99 VM / 97 WS / 96 WA / 18.5 JR The 1948 Cheval Blanc may well constitute the most unheralded legendary wine of the 20th century, in no small part because it precedes the 1947. However, after years of several mavens...
93 WA / 93 VM / 92 WS / 92 WCI / 17 JR In the new classification of St.-Emilion, justice was certainly served with the elevation of Angelus to premier grand cru classe status. No Bordeaux estate has been making as...
100 FS / 99 WCI / 98 RP / 97 DE / 96 VM / 18.5 JR Strong ruby garnet, good color depth, violet reflections, delicate water edge. Subtle spicy, black and red berries, candied mandarin zest, spicy and tobacco hints. Juicy,...
92 JS / 91 WE Very attractive and suave nose with toasty oak and fresh berries, leading to a plush and neatly arrayed palate with ample, deep-set tannins and good ripeness. Second label of Château Carignan. Try from...
100 VM / 100 WI / 100 WA / 100 WS / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 FS / 100 WCI / 20/20 JR Just weeks after tasting the 2001 Château d’Yquem at the estate, another bottle was served at a lunch in London and it was...
96 RP / 96 WCI / 96 WA / 96 WS / 18.5 JR The 1976 Yquem continues to go from strength to strength. Who can ignore the awesome bouquet of spices, honeyed fruit, pineapples, bananas, coconuts, and overripe melons? This...
91 RP This 1996 Valandraud has firmed up significantly since bottling. Unfined and unfiltered, this viscous wine displays the tell-tale thickness of color (saturated dark ruby/plum/purple). The wine\'s exotic bouquet is...
94 WS One of the wines of the tasting. Fresh and complex, generous in character, with lovely dried cherry and spice aromas that follow through on the palate. Full-bodied, with concentrated fruit and firm tannins,...
100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WA / 98-100 FS / 99 VM / 99 WS / 99 WCI / 98 RP / 19.5 JR Stunning. So deep and characterful yet refined and subtle. It shows aromas of wet earth, mushrooms and dark fruits. Dry black olives come out...
97+ WA / 97 RP / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96 DE / 95 VM / 18.5 JR Deep garnet colored with a touch of brick, the 2000 Mouton Rothschild (composed of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot) boldly bursts from the glass with...
20/20 JR / 99 WCI / 98 VM / 98 RP / 98 JA A bottle that had been decanted 12 hours previously and, although there was the tiniest suggestion it has not been freshly opened, was absolutely stonking. So rich, sweet and...
100 JS / 100 DE / 100 JD / 100 WE / 100 FS / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WS / 98 WI / 19 JR #52 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 #1 James Suckling French Wine of the Year 2018 #20 Wine Enthusiast's Top...
100 WI / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 DE / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 99 WS / 99 WA / 98 VM / 20 JR The 2000 Chateau Margaux is deep garnet in color, with a touch of brick. It leaps from the glass with evocative scents of plum preserves,...
98 WA / 98 JD / 97 WCI / 96+ WI / 94 WS / 18.5 JR Tasted at Bipin Desai’s Le Pin vertical in Los Angeles. A magnificent Le Pin, deep garnet/ruby in colour. The nose has the clarity of crisp spring morning with notes...
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100 RP / 19 JR One of the wines of the day was the 1950 Latour à Pomerol. 1950 was a forgotten vintage in Bordeaux until I started writing about how great some of the Pomerols were. It is one of those unusual...
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97 DE / 96 RP / 96 WCI / 94+ VM / 94 WS / 18.5 JR The nose showed warm and sunny, baked black and red fruit on the nose and a supple but dense texture. The impressive level of tannin noted in earlier tastings is softening...
19.5 JR / 96 WA / 94 JS Very deep crimson. A very big-boned wine of great density. Some very strong menthol character with a touch of liquorice too and pretty dry on the finish. This seems to have taken on flesh since its...
100 WA / 99 VM / 99 JA #2 Jane Anson Top 10 Left Bank Bordeaux 2024 Port-like, with an unctuous texture, and a dark garnet color with considerable amber at the edge, the 1961 Latour possesses a viscosity and...
100 JS / 100 WA / 100 FS / 99 DE / 98 WCI / 98+ RP / 98 VM / 97 WE / 97 WS / 19 JR This is crazy. The nose is so unique with the iodine, stones and currant aromas with wet earth and mushroom. Aromas like this don't usually...
