98 WI / 97 WA / 97 JA / 97 JD / 97 VM / 96 AG / 96 DE / 96 JS / 96 WS / 96 WE / 96 WCI / 96 FS / 19 JR #7 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 The 2019 Leoville Barton is deep garnet-purple in color. It needs a fair...
100 JD / 99 WA / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98+ WI / 98 VM / 97 JA / 97 DE / 95-97 WE / 17.5 JR #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022#41 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 An...
99 DE / 96 JS / 96 WS / 96-98 JD / 95 WI / 17.5 JR From the very first moment your nose approaches the glass you know something special is happening. Seductive, rich, mouth-filling to the point that you really understand...
100 WI / 100 JS / 100 TB / 100 WCI / 98+ JD / 98 VM / 98 WA / 98 DE / 98 WE / 18.5 JR #1 Tasting Book Best Red Wines of the World 2023#7 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections...
100 JA / 100 WI / 98 DE / 98 AG / 98 JD / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WA / 17.5++ JR#2 Wine Independent Top 50 QPR Collector Wines 2023 Château Canon has been taking off over the past few years, and here you see why...
97 DE / 93 VM / 92-94 WCI / 93+ WI / 93 JS Expressive nose of blackcurrants, parma violets and spices all with such a sweet nuance. Great quality to the tannins here, they're ripe and mouth coating but fine and well defined...
97 JD / 97 JS / 96 WCI The flagship from this estate, the 2019 Château Péby Faugères is all Merlot from the eastern part of the appellation, brought up in a mix of new and used barrels. Its deep purple...
96 JD / 95 JS / 95 JA / 94 DE / 94 WI / 93 VM / 17 JR The 2019 Château Nenin is truly fantastic, and my money is on it being the finest vintage to date for this estate. Based on 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc...
95 VM / 95 WI / 94 JD / 94 JS / 94 WE / 94 WCI / 92 DE Just as it was en primeur, the 2019 Le Carré is a wild, virile wine. The Cabernet Franc is again incredibly assertive, with strong savory and feral notes that...
92 FS Slightly brightened ruby garnet. Ripe fruit, a hint of cassis, dried apricots, some botrytis? Slightly leaner on the palate, good tannin backbone, red berry finish, well-aged wine. Still very nice to drink...
96 WS Harmonious, supple and very generous, full-bodied, with ripe tannins; perfect to enjoy now but it should last, it's almost black in color and explodes with cassis and green olive aromas and flavors.--Château...
93 JS / 16.5 JR Plum, ripe-blackberry, tar, chocolate and walnut aromas. It’s medium-to full-bodied with sleek, round tannins and a creamy texture. Delicious. Nicely done for the vintage. Rich and layered. 100% merlot...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 WI / 98 WS / 97 IWC / 97 WE / 97 VM / 19+ JR “Administrator Frederic Engerer says the 2003 is “the sexiest Latour ever made.” He also described it as “the 1990 without any...
93-95 WA / 92-94 BH The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is one-third whole cluster, less than in recent years according to winemaker Brian Sieve, with almost 50% new oak. It has a beautiful bouquet with scents of blackberry,...
93 JD / 93 VM / 92 JS / 92 WS / 92 DE / 92 WCI / 91 WE / 16+ JR Under the helm of Marjolaine de Coninck, who arrived from Fonplegade in 2009, this estate has been firing on all cylinders, and they've made a...
98 WI / 97 JS / 97 JA / 96 JD / 95+ WA / 95 WCI / 95 WE / 18 JR Special edition label designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the 350th Anniversary of the chateau. A blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon and 42% Merlot, the 2009...
99 JD / 98 WA / 98 JS / 95 VM Reminding me of the 2009 La Chapelle (which is a personal favorite), the brilliant 2017 Hermitage La Chapelle knocks it out of the park with its massive, opulent personality. Notes of smoked...
97 DE / 97 WE / 96 WS / 95 JS / 94-96 WA / 94 FS / 94 WCI / 18+ JR A delicious wine that stands out from many in the vintage. A ton of personality, with a sappy, raspberry, autumnal berry fruit as it opens and travels...
