94 VM The 2022 Le Mont Moelleux is a medium-sweet, tender style that is just so welcoming and appealing. It is the quiet type that doesn't show off. It offers breadth without weight, which I always like about the Huet wines...
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...
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...
90-92 BH A mere 300 bottles were produced of this wine. This Clos des Chênes comes from an organically-farmed, 50-year-old vineyard. An elegant, fresh and almost airy nose consists of various dark berry scents that...
97 JS / 96 VM What a nose of floral honey and dried flowers this fabulous Auslese has. In spite of the abundant richness what makes this stand out is the invigorating mineral freshness. And the further back the wine rolls...
89-91 JM Two plots. This is a much more even colour, with a high-class nose. No way you would know this was generic Bourgogne. It absolutely fills the mouth, perfectly poised ripe but cool fruit, not once of the simple...
90-93 WA / 90-92 VM The 2017 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Vergelesses was 20% destemmed this year, as Chisa Bize struggled to fit all the grapes in the fermentation tank. Offering up aromas of sweet berry fruit,...
98 WA / 98 DE / 97 VM / 96 JD / 96 WS / 18+ JR Loaded with exotic perfumes of spring flowers and ripe berries, the 2016 Cote Rotie La Turque looks more like the wine I first tasted back in 2017. Medium to full-bodied, it's...
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...
90-92 JM / 91 DE 80% is from En Carougeot. A fine lively purple colour, with impressive energy of fruit, deep rich red cherry with some tannins in support and a lovely perfume at the finish. Entirely red fruit, a lovely...
96 DE / 94-96 WA / 94-96 VM / 95 JA / 93-95 JD / 93-94 JS / 92-94+ WI Juicy and lively, cool and crisp with concentrated but cool tannins that give the structure and density. It's massy, full, upfront, but retains a...
95 WS / 93 VM Dense and muscular, with cherry, strawberry, rose, mineral and eucalyptus flavors in the grip of assertive tannins. Despite being lithe and light-bodied, this red finds equilibrium in the end, with the red...
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,...
94 VM / 92-94 JM / 89-92 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...
95 VM / 93-95 BH The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, which comprises of just two barrels this year, has a highly-perfumed and precise bouquet that is actually reminiscent of Christophe Roumier's Bonnes-Mares. The palate is...
91 BH Tasting note: A brooding and much more restrained nose grudgingly offers up its combination of red currant liqueur, violet, poached plum and a hint of warm earth. The finer but not denser medium weight flavors possess...
96-99 JM / 96 BH / 96 WA / 96 DE The average age of the vines is 65. On the darker side of imperial purple and then, what a magisterial nose, clearly ahead of anything else in the cellar! Clos de la Roche ripened early this...
94 FS / 93 DE / 93 WS / 92 WA / 92 JD / 17 JR A tender nose shows of a sense of fresh, sweet cream and crushed berry – unusually with a hint of blueberry, followed by Red Delicious apple and a beautifully lifted and...
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...
99 FS / 97 JD / 97 WS / 96+ WA#28 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 Deep crimson in colour with purple reflections and a broad and bright ochre rim. On the nose, aromas of black berry fruit, hints of liquorice and dark nougat,...
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 JM / 87-89 BH Bottled end March. Pale colour with a light green reflection. An almost stern chiselled nose but you sense the weight of fruit behind. A little touch of greengage. This is tightly wound for a Bourgogne...
94 VM / 17 JR The 2014 Brut Coeur de Cuvée impresses with its density and overall energy. Apricot, baked apple tart, spice, chamomile and lightly honeyed accents all meld together. The 2014 is deep and beautifully...
95 JS / 93 WA / 92 AG Tightly wound and intensely mineral, this is a very serious and concentrated vintage champagne that just needs a bit more time in the bottle for the still discreet citrus notes to unfold. However,...
Grown a stone's throw from Clos de Vougeot, Les Amoureuses and Le Musigny, Vougeot wines are obviously strongly akin to these illustrious growths. The fact that only a small quantity is produced gives it a special cachet...
93 JS Lovely sour cherries and vibrant acidity make this sleek, medium-bodied red Burgundy extremely engaging. Impressive, rooty depth and delicate spice at the long finish. Drink or hold..—James...
100 JS / 100 WA / 99 RP / 99 WCI / 98 WS / 97 VM / 97 WE / 97 DE / 19.5 JR Wine No. 1 on James Suckling's Top 100 Bordeaux of 2013 A perfect wine with perfect purity of fruit. It shows gorgeous aromas of blackberries,...
97 JS / 96 WE / 95 WA / 94 WI / 94 DE This is so wonderfully perfumed with tangerine and strawberry aromas that rise out of the glass in a spectacular way. The palate is full, yet so fine-textured, with super-polished...
