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...
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...
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...
98 JS / 98 JA / 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 with firm...
94 WA / 93 WS / 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,...
93 WE / 91 JS Aubaine is a new project from Andy Lytle of Lytle-Barnett and Winemaker Isabelle Meunier of Lavinea. Planted in 2015, this young vineyard's debut is a strong one. It's impeccably balanced with pinpoint citrus...
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 / 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...
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 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,...
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...
Les Prielles is one hectare of 40+ vines between the D974 and the Fixin village vineyards. Limestone below, marl above. Fermented in concrete and aged for ten months in old barrels. Typical north corner of the...
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...
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...
96 JS / 95 WA / 93 DE / 93 JA
97 DE / 95-96 JS This is a brilliant Calon Ségur, absolutely one to search out. Dripping with lush brambled fruit, from ripe damsons to sleek blackberries and touches of hedgerow that add an unforced juiciness...
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 JS / 97 JA / 95 WA A generous array of ripe black and blue fruit with pink peppercorns, green olives, dried flowers, toffee and chocolate orange. It’s full-bodied with firm, creamy and velvety tannins. Long and...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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