100 RP / 100 JS / 99 WE / 98 JA / 98 WCI / 98 WS / 98 FS / 98 DE / 97 VM / 19.5 JR Well, well, well - Lafite Rothschild does it again. Ever since manager Charles Chevalier was transferred from his beloved Sauternes property...
100 RP / 99 FS / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 97 WE / 18 JR A modern day version of the 1959 Lafite, the 2003 Lafite Rothschild was bottled in mid-May, 2005 after achieving 12.9% natural alcohol hardly an astonishing figure given the...
93-95 JD / 94 JS / 94 WE / 93 DE / 93 WCI / 92 WA / 91 WS / 90 VM / 17+ JR In the running for the top second wine of the vintage, the 2018 Le Petit Cheval checks in as 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc and has incredible...
99 JS / 97 JD / 97 VM / 96 WE / 96 WS / 96 DE / 95+ WA / 18 JR #3 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 #25 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021#54 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021 The intensity and perfumes...
96 VM / 95 WS / 95 DE / 95 FS / 93-95 WCI / 94 JS / 94 JD / 93 WA / 17.5 JR The 2018 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is fabulous, just as it was from barrel. Strong Cabernet inflections soar out of the glass, giving the wine a...
99 JD / 99 DE / 98 WCI / 97 WI / 97 JS / 97 WE / 97 FS / 96-99 VM / 95 WS / 18 JR Easily the greatest example from this château that I've tasted, the 2018 Château Calon Ségur checks in as 65% Cabernet...
96 VM / 96 JD / 96 WCI / 95 FS / 95 WS / 95 WA / 94 DE / 94 JS / 94 WE / 16.5 JR An unabashedly flamboyant, exotic wine, the 2018 Beychevelle possesses tremendous richness and raciness right out of the gate. Inky dark...
98 JD / 96 VM / 96 WCI / 95 WA / 95 WS Deep ruby-colored and offering a heavenly bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spiced, cured meats, licorice, and cured meats, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Combes des Fous is...
96 WE / 93-95+ JD / 95 JS / 94+ WA / 94 VM / 94 WCI / 93 DE / 16.5+ JR The second wine of Château Ausone, always produced in limited quantities, provides a fine echo of the top wine. Bold tannins and fine perfumes...
97 JS / 96 JD / 95 WCI / 94+ WA / 94 DE / 94 FS / 17 JR #14 out of 48 in the Saint Emilion Oswald's Blind Tasting, London 2022 featuring 2011-2018 Angelus, Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Figeac, Pavie, Quintus A wine...
99 JS / 99 JD / 98 DE / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 FS / 96 WA / 96 WE / 17.5 JR #7 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021#53 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100...
95 WE / 93-95 WA / 94 DE / 94 VM / 17 JR #58 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021 This wine is beautifully textured. The orange-peel and candied fruitiness are balanced by a dry core of botrytis that...
100 DE / 100 FS / 100 WCI / 99 JS / 98+ VM / 98+ WA / 98 JD / 98 WE / 97 WS / 18.5 JR#31 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 A great Cheval Blanc that stands up to the potential that I...
100 WA / 100 WCI / 99 JS / 98 JD / 98 DE / 98 WS / 98 FS / 97 VM / 18 JR #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The 2018 Haut-Brion is composed of 49.4% Merlot, 38.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11.9% Cabernet...
98 VM / 98 WA / 98 WCI / 97+ JD / 97 JS / 97 DE / 95 FS / 95 WE The 2018 La Conseillante is a regal and utterly exquisite Pomerol from the very first taste. Technical Director Marielle Cazaux and...
100 DE / 100 WE / 98 JS / 98 JD / 98 VM / 98 WCI / 98 FS / 97+ WA / 97 JA / 96 WS / 18 JR #23 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2021#71 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France...
100 JS / 100 DE / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WE / 99 FS / 98 WS / 97+ JD#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#36 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 I am a little bit...
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...
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!...
100 JD / 98 WCI / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 JA / 96 WA / 17 JR #7 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The 2018 Château Larcis Ducasse checks in as 89% Merlot and 11%...
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...
100 JD / 99 JS / 99 WCI / 98 WI / 98 DE / 97 VM / 96-98 WE / 95-98 WS / 17.5 JR#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 The bottles for the 2018 vintage feature a red phoenix above the...
