92 JD / 89 VM The 2015 Champagne Cuvée Paradoxe Brut moves into more yellow orchard fruit and tangerine aromas, with a hint of savory quinine. The palate is tension-driven, though not overbearing or austere. Pithy,...
93 JD / 92 VM / 91 JS The 2018 Champagne Cuvée Gastronome Brut has a bit sunnier feel, with primary fruit aromas of Williams pear, lime blossoms, candy, and green apple. The palate is full and rounded, with a coarser...
97+ JD / 97 WS / 97 JS / 97 AG / 96 DE / 95 WA / 18 JR The 2004 Champagne Plentitudes 2 is a stark contrast to the 2003 vintage and offers a more compact and linear expression, with energetic tension and persistence...
98 VM / 97 DE / 96 JD / 95 WS / 95 WE / 94 WA / 94 JS / 94 VP / 17.5 JR #30 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 2022Vinepair Best Champagnes of 2022#62 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 *Note: if you would like the Second Skin included...
93 JS / 91 AG / 91 WS / 90 WE A very pale rosé champagne with delicate strawberry and raspberry aromas, but this is as much about the elegance of chardonnay as anything else. Long, filigree finish that’s all...
93 WCI / 92 VM / 92 JA / 91 DE / 91 JD / 90 WA / 90 WS / 91-92 JS / 89-91 WI Pineapple, green apples, honeysuckle, orange rind and mango nuances are found in the nose and in the energetic,...
99 JS / 95 DE Ex-Library Bottles. Shows the intense ripeness of the vintage with hints of raisins and other dried fruits. Full-bodied, medium sweet and so very velvety. A big mouthful. Superb. Just starting to open.-James...
94 WS / 92 RP / 18 JR Nectar-like if a bit on the sweet side, impressively complex, concentrated and focused. Deep gold, big, sweet and rich, with gobs of concentrated fig, brown sugar, butterscotch and oak flavor. A...
17 JR / 92 BH Gentle and sweeter smelling than the Charmes. Again that purity, here allied with much greater density on the palate. Fine structure, tannins more marked but not dominant. Very long. --Julia Harding MW, Jancis...
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...
97 JS / 96 WA Indice 1 (15.6% Alcohol) 2025-2045+ Very smoky and flinty with lychee, papaya and star-fruit aromas. A very concentrated and super-silky gewurz that has none of the massiveness or bitterness towards which the...
97 JS Indice 3 (15.8% Alcohol) 2025-2045+ This gewurz is built on a monumental scale with gigantic concentration and structure, easily filling out the huge body. The abundant fine tannins soak up almost all of the...
95 JS / 93 WS / 16.5 JR Indice 5 (13% Alcohol) 2025-2045+ Very fragrant nose of yellow and pink roses with plenty of turkish delight. Very concentrated, but the fine tannins and excellent freshness (in spite of modest...
98 JS / 17 JR Indice 1 (13.6% Alcohol) 2025-2045+ Super smoky, spicy and flinty, this imposing and enveloping pinot gris is barely off-dry. Welcome to a world of smoky and textural complexity on the deep and refined palate...
96 JS / 93 WS Indice 1 (13.5% Alcohol) 2025-2040+ This smells of the ripest melon you can imagine. Fresh herbal notes, including a touch of mint. Super-elegant and bright with a very sensual, silky texture on the generous...
96 JS Indice 1 (13% Alcohol) 2025-2035+ A game-changing dry pinot gris that manages to get all the floral-honey character and creaminess that fans of this category adore into a self-confidently dry package. In spite of the...
96 JS / 93 WS Indice 1 (13.2% Alcohol) 2025-2040+ A lot of riesling freaks say the grape needs stony soils, but here’s a beautiful example of how well it can do on clay-rich soil. So much citrus and peach here, even...
91-93 BH Tasting note: There is a dried fruit character to the apricot and poached pear aromas that flash wisps of algae, sea breeze and citrus. The powerful bigger-bodied flavors possess a lovely texture while retaining...
95 JS / 89-92 BH A very elegant and sophisticated Chablis 1er Cru with impressive depth, but it’s also very clean and fresh. Fantastic creamy texture on the concentrated mid-palate, but also very stony and austere in...
92 JM / 91-93 WA / 90-93 BH / 90-92 VM / 17+ JR Two thirds whole bunch, 50% new oak. One of the slightly lighter colours. Pretty fruit but seems to lack a little density. This however appears on the palate which has...
93 WE This is a distinctive and detailed wine that starts with floral and spicy aromas, follows with generous fruit flavors and intriguing accents of tea, rhubarb and wet stone. It's ripe but not overly so, and that little...
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96 WS / 94 VM / 93 RP / 16.5 JR Deep garnet; fragrant tar and black truffle nose; extremely concentrated; big and mouth-filling, with very dense cassis flavor; enormous, generous fruit; a voluptuous claret - Wine...
