93 WS / 93 WE / 92 JS / 91 VM / 89-91 BH A juicy white, packing peach and lemon curd flavors offset by fresh herb and stone notes. Reveals baking spice accents as this winds down on the lingering aftertaste, along with a...
89-92 BH / 89 VM An airy nose freely offers up notes of pepper and white flowers along with plenty of pear, apple and quinine hints. There is fine richness to the very round middle weight flavors that exude a subtle...
95 WI / 95 JS / 95 WE / 95 VM / 94 DE / 94 JD / 94 WCI / 92 WA / 16.5++ JR The 2020 Chapelle d'Ausone is a blend of 60% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is shut down to...
96 JS / 95 JD / 94 JA / 94 DE / 93 WA / 93 WI / 93 FS / 93 WCI / 17.5 JR A powerful 2020 for a second wine with blackberry, black olive and blueberry aromas and flavors. Blackcurrants as well. It’s full-bodied yet...
95 DE / 95 JS / 94 JD / 92-94 VM / 92-94 WCI / 93 FS / 92 WI / 91 WA So much purity and definition, this is a beautiful wine with clarity of flavour. Touches of grilled almond and rosemary, mocha, smoke and coffee bean,...
This is the only red wine produced by La Distesa. It comes from two plots in the classical villages of Castelli di Jesi: Cupramontana and San Paolo di Jesi.
94 JS / 92 VM / 92 DE A rich and layered red that shows plenty of fruit and velvety tannins, with a citrusy and black olive undertone to the ripe and flavorful fruit. Full and intense. Give it two or three years to...
98 VM / 98 WI / 97 JS / 96 WE / 95 DE / 95 WA / 95 JA / 95 WS / 94 JD / 17.5 JR #3 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $100 2023#78 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 La...
100 WA / 99 JD / 99 WI / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 VM / 98 JA / 18+ JR #85 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance...
100 WA / 99 JD / 99 WI / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 VM / 98 JA / 18+ JR #85 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and...
92 JS / 92 WCI / 91-93 WA / 91 DE / 91-93 VM / 16 JR Aromas of blackcurrant and tobacco leaf with some dark cherry follow through to a medium body, creamy tannins and a medium finish. Some bitter wood, too. Drinkable now,...
94 JA / 94 WCI / 93 VM / 93 AG / 93 JD / 93 DE / 93 WI / 92-93 JS / 91 WA / 16.5 JR Clear depth to the cassis fruits, studded with fennel, anis, cut herbs, raspberry leaf and smoked earth, delivering complexity and pleasure...
93 DE / 91-93+ WA A lovely wine, with a pleasant, lemon-accented apple fruit. The texture is silky and fine, yet there is enough substance that the wine lingers attractively on the finish. Picking started on the 22nd August...
93 DE / 88+ WA A deeply lovely fruit character, with plenty of forward red berry fruit nicely dressed with floral notes and a silky, fine texture which is set off by a lively and refreshing acidity. A perennial favourite...
89 JM Four Star Rating:The vineyards are Belair and Cercillon. Clean mid purple. No great bouquet first up. Then it starts to builds, with peonies. A little more tension and structure compared to Chiroubles, nicely nuanced...
92 JM 5 Star Wine. Another lovely and lively pink purple, no deeper in colour from this steep site with granite and quartz. Razor sharp precision here, quintessential floral notes and the bright red fruit of Fleurie with a...
100 JD / 100 WE / 100 JS / 99 DE / 97-99 WCI / 98 VM / 98 WI / 98 FS / 97 WA / 97 JA / 19 JR Looking at the Grand Vin, the 2020 Château Lafite-Rothschild is a sensational effort checking in as 92%...
99 WA / 99 FS / 99 WCI / 98+ AG / 98+ WI / 98+ JD / 98 VM / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 JS / 19 JR One of the wines of the vintage, but likely to prove slower evolving and more introverted than its 2019 counterpart, the 2020 Lafleur...
96 VM / 95 WCI / 93-95 WE / 94 DE / 93 JD / 93 JA / 17 JR The 2020 Lafon-Rochet represents the essence of classicism in Bordeaux. Medium in body and finely-cut, Lafon-Rochet is one of the classiest, more refined...
95+ JD / 95 WA / 95 WCI / 94 VM / 94 WI / 94 JA / 94 JS / 94 FS / 94 DE / 16.5 JR Coming from depressingly low yields of just 26 hectoliters per hectare (the lowest since 1991), the 2020 Château Lagrange...
97 JS / 95 JD / 94 WA / 94 WCI / 94 WE / 17.5 JR #59 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023This is very linear and structured, with blackcurrant, pine-needle, graphite and cedar aromas and flavors. Intense...
