Les Bonnes Blanches is a sector of vines widely considered to be the top terroir in the area. It’s location is geologically ideal to the Layon river, and it’s one of the rare vineyards that can produce an...
92 WS Alluring and fresh, with beautiful kumquat, crisp apple and nectarine notes complemented by a glaze of honey. Shows good tension and energy through the clean finish, while a whiff of smoke, sea salt and intense...
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...
95 DE / 17.5 JR The best part of Meursault Perrieres is the “Clos des Perrieres” owned entirely by Domaine Grivault. They also own the largest overall portion of Meursault Perrieres – 2.54 hectares total...
"The pink sibling of Ameztoi’s flagship white, this vibrant rosé is made from a mix of red and white indigenous grapes and is bottled with a little residual carbonation to give it a light spritz. Vinification...
96 WI / 96 WE / 94-96 VM / 95 JS / 95 JA / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 94+ WA / 94 JD / 94 FS / 17+ JR A blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot, the 2021 Angelus has a medium to deep garnet-purple color. It needs a little swirling...
91-93 BH / 89-92 JM A perfumed and exuberantly spicy nose offers up a blend of both red and dark cherry along with floral nuances. The wonderfully sleek, refined and punchy medium weight flavors possess a gorgeous texture...
91-94 JM / 90-93 BH A fuller purple, showing an exuberant cherry raspberry fruit, with energy behind, and a little thread of acidity. From barrel, this stands head and shoulders above its neighbours. A touch of strawberry...
91-94 JM / 91-93 BH The vineyard lies below Bonnes MaresNote: from vines planted in 1947 A deeper crimson purple, and definitely a greater weight of fruit on the nose. A burst of fruit on the attack, going through to the...
91-94 BH / 89-92 JM Soft notes of wood frame cool, pure and sauvage-inflected red and dark berry fruit and warm earth nuances. The dense, attractively rich and vibrant middleweight flavors possess fine detail on the...
100 VM / 98 WS / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 DEGambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri 2024 Antinori's 2021 Solaia is another wine that captures all of the potential I sensed when I tasted it some months ago. More than anything else, the 2021...
98 WA / 98 VM / 97 WS / 96 JS#3 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024#8 Vinous Top 100 2024 #1 GVWM Staff Favorite 2024 - Ron V. First made in 1971, this legendary Italian wine now celebrates its 50th birthday. Happy...
95 WS / 94+ WA / 93 VM / 16.5 JR This ripe style is fresh and harmonious, delivering plum, cherry and boysenberry fruit, with accents of earth, iron and eucalyptus. Supple in texture, with a beautifully integrated structure...
96 WE / 17+ JR From the heart of the southern Willamette Valley comes this fantastic Pinot Noir. Luxuria is aptly named, as its cassis and loamy forest-floor aromas fill the nose with rich promises. The...
95 JS / 95 FS / 93 WA Fascinating aromas of blackcurrants, orange peel, stone, minerals and blanched walnuts follow through to a medium to full body with firm and polished tannins that deliver a pleasant, caressing...
100 VM / 98 DE #23 Decanter Top 50 American Wines 2024 The 2021 Syrah Que Syrah Vineyard is the greatest wine I have ever tasted from Duncan Arnot and Nathan Roberts. It emerges from Roberts' home vineyard in the Taylor...
96 DE / 93-95 VM / 94 WA / 94 JS / 94 JD / 94 WS / 17.5 JR A deep, quite herbal expression, with liquorice and crushed blueberries to the cassis fruit. Full-bodied, powerfully fruited, dense and deep. Really mouthcoating,...
98+ JD / 98 JS / 98 DE / 98 VM / 95 WS / 95 WE#2 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024#13 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2024#55 James Suckling Top 100 USA 2024 Lastly, the flagship 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Georges De Latour Private...
91 WE / 90 VM / 89 JD / 89 JS / 87-89 WA / 88 VM / 16 JR With a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend, the wine from this estate in the heart of the Haut-Médoc is rich and full of spicy black-currant fruits...
97 JS / 96 DE / 96 WI / 95 WCI / 94 JD / 94 VM / 94 JA#52 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 Fascinating depth and complexity with beautifully knit fruit and oak spices. Glossy, bright but subtle, with lightly...
