98 JS Stare into the abyss and it will stare back at you! This has such an incredible depth of dried-flower and fresh-herb notes that you could get lost in the bouquet, before reaching the sleek and enormously mineral...
95 WS This velvety red offers generous layers of cherry reduction, espresso, clove and loamy earth notes that are flanked with licorice, graphite and floral hints. Shows freshness and concentration. Drink now through 2039...
99 JD / 96-98+ WA / 97 VM Deep purple-colored, the tiny production 2017 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 30 months in new French. This rocking wine has a huge nose of deep black fruits, new...
94 JS / 93 VM / 92 DE / 90 WA This is very muscular with chewy and powerful tannins that show so much blackcurrant and lead-pencil character on the nose and palate. Full body. Intense. Big upgrade in quality in this...
93-96 JM / 94 WS / 93 BH The domaine owns 3 plots, one pulled out in 2016, the other two dating back to 1986 and 1977. The soil gets more clay and darker as you head north into Puligny. Bright crisp fresh, appealing. A...
95 WS / 92-94 WA This red shows plenty of depth, with black cherry, blackberry, mineral and spice flavors. Dense and powerful, yet remains balanced, playing out nicely on the toasty, raspy finish. Needs a few years to...
95 DE / 93-96 JM / 94 WS / 92-94 VM / 92 BH Always one of Etienne and Mathilde Grivot's stand-out Premier Cru reds, this is not the most immediate of their cuvées at a young age, often displaying some grip and tannic...
93 BH Tasting note: The ripe and beautifully layered aromas offer up notes of cassis, wild dark berries and plenty of sauvage characteristics. There is lovely sense of underlying tension present on the reasonably...
97 JD All from Red Mountain, the dense purple-hued 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Curiositas offers up a pure, powerful bouquet of cassis and blue fruits as well as plenty of classic Red Mountain savory herb and earthy mineral...
92+ WA / 91+ VM Rich, dense, masculine and substantial, Trotanoy has produced a bigger wine than most 2011s. Similar to the masculinity and robustness of Gazin, with more mineral content, this medium to full-bodied,...
93 DE / 92+ WA / 92 JD / 91 JS Sweet black fruits, cinnamon and a kick of fig and garrigue make this a deliciously approachable wine. The tannins of Grenache and Cabernet are a good match for each other, and the addition...
100 WA The golden-colored 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) opens with an intense yet highly finessed and elegant bouquet of perfectly ripe, tropical fruits intermixed with very fine weathered slate...
96 WA Molitor’s golden-colored 2019 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Beerenauslese * is concentrated, deep and complex on the flinty, fresh and lemon-scented nose. Juicy-piquant, with precise and piercing acidity on the first...
94+ WA Molitor’s 2019 Ürziger Würzgarten Kabinett (Green Capsule) opens pure and flinty on the deep and complex, very intense yet bright and fascinating, seductive and terroir-driven nose. Lush and round on...
99 WA The intensely lemon colored 2019 Kinheimer Rosenberg Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is pure and salty on the nose that reveals pretty unique flint stone aromas intertwined with perfectly ripe and precise Riesling berry...
98 TA / 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 produced one...
98 WA / 98 WE / 98 JS / 17 JR The Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso is a single-vineyard expression that draws its fruit from an 11.7-hectare parcel with moderately thick galestro soils with...
99 JSWow. Fantastic aromas of blackberries, currants, minerals, violets and graphite. Full-bodied with firm, silky tannins that are incredibly polished and intense, yet ever so refined and integrated in the wine. It...
99 JSWow. Fantastic aromas of blackberries, currants, minerals, violets and graphite. Full-bodied with firm, silky tannins that are incredibly polished and intense, yet ever so refined and integrated in the wine. It goes on...
96 WA The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Mercury Head has a deep garnet-purple color and needs a little swirling to unlock classic notes of ripe blackcurrants, warm plums and cedar chest with hints of wild sage, violets, Sichuan...
94 WE / 93 JS / 92 DE / 91 WS Continuing its impressive development, Clerc Milon 2011 is a serious wine. It is elegant, stylish, its fruits well integrated with red berry and plum skin flavors. Powerful while round and...
92 DE / 91 WE / 90 JS / 90 WS The structure remains fairly closed, with the emphasis on floral notes. Elegant raspberry fruits, finessed, crushed stone and slate texture, with gentle peony and smoke aromatics. It suits the...
96 WE / 95 WS / 95 JS / 94 DE / 93+ RPHuge structure, huge potential, a wine that will bring out all the fruit and density of the vintage while remaining very fresh. Black plums are already showing strongly along with the...
96 DE / 95 RP A more refined expression than in La Chapelle, but I would strongly recommend going for La Chapelle right now. as these tannins remain fairly closed at the moment. Great future ahead, a sculpted and finessed...