99 WI / 99 JD / 98 VM / 98 DE / 98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 JA / 96 WA / 17++ JR#2 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $100 2023#51 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 The 2020 Larcis Ducasse is a blend of 90% Merlot...
91-94 JM Just two demi muids. Clear bright lemon and lime colour. Compared to the regular Fourchaume there is a little bit more power, weight of fruit, on the nose, and then this excellent balance between generous...
94-96 JM / 91 WS All is made in wood, but not necessarily recent – there are for example some twenty year old demi-muids. Clear brisk pale primrose. The bouquet is also fresh on the white limestone. Powerful with...
94-97 JM This flagship wine is now maturing slowly in a 25hl tank having been blended. The colour is clean with a green tint, the bouquet suggests power but is backward. Enormously steely, with the flesh only...
95 WS / 92-95 JM This white starts out rich, with an incisive attack, displaying flavors of white flowers, white peach, lemon and mineral. Builds to a long aftertaste, gaining precision from beginning to end. Drink...
92-95 JM / 92-94 BH / 94 CT Two six ouvrée plots top and bottom. Mid yellow, the bouquet is a little softer and the oak has a vanilla touch rather than toasty. Starts reasonably quietly but kicks on with...
90-93 JM The malolactic fermentation has not yet been completed here. The colour is an inky black, some apples on the nose from the malolactic. Unbelievably dense to begin with though redder fruit notes behind, evidently...
91-94 BH / 90-93 JM Tasting note: This is aromatically similar to the La Refène but with more spice nuances in place. There is even better volume and focused power to the bigger-bodied and beautifully textured...
96 JS / 94+ JD / 94 WCI / 93 WI / 93-95 WE / 91-93 VM / 93 DE / 93 JA / 17+ JR Aromas of blackcurrants and blueberries. Lots of stones, too. Full-bodied and chewy with plenty of crushed cement. Chewy finish. Medium at the...
93-95 WE / 92-94 FS / 92-93 JS / 92 WI / 90-92 JD / 91 WCI / 90 WA / 16 JR Barrel Sample. Under the same ownership as first growth Château Haut-Brion, this estate is now beginning to reveal some fine wines...
98 JS / 96 WCI / 94-96 WA / 95 VM / 94 JD / 94 JA / 94 DE / 94 FS / 17 JR#44 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#62 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 So much black mushroom to the dark fruit, such as...
93 JS / 93 JD / 93 DE / 93 WE / 92 AG / 91 WI / 90 WS / 17 JR Fresh blackberries, blackcurrants, graphite, chocolate and spearmint on the nose. Medium to full body, with sleek and well-integrated tannins. Fruity and...
96 VM / 96 JS / 95 WI / 94 JA / 93 WCI / 92 WS / 17+ JR The 2020 Le Petit Cheval (Blanc) is fabulous. Rich, creamy and wonderfully expansive, the 2020 is just gorgeous. Lemon confit, white flowers, passion fruit and a touch...
98 JS / 95 VM / 95 WCI / 94+ JD / 94 JA / 94 DE / 93 WA / 17.5 JR #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023Lots of violets, blackberries, bark and iodine. Oyster shell. Full-bodied. Firm and velvety...
95 JS / 94 JD / 93 VM / 93 WCI A very fine and transparent wine with sliced lemons, melon, stone and hints of grass. Bitter lemon, too. Medium to full body. Hints of phenolics and fine texture. Drink or hold. -...
96 VM / 95 WCI / 93-95 WA / 94 JA / 94 FS / 94 DE / 93 JS / 93 JD / 17 JR The 2020 Le Prieuré is so elegant and nuanced. As always, readers will find a Saint-Émilion built on linear intensity and vibrancy more...
99 DE / 98 WA / 98 JM / 96-98 BH This wine was too young to drink when tasted at the winery shortly after release, but it amply demonstrated both the quality and potential for aging. There was an almost-unbelievable...
89 JM A plot of 1 hectare, with plenty of flint in the soil here on the plateau, facing north. From 50+ year old vines with small bunches. Slightly paler in colour and there is indeed a smokiness to the nose, with a...
92 DE Fresh aromas of lemon peel, acacia flowers and spice are complemented by a crisp, refreshing acidity and a pleasantly silky texture. This wine is ‘the favourite child,’ according to Brice de La...
88 JM From a 3.5ha plot. No stainless steel his used for this cuvée, just concrete tanks and foudres. A fine pale primrose colour. Just a little more precision on the nose, a little more depth of fruit, less of the...
96-97 JM / 96 VM / 95 JM / 95 WS / 94 WA / 93-96 BH Fine pale lemon and lime. What a beautifully gracious nose, this is sheer class. All in white fruit with an engaging ripeness, more detail than Combettes, perhaps more...
