92 WA Antinori’s 2003 Tignanello (85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc) is a terrific effort. Typical Sangiovese notes of red cherries, tobacco and underbrush dominate the flavor profile of...
92 WS A big, concentrated Tignanello, exhibiting plenty of tannins but lacking the flesh and complexity of the best vintages. Cherry and plum fruit fill the dense frame.—Non-blind Tignanello vertical (October 2019)...
100 WA / 100 WCI / 99 WS A desert island wine (as is just about any top vintage of the cuvee) and a gorgeous showing, the 2003 Cote Rotie la Mouline is drinking beautifully, yet is still young, loaded with fruit, and...
The 1948 Mouton-Rothschild acquits itself well in what was a cool summer that begat tannic, masculine wines. According to Michael Broadbent, it was green in its youth and required 20 years of bottle age. It remains fresh and...
98 DE / 97 WI / 96 WA / 96 JS / 95 VM / 18 JR A slightly flinty and vibrant bouquet alongside complex aromas of red berries, herbs and lemon, with fresh menthol notes coming through with some air. The palate is wonderful...
97 JD / 96 VM / 95+ WI / 95 WA / 93 WS / 17 JR The 2009 Champagne Blanc De Blancs Louis Salmon Brut comes from Mesnil, Cramant and Chouilly and was all fermented in stainless steel tank. Since 2009 was a warmer vintage,...
94 JA This definitely gives Giscours 1970 a run for its money in terms of being the sleeper of the Margaux appellation in this particular vintage. Plenty of depth and vibrancy to the colour (barely lighter than the 1990 by...
100 JS / 100 JD / 99 WA / 99 VM #2 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2021#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2021 Super nose of dried blueberry, black plum, walnut, myrrh and sandalwood. Lavender, violet, and...
100 WA / 100 JD The finest wine ever made by proprietors Daniel and Florence Cathiard, the 2009 Smith-Haut-Lafitte exhibits an opaque blue/purple color in addition to a glorious nose of acacia flowers, licorice, charcoal,...
94 WS / 94 JS / 92-94 VM Powerful, with steeped plum and cherry coulis merging with potpourri and charred garrigue on a ripe, lush palate. Packs a wall of iron that provides a ballast for the ripe fruit, while refined...
96 WS / 94 VM This is creamy, with crushed plum, red currant and cherry fruit seamlessly layered and gliding along, while notes of bergamot, rooibos tea, cedar and allspice paint a lovely backdrop. Mature, but still firm...
98 JA / 96 VM / 96 JS / 95+ AG / 95 JD / 95 WE / 18.5 JR This is a briliant vintage for both wines of the Haut-Brion stable at the time, I remember them standing out during En Primeur, and wow this is...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JD / 98 JS / 97+ VM / 97 DE / 97 WE / 96 WS / 18.5 JR The deep garnet colored 2009 La Mission Haut-Brion absolutely sings of warm red and black currants, chocolate-covered cherries, liquid licorice,...
90+ VM / 90 WS / 89-91 WA (13.5% alcohol) Medium bright ruby. Aromas of blackberry, cassis and bitter chocolate, with a hint of animal reduction. Wonderfully sweet and creamy, with crystallized black fruit and floral...
90 WS / 90 WA Solid, with a core of raspberry and steeped blackberry fruit inlaid with anise, apple wood and wood spice notes, all backed by a well-integrated graphite edge on the finish.-Wine...
91 WS Very fleshy, this delicious red shows plum, raspberry and blackberry pâté de fruit notes backed by spice cake, anise and toasty vanilla. The finish is long and polished. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon,...
97 DE / 96 WE / 95 RP / 95 WA / 95 WS / 94+ VM / 19 JR Colour still tight and inky at 10 years old. Smooth, silky, very expressive; this is so powerful it almost lulls you into a false sense of security with the tannin...
98 WI / 97 JS / 95+ WA / 93+ RP 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 Rauzan-Segla is deep garnet-colored,...
94 WI / 93 VM The 1990 Rauzan Segla has a medium brick color. It strides confidently from the glass with classic, mature scents of cigar box, new leather, celery seed, and rusty nails, leading to a core of dried figs, plum...
94 WA Tasted at lunch at La Trompette, it has that beguiling bouquet of cedar, mushroom, graphite and warm bricks, developing hung game aromas with further aeration in the glass. The palate displays wonderful balance and...
97+ WA / 97 DE / 97 VM / 96 JS / 95 RP Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a little reticent to begin, slowly giving way to notions of warm black cherries, blackcurrant cordial, stewed...
