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 WA / 97 VM / 96 DE / 96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA...
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...
95 WA / 95 VM The 2019 Crozes Hermitage la Guiraude was bottled in March 2021, but it is just being sold this spring (2022). It's a full-bodied, rich effort, almost a bit over the top, with bold flavors of blackberry jam,...
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...
94 JS / 93+ WA / 93 WS #91 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 Aromas of blueberries, blackberries and fresh flowers. Very cool and pure. Medium-bodied with fine, linear and very integrated tannins that are compressed and...
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...
92 JM / 92 BH Slightly lighter purple than most of the wines in the line-up, the Morey-St-Denis 1er Cru Les Charrières shows real finesse on the nose without evidence of barrel toast. There is a...
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...
95 DE / 95 WS The vineyards of Badia a Passignano surround an ancient monastery which has belonged to Benedictine monks since the 11th century. It’s just 3km south of Antinori’s Tignanello estate, from which the...
98 WI / 98 JS / 97 WA / 97 VM / 97 JD / 96 WE / 95 WS #24 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022#60 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections...
98 JS / 98 JA / 98 WS / 97 WA / 97 VM / 97 DE This has a complex array of blackberries, black cherries, cocoa, dried herbs, slate, tobacco, olives and charred bark. Some dried roses and iodine, too. Medium-to full-bodied...
98 WI / 96 WA / 96 WS / 95 JS / 95 VM #5 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022#25 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022 The 2019 Marchesi Antinori Tignanello is brimming with youthful ebullience and demands to be noticed...
98 JS / 96 WA / 96 JA Available in an OWC of 6. Individual bamboo 1-pack OWCs may be available upon request - contact us to enquire. Very scented, complex and layered with a classy nose full of...
92 JS / 91 WE Lots of cherries, raspberries and spiced plums on the nose with cloves, rosemary and savory, earthy undertones. It’s medium-bodied with fine tannins and a fleshy texture. Flavorful, spicy finish. Drink...
93 JS / 92 WE Aromas of baked blueberries, brambleberries, pine cones, crushed shells and rosemary. Some chocolate orange, too. It’s medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and bright acidity. Fragrant and vibrant...
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...
91 BH Tasting note: Here the wood treatment is a bit more obvious with its hints of menthol suffusing the ripe and exotic dried yellow fruit aromas. There is good intensity to the delicious and nicely detailed medium weight...
91-93 JM / 90 BH Pale primrose, exotic nose with some honeysuckle, but it is lifted and delicious at the same time, headily exciting. Not without a fresher aspect behind, though. Excellent tension at the back of the palate,...
91-93 JM / 91 BH Slightly denser purple than for the Charmots. A lifted and distinguished bouquet, a little less fully ripe, but it is rich on the palate with a liquorice touch to the dark sweet cherry, managed by some grip...
The wines of Charles Ballot are definitely under the radar Burgundies that have recently received a lot of attention. Primarily in Meursault, he is known for racy whites very much in the style of Roulot. His Volnay...
96 AG / 96 DE / 96 JS / 95 WS / 95 VM / 94+ WA#11 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 The 2019 Beau-Séjour-Bécot is a powerful, explosive wine. Dark fruit, chocolate, cured meats and earthy notes lend quite a bit of...
97 JS / 96+ JD / 96 DE / 96 WS / 95 VM / 95 WA #7 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 So much ripe damson-plum and blackberry fruit, but also notes of licorice, candied ginger and baking spices. In spite of all the...
100 JS / 99 JD / 97 WE / 97 DE #1 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Wow! The aromas to this are really exceptional, with a tangerine edge to the blackcurrants, graphite, lead pencil, flowers and wet earth. It changes...
98 DE / 97 WI / 96+ JD / 96 WA / 95 VM / 95 JS Another stunning vintage from this brilliant estate that is just delivering hit after hit. Concentration and intensity right from the initial aromatics, damson, cassis and...
96 WA / 95 VM / 95 JD / 94 DE / 94 WS #92 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 Medium ruby-purple, the 2019 Pinot Noir The Belles Soeurs has alluring wild red and black berry fruits with wafts of garrigue, Earl Grey tea leaves and...
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...
88 WA The 2019 Bourgogne Rouge delivers inviting aromas of cassis, sweet berries, spices and orange rind, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate that's lively and sapid. After the rich, gourmand 2018,...
89-91+ WA / 89-91 VM Less developed than its Volnay sibling due to a late malolactic fermentation, the 2019 Pommard Les Riottes mingles notes of plums and berries with hints of smoke and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied,...
92-94 WA / 92-94 VM The most powerful wine in the cellar is the 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes, a rich, muscular cuvée that offers up notes of plums, cherries, orange rind, spices and burning embers...
91-93 WA / 91-93 VM / 91-93 BH The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Brouillards is showing very well, bursting with notes of smoky berry fruit, plums and spices. Medium to full-bodied, gourmand and enveloping, with fine tannins and...
92-94 VM / 91-93+ WA / 91-93 BH The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots was the last wine in the cellar to finish its malolactic fermentation, and its bouquet of smoky blackberries and cherries was still comparatively...
89-91 WA Offering up aromas of wild berries, spices, raw cocoa and dried petals, Glantenay's 2019 Volnay Village is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with lively acids and a long, nicely perfumed finish. As usual,...