97 DE / 96 JS / 95 RP / 95 WS A serious Haut-Brion, still very much closed. Concentrated with firm tannins, this has real depth to it, showing walls and structure. Beautiful juice starts to seep through the walls after a...
96 WA / 95 RP / 95 DE / 95 WE / 95 JS Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London and then blind at Farr Vintners horizontal, the 2006 Château Léoville Las-Cases has a very complex bouquet...
96 WA / 95 JD / 95 WS From a single parcel of old-vine Grenache, the 2018 Gigondas le Claux matured in a mix of new, one- and two-year-old barrels. Full-bodied, rich and expansive, it combines notes of black cherries,...
97 WA / 97 JD / 95 WS The 2018 Gigondas Hominis Fides is another huge success for the team at Saint Cosme, boasting complex aromas of roses, dusty earth, cigar box, asphalt and dark fruit. The plums and black cherries...
97 WA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 97 WS / 96 JS / 18 JR Decanter Wine of the Year 2020 Krug's superb 2006 Brut, which will be released this year, numbers among the vintage's high points, unfurling in the glass with a complex and...
97 JS / 18.5+ JR ID#319028 is Krug Grande 169th Edition per Krug website, however the edition is not noted on the label. Instantly recognizable aromatic depth and complexity here. The DNA of Grande Cuvée...
98 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS / 95 DE #34 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 A very vinous rosé with sliced strawberry and peach aromas and flavors with a steely undertone. Hints of cream and biscuit...
97 JS / 19 JR / 96 WA / 96 DE / 95 WS #56 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2020 Quite rich aromas of cooked apples, peaches, pie crust and biscuit. Some dried pineapple. Full bodied with layers of fruit and a...
89-92 VM Charles Van Canneyt is the extremely talented winemaker at Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat which is his grandparents property. Charles has been striking out on his own micro-negociant project since the price of land...
95-97 VM / 93-97 JM The 2018 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru includes 30% whole-bunch fruit, though this is the one grand cru where you cannot detect the stem addition, just the copious dark cherry, raspberry,...
95 JS / 94+ WA / 94 VM / 94 JD This is really tight and powerful with gorgeous tannins and solid fruit. Full body. Tight and composed. Wet earth, smoked meat and hints of black truffles. Very long and powerful. Wonderful...
94+ VM The 2016 Vrucara is a dark and towering Nero d'Avola with a beguiling nose of cooling mint and smoke that gives way to crushed cherries laced with licorice and hints of shaved cedar. Its velvety textures soothe,...
96+ WA / 95 VM Aromas of fresh bread, crisp orchard fruit, citrus oil, clear honey and oyster shell introduce Bouchard's 2016 Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules, a medium to full-bodied, beautifully precise and tensile rendition of...
93 BH / 92 VM Note: from a huge 2.74 ha parcel in Montée de Tonnerre proper and Pied d'AloupTasting note: A discreet but perceptible dose of wood can be found on the cool floral, pear confit, tidal pool and...
93 BH / 93 VM Note: from a .88 ha parcel; raised in a mix of 2 to 10-year-old woodTasting note: A more generously wooded nose fights a bit with the otherwise pretty and airy aromas of various white flowers, apple, pear and...
92-94 BH / 93 VM Note: from a .88 ha parcel; raised in a mix of 2 to 10-year-old woodTasting note: A more generously wooded nose fights a bit with the otherwise pretty and airy aromas of various white flowers, apple, pear...
This collection of 3 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 imperial each: 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This collection of 3 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 double magnum each: 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This collection of 3 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 magnum each: 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
This collection of 6 individual OWCs comes directly from the chateau featuring 1 bottle each: 1996: 100 WA / 2000: 100 RP / 2003: 98 RP / 2005: 100 JS / 2009: 99 RP / 2010: 100...
95 JS / 95 WA / 94 VM Domaine Nico is the world's first extreme high-altitude parcela Pinot Noir. It is an unusual location for the New World with limestone soil of alluvial origin and cool climate and a labor of love for...
97 WS / 95+ WA / 95 JS / 93 VM This rich red is energetic and balanced, saturated with black cherry, plum and mineral flavors. Accents of wild rosemary and sage chime in as this remains fresh and long on the iron and...
98 DE / 18+ JR No surprise that the sticky clay of Petrus has withstood the heat, keeping freshness and form. High aromatics, lush and open at first, with iris flowers, followed by plum, raspberry and blackberry fruits...
95 WE / 94+ WA From older plantings on a wide-spaced site—one the producer has worked with for some time—this wine is complicated and wild, combining rich, elegant flavors of salty sea breeze with ginger and...
98 WE / 95 WS / 94+ WA From older plantings on a wide-spaced site—one the producer has worked with for some time—this wine is complicated and wild, combining rich, elegant flavors of salty sea breeze with ginger...
