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2023
Château Pavie Arômes de Pavie (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, blackberries, licorice, Asian spice, dark chocolate, and a hint of smoke fill the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is equally dark, with layers of dark, juicy berries, licorice, vibrance, and length, with a chalky endnote in the long finish. Aromes de Pavie is no longer the second wine of Pavie. All of the fruit comes from a specific 11-hectare parcel, so it should be looked at as its own brand. It is interesting to note that all of the vines are old, averaging 53 years of age. The wine blends 50% Merlot with 50% Cabernet Franc. 14.51 ABV%, 3.63 pH. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,140 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Corbin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black plums, black cherries, flowers, and licorice shine in the perfume. Elegant, refined, soft, medium-bodied, and with sweet, ripe, fruits, with freshness, this is already charming in your glass. And it is only going to get better with a year or two in the bottle. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,445 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Gaffelière (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black plums, flowers, cherries, and fennel fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is luscious, elegant, polished, fresh, sweet, and lifted, with lingering cherries, and plums on the backend in the salted-chocolatey, finish. Drink from 2028-2050. 94-96 Pts. 2,578 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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It is the striking bouquet of flowers that first captures your attention before you notice the sensually textured, sweet, ripe, fleshy plums, cherries, espresso, and chocolate. Medium-bodied, with a unique, textured character, complemented by lift, length, and purity, Le Pin stands out from every other Pomerol. This is clearly a contender for one of the wines of the vintage. Produced from 100% Merlot, harvesting took place on September 11 and September 23. Drink from 2029 - 2050. 97-99 Pts 1,921 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Croix St. Georges (Pomerol)
Flowers, chocolate, espresso, and minty cherries form the aromatic profile. The medium-bodied palate is even better with its fresh, creamy style. The fruits are sweet, ripe, lush, and polished. The finish delivers its chocolate-coated black and red fruits, with just a hint of smoke, espresso, and mint. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. This is clearly another level for La Croix St. Georges, who recently brought in Thomas Duclos as their consultant. Drink from 2028-2045. 349 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, chocolate covered cherries, licorice, and a leaf, or two of mint create the aromatic profile. The medium-bodied palate is even better with its crisp, soft, lush, silky, vibrant, polished, fresh character. The fruits are sweet, ripe, and juicy. There is purity matched with elegance. The finish is long, and lingering with its chocolate-coated black, and red fruits, with just a hint of smoke, and espresso to add another accent. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. 14.61 ABV, 3.67 pH. This is clearly the start of another level for La Croix St. Georges. When bottled, it is possible the score could rise even further. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts. 1,397 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos du Clocher (Pomerol)
Plum, truffle, flowers, chocolate, licorice, and show readily in the nose. The soft, creamy palate is packed with sweet, ripe, vibrant, black cherries, blue fruit, and licorice, accompanied by dark chocolate and espresso, adding richness on the palate and in the finish. The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2045. 650 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, plums, blackberries, truffle, black cherries, dark chocolate, smoke, and espresso show readily in the nose, The palate is lush, supple, creamy, and vibrant, with silky tannins, length, and loads of ripe, black cherries, blue fruit, that are all accompanied by dark chocolate. Harvesting took place September 5 - October 4, making this one of the longest harvests in the history of the estate. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. 13.9% ABV, 3.58 pH. Drink from 2028-2045. 94-96 Pts. 2,374 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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La Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Incense, flowers, black cherries, cigar box, plums, and spice are easy to spot in the perfume. On the palate, texturally, the fruits are as lush, as they are bright, and fresh. There is an understated sense of elegance that becomes apparent as the wine expands, and lingers on your palate. The lengthy finish continues gaining in intensity and complexity. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc, 13.5% ABV. The harvest took place September 19-30. 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 1,939 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Sweet yellow citrus, tropical fruits, honeysuckle, vanilla, and spices form the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is sweet, juicy, vibrant, and touched by its strong sense of minerality. leaving you with waves of ripe citrus, pineapple, mango, and a hint of orange rind, with a splash of spicy white peaches in the mid-palate, which carry through to the finish. The wine blends 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Semillon, and 5% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2035. 918 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Orange cream, flowers, vanilla, pomelo, ginger, green apples, and a splash of pineapple hit the nose. Juicy, creamy, with sweetness, and balancing acidity giving the wine length, lift, and sweet citrus with a splash of spicy white peaches in the mid-palate, which carry through to the finish. The harvest took place August 25 - September 7. The wine blends 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Semillon, and 5% Sauvignon Gris. 14% ABV, 3.2 pH. Drink from 2025-2035. 95-95 Pts. 2,807 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Waxy lemons, white peach, pineapple, and green apples come through in this vibrant, juicy, crisp, wine, which balances its juicy yellow citrus with its sweetness. The wine is made from a blend of 65.3% Semillon and 34.7% Sauvignon Blanc, picking took place August 24, and finishing September 5. The length of harvest is extraordinary, considering there are only 3.5 hectares of vines. 13.9% ABV, 3.3 pH. Drink from 2026-2040. 96-96 Pts. 1,477 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos St. Julien (St. Émilion)
Flowers, crushed stones, licorice, and bright, fresh, red fruit notes are all over the place, on the palate, and in the perfume. Medium-bodied, elegant, vibrant, and with finishing touches salted-chocolate-topped red fruits, this should age quite well. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Franc with 50% Merlot. Drink from 2029-2045. 94-96 Pts. 1,134 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Grave a Trigant de Boisset (Pomerol)
Sweet cherries, flowers. smoke, and licorice are delivered in the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, supple, elegant, fresh, and polished. You encounter silky tannins and freshness, as well as a nice dollop of dark chocolatey-mint in the finish. The wine blends 89% Merlot with 11% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 421 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Mint, cherries, cocoa, and flowers decorate the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, and polished, with silky tannins, and freshness, as well as a nice dollop of dark chocolate in the finish. The wine blends 89% Merlot with 11% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2039. 91-93 Pts. 1,569 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clarendelle (Pessac-Léognan)
Tobacco leaves with soft, juicy currants provide an early-drinking, elegant, fruity, and fresh example of Pessac Leognan, that is ready to go on release. Enjoy it over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 89-91 Pts. 911 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Honeysuckle, roasted grapefruits, green apples, nutmeg, and pears are ready to be enjoyed, in the nose, and on the forward, sweet, juicy, and importantly, vivid palate. This is ready-to-go as soon as it hits the stores. The wine blends 70% Semillon with 30% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2026-2033. 833 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Yellow tropical fruits, flowers, and green apples, with a hint of vanilla are ready to be enjoyed, in the nose, and on the forward, sweet, juicy, palate. This is ready-to-go as soon as it hits the stores. It is interesting to note that Clos des Lunes was the first wine being offered as a future from the 2023 vintage. The wine blends 70% Semillon with 30% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2025-2030. 91 Pts. 1,923 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Tobacco, cedar, savory herbs, flowers, currants, cocoa, spice, and licorice pop without asking in the nose. On the palate, the wine is even better. Medium-bodied, racy, fresh, vibrant, and also loaded with fresh, vivid, black, red, and blue fruits, spice, mint, and dark chocolate. The end note lingers with the perfect blend of refreshing acidities, and lush, silky, velvety fruits. The wine is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. 13.9% ABV, 3.75 pH. Drink from 2028-2043. 92-94 Pts. 1,796 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Amphora Wine Clavis Orea (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, black cherries, and chocolate open this forward, round, creamy, fresh, medium-bodied wine. I like the zesty, red berry, and chocolatey finish with its freshness, and ripe, black cherry end note. However, the wine expresses an oaky character that if it better integrates, it will be a better wine. So, let it age a year or two. Drink from 2027-2036. 90-92 Pts. 856 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine pops with flowers, smoke, licorice, and dark red fruits in its aromatic profile. The wine delivers more of those dark red fruits coated with licorice, chocolate, and chalk, leaving you with a creamy-textured finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure upon release, or age it for a few years. Drink from 2026-2034. 203 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chalky, ripe, dark, red fruits, licorice, black cherries, espresso, and dark chocolate nuances are ripe, fresh, round, and chewy. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 943 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lynch-Bages Blanc de Lynch-Bages (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, orange rind, yellow citrus, and white peach with a hint of lemon curd blend together perfectly in the nose, and on the palate, leaving you with a citrusy, tropical note in the vibrant, creamy finish. The wine is produced from blending 81% Sauvignon Blanc, 11% Semillon, and 8% Muscadelle. Drink from 2025-2032. 329 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Yellow citrus, pomelo, flowers, white peach, Granny Smith apples, and lemon curd notes blend together perfectly in the nose, and on the palate, leaving you with a citrusy, tropical note in the finish. The wine is produced from blending 81% Sauvignon Blanc, 11% Semillon, and 8% Muscadelle. Drink from 2024-2033. 93 Pts. 1,488 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Valandraud Blanc de Valandraud (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, pears, green apples, white peach, and lemon curd aromas pop in the perfume. Vibrant, sweet, and creamy, with layers of salt-tinted yellow fruits, ginger, and white peaches are well-displayed in the mid-palate and finish. The wine blends 53% Sauvignon Gris, 40% Sauvignon Blanc, 7% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2037. 226 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026I love the purity in the fruits, there is intensity in the green apples, lemons, mangos, white peaches, and pineapples. The fruits are vivid, crisp, clean, and a touch salty, making you want to take another sniff, and sip, just for pleasure. The wine blends 53% Sauvignon Gris, 40% Sauvignon Blanc, 7% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2037. 94 Pts. 1,257 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Brane-Cantenac Le Baron de Brane (Margaux)
Spearmint, cocoa, cedar, red berry, and tobacco aromas create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is soft, elegant, ripe, round, and is already delivering pleasure. So, you can safely enjoy this with ease while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carmenere, and 1% Petit Verdot. 2026-2036. 223 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cedar, cigar wrapper, spice and red berry aromas create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is round, chocolatey, forward, and soft, with layers of ripe, creamy, black cherries, and a touch of dust to the tannins with a bit of peppery, spearmint that adds complexity to the endnote. This baby Brane is perfect to enjoy on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carmenere, and 1% Petit Verdot, 13.8% ABV. Drink from 2026-2040. 1,399 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Le Carillon de l'Angélus (St. Émilion)
Flowers, licorice, cherries, plums, black raspberries, vanilla, and a hint of spice open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is polished, soft, and displays red pit fruits, chalk, and spice that you taste, and feel on the palate, and in the finish, with a touch of refreshing mint on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,564 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Carruades de Lafite (Pauillac)
Spicy, floral, and fruity in the nose, with its red, black, and blue aromatics, you quickly move to the soft, silky, elegant, fragrant, medium-bodied palate. This is a bright, fresh, charming wine that even though it does not feel weighty, it is sneaky in its length, as it lingers on the palate, with fruit, as well as freshness. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 40% Merlot. It is interesting to note this is the first vintage in ages, if not ever, with only 2 vintages in the blend. 13.2% ABV, 3.7 pH. The wine consists of roughly 35% of the harvest.15% press wine. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 2,294 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Chapelle d'Ausone (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Violets, roses, black raspberries, licorice, and cherry aromatics carry the perfume. On the palate, the wine is elegant, polished, sweet, and lively. The tannins are soft, the fruits are lifted, and creamy. There is a vibrance, and energy here with an understated approach this is perfect for the vintage. It is difficult to believe this is a second wine. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2047. 93-95 Pts. 1,269 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Tronquoy (St. Estèphe)
Flowers, mint, cherries, and a whisp of smoke fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, supple, and focused on its sweet, vibrant, core of red fruit, you can enjoy this on release, and over the following decade with ease. The wine blends 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 11% Petit Verdot. 13.2% ABV. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 2,779 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Croizille (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, espresso, and plums pop in the aromatic profile. The wine is medium-bodied, juicy, fresh, and creamy, with soft, polished, sweet, red plums and licorice in the finish. You can enjoy this young, or age it for more complexity. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 918 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Adaugusta (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, fresh, medium-bodied, fruity, with a lean to the red cherry side, made even better with a juicy touch of citrus, and cocoa in the easy-going, soft-textured finish. The wine is going to be easy to taste on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 858 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Alcée (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, mint, black cherries, tobacco, and blackberries light up the perfume. The medium-bodied palate combines soft, polished textures with layers of ripe fruits, chocolate, and spearmint that refresh at the end of the finish. The wine was produced from 88% Merlot with 12% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 216 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, blackberries, black cherries, and licorice, with a touch of spicy chocolate shows well in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate. The wine is round, juicy, and fresh, with sweetness, lift, and a refreshing, spicy note on the backend in the finish. The wine was produced from 88% Merlot with 12% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 91-93 Pts. 1,228 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Angélus (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The nose pops with its bouquet of flowers, mint, tobacco leaf, licorice, and black cherries, The essence in this wine it its purity balanced with its racy, freshness. The finish delivers soft, long, energetic, red berries with nuances of espresso, chalk, crushed stone, cherries, plums, and cocoa. There is depth, and concentration but the wine feels light on its feet. The Cabernet Franc makes an impression in 2023. The team was nervous about the vintage until the first days in September before they knew the vintage was going to be special. The key to the vintage was in part due to longer fermentations at cooler temperatures, which never rose above 22 Celsius, along with no sulfur during the fermentations which aided the wines elegance and purity. The wine blends 60% Merlot, with 40% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV, 3.65 pH. Harvesting took place, September 6 - September 28. Drink from 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 4,705 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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No 3 d'Angelus (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fruity, and fresh in the nose, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, forward, and juicy, with sweetness, and lift from the mid-palate, which carries its red berry character through to the finish. You can enjoy this on release and over the next decade. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts. 1,088 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Auguste (Bordeaux)
Espresso, cherries and licorice fill the medium-bodied, forward, early drinking charmer. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 88-89 Pts. 783 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Ausone (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark garnet in color, the wine is intensely floral, with lilacs, violets, roses, licorice, espresso, black raspberries, black cherries, and red currants. As good as the nose is, the palate is even better. The wine is rich, intense, and most importantly, elegant. There is a majestic sense of lift, purity, and refinement that is complimented by the strong touch its oceanic influence felt on its layers of dark red, black, and blue fruits, espresso, and spice. The seamless finish lingers long after the wine has left the glass. The key to the vintage here is the late, and light September rains that refreshed the Cabernet Franc just before harvesting. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc with 40% Merlot.14.2% ABV, 3.63 pH. Harvesting took place September 14-19 for the Merlot ,and September 25-30 for the Cabernet Franc. 2,000 cases were produced. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts. 2,133 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Badette (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Creamy, with a strong oak accent, the wine focuses on its espresso, dark chocolate, and black cherry core. Concentrated, bright, and chewy, this is going to need time to allow the oak to integrate fully into the wine. Drink from 2028-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,044 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Barde-Haut (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine pops with flowers, licorice, bacon fat, mint, cherries, and black plums create the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine balances its supple, characteristics with its vibrant side to produce a creamy, mineral-driven, red berry filled wine with energy, softness and a crushed-rock, cherry-infused finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc.14.55% ABV, 3.4 pH. Drink from 2027-2045. 93-95 Pts. 3,726 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Baret (Pessac-Léognan)
Bright, fresh, medium-bodied, crisp, smoky and vibrant at its core, this will be quite nice to enjoy on release. The wine is blend of 70% Merlot, and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,023 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Bastor-Lamontagne (Sauternes)
Candied white peaches galore with pineapple, marmalade, and luscious honey pop in the nose. The zesty palate is just as good with more of those beautiful, honey-drizzled tropical fruits from start to finish. Served chilled, this is the perfect sweet treat to pair with savory courses or as an aperitif. Drink from 2027-2043. 902 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026Candied lemons, pineapple, marmalade, and white peaches with honey on the nose are perfect for the medium-bodied, fresh, sweet, palate. This lighter, fresher, Sauternes is a nice wine to pair with savory courses, or serve as an aperitif. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,253 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Batailley (Pauillac)
Cigar box, and blackberries blend together to create the perfume. The palate is ripe, creamy, vibrant, and packed with sweet, elegant red currants with a touch of tobacco on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2050. 1,109 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Soft, round, ripe, creamy, vibrant, black, and red fruits are all over the place here, in the nose, and on the palate. The wine has character, soft, creamy tannins, and the ability to be enjoyed in its youth, but as it ages as well. The wine is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. 13.7% ABV. 93-95 Pts. 8,379 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Lions de Batailley (Pauillac)
Supple, soft, round, and creamy, the wine is packed with dark, red berries that offer lift, sweetness, character, and drinkability. The wine blends 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts 1,046 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beau-Séjour Bécot (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The intensity, length, and purity are impossible to ignore this year. The wine offers strong floral characteristics coupled with sweet, ripe, red cherries, licorice, black raspberries, and a hint of cocoa. The wine is silky, elegant, long, and refined. The fruit is incredibly, soft, sweet, and pure. The key point in the vintage was their water-retentive, limestone terroir that nourished the vines during the dry part of the growing season. 2023 is the first vintage produced in the estates new cellars, which allowed for precision wine making, which was needed in this difficult vintage. The aging is different starting with the 2023 as well, now the wine is aged in 55% new, French oak barrels, with 20% of the harvest aging in foudres. The wine blends 77% Merlot, with 23% Cabernet Franc. 14.1%, ABV, 3.5 pH. The harvest took place, September 7 - October 4. Drink from 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 6,049 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beau-Site (St. Estèphe)
Cedar, mint leaves, tobacco, currants, and flowers blend together in this forward, fresh, lifted, vibrant, medium-bodied, chewy wine. There's a lot of character here without a big price tag. The wine blends 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,162 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Vignoble Seguin (St. Estèphe)
Forward, easy-to-like, and easy-to-drink, medium-bodied, cherry, and currant-filled wine for early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2023-2030. 86-88 Pts. 949 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beaumont (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, cedar, and currants fill the aromatics. The palate is soft, round, and fresh with loads of sweet, ripe fruits from start to finish. Beaumont is one of the top Left Bank wines offering drinkability and character for a friendly price. If you are looking for value, check this out. The wine blends 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2034. 249 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Spicy, fresh, forward, charming, medium-bodied, Left Bank wine that offers drinkability, and character that sells for a song. If you are looking for value, check this out. The wine blends 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,904 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beauregard (Pomerol)
Opening with a strong floral note before you find spearmint, cherries, plums, and truffles in the nose. The wine is fresh, but not overtly so, with loads of soft, vibrant, polished, dark red pit fruits, along with touches of orange rind, espresso, and cocoa on the backend. Give this just a few years, and it will be fully ready-to-go. The wine blends 74% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2042. 232 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chocolate, flowers, black cherries, plums, spice, truffle, and licorice nuances open the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, polished, fresh, dark, and chewy, with chalky, dark red pit fruits, along with touches of orange rind, espresso, and cocoa on the backend. Give this just a few years, and it will be fully ready-to-go. The wine blends 74% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2042. 13.5% ABV. 92-94 Pts. 1,565 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite floral in nature, the perfume adds nuances of cherries, licorice, red fruits, cocoa, and spice. The medium-bodied palate balances its freshness, elegance, silky tannins, and most importantly, purity in its layers of sweet, ripe, red fruits. Complex, and refined, everything is in balance here with no hard edges. The lingering finish delivers layers of vibrant red berries. This is effortless to drink. But, do not let that fool you, as this is also a candidate for decades of aging. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV, 3.41 pH. The harvest took place September 13 - September 29 for the Merlot, and October 2-3 for Cabernet Franc. This is the longest harvest in the history of the estate. Drink from 2028- 2055. 97-99 Pts. 3,880 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Croix de Beauséjour (Duffau Lagarrosse) (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
There is ample freshness here. You sense this in the nose, with its black raspberries, and flowery presence, as well as on the medium-bodied palate, with its vibrant, red fruits, peppery spice, and refined, minty-edged finish. This should be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts 1,072 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beauséjour (Fronsac) Cuvée Prestige (Fronsac)
Cocoa, smoke, cherries, and a light touch of oak fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is lively, fresh, soft, sweet, and fruity. Drink from 2026-2032. 180 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Leafy herbs, tobacco, and cherries form the core of this medium-bodied, bright, red cherry, and red plum wine. The finish is bright, crisp, and fresh. Drink from 2026-2032. 87-89 Pts. 863 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Beauvillage (Médoc)
Plums, blackberries, and cigar box aromas fill the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, supple, fresh, and fruity, with a creamy, black cherry finish. This is a delicious, early-drinking charmer that sells for a song. Drink from 2026-2036. 194 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, soft, supple, fresh, fruity, and creamy, with a core of ripe, sweet, black cherries, licorice and cocoa, this is a delicious, early-drinking charmer. Drink from 2026-2036. 1,057 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bel-Air (Pomerol)
Cherries, black raspberries, and flowers fill the perfume and palate here. A bit light, it is also. sweet, soft, and vibrant, with a chewy, cherry, and cocoa finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2034. 183 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, wet earth, and dark cherries form the core of this medium-bodied, forward, chewy Merlot wine that finishes with a touch of citrus on top of the cherries, with a nice hint of chocolate-mint in the backend. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 970 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Belair-Monange Annonce de Bélair-Monange (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, fruity, and forward, this is going to be delicious on release with all of its upfront, sweet, ripe cherries, chocolate, and plums. Produced from 98% Merlot, with 2% Cabernet Franc, this is the second wine of Belair Monange. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,063 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Belair-Monange (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The second vintage produced in the new cellars opens with flowers, crushed rocks, black cherries, cocoa, and spice. The wine is lifted, and fresh, with vitality, coupled with sweetness to the fruits, elegant tannins, and good energy on the palate. The mineral-driven finish serves up its display of crushed rocks, oceanic influences, mint, Indian spices, and bright red fruits effortlessly. There is length, and a raciness to the fruits in the finish that allows the wine to linger long after the wine has left the glass. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2029-2055. 95-97 Pts. 1,717 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Belgrave (Haut-Médoc)
Blackberries, tobacco leaves, spearmint, and currants with a pinch of flowers form the core here. The palate is fresh, bright, crisp, and fruity, with a lean to the red berry side of the style range, finishing with a touch of mint in the background. Drink from 2028-2042. 274 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco leaves, spearmint, and black currants with background notes of licorice, and flowers create the character here. The mid-palate, and finish wrap everything up nicely with soft, polished, fresh, red berries, mint, and a dash of chocolate. Drink from 2027-2044. 91-93 Pts. 2,600 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Belle-Vue (Haut-Médoc) (Haut-Médoc)
Sweet, black raspberries, peppery spice, and flowers crowd into the perfume. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, fresh, fruity, medium-bodied, spicy, and chewy, leaving you with lift, spice and a refreshing touch of mint in the finish. It is interesting to note that Belle-Vue is one of the few Bordeaux wines produced using 5 allowable grape varieties. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts 1,498 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellefont-Belcier (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Spice, crushed rocks, flowers, red plums, incense, and mint create the nose. On the palate, the wine is racy, silky, lifted, elegant, and polished, with cocoa-topped black cherries, and plums from start to finish. The wine blends 72% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.14.5% ABV, 3.56 pH. Harvesting took place September 19 - October 5. Drink from 2027 - 2048. 93-95 Pts. 2,957 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellegrave (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, fresh, forward, fruity, light in weight, with a soft, early-drinking, forward character. You can enjoy this on release and over the near term. Drink from 2026-2034. 88-90 Pts. 983 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellegrave (Pauillac) (Pauillac)
Currants, flowers, tobacco, cedar, and black cherries with soft, creamy tannins, and a refreshing, mint, and red currant finish is what you will find here. And it is going to be easy to enjoy on release too! Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,180 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellegrave du Poujeau (Haut-Médoc)
Mint, cedar, and savory-edged cherries pop in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, red-edged fruits, which leave you with a refreshing, minty, red currant finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 174 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Savory-edged, mint-accented, red fruits with a refreshing, herbal edge, leaves you with a fresh bright, chewy, red currant finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 88-90 Pts. 1,025 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellerive (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, with a core of black currants, smoke, cherries, and herbs is going to provide early, drinking, mildly rustic pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 86-88 Pts 893 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The wine pops with aromas of roses, violets, cherries, plum, and cocoa. Balanced between its racy, and elegant side, the wine is long, vibrant, clean, and pure, with silky, velvet-tannins, and a refined character in the finish that sticks with you. While the wine feels light on its feet, the finish really holds on, leaving you with vivid, sweet, red cherries that linger. The key to the wine here is the length of the harvest as they spent 3 weeks picking 3 hectares of vines! Produced from 100% old, vine Merlot, 14% ABV. Drink from 2027-2045. 93-95 Pts. 1,393 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bellevue de Tayac (Margaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, and already open, with just a swirl and sip, it is easy to find the sweet, dark cherries with their espresso and cocoa edge in the nose, and on the palate. Drink from 2026-2037. 87-89 Pts. 1,059 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Berliquet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With a single swirl, the wine is floral, with raspberries, black cherries, plums, cigar wrapper and spice. The wine is medium-bodied, elegant, energetic, and spicy, with layers of sweet, and pure, red berries with lift, and energy that you feel on the mineral-accented backend. This is the first vintage produced in the irnew cellar, which expanded from 9 tanks to 24 vats, allowing for parcel by parcel vinification. You can taste and feel the difference here. The wine blends 59% Merlot, with 41% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2026-2048. 93-95 Pts. 1,663 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bernadotte (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, cocoa, plums and currants pack the nose, and medium-bodied palate. Soft, fruity, and forward, the vibrant finish has a fresh, crisp, fruity endnote with a touch of mint that comes in at the end. Drink from 2026-2038. 192 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, tobacco, spearmint, and currants blend together to form this medium-bodied, juicy, fruit-filled, firm wine that leaves you with a refreshing, herbal, edge that rides along with its red berries. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,030 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Amiral de Beychevelle (St. Julien)