92-95 JM / 92 WS / 92 VM / 91-93 BH / 17 JR Still cloudy having just been racked, and the wood shows a little. Powerful on the palate, the spices are hard at work, massive concentration, the sunshine of Chapelots to the...
96 JS / 95 WI / 95 JD / 95 VM / 93 WE / 93 WCI / 93 DE / 92 JA / 16 JR Wow. What a second wine with berries, chocolate, and coffee beans. Black berries. Full and layered with such incredible length and intensity. The real...
88 WS Presents pretty cherry and raspberry aromas and flavors, which are framed by earth, underbrush and spice accents. Reveals assertive tannins that dominate the back end, ending on the dry side. Drink now through 2025...
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...
97 VM / 96 DE / 96 WCI / 95 JS / 94 WI / 94 JD / 17 JR The 2021 Rauzan-Ségla is impressive. Dark, somber and brooding, the 2021 offers up a heady concoction of black cherry, plum, graphite, new leather,...
95 JS / 95 WE / 95 KO / 93 WA Blackberries, blueberries, dried raspberries, cedar, clove and vanilla bean on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, silky tannins and juicy layers of ripe fruit. Cocoa and...
98 JS / 96 VM / 95 WA This shows real clarity and precision of fruit and fine tannins. The bark and mushroom character is fascinating, but the extended character of wet earth adds to the whole experience. It’s so long...
95 WA / 93 KO / 93 FS / 17.5 JR The 2017 Barolo Villero is visibly darker with opulent fruit, blackberry confit, potting soil and licorice. The wine is layered and bold, but it also shows a soft side with sweet fruit that...
96 WA / 94 WS / 93 WI / 93 VM / 17.5 JR This wine is full of surprises. From a hot vintage, the Giuseppe Mascarello 2017 Barolo Monprivato is unexpectedly floral, initially, more than it is fruity. Indeed. it shows hardly...
97 JS / 96 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 96 WS The expansive spectrum of dried stone-fruit, candied-citrus and fresh-melon aromas beautifully fill out the rich and luscious palate of this precisely balanced Vouvray. Great honeyed...
92 BH / 90-93 JM / 90-92+ WA Note: from all three sectors of the vineyard Tasting note: A deft application of wood sets off more deeply pitched aromas that include those of poached plum, black cherry...
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98 TA / 97 WE / 95 VM At its best - and La Nieta is a very good example - 2018 produced some delicious wines in Rioja. This single vineyard parcel of 1.78 hectares, planted on bony clay and limestone soils in 1975, has...
90-91 JM / 89-91 VM / 89-91 BH 100% whole bunch. 2.5 barrels of ancient vines. Fine mid purple. A wealth of dense very dark raspberry fruit, exciting purple, evidently ripe enough and with good density, spicy white pepper...
93 BH / 91-94 JM / 91-93 VM / 90-92 WA Note: from vines planted in 1956 and 1965 Tasting note: There is ample Chablis typicity present on the still agreeably fresh nose of pear, apple, white flower, lemon rind and...
98 DE Good things come to those who wait. The last two pipes (casks) of a wine set aside 125 years ago were bottled earlier this year. The 1896 vintage was a watershed for the Port trade as it was much the best harvest...
97 DE / 95 JA / 94+ JD / 94 JS / 94 WA / 94 WE / 94 FS / 93 VM / 17.5 JR Suave, elegant and calmly confident. A masterclass in high-definition winemaking where all the elements are presented harmoniously with structure,...
Only 100 cases were made featuring 1 magnum from 4 outstanding vintages: 2000 (97 WA), 2010 (99+WA), 2015 (98 JS) and 2016 (100 WA / 100 VM / 100 JS) To complete the experience, a private tour of Cos...
98 JD / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 97 WS / 96 VM / 95 JS / 18.5 JR #6 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Wine Advocate Reviewers- Favorites 2022: A Wine for the Cellar Tasted out of bottle, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape...
92 WA / 16.5 JR The 2017 Elixir is a new dry blend of Palomino and Moscatel grapes. The Palomino comes from old vines in Viña La Platera from Pago Miraflores in Sanlúcar on classical albariza soils, and the...
99 RP / 98 WA / 96 VM / 19.5 JR The 1988 is a backward-styled Yquem, built along the lines of the extraordinary 1975. With a honeyed, smoky, orange/coconut/pineapple-scented nose, this powerful wine possesses full body,...
92 WE / 91 WS Flavors of tart cherry, red currant and clove combine to highlight a palate of measured ripeness and grace in this firmly tannic wine from a great site. It shows breadth to the body and is succulent in nature,...
99 WI / 99 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 98 WE / 96 VM / 18 JR #5 Wine Independent Top 10 QPR Collector Wines under $200 2023#6 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#14 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector...