98 FS / 97 WS / 97 JS / 97 JD / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96 DE / 94 VM / 94+ WA / 18 JR #12 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021#94 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021 Dark ruby, purple reflections,...
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+ JD / 98 WS / 98 DE / 98 WE / 97+ WA / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 FS / 18 JR#2 Wine Spectator Top 100 2021 Destined to be one of the great vintages of Pichon Lalande, the wine is opulent,...
100 WI / 100 JD / 100 JA / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 98 DE / 97 WE / 97 FS / 18.5 JR A blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 7% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Montrose is deep garnet-purple in color. It...
100 VM / 100 JS / 98 WCI / 19.5 JR The 1945 Vieux Château Certan is a vintage that I have been fortunate to encounter twice before, and this bottled had been recorked at the château. This year, frosts on April...
95 JS / 95 WCI / 94+ JD / 93 VM / 93 FS / 92+ WA Fantastic purity and depth to this young wine and especially for the vintage. Medium to full body. Creamy and beautifully textured with gorgeous richness and balance...
97 VM / 97 WS / 96 JD / 95 JS / 95 DE / 95 WA The 2017 L'Évangile,100% Merlot for this first time, is just as impressive from bottle as it was from barrel. Dark, sumptuous and wonderfully inviting, the 2017 has...
98 JS / 98 WI / 98 WA / 97 VM / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 18.5 JR#24 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Extremely enticing aromas of blackberries, brambleberries, sweet tobacco, bark and mushrooms follow through...
98 JS / 98 WE / 97 WI / 97 DE / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 96+ VM / 96 WS / 17.5+ JR #39 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 This is extremely aromatic and perfumed with crushed-berry, flower, currant and...
94 JA / 93 DE / 93 JS / 93 VM / 92 WS / 92 WI / 91 WE / 17.5 JR A lighter-framed vintage that will be ready to drink before the classic 10 year window. You see hints of this immediately in the plum colour, with shadings of...
98 WA / 98 WCI / 97 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 96 JD / 96 WE / 18 JR The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of baked red...
95+ VM / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 94 JD / 94 WI / 94 JA / 92-94 WE / 93 JS / 17.5 JR One of the stars of the vintage, the 2014 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is total knock-out. Graphite, smoke, red cherry jam, spice, cured meat,...
99 JS / 97 JD / 97 WI / 96 VM / 96 WA / 96 WCI / 95 WS / 95 WE / 17.5 JR #41 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The clarity to this wine is impressive. Wealth of dark-plum and black-fruit essence not to mention orange...
97 VM / 96 RP / 96 WCI / 18.5 JR The 1982 Grand-Puy-Lacoste put in a magnificent performance where it looks the First Growths in the eye and challenges their supposed superiority. This is unquestionably the best of a...
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...
97 JS / 95+ JD / 95 WA / 95 DE / 95 WCI / 94 WI / 17.5 JR Lots of cedar, tea-leaf and hazelnut character and ripe fruit aromas. Citrus peel, too. Full body, round and juicy tannins and a flavorful finish. Smoky...
100 RP / 20++ JR / 98 VM Actual bottles shown. Please indicate in the order comments which number bottle you would like. What can I say about this mammoth wine that is more like port than dry red table wine? The 1947...
98 DE / 95 VM / 18.5 JR Cheval Blanc saw 25% less rainfall than average in this vintage. Summer was hot but not a heatwave – the grapes were brought in from 7 September to 5 October, the earliest harvest date in...
92-94 WA / 91 FS / 17 JR This terroir is superbly situated between Beausejour Duffau and Beau-Sejour-Becot, with Angelus within shouting distance. Bellevue has been managed by Stephane Derenoncourt and Nicolas Thienpont...
98 WA / 97 VM / 97 WE / 97 WCI / 96 DE / 17.5++ JR One of the handful of candidates for wine of the vintage is the 2006 Ausone. In fact, while tasting it, I was thinking, is there any estate in Bordeaux that, since 1998,...
100 WI / 100 DE / 99 WA / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96 VM / 19 JR The 1982 Cheval Blanc has a medium garnet-brick color and springs from the glass with scents of kirsch, dried cranberries, and pencil shavings, leading to...