93 WS Dense aromas of licorice, tobacco, cedar and currants. Subtle yet complex. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a rich, long finish. Very pretty. One of the best from Pauillac this year, and clearly better than 2001...
91 WE A quarter century of improvements have made their positive mark on the wines of Marquis de Terme, as revealed in this 2001. It is a generously opulent wine, with its richness and soft tannins, but the spice, the...
98+ WA Along with Haut Brion, this is one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The wine is approaching full maturity, yet still seems so atypical for a 1979, a phenomenally concentrated, thick, massively...
95 WA The 1970 Lynch-Bages remains a massive, inky-colored wine with gobs of blackcurrant, cedary, ground beef, leathery flavors and aromas. This huge, ponderous wine is still youthfully powerful, but the ferocious tannins...
17+ JR Firm, chewy but fresh too. Very tight tannin structure. Powerfully formed and the fruit all in hiding but definitely there because it is neither dry nor hard. Impressive.-Julia Harding MW,...
99 VM / 99 JS / 99 WA / 98 DE / 97+ JD / 97 WS A gorgeous, captivating bouquet gives the 2016 Margaux an irresistible allure. Weightless and yet wonderfully persistent, in the way only the château's wines can be,...
18 JR Dry and fresh. Racy and transparent. Long and reverberant. Not from Margaux's most glorious era but a very good bottle.-Jancis...
97 KO / 95 VM / 95 DE / 94 JS / 93+ JD / 93 WA / 93 WS #31 Kerin O'Keefe Top 100 Italian Wines of 2023 Made from fifty-year old vines, the compelling Giuseppe Cortese 2020 Rabajà is one of the best wines of the...
96 DE / 95 JS Planted in 1988, this cool, northeast-facing vineyard (benefiting from being in a rain shadow) was bought in a spur of the moment decision by cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW (of Shaw & Smith...
100 DE / 96+ WA Gobsmacking. A raptor on nose and palate, locking on without hesitation. An insane iodine and black fruit perfume conjures up images of a dementedly talented parfumier going to work with the rarest musks and...
100 WA / 100 RP / 100 JS / 98+ VM / 98 WS / 98 DE / 96 WE / 19 JR The 2009 Haut-Brion is deep garnet colored and slightly closed and shy to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal sensuous notions of warm blackberries, plum...
91 WS / 90.3 CT Garnet rim. A big, rich, ripe, generous yet tannic claret with fragrant tar cedar, ripe cassis and tobacco flavors...a lovely, classic wine - Wine...
96+ VM / 95 KO / 94 WA / 94 JD / 94 WS / 94 JS Impressing from the first tilt of the glass, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino makes itself known, with a heady burst of exotic spice and crushed ashen stone giving way to dried...
97 WA I love the 2021 La Vizcaína La Vitoriana, where they use the westernmost part of the vineyard with more sand in the soils, mostly north facing. It's a wine with a floral nose that is aromatic and perfumed,...
100 FS A complex bouquet that develops with a little time in the glass from fresh wild berry notes to floral and savoury-herbal nuances with violets and dried thyme. Extremely elegant on the palate, intense yet light-footed...
95-97 VM / 95 WS /94 JD / 93 DE Brilliant violet color. Displays pungent, mineral- and spiceaccented cherry, black raspberry, potpourri and licorice aromas, along with hints of savory herbs, vanilla and incense. Chewy and...
95-97 VM / 96 WS / 93 JD / 92 DE Deep, vivid ruby-red. Intensely perfumed, mineral-tinged scents of medicinal cherry, redcurrant and cassis are complemented bysuggestions of star anise, white pepper and pungent flowers...
95-97 VM / 95 WS / 93+ JD / 93 DE Deep magenta. Expansive, spice- and mineral-tinged black raspberry, kirsch and boysenberry aromas are complicated by suggestions of incense, lavender and smoky minerals. Alluringly sweet...
96 DE / 93 WS / 17 JR Intense violets on the nose, this is hypnotically aromatic. Very full-bodied and generous, with delicious peach fruit. Has a sense of sweet ripeness on the palate that's balanced by acidity and salty...
99 DE / 98 WA / 97-99 JM / 96-98 BH This wine was too young to drink when tasted at the winery shortly after release, but it amply demonstrated both the quality and potential for aging. There was an almost-unbelievable...
96-97 JM / 95 WS / 94 WA / 93-96 BH Fine pale lemon and lime. What a beautifully gracious nose, this is sheer class. All in white fruit with an engaging ripeness, more detail than Combettes, perhaps more weight than...
94 WS / 94 JS / 94 WE / 93 WA / 93 VM / 93 JD Sleek and minerally, this elegant Champagne is crisply lacy in texture, with notes of Asian pear, lemon preserves, salted almond and white blossoms that are lightly honeyed and...
