100 RP / 98 VM / 98 JD / 96 WS / 18 JR The dark garnet-colored 1961 Haut-Brion is pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, chocolate, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky...
"A straw yellow color with slight greenish tinges, the wine offers notes of spring flowers, apple and lemon peel, balanced by refreshing and bright acidity and just a touch of fizz." -Winery
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS / 100 JD / 100 WCI / 98 FS / 97 WS / 18 JR Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Cos d'Estournel features a myriad of wonderfully intense notes, including blackcurrant pastilles, redcurrant jelly, kirsch...
93 JS Blackcurrants, chocolate and violets follow through to a full body, round and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Beautiful merlot from old vines. Needs two or three years to soften. Drink in 2020. - James...
Made from Caino 30% and Espadeiro 70%, Sourced from a plot named Fontecon. Very poor soils over granite, organic and biodynamic Viticulture. Average production is 100 cases
92-94 JM / 91-93 WA / 90-92 VM Mid red purple. The bouquet is ravishing in the quality of its dark fruit, enlivened by a fresher red berry aspect. A really attractive sucrosity, then with the brambly qualities of some whole...
95 WA / 95 JS / 95 FS / 93 WS / 17 JR Gift boxes available by request Roederer's 2014 Brut Vintage is beautiful, offering up aromas of pear, mirabelle plum, red berries, warm biscuits and smoke. Full-bodied, layered and...
97 WA / 96 RP / 94 JA Deep garnet core with deep brick rim. The nose is very intense, with black cherry, espresso, cepes and even a hint of ginger. The palate is full-bodied, decadent, well-balanced with a little more poise...
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,...
95 VM / 17 JR The entrancing 2019 Munjebel Rosso FM (Feudo di Mezzo Sottana) blossoms in the glass, with a dusty mix of sweet minty herbs and bright cherry complemented by a hint of cinnamon sugar. Its textures are like...
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...
96 WA / 93 WE The barrel-fermented 2021 Sauvignon Blanc Redford-Wetle Vineyard is singular and exotic. The nose is bursting with grilled peaches, tarragon, beeswax, white pepper and candle smoke aromas, and the...
100 KO / 98 JD / 97 WS / 18+ JRGambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri 2024 Tasting Giuseppe Mascarello’s magnificent 2019 Monprivato stopped me in my tracks with its impeccable class, seemingly infinite energy and great balance...
95 JS / 94 JD / 94 WI / 93 VM#1 Wine Independent Champagne Over $100 2024 Deep nose of preserved and candied lemons with bread dough and toasted baguette. Concentrated and well structured, but the chalky minerality and the...
94 JD The bright magenta 2021 Pinot Noir Durant Vineyard Madrone Block is forward with lush mixed fruit of wild berry compote, pressed flowers, and wet stone. It feels primary up front but brings fine tannins, ripe fruit,...
91-94 BH / 90-93 JM Tasting note: Here too moderate reduction renders the nose difficult to assess. The relatively delicate and refined middle weight flavors possess no lack of punch that carries over to the youthfully...
96+ WA / 96 JS / 95 WS / 94 VM / 17+ JR#46 James Suckling's Top 100 Spanish Wines of 2023 I tasted the bottled 2021 Finca Dofí, which comes from the 16 hectares that spread across the lieux-dits of La...
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...
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...
98 JS / 96 WS / 96 DE / 96 JD / 96 VM / 95 WA / 18 JR Artist Joseph Kosuth was invited to interpret the character of the 2020 vintage for the Vendemmia d’Artista project. In addition to creating a site-specific work,...
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...
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 JM / 94 VM / 94 WS Mid purple with a slightly lighter rim, and the bouquet starts off as a little diffuse. This is not the most concentrated wine in the Echezeaux flight, that is not Drouhin's style, and it has a...
97 WA This is the first time I have tasted La Vitoriana from Ultreia, and the 2019 Ultreia La Vitoriana is the first vintage produced. It is from the north side of the same vineyard produced by Castro Ventosa. There are...
1er Cru Maltroie has a richness, power, and depth of fruit accompanied by an uncanny balance of acidity and minerality. Scents of wild flowers and honeysuckle mingle with ripe Anjou pear and spearmint, with a depth and...