98 WI / 97+ JD / 96 VM / 96 WS / 96 JS / 96 WE / 96 WCI / 96 FS / 95+ WA / 95 JA / 95 DE / 18 JR#10 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $200 2023 The 2020 Leoville Barton has a deep...
99 WI / 98 JS / 98+ VM / 98 JD / 98 FS / 96-98 WCI / 97+ WA / 97 WE / 97 JA / 96 WS / 96 DE / 18 JR #99 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023Made from 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 8%...
98+ JD / 97+ WI / 97 VM / 97 JA / 97 WCI / 96 JS / 96 DE / 96 FS / 95 WS / 95 WE / 17.5+ JRA special bottle for 2020 celebrates 100 years of the Cuvelier family as owners of the estate. The Grand Vin 2020...
96 WI / 96 JS / 95+ WA / 94 VM / 93+ JD / 93 DE / 93 JA / 17 JR A blend of 71% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Pensees de Lafleur comes from the clay plots in the Lafleur vineyard. Deep purple-black in color, it...
96 JD / 95+ WI / 94+ WA / 94 VM / 94 DE / 94 JA / 17 JR In comparison to the Grand Village, the 2020 Les Perrières De Lafleur comes from more limestone soils, and the blend is more Cabernet Franc-dominated,...
95 VM / 93-95 WA Dark violet color. Potent, smoke-tinged red and dark berry, olive and licorice qualities on the sharply focused nose. Penetrating, spice-laced cherry-cola, blackberry and exotic spice flavors steadily...
98 WA / 96 JD / 95 WE / 94 VM / 94 JS Instantly impressive, the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Feather opens to silky, fresh and fleshy dark red and black fruit tones with picturesque rich and ripe notions that sashay out of the...
96-98 VM / 94-96+WA / 96 DE / 94-96 JM / 93-96 BH / 95 WS (Domaine Fruit) The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is very pure and harmonious on the nose with plush black cherry and cassis fruit, well-integrated oak and a floral...
98 JS / 95-98 JM / 95-97 VM / 96 DE / 94-96 WA / 92-95 BH (Domaine Louis Jadot) What a crazy nose, but in the best sense! Mulberry and blood orange – what a combination! Huge concentration and huge freshness, with...
96-98 VM / 92-95 BH / 92-94 WA The 2020 Chambertin Grand Cru has a magnificent bouquet with delineated redcurrant, raspberry and strawberry scents, quite pixelated in style, very focused and shimmering with tension. The...
95-97 WA / 94-96 JM / 93-96 BH / 95 DE / 93-95 VM (Domaine des Heritiers Jadot) The king of the cellar on the white side of the ledger is the 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Les Demoiselles (Domaine des...
96 VM / 96 JM / 95 WS / 95 DE / 93-95 WA / 93 BH (Domaine Louis Jadot) The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru has a very endearing nose: red cherries, wild strawberries, undergrowth and Italian herbs,...
100 JS #16 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022 If every Chambertin was like this, we could give up our job. So much spice, earthy and meaty character, but in the end it's the amarena-cherry fruit that...
99 JS / 98 DE / 98 JA / 96-98 WE / 97 WCI / 96 JD / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WI / 18 JR / 95+ WA#3 Wine Spectator Top 100 2023#11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#77 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of...
99 JS / 98 DE / 98 JA / 96-98 WE / 97 WCI / 96 JD / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WI / 95+ WA / 18 JR#3 Wine Spectator Top 100 2023#11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#77 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of...
96 WCI / 95-97 WE / 95 VM / 95 JD / 95 JS / 94 DE / 94 JA / 93 WA / 93 WI / 93 FS / 17 JR Master Award - Drinks Business Bordeaux Masters 2023 Dark in color, the wine shows its blackberry, black cherry, dark...
97 JS / 95-97 WCI / 95 VM / 95 WI / 94+ JD / 94 FS / 17 JR #70 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023Lots of blackcurrants and blueberries on the nose, together with walnuts and chocolate. Full-bodied and very...
93-95 VM / 92-94 JM / 91-93+ WA The 2020 Chassagne Montrachet les Champs Gains has a touch more mineralite on the nose compared to the Les Chenevottes, touches of gypsum and oyster shell intermingling with light...
92-94 WA / 90-93 JM / 91 VM Derived from fully five different parcels in this large and diverse climat, the 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly offers up aromas of citrus oil and peach mingled with freshly baked...
97-99 WA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 97 JD / 95 WS / 16 JR Still in foudre working through the last few grams of sugar when I tasted it in July 2022, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes showcases bold black-cherry fruit that...
100 JA / 100 JS / 99 WI / 99 WCI / 98 VM / 98 WE / 98 FS / 97+ WA / 97+ JD / 18.5 JR This has grip and poise, it edges forward with slate textured tannins, not givin too much away at first, but sit...