93 WA / 93 JD / 93 JS / 93 AG / 93 JA / 93 DE / 93 WI / 93 WCI / 91 VM / 16 JRWine Advocate Sleepers of the VintageThe 2021 Berliquet is showing very well in bottle, wafting from the glass with notes of sweet wild berries,...
94+ WA / 93 VM There is more complete ripeness in the 2021 Arroyo del Tórtolas, which shows a darker hue than the 2020 I tasted next to it. It has more clout, full development of aromas and flavors and 15% alcohol,...
97 WA The 2021 Garnacha de Viña Bonita is pure Garnacha from a plot of very old vines planted in 1929 on very shallow and compact granite soils at 735 meters in altitude with north-facing exposure. It is always...
Size: 2.6 ha (6.4 ac)Variety: Pinot NoirVine Age: Planted 1980-1990Terroir: Blend of lieux-dits: Fixey, Le Village, Le Pré, La Sorgentière and La Vionne; with limestone and marl soils.Viticulture:...
89 BH / 89 JM Tasting note: An equally fresh if less expressive nose combines perfumed and really very pretty notes of earth, violet and dark currant. There is a beguiling richness to the nicely voluminous and caressing...
86 JM From low trained vines in Concoeur, bottled at the end of July. Not much frosted, but mange-bourgeon caterpillars did damage instead. Quite a deep colour, quite a full texture on the palate with darker fruit and a...
90-92 VM / 89-91 JM / 88-91 BH Size: 1.2 ha (2.9 ac)Variety: Pinot NoirVine Age: Planted in 1935, 1949, 1955Terroir: Blend of Aux Réas and Au-Dessus de la Rivière, clay-limestone soils.Viticulture:...
94 AG / 94 DE / 94 WCI / 93+ JD / 93 JA / 92+ WA / 92 VM / 92 WI / 92 FS / 16.5 JR The 2021 Beychevelle is elegant, understated and classy. Medium in body and less overt than most recent years, the 2021 is impeccably...
91 BH Note: from Rebichets; 2021 will be the last vintage Tasting note: A slightly riper nose combines notes of white peach, citrus confit and hints of both wood and petrol. The round and caressing middleweight flavors...
93 JS / 91 JD / 90 VM This shows black cherries and mushrooms with bark and chocolate and hints of citrus. It’s medium- to full-bodied with round and velvety tannins and a juicy finish. Very gourmand and enticing...
94 JS / 94 AG / 94 DE / 94 WA / 94 WCI / 91-93 WI / 92 VM / 92 JA / 16 JRWine Advocate Sleepers of the Vintage The plum, chocolate and orange-peel aromas and flavors are all so attractive, and the tannins are creamy and...
95 VM / 95 DE / 95 JS / 95 WCI / 94 WI / 94 JA / 94 FS / 93 JD / 93 WA / 16+ JR#58 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 The 2021 Brane-Cantenac is a classy, elegant wine. The aromatics alone are so enticing. Crushed...
97 DE / 94-96 VM / 93-95 WA / 92-95 BH / 18 JR Tasting in the cellar, I wrote, ‘Wine from another planet’; this is truly spectacular and worthy of notice – super-ripe plummy fruit with an undercurrent of...
88-91 JM The fruit comes mostly from old vines in Carougeots, plus En Jouise and Belair. Lively pleasing red fruit, shows strawberry behind, raspberry up front, with the peppery finish of a wine which has just missed...
88-90 WA The 2021 Marsannay La Charme aux Prêtres delivers aromas of spiced plums, red berries and forest floor, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and vibrant palate with a sweet, charming attack but more back-end...
94 DE / 89-91 JM Clair feels Grasses Têtes gives Marsannay’s ‘vin de garde’. From several parcels of old vines that total just over 2ha, fermentation was conducted using 50% whole clusters to bring...
89-91 JM The fruit comes mostly from old vines in Carougeots, plus En Jouise and Belair. Lively pleasing red fruit, shows strawberry behind, raspberry up front, with the peppery finish of a wine which has just missed...
90-92 WA / 89-91 VM From a parcel planted in 1902, the 2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode is performing superbly, exhibiting aromas of sweet red berries, petals, orange rind, licorice and spices. Medium to...
88-90 VM The 2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Jarrons 1er Cru has a perfumed bouquet with red fruit, iodine and violet scents. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy tannins, quite solid with firm backbone with a...
96 JS / 95 VM Strawberries, watermelon, pomegranate, fresh violets and a lot of orange peel. Then the full-bodied palate shows pinot-like elegance, almost silky tannins and great concentration of fruit, with rhubarb notes,...