95 WA The 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) AP 22 opens with an intense, highly refined and flinty bouquet of crushed slate and a dramatic, complex, slightly reductive terroir tone that is reminiscent...
93 WA The 2019 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Kabinett (Golden Capsule) is intense and tropically scented on the pure, refined and very elegant, finely slatey and spicy nose. Intense and mouth-filling fruity on the palate, this is a...
95 WA The 2019 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese (Golden Capsule) is highly refined and delicate on the lovely crunchy and slatey bouquet that exhibits flinty notes and this fascinating and refreshing Sonnenuhr Riesling...
93+ WA The 2019 Wehlener Klosterberg Spätlese (Green Capsule) opens with a clear, intense and complex bouquet of ripe and concentrated Riesling berries intertwined with notes of slate and quartz. Full-bodied, round and...
93+ WA The 2019 Ürziger Würzgarten Spätlese (White Capsule) already shows on the nose its perfect ripeness and elegant richness in a highly refined and enormously flinty, even tannic manner. The palate is...
93 WAThe 2019 Saarburger Rausch Spätlese (White Capsule) is intense and crunchy-slatey on the piquant and characterful nose that reveals ripe fruit and stony/herbal notes. Salty, piquant and highly stimulating on the...
93 WA The 2019 Ockfener Bockstein Spätlese (White Capsule) opens with an intense, ripe and aromatic tropical fruit aroma intertwined with flinty slate aromas. On the palate, this is a full-bodied and mouth-filling,...
99 WA The 2019 Graacher Himmelreich Auslese *** (Green Capsule) opens enormously deep, intense and complex on the nose that immediately indicates the wine is in an exceptional class on its own. Only with lots of aeration...
92 WA The 2019 Graacher Domprobst Kabinett (White Capsule) is deep, elegant and flinty on the perfectly ripe and typically Graach-fruity nose with its lush and ripe stone-fruit aromas. Water matters in a dry year such as...
93+ WA The 2019 Erdener Treppchen Spätlese (White Capsule) is pretty reduced and flinty on the stony, iron-scented nose. Round, refined and elegant on the palate, this is a generous, crystalline, enormously salty,...
98+ WA Partly from the Felsentreppe, the 2019 Erdener Treppchen Auslese *** (White Capsule) opens with a pure, fresh and flinty, iron-rich and refined bouquet of tropical fruit aromas with notes of broken (red) slate, lemon...
94 WA The 2019 Bernkasteler Badstube Spätlese (Green Capsule) is another fascinating bright and floral, slate-driven Riesling. Lush and round, with vibrantly fresh and filigreed mineral acidity, this is a perfectly...
2nd wine of Vieux Chateau Certan.2019 VCC Scores: 97-100 WA / 98-99 JS / 96-98 VM / 97 DESituated in the heart of the Pomerol plateau, with Petrus, Lafleur and Le Pin just a stone’s throw away, Vieux Chateau...
97 DE / 95 VM Lovely complex notes of plum, liquorice, cherry brandy, subtle leather, tobacco and spice. Lush and velvety tannins on the palate, with sweet cherries, clove and nutmeg. This wine is round, generous and has...
97 DE Platinum Medal 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards 50% Pinot Noir, 50% ChardonnayA nose of Madagascar vanilla and sweet spice; air opens it up more and then there is a flinty, clean and increasingly seductive subtext;...
96 JS / 94 WA Still some yeastiness from the wild ferment, but this opens beautifully with aeration. A entire botanic garden of flowers of all colors and origins. Concentrated, yet so filigree and delicate, the finish super...
96 JS / 94+ WA Great interplay between delicate exotic-fruit aromas and cool, northerly elements (also apples and fresh herbs) in the nose and on the medium-bodied, concentrated palate, the acidity very bright and stony and...
96 JS / 95 WA A cornucopia of yellow fruit, from peach through mirabelle to Amalfi lemon. Succulent and very elegant with a very precise balance of lively acidity and discreet sweetness ,this is an extremely charming wine...
93 JS A delicious savory red with blackcurrant chocolate and cedar aromas and flavors. It’s medium-bodied with fine round tannins. Fresh and bright. It opens at the end and becomes chewy and intense. Give this two or...
91 JD / 91 WE Another terrific wine in the lineup is the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reine Jeanne, which is Grenache-dominated (10% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah) aged all in foudre. It has a pretty, juicy, balanced...
94 JS / 93 WS / 91 WE / 89-92 BH / 16+ JR A dramatic and exciting wine for this appellation as it boasts power, concentration and length that are usually not associated with it. Although this isn't the most charming 2015...
"Crystal clear lemon color with green tinges. Soft, delicate nose with hints of grapefruit, unripe peach, accacia and briney notes. Balanced with good structure and acidity in the mouth, and a saline lingering finish...