99 JS / 97 DE / 95 JA #6 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Sophisticated aromas of lead pencil, graphite and blackcurrant. Hints of black olives and...
93 JS / 92 WA / 92 VM The grapefruit and white-peach character is very lively in this young white, with a zesty lemon undertone to it all. It’s medium-to full-bodied with crisp acidity and a flavorful finish. I keep...
95 WA / 95 JS / 95 DE / 94+ JD The Masseto 2020 Massetino (Merlot with a touch of Cabernet Franc) is extremely generous and rich. This wine puts it all out there in full view with a bouquet that is stitched together with...
95 JS / 95 JD / 94+ WI / 94 WA / 93 WS / 93 VM This is very minerally and stony, with chalk and salt and oyster-shell undertones. It’s full-bodied and layered, yet remains intense with a lively finish. Done dry. Umami...
95 WI / 94 WA / 94 VM / 94 WS / 93 JS#6 Wine Spectator Top French Sparkling Wines of 2023Vinepair Best Champagnes of 2023 Displaying a bright pale salmon to cherry pink color, the 2015 Louis Roederer et Philippe Starck Brut...
93 WA / 92 WS From one of the grand old estates of Provence, the 2020 Palette Rose is a dark pink, copper-tinged rosé—a blend of 45% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre and 5% Cinsault, plus 20% mixed "secondary"...
99 WA / 96 JS The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard was aged in 70% new oak this vintage, as opposed to 100% as it normally is. Deep garnet-purple in color, it rolls out of the glass with perfumed rose...
97 WE / 95 JM / 94 VM Bright, tender lemon and fragrant summer blossom give a sense of delicacy to this wine's chalky nose. The chalky, concentrated and textured palate is also pervaded by lemon zestiness that makes the...
97 WE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 VM Beautiful subtlety on this wine's nose recalls smoky lemon, citrus pith and molten candlewax. The palate also holds these notions, bolstering that lemony waxiness with thick, layered chalkiness...
98 WI / 98 JS / 97 WA / 97 VM / 97 JD / 96 WE / 95 WS #24 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022#28 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022#60 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections...
95 WA / 95 JS / 94+ VM / 93 WS / 93 DE / 18 JR The 2009 Flaccianello della Pieve is now hitting that very specific point in a wine's evolution in which you still identity some of the fruit, but you also get a supporting...
97 JS / 96+ WA / 94 VM / 93 WS The pureness of fruit is so intense here. It's also so clean and beautiful. The wine shows fabulous aromas of flowers, blueberries, and raspberries. It’s full-bodied, with chocolate,...
98 WA / 95 DE The flagship 2018 Clos Mogador is a blend of 45% Garnacha, 29% Cariñena, 16% Syrah and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon that fermented with natural yeasts and showcases their philosophy—slow fermentations...
96+ WA / 96 DE The 2016 Manyetes Vi de Vila Gratallops combines the rustic personality of the warm place—the slate soils and the old Cariñena vines—and the freshness of the 2016 vintage. It has those...
99 JS / 98 VM / 98 DE / 97 WA / 96 WE #6 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2022#18 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022#45 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 This is a very...
91 VM The 2020 "S" Slatnik is a bit cloudy with an orange sunkissed peach color. Wild, exotic bouquet of tropical florals, dried tangerine and sweet spice waft up from the glass. It’s soft-textured, with a sweet and...
93 VM The 2020 "S" Sivi has a red grapefruit color. Exotic citrus, florals and dried peaches effortlessly waft up from the glass. It’s soft-textured yet juicy to the core, with motivating acidity and a mix of blood...
97 WA / 95 JS I was blown away by the 2020 wines in barrel in June 2021 and found the 2020 Villa de Corullón very ready, open, expressive, floral and ethereal. It destroyed the idea I had of a warm and ripe 2020...
97 WA / 96 JS I find the 2020 Moncerbal a little more closed than the other 2020s, darker and serious. It's still moderately ripe, with 13.8% alcohol, sweet tannins and a soft texture. Today, it shows a little austere and...
97 DE / 96 WA / 95 JS / 94 WS Dark in colour but not opaque. There’s exciting freshness on the nose, with no excessively ripe fruit or overt oak getting in the way. A rounded, spherical, mouth-filling wine, but...
97 JA / 96 DE / 94 WI One of a handful of single vineyard châteaux in Champagne, now being made by Leclerc-Briant (although they are not owners). Crisp, clean, touches of green apple on the nose but there is weight...
100 JS / 100 WA / 100 JD / 98 VM / 97 WS#33 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022 Ripe cherries, plums and flowers on the nose. Orange peel, too, together with hints of thyme, bay leaf and sage. Medium-to...