100 JA / 100 JS / 99 WI / 99 WCI / 98 VM / 98 WE / 98 FS / 97+ WA / 97+ JD / 18.5 JR This has grip and poise, it edges forward with slate textured tannins, not givin too much away at first, but sit with it,...
96 JA / 95 WCI / 94-95 JS / 94 JD / 94 VM / 93 WI / 93 FS / 93 WS / 16 JR A don’t miss wine, this has wonderfully powerful fruits delivered with class and character. The abundant tannins have slate-edged grip and...
100 DE / 99 JS / 99 WI / 99 WE /99 JD / 98 VM / 98 JA / 97 WS / 96+ WA / 18 JR #22 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2023 Intense and full on the nose, fragrant with ripe black fruit, floral aspects and soft...
96 DE / 93 WE From a walled vineyard planted to 60-80 year old vines. Kimmeridgean marl (white clay and fossilized shells and oysters). Their juice is fermented and raised in a 600 liters (demi-muid) oak barrel, and then...
92 DE / 92 JS Melanie Barton has now been in charge at Mauvesin-Barton for 10 years, and there is a real feeling of the wine having found its voice - a gentle, fruit-forward Moulis with finesse if not a huge amount of power...
90-93 JM A sizeable cuvée for Maxime. Excellent dark purple colour and deep fruit. There is a sweetness of dark fruit on the palate with just the lightest of torrefied notes behind. The tannins are fine, the acidity...
Georges Noëllat was the nephew of Charles Noëllat, who was once the proprietor of one of Vosne’s greatest domaines—a domaine who made important contributions to Domaines Jean-Jacques Confuron and...
95-97 JM From two neighbouring plots in Petit Maupertuis. Dark purple all the way through. Powerful, brooding but balanced. I was expecting the usual ungiving Clos Vougeot style but then the fruit explodes on the mouth,...
98 JS / 98 DE / 96 JA / 96 VM / 96 WE / 95 WA#12 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022#86 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Graphite and lead pencil is coming through, together with violets and...
94-97 JM / 93-95 WA / 93-95 VM / 92-94 BH Apart from 2017, Jean-Nicolas Méo only makes one commercially available cuvée of his substantial holding of Clos de Vougeot. Even purple throughout. This is a sturdy,...
94 JS / 93 VM / 93 WA / 92 FS Fresh raspberries and blackberries with smoke and asphalt. Medium-to full-bodied. Tight and focused. Creamy and very fine tannins. Give it two or three years to open but already delicious...
95 JS / 95 FS / 94 WA / 94 VM A rich and juicy red with plum and chocolate character. Some fresh sage, too. It's full and layered, but remains bright and vivid. Hints of herbs and dark fruit at the end, as well as soil...
95 JS / 93 WA / 93 FS / 92+ VM A wine with lovely, crunchy purple fruit, fresh raspberry and citrus. Medium-bodied with fine tannins and a crisp and vivid finish. Plenty of fruit at the end. Needs a little time to open, but...
100 WA / 99 JS / 99 VM / 99 WCI / 98+ JD / 98+ WI / 98 DE / 97 JA / 95-97 WE / 96 FS / 95 WS / 18.5 JR Surpassing the 2019 and rivaling the 2016 as this estate's finest vintage of the last few decades, the 2020 Montrose is...
91 VM This young Clos de la Coulée de Serrant is soft, round and mouthfilling. The fruit quality of the 2020 is concentrated and succulent without weight, but there's a light farmyardy character to the wine. Offering...
95 VM / 95 JM / 94 BH Note: our stock imported by Grape Expectations uses the Marcel et Blanche Fevre-Fevre labels, but is the exact same wine labeled as Nathalie & Gilles Fevre.More info: www.grapex...
92 BH / 92 JM Note: our stock imported by Grape Expectations uses the Marcel et Blanche Fevre-Fevre labels, but is the exact same wine labeled as Nathalie & Gilles Fevre.More info: www.grapex...
94 WA / 93 BH As was the case in 2017, the 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean has turned out especially well this year. Bursting with aromas of pear, freshly baked bread, orange oil and beeswax and framed by...
92 BH / 92 JM / 91 WA / 17.5 JR / 94 CT Note: from a .94 ha parcel of 25+ year old vines, of which .52 ha is planted to chardonnay in Clos de la Maltroie and Les PlacesTasting note: There is a whiff of the exotic present on...
90 BH / 89-91 JM / 17 JR Note: from 8 separate lieux-ditsTasting note: Here too the expressive nose reflects a background hint of petrol on the cool, pure and airy aromas of pear and apple compote, citrus confit and a hint...
94 DE This is among my favourite reds from Chassagne - it has the lilting, bright cherry fruit and rose petal notes of the best examples, but there is more richness and density here than many. There is a deft balance...
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