Flowers, and black cherries form the nose. The palate is loaded with sweet, ripe cherries, currants, spice, and licorice, Round, forward, and supple, this will be delicious on release, and for at least a decade or more. The wine is produced from 51% Merlot with 49% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,425 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Beychevelle (St. Julien)
Black, red, and blue fruit, with a hint of chocolate, flowers, and espresso jump from the nose. The palate is packed with layers of supple, black cherries, vibrant black currants, cocoa, spice, black raspberries, and espresso. Energetic, medium-bodied, long, and intense, with purity, and lift, this is going to offer fabulous drinking with just a few years in the cellar. The key to the vintage this year was patience, which was to find the perfect moment to harvest. The wine blends 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ever used in the blend! 13.3% ABV, pH 3.67. The harvest took place September 13 - October 6. This is the longest harvest on record. 50% of the harvest was placed into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2029-2060. 94-96 Pts. 3,464 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Issan Blason d'Issan (Margaux)
Mint, flowers, herbs, and red berries create the main focus of the wine here. Medium-bodied and fresh, with soft, elegant textures, the finish displays ample red cherries with vibrancy. This is perfect for near-term drinking while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2026-2036. 209 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, spice, and ripe, red berries create the main focus of the wine here. Medium-bodied, soft, juicy, and fresh, with soft, silky tannins, and sweetness, with a cherry-filled finish. Give this a year to soften, and it will be perfect for near-term drinking while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2026-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,720 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, and strawberry nuances fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, fresh, silky, and lively, the wine delivers its elegant, fruity red-berry and chocolate charm from start to finish. Give it a year or two of aging, and it will be even better. The wine is made from blending 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2042. 207 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, silky, and vibrant, the wine leans to its elegant, fruity side, with soft, refined tannins, and sweet, ripe, dark, cherries, with plums in the finish. Give it a year or two in the cellar, and it will be even better. The wine is made from blending 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 90-92 Pts. 1,219 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bouscaut Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
White peach, vanilla, lemon curd, spice, and pineapple aromas are all over the place. On the palate, the wine is zesty, spicy, crisp, and racy, with a juicy, yellow citrus finish that leaves you with a hint of spice, and marzipan on the backend. The wine is a blend of 59% Sauvignon Blanc, with 41% Semillon. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2025-2032. 93 Pts. 1,614 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Branaire-Ducru (St. Julien)
Showing a depth in the color, aromatically, the wine exudes blackberries, plums, charcoal, tobacco, black currants, cinnamon, and flowers in the perfume. Palate-wise, the wine is perfectly balanced between its silky textures and vibrant acidities. The finish is soft, polished, refined, and flavorful, leaving you with hints of turmeric, chocolate, and sweet, black currants. This is clearly a top vintage of Branaire Ducru! The length of the harvest, with the extra hang time, gave the team the chance to pick when they wanted to. This is a wine that is going to age quite well, yet it will be delicious to drink with just a few years of aging. The wine blends 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5.5% Cabernet Franc, and 3.5% Petit Verdot. 13.1% ABV, 3.63 pH. The harvest took place September 12 - October 4. Yields were large at 53 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2028-2060. 93-95 Pts. 6,541 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Flowers, tobacco, cedar, and black currants come to the surface in the nose. The plate continues in the same direction with its juicy layers of sweet, dark red, and black currants, with the perfect touch of refreshing mint that shows up in the finish. This is really showing well, much better than it did in barrel. Drink from 2026-2036. 230 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chewy, with an herbal, floral, bright, firm character from start to finish, give it a year or two in the bottle to round out its edges. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,533 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Brane-Cantenac Blanc (Bordeaux)
Fresh cut lawn grass, green apples, white peach, and pineapple aromas take no effort to find. On the palate, the wine is soft, fresh, creamy and delivers its citrus, and sweet pineapples from start to finish. This is already delicious in your glass. The wine blends 62% Sauvignon with 28% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2033. 1,235 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
The complex set of aromatics displays flowers, cocoa, espresso, cigar box, and red fruits. On the palate, the wine is just as good, if not better, with its elegant, soft, refined profile, the perfect backdrop for its sweet, ripe red fruits that linger long after the wine has left your glass. This is another vintage that Brane Cantenac lovers should have in their cellars. The wine blends 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Carmenere. Drink from 2029-2047. 1,122 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cuban cigars, cedar, cassis, spice, forest floor, and flowers open the perfume. On the palate, the wine shines with its silky textures, vibrancy, and hints of salty rocks that ride along effortlessly, with its layers of, sweet, ripe, black with red fruits. There is length, and refinement. Taking close to 1 month to harvest is what the difference with 2023. This is another vintage that Brane Cantenac lovers should have in their cellars. The wine blends 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Carmenere. 13.5% ABV, 3.77 pH. The harvest took place September 4 - October 2. The Grand Vin was produced from only 40% of the harvest. Drink from 2029-2055. 95-97 Pts. 8,150 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bernon Bécot Grand Vin (Puisseguin-St. Émilion)
Black cherries, raspberries, flowers and citrus shine in this medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking charmer. Enjoy this over the new term for all of its up-front fruit. Drink from 2026-2032. 87-89 Pts 857 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Broustet (Sauternes)
Sweet, juicy, ripe, and overripe pineapples, candied oranges, tangerines, mangos, and other tropical fruits coated with honey hit the spot in the nose, and on the creamy, sweet, and fresh, honey-sweetened, fruity palate. Drink from 2027-2045. 398 Views Tasted May 6, 2026Roasted nuts, and pineapples with floral accents shine here. The wine is perfect for early-drinking pleasure with honey, pineapple, and cashew character. The is going to be delicious as a chilled aperitif, or with savory courses. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 902 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cadet-Bon (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Supple, creamy, and fresh, the wine is loaded with chocolate-covered black cherries, plums, licorice, espresso, and refreshing hints of mint. The wine has concentration, and polished textures, with loads of sweet, ripe fruits, and more of that refreshing mint nuance in the finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot, with 30% Cabernet Franc. For the first time, 8% of the wine was whole bunch fermented. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,075 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Calon-Ségur (St. Estèphe)
The black fruits, dark red berries, flowers, licorice, spice, smoke, and crème de cassis in the perfume is a knockout! The wine is rich, balanced, well-defined, supple, creamy, and vibrant. The fruits have weight, depth, length, and purity. The concentrated layers of fruit start off strong, and keep on going. The refreshing waves of red with black fruits, sprig of mint, and touches of spice hang with you for close to 50 seconds in the up-beat finish. The wine blends 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. 14% ABV, 3.7 pH. The harvest took place September 6 - September 30. Only 55% of the harvest was placed into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2060. 95-97 Pts. 7,655 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cambon La Pelouse (Haut-Médoc)
There is a wealth of sweet, ripe, juicy, vibrant, chewy red fruits with a savory here, on the nose, and palate. Forward, fresh, and vibrant, this is going to be great on release for its lift, touch of chocolate, and red berries in the finish. Drink from 2026-2039. 89-91 Pts. 1,883 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Canon (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Violets, roses, and lilacs kick off the floral display. You also find cherries, plums, black raspberries, cigar box, and spice, with a touch of licorice. There is a balance between the vivacity, and sweetness, a strong sense of crushed rocks, and stones, depth, and intensity. The finish is racy, in all the best ways, which is the perfect backdrop for the wine's layers of salt-tinged fruits that linger. The best part of the wine is that the fruit expresses a beautiful sense of purity, with no hard . edges. The wine blends 71% Merlot with 29% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. 3.41. Harvesting took place September 6 - October 4. The length of the harvest is one of the key points to the vintage, as the estate was able to stop, start, and wait for phenolic ripeness. Drink from 2030- 2060. 97-99 Pts. 5,051 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Canon Chaigneau (Lalande de Pomerol)
Red fruits, licorice, dark cocoa, spice, and espresso form the core here. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, and a bit oaky on the palate at the moment, as well as over extracted. If the wine better integrates, it will be a better wine. The wine blends 93% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2033. 88-90 Pts. 1,261 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Canon-la-Gaffelière (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The perfume is similar to walking into a flower shop, carrying a basket of black raspberries, peppery cherries, and plums. Silky, refined, long, pure, and elegant, the fruit lingers on your palate, as well as in the finish, with touches of spice, mint, cigar wrappers, and licorice. The success of the vintage is due to finding phenolic ripeness in each parcel, coupled with gentle extractions. The wine blends 45% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13% ABV. The harvest took place September 20-29. Drink from 2028-2050. 95-97 Pts. 5,187 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantelys (Pessac-Léognan)
Tobacco, flowers, menthol, and cherries pop in the nose, and on the fresh, medium-bodied, soft, fresh, palate. The wine finishes with sweet, soft-textured, red fruits with a touch of peppery, tobacco leaf in the endnote. Drink from 2026-2036. 209 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco leaf, cedar, spearmint, and cherries pop in the nose, and on the fresh, medium-bodied, soft, fresh, palate. The wine finishes with a touch of herbs that come though in the endnote. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 1,001 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantelys Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Pineapple, white peach, honeysuckle, lemons, and mango fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is sweet and creamy, with a touch of almonds that comes along with the juicy yellow citrus in the finish. Drink from 2025-2030. 270 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Pineapple, yellow citrus. white peach and mango notes shine through in the nose, and on the fresh, almost, zesty, creamy, palate. Drink from 2025-2030. 91 Pts. 1,187 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
AltO de Cantenac Brown Blanc (Bordeaux)
Ripe pineapples, white peach, tangerine, and white flowers create the perfume, and the core of the wine. The palate is round, fruity, lush, and fresh, with a pineapple, and lemon peel-focused finish. The wine was produced from a blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Semillon. Drink 2025-2031. 91 Pts. 1,399 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantenac Brown BriO (Margaux)
The black cherries, cedar, and tobacco in the nose are easy to spot. Lush, round, dark, and loaded with chocolate-covered cherries, spice, and licorice, the wine is already pure pleasure in the glass. The wine blends 53% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 91-93 Pts. 1,211 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantenac Brown (Margaux)
Deep, full-bodied, and round, the wine is packed with black cherries, smoke, licorice, blackberry, espresso, and flowers. Sporting a dark hue, the intense aromatic profile is just the start. The palate is opulent, powerful, rich, and intense, yet remains light on its feet thanks to its freshness and lift. The finish is long, intense, energetic, and rich, with layers of sweet, polished, luscious fruits. 2023 is the first vintage produced in the new, state-of-the-art gravity cellars, which really made a difference this year. The wine is a blend of 71.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and 1.5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055. 472 Views Tasted Mar 17, 20262023 is the first vintage produced in the new, state-of-the-art gravity cellars, which really made a difference this year. Sporting a dark hue, the intense aromatic profile shoots out its blackberry, espresso, flowers, cherries, and truffle with only a single swirl. On the palate, the wine is opulent, powerful, rich, and intense, yet, it is also light on its feet due to its complementing acidities. The finish is long, intense, energetic, and rich, with layers of sweet, polished, luscious fruits, with just a hint of spice, and peppery cocoa on the back end. The wine is a blend of 71.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and 1.5% Petit Verdot. 13.6% ABV, 3.64 pH. The Grand Vin was produced using only 52% of the harvest. Picking took place September 7 - October 6, making this the longest harvest in the history of the estate. Drink from 2029-2055. 94-96 Pts. 3,067 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantereau (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries and a sprig of mint fill the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, fresh, fruity, soft, and creamy, with a core of ripe cherries, and strawberries on the mid-palate and in the finish. This is another 2023 that is showing much better from the bottle, than in the barrel. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2037. 197 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Produced from 100% Merlot, the medium-bodied wine is forward, fruity, with chocolate, and plums, with a nice hint of truffles, adding complexity to the nose, and the finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 88-90 Pts. 824 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, spice, flowers, and cherries load up the aromatic profile. The palate continues with that theme with its medium-bodied, creamy, silky, fruity, and forward. You can enjoy this on release and for over a decade after that. Drink from 2027-2040. 90-92 Pts. 1,171 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cap d'Or (St. Georges-St. Émilion)
Licorice, spice, and black cherries form the core of this wine. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh, and juicy, with a sweet, black raspberry, and herb character in the finish. This will be at its best over the near term. The wine blends 84% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,116 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cap de Faugères (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black cherries, olives, plums, and spearmint form the core of the nose, and the medium-bodied, round-textured, creamy, plummy palate with its chocolatey edge. The wine will be a treat to enjoy on release and for up to a decade after that. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 253 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Licorice, black cherries, and chocolate create the forward, soft, round, and creamy character here. Medium-bodied, with freshness, and energy, this is going to be delicious on release. The wine was blended with 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,745 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cap de Mourlin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Juicy, sweet, red, with black plums, cherries, espresso and dark chocolate notes are all over the place here in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, round-textured palate. There is vibrancy as well as creamy tannins making this easy to enjoy with just a year or two of release. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 1,041 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cap Saint George (St. Georges-St. Émilion)
Spearmint, tobacco, spice, red berries, and cigar wrappers create the character here. Soft, fresh, and fruity, with sweetness to the cherries, raspberries, and plums on the palate, vibrant, forward, red pit fruit filled wine is going to be delicious on release. The blends 88% Merlot, and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is perfect for early drinking pleasure, yet it can be aged for more complexity as well. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 962 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Capbern (St. Estèphe)
Mint, tobacco leaf, cedar, cherries, and currants pop in the nose. The medium-bodied, refined, soft, forward, fruity-palate is going to provide delicious drinking on release. The wine blends 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. 14.6% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2026-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,474 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Capet-Guillier (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, with an elegant charm, the wine offers its chocolate-covered cherries, espresso, and licorice characteristics with ease. Medium-bodied, with ripe, fresh, fruits, and more chocolate in the finish, this will be easy to enjoy on the young side. The wine blends 70% Merlot, with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,042 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Black cherries, raspberries, strawberries, flowers, and a nice hint of tobacco create the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is soft, polished, and fresh, finishing with chocolate-covered cherries, strawberries and a touch of mint on the fruity, backend. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2045. 256 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, black raspberries, smoke, tobacco, and a sprig of mint create the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is soft, polished, fresh, racy, and round, finishing with chocolate-covered cherries, espresso, and a touch of spice on the sweet, and fruity, backend. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. 14% ABV. 3.64. Drink from 2027-2045. 91-93 Pts. 2,022 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Granny Smith apples, peppery citrus, and lemon rind notes are there with just a swirl or two in the perfume. Vibrant, energetic, yellow citrus flavors are packed in the crispy finish. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2032. 488 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Granny Smith apples, flowers, lemon rind, honeysuckle, white peach, and pineapple is there with just a swirl or two in the perfume. Vibrant, fresh, and fruity with sweetness, spice, roundness, finishing with pineapples, white peach, and lemon curd, with the touch of crushed sones in the backend. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2035. 93 Pts. 2,644 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Certan de May (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, cocoa, and black raspberries, with a hint of espresso, fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, with a brightness to the fruit in the mid-palate and finish, leaving you with cocoa, ripe black cherries, plums, and a touch of orange rind on the backend. The wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2045. 213 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black raspberries, truffle, flowers, plums, and chocolate show easily in the nose. The wine is elegant, soft, refined, and silky on the palate, finishing with dark chocolate, ripe, black cherries, plums, and a touch of orange rind on the backend. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 1,728 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Charmail (Haut-Médoc)
Espresso, flowers, red pit fruits, and chocolate mint define the aromas. The palate is fresh, juicy, and fruity, with a nice touch of chocolate and blackberries in the medium-bodied finish. This is one of those super value wines from the Haut Medoc that savvy wine buyers should be all over. Drink from 2026-2035. 208 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Floral, with cedar, tobacco, camphor, and bright, red fruits from start to finish, the wine is creamy on the palate, with a fresh, fruity finish. This is one of those super value wines from the Haut Medoc that savvy wine buyers should be all over. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,682 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Flowers, herbs, cedar, tobacco, and red berries, shine in this medium-bodied, fresh, bright, effort, The wine is crisp, and chewy, with a chalky, firm finish. Drink from 2026-2043. 89-91 Pts. 2,561 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Chauvin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, licorice, and black cherry notes open the wine. The medium-bodied palate is soft, fragrant, and fresh, delivering a lot of sweet, though, firm, red fruits with energy, as well as a chalky texture on the palate, and in the finish. You can either enjoy this just about on release, or wait a bit, for more complexity. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,277 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cheval Blanc (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The Cabernet Franc makes a strong impression in the nose with its tobacco, flowers, black, with red fruits, chocolate, orange skin, and mint leaf in the nose. However, it is on the palate with its length, purity, vibrance, elegance, and refinement that is the star of the show. The wine starts slow, building in intensity as it lingers. But once it gets going, you find layer, after layer of vibrant, silky, electric fruits. Perfectly ripe, balanced, and fresh, the finish holds with you for close to 60 seconds. The chateau thinks it is better than the 2022, I am not sure. But, I am ready to blind taste both, again, and again to find out for sure. The key to the vintage this year is the uniqueness, and inclusion of each parcel. With 2023, all 41 parcels produced fruit used in the Grand Vin allowing for a true representation of the vineyard into the wine. In other words, 2023 is a vintage where the terroir provides the shape, and character to the wine, more than the climatic conditions. The wine is made from 52% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.65% ABV, 3.8 pH. The harvest began September 6 for the Merlot. The Cabernet Franc took place September 12 - October 3. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts. 3,458 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Petit Cheval (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherry blossoms, chocolate, plums, black cherries, and flowers create the aromatics. Medium-bodied, silky, elegant, and fresh, with a voluptuous texture that sets the table for the chocolate-covered black cherries, plums, and truffles. The wine is perfectly balanced between its freshness, and its opulent, nature. There was a time when second wines were simply second wines. Clearly, that is no longer the case. You can enjoy this on release and for the following 2 decades after that. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Franc, with 50% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2042. 93-95 Pts. 1,914 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cissac (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, cedar, and herbs surround the red currants in the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, and vibrant, but simple, making this a nice, plesant, uncomplicated wine for near-term drinking. Drink from 2026-2038. 210 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cedar, herbs, tobacco, and currants are readily apparent in this fresh, and fruity, medium-bodied charmer. The fruits are sweet, and chewy, with a spicy, minty edge. Drink from 2026-2040. 88-90 Pts. 1,458 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Citran (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, red berries with floral accents come through easily in the medium-bodied, vibrant, crisp, chalky palate. Drink from 2027-2042. 88-90 Pts. 1,680 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clarisse Cuvée Vieilles Vignes (Puisseguin-St. Émilion)
Flowers, herbs, spice, and leafy nuances create the core here, in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is fresh, with a marine influence to the fruits from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 89-91 Pts. 895 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Cocoa, and cherries are what you find in the nose. On the palate, the wine is round, fruity, forward, soft, and already quite easy to drink. Chateau Clarke is one of the very few wines in the Medoc that is planted to 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2037. 227 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Forward, fruity, medium-bodied, with tobacco, and floral accents, the cherry filled, soft-textured wine is already easy-to-drink, with a chocolate edge to the finish. Chateau Clarke is one of the very few wines in the Medoc that is planted to 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,584 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clement-Pichon (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, herbs, cigar wrapper, flowers, and currants form the core of the wine in the nose, and on the palate. Forward, round, fruity, and savory, with ample, savory fruits on the palate, and in the finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 19% Merlot. 13.3% ABV. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,030 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clerc Milon (Pauillac)
The nose pops with the essence of mint, flowers, cedar, currants and a background note of Indian spices in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, silky, and creamy, with ripe, sweet, currants, and blackberries that linger in the finish. While this will be delicious young, give it a bit of time in the bottle, as it will improve with age. The wine blends 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 6.5% Cabernet Franc, 1.5% Petit Verdot, and 1.5% Carmenere. Drink from 2028-2050. 338 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cedar, flowers, mint, and red currants with a hint of Indian spice blend to produce the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, silky, and refined, with a purity to the red fruits, along with a touch of spice that lingers in the finish. While this will be delicious young, give it a bit of time in the bottle, as it will improve with age. Picking took place September 7-September 29. The wine blends 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 6.5% Cabernet Franc, 1.5% Petit Verdot, and 1.5% Carmenere. 13.5% ABV, 3.83 pH. Drink from 2027-2050. 93-95 Pts. 2,788 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clerc Milon Pastourelle de Clerc Milon (Pauillac)
Flowers, spice, wet earth, and red berries define the core of this wine. Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, and elegant, the wine is fruity, juicy, and charming, with just a hint of chocolate at the end of the finish. The wine blends 63% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Carmenere, and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2034. 90-92 Pts. 1,100 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clinet (Pomerol)
It is the striking floral bouquet that initially hits you with its showy display of lilacs, violets, smoky, spicy, cherry, plum, licorice, orange rind, and chocolate-mint nuances. The rich palate is energetic, vibrant, long, and lifted. The wine immediately displays its opulence, with layers of lush, ripe, rich, dark red fruits and chocolate, leaving you with sensuous end notes in the finish. In the cellars, this is the first vintage with a pre-maceration cool-down helping protect the grapes from oxidation. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2055. 336 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lilacs, violets, smoke, spice, cherries, plums, licorice, orange rind, and chocolate mint fill the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is energetic, vibrant, long, and up-beat. The fruit offers purity, persistence, length, and width. It takes a few sips before you find its heart. But, once you do, it's apparent that the layers of vibrant, red fruits, complicated by the nuances of orange zest, are special. The refined, silky, finish builds as it lingers. The keys to the vintage here were the combination of cloudy summer skies with heat spells in September. In the cellars this is the first vintage with a pre-maceration cool-down which helped protect the grapes from oxidation. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14% ABV, 3.7 pH. Harvesting took place September 13 - September 20 for the Merlot, and September 25-26 for the Cabernet. Drink from 2027-2060. 95-97 Pts. 2,695 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clos Beauséjour (Pomerol)
Sweet, juicy, fresh, and vibrant, with a core of ripe, bright, red cherries, soft-tannins, and a creamy, fruity finish. Drink from 2023-2034. 89-91 Pts. 862 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos de Boüard (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Quite floral in its nature, the wine is fresh, fruity, elegant, lively, and packed with crushed rocks, sweet cherries, spice, espresso, licorice, and chocolate. Medium-bodied, with sweetness, and ripe berries with hints of salty cocoa, and racy acidities, this will offer pleasure in its youth, as well as age for over a decade. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,131 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clos de Sarpe (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The oceanic influence is what you initially smell before getting to all of the flowers, black raspberries, plums, licorice, and chocolate. Vibrant, fresh, and quite spicy, with a salty, peppery edge to the bright red fruits on the palate. But, it is the crushed rock character that is quite strong, giving the wine vitality, and a uniqueness of character. Give it time to come together. It is worth the wait. Drink from 2029-2055. 92-94 Pts. 1,300 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey (Sauternes)
Caramel, brown sugar, roasted pineapples, vanilla, toasted orange peels, spice, candied oranges and apricots combine and make it happen in the nose, and palate. work together to create the attention seeking perfume. What's not to like? It is unctuous, spicy, racy, lush, ripe, and sweet On the palate, the wine is viscous, sweet, and intense. You find a wealth of honey-coated pineapples, apricots, mangos, marzipan, vanilla, and spice that are as creamy, and unctuous, as they are fresh, and vibrant. The wine blends 80% Semillon with 20% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2028-2049. 94-96 Pts. 1,637 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clos Junet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Spicy, floral, and fruity, the dark red berries are round, polished, sweet, and fresh, with licorice, chocolate, and flowers on the medium-bodied palate, and in the bright, fruity, finish. The wine blends 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Malbec. The wine is a Signature Selections Exclusive. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 953 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Corbin Michotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherries, flowers, wet earth, espresso and cocoa form the core this wine. The medium-bodied palate is forward, fresh, and oaky in the finish. If the oak becomes better integrated with age, the wine will offer a better experience and a higher score. But, at the moment, the wood dominates the wine. Drink from 2026-2034. 87-89 Pts. 1,331 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cos d'Estournel (St. Estèphe)
