Gratallops. This year, it's...
98 JD / 98 JS / 97 VM / 97 JA / 96 WA / 97-99 LPB Based on a final blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Château Angélus is knockout stuff, and while I'm not sure it matches...
93 JM / 91 BH / 91 WA Fuees is a top Chambolle Musingy Vineyard - an extension of the same slope as Bonnes Mares, which it borders to the southwest. Pure mid purple with a heavenly fruit on the nose, and very little wood...
94 JM / 92 BH The vineyard is at the northern end of the commune, just north of Chambolle-Musigny village itself. It covers a three-hectare (seven-acre) plot of land at the very base of the Côte d'Or escarpment. Anne...
93+ WA / 93 JM / 91 BH The vineyard lies below Bonnes Mares Note: from vines planted in 1947 Almost invariably the finest wine in the range, Sigaut's 2019 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers Vieilles Vignes doesn't...
94 JM / 92 BH To the north and south lie the Premiers Crus sites of Les Faconnières and La Riotte respectively. Deep and even purple with a sturdiness of dark red fruit on the nose. There is significant...
90 BH The vineyard lies just below Fuees and Bonnes Mares Note that this is sold under the Anne Sigaut label Tasting note: Notably ripe aromas of poached plum and slightly roasted pit fruit reflect additional notes of...
94 WA / 92 VM The 2019 Pinot Noir Dundee Hills is ethereal and perfumed this vintage. It offers pure scents of raspberry preserves, bergamot, tangerine and Angostura with wafts of sweet balsamic. The palate is soft, bright...
100 JS / 99 VM / 98+ WA Like a bouquet of fresh flowers on the nose, as well as blackberries, raspberries and blackcurrants. Sandalwood as well. Full-bodied with incredibly polished tannins that have the texture of the...
96 VM / 96 DE / 95 WS / 94+ WA The 2019 Beau-Séjour-Bécot is a powerful, explosive wine. Dark fruit, chocolate, cured meats and earthy notes lend quite a bit of depth. Compared with its neighbors,...
96 WS / 95 JD / 94 DE Gorgeous, showing a lovely display of seamlessly layered apricot, peach, Cavaillon melon and mirabelle plum flavors, with meringue, brioche, salted butter and macadamia nut notes...
97 JS / 96+ JD / 96 DE / 96 WS / 95 VM / 95 WA So much ripe damson-plum and blackberry fruit, but also notes of licorice, candied ginger and baking spices. In spite of all the considerable power and concentration, this is...
100 WA / 99 JD / 98 VM / 98 WS / 98 DE Marvelously complex, deeply fruited and massively concentrated yet wonderfully drinkable, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin challenges the number of...
98 DE / 96+ JD / 96 WA / 95 VM / 95 JS / 96-98 LPB Another stunning vintage from this brilliant estate that is just delivering hit after hit. Concentration and intensity right from the initial aromatics, damson, cassis...
95 JS / 94 VM / 94 WA / 94 JA Very attractive plum and cherry aromas with hints of flowers and wet earth, following through to a medium to full body with linear, polished tannins and a juicy finish. Juicy fruit to finish...
94 WA / 93 JA / 93 JS / 92 VM / 91 WS / 17 JR The 2019 Berliquet is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, wild berries, sweet spices, violets and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, seamless...
91 WA A beautiful wine, Moreau's 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes bursts with aromas of rose petals, spices and sweet berry fruit. Medium-bodied, lively and perfumed, it's supple and melting, with succulent acids...
99 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 96 WA / 16.5++ JR #8 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2021#61 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 This is so perfumed and seductive, with blackberries, cherries, dried flowers and...
97 JS / 96 JA / 96 DE / 94 WA / 16+ JR#60 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2021 Very attractive combination of dried fruit and spices with black cherries and plums. Aromas of flowers and sandalwood, too...
93 BH / 17 JR Tasting note: There is just enough reduction to reduce the expressiveness and blur a bit of the nuance to what are clearly ripe and floral-suffused aromas. The rich, delicious and palate coating large-scaled...