99 VM / 99 JS / 99 WI / 98 AG / 98 JA / 98 WE / 98 WCI / 98 FS / 97 JD / 97 DE / 96+ WA / 19 JR #18 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022 The 2019 Palmer is beautifully defined on the nose with pencil lead...
98 JD / 97 VM / 97 AG / 97 JA / 97 DE / 97 WCI / 96 WA / 96 WS / 95 WI / 95 JS / 18 JR The flagship 2019 Château Léoville Poyferré is based on 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and the...
99 JS / 98 WI / 97 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96+ WA / 96 JD / 96 FS / 17.5+ JR #2 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#22 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of...
94 WA / 93 WI / 93 JA / 93 JS / 93 WCI / 92 VM / 92 JD / 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...
91 RP Still backward, but one of the great successes of the vintage, the 1994 still has a deep ruby/purple color, notes of plums, a hint of prunes, earth, truffle, and mineral. As the wine sits in the glass, some of the...
92-94 VM / 93 JM / 92+ WA / 90-93 BH / 17 JR Bright ruby. Blackberry, licorice and violet on the perfumed nose. Fine-grained and suave, but with terrific inner-mouth floral lift giving the middle palate a sense of energy...
97 WCI / 96+ JD / 96 VM / 96 JS / 96 WE / 96 FS / 95 DE / 94+ WA / 94 WS / 16+ JR #33 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 Deeply colored, the wine is all about its sensuality. Texturally, the wine is silk and...
100 WA / 100 WE / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 VM / 97 WS / 19 JR#34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#53 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021 Lafite...
99 JD / 99 JS / 99 FS / 98+ WA / 98 WCI / 97+ VM / 97 DE / 97 WE / 96 WS / 18++ JR #9 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#17 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#38 James Suckling's Top 100...
98 JA / 98 DE / 97+ JD / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96 WS / 96 VM / 96 WI / 94-96 WE / 17 JR #92 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 One of the standouts of the vintage, with blackcurrant...
99 WCI / 98 JS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 VM / 97+ WA / 97 FS / 96 WE / 95 WS / 18 JR#18 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#51 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 Wow, that's what I am talking about!...
95 DE / 93 BH Super-ripe and brooding nose showing black fruits. There is power and tension here. Very ripe attack, balanced and given precision by the exuberant acidity. Spicy, perky, and very long.--Stephen Brook,...
93 DE / 91-93 BH Les Didiers is a 2.5ha monopole that belongs to the Hospices de Nuits, from which Laurent Lignier has bought a barrel every year since 2005. Entirely destemmed but with 50% new wood, this is textured,...
98+ VM / 97 JA / 96 WI / 96 JS / 96 WE / 95 JD / 17+ JR #4 Jane Anson Top 10 Right Bank Wines of 2023#61 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2020#88 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of...
Actual half bottles available shown below. Purchased from a cellar in France. Due to the fact there are 2 different labels we contacted Faiveley and they confirmed that at that time there were different labels. A...
91 WS / 91-93 VM Subtle aromas of fruit, grilled meat and cedar, yet it's a blockbuster on the palate. Full-bodied and tannic. Chewy. - JS, Wine Spectator Good medium color, less saturated than the '95. Pungent, vibrant...
98 VM / 97 WCI The 1955 Cheval Blanc is utterly divine – even better than the bottle tasted in 2014. Quite clear and deep in color, it is blessed with a heavenly bouquet: ripe and vivacious red fruit, iodine,...
100 RP / 97 FS / 96+ VM / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 18 JR Actual bottles shown here: 100 RP / 97 FS / 96+ VM / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 18 JR "The monumental 1982 Gruaud Larose, which I think I've said before is clearly the...
99 JS / 97 JD / 96 WA / 95 VM / 95 WS #2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2017 Terrific aromas of violets, roses and raspberries with hints of strawberries and brown sugar. Full body. Phenomenal layers of focused fruit...
98 WCI / 97 WA / 97 WI / 97 JS / 97 JA / 96 VM / 96 WE / 96 DE / 95+ JD / 95 WS / 18 JR Incredibly polished and silky on the palate, the wine is deep, concentrated, luscious and sexy. Even though...
94 WCI / 94 CT / 18 JR Actual bottle shown. Smoke, tobacco, tart red berries, cigar wrapper, cedar and coffee notes permeate the perfume. The wine is medium bodied, soft and earthy with a strong tobacco and ash...
100 JS / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 DE / 98 JD / 98 WS / 98 WE / 97 VM / 97 FS / 19 JR This was phenomenal from barrel and remains so. The aromas are spellbinding. It smells like a bouquet of pink roses and then goes to currants,...
90 WA / 16 JR The ’70 Les Forts de Latour has aged exceedingly well over forty years. A light, gravely, earthy, mulberry-scented bouquet that just lacks a little definition due to its rusticity. Medium-bodied on the...