99 JS / 99 WE / 98+ VM / 98 DE / 97+ WA / 96 WI / 95 WS / 18 JR The complexity and beauty of this wine is something else on the nose, offering perfume, cedar, dried flower, black cherry, blueberry and crushed stone. Orange...
98+ JD / 97 VM / 95 DE #58 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 I was able to taste two wines from Staglin Family, both showing brilliantly. An utterly ultra-classic Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from...
96 JS / 96 IWR / 95+ WA / 93 VM / 93 JD / 93 WS This is so perfumed with dried flowers, blackberries, spices and citrus peel. Medium-bodied with fine tannins that spread across the palate, giving this impressive focus and...
96 VM / 96 JS / 95 WI / 92 WS / 17+ JR The 2020 Le Petit Cheval (Blanc) is fabulous. Rich, creamy and wonderfully expansive, the 2020 is just gorgeous. Lemon confit, white flowers, passion fruit and a touch of oak all grace...
2018: 93 JS + 2016: 92 JS + 2015: 93 JS + 2014: 92 JS + 2012: 92 JS Both cuvees from this well-run estate merit attention. - Robert Parker Prima can compete with wines four or five times the price...
99 DE / 95-98 BH / 94-98 JM The mature vines in the domaine’s immense holding (5.56ha of old vines) have given us a wine with the youthful, plummy exuberance of Chambolle but with added precision and depth,...
99 WA My favorite of all the old sweet PXs I tasted this time was the perfumed and showy 1964 Don PX Convento Selección, which still has the wooden label, but it has also been modernized and made easier to read. It...
98 JS / 98 DE / 96 JA / 96 VM / 96 WE / 95 WA#12 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022#86 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Graphite and lead pencil is coming through, together with violets and...
97 WA / 97 DE / 97 WE / 97 JS / 97 JD The 2016 Barolo Ravera Bricco Pernice is a serious wine, and I mean that both in terms of its complex sophistication and its rather austere and brooding personality. The bouquet is...
98 VM / 98 FS / 97 JS / 96 WA / 95 JA / 95 WE#56 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022 The 2020 Galatrona is stunning. In fact, the 2020 is one of the best vintages of the Galatrona I can remember tasting...
98 VM / 98 FS / 97 JS / 96 WA / 95 JA / 95 WE#56 James Suckling's Top 100 Italian Wines of 2022> > Buy 5, get 1 free - only $68.74/bottle! 6th bottle automatically added to your cart at no charge when...
93+ WI / 92 WS / 91 VM / 91 WE / 16.5 JR Exuberant and youthful, the L’Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs NV opens with enticing aromas of lemon confit, hints of chalk and white flowers. A vibrant, racy line of acid lights up...
92 WA / 91 VM / 91 WS Disgorged in May 2020, the latest release of the NV Extra-Brut Premier Cru Sélection is showing well, exhibiting aromas of citrus oil, white flowers, peach and fresh pastry. Medium to...
100 VM / 100 WA / 100 DE / 100 RP / 100 JS / 99 WS / 99 WE The 2010 Latour can be summed up in two words: “The king.” It convincingly asserts its superiority over other 2010s, including First Growths, in terms...
99 TA / 98 WA / 97 JS / 97 VM / 96+ WI / 96 DE / 96 JA / 95 WE#62 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2023#6 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Argentina 2022 The 2019 Cheval des Andes, a blend of 50% Malbec...
100 VM / 100 WA / 100 DE / 100 RP / 100 JS / 99 WS / 99 WE The 2010 Latour can be summed up in two words: “The king.” It convincingly asserts its superiority over other 2010s, including First Growths,...
92 JM From vines with an average age of 45 years. Lovely mid lemon yellow. Riper in bouquet but very charming. This Meursault Chevalières has a fine fresh mineral thread, and really excellent persistence. If the mid...
Special collection coming direct from the chateau with one bottle each 2005, 2009, 2010, 2016 in individual OWCs. 2005: 99 points James Suckling: "Still needs a year or two but gorgeous to drink already."2009: 100 points...
Special collection coming direct from the chateau with one bottle each 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018 in individual OWCs. 2005: 100 points Robert Parker: "This is another fabulous wine and a perfect expression for this...
93 WA 2020 was a very good year for whites, and they harvested very early. The 2020 Ultreia Godello shows restraint and very low pH (3.2!) with high acidity (6.6 to 6.8). None of the whites go through malolactic, and this...
Special numbered collection limited to 300 cases coming direct from the chateau with one bottle each of 2009, 2010, 2015. Ausone 2009 (100 JS) Incredible nose of currants and blueberries. Flowers too. Licorice. Such...
Charles Van Canneyt’s winemaking is very much in line with what Burgundy’s future is, keeping with its fine traditions . Charles’ work at his family’s historic Domaine Hudelot Noellat as head...