88 BH Tasting note: Pungent aromas of petrol, resin and white orchard fruit precede solidly concentrated and intense medium weight flavors that brim with dry extract that imparts a sappy texture to the mildly rustic finale...
89 BH / 16 JR Lightish crimson. Sweet cherry fruit, open. Chewy chocolate-smooth tannins. Firm yet harmonious. --Julia Harding MW, Jancis Robinson Note: from Les Chaumes, Champs de Morjot, La Goujonne and La...
94-95 JS Very lively white with wonderful pineapple, honey and lemons on the nose and palate. Great finish with such intensity. Mineral, white pepper, and tropical fruit. Complex aftertaste of spices, pie crust, and...
95-97 WA / 94-97 JM The approximate blend of the 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is very promising, offering up notes of orange oil, white flowers, nutmeg and pear, followed by a full-bodied, layered and concentrated...
92-95 JM / 91-93 WA / 90-92 BH Pale lemon and lime. The bouquet is more backward than Les Clous, but the wine delivers a massive intensity on the palate, and excellent acidity, a fresh backbone that delivers this wine...
93-96 JM / 92-94+ WA / 92-94 VM / 89-92 BH Full lemon yellow the most compete nose of the big three, combining aspects of the other two. Pears in the background, starts discreetly then really kicks on before reaching a...
97 WA / 97 VM / 96 DE / 95 JS / 95 JA / 93-95+ JD Derived exclusively from the château's holdings on the deep gravel soils of the plateau of Brane, the 2019 Brane-Cantenac has turned out brilliantly and merits...
This wine was formerly known as Saint-Estèphe de Calon Ségur until the 2019 vintage when it adopted its new name.An integral member of the Calon Ségur family, the third wine exhibits a freshness and...
96 DE Beautiful fragrance to the nose, perfumed and delicate yet so expressive, nothing out of balance with cherries and violets bursting out of the glass. Gorgeous smooth mouthfeel with some milk chocolate dusting on...
100 JA / 98 DE / 98 AG / 98 JD / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WA Château Canon has been taking off over the past few years, and here you see why. Just so much complexity, depth, power, interest in the whole thing. This buzzes...
97 VM / 97 JS / 97 JD / 96 WA / 95-97+ LPB The 2019 Canon La Gaffelière is utterly fabulous. All the elements come together in a Saint-Émilion that dazzles with its completeness and total sense...
95 JS / 94 DE / 92 JA / 92 WA / 91 VM / 91 JD / 93-95 WE A red with lots of currant, blackberry, fresh-herb and tobacco character. Hint of mushroom, too. It’s full and layered with polished, chewy tannins...
93 JS Plum and sweet-berry aromas with fresh flowers, such as violets and roses, following through to a medium body with beautiful, round tannins and a long, fresh finish. Lilac and lavender undertones. Nicely polished...
99 WA / 97 JS / 95 VM The amazing 2019 White Stones Chardonnay comes from a select group of 27 rows planted on lot I of the Adriana Vineyard, and the composition of those rows is soil with white oval stones covered by...
99 JS / 98 WA / 96 VM #2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2021 Honeysuckle, ripe pear and some dried apple. So perfumed. Full-bodied with incredible intensity and length. So much green-apple character and...
99 JS / 96 WA / 95 VM This is made from over 100-year-old vineyards and offers blackberries with blue fruit and dark chocolate. Shows bark and black truffle undertones, too. Tight and more focused than in past vintages. The...
93 JS I love the forest-fruit, must and wet-earth character here. Perfumed. Medium body, very fine round tannins and intense, crushed stones. Hints of cedar and hazelnuts. Crunchy. Always an exciting pinot noir from...
95-97 JD / 94-96 WA / 95 DE The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Guigasse is my favorite of the trio, at least at this early stage. Full-bodied aromas and flavors of darker berries, violets, peppery herbs, and chocolate...
98 DE / 96-98 WA / 95-97 JD / 18+ JR A cooling, very fine style, a little gentler on the palate than their Guigasse, finer, but then like a peacock's tail on the finish. Long, grippy and structural with perfectly ripe berry...