94 JS / 91 VM Notes of potpourri, cinnamon, sweet violets, complex layered fruit, crisp acidity and focused cherry pit minerality. Velvety, slightly dusty tannins with licorice in the finish. Essentially ready to drink, but...
97 VM / 97 WE / 95 JA / 95 DE / 94 WCI / 94 JD / 93 WA / 93 JS / 93 WS / 93 FS / 17+ JR#39 Vinous Top 100 2024 A Saint-Estèphe of stature and vertical intensity, the 2021 Calon Ségur dazzles from the very...
97 AG / 97 JS / 96 JA / 96 DE / 96 WI / 95 WA / 95 VM / 95-97 WE / 95 WCI / 17.5+ JR#23 Vinous Top 100 2024#54 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 The 2021 Canon shows just how magical this site is. Vertical and...
94 WE / 92 JS / 91 VM / 91 DE / 91 WCI / 15.5 JR This wine comes from one of the first of the grand estates when driving north up the Médoc. The wine brings out the brightness of the vintage as well as its structure...
100 WA / 98 VM / 98 JS / 97 TA / 96 WE / 18.5+ JR#8 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Cellar Selections 2024 There is an usual stony austerity in the 2021 Adrianna Vineyard River, cropped from a cold year when the full clusters...
99 JS / 98+ WA / 98 VM#3 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2023#75 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 What an exotic, perfumed yet elegant nose here full of thyme, local herbs, green...
98 VM / 98 JS / 98 WCI / 97 WA / 95-97 WE / 96 FS / 96 WI / 96 JD / 96 DE / 96 JA / 17++ JRWine Advocate Wine of the Vintage#87 James Suckling Top 100 France 2024 Rich and explosive in feel, the 2021 Cheval Blanc...
95 WA / 93 VM From almost 50-year-old vines in flint-stone soils, the 2021 Sancerre Les Chailloux opens with a clear and intense nose with pure mineral aromas of iodine and crushed flint stones, whereas the fruit aromas are...
94 AG / 94 JS / 94 VM / 94 JA / 93 WA / 93 DE / 93 WCI / 92 VM / 92 JD / 92 WI / 92 FS / 16.5 JR The 2021 Clerc Milon is another fine effort from the chateau. It offers an alluring mix of fruit raciness and savory character...
95 DE / 94 VM / 94 JA / 94 WCI / 93-94 JS / 93+ JD / 93 VM / 92+ WA / 92 WI / 91 WS / 17 JR An exceptional Clinet in 2021. Richly scented, dark and roguish, a touch of sour cherry and perfume to the nose. Round, supple,...
95 WS Matchstick and lime blossom aromas introduce this bracing white, whose lemon, citronella, quinine and hazelnut flavors give way to lively acidity on the finish. Intense and long, ending with an aftertaste of roasted...
95 WS / 92-96 JM / 93 BH A racy, well-delineated white introduced by penetrating aromas of lime blossoms and citronella, with apple, stone and lemon oil flavors joining in. This wine's complex mix of flavors is complemented...
96 WS / 96 WA / 95 DE / 95 JD / 94 JS / 94 VM Elegant, stunning and approachable, with seductive aromatics of smoked incense and red tea, plus floral high notes, followed by a well of cassis, licorice and red currant...
95 VM / 95 JS / 95 WI / 94 WCI / 94 JA / 93 JD / 93 DE / 92 WA / 16+ JR The 2021 Clos Fourtet is a dark, imposing wine. Blackberry, gravel, scorched earth, leather, incense and clove infuse the 2021 with tons of character...
100 FS / 99 WA / 98 VM A complex bouquet that develops with a little time in the glass from fresh wild berry notes to floral and savoury-herbal nuances with violets and dried thyme. Extremely elegant on the palate, intense...
99 WA / 98+ JD / 98 VM Colgin's 2021 IX Estate is a rich, opulent example, with layers of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate punctuated by hints of sage and bay leaf, plus some vaguely floral notes (violets?)...
98-100 WI / 99 JS #89 James Suckling Top 100 2024#97 James Suckling Top 100 USA 2024 This note is written before the final blend of the 2021 Continuum. Deep purple-black in color, it hits the ground...