We are a Vinegrowers’ family trying to grasp the terroir’s essence with our wines. The family estate (XIV) surrounded by mediterranean forests facing South is located in the Parque Natural del Garraf (protected...
Certified Organic, Working Biodynamic, Wild Yeasts, Vegan. The brothers Brand Daniel and Jonas have quickly brought attention to the far northern Pfalz this cool-climate limestone-richyet otherwise overlooked region. I...
Swick Wines is based in Newberg, Oregon on the northern end of the Willamette Valley. Our focus is on producing terroir driven, additive free wines from organically farmed sites throughout Oregon (Willamette Valley) and...
99 JS / 94 WA This dramatically steep site delivers a wine of real personality and distinctiveness. The nose has a very layered mix of red cherries and berries with some plums, leaves, dry stones, forest wood and a wealth...
98 JS / 95+ WA / 95 VM / 19 JR High concentration of flavors in this one with dried apple, pear and salt. Full-bodied, layered and very, very dry with a chalky texture at the end. Minerality with power. Drink or hold. James...
94 BH / 92 VM Note: three separate plantings with an average age of about 33 years Tasting note: Reduction presently dominates the nose and I would again strongly suggest decanting this first if you're...
92-94 BH Note: three separate plantings with an average vine age of about 35 yearsTasting note: This is also very ripe but here the cassis, violet and black berry aromas are noticeably fresher. The rich, intense and...
93-95 BH Note: this has the highest average vine age of these grands crus at 40+ years of ageTasting note: This is especially ripe, indeed to the point where there are notes of dry Porto yet, almost incongruously, it seems...
91-93 BH Note: from a parcel situated directly above that of Coche-Dury in Aloxe-Corton Tasting note: Reduction. The flavors here are almost as big, weighty and bold as those of the Corton Blanc with a very...
92 BH Note: three separate plantings with an average age of about 33 yearsTasting note: As it often is, the nose is more elegant though more reserved with refined red pinot fruit and obvious minerality that continues onto...
92-94 BH Note: this has the highest average age of the grands crus at 35+ years of ageTasting note: A spicy, ripe, and expressive nose features distinct floral notes amongst the red and blue berry fruit but the big and...
89-91 BH Tasting note: This too is fresh, elegant and pure with airy red pinot fruit aromas nuanced by touches of earth and underbrush that can also be found on the detailed, precise and beautifully balanced finish that...
90-92 BH Note: a mix of vine ages though the oldest date from 1938 Tasting note: A classy, pure, refined and ultra elegant nose of crushed red pinot, raspberry and subtle earth notes complements the focused, spicy...
92 BH Note: three separate plantings with an average age of about 35+ yearsTasting note: As it often is, the nose is more elegant though more reserved with refined red pinot fruit and obvious minerality that continues onto...
96 JM / 94 WA Gloriously powerful, huge weight and strength to this wine, the fruit is still full of energy. Can hardly wait to keep this for another 10 years! Hard to see how this could possibly be better. It keeps...
93 VM / 93 WA / 92BH (13% alcohol; less than 20 hectoliters per hectare produced): Good bright red. Pretty aromas of dark cherry, menthol and dark chocolate. Rich, broad, ripe and dry; more mouthfilling than the...
100 JS / 100 DE / 99 VM / 98 WA Stunning. So deep and characterful yet refined and subtle. It shows aromas of wet earth, mushrooms and dark fruits. Dry black olives come out as well. Full body, firm tannins and bright...
96 JS It’s hard to resist the fragrant bouquet of apricot and orange blossom! This is very dense and concentrated with very intense, chalky minerality, yet it remains so graceful and the very long finish shows...
95 JS This self-confidently atypical pinot gris has astonishing acidity that’s got the intensity of a lightning strike. Tons of pineapple and toast character, but also gigantic, lemony freshness at the exceptionally...
95 JS There’s a lot of discussion about “noble austerity“ in wine, but those wines are often just a bit hard. This has a certain mineral austerity, but it is welded to the ripest of citrus aromas and...
96 JS With its cornucopia of yellow fruit, floral notes and wet-stone character, this is at once fleshy and enormously structured. Nothing opulent or warm about it at all, though. In fact, the very long finish is decisively...
97 JS It sounds corny, but this really tastes of an abundance of sunshine, with super-ripe pineapple character. That’s beautifully supported by the mineral acidity, which keeps this as straight as a laser beam. Very...
98 JS A giant of minerality with enormous structure, this also delights you with the stunningly ripe apricot and pineapple fruit that’s wrapped around its dense core. This will surely only get better for many years to...
95 JS Gewurz can be an impressive but tiring wine. With its floral delicacy and lively, graceful personality, this is the opposite of the bombastic norm. The touch of sweetness stays in the background and the floral...
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