92 JS / 92 VM / 92 DE / 92 FS / 91 WI / 91 WA / 91 JD / 91 WCI / 16.5 JR This has aromas of blackberries, porcini mushrooms, tobacco and charred bark. It’s medium-bodied with fine, supple tannins. Savory, with plenty...
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...
99 DE / 98 WE / 98 JS / 97+ VM / 97 FS / 96 WA / 18.5 JR #30 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2016 A relatively easy vintage in terms of grape growing, despite a rainy month of August that led to a...
95 FS / 94+ WI / 94 WA / 94 DE / 94 JS / 94 VM / 94 JD / 93 BH #87 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 Pale straw yellow, silver reflections, fine, persistent mousse. Delicate hints of cookie and lime zest, subtle yellow tropical...
95 WA / 17.5 JR Boasting a fuller more opulent fruit delivery, the Giuseppe Mascarello 2017 Barolo Perno Vigna Santo Stefano shows soft layers of dark berry and sweet cassis. Nebbiolo maintains its freshness in this...
91 VM / 90 WA / 90 WS / 90 JD #21 Wine Spectator Top French Sparkling Wines of 2023#86 Wine Spectator Top 100 2022 The NV Brut Tradition, based on 2013 in this release, is absolutely delicious, not to mention a...
98 JS / 98 JA / 98 DE / 96 VM / 96 WA / 17.5 JR #98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 Extraordinary aromas of white peaches, apricots, vanilla and flowers. Full-bodied and very sweet with so much sweet and dried...
94 WA / 17 JR I loved the 2017 Lumière, a white Palomino from old vines in the La Platera vineyard in Pago Miraflores that somehow made me think of the white topped-up wines from Jean-François Ganevat in the...
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 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...
99 DE / 98 JS / 97 JA / 96 VM / 96 WA / 95 WS / 19 JR Although the colour of the wine is now bricking at the rim, the core still has a deep, tawny/garnet hue. The aromas here are significantly mature, including smoke,...
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...
93 CT The domaine, formerly known as Château Génot-Boulanger is run by Guillaume Lavollée and his wife Aude, who is the inheritor of an estate which was founded by her great grandfather (Génot)...
100 RP Tasted three times over the last year, the monumental 1947 is a great example of what thick, viscous, chewy, super-concentrated wines were produced in Pomerol in that vintage. The color is opaque garnet. The nose...
100 JS / 98 WS / 98 WE / 98 FS / 97 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 18 JR#4 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 #23 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted...
96 WE / 93 WS / 93 JS / 92 RP The aromas are marked by butterscotch and baking spice notes, picking up lemon and apple flavors as this rides the vibrant structure to a long finish. Drink now through 2020. 15 cases imported"...
100 WCI / 99+ RP / 99 VM / 97 JS / 96 DE / 19 JR 5 Spice, smoke, kirsch liqueur, truffle, tobacco, charcoal and floral aromas pop from the glass. On the palate, this deep colored wine is pure, sensuous, silky and rich...
100 JD / 100 WI / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JA / 100 FS / 100 WCI / 99 VM / 99 DE / 99 WS / 99 WE / 19+ JR An incredible wine in every way, the 2009 Château Latour displays the ripe, sexy style of the vintage while still...
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...
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...
90 CT / 16.5 JR Brick rim and deep crimson. Very rich nose and round and glossy texture with good freshness. Getting a little dusty but there was obviously class here once. Drink up. Second bottle actually corked! - Jancis...
100 DE / 100 JA / 100 WA / 100 JS / 100 WE / 99+ WA / 98 RP / 97 FS / 97 WCI / 19 JR This vintage featured a cold winter and cool weather at flowering, followed by a dry summer with a hot July and warm days and...
93 WS / 91 WA / 16.5 JR A jammy bomb of fruit, with cherry pie and ripe raspberry flavors accented with toasty spice and briar notes as this energetic Zin zips along the zesty finish. Drink now through 2032. - TF, Wine...
89 WA / 87-89 VM / 85-87 JM Picked on September 17, the 2022 Bourgogne Aligoté Raisins Dorés exhibits aromas of sweet yellow orchard fruit, white flowers and buttery pastry, followed by a medium-bodied, rich...
91-93 VM / 90-92 JM / 90 BH The 2022 Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc Sous Frétille 1er Cru comes from east-facing vines. This charming bouquet has hints of melted wax infusing the green, limey fruit. With ne delineation...