93 JS / 93 JD / 93 WE / 91 FS / 91 VM / 91 DE / 90 WCI / 87-90 WA Black currant, black walnut, black berry, and dark chocolate with some black mushroom undertones. Medium to full body, chewy tannins and a fresh finish...
95-96 JS / 93-95+ WI / 95 JA / 94 VM / 94 DE / 17 JR Fantastic energy and length to this young Sauternes, with dried-apple, apple-pie, spice and cinnamon character . Medium body, medium sweetness and a vibrant finish. -...
96 VM / 96 JD / 95 DE / 95 JS / 16.5+ JR #88 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 Deeply seductive, the 2021 Pinot Noir Eileen Vineyard opens with a burst of mentholated herbs, licorice and sweet autumnal spices. Juicy and...
95 WA / 95 DE / 94 VM / 94 JD / 94 JS / 17.5 JR The 2021 Pinot Noir Jessie Vineyard was fermented with 52% whole clusters, and the wine was matured for 18 months in 38% new French oak. It features layered scents of...
95 DE / 94 JD / 94 JS / 93 VM / 93 WA / 92 WE / 17.5+ JR The Louise Vineyard is about 10% warmer than Jessie, and it also sees less wind, so these vines have life a little easier and as such, you see that in the wine's...
95 VM / 95 JD / 94+ WA / 94 DE / 94 WE / 17.5+JR Darkly alluring, the 2021 Pinot Noir Marjorie Vineyard is perfumed with dusty violets and lavender, giving way to dried black cherries. Luxuriously round, with juicy acidity,...
89 JD The second wine of this great estate, the 2021 Croix De Beausejour (Duffau-Lagarrosse) is based on 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc that was brought up just like the Grand Vin. It offers a vivid ruby hue to go with a...
93 DE / 92 JS / 92 WA / 92 JA / 92 WCI / 91 JD / 91 FS / 90 AG / 90 VM / 16 JR Succulent and softly supple, this has lots of energy and pace with bright red fruits, raspberries and cherries, alongside sweet spices and...
96 JS / 94 JA / 94 DE / 93 WI / 93 WCI / 92 JD / 92 WA / 16.5 JR With aromas of red currants, ripe cherries, flowers and hints of nutmeg and salt, this medium-bodied red has a solid core of fruit with medium and ripe...
94 WA One cuvée that really doesn't miss a beat in this more challenging vintage is the 2021 Morgon Corcelette Vieilles Vignes Sable, a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy wine evocative of plums, sweet berries,...
92 WA Opening in the glass with aromas of raspberries, plums, spices and smoke, the 2021 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Melanie is medium to full-bodied, fleshy and succulent, with a sweet core of fruit, tangy acids,...
94 WA The 2021 Morgon Les Delys Vignes plantées en 1926 is deep and brooding, unwinding in the glass with aromas of wild berries, cherries, exotic spices, cracked black pepper and vine smoke. Medium to full-bodied,...
98 WA / 95 JS The ultra elegant, sleek and mineral 2021 Moncerbal has amazing freshness, ultra refined tannins and lots of complexity, with layers and layers of flavors and aromas and great depth. There is a sense of...
97 JS / 95 WE / 95 WCI / 94+ WA / 94+ VM / 94 JA / 94 DE / 93 JD / 17 JR This is very impressive for the vintage, with a vertical depth and structure of extremely polished tannins. It’s full and precise, with berries,...
96 DE / 94 JS / 94 JD / 94 VM / 93 WS / 16.5+ JR Relatively black-fruited for a pure Grenache, it's generous in fruit but not excessive, the alcohol is high of course (it's pure Grenache), but it feels integrated. Long,...
100 JD / 100 WI / 100 DE / 99 JS / 96-99 WS / 98 VM / 18 JR#4 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2024#96 James Suckling Top 100 2024#100 James Suckling Top 100 USA 2024 One of the legendary Dominus, the 2021 Cabernet...
94-96 VM / 94-96 JM The 2021 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru is matured with 20% whole bunches in 80% new oak. Dark berry fruit, bay leaf, Earl Grey and sous-bois unfold on the nose though remain understated. It...
93-95 VM / 92-95 JM Drinking Window: 2025 – 2048The 2021 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a lively bouquet with quite expressive red cherry and crushed strawberry fruit laced with graphite and light pain d'épices...