98 WE / 97 JS / 97 VM / 97 JD / 96 WA / 95 DE / 95 WS Although ready to drink, this very fine Champagne has plenty of aging to go. With its rich Pinot Noir and ripe fruits, it is generous while also fully textured. Complex...
99 VM / 98+ WI / 98 JD / 97 WA / 97 JS / 97 DE The 2013 is the most powerful, dense young Salon I have ever tasted. Champagne of mind-bending complexity, the 2013 possesses tremendous midpalate intensity and power from the...
94 WE / 94 WS / 93 JS A finely textured Champagne, this is definitely dry, still young, and with great potential. The wine's minerality combines with the texture to give both tension and richness. So it needs to soften...
93 WA / 93 VP / 92 JS / 91 DE / 91 WS / 91 WE / 16 JR Vinepair Best Champagnes of 2022 The latest rendition of Delamotte's NV Brut Blanc de Blancs is drinking very well out of the gates, offering up aromas of crisp orchard...
90 CT Vineyard notes: With a surface area of 14 hectares (35 acres) planted in one single block, the Vieux Château Certan vineyard is made up of 23 plots, each of them individually managed according to soil type,...
98 VM / 96 WS A model of pure refinement, the 1989 Barbaresco Sorì Tildìn emerges from the glass with silky tannins that frame a core of perfumed red fruit. The wine continues to show off endless layers of...
99 KO / 97 WA / 97 JS / 96 VM / 96 WS Perfumed berry, fragrant purple flower, chopped mint and baking spice are just some of the aromas you’ll find on this drop-dead gorgeous wine. Impeccably balanced, structured, and...
93 BH Tasting note: A cooler and more reserved nose features notes of elegant and admirably pure white flowers, green apple and a touch of rosemary oil. There is first-rate density to the powerful and muscular flavors that...
92 VM Pale yellow. A complex bouquet displays lime, lemon zest, wet stone, flowers and a hint of smoky herbs. Bright and energetic but youthfully taut, offering tangy citrus and underripe orchard fruit flavors underscored...
The 2020 Clos la Neore was only bottled in magnum.
97 DE / 93-95 WA / 18 JR Approximately 267 cases produced Orange tint to the pale red. Extraordinary nose, like walking through a pine forest after the rain. Fine tannins and a gentle plumpness to the palate. Good...
95 WS / 17.5 JR Owned and the Alvarez family, and part of the Tempos Vega Sicilia properties which include Vega Sicilia, Alion, Pintia and Macan.A gorgeous, gossamer-weight sweetie, creamy in texture yet beautifully...
97 WA / 95 JS / 93-95 JD / 94 DE / 16+ JR The stunning 2021 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Imperiale comes from old vines in two sandy parcels—one in Pied Long and one in la Crau. Exotic aromas of orange zest, Campari-like...
97 VM / 97 JD / 95-97 WA / 96 DE / 95 WE / 94 JS A stellar wine, the 2020 Grattamacco is dark, vibrant and nuanced to the core. Black fruit, lavender, spice, leather, menthol and dried herbs infuse the 2020 with tons of...
96+ JD / 96 WA / 96 DE / 96 WE / 96 JS / 95 WS / 93 VM / 18 JR The 2019 Barolo Ravera is beautiful with floral and spice perfume and offers a Burgundian aesthetic, with notes of apricot and wet stone. It is medium-bodied,...
93-95 VM / 94 JS / 92-94 WA The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts 1er Cru, which until now I did not realize is owned by Véronique Drouhin-Boss personally, includes 40% whole cluster. It has a wonderful...
100 JS / 97 WA / 97 VM #1 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Spain 2023#10 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023 So much dried flower, mushroom, iron, rust, sweet berry, and grilled orange. Full-bodied with very...
100 JS / 99 RP / 99 DE / 98 JD / 98 WS / 98 WE / 97 VM 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, berries and citrus. Full...
95-98 JM Similar colour, with clearly greater weight immediately obvious, not heavy. Maybe a first hint of honeysuckle. Solid and spicy on the palate, so far away from being ready to bottle let alone drink. Superb intensity...
Winery Note: Our first white wine started out as an orange wine, fermented with the skins for an extended period. I liked the tactile feeling and density, but missed the finesse and precision of the classic French white...
100 JS / 100 WA / 100 JD / 99 VM / 99 DE / 98 WI / 97 WS The nose on this seems more concentrated than the 2000, and the purity of fruit is stunning, with blueberries, raspberries, fresh flowers, and hints of licorice. This...