It takes some coaxing to find the red, purple, and white floral bouquet, but it comes with swirling, along with Asian spice, smoke, tobacco, and licorice. But, it is the palate that offers thrills with its silky, fresh, opulent textures. There is a vivid quality to the fruit, coupled with a relaxed character, finishing with black, red, and blue fruits complicated by Indian spices. It reminds me of a modern version of the 1990, with selection. The wine was made from blending 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV, 3.75 pH. The harvest took place September 12 to September 29. This is the first vintage, since 2008 the estate green harvested. The Grand Vin was produced from 53% of the harvest. The wine is going to be approachable early in its life, yet it has the ability to age for decades. Drink from 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 11,177 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cos d'Estournel Blanc (Bordeaux)
Cos d'Estournel Blanc - Bordeaux - Pomelo, lemongrass, flowers, white peach, and crisp, green apples form the bouquet. The palate is zesty, fresh, and spicy, with a flattering crispness to the fruits, paired with a touch of honeysuckle that shines in the endnotes of the finish. This is the first vintage to include the new blocks, bringing the vineyard to 10 hectares of white wine grape varietals. The wine blends 70% Sauvignon Blanc, and 30% Semillon. Drink from 2024-2032. 95 Pts. 1,588 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Pagodes de Cos Blanc (Bordeaux)
Marzipan, white peach, honeysuckle, and lemon grass permeate the nose. The palate is round, bright fresh, and juicy, with white peaches and citrus in the finish. The wine is made from 80% Sauvignon Blanc with 20% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 1,319 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cos Labory (St. Estèphe)
The debut vintage produced by the team from Cos d'Estournel. The wine pops with dark red fruits, flowers, and cocoa in the nose. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, chalky, crisp, and chewy, with black raspberries, and chocolate in the finish. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,537 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Côte de Baleau (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Anise, cherries, flowers, and black raspberries, with accents of espresso show nicely on the nose, and palate. The wine is fresh, spicy, bright, and lifted on the mid-palate, and in the elegant finish, leaving you with touches of dark chocolate, espresso, and sweet, red cherries. This should be quite a pleasure to enjoy on release, and over the next 10-12 years. The wine blends 95% Merlot, with 5% Cabernet Franc, 14% ABV. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,180 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Coufran (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, black cherry-filled, chocolatey, round, plummy wine that is going to be quite easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2038. 202 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chocolate, black cherries, licorice, just a hint of espresso, and mint fill the nose, and the medium-bodied, bright, dusty, savory palate. Drink from 2026-2038. 88-90 Pts. 1,184 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Bright red fruits, orange rind, flowers, tobacco and espresso form the character here. The medium-bodied palate is forward, round, and fresh, with black cherries, peppery spice, dark chocolate, and espresso from the mid-palate, through to the savory-edged, mildly chewy, spicy finish. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2039. 201 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, chocolate, flowers, and espresso form the character here. The medium-bodied palate is round, chewy, and loaded with black cherries, peppery spice, dark chocolate, espresso, and crisp red currants. Bright, and chewy in the finish, give it a few years in the bottle and it promises to be even better. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. 14 ABV. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 1,126 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, lemon wax, pomelo, and white flowers are easy to spot in the nose, and on the crisp, bright, citrus and pineapple-filled palate, leaving you with a fresh and refreshing finish. This will be ready-to-go on release, but if you wish, you can age t it for a decade or longer as well. The wine blends 96% Sauvignon Blanc with 4% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2035. 367 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lemon grass, green apples, lemon rind, pomelo, and white flowers are easy to spot in the nose, and on the crisp, bright, citrus and pineapple filled palate. Fresh, and juicy, with a powdery texture in the finish, this should be ready-to-go on release. The wine blends 96% Sauvignon Blanc with 4% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2032. 91 Pts. 1,488 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins-Lurton (Pessac-Léognan)
With a bit more Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than usual, the wine opens with a mild note of reduction, so allow it some decanting and swirling so you can find the flowers, chocolate, black raspberries, and black cherries in the nose. I like it more on the palate with its layers of creamy-textured red fruits and freshness. This should be delicious to taste on release, and get even better with a few years in the bottle. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot, and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2040. 188 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026With a bit more Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than usual, the wine opens with flowers, spice, black raspberries, and black cherries in the nose. Fresh, and fruity on the medium-bodied, palate, the wine is fresh, and vibrant with good energy, and elegance in the fruit-filled finish. This should be delicious to taste on release ,and get even better with a few years in the bottle. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot, and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV, pH 3.35. Drink from 2026-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,094 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins-Lurton Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Waxy lemons, and white flower aromatics get the wine going. On the palate, the wine is juicy and fresh, with a touch of almonds and salty, white peaches with citrus in the finish. The wine is always produced with 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2025-2031. 195 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026White flowers, lemons, grapefruit, green apples, vanilla, and a hint of white peach create the complex aromatic profile. Sweet, fresh, and vibrant, the wine displays its core of yellow citrus, with its salty, white peach accent the palate with ease. The wine is close to 100% whole bunch fermented, and aged in a combination of new, and used French oak barrels, amphora, and finished in stainless steel vats. The wine is always produced with 100% Sauvignon Blanc. 13.5% ABV 3.06 pH. Drink from 2025-2034. 92 Pts. 1,053 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Kicking off with aromas of candied oranges, mango, tangerine, pineapple, and apricot, all coated in honey and spices. The palate continues along the same theme with its perfect, racy acidity, so you get to enjoy all those beautiful, honeyed, sweet, ripe, and overripe fruits, yet the wine always feels vibrant and fresh. Drink from 2027-2055. 1,163 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2026Flowers, pineapples, candied orange rind, lemon curd, and saffron aromatics are all over the place here in the nose, and palate. The wine is perfectly balanced between its sweet, and zesty side, with ample, honeyed fruit, vanilla, roasted nuts, and over ripe pineapples. This is already simply great, and it is only going to get better from here. Drink from 2027-2050. 95-97 Pts. 4,524 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Croix Cardinale (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking charmer with a core of chocolate-covered cherries that is perfect for easy-to-like and early-drinking charm. This is the second wine of Croix Cardinale. Drink from 2026-2032. 88-90 Pts. 1,058 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Croix de Labrie (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine is rich, with dark red, black, and blueberries made even better with the addition of flowers, spice, licorice, and chocolate. There is ample freshness on the palate, paired with silky tannins, and a zesty, spicy, dark berry finish that leaves you with a light touch of citrus on the backend. The wine is produced and bottled with extremely low levels of sulfur. You can enjoy this young, or age it for more complexity, The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc. This is the first vintage with this much Cabernet in the blend. 14.2% ABV. 3.4 pH. The yields were only 27 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2050. 94-96 Pts. 1,504 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Croix de Labrie Stella Solare Blanc (Bordeaux)
Pineapple, white peach, flowers, green apples, honeysuckle, orange and spice create the complex aromatics. On the palate, the wine is lively, supple, and fruity with a vibrant pineapple, pear and green apple finish. This is already quite a treat in your glass. The wine finishes with sweet, juicy, yellow citrus along with a hint of mango. The wine blends 60% Semillon, 20% Sauvignon Gris, and 20% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 1,070 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Croizet-Bages (Pauillac)
Chewy, savory currants, with a minty edge are already expressive in the nose, and in the medium-bodied, chewy, leafy, chalky palate. Give this at least a year or two of aging, and it should be even better. Drink from 2027-2043. 90-92 Pts. 1,430 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Agassac (Haut-Médoc)
Soft, fresh, fruity, and round, with sweet currants, cherries, licorice, espresso, and floral notes in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is crisp, juicy, soft, and vibrant on the palate, and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,360 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Aiguilhe (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Waxy yellow citrus, white peach, flowers, and pomelo shine in the easy-to-find aromatic profile. The palate is fresh, fruity, and waxy, with intriguing touches of spice, salt, and chalk in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 344 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026It is the refreshing mouthfeel, along with its chalky character that sets this apart from other wines from the Cotes. Long, ripe, and intense, with vibrancy, the salty, chalky accents to the red pit fruits stand out in the nose, palate, and in the finsh. The wine is made from 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2027-2039. 92-94 Pts. 3,199 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Aiguilhe Blanc (Bordeaux)
Yellow tropical fruits, white peach, flowers, and orange rind notes pop in the crisp, sweet, and juicy, chalky wine. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 1,351 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Aiguilhe Querre (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Forward, medium-bodied, with nuances of black cherries, licorice, crushed stone, and plums at its core. You also find a mid-palate, and finish with layers of chocolate-covered cherries, with a hint of salt on the backend. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts. 1,068 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Angludet (Margaux)
Licorice, espresso, flowers, cocoa, herbs, and currants already express their essence on the nose and medium-bodied, fresh, crisp palate. The cherry, and currant finish displays a nice touch of chocolate, touched by oak, and savory herbs in the finish. Already approachable, this will probably be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2038. 88-90 Pts 2,747 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'arce (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Spicy red fruits, flowers, ginger, and raspberries fill the perfume. The medium-bodied wine is fresh, vibrant, aromatic, spicy and lifted, with a soft, supple, spicy, cherry filled mid-palate and finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,137 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Arcins (Haut-Médoc)
Quite floral in nature, you also find tobacco and cedar accompanying the red fruits in the perfume. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is sweet, fresh, and fruity. You can enjoy this on release and for at least a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2037. 204 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, licorice, cedar, tobacco, and cherries come through with ease here. Medium-bodied, vibrant, creamy, and fresh, you can enjoy this for all of its sweet, ripe, cherries, mint, and currants, with their spicy edge. This will be easy-to-taste on release with pleasure. Drink from 2026-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,257 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Armailhac (Pauillac)
The aromatic profile opens with cassis, black cherries, and cigar box note, which is the perfect introduction to the wine. The palate is packed with dark cherries, spice, herbs, and currants. Soft, and inviting, with a spicy, minty edge to the fruit in the crisp, vibrant finish, give it a few years of aging, and it will reward your patience. The wine blends 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon used in the blend in the history of the estate. Drink from 2028-2050. 381 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cedar, black raspberries, and currants fill the perfume. The palate is packed with dark cherries, spice, herbs, and currants. Soft, and inviting, with a spicy, minty edge to the fruit in the crisp finish, give it a few years of aging, and it will reward your patience. The wine blends 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon used in the blend in the history of the estate. 13.5% ABV, 3.75 pH. Harvesting took place on September 7-September 30. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,697 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Arsac (Margaux)
Flowers and dark red fruits define the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, forward, and packed with vibrant red berries, currants and freshness, with a nice sweetness, along with a touch of spice to the red fruits on the palate, and in the finish. Drink from 2027-2040 205 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant red berries with notes of dried flowers and red currants show in the nose, and on the palate. The finishes with a crispness to the red fruits on the palate, and in the backend of the endnote. Drink from 2027-2040. 88-90 Pts. 1,438 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Issan (Margaux)
Mint, cedar chest, forest leaf, and spicy red fruits define the nose. The medium-bodied palate is silky and fresh, with a refined, cherry-packed finish that sticks with you. I like that the purity in the mid-palate extends through to the elegant finish. The wine is made from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 2.5% Cabernet Franc, and 2.5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2050. 482 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Silky, elegance is the hallmark of this wine. It takes only one sip to know this is special. Concentrated, lush, refined, and rich, there is tension paired with layers of sweet, ripe, opulent fruits that linger. The purity in the mid-palate extends through to the rich, plush finish. The wine is made from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 2.5% Cabernet Franc, and 2.5% Petit Verdot. 13.83% ABV, 3.66 pH. Picking took place September 18 - October 2, making this one of the longest, and latest harvests in the history of the estate. Drink from 2029-2055. 94-96 Pts. 2,269 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Dalem (Fronsac)
Fresh floral aromatics dominate the perfume before finding all of its black cherries, licorice, smoke, and spices. On the palate the wine is vibrant, fresh, and refined, with a sweetness to the fresh red fruits, topped by a hit of minerality that shows up in the end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 282 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, licorice, spice, and floral notes work perfectly in the nose. On the palate the wine is vibrant, fresh, chewy, and a touch salty, leaving you with sweet red fruits, licorice, and a bright, firm, crisp, red pit fruit finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 91-93 Pts. 2,309 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Dassault (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark in color, the wine is plush, polished, fresh juicy, and packed with layers of blackberries, black cherries, chocolate, and plums, with length vibrancy, and length in the round, polished, lush, salty, refreshing, spicy finish. This is the first vintage with Thomas Duclos as the consultant at Chateau Dassault. The wine blends 73% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,396 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Dauzac (Margaux)
Elegant, soft, and refined, the wine pops with its floral edge. From there, the ripe, sweet cherries, hint of espresso, licorice, and juicy berries in the finish really linger. Drink from 2028-2045. 236 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, black cherries, espresso, tobacco, and cedar form the core of the character here. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, fresh, elegant, and round, with fresh, black currants, cherries, cocoa, and chalk from the mid-palate through to the finish. Drink from 2028-2050. 91-93 Pts. 2,183 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Camensac (Haut-Médoc)
Savory herbs with black currants, cedar, flowers, and tobacco blend perfectly in this chewy, fruity wine that will offer easy-pleasure in its youth. A year or two in the cellar will add even more to the wine. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 2,995 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Candale (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Round, forward, sweet, black cherries, with licorice, cocoa, and a sprig of mint come through in the nose, and on the soft, polished palate. This is going to be delicious on release, and should provide pleasure, while improving for at least a decade after that. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-93 Pts. 1,118 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Carles (Fronsac)
Flowers, and dark cherries create the core of the wine. On the palate, the wine is soft, polished, and fresh, with chocolatery-plums on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine was made from 100% Merlot. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 194 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, and black cherries define the essence of the wine here. On the palate, the wine is soft, polished, and fresh, with chocolate, and plums on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine was made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2033. 90-92 Pts. 1,150 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chambrun (Lalande de Pomerol)
Chocolate-mint in the nose, with a blast of ripe, sweet cherries. Medium-bodied, forward, and just about ready to go on release with its sweet, soft, round display of plums, chocolate, and chalk in the finish. Drink from 2027-2036. 189 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Rich, lush, soft, round, and focused on its dark cherries, black plum, and crushed stone character. The wine is fruity, and chalky on the palate, with an oaky edge to the finish, which if the wine becomes more integrated, this will score higher. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,225 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chantegrive (Graves)
Leafy herbs, cocoa, mint, forest floor, and earthy cherries. Medium-bodied, fresh, crisp, with an herbal edge to the cherries, along with a touch of spice and tobacco in the finish. This easy-going, vin-de-pleasure will be ready to go release. Drink from 2026-2032. 193 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Leafy herbs, cocoa, tobacco and cherries show easily in the nose, and on the soft, lifted, red berry palate. Medium-bodied, forward, and with the perfect amount of chocolate to add some roundness to the finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 88-90 Pts. 1,298 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chantegrive Blanc (Graves)
Lemon, lime, green apples, and flowers open the nose. The wine is fresh, vivid, and fruity, and will provide immediate pleasure on release and over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2029. 184 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Floral in nature, with green apples, spice, and white peach notes that show in the perfume, and on the sweet, ripe, and fresh, juicy palate. Drink from 2025-2030. 91 Pts. 1,386 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chantegrive Cuvée Caroline (Graves)
Juicy, fresh, and crisp yellow citrus, flowers, and pineapples, show easily in the nose. The palate, is sweet, ripe, energetic, and fresh, with loads of juicy, yellow citrus in the creamy finish. Drink from 2025-2032. 92 Pts. 1,743 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Fargues (Sauternes)
Flowers, ripe, sweet, candied pineapples, toasted nuts. mangos and apricots offer intensity, purity, sweetness, and a racy lift. The fruit delivers intensity, lift, length, and a hint of spice that adds complexity to the honey-drenched tropical fruits. Drink from 2027-2055. 95-97 Pts. 1,858 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Ferrand (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
It is easy to find the chocolate-topped, crisp black cherries, flowers, licorice, espresso, and spice in the nose. On the palate, the wine is forward, supple, and vibrant. There is lift, and energy in the mouth, with touches of salty citrus, sweet, plums, cherries, and chocolate from the medium-bodied, mid-palate, through to the energetic, bright, red berry finish. The wine blends 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,652 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Fieuzal (Pessac-Léognan)
Black with red fruits, flowers and cherries create the perfume. Medium-bodied, with a strong sense of purity to the fruits, the wine is elegant, soft, and polished with layers of sweet, round, creamy berries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2045. 934 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cherries, black raspberries, plums, and a touch of spice create the perfume. Medium-bodied, with a strong sense of purity to the fruits, coupled with elegance, sweetness, racy tannins, and touches of spice, with herbs in the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Petit Verdot. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 4,766 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Fieuzal Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
White peaches, flowers, green apples, and spice form the core of the perfume. On the palate, the wine is elegant, sweet, juicy, mineral-driven, with a touch of chalk that shows up in the refreshing finish. This will be great in your glass on release. The wine is a blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 247 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, green apples, white peaches, lemon peel, tangerine zest, and honeysuckle form the core here. The wine has vibrancy, elegance, and a touch of chalky dust in the endnotes that accompany all those, sweet, ripe, yellow citrus notes along with a drop or two of vanilla. This will be great in your glass on release. The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc, with 40% Semillon. 13% ABV. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 1,826 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Fonbel (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherries, licorice, flowers, and a hint of spice fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, silky, elegant, and fresh, with soft, creamy tannins, and sweetness to the red berries on the mid-palate, and in the finish, with a refreshing edge of tobacco leaf on the backend of the finish. The wine blends 64% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Carmenere. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,625 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de France (Pessac-Léognan)
Cherries, flowers, and oranges produce the aromatic profile. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, forward, fruity, clean, and energetic, finishing with a nice sweetness and lift to the red fruits in the endnotes. Drink from 2027-2037. 204 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cherries, currants, tobacco, and thyme are elegantly presented in this medium-bodied, vibrant, forward, soft-textured, early-drinking, energetic wine. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts 1,210 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château De La Cour D'Argent (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Soft, supple, fresh, and fruity, with a vibrant, fresh, cream of sweet, black cherries and a refreshing touch of mint. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,201 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de la Dauphine (Fronsac)
This is a hidden gem. If you want an outstanding wine that sells for song, with aromatics, intensity, finesse, and charm, along with a boatload of ripe, red fruits, creamy-textures, and a fruit-filled finish, this is for you. La Dauphine is now one of the top wines from Fronsac. Drink from 2027-2040. 93-95 Pts. 1,872 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de la Huste (Fronsac)
Light in color, the wine delivers dried roses and cherries in the perfume. On the palate, you find a bright, crisp, fresh, cherry, strawberry, and mint-filled wine that will be ready to go on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 195 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Bright, crisp, fresh, and salty, with ample, ripe, red, with black plums, crushed stone, and licorice nuances with a touch of mint on the backend. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,700 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Toasted cherries, and bitter cocoa define the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is round, forward, fruity, lush, soft-textured, and ready to go, with its sweet, polished, dark red berry finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 257 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, licorice, and chocolate come together in this round, forward, fruity, lush, soft-textured wine. The finish is sweet, polished, and packed, with dark red berries. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 1,446 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Lamarque (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, mint, and tobacco add to the juicy, red currants in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, energetic, dusty, firm, palate. Give it a year or so in the cellar and it should add more softness to the wine. Drink from 2026-2042. 88-90 Pts. 1,600 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Malleret (Haut-Médoc)
Floral with a strong citrus character, the wine is vibrant, fresh, bright, and crisp on the palate, with a gentle touch of orange and a drop of honey in the finish. This will be quite nice over the next few years. The wine is produced using 100% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 203 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, cedar, and currants with flowers, and licorice come through with ease. The wine is loaded with sweet, ripe, red berries, espresso, cocoa, licorice, and a refreshing touch of mint on the backend. This will be quite nice to enjoy on release, yet it has more than a decade of aging potential. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,254 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château De Monbadon (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, cherries, and red plums are expressed in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is soft, vibrant, polished, and lively, with sweetness, and lift on the mid-palate that carries through to the finish. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Franc, and 45% Merlot. The wine is aged in 50% new, French oak barrels and amphora. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,038 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château De Monbadon Indie de Monbadon (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, early-drinking charmer which will deliver its bright, red berries, with their spicy accent with ease on release. Dink now, and over the next few years. The wine blends 51% Cabernet Franc and 49% Merlot. The wine is aged in a combination of 500 liter barrels, vats and amphora. Drink from 2026-2031. 87-89 Pts. 992 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Pez 2nd Pez (St. Estèphe)
Forward, fruity, and already fun to drink, the wine delivers its message of accessible black cherries, savory herbs, and wet earth with ease. Soft, round, and fresh, you can drink this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 89-91 Pts. 1,075 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Portets (Graves)
Fresh, bright green apples, with a touch of citrus and lemon grass, define this early drinking wine. This will be at its best over the next few years. wine. Drink from 2025-2028. 202 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Earthy, herbal, cedar, red berries, and tobacco come together in this forward, ready-to-go, medium-bodied, early-drinking wine. Drink from 2026-2032. 88-90 Pts 1,064 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Pressac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, spice, and black raspberries fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, elegant, and fresh, with a vibrancy to the salt-tinted, chocolate-accented, red fruits in the finish. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 2,633 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Sours Quarry de Sours Blanc (Bordeaux)
Grapefruit, flowers, and white peaches own the show here in this perfect for young, early-drinking pleasure wine. Drink from 2026-2028. 203 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Honeysuckle, white peach, citrus, and flowers create the character here. This is perfect for young, early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2024-2027. 88 Pts. 1,110 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Desmirail (Margaux)
Licorice, flowers, red fruits, espresso, and forest leaves pop in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate matches the nose with its soft, fresh, and vibrant red fruit character, finishing with a refreshing hit of spearmint and spice, which shows up at the end of a savory-edged finish. Drink from 2027-2042. 218 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, and flowers, cedar, and currants pop in the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and vibrant, the finish serves up loads of sweet, ripe, black cherries currants licorice, and spice. Drink from 2027-2042. 91-93 Pts. 1,581 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Destieux (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Lush black cherries, black raspberries, espresso, mint, licorice, and flowers form the nose, as well as shape the round, creamy, fruit-filled palate. You can enjoy this with just a year or two of age for 12-15 years with ease. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,225 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Deyrem Valentin (Margaux)
Even better in the bottle than it was in the barrel, initially, you notice the bouquet of mixed flowers before delving into the sweet, red fruits in the perfume. Soft, elegant, and refined, with a nice sweetness to the lifted, clean red berries on the palate and in the finish. This will be easy-to-enjoy with pleasure just about on release, and for 15 or more years after that. Drink from 2027-2042. 264 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Round, soft, forward, and medium-bodied, with a core of ripe, sweet, lifted currants, licorice, espresso, flowers, and cherries, create an open, creamy, polished, wine that will be easy-to-enjoy with pleasure on release, and for 12-15 years after that. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 2,335 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Doisy-Daëne (Barsac)
Precocious, the wine already displays its flowers, honeyed apricots, vanilla bean, white peaches, overripe pineapples, and hints of candied orange rind. Rich, lush, sweet, and, most importantly, racy, this beauty will deliver its ample charms young and for decades to come. Drink from 2027-2055. 398 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Vanilla, flowers, candied pineapple, white peach, apricots, orange skins, and roasted nuts. The vibrance on the palate, with the purity, and energy in the tropical fruits, paired with ample acidity to give this lift makes this a true, sweet, treat. Drink from 2026-2050. 94-96 Pts. 2,464 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Doisy-Védrines (Sauternes)
Candied citrus, honeysuckle, sweet, yellow, and orange tropical fruits, and spiced honey notes create the nose and the palate here. The wine is zesty, with sweetness and a racy finish. Drink from 2027-2045. 1,002 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026Candied lemons, mango, honey, spice, and yellow, tropical fruits slathered in honey are at work here. The wine is zesty, with sweetness and a racy finish. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,722 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Courlat Cuvée Jean Baptiste (Lussac-St. Émilion)
Dark fruits, with chocolate, and flowers define the core of this wine. The palate is medium-bodied, and firm, yet, soft, and fruity, with a chocolate-coated plum, and espresso-filled endnote. The Cuvee is always produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,384 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Domaine de L'Eglise (Pomerol)
Flowers, chocolate, espresso, and truffle pop in the aromatic profile. The palate is even better with its silky, lush, and polished core of chocolate-covered plums, black cherries, and licorice. The medium-bodied, vibrant, finish delivers its blend of espresso, spice, cocoa and dark red fruits with ease. The wine blends 98% Merlot with 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028--2045. 236 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Soft, lush, polished, silky, and refined, this elegantly styled Pomerol focuses you on its chocolate-covered plums, black cherries, and licorice character with ease. The wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, and refined. It is perfectly balanced between its sweetness, lift, and ripe pit fruits that show on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 98% Merlot with 2% Cabernet Franc. 14.8% ABV. Drink from 2028--2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,836 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Glana (St. Julien)