98 JS / 98 JA / 98 WI / 98 WS / 97 WA / 97 VM / 97 DE This has a complex array of blackberries, black cherries, cocoa, dried herbs, slate, tobacco, olives and charred bark. Some dried roses and iodine, too. Medium-to...
94 WA / 94 JS / 94 FS / 93 WS / 93 VM / 91 WE The current release of their second wine is the 2020 Epu. It's selected from the same terroir and vineyard in Puente Alto, one of the most reputed places for Cabernet Sauvignon...
90-93 JM / 90 BH / 90-92 VM A blend of five 1ers crus together, Pertuisots, Montée Rouge, Reversées, Bressandes and Clos du Roi, with planting dates between 1961 and 1982. Dense purple, raisiny deep cherry...
97 VM / 96 WS / 95+ WA The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is elegant, deep and classy. Inky dark purplish fruit, savory herbs, menthol, licorice and spice. The purity of the fruit is remarkable today. There is...
96 VM / 94 WA The 2015 Hors Série is a new 100% Chardonnay from vineyards in Avize and Merfy. A rich, potent Champagne, the Hors Série offers up a striking interplay of rich Chardonnay fruit along with the...
98 JA / 98 DE / 97 VM / 97 JS / 94 WI / 18 JR#2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of South Africa 2022 Vin de Constance takes the category of sweet wines to a new level and this is another stunning success from them...
100 JD Only the second release of this cuvée (it was first produced in 2016 and will be produced in 2019 as well), the 2018 Château Angelus Hommage A Elisabeth Bouchet is 100% Cabernet Franc coming from a...
96 JS / 93 WA / 93 VM Focused nose, showing fresh red chili chocolate with cigar, truffle, mint, olive and grilled meat. This is a medium-to full-bodied red with incredibly juicy and bright fruit and fine, caressing...
100 WE / 99 JS / 97 JD / 97 JA / 96 DE / 96 WI #19 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2022#40 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022#84 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 This is a...
93 DE / 93 JA / 91 WI The new identity of R de Rieussec arrives with the 2021 vintage, a white wine with great freshness with a completely redesigned bottle. The packaging is refined with the least possible impact on...
91 BH / 90 VM Tasting note: Here the nose offers a notable step up in aromatic refinement with its cool and airy yet notably serious mix of various red berries, earth, tea and floral nuances. There is fine volume and...
98 JS / 97 WA / 95 WI / 94 VM / 94 JA#98 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Complex, with savory, spicy character, showing tobacco, salted plums, olives, black cherries, cassis and a hint of white pepper on the...
100 WA / 100 JS / 100 JD / 19.5 JR#29 James Suckling's Top 100 American Wines of 2022#64 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Deep purple-black in color, the nose of the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon slowly unfurls to...
100 WI / 98 WA / 98 DE / 97 JD#6 Wine Independent Top 50 QPR Collector Wines 2023#7 Wine Independent Top 25 QPR Collector Wines 2022Wine Advocate Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: A Wine from a Producer That...
97 WA / 96 JS / 95 RP / 94 WS / 17 JR Tasted at Farr’s Ducru-Beaucaillou dinner at the Ledbury. Consistent notes when compared to last year with a spellbinding bouquet: blackberries, smoke, a touch of dried herbs and...
This is the only red wine produced by La Distesa. It comes from two plots in the classical villages of Castelli di Jesi: Cupramontana and San Paolo di Jesi.
96 WA / 95 VM / 95 JD / 94 DE / 94 WS #92 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2022 Medium ruby-purple, the 2019 Pinot Noir The Belles Soeurs has alluring wild red and black berry fruits with wafts of garrigue, Earl Grey tea leaves and...
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...
94 WS / 93+ WA Sleek and lightly chalky in texture, this vinous version shows a well-spiced range of wild strawberry, macerated cherry and orange liqueur flavors, with accents of graphite, violet and fennel seed. Long and...
97 DE / 17.5 JR / 94 WA / 94 VM Platinum Medal 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards Full yet lithe, showing very inviting aromas of pecan, pastry and burnt citrus peel with delicate mirabelle plum. A tangy dryness belies...
Petillant Naturel Rose of Pinot Noir. From Jerry's (Hollow Oak Vineyard), Chehalem Mtns, 500 ft elevation. 6 acres, farmed soley by Jess Miller. No-till, non-certified organic farming practices...
The Collet parcel of Valmur (.51ha) was planted in 1973 in the middle of the Grand Cru, with a west-northwest aspect that is unusual. The site is certified organic by the Bureau Veritas. Valmur has depth and aromatic...
The Collet family traces their wine roots back to 1792. The family has controlled an impressive number of parcels produced from some of Chablis’ top sites including Les Clos, Valmur, Mont de Milieu, Montée de...