100 RP / 100 WCI / 98 JA / 97 DE / 97 VM / 19.5 JR One of the wines of the vintage, the 2000 has barely budged in its evolution since it was bottled and released in 2002. After ten years in bottle, it still reveals a dense...
100 WA / 100 JD / 99 RP / 99 DE / 99 WCI / 97 JS / 19 JR One of the great wines of the vintage, and the last produced under the ownership of the Woltner family, the 1982 La Mission Haut-Brion remains remarkably youthful,...
93 WS / 92 VM / 17 JR Very ripe, rich and fleshy, although still with a hard backbone. Deep ruby, brick-red color, ripe, intense raspberry aromas, full-bodied, with ripe, rich rasberry flavors and cedar and tobacco notes...
100 RP / 100 AG / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 99 JA / 98 VM / 96 WS / 18.5 JR One of the greatest 1961s, La Mission-Haut-Brion has been fabulous to drink for the last 5-10 years. Where well-stored, this wine will continue to drink...
100 RP / 100 VM / 100 WCI / 98 AG / 19 JR / 96 JA Even allowing for the greatness of Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild, the 1955 La Mission is the "wine of the vintage." It possesses a sweet, cedary, clove, smoke, and...
97 WCI / 96 RP / 95 FS / 19 JR Powerful, rich, concentrated and deep, with waves of rich, juicy, sweet, fresh mineral driven citrus fruits, honey suckle and vanilla, this is quite young and tight. Give this at least another...
91 DE The estate had just been bought the year before by the Freys, taking over from René Chayou, owner of Ayala Champagne - although Caroline Frey arrived a few years later. Significantly higher Merlot than in...
97 JS / 96 DE / 96 WCI / 96 FS / 18 JR Complex aromas of blackberry and whole white truffles with hints of wet earth and stones. Full body and structured with gorgeous, velvety tannins, but reserved and polished. Very long...
96 WCI / 95 WA / 95 FS / 93+ VM / 93 WS / 93 JS / 18 JR Flowers, fresh churned earth, cherry pipe tobacco, cocoa and cigar box aromas are making their presence known. Still young, the wine is fresh, supple and tannic. While...
98 WCI / 97+ WA Off the hook from the first sniff, sip, and swallow. The compelling nose, with its ripe and overripe plums and kirsch, black cherry, charcoal, mint, flowers, truffle, and forest scents was almost more than...
100 RP / 100 DE / 98 WCI / 18 JR The 1986 possesses outstanding richness, a deep color, medium body, a graceful, harmonious texture, and superb length. The penetrating fragrance of cedar, chestnuts, minerals, and rich fruit...
100 DE / 99 JD Actual bottle shown. Per back label was recorked at the chateau in 1991. I have tasted this wine several times over the past few years, and each bottle has blown me away. Now almost 60 years old, it still...
91 WS This is extremely well-crafted. Dark colored, with wonderful milk chocolate and ripe berry aromas. Full-bodied, with well-integrated tannins and plenty of refined and rich fruit. Give this time. Super quality from a...
Deep violet-red. Perfectly balanced acidity with a nose of black cherries, ripe blood orange and raspberries, vanilla bean, root beer, clove and cedar. Fades away slowly to black teas and caramel on an ultra-fine tannic...
100 RP / 100 JD / 99 WCI / 98 WS / 98 FS / 18 JR One of the most singular Bordeaux I have ever tasted, it verges on being port-like, but it pulls back because of the extraordinary minerality and laser-like focus. The wine...
100 WA / 99 RP / 98 DE / 98 WCI / 19.5 JR Deep garnet-black in color, the 1996 is classic Latour at its utmost. The nose offers a tantalizing array of complex notes including dried Chinese plums, toasted nuts, Indian spices...
91-93 JM / 90-92 WA / 90-92 VM Medium deep crimson. A fresh pinot nose, not too intense. A mid to dark raspberry fruit on the palate albeit with a certain crispness, a little wood at the back, but a complete and once...
100 JS / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 WS / 99 DE / 99 FS / 98 RP / 98 WI / 97 VM / 19 JR Latour has made truly great wines in the past two decadesand this is one of the best. It has fabulous aromas of black truffles, currants,...
91 VM / 90 WE 33% new French oak. Bright red. Ripe red berry, cola and mocha scents are sharpened by a suggestion of white pepper. Appealingly sweet and energetic on the palate, offering nicely concentrated raspberry and...
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