Flowers, cherries, tobacco, and cedar open the medium-bodied, forward, ripe, soft, wine. Sweet, and creamy, you can enjoy this with pleasure on release. If you are seeking a Saint Julien that sells for a song, this early-drinker is a great choice. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,810 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Parc (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Vibrant, fresh, and fruity, with a crisp, freshness to the wine, and a touch of chocolate that shows on the medium-bodied palate that remains with you through to the finish. This will be charming to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,103 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Petit Puch (Graves de Vayres)
Herbaceous and earthy in the nose, the wine finishes with crisp, tart, red fruits. Drink from 2026-2030. 211 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, bright, fresh, chewy red berries with a liberal dose of crushed rocks, and savory herbs. You can enjoy this easily on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 87-89 Pts. 996 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Tertre (Margaux)
Flowers, cocoa, raspberries, and spearmint nuances show in the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, fruity, and fresh, this charmer is not shy about already starting to let you enjoy its black, and red fruit-filled, creamy-textured mid-palate, and finish. Drink from 2027-2045. 316 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chocolate, cherries, flowers, espresso, and spearmint nuances shine on the nose. The palate is soft, fruity, fresh, and is not shy about already starting to let you enjoy its black, and red fruit-filled, creamy-textured charms. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,965 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Du Terte Les Hauts du Tertre (Margaux)
Cedar, tobacco, red berries, spice, and flower notes come through easily in the perfume and in the medium-bodied, bright, fresh, soft, spicy, palate. This will be easy to drink on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 1,181 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Tertre Blanc (Vin de France)
White peaches, flowers, mango, spice, and vanilla aromatics offer the charms easily. The palate is lush, fresh, round, and fruity, with a hint of vanilla, and white peach that comes in at the end of the finish. The wine blends 32% Sauvignon Blanc, 23% Chardonnay, 23% Gros Manseng, and 22% Viognier planted in 6 hectares of vines, making it slightly easier to find, now that the production has increased. The wine is vinified in stainless steel and barrel-aged in 70% new, French oak barrels. Drink from 2026-2030. 91 Pts. 1,024 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou (St. Julien)
Saffron, licorice, turmeric, espresso, black cherries, blackberries, mint, and flowers create the perfume. The palate is vibrant, fresh, elegant, concentrated focused. The fruits are ripe, clean, and pure, with a racy, freshness. But, the wine is not overly bright, instead, it is silky, succulent, finesse-oriented, and elegant. The finish holds your attention for close to 50 seconds. The key to the success of the vintage at Ducru was finding the exact moment to pick. Ducru Beaucaillou continues its unstoppable roll of fabulous vintages. Produced from blending 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 15% Merlot, 13% ABV, 3.7 pH. Picking took place from September 8 -- October 3. Drink from 2028-2065. 96-98 Pts. 4,943 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Duhart-Milon (Pauillac)
Bright, fresh, and vibrant, as well as elegant are the hallmarks of this vintage. Opening with notes of currants, flowers, chocolate, cigar box, and cherries which fill the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, forward, soft, and creamy, the wine finishes with spicy, black with red currants with a savory as well as minty fresh endnote. Please allow it a few years in the bottle before pulling a cork and it should age for up 2 decades after that. The wine is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2050. 387 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black currant, plums, chocolate, cigar box, and flowers fill the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, forward, soft, and creamy, the spicy, black with red currants with their sweet, and savory character are going to offer pleasure shortly after release. Yet, this should age for up 2 decades as well. The wine is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Merlot. 13.1% ABV, 3.8 pH.15% Press wine. Drink from 2028-2050. 93-95 Pts. 3,692 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Moulin de Duhart (Pauillac)
Spicy, red berries, wet earth, and tobacco form the nucleus here in the nose, and in the medium-bodied palate. Forward, soft, and fresh, you can enjoy this with pleasure on release, and for up to a decade. The wine blends 55% Merlot with 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2035. 88-90 Pts. 1,523 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Escot (Médoc)
Blackberries, flowers, and smoke, with cherries pop in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is up to the task with its easy-to-like black cherry core of fruits. Drink from 2025-2034. 201 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, with a bright, chewy, red fruits, crisp tannins, herbs, spice, and a classically-styled finish. touch of oak that adds roundness to the bright, red fruits in the nose and palate, giving the wine an early-drinking, already approachable character. Drink from 2026-2033. 86-88 Pts. 1,051 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Faizeau (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Supple, and creamy, with chocolate-covered black cherries, flowers, licorice, and chewy red fruits, give it just a year or two in the bottle and enjoy for more than a decade after that. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,277 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Calice de Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, forward, soft, and elegant, this is as easy-to-like, as it is easy-to-drink. This is perfect for near-term, delicious, enjoyment. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,066 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite floral in nature, the wine is also loaded with ripe, sweet, dark, red pit fruits, espresso, chocolate mint, licorice, and black raspberries. Medium/full-bodied, the wine is silky, lush soft, and polished, with luscious, dark pit fruits, coffee bean, and black cherries in the finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2039. 2,017 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fayat (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, almost light on the palate, the wine quickly focuses you on its vibrant, fresh cherries and strawberries, with a hint of mint that tastes as good as it feels. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release and for over a decade after that. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2039. 229 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, lifted, red--berry oriented wine. On the palate, you find lift, and energy, with a bright, crisp, sweet, red plum, raspberry, cocoa, and licorice filled finish. You can enjoy this on release or with just a year or two of age. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc.13.6% ABV. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 1,605 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ferrande (Graves)
Cherries, tobacco, and floral notes work together in the nose. The medium-bodied wine is forward, soft, fruity, and easy to drink with its fresh, light, sweet, red berry personality. Drink from 2026-2036. 236 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Smoke, tobacco leaves, cedar, and cherries form the character here. The medium-bodied wine is forward, soft, fruity, and easy to drink with its smoky, red berry personality. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,313 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ferrande Blanc (Graves)
Flowers, assorted yellow citrus, and green apples are front and center here in this fresh, sweet, juicy, zesty, lemon, and pineapple-filled wine. This is ready-to-go on release. The wine blends Sauvignon Blanc with Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2026-2029. 223 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Ginger, spice, flowers, yellow citrus, and green apples are at the core of this bright, crisp, juicy, zesty, lemon, and pineapple filled wine. This is ready-to-go on release. The wine blends Sauvignon Blanc with Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2028. 91 Pts. 1,108 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Feytit Clinet (Pomerol)
Rich, lush, deep, and already just approachable, the wine pops with Its nose of flowers, mint, cocoa, and orange peel. The palate is lush, round, and ripe, finishing with multiple layers of spicy, creamy, black cherries, plums, and dark chocolate. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2055. 291 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The nose delivers its blend of flowers, spice, smoke, mint leaves, and red fruits along with wet earth in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is creamy, fresh, long, and chewy, finishing with spicy, ripe red cherries, plums, and chocolate, with a silky, refined, racy edge. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2050. 93-95 Pts. 2,269 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Just a single swirl brings out the flowers, leaves, tobacco, truffle, black cherry, plums, and black raspberries. From there you discover the medium-bodied, silky, energetic backdrop for all of the black cherries exuding their gorgeous sense of purity. There are no hard edges. This is the quintessential definition of elegance. For history buffs, this is the 130th vintage under the ownership of the Manoncourt family. The wine blends 41% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, and 37% Cabernet Sauvignon. 5% Press wine. 13.5% ABV, 3.68 pH, 5% press wine. The key to the vintage was two green harvests and finding the best picking dates, which encompass a long wait for the Cabernets to mature. Picking took place September 6 - October 5. The length of the harvest is due to the 12 day break between the Merlot and the Cabernets. Drink from 2029-2065. 97-99 Pts. 5,429 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fleur Cardinale (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate covered black cherries, licorice, plums, and espresso nuances are all over the place on the nose, and on the lush, polished, round palate. The blend is 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. All that extra Cabernet really makes a difference adding more freshness, complexity, and individuality. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,278 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fleur Cardinale Intuition de Fleur Cardinale (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Red cherries, mint, and licorice form the character here. The wine is round, forward, fruity, and already fun to drink with its plummy and coco character. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,149 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fleur Cardinale Intuition de Fleur Cardinale Blanc (Bordeaux)
Forward, fruity, fun, easy to drink Bordeaux Blanc with a white peach, and citrus character. This is the second wine of Fleur Cardinale Blanc. The wine blends 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Semillon and 25% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2024-2028. 87 Pts. 1,190 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fleur de Lisse (St. Émilion)
Crisp, bright, and fruity, with a core of vibrant, red fruits, soft, tannins, and sweetness to the cherries, as well as lift in the finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 1,099 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fleur La Mothe (Médoc)
This superb, value-priced wine is medium-bodied, creamy, and readily accessible, with its layers of blackberries and sweet, vibrant cherries. The fruit is ripe, sweet, round, fresh, and polished with a refreshing sprig of mint that comes in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 225 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, lush, and creamy, the wine is packed with flowers, cedar, tobacco, and black currants. The fruit is ripe, sweet, round, fresh, and polished. Drink from 2024-2037. 91-93 Pts. 1,185 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fombrauge (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, flowers, chocolate covered plums , smoke, espresso, licorice and cherries create the perfume. The fruits are ripe, sweet, forward, and juicy with touches of chocolate, black raspberries, and cherries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. This should offer pleasure almost on release. The wine blends 90% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,805 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fonbadet (Pauillac)
Mint, tobacco wrappers, cedar, and spicy currants with just a drop of espresso fill the aromatics. The palate is fresh, creamy, and packed with currants, blackberries, spearmint, and crushed stones from start to finish. Drink from 2028-2048. 242 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Mint, cedar, spicy currants, and blackberries pop with little effort in the perfume. The palate is vibrant, fresh, and chewy, with a complicating note of spearmint that shines in the mineral driven finish. Drink from 2026-2048. 91-93 Pts. 1,411 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fonplégade (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Orange blossoms, raspberries, flowers, and cherries, with touches of licorice, mint, and sea salt fill the perfume and the palate. The wine is medium-bodied, silky, vibrant, fresh, and nuanced with an oceanic air to the red berries, and chocolate from start to finish. The wine blends 85% Merlot, and 15% Cabernet Franc, 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2047. 93-95 Pts. 2,090 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fonréaud (Listrac-Médoc)
With a touch of spice adding complexity to the black cherries, espresso, chocolate, and licorice in the nose, and on the fresh, creamy palate. It will be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2037. 262 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Red, and black cherries, espresso, chocolate, licorice, and spice are all over the place here, in the perfume, and on the soft, creamy-textured, palate. It will be easy to enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,461 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fonroque (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black cherries, and espresso blend in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, round, chewy, chocolatey, palate. There is a dryness to the finish, so allow it a bit of time for it to develop more softness, and it could be a better wine. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,391 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fontenil (Fronsac)
Chocolate-coated cherries, licorice, smoke, and flowers define the nose. On the palate, the wine is even better with its lush, creamy, layers of smoked cherries, dark chocolate, licorice and minerality that comes in at the end of the finish. Considering the small size of the vineyard, taking 20 days to harvest explains the success of the wine this year. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2042. 248 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Dark in color, the wine exudes flowers, black with red fruits, licorice, cocoa, citrus, and crushed rocks. Lush, as well as refined, the wine is vibrant, creamy, and expressive, with loads of minerality that becomes even more apparent as the finish lingers and expands. Considering the small size of the vineyard, taking 20 days to harvest explains the success of the wine this year. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,685 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fourcas Dupré (Listrac-Médoc)
Quite floral in its nose, you also find sweet, ripe, currants and a touch of cherries in the perfume. The palate is even better with its sweet, ripe, red, and black fruits that are vibrant, energetic and frankly delicious. This should be easy to enjoy shortly after release. Drink from 2026-2035. 293 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Round, forward, fruity, and savory, with a tobacco edge to the currants, the wine is medium-bodied, and should be easy to enjoy shortly after release. Drink from 2026-2035. 1,981 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fourcas Hosten (Listrac-Médoc)
Quite minty in the perfume, with accents of currants, and anise in the aromatics. The wine is medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, and spicy, with sweet, red fruits in the finish. 2026-2035. 229 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cedar, tobacco, spearmint, and currants hit your nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is fresh, fruity, peppery, and forward, making it perfect for early drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2035. 88-90 Pts 1,296 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Franc-Mayne (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The wine is rich, supple, long, and fresh with a depth of flavor, strong floral edge, and vibrant, fruit-filled finish accented with licorice, and chocolate notes. The wine was made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 1,657 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Gaby (Canon-Fronsac)
Ripe, round, and fruity, with black cherries, licorice, and chocolate on display. Forward, and fruity, this is going to offer pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts. 1,185 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Garraud (Lalande de Pomerol)
You find a minty, herbal nose with raspberries that form the character here. The wine is medium bodied wine is better on its soft, easy-going palate. The finish delivers its fruit with a greenish tint that comes in its endnotes. Drink from 2027-2035. 234 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chocolate-covered cherries licorice, and smoke, with notes of espresso form the character here. The wine offers ripe, dark pit fruits with a chewy, chalky texture, and dark cocoa in the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 88-90 Pts. 1,347 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Gazin (Pomerol)
Black cherries, flowers, mint, and cocoa already express their essence in the nose, and palate. There is richness, energy, layers of fruit, and finesse here, finishing with sweet, ripe, vibrant red fruits with a round, chocolate endnote adding lushness on the palate and in the backend. Drink from 2028-2045. 328 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026There is richness, energy, layers of fruit, and finesse here. The fruits are ripe, silky, vibrant, and fresh. The truffle, flower, and chocolate accents add to the experience. Give the wine just a few years to age, and this will be a strong Pomerol wine. The wine blends 89% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2042. 92-94 Pts. 2,943 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Giscours (Margaux)
One of the better wines from the appellation kicks off with an aromatic display of flowers, smoke, truffle, blackberries, cherries, and forest leaves. Elegant, refined, and vibrant, there is a gorgeous sense of purity to the sweet, red berries with just a hint of cocoa that shows up at the end of the finish. The wine is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2047. 1,031 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, truffle, blackberries, black cherries, smoke, cigar box, and spice-filled aromatics open the wine. The wine offers a fresh, mineral-driven, multi-layered experience packed with layers of ripe, sweet, black cherries, and currants. The mid-palate and finish is silky, lifted, and ripe, with vibrancy, elegance, and purity from start to finish. The wine is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV, pH 3.75. Harvesting took place September 5 - October 6. Drink from 2028-2055. 94-96 Pts. 5,286 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Gloria (St. Julien)
Medium-bodied, elegant, ripe, forward, soft, and floral, with layers of sweet, black fruits, soft, ripe tannins, and a refined, uplifted character, this is already quite nice to drink, and with a few years, it is only going to get better. The wine is produced from 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2043. 91-93 Pts. 4,957 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Godeau (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Ripe, red fruits, licorice, strawberries, and black raspberries fill the nose. The palate is fresh, vibrant, elegant, fruity and focused on its core of red fruits, finishing with dusty tannins, and a touch of fresh greenery. The wine is made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,294 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand Corbin-Despagne (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, chocolate, cinnamon, black cherries, and black raspberries fill the aromatic profile. Silky, long, and vibrant, with richness, creamy textures, and a vibrancy to the sweet, dark fruits in the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine is produced from blending 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 2,181 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand Mayne (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers cherries, plums, and licorice pop in the nose. Medium-bodied, elegant, juicy, and silky, with sweetness, and lift in the plummy, licorice oriented finish. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 1,853 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand Village (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Black raspberries, flowers, licorice, and a minor hint of mint leaves open the perfume. Medium-bodied, sweet, fresh, and vibrant on the palate, the finish delivers a crisp, fruity, cocoa, and cherry-filled, mid-palate, and endnote. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2035. 611 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Black raspberries, pepper, flowers, and spearmint form the nose. The medium-bodied wine is fresh, juicy, and fruity, with sweetness to the cherries, and plums on the palate. The wine has tension, and complexity, with a nice, red plum, and tobacco leaf finish. If you are seeking a Right Bank value wine, they do not get much better than this! The wine blends 91% Merlot with 9% Cabernet Franc. Harvesting took place September 9 - September 23. Drink from 2026-2035. 91-93 Pts. 2,963 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand Village Blanc (Bordeaux)
Flowers, lemon rind, pomelo, green apples, and a hint of pineapple define the wine. This is bright, crisp, and tense, with bite, and lift on the palate. This blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc, and 20% Semillon is ready to go. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 1,976 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand-Puy Ducasse (Pauillac)
Flowers, currants, tobacco leaves, and a hint of espresso already pop in the nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is fresh, fruity, exuberant, and creamy with good energy and lift in the mint-accented, refreshing finish. This should age for at least 2 decades with ease. The wine blends 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2030-2050. 481 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Espresso, mint, incense, flowers, currants, and licorice form the core the wine. On the palate, the fruits are fresh, chewy, and energetic, with a brightness to the finish, that's made even more refreshing with its sprig of mint. This should age for at least 2 decades with ease. Drink from 2029-2050. 92-94 Pts. 3,017 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (Pauillac)
Full-bodied, juicy, fresh, and rich, the wine displays its blend of blackberries, tobacco leaf, cedar, cigar box and lead pencil in the nose. On the palate, the wine is Vibrant, lifted, and energetic, but not overly bright, making sure everything is in balance, with loads of chewy currants, and a savory, peppery-tinted finish that lingers. The wine is a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon with 23% Merlot. Drink from 2029 - 2060. 456 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Concentrated, full-bodied, vibrant, juicy, fresh, and rich, the wine displays its black, and red currants, blackberries, cigar box, and flowers with only a bit of coaxing. Vibrant, lifted, and energetic, but not overly bright, everything is in balance, with freshness, sweetness, chewy currants, and a savory, peppery-tinted finish that lingers. This is one of those wines that with aging, is a candidate for a higher score in a decade, or so. The wine is a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon with 23% Merlot, 13.2% ABV, 3.6 pH. Picking took place September 11 - September 28. Drink from 2029 - 2060. 93-95 Pts. 3,467 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Greysac (Médoc)
Forward, medium-bodied and accessible, on release this will offer its red with black pit fruit charm with ease. Soft, forward and ready to go. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts. 2,016 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Gruaud Larose (St. Julien)
Tobacco leaf, cedar, red, with black currants, wet earth, smoke, and blackberries crowd into the perfume. On the palate, the wine is bright, fresh, juicy, classic, firm, crisp, and chewy, with layers of spicy, black, and red berries that linger. There is lift, and precision in this modern version of a classic Bordeaux. Give it some time in the bottle to fill out, and it is going to be even better! 2023 is the second, fully-organic vintage for the vineyard. The wine is a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.5% Merlot, and 2.5% Cabernet Franc.12.62% ABV, 3.4 pH. Picking took place September 11 - September 25. Drink from 2029-2060. 93-95 Pts. 5,678 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Gruaud Larose Sarget de Gruaud Larose (St. Julien)
Leafy, fresh herbs, cedar, mint, tobacco, and red fruits show easily in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is bright, fresh, and fruity, with a core of red currants from start to finish. You should be able to enjoy this wine on release. The wine is a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40.5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 3.% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts. 1,615 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Guillot Clauzel (Pomerol)
On the floral side, you also find nuances of orange blossoms, dark chocolate, black raspberries, plums, and truffles. The palate is even better due to its showy, opulent, sensuous nature that comes from the wines non-stop layers of chocolate-infused cherries, plums, oceanic salts. The wine is vibrant, with ample freshness that provides lift, length, and pleasure. If you are seeking a Pomerol that is not yet, well-known, but in a few years is going to be a star, check it out. The endnotes with their aromatics on the palate seal the deal. This insider's secret Pomerol has an average only 500 cases per vintage. The wine blends 83% Merlot with 17% Cabernet Franc. Guillaume Thienpont of Vieux Chateau Certan is in charge of the estate. Drink from 2028-2055. 306 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026On the floral side, you also find complimentary notes of leaves, cedar, tobacco, and marine climatic influences along with sweet, ripe, juicy, red plums, chocolate, and ripe, cherries. The wine is vibrant, almost racy, with its vivid, sweet, ripe red berries, and a salty edge in the elegant, lingering, fresh finish. The endnotes with their aromatics on the palate add to the length with their refreshing edge, This is an insiders secret Pomerol. The production averages only 500 cases per vintage. If you are a fan of Pomerol, and you want to try something new, check it out. The wine blends 83% Merlot with 17% Cabernet Franc.14% ABV, 3.74 pH. Guillaume Thienpont of Vieux Chateau Certan is in charge of the estate. Drink from 2026-2050. 94-96 Pts. 1,907 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Guiraud (Sauternes)
Floral, sweet, and energetic, with pineapples, lemon curd, honeysuckle, candied mangos, and roasted nuts, with a touch of saffron coming in at the end of the nose. Perfectly perched between its sweet, and racy side, with length, purity, freshness, and sweetness, yet it remains light on its feet. This seems to be a new era for Guiraud, with Sandrine Garbay in charge. Drink from 2027-2050. 95-97 Pts. 3,024 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut Condissas Prestige (Médoc)
Black cherries, licorice, espresso, along with spring flowers are readily available in this forward, fruity, creamy, soft-textured, fruity wine, with tis espresso, and chocolate finish. This is perfect for enjoyment as soon as it hits the stores, and for at least a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts 1,268 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Supple, fresh, and juicy, the wine is vibrant, fruity, soft, creamy, and loaded with sweet, ripe, black cherries, pepper, chocolate, and herbs. There is good length, and energy, with blackberries, espresso, dark chocolate, spice, and currants in the finish. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts 2,617 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Veyrac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, vibrant, forward, chewy, and vibrant, with a crisp, refreshing edge to the fruits, and a touch of garrigue that show up in the finish. Made from a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2037. 88-90 Pts. 1,339 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Savory red fruits show as soon as you begin swirling this medium-bodied, classical-styled, forward, round, lighter-styled Pauillac, with a bright, spicy endnote. Give it a year or two of aging, and enjoy it for the next 12 years or more. Drink from 2027-2040. 89-91 Pts. 1,241 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Bailly (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, blackberries, camphor, black raspberries, blackberries, cherries and smoke aromatics are all over the place. On the palate, the wine offers vibrancy paired with elegant, firm tannins, and fabulous levels of purity in the fruits. The length and expansiveness is impossible to ignore. The silky, refined finish leaves you with black raspberries, and black cherries coupled with , with a refreshing touch of mint in the endnote that makes you want to take another sip. This is even better than it was in barrel, which is always a positive sign. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 4% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2060. 485 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cedar, spice, and tobacco coupled with black raspberries, blackberries, and smoke aromatics are what initially grabs your attention. There is a vibrancy paired with elegant, firm tannins, and purity, and length that is impossible to ignore on the palate. The finish is silky, and refined, leaving you with lingering black raspberries, and black cherries, with a refreshing touch of mint in the slightly, firm endnote that make you want to take another sip. It was management of the mildew pressure, along with paying attention to the degree of ABV which were the two key areas of attention here this year. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 4% Petit Verdot. 14.3% ABV, pH 3.75. 6% press wine. Picking took place September 11 - September 29. Drink from 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 5,459 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Bailly II (Pessac-Léognan)
Mint, flowers, herbs, tobacco and sweet cherries are already expressive in the nose. Soft, forward, silky, and lively, the medium-bodied, elegantly-textured wine is packed with ripe, cherries, and a hint of cocoa and spice in the finish. This is perfect to enjoy while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 64% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 321 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Spicy blackberries, black cherries, tobacco and flowers are already expressive in the nose. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is soft, forward, silky, and lively, with sweet, black cherries, and a hint of chocolate in the finish. This is perfect to enjoy while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 64% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc. This is the second vintage incorporating the vines from Chateau Le Pape. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,692 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Batailley (Pauillac)
Black raspberries, chocolate, mint, flowers, espresso, currants fill the aromatic profile. The palate is brisk, crisp, and crunchy, with a vivid display of currants and spice, and a chewy, lively, red-currant-filled finish. The wine was made from blending 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. This is the first time Petit Verdot has been included in the blend. Drink from 2029-2055. 355 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chocolate, mint, flowers, currants, and blackberries form the nose. The palate pops with black cherries, blackberries, vivacity, round textures, and a chewy, lively, red currant-filled finish. The wine was made from blending 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. This is the first time Petit Verdot has been included in the blend. 13.2% ABV, 3.69. Drink from 2028-2052. 92-94 Pts. 1,949 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Batailley de Batailley (Pauillac)
Forward, soft, round, and fruity, with a core of ready-to-go currants, and cherries. This charmer will be perfect on release. Pauillac de Batailley is the 3rd wine of Batailley. Drink from 2026-2032. 87-89 Pts. 1,298 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Batailley Verso (Pauillac)
Cedar, tobacco leaf, and black currants form the core the of the wine in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, vibrant, crisp, palate. Drink this over the next decade or so. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,311 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Bergey (Pessac-Léognan)