1 Bottle Each of the following wines: Yquem (100 JS / 99 DB / 98 JA / 98 WCI / 97 WI / 96 VM / 95 WA / 19 JR) Haut-Brion (98 JS / 97 WA / 97 DE / 96 WI / 95 VM / 95 JA / 94+ JD / 94 AG / 18 JR) La...
92-95 JM / 91-93 VM 55% whole bunch. Dark crimson purple. The bouquet shows a little reduction, with dark raspberry and strawberry fruit. Powerful and backward, a very crunchy finish with a few more tannins, definitely a...
95-98 JM / 95-97 VM / 92-95 BH Fractionally denser in colour than Clos St-Denis with a meatier bouquet, some blood orange as well as the traditional blueberry of this vineyard. A little white pepper comes up...
93-95 VM / 92-95 JM The 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 1er Cru, which was made with 60% whole bunches, has a well-defined bouquet, quite tertiary in style with plenty of forest floor and pencil box aromas. The palate...
92-94 VM / 91-94 JM ...veins of apricot and wild peach. This has a little more flair than the Folatières with a clean and precise finish. Delicious. This will be difficult to resist in its youth.--Neal Martin, Vinous...
95-97 VM / 94-96 JM The 2021 Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts 1er Cru has a little more fruit intensity on the nose; it is slightly darker by direct comparison. Fine delineation, quite bold in the context of the...
93 JS / 93 WE / 91 DE / 91 WS / 91 FS / 91 JA / 90 VM / 90 JD Black currant, chocolate and walnut aromas and flavors. It’s medium-bodied with polished tannins and a pretty texture. Vivid and creamy mouthfeel. Lovely...
93-95 JM / 92-94 VM / 92-94 BH Five new barrels in seven, with again a mix between whole bunch, pedicel, and destemmed fruit. A bright mid purple. Here the wood does not take the upper hand. The fruit seems just a little...
94 BH / 92 VM Note: Eola-Amity Hills, 144 cases, vines planted in 1982 with some 2015 replants, 13%Producer note: Russ and Mary Raney founded Evesham Wood in 1986, planting the first vines in Le Puits Sec Vineyard in 1989...
96-98 VM The 2021 Doisy-DaëneL'Extravagant is phenomenally great. It offers up a head-spinning mélange of grilled pineapple, ginger, tangerine oil, candied orange peel and cloves. Rich and unctuous, but not at...
96 JS / 96 WA There’s a whole basket of yellow fruit here, including ripe apricot and King Alfonso mango, but there’s nothing loud about this beautiful high-end gruner veltliner, rather it opens slowly and...
98 JS / 96 WA Wonderfully subtle nose with an extremely wide spectrum of exotic fruit (tons of mango) and flowers. Super-ripe with breathtaking freshness that makes this a spectacular Wachau dry riesling. And in spite of...
97 JA / 97 DE / 96+ WA / 96 WI / 96 WCI / 95-97 WE / 95 JS / 95 JD / 95 FS / 17++ JR Wine Advocate Wine of the Vintage Lovely aromatics right off the bat, good spice, white peppers, touches of savoury cassis. This 71% mix...
87-89 VM / 16 JR The 2021 Chassagne-Montrachet Village has a fresh bouquet, perhaps just lacking a little terroir expression, possibly because around 50% here was lost to frost. The palate is better with a sappy entry, a...
95 VM / 94 JS / 91-93 WA / 92 WI / 92 WCI / 92 DE / 91 JA / 17 JR The 2021 Gazin is a dark, ample wine. Layers of dark fruit, leather, licorice, smoke, tobacco and spice unfurl in the glass. Broad and powerful, the 2021 is...
87-89 JM A slightly greater density of crimson purple colour. The bouquet has plenty of fruit too, with a little white pepper. Fresh hay? This wine shows the non-chaptalization approach very well. Fruit seems to ripen in...
86-88 JM 50% whole bunch vinification. Fresh mid purple. Cherry stone nose. Pretty enough and then quite firm at the finish. There has been no attempt to fatten the middle here, but the fruit at the finish is particularly...
92-94 JM Light mid purple. A particularly fine bouquet which speaks of Nuits-St-Georges in the darker forest fruit. Excellent density of fruit, fresher and redder on the palate, white pepper and stems, but enough fruit in...
89-91 JM An acceptable ‘feuillette par ouvrée’ provided 3.5 barrels in 2021, whereas he made just 1.25 in 2016. Clear mid purple. A delicious floral aspect with adequately ripe fruit, showing the oak a...
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