Pierre-Yves’s wines have become highly sought-after in recent vintages and in many ways it is a totem of Burgundy’s move towards more micro-négoçiant set-ups. Where once the mantra was that you have...
Murgers des Dents de Chien Premier Cru wines are among the most coveted in Saint-Aubin. This Premier Cru vineyard is high on the Cote d'Or escarpment in the Saint-Aubin commune, and is positioned directly above the...
94 VM / 93 JS / 91 WS The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Bramare Luján de Cuyo was aged for 18 months in 25% new barrels, the rest in used. A dusky, garnet red in the glass. The nuanced nose is led by pyrazines followed by...
98 RP / 96 WS / 95 WA / 95 WCI / 17.5 JR "One of my favorite vintage ports - the 1970 Fonseca - a great port in full maturity, but capable of lasting another 25-30 years.” - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate...
95 JD / 94 WS / 93 DE / 92 VM / 17.5 JR True to form, the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Trois Sources is a softer, more elegant wine than the Les Hauts-Lieux and offers a gorgeous perfume of black cherries, black...
96 KO / 95+ WA / 94 WS / 93+ VM Rose, menthol, forest floor and leather aromas come to the forefront along with the barest whiff of asphalt. Full-bodied and structured, the palate delivers raspberry, blood orange, licorice...
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...
90-91 JM / 89 BH Note: Joseph Colin is the son of Marc Colin as well as the former winemaker at his father’s Domaine. He is the younger brother of Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. A cooler site which does well in these warm...
90 BH / 90-92 JM Note: Joseph Colin is the son of Marc Colin as well as the former winemaker at his father’s Domaine. He is the younger brother of Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. Tasting note: This is also aromatically...
98 AG / 98 JS / 98 WE / 97+ WA / 97 WS / 97 JD / 97 JM / 19 JR The 2012 Cristal is another absolutely stellar wine this flight of recent releases. Rich, vinous and beautifully textured, the 2012 has been nothing short of...
96 JM / 95+ WA / 95 BH Pale colour, with lightest of green reflections, very discreet in bouquet, but demonstrating an obvious sense of power too. Cool fresh white fruit appears, then at mid palate that there is a lemony...
100 WA / 98 WE / 98 DE / 97+ JD The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Poetry is a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sails out of the glass with energetic...
96+ WA / 95+ JD / 93-95 VM / 93 JS / 17.5 JR ‘Gramolere’ is located in Monforte d’Alba, facing south/southwest, at some 1,050 to 1,750 feet above sea level. Vines are on average 30 years old. Consistent...
94 WI / 93 VM / 93 DE / 17 JR Golden yellow in color, the Rive Gauche Rive Droit 2015 is a 50% Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that was barrel fermented with indigenous yeast, aged four years and finished with a four gram per...
98+ WA / 97 WE / 96+ VM / 96 JD / 95 DE / 95 JS / 95 WS / 95 WCI / 19 JR Wine Enthusiast Best of Year 2009 A sensational effort, the 2006 Mouton Rothschild exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a classic Mouton...
92 WA From a largely forgotten vintage that was ravaged by frost (with the exception of estates that benefited from the tempering influence of the Gironde), the 1991 Mouton Rothschild is drinking beautifully, bursting...
88 JM From the Vallée de Vaud below Mercurey. The vines had not started their cycle when it frosted. Pale colour with a light green reflection. This is very stylish and nuanced for an Aligoté, with a long...
90 JM Slightly fuller red. Plummy sweet fruit, very ripe strawberries, good acidity before some more rustic tannins in typical Chassagne mode. This will need time to settle down, but the finish is long. Tasted: September...
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...
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...
97 WA / 95 JS / 17 JR The 2006 Barolo Riserva Rocche dell’Annunziata is compelling in its open-knit, floral bouquet of freshly cut roses, cherries and raspberries. Sweet, round and perfumed, the wine possesses an...
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...
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,...
This wine was formerly known as Saint-Estèphe de Calon Ségur until the 2019 vintage when it adopted its new name.An integral member of the Calon Ségur family, the third wine exhibits a freshness and...
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...
96 VM / 95 WS / 94-97 JM / 93-95 BH The 2020 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is well-defined on the nose with joyful brambly red fruit laced with crushed stone, certainly one of the more mineral-driven wines from the famed closed...