Using less oak for the aging, the wine shows more elegance, with additional purity in its character. The wine is soft, fruity, ripe, and elegant, with a smoky edge to the cherries in the finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 90-92 Pts. 2,510 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
Even the nose is vibrant this year. You instantly sense it in the perfume with its flowers, red currants, smoke, spice, and cherries. The wine is powerful, yet reserved, long, intense, silky, and vivacious. The fruit has this lift that elevates on the palate. There is richness, elegance, and purity here. But, what is most striking is that on the palate, the wine moves in every direction, covering both sides, as well as the roof of your mouth as the wealth of fruit lingers for over 60 seconds. Part of the success of the vintage is due to July, with its cloudy skies, providing protection from the sun, helping to keep ABV levels down. There is also less green harvesting taking place this year. It is important to note that not only are the harvest dates becoming earlier here, they are also finishing later. More attention is paid to finding phenolic maturity on a parcel by harvest basis, adding nuance and balance. In the cellars, the extraction was soft, at lower temperatures, adding the elegance in the wine. The wine blends 52.3% Merlot, 38.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 9.1% Cabernet Franc, 14.6% ABV. 3.7 pH. Harvesting took place, September 4 - October 4. Only 42% of the harvest was placed into the grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts. 14,446 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Brion Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Green apples, waxy lemon peels, ginger, and orange rind notes are all over the place. The wine is crisp, mineral-driven, fruity, and bright from start to finish. The wine is made from a blend of 58.1% Sauvignon Blanc, with 41.9% Semillon. 13.8% ABV. The picking took place August 21, finishing September 4. The length of harvest is extraordinary, considering there are only 2.5 hectares of vines. Drink from 2025-2040. 97 Pts. 2,512 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Brisson (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The core of flowers, herbs, cherries, and spice fill the nose and the medium-bodied palate. The soft-textured mid-palate, and finish delivers its bright, spicy, red fruits with a refined, refreshing, minty edge. You can enjoy this with pleasure just about on release, or age it for more complexity. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, forward, soft, and fruity, with a chalky nuance in the plummy finish. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,808 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Chaigneau (Lalande de Pomerol)
Creamy-textured layers of chocolate, raspberries, cherries, licorice, and espresso are already expressive in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity palate, leaving you with chocolate, cherries, and hints of spice from start to finish. This will be best over the next decade. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 288 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, soft, forward, fresh, and fruity, with a core of chocolate, and cherries, along with hints of spice from start to finish. This will be best over the next decade. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,356 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Madrac (Haut-Médoc)
Cigar box, cocoa, flowers, and earthy nuances with the red fruits in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate to produce a charming, easy-to-enjoy, Left Bank. Cabernet Sauvignon filled charmer. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 88-90 Pts. 1,339 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Maillet (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, fresh, earthy wine with cocoa, cherries, and underbrush accents that will be at its best in its youth. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2033. 290 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, with flowers, chocolate, and sweet, red berries in the nose, and on the palate. There is freshness, softness, elegance, and refinement, with a touch of chocolate adding roundness to the red fruits in the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,812 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Haut-Sarpe (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, espresso, crushed, rock, and red fruits show in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, chalky, vibrant, energetic palate. This is a wine of place, with its crushed rock character. Drink from 2027-2039. 89-91 Pts. 1,932 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Hosanna (Pomerol)
Truffles, flowers, black plums, black raspberries, and dark chocolate pop effortlessly fill the perfume. On the palate the lush wine is also vibrant, expressive. There is depth of flavor, good concentration, and length, finishing with chocolately display of fruits as dark as the perfume. There is a refreshing, floral mouth aromatic in the finish adding complexity, and freshness. The wine blends 74% Merlot, with 26% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 499 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black plums, black raspberries, black cherries, flowers, and dark chocolate pop effortlessly in the perfume. On the palate the wine is luscious, vibrant, sensuous, and rich. There is a serious depth of flavor, good concentration, and length. The finish is as dark as the perfume with dark chocolate coated plums, black cherries, espresso, and licorice. There is a refreshing, floral mouth aromatic in the finish adding complexity, and freshness. With aging, this is going to be one of my favorite vintages of Hosanna. The wine blends 74% Merlot, with 26% Cabernet Franc. The harvest took place September 7-September 19. Drink from 2029-2055. 95-97 Pts. 3,513 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Hostens-Picant (Sainte Foy Bordeaux)
An interesting blend, due to mildew pressure, the wine blends 89% Cabernet Sauvignon with 11% Cabernet Franc to produce a sine loaded with cedar, tobacco leaf, mint, wet forest, and red currants. Medium-bodied, almost light, the crisp red berries are fresh, but they fade quickly in the finish. Drink from 2026-2031. 86-88 Pts. 1,203 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Jean-Faure (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The wine is vibrant, floral, fresh, juicy, meaty and lifted, with a strong sensation of crushed rocks, stones, flowers, spice and marine influences. The wine is complex, fruity, and lively, with an earthy character that should age quite well. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and it will be even better. The wine blends 65% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, and 6% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 2,108 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Joanin Bécot (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Initially, you are greeted with a bouquet of flowers, cherries, cocoa, and spice. The medium-bodied palate is elegant, and lifted, with layer of sweet, ripe, supple-textured cherries, plums, and chocolate, with the perfect touch of minerality in the finish. The wine is a blend of 80% Merlot, and 20% Cabernet Franc. The wine is produced from some of the oldest vines in the appellation, with the oldest vines dating back to 1870! Drink from 2026-2035. 317 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cherries, flowers, crushed rocks, and stones, licorice, black plums, and cocoa display in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is loaded with sweet, ripe, black raspberries, cherries, and chocolate, with a refreshing salty-mint accent on the backend. The wine is a blend of 80% Merlot, and 20% Cabernet Franc. 14.1% ABV, 3.5 pH. The wine is produced from some of the oldest vines in the appellation, with the oldest vines dating back to 1870! Drink from 2026-2035. 92-94 Pts. 1,926 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Flowers, espresso, mint, black cherries, and spice nuances are easy to spot. Medium-bodied, fresh, elegant, and refined, with a silky-edge to the finish, the fruits, chocolate accents, and a lifted, sweet endnote. Drink from 2028-2045. 91-93 Pts. 3,204 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château L'Eglise-Clinet (Pomerol)
Everything you could ever want in a great Pomerol is here in abundance. From start to finish, this is exceptional! The showy perfume begins with a floral note before revealing its red fruit, along with black pit fruit, truffles, dark chocolate, and a touch of espresso. The stunning palate seals the deal, offering opulence, vibrancy, concentration, purity of fruit, and a sensual, velvety finish that, once it starts, doesn't want to stop! Made from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, it's fantastic to see continued excellence from the Durantou family. Drink from 2029-2060. 469 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The wine quickly focuses you on its floral characteristics paired with black raspberries, plums, black, with white cherries, dark chocolate, and just an edge of coffee beans. The palate however, is where the excitement takes place. The wine is opulent, rich, aromatic, concentrated, and long. The mark of freshness is there, but, you also experience the wine's elegance, and silky tannins, as well as its length, and width on the mid-palate, and finish. Interestingly, here, it was the moderate amount of sun hours that helped make the vintage as it shielded the grapes from the late summer heat wave. From a blend of 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc, 14.60% ABV. The harvest took place September 10-September 14. It is great to see continuing strong wines from the Durantou family. Drink from 2029-2060. 97-99 Pts. 4,013 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château L'Enclos (Pomerol)
Sweet cherries and flowers fill the perfume, while the palate is even better. The wine serves up soft, elegant, sweet fruits, along with the right touch of chocolate, effortlessly from start to finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2037. 293 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Elegant, soft, silky, floral, and fresh, the medium-bodied wine does not rely on density, Instead, here, you find a wine embracing its refined character, with sweetness, and purity in the fruit, the mid-palate, and in the backend of the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2026-2037. 91-93 Pts. 1,367 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château L'Etampe (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Juicy, sweet, round, soft, and fruity, the wine is medium-bodied, elegant, and ready-to-go on release, with a refreshing touch of citrus in the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,162 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Blason de l'Evangile (Pomerol)
Cocoa, and roses, with hints of licorice are already easy to spot in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, sweet, polished, fresh, and easy-to like, due to its creamy-textured, chocolate-covered cherry character. You can enjoy this on release, and over the near term while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,324 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château L'Evangile (Pomerol)
The perfume opens with aromas of violets, lilacs, rose, lilacs, chocolate, licorice, and truffle. The silky, vivacious, and polished palate is packed with soft, elegant, creamy, refined fruits that build and expand as they linger. The finish continues along the same path with touches of spice, smoke, licorice, dark chocolate, black, with red plums, cherries, smoke, and truffles, all wrapped up by its luscious, velvety textures. The wine blends 78% Merlot with 21% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2029-2060. 425 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Violets, lilacs, chocolate, truffle, black cherries, smoke, licorice, and plums fill the nose. But, the magic to L'Evangile is on the palate with its lush, supple, creamy, elegant textures, soft, polished tannins, length, and depth, finishing with layers of ripe, black plums, and cherries with peppery, spicy, chocolate on the backend. The wine blends 78% Merlot with 21% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.6% ABV, 3.75. The key to the vintage here is the rains that fell in the end of June, which refreshed the vines at the right moment. The harvest took place September 4 - September 28, which is long for L'Evangile. The wine is aging in a combination of 50% new, French oak, 15% amphora and used oak barrels. The Grand Vin was made from 55% of the harvest. Drink from 2029-2050. 96-98 Pts. 3,636 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Branne (Médoc)
Underbrush and herbs form most of the nose. The medium-bodied palate is an improvement with its forward, simple, but charming, round-textured, red and black fruits with their chalky edge. Drink from 2026-2034. 315 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Round, fresh, and fruity with load of ripe, chewy, black currants, mint, and peppery spice, this is going to provide delicious drinking on release, and it sells for a song! Drink from 2026-2035. 88-90 Pts. 1,652 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Cabanne (Pomerol)
Flowers, herbs, plums, and cherries express their character easily in the nose. The palate outshines the nose with its softness, energy, and gentle bearing that you feel quite easily. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2042. 395 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, plums, and cocoa open the nose. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, fresh, crisp, and elegant, finishing with sweet, black raspberries, chocolate, and espresso with a lifted, finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. 14.1% ABV. Drink from 2028-2042. 91-93 Pts. 1,862 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Chandellière (Médoc)
Chocolatey, red fruits with a chalky note on the mid-palate and in the blackberry finish. This will be just great on release and over the next decade. Drink from 202-2035. 88-90 Pts 1,189 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Clémence (Pomerol)
Incense, licorice, spice, espresso, smoke, and red fruits work in concert here to produce a medium-bodied, round, creamy, fruity wine. Drink from 2026-2040. 89-91 Pts. 1,320 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Clotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral in nature, you also find notes of licorice, cherries, and red with black plums. The medium-bodied wine is soft, silky, vibrant, fresh, and spicy, with a lifted, red berry finish. You can enjoy this with just a year or two of aging. The wine blends 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,613 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Commanderie (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, chocolate, licorice, and floral nuances mesh with the medium-bodied, forward, creamy, chocolate-coated, black cherry, licorice, mint, and oak-touched palate. If the oak is eaten by the fruit, this could be quite good. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,461 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Confession (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, spice, smoke, black raspberries, licorice, cherries, and plums shoot from the glass. Medium-bodied, silky, fresh, and lifted, the fruits are clean, pure, bright, and sweet. There is length, definition, and complexity. With Thomas Duclos as the new consultant, this is a property to watch. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Malbec. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 1,687 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Conseillante (Pomerol)
Initially, you notice the intensity of the wine's floral bouquet before exploring its aromas of cocoa, truffle, spice, chocolate, and perfectly ripe black cherries. While the fragrance is striking, it is the palate where the wine truly shines with a vivid display of black and red fruits. The wine is elegant, silky, and fresh, with a beautiful sense of purity in the fruit that leaves you eager to take another sip. The wine blends 88% Merlot with 12% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 1,190 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Violets, black raspberries, spice, chocolate, truffle, and black cherries begin the perfume. The palate is where the wine shines, with its vibrant display of black with red fruits. The striking purity, elegance, and textures, silky tannins, and length leave quite an impression. The adage, "Patience is a virtue" is the key the success this year, as they needed to wait for the desired level of phenolic maturity. The wine blends 88% Merlot with 12% Cabernet Franc. 7.5% press wine. 14% ABV, 3.68 pH. The harvest took place September 7 - October 2. Drink from 2029-2060. 97-99 Pts. 3,969 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Croix Chaigneau (Lalande de Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, chocolate, and plums open the wine. On the palate, the wine is soft, supple, and fresh with a creamy, dark cherry, chocolate, and plum finish. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Franc, with 50% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,214 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Couspaude (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Creamy, dark, round, sweet, and supple, the wine is loaded with dark, black cherries, licorice, chocolate, and espresso. There is ripeness, as well as lift, that once the oak better integrates will be fun to enjoy. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,585 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château la Creation (Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, forward, plummy, cherry filled wine with licorice, cocoa, and spearmint from start to finish, on the nose and on the palate. Drink from 2026-2034. 88-90 Pts 1,281 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Croix du Casse (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, and a dash of cocoa fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, juicy, soft-textured, and forward, and remains focused on its red berry profile with its cherries, strawberry, and raspberries. The wine blends 96% Merlot, with 4% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 440 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Plums, cocoa, herbs, and flowers form the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, juicy, fruity, soft-textured, forward, upbeat, and already charming in your glass, with its minty, plummy, and cocoa endnote. The wine blends 96% Merlot, with 4% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,474 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Dominique (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Elegant is the keyword here. The wine is medium-bodied, edgy, and fresh, with soft, and silky tannins. The fruits are bight, crisp, and clean, with touches of mint, licorice, spice and tobacco in the mid-palate. The finish focuses you on the energetic raspberries, cherries, and plums, with their tobacco, mint, and spicy character. The wine blends 88% Merlot, with 12% Cabernet Franc, 14.1% ABV, 3.85 pH. The wine is aged in 50% new, French oak, and 10% amphora. Harvesting took place September 6 - October 3. Drink from 2026-2045. 93-95 Pts. 2,266 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Fleur (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Round, fruity, and sweet, but lacking in complexity. Still, the chewy fruit in the finish has charm. This is best suited for early drinking pleasure. The wine is produced from a blend of 89% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2039. 89-91 Pts. 1,524 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Fleur de Boüard (Lalande de Pomerol)
The strong floral component in the perfume stand out. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, fresh, medium-bodied, round, and creamy, finishing with plums, cherries, in an early-drinking style. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2036. 341 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cherries, licorice, smoke, and cocoa create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, fresh, medium-bodied, round, and creamy, finishing with plums, cherries, in early-drinking approach. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2036. 91-93 Pts. 1,703 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur de Boüard Le Plus (Lalande de Pomerol)
Smoke, licorice, spice, cocoa, licorice, and black cherries pop with little cherries in the nose. On the palate, the wine is round, fruity, sweet, creamy, and already a pleasure in your glass. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2027-2040. 340 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Dark black cherries, licorice, black plums, and chocolate are expressed in the nose. On the palate, the wine is round, lush, forward, and filled with dark, sweet fruits. Medium-bodied, vibrant, and ripe, give it a year or two and it will be great in your glass. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2026-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,521 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur de Boüard Chardonnay La Fleur de Boüard (Atlantique)
Grapefruit, green apples, yellow citrus, white peaches, and flowers shine in this fresh, refreshing, easy-to-like, ready-to-drink white wine. Enjoy it on the young side. Drink from 2026-2029. 272 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Bright, vigorous yellow citrus, and white peaches are fresh, and refreshing in this easy-to-like, ready white wine. Drink from 2025-2028. 90 Pts. 991 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur de Boüard Le Lion (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, and fruity, with a nice floral component to the soft, round, cherry-filled mid-palate, and finish. This is perfect for early drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2031. 89-91 Pts. 1,211 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur de Boüard Sauvignon (Bordeaux)
Green apples, pears, pomelo and tangerine pop in the nose, and on the vibrant, fruity, juicy, and fresh palate. Drink from 2025-2029. 90 Pts. 1,141 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Fleur de Gay (Pomerol)
Flowers, black cherries, and dark chocolate in a voluptuous, opulent style, with freshness, layers of dark red pit fruits, wet earth, and a velvety, lush, finish. This is a hedonistic wine that will deliver a lot of pleasure over the next 15-20 years. The wine was produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2028-2047. 94-96 Pts. 1,815 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur Morange (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black raspberries, flowers, cherries, spice, licorice, and herbs fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, vibrant, fruity, elegant, and polished, with loads of sweet, red berries on the backend. The wine blends 70% Merlot, with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2040. 93-95 Pts. 1,452 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur Morange Mathilde (St. Émilion)
Bright, fresh, pure, and vibrant, the wine is on the red berry side of the style range, with an elegant, easy-going charm, softness, energy, and fruity charm. Year after year, this remains one of the top value plays in Saint Emilion. The wine is made from 100% Merlot from vines with more than 50 years of age. Drink from 2026-2034. 91-93 Pts 1,325 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur Perey Cuvée Prestige (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, forward, fruit-filled, soft-round, aromatic and charming that is going to be delicious on release and for at least a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,189 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château La Fleur-Pétrus (Pomerol)
Nobody knows the truffles I've seen, but they certainly know the truffle aromatics I've smelled with just a swirl, and sniff here. Once past the royal fungus, elements of flowers, cherries, black raspberries, and espresso, cherries, and licorice are apparent in the aromatic profile. On the palate, this is sensuous, vibrant, and fresh, with notes of chocolate-covered black cherries, mint, espresso, and plums. Long, intense, refined, and almost bright, in the finish, you can enjoy this with pleasure with only a few years in the cellar. But give it a decade, and this is going to offer incredible drinking. The wine blends 96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and .05 Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055. 739 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, spice, black raspberries, espresso, cherries, and licorice are abundant in the aromatic profile. On the palate, this is sensuous, silky, and sexy. It is polished, rich, and velvety, with layers of dark chocolate-covered black cherries, mint, spice, licorice, smoke, espresso, and plums. This is long, as well as intense, with energy, and complexity. You can enjoy this with pleasure with only a few years in the cellar. But give it a decade, and this is going to offer incredible drinking. The wine blends 96.5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and .05 Petit Verdot. The harvest took place September 7 - September 19. Drink from 2029-2050. 96-98 Pts. 4,353 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château la Fon du Berger (Pauillac)
A hint of espresso meshes with flowers, currants, cedar, and tobacco in the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh and crunchy, this pleasant Pauillac can be popped and enjoyed early in life, or aged for a few years. If you have been seeking a well-priced Pauillac, this should be on your list. Drink from 2027-2037. 366 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lead pencil, cedar, currants, and tobacco leaves are readily apparent. Creamy, energetic, fruity, and spicy, the finish is packed with salty-edged, black currants, and spice. If you have been seeking a well-priced Pauillac, this should be on your list. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,223 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château la Fortune (Margaux)
Flowers, tobacco, and herbs show before you find the red pit fruits in the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, fresh, lively, medium-bodied, soft-textured, forward, and ready for early drinking please. Drink from 2026-2038. 366 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Incense, spice, and red berries are easy to find in this charming, medium-bodied, soft-textured, forward, elegant, and early drinking Margaux. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,216 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Lagune (Haut-Médoc)
Indian spice, flowers, smoke, red pit fruits, and a drop of espresso fill the complex nose. The medium-bodied, palate is elegant, refined, and silky, with lift, and sweetness to the red berries with a touch of chocolate in the end note that fills things out. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 3,993 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Louvière (Pessac-Léognan)
Initially you enjoy the floral aromatics before skipping to the tobacco, and smoked red fruits. Medium-bodied, soft, round, supple, vibrant and clean, the elegant finish really works here. This is going to be quite nice with a year, or two of aging, and should deliver pleasure for at least 15 or more years with ease. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon with 40% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2045. 385 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Vibrant in nature, the wine is loaded with crisp, fresh, sweet, juicy, green apples, pomelo and touches of pineapple, and lemon rind. This is going to be quite nice to enjoy on release for all of its fruit, and vibrancy. Drink from 2025-2032. 93 Pts. 1,890 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Marzelle (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black cherries, plums, and chocolate pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy, and fresh, with layers of dark red berries, cocoa, licorice and spice, leaving you with chocolate-covered, black cherries, and a sprig of mint. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,560 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Mission Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
Blackberries, spice, smoke, flowers, and currants shine in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is concentrated, yet, refined, long, deep, and intense. There is a vibrancy to the fruits that pairs perfectly with the smoky, currants, and blackberries, There is depth, length, and volume, with an easy-going elegance, and lift, Nothing is pushed. Everything is balanced, and in place. The sneaky finish builds, lingers, and resonates its essence. Part of the success of the vintage is due to July, with its cloudy skies, which provided protection from the sun, helping to keep ABV levels down. In the cellars, the extraction was soft, at lower temperatures. The wine blends 52.7% Merlot, 29.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 17.7% Cabernet Franc, 14.5% ABV. 3.7 pH. Harvesting took place, September 6-October 3. Only 42% of the harvest was placed into the grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2060. 95-97 Pts. 6,647 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Patache (Pomerol)
Flowers, mint, orange rind, and cherries open the wine. Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, and vibrant, there is a dash of mint adding a refreshing quality to the fruits in the in the finish. You can enjoy this on release and over the next 10-15 years easily. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027- 2038. 379 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cherries, spice, and a background note of truffle open the wine. Medium-bodied, vibrant, and elegant, the wine is focused on its fresh core of fruits, and energy. You can enjoy this on release and over the next 10-15 years easily. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026- 2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,835 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Pointe (Pomerol)
Even better in the bottle than it was from the barrel. The wine exudes its floral bouquet with ease. The palate is packed with soft, creamy fruits balanced between freshness and elegance. Give it a few years of bottle age, and it will be even better. This is a very strong effort from the vintage. Drink from 2028-2042. 421 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Sweet red berries with chocolate are what you initially notice in the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is bright, crisp, elegant, and juicy, with lift, energy, and most importantly, a refreshing touches of citrus and dark chocolate in the backend of the finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 2,148 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Prade (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, with sweetness, and firmness, freshness, ripe, crisp, chewy, rustic, sweet, dark cherries, raspberries, and plums with licorice, florals, spice, and a touch of marine influences on the palate, as well as in the finish. You can enjoy this on release, or age it for at least a decade or more. Made from 79% Merlot, with 21% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2033. 91-93 Pts. 1,959 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Rousselle (Fronsac)
With an herb and tobacco edge to its red fruit and floral profile. Medium-bodied, fresh, and fruity with a chalky, minty edge to the fruits in the finish. Drink from 2027-2035. 362 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, fruit, and freshness, with a touch of salt on the backend, to make the round, polished, sweet, ripe, black cherries, and juicy plums even better. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 1,273 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Serre (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, herbs, spice, and licorice come together in the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, vibrant, sweet, and juicy, with a nice lift in the red plum finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,491 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour Blanche (Sauternes)
Bright, sweet, honeyed, yellow citrus, and candied orange rind, zesty, and fresh, sweet, and bright... Candied lemon, pineapple, and honey with floral accents, apricots, and hints of white peach on the nose, and on the sweet, medium/full-bodied, fresh, mango, and pineapple-infused palate. Drink from 2025-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,040 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour Carnet (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, tobacco and red fruits define the core of this wine on the nose, and on the palate. Medium-boded, with more freshness than in previous vintages, the wine ends with a complicating nuance of citrus in the finish that I really like. You can enjoy this in its youth. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 2,419 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour Carnet Blanc (Bordeaux)
Vibrant from the initial sniff, the wine is loaded with yellow citrus, pineapples, flowers, and mangos in the perfume. The palate is bright, and citrusy, with a crisp, pineapple, lemon and banana finish. The wine blends 67% Sauvignon Blanc with 33% Semillon. This is going to offer delicious drinking on release. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 1,291 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour de By (Médoc)
Espresso, chocolate, licorice, and floral aromatics create the perfume. The palate is fresh, fruity, round, and creamy, finishing with sweet, dark red fruits and even darker chocolate. Drink from 2026-2036. 405 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Fresh, and fruity, round, and creamy, the wine pops with loads of ripe, dark, sweet, cherries, plums and blackberries on the palate, that continue through to the creamy, licorice, and black cherry packed finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,999 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour de By Heritage Marc Pages (Médoc)
Licorice, chocolate, plums, cherries, and a bit of smoke create the interesting aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is creamy, fresh, and vibrant, with chocolate overtones to its wealth of cherries and plums. Drink from 2026-2034. 377 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, juicy, and with accents of espresso, licorice, and flowers to accompany the red, with black currants, the wine finishes fresh and fruity. Drink from 2027-2028. 90-92 Pts. 1,229 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour de Mons (Margaux)