97 VM / 96 JM The 2019 Chambertin Grand Cru has a pastille-like bouquet that is a little riper, though not quite as crystalline as Rossignol-Trapet. Maraschino cherries commingle with orange zest, crushed stone and violet,...
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...
93+ RP / 91 VM A powerful, virile 2011, Gazin reveals a dense ruby/purple color, a big, meaty, earthy richness, lots of coffee, black cherry liqueur and spice notes, and a full-bodied mouthfeel. It will benefit from another...
98 JA / 98 JS / 96 WS / 96 WE / 95 WA / 95 JD #2 Jane Anson Top 10 Right Bank Wines of 2023 Impossible to resist the 2009 Figeac, with its tight cassis fruits that widen and soften to creamy damson halfway...
92 WS / 17.5 JR Beautiful aromas of fresh herbs, such as tarragon and mint, with berry and cherry undertones. Medium- to full-bodied, with fine tannins that are polished and very pretty. Caressing finish. -- '88/'98...
88-91 RP I cannot recall tasting a young Clos Rene as impressive as the 1994. Hopefully, the proprietor will not excessively manipulate and process the wine at bottling, stripping it of its wonderfully succulent, rich...
97 JD / 96 WI / 95 DE A new project from Jayson Woodbridge of Hundred Acre Another spicy, complex, fresh 2021, the 2021 Pinot Noir Super Chill has some classic, Burgundian leafy herbs and underbrush notes as well as a...
99 WE / 98 JD / 97 WA #5 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2023 This full-bodied, incredibly rich and mouth-filling wine from a near-legendary vineyard saturates the palate with poached pears, marzipan,...
99 JS / 97 WE / 96 WS / 96 VP / 95 VM / 95 DE / 94+ WI / 94 WA / 94 JD#48 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of France 2023#64 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2023Vinepair Best Champagnes of 2023The tightness and tension of...
95 WA The 2020 La Vizcaína La del Vivo is super harmonious, tasty and balanced. The wine matured in two 2,500-liter oak foudres, and a small part fermented and matured in amphorae with skins. It's varietal and...
94 DE / 93 WS / 92 WA / 92 JD / 92 VM / 92 JS / 92 WE / 92 WI / 16.5+ JR The nose opens with the fresh ripeness of yellow apple and highlights of Granny Smith. It has beautifully subtle autolysis on the palate, deepening...
96 JD / 94 WA #1 Jeb Dunnuck's Top 100 2023 A deep transparent ruby, the elegant 2021 Pinot Noir Estate displays a refined, classic appeal in its notes of wild raspberry, fresh roses, and forest herbs. Medium-bodied,...
92 JS / 91 WA / 90 WS Shows pretty plum and spice character, with full body, velvety tannins and a dried lemon and subtle fruit aftertaste. Rich and structured. Try in 2016. - James SucklingTasted at the Union de Grand Cru...
96 VM The 2017 Barolo Riserva Perno is a real stunner. Deep, pliant and super-expressive, the 2017 boasts gorgeous inner sweetness and depth to lay off its huge, imposing tannins. The ripeness and overall intensity of the...
94 VM The 2018 Barolo Perno is a wild, exotic wine. The bouquet alone is captivating. Leather, orange peel, sage, mint, dried flowers and mulling spices all soar out of the glass. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure, the...
96 WI / 96 JS / 96 JD / 96 DE A new project from Jayson Woodbridge of Hundred Acre Medium ruby-purple in color, the 2021 Twilight Pinot Noir comes bounding out with juicy blackberries, wild blueberries, and licorice...
95 WI / 95 JD / 95 DE A new project from Jayson Woodbridge of Hundred Acre The 2021 Stargazing Pinot Noir is medium ruby-purple in color. The nose opens with evocative notes of cranberry sauce, redcurrant jelly, and...
98 WA / 96 JD / 94 VM / 94 JS Instantly impressive, the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Feather opens to silky, fresh and fleshy dark red and black fruit tones with picturesque rich and ripe notions that sashay out of the glass...
97 DE / 93 WA / 93 JS Best In Show - Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 The second of our brace of 2019 Baroli is the darker of the pair, perhaps the result of having spent only 24 rather than 36 months in wood. It, too,...
98+ JD / 97 WS / 94-96 WA / 95 JS / 95 VM / 18.5 JR On another level, the 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto Blanc is more reductive and tight, with a brilliant, concentrated, full-bodied, layered profile on the palate. White currants,...
98+ JD / 97 WS / 96 JS / 96 VM / 93-95 WA / 18.5 JR The 2019 Ermitage Ex Voto is another massive 2019 from this team that readers will absolutely love to have in the cellar. Possessing an extravagant nose of cassis and...