99 WA / 99 DE / 99 VM / 98 JS / 98 JD / 97 WS / 97 WE / 18.5 JR#1 Decanter Top 10 Champagnes 2024 A candidate for wine-of-the-vintage honors in Champagne, Roederer's 2013 Cristal Rosé is showing brilliantly,...
99 KO / 97 JD / 95 WA / 95 WS / 94 VM Intensely perfumed, this is one of the best Barolos from the vintage, starting right out with its enticing scents wild rose, Alpine herb, wet stone, woodland berry and camphor. On the...
92 WA / 92 AG / 91 WS Disgorged in March 2021 with 1.5 grams per liter dosage, Mouzon's latest NV Extra-Brut L'ascendant Solera is based on the 2016 vintage, complemented by 50% reserve wines drawn from a solera established...
92-94+ WA / 93 BH Hailing exclusively from "terres rouges," 2017 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is the king of the cellar, unfurling in the glass with a less outgoing bouquet of peony, cherries, cassis, currant leaf and rich soil...
95 JS A great wine from Pommard that’s atypical for this appellation, but in the best possible way! So graceful and subtle with delicate forest-berry aromas on the nose. Stunning balance of vibrant fruit, racy tannins...
94 WA / 93 WS / 93 VM / 93 WI / 92 WE / 17 JR The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Pora (with 13,333 bottles released) is usually the first wine I taste each year when I review this set of Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco...
91 WA / 90-92 BH / 88-90 VM A highlight this year is the 2019 Marsannay Les Ouzeloy, a lovely wine that opens in the glass with notions of cassis, plums, sweet berries and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and...
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...
100 WI / 99 JS / 98 WA / 97 VM / 95 WE / 95 WS #16 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2022#20 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022#50 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 The 2019...
This special collection of 2018 California All Stars is only available at GVWM and contains 1 bottle each of the following wines:Dominus Estate 2018 (100 JD / 100 JS / 99+ WA / 97 VM / 97 WS | #1 WS 2021)Eisele Vineyard...
Located in the heart of the Rully 1ers Crus hillsides, our "Cloux" white develops on the nose a beautiful aromatic palate, which despite its youth, ranges from citrus fruits to notes of spring flowers. We have the feeling...
93-95 WA / 93-95 JM / 91-94 BH Aromas of cassis, orange rind, smoked meats and loamy soil introduce Faiveley's 2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, layered and demonstrative wine that's concentrated...
88-90 JM New this year, comprising mostly the younger vines of Taillepieds, which suffered a little in the drought. As they are replanting elsewhere this cuvée will continue. Fresh mid purple with lively fruit and a...
96 VM / 96 WE / 95+ WA / 95 JD The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label is built around a core of fruit from Leopoldina, with about 30% of the fruit from Fortuna. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather and spice build in...
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...
97 JS / 95 WE / 95 WCI / 94 JA / 94 FS / 94 DE / 94 JD / 94 VM / 93+ WA / 17 JR Subtle and attractive aromas of blackcurrants and flowers with hints of spices. Black truffles as well. Medium to full body, with fine...
95 DE / 95 JM / 95 JS / 94+ WA / 93 BH / 17.5+ JR This comes from two south and south-east-facing parcels in the highest part of the Grand Cru and tends to make quite austere wines, even in vintages like 2018. Very much a...
96 VM / 95 FS / 94 WS / 94 JS / 17.5 JR The 2016 Geremia is even better than it was last year. Fresh, vibrant and full of energy, the 2016 is so wonderfully alive in the glass. The flavors are remarkably intense, and yet...
97 VM / 97 JS / 97 DE / 96 WE / 95 WS / 94 WA / 18 JR We finished with a welcome dessert wine in the shape of the 2017 Vin de Constance from Klein Constantia, which mirrored my recent tasting note. Just heavenly.-- Neal...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 FS / 99 WCI / 98 JA / 98 WS / 98 VM / 98 DE / 98 JD / 97 WI / 18.5 JR One of the greatest wines produced in Bordeaux this year is the 2019 Lafite Rothschild, an impeccably balanced...
97 JD / 96 RP / 96 VM Made from 80% very old vine Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, and 10% Syrah, with the Grenache aged for 15-20 months in old foudre and small barrels, and the Syrah and Mourvèdre aged in...
91 JS Very floral and pretty with currant and violet character. Full body, round and velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. I like the hazelnut and chocolate undertones to this. Drink in 2020. - James Suckling Blackberry...
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,...
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