Forest leaves, tobacco, mint, and red fruits create the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, sweet, round, and juicy, allow it just a year or two to age, and it will fill out and soften quite nicely. The wine blends 57% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 386 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, cedar, cherries, and flowers form the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, soft, chewy, and spicy, with freshness, and energy that comes through all of the red cherries in the finish. The wine blends 57% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV, 3.6 pH. Drink from 2026-2042. 90-92 Pts. 1,951 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Tour Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Spring flowers, cherries, plums, licorice, and a hint of espresso get the wine going. Medium-bodied, soft, silky, fresh, and creamy, the red fruits with their spicy accents express a nice sense of purity on the mid-palate, that carries through to the finish, where you also find a refreshing salty, licorice nuance. The wine blends 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,920 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Latour-Martillac Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, waxy lemons, and a hint of pineapple aromatics are a treat to find in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, juicy, clean, and pure, with notes of green apples and yellow citrus on the palate and in the finish. This will be easy to enjoy on release and for up to a decade after that. The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc with 40% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2034. 507 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Green apples, white flowers, white peach, lemons, and honeysuckle are a treat to find in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, and focuses you easily on the crisp, juicy, sweet, lemons, and green apples in the palate, and in the finish. This will be easy to enjoy on release. The harvest took place August 18 - August 31.The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc, with 40% Semillon. 13% ABV. Drink from 2025-2034. 93 Pts. 1,975 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Latour-Martillac (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, chocolate, black cherries, smoke, and cigar wrapper pop in the perfume. The wine is rich, supple, and creamy with sweetness and lift on the palate, and in the finish. This should age quite nice well, yet be approachable young. The wine blends 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2043. 452 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Smoky, black cherries, blackberries, leafy herbs, cigar wrapper, flowers, and spice fill the perfume. The wine is rich, dark, and chewy on the palate, with a touch of spice that lingers along with all of that dark red pit fruits in the mid-palate, that carry through to the finish. This should age quite nice well, yet be approachable young. The wine blends 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot. 13.5% ABV, pH 3.8. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 2,926 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Vieille Cure (Fronsac)
Smoke, licorice, dark cocoa, and plum notes start the wine off. From there, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, soft, forward, refined, and fruity with creamy textures, and ripe, sweet, cherries topped with salty licorice in the finish. If you are seeking a fine wine, without spending a lot of bucks, check this one out. You can enjoy it with pleasure on release, and for another 12 or more years after that. Drink from 2027-2037 423 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Minty, with licorice, salty cherries, plums, and crushed stone notes start the wine off. From there, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, soft, forward, refined, and fruity. If you are seeking a really nice wine, without spending a lot of bucks, check this wine out. You can enjoy it with pleasure on release, and for another 12 or more years after that. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,992 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Violette (Pomerol)
Dark in color, the wine is equally intense on the palate with its layers of black with red fruits, dark chocolate, black cherries, black raspberries, black plums, and chalk. There is depth, concentration, and richness with power, lift, and opulence in the mid-palate, that carries through to the finish. The key to the vintage was the long hang time with harvesting starting September 11-September 20. The length of the harvest is due to manual destemming. The wine was produced from 100% Merlot, 14 % ABV. Drink from 2029-2050. 95-97 Pts. 1,886 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Voute (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, licorice, chocolate, and flowers create the attention seeking nose. Rich, supple, creamy, and loaded with chocolate covered cherries, this is a fine, hedonistic wine. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,413 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Labégorce (Margaux)
Black cherries, flowers, licorice, red cherries, and blackberries pop in the aromatics. Soft, fresh, and sweet, with charm and refinement, this is already showing well, and is only going to get better from here. The wine blends 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2050. 477 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026On the nose, you find flowers, cherries, blackberries, herbs, and plums. The palate serves up its blend of silky, spicy, creamy red, and chewy black fruits. There is good length and energy here that carries through to the mint-tinted finish. The wine blends 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV, pH 3.7. The harvest took place September 13 - October 9. Drink from 2028-2050. 92-94 Pts. 3,492 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey Grand Vin Sec (Bordeaux)
Lemongrass, white peaches, lemon rind, and flowers create the complex aromatics here. Vibrant, crisp, and citrusy, with a touch of crushed stone, adding complexity, this is good-to-go on release. The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc, with 40% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2032. 92 Pts. 1,397 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey (Sauternes)
A sublime, sweet treat that is packed with roasted apricots, candied orange rings, nuts, saffron, and pineapples, all slathered in honey. Lush, opulent, rich, sweet, and most importantly, with more than enough acidity to provide freshness and energy from start to finish. The wine is produced from 100% Semillon. Drink from 2029-2060. 921 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026Apricot, saffron, cashew nuts, roasted pineapples, candied tangerine, mango, and vanilla bean aromatics let you know you are in for a sweet, treat. Juxtaposed between candied, and vibrant, the wine is intense, racy, and sweet, leaving you with ripe, very ripe, and overripe pineapples, apricots, spice, honey, and vanilla bean. The wine is produced from 100% Semillon. Drink from 2029-2055. 95-97 Pts. 2,536 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac)
Flowers, black cherries, red and black currants, Cuban cigars, cedar, lead pencil, spice, and creme de cassis, fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is elegant, refined, vibrant, and energetic. While the wine on your palate starts off slow, don't be fooled, because, while it might start off slow, it builds in intensity and depth as it lingers on your palate. Purity and elegance are perfectly balanced here from start to finish. The endnote goes on long after you've finished your glass. The wine blends 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2032-2070. 862 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Richly colored, with a complex aromatic profile offering flowers, spices, cedar, cigar wrapper, lead pencil, creme de cassis, and blackberries. The wine rapidly focuses on its layers of energetic, red with black fruits There is a polished, character here. Texturally, this is elegant, and racy, with length, purity, and most importantly, charm. finishing with seamless, gentle waves of creme de cassis. The wine blends 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. 15% press wine. 12.9% ABV, 3.78 pH. Harvesting started September 7 for the young Merlot vines, finishing September 29. The key to the success this year was controlling mildew pressure, and finding the optimum picking dates. 38% of the harvest went into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2065. 96-98 Pts. 6,109 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafitte (Premières Côtes de Bordeaux)
Forward, soft, and supple, with a fruity, creamy-textured, mid-palate, and a chalky, chocolate, and cherry finish. This early drinking charmer will be quite nice on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 87-89 Pts. 1,321 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafleur (Pomerol)
Deeply colored, the wine exudes black, red and blue fruits, with accents of smoke, charcoal, flowers, orange rind, cocoa and truffle in the perfume. The wine has depth, energy, length, and complexity. The extended finish leaves you with layers of chocolate-infused, black pit fruits, and berries that fill your palate with an intensity of flavor and a racy lushness. If you can keep your hands off your bottles for 5 years, or so, you will be rewarded with decades of pleasure. The wine blends 54% Cabernet Franc, and 46% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2070. 671 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Plums, black raspberries, flowers, boysenberries, tobacco, and truffles create the nose. On the palate, the wine pops with its layers of bright, sweet, ripe, and energetic red fruits, cigar wrapper, and chewy black cherries. This is a classic vintage of Lafleur which exchanges its opulence, and power for lift, refinement, concentration, length, and complexity. The wine requires at least a decade, or even more time in the bottle before it is ready, and enjoyable to drink. The estate calls their 2023 a wine from an extreme vintage, without any extremes. The wine blends 54% Cabernet Franc, and 46% Merlot. 14.2% ABV, 3.75 pH. Harvesting took place for the Merlot September 7, 8, Cabernet Franc was harvested September 17. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts. 3,475 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafleur-Gazin (Pomerol)
Spicy strawberries get the perfume started. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, vibrant, and fresh. The fruits are on the red side of the style range with espresso, licorice, and dark cocoa coming in at the end of the finish to add complexity. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2040. 398 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, refined, elegant, and vibrant, the fruits are soft, pure, sweet, and on the red berry side, with a licorice, dark cocoa, and savory edge in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,965 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafon La Tuilerie (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, chocolate, spice, espresso, and black cherries show easily here. The wine is bright, fresh, juicy, and forward, finishing with cocoa, black raspberries, spice, and juicy, red plums. Produced from 100% Merlot, this will drink well young, and age for at least a decade or more. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,427 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafon-Rochet (St. Estèphe)
Blackberries, black cherries, spice, and tobacco leaves with a touch of spice fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, soft, and polished with ripe, brisk tannins, and a chewy, fresh, peppery finish. The wine was made from blending 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. 13.35%. This is only the second vintage with the new owner, Jackie Lorenzetti, and the team of Emmanuel Cruse fully in charge. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,119 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Pelerins de Lafon-Rochet (St. Estèphe)
Fresh, spicy tobacco, and currants come through easily in the nose, and on the chewy, peppery, currant-filled palate of this easy-to-like, and easy-to-enjoy, charmer. Drink from 2025-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,400 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafont-Fourcat (Bordeaux)
Smoky black raspberries, cherries, and licorice form the character here. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, and fruity, with a touch of chocolate that comes in at the end. This will provide enjoyment on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 88-90 Pts. 1,398 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafont-Fourcat À Nos Amours (Bordeaux)
Chocolate-covered black cherries, flowers, licorice, and flowers create the aromatic profile. The medium-bodied wine is soft, lush, creamy, and chocolatey, finishing with black cherries, and plums. Not much of this wine is produced. But, if you see it grab it. It sells for a song for a wine at this level of quality. Produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,283 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafont-Fourcat Blanc (Bordeaux)
Flowers, white peaches, orange rind, and lemons are ripe, sweet, fruity, juicy, and ready-to-go as soon as the wine hits the stores. Drink from 2025-2028. 89 Pts 1,496 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Laforge (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With a spicy touch to the red fruits, incense, licorice, and flowers on the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and fruity, the wine finishes with sweet black raspberries from start to finish. The wine blends 92% Merlot with 8% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 1,390 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lagrange (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Vibrant, spicy red fruits decorate the nose. The medium-bodied palate continues with the same energetic profile. The lively, red berry finish is accompanied by a green edge that takes away from the wine. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 423 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The nose offers a hint of oak, a touch of chocolate, red berries, and flowers. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is supple, vibrant, and refined, with lift, and sweetness in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,760 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lagrange (St. Julien) (St. Julien)
Black cherries, black currants, flowers, and mint blend perfectly in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, fresh, energetic, bright, chewy palate. Give this a few years in the bottle, and it is going to be a very good wine to drink over the next few decades. Starting with the 2016 vintage, Lagrange has been on a hot streak! The wine is produced from 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 16% Merlot. Drink from 2029-2055. 91-93 Pts. 4,413 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lanessan (Haut-Médoc)
Espresso, black currants, licorice, tobacco, and herbs are all over the place here. Forward, chewy, lifted, and fresh, the fruits are bright, sweet, and chewy, with a savory, tobacco, and blackberry finish. Drink from 2027-2045. 90-92 Pts. 2,894 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Langoa Barton (St. Julien)
Blackberries, cigar wrapper, flowers, and cherries fill the nose with its aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is fresh, chewy, and Cassis, tobacco, flowers, blackberries, and red currants show easily on the nose, and palate. There is a wealth of fresh, dark red fruits, creamy tannins, and infused with tobacco, powerful tannins, and a gentle, crispness to the spicy, blackberries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. Drink from 2028-2050. 92-94 Pts. 6,417 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Laniote (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black cherries, and espresso form the core of this medium-bodied, vibrant, chewy wine. There is a crispness, with a salty accent to the red berries in the finish. Drink from 2027-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,466 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larcis Ducasse (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Crushed stone, flowers, strawberries, cherries, licorice, tobacco, and spice create the complex aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is crisp, ripe, long, and vibrant. It is easy to find its trademark sense of minerality accompanying the layers of fruit that linger on the mid-palate. There is purity, length, and energy in the finish. The wine blends 86% Merlot with 14% Cabernet Franc. 14.7% ABV. Drink from 2029-2055. 94-96 Pts. 3,738 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larmande (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, crushed stone, black raspberries, smoke, licorice, and chocolate show in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, fresh, elegant, soft, creamy-textured palate. The black raspberries, licorice, and cocoa in the finish seal the deal. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,586 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Laroque (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine opens with a strong, marine influence before you get to the flowers, licorice, red berries, and spice. The palate displays a medium-bodied, energetic core of spicy, fresh, sweet, ripe, salty, red fruits. Elegant in nature, there is a vibrant, almost, racy character to the fruits. This is a refined, charmer that leaves you with sweetness, spice, and ample purity in the salt-edged, red fruits that remain with you, from start to finish. The wine was made with 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc, 14.15% ABV. Drink from 2028-2045. 94-96 Pts. 6,485 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larose Perganson (Haut-Médoc)
Crisp, red berries, licorice, cedar, and herbs pop in the nose. Fresh, and chewy on the palate, while cherry, orange, and cranberry come through in the finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 369 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Bright, vibrant red berries with herbs, mint, and cigar box notes show in the nose, and on the fresh, lifted, red currant, and cherry palate. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,254 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larose-Trintaudon (Haut-Médoc)
Light in color, and light on the palate, the wine is soft, forward, fruity, and ready to go, making it perfect for early, uncomplicated drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2030. 375 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-forward, bright red fruit, and tobacco-filled, early-drinking charmer, with accents of mint at the end, offering a refreshing finish. This is fine for early, uncomplicated drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2033. 88-90 Pts 1,449 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Laroze (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, herbs, tobacco, and cedar aromatics show effortlessly. Medium-bodied, with a fruity core of red pit fruits, the creamy finish leaves with you sweet, ripe, cherries, with licorice accents, dark chocolate, and a touch of mint. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 2,083 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larrivaux (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, tobacco, cherries, and cedar work together to form the perfume and the palate. There is a sweetness to the fruits on the palate that is made even better with the addition of licorice, chocolate, and a refreshing touch of mint that lingers. This is much better in the bottle than it was in the barrel. Give it a year or two before opening a bottle. Drink from 2027-2036. 398 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Forward, chewy, vibrant, and firm, with stoic cherries, cedar, tobacco and herbs to compliment the fruit, give it a year or two before opening a bottle. Drink from 2027-2036. 88-90 Pts. 1,473 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
Quite floral in the nose, you also enjoy nuances of tobacco, red fruits, and forest leaves. The palate is bright, fresh, and almost crisp, with sweet red berries and an earthy, slightly green-tinted finish. The wine is made from 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2045. 462 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Yellow citrus, pomelo, white peach, flowers, and Granny Smith apple aromatics shoot from the glass. On the palate, the wine is sweet, vibrant, ripe, round, and fruity, finishing with a blend of ripe, grapefruits, white peaches, mango, and just a hint of spice that shows on the backend of the finish. The wine is produced from 86% Sauvignon Blanc, and 14% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2033. 94 Pts. 665 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lascombes (Margaux)
The first vintage with the new owners, with Axel Heinz calling the shots, starts off with a bouquet of flowers before moving to notes of sweet red fruits, cedar, and a touch of orange rind shine in the nose. There is a soft, creamy character to the sweet, red berries on the palate, with a hint of crushed rocks, and a refreshing touch of chocolate-mint that shows up at the end of the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and an even mix of Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2050. 445 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The first vintage with the new owners, with Axel Heinz calling the shots, comes through nicely with its nose of flowers, incense, spice, and black, with red, and blue fruits. On the palate, the wine is soft, supple, subtle, and fresh, There is energy here, as well as a relaxed, silky feeling on the palate. The freshness in the finish is capped with by mint leaves, spice, and vibrant, currants with cocoa on the backend. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and an even mix of Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. 13.5% ABV. This is an updated style for the chateau. Loads of big changes here starting with the amount of wine placed into the Grand Vin slashed by more than 30%. The aging program is 50% new French oak, with a lighter toast, used barrels, and foudres. Drink from 2028-2055. 93-95 Pts. 3,430 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lassègue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Crushed rocks, mint, flowers, espresso, and cherries are what you find in this vivacious, mineral-driven, bright, wine. The finish delivers a touch of salt, with the sweet red fruits, licorice, and spice. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,971 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Latour Grand Vin (Pauillac)
Flowers, currants, cassis, lit cigars, cherries, and forest floor aromas are already expressive in the aromatic profile. This wine quickly focuses you on its refined, creamy tannins, freshness, sweetness, and purity in the fruit. The wine is not going to overwhelm you with power, instead, it will slowly reel you in with its regal, elegant character. Like I said, at first, due to its style, you might think it is an easy wine. But, do not let the initial impression fool you. The wine continues building, expanding, while developing its racy, core of dark, red fruits, with a touch of salt from start to finish. The wine is a blend of 92.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7.7% Merlot. 13.2% ABV. Drink from 2032-2070. 443 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Quite expressive in the nose which already displays flowers, blackberries, blueberries, citrus, and Cuban cigars in the nose. This is wine focused on its freshness, energy, purity length, and complexity. The wine exchanges power for a blend of elegance, spice, drinkability, vibrancy, and sapidity. It is a sneaky wine. At first, due to its style, you might think it is an easy wine. But, do not let the initial impression fool you. The wine continues building, expanding, and retaining its racy, core of dark, red fruits, with a touch of salt that shows up in the finish. The wine is a blend of 92.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7.7% Merlot. 13.2% ABV. 3.75 pH. Harvest September 7-October 2. The length of the harvest is due to breaks between picking, parcels, and varietals. The wine represents 39.1% of the harvest. Drink from 2033-2065. 97-99 Pts. 2,568 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Latour à (Pomerol)
If you like truffles, and who doesn't? This earthy gem is for you. Packed with the pungent mushroom, the wine is dark, deep, elegant, and stately, with loads of black cherries, plums, cocoa, and sandy tannins that pop up in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2047. 434 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Quite floral in its character, the wine is elegant, dark, and sensuous, with loads of ripe, dark red berries, chocolate, spice, mint, and licorice. The creamy-textured, lifted finish lingers, with its layers of sweet, and spicy fruit topped with shaved dark chocolate. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2047. 92-94 Pts. 2,280 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Laujac (Médoc)
Tobacco, flowers, cedar and red currants, and spice fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh , crisp, bright, and forward, allowing for early drinking, spicy pleasure. This will be at its best in the near term future. Drink from 2026-2034. 375 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, citrus, red currants, and spice fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh , crisp, firm, and vibrant with a bright, red berry finish. This will be at its best over the near term future. Drink from 2026-2034. 88-90 Pts. 1,216 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Bon Pasteur (Pomerol)
The sweet, red cherries are what you initially notice before getting to the chocolate and flowers in the nose. The palate, however, steals the show with its sensuous, supple, creamy-textured finish that's perfect for delivering all the sweet, fresh red fruits, chocolate, and a hint of espresso. The character here leads to a wine that can be enjoyed in its youth. But it can age for 2 decades as well. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045. 402 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Spicy, fresh, and silky, the wine is loaded with incense, flowers, cherries, plums, and chocolate. Medium-bodied, elegant, vibrant, lifted, and fresh, the fruits offer energy, and refinement. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,050 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Boscq (St. Estèphe)
Black currants, espresso, chocolate and tobacco leaf notes are all over the wine in the perfume, and on the palate. The wine is forward, soft, polished, and energetic, with a bright, yet, soft-textured finish. Drink from 2026-2040. 90-92 Pts. 1,815 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Chatelet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Bright, crisp, medium-bodied, red fruits with a savory edge accompanying the red berry core of fruit The finish, with its mint, and herbal accent is fresh, as well as reserved. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,568 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Chemin (Pomerol)
I like the mix of flowers and cherries in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is loaded with sweet red cherries, chocolate, espresso, and mint that you enjoy from start to finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Made from 65% Merlot with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 376 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Rich, supple, and creamy, the wine is all about its layers of soft, creamy, ripe, chocolate-covered black cherries, licorice, plums, flowers, and espresso. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Made from 65% Merlot with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 1,295 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Coteau (Margaux)
Red fruits and flowers fill the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, with a vibrancy and freshness to the raspberries and cherries in the mid-palate and finish. This easy-drinking wine will be great on release. 2026-2036. 388 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, black cherries, tobacco, and black raspberries come together nicely in the medium-bodied, black cherry-filled wine. Vibrant, soft, and fresh, this is already quite nice in your glass. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,501 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Coteau Hoplitis (Margaux)
One of the few Bordeaux wines produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon kicks off with flowers, black raspberries, and tobacco wrappers. Medium-bodied, , the wine is fresh, complex and vibrant, with sweetness to the currants, and lift in the finish. This is a Signature Selection Exclusive. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,226 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Coteau Pelopée (Margaux)
The top end wine from Le Coteau is a new cuvee made from a small, .6 hectare parcel of the estate's oldest vines which are close to 100 years of age! Aged entirely in amphora, the wine offers the essence of minerality, red currants, flowers and spice. Medium-bodied, vibrant, and bright, this is going to be fine for early drinking pleasure. This is a Signature Selections Exclusive. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,251 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Crock (St. Estèphe)
Cedar, leafy herbs, mint, and red currants pop in the nose. Medium-bodied, the wine is on the savory edge, with notes of leafy, red currants in the mid-palate, finishing with juicy fruits and soft-tannins, with a nice spicy, fresh not that comes in at the end of the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc.13.45% ABV. Le Crock is the process of converting to organic farming, expecting to be certified for the 2025 vintage. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,677 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Dome (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, espresso, sandalwood, smoke, black plums, and black cherries create the perfume. The palate offers a rich layer of salty black cherries, plums, licorice, and chocolate. Equally lush, and racy, this is going to be even better with a few years of aging. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Franc with 20% Merlot, 14.1% ABV. The harvest took place September 20 - October 2. Drink from 2028-2052. 95-97 Pts. 2,141 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Doyenné (Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, bright, fresh, red berries, with a touch of salt and herbs in the finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2030. 87-89 Pts. 1,392 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Gay (Pomerol)
Truffle, licorice, smoke, dark chocolate, violets, and black cherries on the nose. The palate is creamy, fresh, vibrant, and juicy, with a bright edge to the red fruits, dark chocolate, spice, and licorice nuances that linger on the mid-palate, through to the finish. The wine will require at least a few years of aging before it begins to really start to show its best. The score could rise as the wine develops. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2029-2055. 94-96 Pts. 2,382 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Moulin (Pomerol)
Black cherries, espresso, figs, and chocolate spring from the glass. Round, polished, and glossy, the fruity finish come along with creamy-textured, figs, cherries, and espresso. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,445 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Prieuré (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite floral in nature, you also find black raspberries, marine influences, orange, and flowers in the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, elegant, energetic, and silky-textured on the palate, with freshness, ripe fruits, and a complicating touch of salt in the finish. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc.14.5% ABV, 3.5 pH. Drink from 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 1,484 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Le Thil Comte Clary (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, cocoa, and black currants create the character here in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate, which already displays its supple, round, fresh, sweet, chocolate-covered cherry core of fruits, with a hint of mint that shows in the finish. This is going to be a pleasure to enjoy on release, and for at least a decade, or more after that. The wine was produced from 92% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2027-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,446 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lecuyer (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, espresso, spice, and hints of mint create the aromatic profile. The palate is supple, creamy. fresh, and just a bit spicy. All of which adds to the sweet, red fruits, and espresso that start off strong and keep on going. This little-known gem still sells for a song. But not for long. The estate was recently purchased by Ronan Laborde of Chateau Clinet, so you can expect the quality to rise, as well as the price. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2042. 422 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026With a bright, crisp, almost chewy character, the wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, sweet, and chocolatey, with a core of red plums, black raspberries, espresso, and cherries. The finish is vibrant, elegant, refined, and floral, with a focus on its length, elegance, and purity. This little-known gem still sells for a song. But, not for long. The estate was recently purchased by Ronan Laborde of Chateau Clinet, so you can expect the quality to rise, as well as the price. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc, with 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.14.% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 91-93 Pts. 1,374 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Léoville Barton (St. Julien)