100 JS / 99 WCI / 98 JD / 98 WA / 98 VM / 96 WS / 96 WE / 96 DE / 19 JR #45 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 Rose petals, sandalwood and currants with some plums and fruit tea. Full-bodied, tight and...
99 WA / 97 VM / 96 WCI / 18.5 JR Reminiscing over the 1989 and 1990 vintages, which I have followed from birth, there always seemed to be a dramatic difference in quality. Not that the 1990 was not a top wine, but in its...
90 FS / 89-90 JS Delicately nutty and with a touch of chocolate underlaid with black berry confit. Full-bodied, shows good complexity, well-integrated tannins, fine nougat on the finish too, promising length, blackberries...
95+ RP / 94 VM / 94 WCI / 93 WS This tiny, 5-acre vineyard with nearly 50-year old vines produces only 4,000 bottles from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The broodingly tannic, backward 2006 is remarkably...
89 WS Delicious, subtle and elegant. Good ruby color. Medium-bodied, with medium, silky tannins, a floral, berry and fresh earth character and a fruity, chocolate and berry aftertaste.--1982 Bordeaux horizontal. - Wine...
100 DE / 100 KO / 96 VM / 18+ JR I remember tasting Costanti’s 2019 Rosso di Montalcino in 2021 and thinking how Brunello-esque it was: the sturdy structure was almost uncharacteristic, yet it certainly boded well for...
99 DE / 19.5 JR / 97+ VM / 96 WA "And so from P1 methuselah to P2, which for Geoffroy ‘goes beyond Champagne’. P2, he continues, must be ‘deeper, richer, longer…better than P1' - otherwise why...
99 WA / 97 WS / 95 WCI “The 2010 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is an off-the-hook effort that easily competes with the more expensive single-vineyard releases. Seamless, gorgeously pure and seriously concentrated...
92-95 BH / 94 WA / 92 VM Note: from a .25 ha parcelTasting note: Appealingly spiced aromas of plum, black cherry, violet and exotic tea introduce sleek, delicious and mineral-driven middle weight flavors that are notably...
100 WE / 97 JD / 97 DE / 96+ WA / 95 FS / 95 WCI / 18.5 JR This is a magnificently solid wine, initially even a bit severe. At this young stage, the tannins dominate, but it's also full of black fruit notes. Very dense and...
96 DE / 94 WA / 19 JR One-third each of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, 100% new oak, with a harvest that lasted from 17 September to 6 October. Still deep in colour, and is given a huge boost by the...
90-92 VM / 90 WA The 2021 Marsannay Charmes Aux Prêtres has quite a smoky, elevated nose with light hazelnut touches. The palate is well balanced with fine acidity, impressive concentration with a tight finish that...
91-93 VM The 2021 Marsannay Le Chapitre Blanc has a wonderful bouquet with well-defined walnut and citrus scents, even a touch of liquorice. The palate is well balanced with plenty of substance, a crisp line of acidity with...
99 JS / 95 VM / 94+ WA Still very young, but with a combination of great concentration, great tension and great minerality, this incredible dry riesling marries all of this with an astonishing gracefulness. With aeration in...
90 WA A cuvée of declassified Les Quarts, the 2019 Pouilly-Vinzelles offers up aromas of sweet orchard fruit, meadow blossom and clear honey. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with fine concentration and...
"Voerzio’s Barolos from the late 1980s and early 1990s capture a compelling balance between a modern concept of vineyard management and a fairly traditional style of vinification. Although Voerzio was in his mid-30s at...
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95 DE / 93 VM / 93 JD / 92 WS / 17.5 JR Relatively pale this year. It shows a floral expression of violets, and in the mouth it’s light-bodied, fresh and with good acidity. The tannins are much friendlier than La...
91 VM / 91 WS / 17 JR The 2021 Côte-Rôtie Ampodium used 90% whole-clusters during fermentation. This winemaking technique becomes visible in the aromatic profile through a marked stemminess, complemented by...
97 WA / 97 JS / 95 JD From grapes picked in the Le Leon area, a single-plot vineyard covering 2.5 hectares, the 2014 Le Léon extra brut from Philipponnat has a gorgeous, fresh bouquet with aromas of white pepper,...
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...
The Hautes-Côtes de Nuits is located on a plateau behind the famous Côte de Nuits (village of Nuits-Saint-Georges) at altitudes of approximately 300 to 400 metres. Exposures are from south to east, which allows...
95 VM Despite its 125g/L of residual sugar, the 2022 Le Mont Premiere Trie Moelleux is balanced, fine and long. Yes, its sweetness fills the mouth and makes it blossom, but there's no suggestion of unctuousness or weight...
100 WCI Produced from 100% old vine, Cabernet Franc, the aromas of smoked roses is what you initially notice before finding tobacco leaf, cherries, black raspberries, mint, menthol, and cigar box scents. The wine offers...
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