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2025
Château Troplong Mondot (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Blackberries, licorice, flowers, and chocolate are showcased in the perfume. There is an exceptional level of lift and vibrancy, paired with marine influences that drive the wine before you delve into its layers of perfectly ripe, black cherries, and plums. Elegant, powerful, long and juicy, there is a gorgeous sapidity in the finish that you cannot help but like. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV, 3.5 pH. Harvesting took place August 29 - September 20, making this the earliest start to a harvest in the history of the estate. Aging is taking place in a combination of 50% new, French oak barrels, foudres, and 1-year-old barrels. Drink from 2030-2060. 97-99 Pts 29 Views Tasted May 11, 2026 |
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2025
Château L'Evangile (Pomerol)
Black fruit, smoke, truffles, chocolate, plums, and Maraschino cherries fill the exotic perfume. But, here, it is the palate that owns the day. Intense and concentrated, the wine offers so much volume, width, and length that you are instantly seduced. Dark, deep, focused, and precise, there is also opulence, depth, and sensuality. The finish provides the lift, so the wine is equally fresh and velvety. This is a fabulous vintage for L'Evangile. The wine blends 66% Merlot with 13% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.7% ABV. The harvest took place August 26 - September 15. The wine is aging in a combination of 40% new, French oak, 40% foudres, amphora, and used oak barrels. Yields were low at only 22 hectoliters per hectare. The Grand Vin was made from 60% of the harvest. Drink from 2030-2060. 96-98 Pts 171 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
La Closerie de Fourtet (Saint-Émilion)
Licorice, flowers, and cherries are already expressive in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, forward, elegant, fruity, and fresh palate. The wine was made from blending 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. The wine comes from a parcel selection. Drink from 2028-2038. 90-92 Pts 174 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château l'Insouciance (Saint-Estèphe)
Blackberries, currants, espresso, and licorice come through in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, sweet, soft, lifted, and fruity, creamy palate. The wine blends 55% Merlot with 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2029-2045. 90-92 Pts 129 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Deeply colored, with chocolate-covered plums, flowers, forest floor, leafy greenery, and spice box aromatics that are quite expressive in the aromatic profile. The palate is even better, with a vivid display of ripe, sweet, juicy dark fruits. Elegant, concentrated, silky, and deep, the wine has ample lift, so you taste and feel the freshness and purity in the fruit. The extensive finish displays chocolaty plums, licorice, and spice from beginning to end. The blend is 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, 14.5% ABV, 3.6 pH. Yields were low at 19 hectoliters per hectare. Harvesting took place September 8 - September 18. Drink from 2030-2060. 95-97 Pts 191 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Branne (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, soft, round-textured, and fruity, the wine delivers its licorice, espresso, black cherries, and cocoa filled profile from start to finish. Due to its sweetness, and creamy textures, you can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2028-2034. 90-92 Pts 132 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos Lunelles (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black raspberries, flowers, plums, chocolate, licorice, truffle, and marine influences create the perfume. The palate is full-bodied, concentrated, lush, polished, opulent, and deep. The long finish delivers layers of dark-chocolate-infused black cherries, licorice, spice, espresso, and most importantly, energy. So, even with all those waves of concentrated fruit, the wine feels up-beat. Last, and of equal importance, the essence of salty, minerality comes through on the palate, and in the finish. The wine was made from blending 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc. 14.1% ABV. Drink from 2029-2050. 92-94 Pts 175 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Cabanne (Pomerol)
Chocolate, coconut, plums, and cherries fill the perfume and the bright, crisp, juicy palate. Medium-bodied, vibrant, and lifted, the wine is elegant and refined. The wine is produced from 94% Merlot, with 6% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2047. 91-93 Pts 135 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos Manou (Médoc)
Flowers, cherries, licorice, and spice fill the aromatics. The medium-bodied palate is sweet, lively, creamy, and fruity. There is good energy in the currant-filled mid-palate and finish, which also delivers a touch of cocoa, licorice, and spice in the endnotes. While this is easy to enjoy in its youth, with age, this is going to be even better. The wine blends 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2045. 89-91 Pts 182 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Clémence (Pomerol)
Chocolate, espresso, plums, smoke, and spice aromatics are front and center. The palate is round, lush, and fruity, with a sweet, polished, creamy, oak-tinted finish. Drink from 2028-2045. 90-92 Pts 132 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos Marsalette (Pessac-Léognan)
Elegantly-styled, the wine is medium-bodied, forward fresh, and fruity, with a lean to the dark, berry, and pit fruit side of the style range. The wine delivers accents of tobacco, herbs, spice, and chalk that accompany all of its round-textured charms. The wine will be open and accessible on release and will deliver pleasure for 12-15 years after that. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2028-2045. 91-93 Pts 178 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Clotte (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Fruity, lush, creamy, and vibrant, the wine is packed with black cherries, plums, herbs, spices, licorice, mint, and crushed rocks from start to finish. Elegantly-textured, there is more than enough soft, vibrant, creamy fruits, with their salty essence to give you lift and length. You can enjoy this with just a year or two of aging. Or, if you prefer more secondary nuances, the wine will evolve for at least 2 decades after that. The wine blends 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2028-2050. 92-95 Pts 134 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos Marsalette Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Green apples, pineapples, and sweet ripe, white peaches are all over the place, on the nose, and in the palate. Sweet, round, and lush, this will be delicious to enjoy on release. The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc with 40% Semillon. Drink from 2027-2031. 91-91 Pts 171 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Commanderie (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The perfume kicks off with a bouquet of flowers, and sweet, pit fruits. The medium-bodied, soft, elegant palate is already delivering its chocolatey, plummy essence. You can enjoy this on release, or age it for 15 or more years with pleasure. Drink from 2029-2048. 91-93 Pts 130 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos René (Pomerol)