Black cherries, mint, cigar box, flowers, and cassis form the core of the perfume here. On the palate, the concentrated wine offers a big, chewy mouthful of black currants, spice, peppery herbs, and sea-salt. The finish has real staying power. The wine is the quintessential description of a modern version of a classic vintage. The wine is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc, 13% ABV. The harvest took place September 9 - October 2. The length of picking is the key to the success of the vintage here. Drink from 2028-2060. 93-95 Pts. 8,227 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Léoville Las Cases (St. Julien)
Cigar wrapper, creme de cassis, flowers, cherries, mint, and blackberries produce the bouquet. The palate is intense, full-bodied, concentrated, racy, and vibrant. The fruit has lift, length, purity, and a creamy edge to the racy-mouth-feel. The finish lingers, with layers of perfectly, ripe, berries that build, and expand in the mid-palate, through to the juicy, sapid finish. As always, Leoville Las Cases requires bottle aging. But for Las Cases, it is going to be a pleasure to taste relatively early, with just a decade of age. Produced from a blend 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Merlot. 13.10% ABV. 3.79 pH. Harvesting took place September 9 - October 2. This is not only the third time in the history of the estate with more Cabernet Franc than Merlot in the blend. It is also the smallest amount of Merlot ever placed into the Grand Vin. It is also interesting to note that LLC was the first major wine to be released in the 2023 campaign, setting the stage for what could take place this year. Drink from 2030-2065. 96-98 Pts. 6,183 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Léoville Poyferré (St. Julien)
Flowers, cherry pipe tobacco, herbs, currants, black raspberries, licorice, and smoke open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is silky, vibrant, rich, and refined. There is freshness, with ample fruit, which allows you to focus on the finish which is all about the sweet, clean, and pure red fruits with their lift, and energy. This is interestingly light on its feet, yet it is no featherweight wine. Holding its own, this is quite fresh, almost vivacious on the palate. and in the red berry finish. The oak already feels well integrated into the wine. The wine blends 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV, Drink from 2028-2055. 95-97 Pts. 6,776 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Pavillon de Léoville Poyferré (St. Julien)
Black cherries, tobacco leaf, licorice, currants, and spice are on display in the nose. The palate offers its medium-bodied pleasures with ease, allowing you to find fresh, bright, peppery, red fruits with a soft, supple edge. This is ready to enjoy on release, and for at least a decade after that. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot. 13%, ABV. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,698 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Leroy-Beauval (Entre-Deux-Mers)
Ripe, sweet, white peach, lemons, oranges, and green apples make up the nose, and the palate here, in this delicious, ready-to-go, vibrant, white wine. Drink from 2025-2029. 89 Pts. 1,404 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
Dark berries with smoke, herbs, salt crusted rocks, oceanic influences, black currants, and cherries, and blackberries open the wines aromatics. Medium-bodied, crisp, fresh, and juicy, the wine delivers intense minerality, racy tannins, vibrant, floral-tinted fruits, and a spicy, refreshing, sapid endnote. Using 25% whole bunches the wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, 13% ABV, 3.6%. The wine is aged in 20% new, French oak barrels, with amphora. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,482 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
With a deep, garnet hue, the wine displays a perfume packed with blackberries, blueberries, cigar box, sea salt, flowers, blueberries, tar, herbs, espresso and spices. On the palate, the wine is rich, full-bodied, supple, and deep. There is intensity, purity, length, and vibrancy. The wine is rich, and concentrated, and while it can be approached early, it has all the right stuff to age for decades. While the finish is mouthcoating, its also elegant, leaving you with layers of crushed stones, a wealth of ripe, sweet, dark fruits, with a touch of salty chocolate and refreshing mint in the finish. The wine was made using 60% whole bunch clusters, blending 50% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2050. 4,465 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Deep in color, the wine is equally deep, sporting nuances of blackberries, black cherries, flowers, blueberries, tar, herbs, and spices. On the palate, the wine is rich, full-bodied, supple, and deep. There is intensity, purity, length, and vibrancy. The wine is rich, and concentrated, yet, the cool part of the tasting is that the wine is also light on its feet. With all the obvious density, the wine never feels heavy. Although it is mouthcoating, its also elegant, leaving you with layers of crushed stones, herbs, and a wealth of ripe, sweet, dark fruits, with a touch of salty chocolate in the finish. The wine was made using 60% whole bunch clusters, blending 50% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot, 13.5% ABV, pH 3.6. The wine is aging in a combination of 70% new, French oak, 20% foudres and 10% amphora. Picking took place September 11- September 23. Drink from 2025-2050. 96-98 Pts. 12,786 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Charmes-Godard Blanc (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
The honeysuckle in the nose is readily apparent before you move on to the perfume's white peach, pomelo, tropical fruit, and mango nuances. The vivid palate is even better, with its energetic, creamy-textured display of white and yellow fruits and their mineral-edged, tropical-leaning character. The wine blends 73% Semillon, 18% Sauvignon Blanc, and 9% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2026-2031. 386 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026White peach, yellow tropical fruit, honeysuckle, mango, and white flowers, create the nose. The palate is even better with its opulent, creamy-textured display of white, and yellow fruits, with a touch of honey on the backend. The wine blends 73% Semillon 18% Sauvignon Blanc and 9% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2026-2031. 92 Pts. 1,695 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château les Cruzelles (Lalande de Pomerol)
Smoke, chocolate, flowers, plums, cocoa, and black cherries show easily in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is elegant and fresh, with energy, refinement, and most importantly, layers of sweet, cocoa-infused plums. The finish is creamy, vibrant, and fruity. You can enjoy this Pomerol look-alike on release if you prefer creamy, youthful fruits, or age it for its secondary characteristics. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 502 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, plums, cocoa, and black cherries show easily in the nose. Medium-bodied, elegant, and fresh, with energy, refinement, layers of sweet, cocoa-infused plums. The finish is creamy, vibrant, and fruity. You can enjoy this Pomerol look-alike on release if you prefer creamy, youthful fruits, or age it for its secondary characteristics. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 92-94 Pts. 2,833 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Grands Chênes (Médoc)
Smoky red fruits flowers, tobacco, and cherries with hints licorice fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, fruity, and clean, with more focus than in previous vintages due to a reduction in the amount of oak used in the aging process. 60% Merlot, with 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,659 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Gravières (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate-covered black cherries, plums, flowers, with a strong mineral essence, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, forward, and fruity, finishing with licorice, dark cocoa, and red pit fruits from start to finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,856 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Hauts-Conseillants (Lalande de Pomerol)
Smoke, flowers, wild cherries and cocoa are on display in the perfume. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity, so you can enjoy this with pleasure on release and over the next decade. The wine is produced from blending 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2035. 402 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Dark red fruits with cocoa define the nose, and the medium-bodied, soft fresh, and fruity, elegant palate. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release and over the next decade. The wine is produced from blending 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 1,534 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Les Trois Croix (Fronsac)
Flowers, crushed rocks, marine influences, and dark, red fruits pop in the nose with little effort. The medium-bodied palate is supple, fresh, fruity, and complex, finishing with salty, cherries, raspberries, and plums. Drink from 2026-2036. 412 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Kicking off with crushed rocks, marine influences, dark, red fruits and spice in the nose, the wine is supple, fresh, fruity, and complex, finishing with salty, cherries, raspberries, and plums. Drink from 2026-2038. 92-94 Pts. 1,602 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lespault Martillac (Pessac-Léognan)
Round, soft, fresh, and fruity, with a strong floral essence, this earthy, tobacco-infused, forward, charming, creamy wine creates the heart and soul of this wine. It is already a pleasure to taste, and will provide pleasure for more than a decade from here. The wine is a blend of 55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2039. 402 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lush, round, chocolatey, and creamy, this is loaded with loads of dark, ripe, black, with fresh, red fruits backed with equally dark chocolate, and smoke. This is going to be delicious on release, and will be even better with some time in the cellar, as it will easily age for at least a decade or more. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2039. 91-93 Pts. 1,682 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lespault Martillac Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Fresh squeezed grapefruit, pears, and ginger with white flowers and honeysuckle already show in the nose, as well as on the sweet, ripe, and creamy, round palate, finishing with a sweet touch of honey on top of the ripe, juicy citrus in the finish. The wine blends 70%, old vine, Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2031. 392 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Honeysuckle, white peaches, flowers, pineapples, orange rind, and vanilla show in the nose, as well as on the sweet, ripe, and creamy, round palate, finishing with a sweet touch of honey on top of the citrus in the finish. The wine blends 70%, old vine, Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030 92 Pts. 1,453 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lestage (Listrac-Médoc)
Creamy, soft, round cherries, licorice, and chocolate form the core of this wine. This is going to be delicious on release, and is perfect for value seekers looking for Left Bank wines with character, that won't break the bank. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-92 Pts. 1,336 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lilian Ladouys (St. Estèphe)
Herbs, cherries, spice, tobacco, and red currants show in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, fresh, soft, brisk, spicy, chewy, red berry palate. The wine blends 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. 12.9% ABV, 3.81 pH. Drink from 2028-2042. 91-93 Pts. 4,272 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Louis (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, spearmint, cherry blossoms, and raspberries are on display in the nose, and on the palate. Medium-bodied, elegant, and fresh, this is going to be good-to-go on release. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 1,235 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lousteauneuf (Médoc)
Cherries, licorice, and cocoa with a savory edge, on the palate, leaving you with a bright, round, fruity, chalky finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and enjoy it for a decade or so, after that. Drink from 2026-2036. 396 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Loads of ripe fresh, chewy, red fruits, licorice, spice, and tobacco leaf with a savory edge, and a chalky finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and enjoy it for a decade or so, after that. Drink from 2026-2036. 88-90 Pts. 1,289 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lucia (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black cherries, chocolate, espresso, and a sprig of mint produce the core of the nose, and palate here. The wine is round, medium-bodied, and polished,, with loads of chocolate-covered fruits in the finish. The wine is made from 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 91-93 Pts 1,347 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lynch-Bages (Pauillac)
Flowers, tobacco, spices, blackberries, currants, espresso, and herbs, with additional notes of mint, make up the aromatic profile. The palate is full, deep, long, and chewy, delivering the essence of Pauillac with every sniff, swirl, and sip. The long finish packs a spicy, peppery, currant, and savory-herb punch, with a strong beginning, middle, and end. The wine blends 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2030-2065. 1,447 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Blackberries, black cherries, licorice, mint, flowers, camphor, and cigar wrappers produce an attention-seeking perfume. On the palate, the wine is racy, fruity, intense, long, and deep. There is a strong beginning, middle, and end, with a finish that lasts. This is a true Pauillac. The wine blends 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. 13.7% ABV. 3.75 pH. The harvest took place September 13 - October 4. Drink from 2028-2060. 94-96 Pts. 6,535 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lynch-Moussas (Pauillac)
Cigar wrappers, cedar, espresso, mint and black currants express themselves in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is fresh, vibrant and lingering, though there is a note of greenery in the finish that distracts from the overall experience. Consumers that long for more classic-styled Bordeaux will like it more than I did. The wine blends 78% Cabernet Sauvignon with 22% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2050. 510 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco leaf, licorice, espresso currants, cherries, and flowers. The medium-bodied palate is loaded with soft, fresh, ripe, round, black cherries, and juicy, currants. There is length, freshness, complexity, and loads of classic character here. The wine blends 78% Cabernet Sauvignon with 22% Merlot. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2050. 92-94 Pts. 2,876 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Hauts de Lynch-Moussas (Haut-Médoc)
Wet earth, cigar box, and red berries define the wine with ease. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fruity and fresh, with sweetness to the soft, red currants in the finish. It is interesting to note that the wine is produced using fruit from 2 appellations, Pauillac and Haut-Medoc. Drink from 2026-2032. 88-90 Pts. 1,516 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Magnan La Gaffelière (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, juicy, fresh, medium-bodied, lighter-styled, elegant, cherry-filled charmer that is ready for pleasure on release. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2033. 88-90 Pts. 1,282 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Maillet (Pomerol)
At first, you find strong herbal notes in the perfume before moving to black cherries, licorice, and truffle in the nose. The palate, with its round, lush character, follows the same path, combining its earthy, herb-infused dark red fruits with espresso and a touch of olives and spice in the finish. A few years of bottle age should help add more to the wine. Drink from 2027-2040. 448 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, smoke, charcoal, black cherries, licorice, and black cherries form the nose, and the core of the wine's character on the palate. Forward, creamy, fresh, and uplifted, with a brightness to the red fruits, silky, soft, creamy textures, and cherries infused with licorice in the finish. Drink from 2027-2038. 92-94 Pts. 1,557 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Malartic-Lagravière (Pessac-Léognan)
Espresso, smoke, flowers, black cherries, licorice, and cinnamon fill the aromatic profile. The palate is even better with its display of round, soft, creamy, yet, vibrant red and black fruits. There is a hint of espresso, spice and mint in the finish adding complexity in the wine. The wine is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2050. 709 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, flowers, licorice, smoke, and blackberries form the nucleus of the wine. Fresh, bright, and with a string sense of salt-crusted minerality on the palate, the wine finishes with a vibrant, chewy, spicy, character with an accent of garrigue accompanying the peppy red berries in the endnotes. The wine is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. 13.2% ABV. Drink from 2028-2050. 92-94 Pts. 3,739 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Malescasse (Haut-Médoc)
Mint, currants, tobacco, and strawberries from the core here. The wine is medium-bodied, chewy, and vibrant. This is one of those top value Left Bank wines with character that sell for a song. Drink from 2027-2036. 406 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Juicy, vibrant, forward, and fresh, the blackberries, strawberries, and currants, with their licorice, and tobacco edge are ripe, chewy, and vibrant. This is one of those top value Left Bank wines with character that sell for a song. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,957 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Malescot St. Exupéry (Margaux)
Black cherries, blackberries, licorice, chocolate, and flowers create an opulent, deep, dark, styled wine. The fruits are ripe, soft, polished, sweet, clean, and pure. There is weight, with ample lift, making it fresh, as well as fruity. he amount of new. French oak for the aging has been reduced from 80% to 60%, which has added more complexity to the wine. The wine is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. 14% ABV. Harvesting took place September 19-October 10. Drink from 2029-2055. 93-95 Pts. 5,885 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Mangot (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate mint, with dark red berries is what you initially notice before you find the blackberries, black raspberries, and licorice in the nose. Lively, fresh, and pure on the palate, with lift to the dark chocolate overtones, crushed rocks, and juicy plums, the wine is more elegant than robust, with a refreshing, spearmint accented backend. Give it just a year, or two of aging, and enjoy it over the next 15 or more years with pleasure. The wine is produced from a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,046 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château (Margaux)
Stylistically, 2023 focuses on its purity, refinement, length, concentration and vivacity. On the palate, the wine is sweet, ripe, pure, and elegant. The finish is seamless, and even better, sensuous, coating your palate with pleasure. Refined, and pure, this is a gorgeous vintage of Chateau Margaux. The style, and character makes this already quite a treat to drink. Though, it can age for 40-50 or more years. The wine blends 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2030-2065. 976 Views Tasted May 7, 2026In competition for wine of the vintage, with a single swirl, you find roses violets, lilacs, black, with red cherries, espresso, cocoa, and boysenberries in the haunting aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is silky, velvety, energetic, and lively. Instead of the weight and intensity found in the 2022, the 2023 focuses on its purity, refinement, length, vivacity, and sensual textures. The seamless finish resonates for 60 seconds, leaving you with lingering waves of incredibly sweet, and pure cherries. Part of the reason for the success of the vintage at Margaux is due to the combination of the amount of rain, and even more importantly, the timing of the rains, which helped the vines reach a better level of maturity. It is interesting to note that macerations were slow, and easy, with some vats taking 28 days due to the lower ABV levels. The wine blends 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. 13.1% ABV. 3.61 pH, 15% press wine. 41% of the crop was placed into the Grand Vin. Picking took place September 11-October 6. The length of the harvest was due to intermittent periods of rain during the harvest, so picking stopped and started, which is another key to the success in 2023. Drink from 2030-2065. 98-100 Pts. 5,673 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Marjosse (Bordeaux)
Fruity, forward, soft, round, and already delicious, the wine offers a lot of bang for the buck, as it is an easy pleasure to drink, and it sells for a song. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 2,428 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Marjosse Blanc (Entre-Deux-Mers)
Lemons, grapefruit, and green apples crowd into the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, bright, and crisp, with a crunchy bite of green apples, and lemon juice in the finish. Easy to drink, this is a great summer wine for seafood, or just easy drinking pleasure. Drink from 2025-2030. 90 Pts. 2,010 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Marquis d'Alesme (Margaux)
Flowers, black cherries, chocolate, blackberries, and mint leaf create the aromatics. The palate is even better with its lush, creamy, elegant waves of sweet, ripe, dark red pit fruits and chocolate. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2045. 506 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The perfume pops with flowers, cherries, mint, tobacco, smoke, mocha, and cedar. On the palate, the wine is elegant, soft, and lifted, with a spicy edge to the red berries. There is a chalky, marine influence that comes through on the back end of the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. 3.5 pH. The harvest took place from September 16 - October 6. Yields were only 32 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2028-2055. 93-95 Pts. 3,147 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Marquis de Terme (Margaux)
Flowers, black cherries, espresso, cocoa, mint, and licorice create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is round, ripe, and creamy with a long, fruit, espresso, and cocoa note that carries from the mid-palate through to the finish. The wine will only improve with aging. Drink from 2027-2050. 543 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, mint-leaf, cigar box, flowers, and red fruit aromatics open the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, and silky, with a refined character from start to finish, this is quite nice, and will only improve with aging. Drink from 2027-2050. 92-94 Pts 2,686 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Maucaillou (Moulis en Médoc)
Licorice, flowers, cherries, and currants show in the nose. The wine is forward, fresh, and fruity, with a nice touch of cocoa in the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 418 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cherries, licorice, currants, and tobacco come together in this round, soft, easy-to-like wine, with its creamy, soft-textured, chocolate-accented, cherry-filled finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,761 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Mauvesin Barton (Moulis en Médoc)
Tobacco, hints of cocoa, and red fruits appear in the nose. The bright, fruity, fresh palate is packed with red currants, herbs, leaving you with a savory, accented finish. It will be easy to enjoy upon release. The wine blends 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 525 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026On the fruity side with a focus on blackberries and cherries, the medium-bodied wine is fresh, chewy, savory, and chalky with a nice, red berry note that comes in at the end. The wine will be easy to enjoy on release. The wine blends 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-90 Pts. 2,088 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Mayne Lalande (Listrac-Médoc)
Currants, orange rind, tobacco leaf and herbs are easy to spot in the nose, and on the palate of this forward, medium-bodied, bright, chewy, firm, savory-edged wine. Drink from 2026-2037. 88-90 Pts. 1,482 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Mazeyres (Pomerol)
Flowers and cherries blend together in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate quickly delivers its soft, supple-textured red fruits with subtle touches of spearmint and spices in the finish. Drink from 2027-2040. 414 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, espresso, plums, and chocolate show easily here in the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, fresh, round, edgy, and vibrant, with a bright, red pit fruit, and chocolate note, with a refreshing touch of spearmint in the finish. Drink from 2027-2035. 89-91 Pts. 1,721 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Meyney (St. Estèphe)
Black currants, flowers, tobacco, and mint add to the perfume. The fruits are chewy, dense, ripe, and lifted. There is a vibrance in the blackberry, tobacco, and herb-filled finish. Drink from 2028-2045. 91-93 Pts. 4,231 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Monbousquet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, black raspberries, and black cherries open the perfume. The wine has a depth of flavor, the fruits are fresh, as well as ripe, sweet, and long, with lift and vibrance in the finish, which allows the cream-textured wine to linger. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.15% ABV. Drink from 2028-2040-2042. 92-94 Pts. 2,389 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Monbrison (Margaux)
Black currants, espresso, and spearmint form the character here. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, soft, and fruity, with an easy-going-charm. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,580 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moncets (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, with nuances of chocolate, flowers, and fresh cherries. The finish is delicate, sweet, and vibrant. This charming wine can provide pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 404 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, and fruity, the wine shows off its core of sweet cherries with chocolate to produce a firm, but charming wine that can provide pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 88-90 Pts. 1,604 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Monlot (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherries, and licorice form the core of the wine. Medium-bodied, crisp, and almost crunchy, with its citrus accents blended with sweet, and tart red fruits. The finish is slightly drying, so give it time to soften. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,304 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Monregard La Croix (Pomerol)
Cocoa, licorice, flowers, black raspberries, and cherries fill the perfume. The palate is fresh, vibrant, bright, and fruity, with softness to the fruits in the finish. There is a touch of oak remaining on the palate that needs to better integrate. The wine is always produced from 100% Merlot. Only 500 cases are made each vintage. Drink from 2027-2038. 407 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, black raspberries, and cherries with an oaky edge show in the perfume with little effort. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, and fruity, with vibrancy, and a bright edge to the red berries in the finish. The wine is always produced from 100% Merlot. Only 500 cases are made each vintage. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,378 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Croix Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Juicy, fresh, round, and ripe, with a core of sweet black cherries, hints of chocolate, and a touch of mint in the finish. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure, and over the next few years, while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine is a parcel selection that blends 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 88-90 Pts. 1,492 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The nose pops with mint, truffle, licorice, black cherry, and smoke in the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is elegant, soft, fresh, and vibrant. There is a refined touch to the mid-palate, and in the black-cherry oriented finish, with a nice, cocoa-filled endnote. The wine blends 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,490 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Montlandrie (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
The bouquet of flowers stands out before revealing its rich cherries, mint, and chocolate that make up the aromatic profile. The medium-bodied palate balances its vibrant energy with a sweet, spicy, and bright red fruit character. There is elegance and length in the red berry finish that makes you want to take another sip afterward pit fruit finish. Give it a year or two in the cellar, and enjoy it for 15 or more years. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 781 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, flowers, spices, cherries, and mint form the aromatic profile. The medium-bodied palate balances between its vibrant energy, and its sweet, and spicy, bright, red fruit side. There is elegance, and length in the red, pit fruit finish. Give it a year or two in the cellar, and enjoy it for 15 or more years. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 3,209 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Montlisse (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Vibrant, black cherries, flowers, spice, and plums pop with little effort. The soft, lush, mineral-driven palate is vibrant, with an oaky-edge at the moment, so give it a year or two, and it should come together nicely. You can enjoy this in its youth, as well as age it for more complexities. 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,407 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Montrose (St. Estèphe)
The complex perfume displays its flowers, crushed rock, black raspberry, and currants with just a swirl or two. There is freshness, with a sense of purity, lift, and elegance on the palate. The wine is long, complex, and refined. This is not a blockbuster styled vintage. Instead, it is focused, harmonious, balanced, and long, with sweetness, spice, and energy that lingers in the finish. The wine is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. 13.6% ABV, pH 3.7. Harvesting took place September 5 - September 28. Drink from 2030-2065. 96-98 Pts. 8,415 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Montviel (Pomerol)
Sweet, juicy, fresh, black cherries, with licorice, and a touch of cocoa in the nose and on the palate. Medium-bodied, bright, and vibrant, with a soft, elegant touch in the finish. The wine will offer pleasure on release. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,783 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moulin de Blanchon (Haut-Médoc)
Bright, chewy, red berries create the profile of this early-drinking, medium-bodied wine that you can enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 407 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, crisp, and juicy, the wine serves up with bright, chewy, red berries with ease. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 86-88 Pts. 1,287 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moulin du Cadet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, plums, spice, plums and floral notes are all over the place here. On the palate, the wine is silky, lush, and polished. There is sweetness, as well as lift, with an energetic, luscious finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 1,540 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moulin Eyquem (Bordeaux)
Earthy, tobacco, and meaty, dark red fruits with a rustic, herbal charm and a spicy, chewy edge is what you find here. Drink from 2026-2031. 86-88 Pts, 1,476 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moulin Haut-Laroque (Fronsac)
Medium-bodied, almost light, with a singed, cherry and cocoa profile on the nose, and on the bright, fresh, crisp palate. This should deliver pleasure for at least 10 years. Drink from 2026-2034. 441 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black raspberries, cherries, licorice, and chocolate create the core of this charming, easy-to-like, and easy-to-drink wine. This should deliver pleasure for at least 10- 12 years. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 2,102 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moulin Riche (St. Julien)
Cherries, licorice, plums, and blackberries are on display in the floral-oriented nose. The wine is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, fruity, lively, and round. The finish delivers a nice polish to the end notes. You can enjoy this on release, and for at least a decade, or more after that. The wine is a blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and 18% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,733 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moulin Saint-Georges (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherries, black raspberries, and plums offer the wines fragrant profile. The wine is elegant, silky, fresh, medium-bodied, and energetic, with a soft, supple, creamy, black cherry, licorice, and earthy finish, with just hint of cocoa on the backend. 85% percent Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc create the blend. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,920 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Mouton Rothschild (Pauillac)