100 RP / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 DE / 100 JD / 99 WCI / 98 WS / 19 JR Our special guest for the night was administrator Pierre Lurton, and one of his favorite vintages under his impeccable guidance at Cheval Blanc is the...
100 RP / 100 DE / 100 WCI / 100 FS / 20/20 JR / 98 WA / 98 VM / 98 JD / 97 JS This wine has overtaken its closest rival, the 1982. Dense ruby purple with only a bit of lightening at the edge, the explosive nose of black...
100 RP / 99 WCI / 98 WA / 18.5 JR Amazing! The limestone soils of Ausone appear to have been the perfect foil for resisting the extreme heat and drought of June, July and August, 2003. This black/purple-colored effort...
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...
98 JS / 98 WA / 98 FS / 96 WS The aromas of dried flowers, stones, dark tea leaves, hot tile, and dark berries. Full-bodied, yet tight and linear. Wonderful drive and depth. An extremely long and focused finish. A great...
97 WCI / 96 VM / 96 DE / 96 WE / 96 JA / 94 JD / 94 JS / 94 WA / 94 WI / 18 JR Already incredible to drink, the wine is concentrated, rich, sensuous, and packed with layers of fruit that does not quit. Even though it is...
100 JS / 100 VM / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 97-99 FS / 97-99 WE / 99 WA / 99 WI / 98 DE / 97 WS / 18.5 JR #11 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 The blackberries, blueberries, oyster shell and violets...
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 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS / 100 JD / 99 VM / 99 DE / 99 WCI / 98 FS / 98 WS / 20/20 JR Over the last couple of years, I had inclined to the view that the 1986 vintage was eclipsing the 1982 Mouton Rothschild, but two...
93 RP / 93 WS / 93 VM / 18.5 JR The home property of Jean-Luc Thunevin, the inspirational spirit for Bordeaux's garagiste movement, is Valandraud. The 2003 is a full-bodied, powerful St.-Emilion offering up notes of...
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,...
100 DE / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 99 WA / 99 VM / 99 WE / 98 WS / 98 FS / 18.5 JR #98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 What I love about the 2016 Lafite is that the sweetness of the fruit comes...
100 JD / 99 WI / 98 WA / 98 JS / 97+ AG / 97 DE / 97 WE / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 96+ VM / 18 JR I obviously underrated the 2016 Château Haut-Bailly on release, and it easily tops out my scale. A hypothetical blend...
99 JD / 98 JA / 97 WA / 96+ VM / 96 WCI / 95 JS / 94-96+ GV / 16.5+ JR Tasted on four separate occasions, the 2016 Château Clinet is another brilliant wine from this estate. Showing slightly more freshness and purity...
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 JD / 99 VM / 99 WCI / 98 JS / 98 WI / 97 WA / 97 DE / 17+ JR Cassis, crushed rocks, graphite, and liquid violet notes all emerge from the 2016 Château Beauséjour, one of the magical wines in this...
99 JD / 98 WCI / 97 JS / 96 WA The 2016 Château Péby Faugères is flat-out awesome and easily up with the finest Saint-Emilion out there. Incredible notes of ripe black cherries, truffly earth, iron,...
99 WI / 98 WE / 97 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WCI / 97 FS / 96 JD / 95 WS / 18.5 JR The 2016 Canon is deep garnet-black in color. Wow - it rockets out of the glass with a powerful nose of blackberry preserves,...
99 JS / 97 VM / 97 JD / 97 WCI / 96 WA / 95 WS / 95 DE / 17 JR #7 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 The aromas here are so spellbinding with shitake mushrooms, wet earth and moss, as well as tree bark and,...
100 WA / 100 DE / 100 VM / 100 JS / 100 WE / 100 WCI / 98+ JD / 98 WS / 18 JR #55 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 The 2016 Haut-Brion is blended of 56% Merlot, 37.5% Cabernet Sauvignon...
100 WA / 100 VM / 100 JS / 100 WCI / 99 JD / 98 JA / 97 DE / 18 JR #1 James Suckling's Top 100 French Wines of 2019#51 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2019 The 2016 Cos d'Estournel is blended of 76% Cabernet...
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