Truffle, chocolate, and black cherries create the core of this wine in the nose, and on the palate. Fresh, and fruity with a lively, berry packed, medium-bodied, round-textured finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2028-2045. 90-92 Pts 179 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Confession (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Cinnamon, smoke, flowers, licorice, and dark-pit fruits blend together to create the aromatics. The palate is fresh and fleshy, allowing you to enjoy all the layers of sweet cherries, plums, and spice that fill your palate, along with the touch of minerality that you discover at the end of the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Malbec. Drink from 2028-2047. 93-95 Pts 136 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos Saint-Vincent (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Raspberries, herbs, forest leaves, plums, and chocolate fill the perfume and palate. Medium-bodied, forward, and already quite charming in your glass, you can enjoy all of its polished, bright, red berries, with their spicy, dark chocolate finish on release, and for 12-15 years after that. Drink from 2028-2042. 90-92 Pts 173 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Conseillante (Pomerol)
Violets, lilacs, and chocolate drizzles, followed by plums, black cherries, blue fruits, licorice, smoke, and truffles, create the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is pure silk, velvet, and cashmere, perfectly suited to the seemingly endless waves of sweet, bright, plush fruits, with their freshness, elegance, and stunning sense of purity. The finish lingers past the 60-second mark and keeps going long after the wine has gone where it needs to be. One of the keys to the success of the dry 2025 vintage began a few years in advance, with the addition of compost to the vineyards, aiding water retention, helping the fruit gain maturity, and increasing yields. The wine blends 87% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon along with 8% press wine. 13.5% ABV, 3.66 pH. The harvest took place from August 28 to September 17. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2030 to 2065. 98-100 Pts 190 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Clos St. Julien (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite flowery in the nose before you get to its black cherries, dark berries, tobacco, and mint aromatics. The wine is rich, deep, long, and expressive, with a strong sense of minerality, cocoa, licorice, and espresso that adds to the fruit-packed, fresh finish. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Franc with 50% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2050. 94-96 Pts 179 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Couspaude (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft and fresh, the flowers, with red and black currants, stand out. On the bright palate, the wine is vibrant, crisp, and fruity, leaving you with lift and energy in the mid-palate and finish. You can enjoy this on release and for 15 or more years after that. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is the final vintage from the Aubert family. Subsequent vintages will be produced by the team of Vignobles Kwok. One of the first changes is less new oak for the aging. However, 2025 is unique. The wine was initially aged in stainless steel vats without any oak. The wine will complete its aging in foudres. Drink from 2028-2040. 89-91 Pts 135 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château Clos St. Martin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Initially, the strong essence of flowers attracts your attention before you discover the minty herbs, cherries, licorice, and plums in the perfume. The elegant and vibrant palate delivers sweet, ripe, red berries, peppery spices, licorice, and creamy textures from start to finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2029-2050. 94-96 Pts 179 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château la Creation (Pomerol)
Plums, licorice, espresso, and cherry aromas fill the wine. On the medium-bodied palate you find soft, energetic fruits with lift, and vibrance, leaving you with cherries, espresso, and chocolate-topped plums. Drink from 2028-2040. 89-91 Pts 134 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Vieille Cure Clos Toumalin (Canon-Fronsac)
Sweet, creamy, polished, and fresh, the wine is packed with ripe, black, and red pit fruits with a strong sense of mineral essences. This is a new wine from the owners of La Vielle Cure. Drink from 2028-2040. 89-91 Pts 172 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Château La Croix du Casse (Pomerol)
Plums, chocolate, licorice, and a minor background note of espresso pop in the nose. Medium-bodied, lush, round, fleshy, and vibrant, the palate and finish are packed with sweet, black cherries, a hint of spice, licorice, herbs, and a refreshing note of mint. You can enjoy this with ease upon release and for over a decade or more afterward. The wine blends 96% Merlot, with 4% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2028-2042. 91-93 Pts 135 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2025
Couvent des Jacobins Calicem (Saint-Émilion)
Flowers, crushed stones, licorice, black cherries, plums, and sea salt fill the aromatic profile. The wine is round, lush, and creamy, with layers of sweet, black, and red fruits with intensity, balance, and lift. The wine is made from 100% old vine Merlot planted in 1961. Drink from 2029-2050. 94-96 Pts 177 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