93-95 JD / 17.5+ JR Looking at the 2019s, all of which are still aging in barrel, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Sablons can be thought of as the entry level Grenache. Destemmed and aged in older barrels, this...
96 JD / 95 DE / 17.5+ JR The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape from Laurent is the usual blend of 82% Grenache and the rest nearly equal parts Syrah, Mourvèdre, Vaccarèse, and Counoise that was brought up all in...
91 JS Sweet berries and plums with chocolate and walnuts. Medium body with nice, firm tannins. Lovely finish. 75% merlot, 15% cabernet sauvignon and 10% cabernet franc. Drink or hold. - James...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 VM / 99 DE / 99 JD / 98 JA / 97 WS / 18 JR One of the unequivocally great wines of the vintage is the 2019 Cheval Blanc, a stunning young Saint-Émilion that wafts from the glass with aromas...
96 JS / 95 WA / 95 DE / 95 JA / 94 VM / 93 JD / 93 WS Aromas of crushed stone, blackcurrants and blackberries. Full-bodied with extremely well-crafted tannins that are chewy and layered, yet polished and fantastic. Love the...
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...
94 BH / 92-95 JM Tasting note: Subtle but not imperceptible wood sets off the interesting blend of spice and the sauvage-suffused nose of forest floor, red and dark raspberry and evident earth influence. There is terrific...
93 BH / 93 WS / 89-92 JM Tasting note: Aromas of poached plum, spice warm earth and a floral top note introduce rich and seductively textured flavors that are at once caressing yet powerful while coating the palate with...
92 BH / 91-93 JM Tasting note: There is an interesting suggestion of sweetness to the layered nose of red cherry, acacia, lavender and anise scents. There is impressive volume and concentration to the bigger bodied and just...
88-90 JM New this year, comprising mostly the younger vines of Taillepieds, which suffered a little in the drought. As they are replanting elsewhere this cuvée will continue. Fresh mid purple with lively fruit and a...
92 BH / 92-95 JM Note: a .55 ha monopole Tasting note: This is also aromatically ripe yet cool with its elegant and pure aromas of red and blue pinot fruit that possess a lovely array of spice and floral elements. The...
93 BH / 91-94 JM Tasting note: This had just been bottled and was showing the effects as the nose was moderately reduced though I would not expect it to linger unduly. Otherwise there is excellent volume, intensity and...
97 WA / 97 JM / 96-98 VM / 93-95 BH The 2019 Clos de Tart Grand Cru has turned out brilliantly. Mingling notes of wild berries and cherries with hints of peonies, rose petal, orange rind, exotic spices and musk, it's...
91-94 JM / 91-93 VM / 91-93 BH / 91 WA This comes from the section known as La Forge, plus a young vine planting from 2011, and “Ballonge 2” where the plant selection could be better – it will be...
98 JD / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 WS / 18.5 JR#6 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Tasted out of bottle, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape is a stunning example of this estate as well as the vintage. Gorgeous kirsch, flowery incense,...
97 JD / 96 DE / 94+ WA / 94 WS I think even better, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is cut from the same cloth yet has a touch more richness. Honeyed lime, white grapefruit, crushed stone, and poached pear are...
98 JA / 97+ JD / 97 DE / 97 VM / 96+ WA / 96 JS / 95 WS / 95-97+ LPB 20ha of prime St Emilion limestone, punching at the very top of its game. This is muscular, less exuberant than the exceptional 2018...
Things never stop at Clos Mogador. In 2020, they have bought the vineyard next to the original one that is now a Vi de Vinya Clasificada. Their son Christian leads the team in the vineyards, working with biodynamics and...
The white Nelin is their interpretation of a white from Priorat; it's a Garnacha Blanca-based blend that fermented with indigenous yeasts and some skin contact in a very slow fermentation and a long aging where they...
100 JD / 94-96 WA Starting off a trio of truly magical wines, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape La Combe Des Fous checks in as 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and the rest Vaccarèse and Cinsault raised in tank and...
95 JD / 93-95 WA A bigger, richer wine, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes has a similar style in its peppery garrigue, lavender, scorched earth, and licorice aromatics. It’s slightly darker fruited...
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