92-94 WA The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie is promising, offering up aromas of pear, crisp green apple, lime zest, freshly baked bread and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and elegant, it's fleshy...
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...
93 DE/89-91 VM From a large parcel of old vines east of the village, with 20% whole clusters in the fermentation - which is done in concrete - plus a gentle combination of punching down and pumping over. The wine is aged in...
91-93 VM / 89 BH The 2019 Fixin Les Crais, which includes 20% stems addition, sports dark berry fruit like the Les Clos, touches of iodine and violet, showing just a little more amplitude by comparison. The palate is...
91 DE Amélie Berthaut farms a large parcel of Pinot in Concoeur in the heights above Nuits-St-Georges, where she produces this lovely wine that shows great purity of cherry and rose petal-scented fruit. The grapes...
89-92 JM / 89-91 VM / 88-91 BH From the south side of Vosne-Romanée, with two plots in Aux Réas and one in Au Dessus de la Rivière, assembled for this sample. Rich purple, lightly reductive, Dark...
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...
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...
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...
94 WA / 94 JS / 94 WS / 93 JD / 93 DE The 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva is an organic blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. I can't say enough good things about Barbara Widmer and her winemaking efforts in this wild and...
97 JS / 95 WA / 94 VM / 94 JD This has aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants, black olives, cedar, dark chocolate, praline, salted almonds and spearmint. Some gun metal and graphite, too. Creamy and caressing, with velvety...
97 WA / 97 VM / 96 DE / 96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA#34 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 Derived exclusively from the château's holdings on the deep gravel soils of the plateau of Brane, the 2019 Brane-Cantenac has turned out...
96 DE / 93-96 JM From a parcel of nearly 1ha in Clos de Bèze. Two-thirds of the vines were planted in 1912, stretching from the bottom of the hill to the top, producing a wine of great complexity and depth. Using 30%...
94 DE Produced from three lieux-dits, including a bit of Premier Cru Bel Air. All of the fruit is located in fairly cool spots, giving a wine with somewhat dark fruit and a hint of violets on the nose, along with firm...
87-90 JM A new wine. The vineyard was reclaimed from Fougeray de Beauclair Bruno Clair’s holding is at the top of the plot whereas Sylvain Pataille, who thinks this should be a white wine vineyard, is on different...
92 DE / 87-90 JM Traditionally, this is the biggest of the Marsannay wines from Clair, coming from a 2ha parcel on the slopes above the village, in heavier clay soils, planted at the beginning of 1969. Fermented with 30%...
91 DE From a 1.3ha site at the top of the slope in Marsannay. This cool site with very thin soils over the limestone produces a wine of elegance and perfume, but one that lacks the flesh of the other single-vineyard...
90 DE Initially a bit restrained on the nose, on the palate it opens to show no lack of substance and structure, with subtle, waxy aromas of ripe apple touched with honey. From just over 0.25ha in the lieu-dit Les...
95 DE / 92-94 JM The Clair holding in La Dominode is one of the jewels of the estate. The 1.71ha was planted in 1902 and were purchased by Bruno’s grandfather. The parcel lies on east and north-facing slopes, an ideal...
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 / 93 WI 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...
96 VM / 95 WE The 2019 Barbaresco Montefico Vigna Bric Mentina races out of the glass. Chalk, white pepper, crushed rose petal, cinnamon and salt abound For readers who want to understand what Montefico is all about, well,...
100 JA / 98 WI / 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...
97 VM / 97 JS / 97 JD / 96 WA / 95 WI / 95 DE / 94 WS / 17 JR The 2019 Canon La Gaffelière is utterly fabulous. All the elements come together in a Saint-Émilion that dazzles with its...
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 / 90 DE 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...
99 JS / 97 JA / 96 VM / 95 WA / 95 WS #11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 A generous array of ripe black and blue fruit with pink peppercorns, green olives, dried flowers, toffee and chocolate orange...
98 JS / 97 WA / 96 WS The aromatics here really seduce you with their blackberry and dried-strawberry notes and undertones of wet earth, green tea, dried flowers, stones and dust. Full bodied, tight and very focused with...
98 WA / 97 JS The sleek and elegant 2019 Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae is now certified organic (since 2018) and comes from vines planted in 1992 at 1,390 meters above sea level in Gualtallary on alluvial...
99 WA / 98 JS / 97 VM The old River Stones has seen its name simplified to 2019 Adrianna Vineyard River. This is an exceptional vintage for this bottling, from a very stony part of the large Adrianna Vineyard in...
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 / 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...
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...
Charles Van Canneyt’s winemaking is very much in line with what Burgundy’s future is, keeping with its fine traditions . Charles’ work at his family’s historic Domaine Hudelot Noellat as head...
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...
92 VM / 91 WI / 91 JS The 2019 Carignan is composed and harmonious on the nose, perhaps a little low-key compared to its peers, pencil box and black fruit, neat 'n tidy. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, very...
100 WA / 100 WI / 100 JS / 100 VM / 99 DE / 99 JD / 98 JA / 97 WS / 97 WE / 18 JR#72 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 One of the unequivocally great wines of the vintage is the 2019 Cheval Blanc, a stunning...
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