Cigar wrappers, wet forest floor, blackberries, cassis, flowers, smoke and spice aromatics get the wine going aromatically. The palate is vibrant, energetic, soft, and polished. The finish is elegant, silky, and long, with lingering notes of dark chocolate, blackberries, creme de cassis, and an array of exotic spices which kick in at the end of the finish. The wine blends 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2070. 964 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Cuban cigars, blackberries, flowers, smoke, espresso, spice, fruitcake, licorice, roasted nuts, and currants are a treat in the perfume. The palate offers layers of energetic, long, deep, fruits with a racy edge. The wine builds as it lingers with the fruit moving from red, to black, and back to red, with a refreshing sprig of mint, a touch of chocolate, and a dash of spice, adding to the complexity. The key to the vintage initial heat spell in August helped propel the grapes to phenolic ripeness. The ability to wait for the moment of their choice, allowing for a longer hangtime for the Cabernet played a major role this year. The wine blends 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Merlot. Only 2010 had more Cabernet in the blend. 13.3% ABV, 3.79 pH. The harvest took place September 7 - September 30. Drink from 2030-2065. 98-100 Pts. 6,270 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Mouton Rothschild Aile D'Argent Blanc (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, white peaches, orange rind, and vanilla aromatics pop in the nose. Vivacious, energetic, and creamy, with the perfect honey accent that adds complexity to all the sweet, ripe, juicy, fresh, yellow citrus and pineapple. You can enjoy this on release. The wine was made from a blend of 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 44% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon Gris and 0.5% Muscadelle. Drink from 2025-2033. 94 Pts. 2,051 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Moya (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Bright, juicy, and fresh, with a core of sweet, crisp, plummy fruit, and a touch of minerality that adds a refreshing complexity to the the forward, medium-bodied palate, and finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,294 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Nenin (Pomerol)
Truffle, black cherries, flowers, licorice, and chocolate create the aromatic profile. The palate is fruity, fresh, and supple, with layers of dark chocolate, plums, espresso, and cherries, capturing its energy and softness perfectly. The wine blends 67% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is the first vintage with Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. Drink from 2028-2044. 460 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Red, and white flowers, cherries, plums, and black raspberries create the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, elegant, soft, sweet, and fresh, with silky textures, and purity to the fruits in the elegant, chalky finish. The wine blends 67% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is the first vintage with Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend.13.4% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 1,901 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Noaillac (Médoc)
Situated in the far north of the appellation, this early-drinking charmer is loaded with round, cherries, chocolate, and a zesty minty finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 420 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Located in the far north of the appellation, this early-drinking charmer is loaded with supple, round, cherries, cocoa, and leafy herbs. Medium-bodied, forward, fruity and read to drink, this is going to be charming on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,873 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Olivier (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, floral oriented wine with loads of ripe black cherries stained with cherries and licorice in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, elegant, soft, and approachable, with freshness and vibrancy from start to finish. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2042. 440 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries stained with tobacco leaves, flowers, licorice, and smoke are what you initially notice. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, chewy, and brisk, with bright red berries, hint of cocoa, and spice in the juicy, finish. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot, 13.8% ABV. Drink from 202702040. 92-94 Pts. 2,332 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ormes de Pez (St. Estèphe)
Cedar, mint, tobacco and currants come to the front of the wine with ease. The medium-bodied palate is soft, chewy, and fresh, with a peppery edge to the red cherries, and currants in the finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and this should be quite nice. The wine is a blend of 55% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 90-92 Pts. 1,926 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Pabus (Bordeaux)
Forward and fresh, with a wealth of cherries, cocoa, licorice, plums and chocolate in the nose, and on the palate. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,312 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Palmer (Margaux)
Violets, tobacco, blackberries, cigar box, spice, and black cherries form the perfume. On the palate, the wine is silky, lush, polished, and fresh. There is length, purity, velvety tannins, and a racy, energetic, fruit-packed finish, with an exotic touch of cardamon in the backend that adds even more of an edge. The almost seamless finish resonates for 50 seconds. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. 14% ABV, 3.75 pH. The harvest took place September 11 - October 5. Waiting the few extra days in September made the difference in the wine this year. Yields are a scant 32 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2029-2065. 97-99 Pts. 3,581 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Paloma (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity, with a core of licorice, espresso, cherries, and plums, with a touch of salt at the end is the perfect setting for this easy-to-like, wine. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts 1,333 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Paloumey (Haut-Médoc)
Blackberries, flowers, and cigar wrapper notes pop in the perfume. The palate is packed with soft, sweet, round, vibrant, red and black fruits. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release and for at least a decade, or more after that. Drink from 2026-2038. 435 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Forward, soft, round, and creamy, the wine is packed with sweet, bright, chalky red berries, licorice, mint, tobacco and chocolate. Round, sweet, and forward, you can enjoy. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,428 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pape Clément (Pessac-Léognan)
Quite floral in nature, with lemon rind, tangerine, vanilla, honeysuckle, pineapple, and white peach with a dab of honey are a pleasure in your glass. Fresh, vibrant, racy, clean, and pure, with a salty-honeyed note accompanying all of the sweet, ripe, orange, and yellow tropical fruits really works here in the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc, 35% Semillon, 4% Sauvignon Gris, and 1% Muscadelle. Picking took place August 23 - September 7. Drink from 2025-2035. 95 Pts. 31 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Paveil de Luze (Margaux)
Tobacco, earthy cherries and currants, and cedar pop in the aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, crisp, and fresh, the palate delivers its soft, vibrant. charming, red berry essence with ease. Drink from 2028-2040. 469 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Soft, fresh, elegant, refined, and loaded with sweet, ripe fruits, and flowers, this is one of the best vintage of Paveil de Luze I have ever tasted. Drink from 2027-2040. 89-91 Pts. 2,168 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pavie (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With its black purple color, and just a single swirl you find blackberries, black cherries, cassis, mint, tobacco leaves, spice, and oceanic influences. The palate is even better with its layers of black, and red fruits with their gorgeous sense of purity. The wine is concentrated, deep, long, and intense, as is the minerality. There is an electric vibrance providing a racy mouthfeel that energizes the fruit in the long, expansive finish, buttressed with its aromatics on the palate. The key to the vintage was the ability to wait for the right moments to pick each varietal. To illustrate that point, some of the oldest Merlot vines were harvested after the Cabernet. The wine blends 51% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, and 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.25% ABV, pH 3.66. Harvesting took place September 18 - October 5. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts. 4,151 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pavie Macquin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, red berries, spice, licorice, lavender, and sea-salt are featured in the perfume. The wine on the palate is electric, edgy, fresh, and fruity. The berries are ripe, sweet, and pure, with a strong essence of minerality that you really sense as the wine lingers on your palate. The key to the wine this year is two fold. First, the newer plantings from 2013-2016 have started maturing. In the cellars, the aging program is more gentle, with close to half the amount of punch downs, so you have less extractions which allows the wine to feel more relaxed on the palate. Clearly, this is in contention for the best vintage of Pavie Mac, (As it is affectionally known) ever produced. The wine blends 82% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.1% ABV, 3.5 pH. The harvest took place September 18 - October 3. Drink from 2029-2055. 97-99 Pts. 6,124 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pavillon Beauregard (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-bodied,, bright, fresh, and crisp the wine focuses on its red cherries, raspberries, strawberries, and orang rind, with just a hint of cocoa in the finish. The wine is produced in an early drinking style, so you can enjoy it on release. The wine blends 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,479 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Péby Faugères (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, truffle, crushed rocks, licorice, chocolate, black cherries, espresso, and blackberries are everywhere here, in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is concentrated, lush, creamy, polished, dark, and deep. One of the more opulent wines of the vintage, the finish lingers with its layers of fruit. The amount of oak used used in the aging process has declined, which is a good thing here, allowing the fruit to show more purity, and freshness. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Harvesting took place September 8. Drink from 2029-2050. 95-97 Pts. 1,869 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Péby Faugères Le Merle (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft, supple, creamy, sweet, and fresh, the wine is going to provide a delicious tasting experience on release due to all of its ripe, round, polished, dark, red fruits, spice, and chocolate. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,350 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pedesclaux (Pauillac)
Cigar box, tobacco, cedar, flowers, and blackberries, with just a hint of espresso, create the nose. The medium-bodied, energetic palate delivers a vibrancy in its core of red fruits you can feel. There is a cool, refreshing touch of mint, with hints of peppery spice in the endnote that adds complexity. Give it a few years in the cellar, and enjoy it over the following 2 or more decades. The wine is blended using 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2050. 635 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, blackberries, chocolate, and black, red, and blue fruits create the complex aromatic profile. The fruits are as ripe as they are energetic on the palate. The berries are clean, fresh, vibrant, and long, with sweetness, length, and elegance in the fragrant finish. Give it a few years in the cellar, and enjoy it over the following 2 or more decades. The wine is blended using 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. Harvesting took place September 13 - October 4, making this the longest harvest in the history of Pedesclaux. Drink from 2028-2050. 93-95 Pts. 3,849 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pedesclaux Fleur de Pedesclaux (Pauillac)
Spicy, and floral, with a vibrancy to its core of red fruits, you can enjoy this easily early in life while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. In fact, you can enjoy this on release, and for a decade or so after that. Drink from 2026-2036. 467 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Blackberries, spice, and juicy red currants are the name of the game here. The wine is medium-bodied, fresh, forward, and frankly, already delicious, leaving you with a nice blast of juicy red berries in the finish. You can enjoy this on release, and for a decade or so after that. Drink from 2026-2035. 88-90 Pts. 1,788 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Petit Bocq (St. Estèphe)
Medium-bodied, fresh, and fruity, with a core of ripe, red, with black currants, tobacco, and herbs. The wine is fresh, spicy, and tinted with cedar, and savory herbs. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,636 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Petit Faurie de Soutard (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, red fruits, licorice, and spice with cherries, black raspberries, and chocolate nuances are all over the place here, in the nose, and on the palate. The finish is rich, lush, lifted, dark, fruity, and creamy. This is going to be delicious just about on release. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,468 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Petit Gravet Ainé (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, orange rind, crushed stone, bright red fruits, and spice, with a hint of espresso, cherries, and red plums create the complex character here. This is quite salty, and vibrant, with ripeness, energy, and volume, but, the character remains reserved. This is going to be a gem if you give it time. Produced from 90% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot, making this one of the heaviest concentrations of Cabernet Franc in Bordeaux. Drink from 2029-2050. 93-95 Pts. 1,766 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Petit Val (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Lush, round, fruity, floral, and polished, there is loads of sweet, ripe, dark, red berries with the perfect chocolatey accent on the mid-palate, and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,410 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Petit Val Muse de Val (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Lush, round, fruity, and polished, with layers of sweet, black, with red fruits, licorice, cocoa, and plums that carry through from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 91-93 Pts. 1,321 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Petit Village (Pomerol)
The perfume gets the wine started with strong floral notes before serving up chocolate, black plums, and licorice on the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with loads of sweet, fresh, vibrant black cherries and cocoa, allowing you to enjoy its vibrant edge on the berries, with a finish that offers lift and energy. The wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2055. 446 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lilacs, wet earth, spice, mint, cocoa, cherries, black plums, and smoke create the nose. On the palate, the wine the is medium-bodied, brisk, bright, and crisp, with a vibrant edging to the fruits bringing you lift, and energy. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.13.5% ABV. Drink from 2026-2055. 93-95 Pts. 2,013 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Petit Village Le Petit Petit Village (Pomerol)
Forward, fresh, and fruity, with soft-textures, a medium-bodied, with a layer of chocolate-edged, black raspberries that stay with you from start to finish. The wine is produced by blending 88% Merlot with 12% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 88-90 Pts. 1,543 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Pey La Tour Réserve du Château (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Espresso, with smoky black cherries shine in the nose and on the fresh, fruity, soft-palate. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,366 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Peymouton (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, mint, and licorice form the core of the wine here. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, sweet, fresh, vibrant, and slightly chewy in the finish. The wine blends 89% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,771 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Peyrabon (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, raspberries, and cherries define the core here. On the palate, the wine is forward, crisp, medium-bodied, and fresh. In character, it borders on high-toned. The wine blends, 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2034. 441 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Forward, crisp, red currants shine in this medium-bodied, crunchy, vibrant, floral wine. This well-priced charmer should deliver a lot of please with just a year or so of aging. The wine blends, 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2037 89-91 Pts. 1,854 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Peyredon Lagravette (Haut-Médoc)
Cedar, herbs, red fruits, and tobacco form the core of this wine in the nose, and on the palate. Soft, and supple, with freshness and vivacity, this is a well-priced, Left Bank value that is worth seeking out. This is going to be easy to taste on release, but it will age for a decade or so as well. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,473 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Peyredon Lagravette Chardonneret (Bordeaux)
Pomelo, flowers, citrus, and white peach notes are in the nose, and on the palate. The wine offers lift, freshness, and loads of crisp, fresh, yellow citrus in the finish. Drink from 2025-2030. 89 Pts. 1,412 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Phélan Ségur (St. Estèphe)
Flowers, black raspberries, cherries, mint, and Asian spices fill the nose. There is richness, freshness, balance, and complexity. The wine finishes with minerality, red berries, and a touch of minty, chalk on the back end. This should be quite nice shortly after release. Drink from 2027-2047. 92-94 Pts. 3,714 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Phélan Ségur Frank Phelan (St. Estèphe)
Medium-bodied, forward, and charming, the wine focuses on its core of minty, red fruits, spice, and leafy herbs from start to finish. Drink this on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts 1,661 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Pibran (Pauillac)
Tobacco, smoke, flowers, currants, and cherries form the core of this wine. Crisp, fruity, vibrant, and chewy, there is more than ample layers of black with red currants, spice, and peppery herbs to make any Pauillac lover happy. The wine is made by blending 54% Cabernet Sauvignon with 46% Merlot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in the blend at Pibran. Drink from 2028-2040. 444 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Savory-edged, bright red fruits, tobacco, cigar box, and currants form the core of this wine. The classic palate is fresh, chewy, reserved, and peppery, with a spicy, red currant endnote. The wine is made by blending 54% Cabernet Sauvignon with 46% Merlot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in the blend at Pibran. 13.1% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2028-2040. 89-91 Pts. 2,135 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pauillac)
It is the vibrancy, coupled with the silky textured layers of fruit that seals the deal. But, before you get to that, the perfume, with its blend of tobacco, dark red, and black fruits, flowers, truffles, and smoke that initially grabs your attention. Silky, and sensuous, polished, fresh, and lifted, the finish with its layers of sweet, plush, silky cherries, and currants, ably express their purity and finesse. are pure. According to the chateau, the 2023 represents their version of Back to the Future. I see their point. The wine will age effortlessly for decades, yet it is going to fabulous to drink, even in its youth. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2065. 2,475 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cuban cigars, cocoa, espresso, currants, blackberries, flowers, truffles, and smoke. On the palate, the wine is as complex as the nose. This gem is silky, sensuous, polished, fresh, and alive. The cherries, and currants, are pure. There is depth and sweetness. The wine is medium-bodied, but not light. According to the chateau, the 2023 represents their version of Back to the Future. I see their point. The wine will age effortlessly for decades, yet it is going to be fabulous to drink, even in its youth. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV, 3.67 pH. The harvest took place September 6 - September 27. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. Only 50% of the harvest goes into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2029-2065. 96-98 Pts. 7,574 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pichon-Longueville Baron (Pauillac)
Aromatically, this is a tribute to a great Cuban cigar. From there, you find cedar, mint, currants, spice, cherries, and forest floor in the perfume. As good as the nose, the palate steals the show with its combination of lift, length, sweetness, spice, richness, and energy. There is a hint of herbs and a refreshing touch of mint in the finish that adds to its multiple layers of black, with red fruits and peppery Indian spices. This is the quintessential example of a classic, modern Bordeaux. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Sauvignon with 20% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2065. 860 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026If you like a great cigar, you came to the right place as the first thing you notice is the cigar box, and tobacco wrapper nuances before moving to the smoke, leafy herb, creme de cassis, blackberries, spice, flowers, and forest floor in the perfume. The palate is even better with its multiple layers of black, with red fruits, mouthfuls of fresh, ripe, chewy, red berries, Indian spice, and a lingering finish that holds your focus for at least 50 seconds. The key to the vintage was patience during harvesting to achieve phenolic ripeness. This is the quintessential example of a classic, modern Bordeaux. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Sauvignon with 20% Merlot. 13.2% ABV, 3.7 pH. The harvest took place September 17 for the Merlot, ending October 4 with the Cabernet. 44% of the harvest went into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2065. 96-98 Pts. 3,905 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pierhem (Pomerol)
Floral in nature, it is easy to find all of the chocolate, strawberries, black raspberries and licorice in the perfume. Medium-bodied, fresh, soft, forward, and fruity this is going to be fun to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,408 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pierre 1er (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral in nature, the wine pops with cherries, licorice, plums, and spice fill the perfume. The palate is soft, supple, creamy, chocolatey, and fresh. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,969 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Plince (Pomerol)
Light, bright, forward, and crisp, this forward, accessible wine is high-toned in style, with minty, herbal accents to its vibrant, core of cherries and strawberries from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 439 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Incense, flowers, cherries, and spice fill nose, while the medium-bodied, palate is filled with bright, fresh, vibrant, red cherries, plums, and raspberries. This is a fresh, crisp styled, bright Pomerol. Drink from 2026-2036. 88-90 Pts. 1,819 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Poesia (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black raspberries, oceanic nuances, and just a hint of cocoa pops in the perfume. There is a vibrancy to the salty, red fruits on the palate, with a hint of orange citrus that adds to the complexity in the mildly, peppery, elegant, long, energetic finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV, 3.4 pH. Drink from 2027-2047. 93-95 Pts. 2,005 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Poitevin (Médoc)
Dried flowers, tobacco, cedar and red currants come through easily in the nose, and on the palate. Medium-bodied, ripe, fresh, forward, and fruity, leaving you with a creamy-textured finish, You can enjoy this on the young side. Drink from 2026-2036. 441 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Leafy herbs, tobacco leaf, cedar, and red currants come through easily in the nose, and on the palate. Medium-bodied, forward, bright, and crisp, you can enjoy this on the young side. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,465 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Pontet-Canet (Pauillac)
Currants, blackberries, cedar, mint leaves, wet earth, and cigar wrappers fill the perfume. The palate is juicy, dark, concentrated, and lush. There is power, without being overdone. Everything feel balanced and in harmony. The finish is long, creamy and deep, with a lingering finish that continues to build through to the endnote. The wine blends 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2030-2065. 2,611 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Flowers, cedar, tobacco leaf, black with red currants, and a hint of smoke create the perfume. The palate is full-bodied, ripe, round, and loaded with sweet, fresh, elegant, juicy, pure, black cherries, and blackberries. The wine is relaxed. Nothing is forced. Everything is in the right place. The tannins are long, there is sweetness, length, and nuances of black currants, chocolate, licorice, and mint that make an appearance in the lengthy finish. The wine blends 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot.13.8% ABV, pH 3.75. Harvesting took place September 7 - October 10. This is the earliest, as well as the longest harvest in the history of the estate. The success of the vintage is due to the ability to wait for maturity on a parcel-by-parcel basis. The wine is aging in a combination of 50% new, French oak barrels, and 35% Amphora. Drink from 2029-2060. 95-97 Pts. 22,461 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Porte-Chic (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, licorice and black raspberries are easy to find in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, supple, bright, fresh, and fruity, with a crisp, vibrant, red berry finish. This is going to be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts 1,647 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Potensac (Médoc)
With a flowery edge to the perfume, you also find notes of black cherries, tobacco, and spices. The palate is vibrant, with layers of sweet, ripe, juicy cherries, black currants, chocolate, and savory herbs. The wine was produced from blending 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 17% Cabernet Franc.13.4% ABV. Drink from 2028-2045. 654 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, with a floral edge to the red with black currants, tobacco, and savory herbs round out the character here, The wine is bright, sweet, savory, and crisp, in its chewy finish. The wine was produced from blending 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 17% Cabernet Franc.13.4% ABV. Drink from 2027-2045. 91-93 Pts. 3,375 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Poujeaux (Moulis en Médoc)
Black currants and flowers with licorice, and smoke pop, effortlessly in the glass. The palate is even better with its juicy, sweet, mouthful of black cherries, chocolate, and spice. There is a gorgeous sweetness to the fruits with good energy in the finish. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 10% Petit Verdot, 12.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 577 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Licorice, black currants, mint, tobacco, and cedar, with flowers open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, and filled with chewy black, with red currant, anise, spice, and flowers. There is a vibrancy that lingers on the palate, and in the finish that give the wine a real upbeat nuance. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 10% Petit Verdot, 12.5% ABV, 3.8 pH. Drink from 2028-2042. 91-93 Pts. 3,517 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Preuillac (Médoc)
Flowers, tobacco and black currants show their character with ease in this sweet, ripe, juicy currant filled, round wine. This is another example of a solid, Bordeaux value wine that consumers looking for deals should take a look at. Drink from 2027-2037. 438 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, tobacco cedar, and black currants already express their character in this sweet, ripe, juicy currant filled, chewy wine. This is another example of a solid, Bordeaux value wine that consumers looking for deals should take a look at. Drink from 2027-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,445 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Prieuré Sainte-Anne (Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux)
Quite plummy in the nose, before finding the refreshing sprig of mint and floral notes. The round-textured, supple, fruity palate seals the deal. Blended from 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine is ready to drink on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 439 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Blended from 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine is forward, floral, fruity, and round, with a soft-textured, easy-to-enjoy finish. Drink from 2025-2030. 89-91 Pts. 1,357 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Prieuré-Lichine (Margaux)
The floral bouquet is what you initially notice before getting to the cherries, cocoa, licorice and hint of spice in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, and fresh. The finish, with its lift, and energy is the perfect setting for all of the licorice, chocolate, mint, and black cherries. The wine blends 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2050. 549 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Currants, tobacco, cocoa, currants, black cherries, spice, and flowers shine in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, and fresh with sweetness, energy, and touches of licorice, chocolate, mint, and black cherries. The finish, with its lift, and fruit is quite nice this vintage. The wine blends 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055. 92-94 Pts. 4,290 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Puygueraud (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Oceanic aromas combined with flowers and red fruits already show in the nose. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is lively, vibrant, crisp, and chewy, with notes of sea salt and a refreshing mint note in the finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Malbec. Drink from 2026-2035. 511 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, sea salt, red fruits, and licorice already show in the nose, The wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh, fruity, and juicy, with lift, chewiness on the palate, and vibrancy in the finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Malbec. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 3,398 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Puygueraud Blanc (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Orange rind, vanilla, green apples, white peach, and pears create the character and core of this bright, fresh, juicy, white Bordeaux. The vivid palate finishes with sweet citrus along with a mineral edge. The wine blends 79% Sauvignon Blanc with 21% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2026-2030. 433 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Green apples, white peach, orange rind, apricot, and pineapple nuances are at the core of this, bright, fresh, juicy, white Bordeaux. Lemon rind, white peach, and flowers on the nose get the wine going. The wine is sweet, juicy, creamy, and fresh on the palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 79% Sauvignon Blanc with 21% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2026-2030. 91 Pts. 1,776 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Quinault L'Enclos (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black cherries, flowers, and plums pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is lush, round, and forward, with sweetness, as well as lift to the fruits on the mid-palate, and in the finish. There is a nice sensation of lift that shows in the back of the finish, with all of its sweet, ripe, black cherries. The wine blends 67% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 93-95 Pts. 2,039 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Quintus Le Dragon de Quintus (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, tobacco leaves, bay leaf, cherries, licorice, and cocoa fill the core of this medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and refined, red berry-filled wine with a savory edge. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 71.6% Merlot, and 28.4% Cabernet Franc, 14.1% ABV. Drink from 2026-2033. 91-93 Pts. 1,891 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Quintus St Emilion de Quintus (St. Émilion)
Fruity, forward, soft, and sweet, the wine is medium-bodied, with an easy-to-enjoy charm making this perfect for early-drinking pleasure. The wine blends 81.4% Merlot, with 18.6% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2032. 88-90 Pts. 1,343 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Rauzan-Gassies (Margaux)
Freshness, flowers, ripe, fruits, soft-tannins, and a relaxed approach work well here. The wine is medium-bodied, with vibrancy in the fruits, and lift in the currant, chocolate, espresso, and licorice-filled finish. Drink from 2028-2043. 91-93 Pts. 2,203 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Rauzan-Ségla (Margaux)
Violets, lilacs, and roses are not all that you notice. You also discover red and black fruits, tobacco, cedar, chocolate, licorice, and mint leaves in the perfume. The palate is even better, with an energetic, silky, fresh display of ripe red and black fruits. What I really like here is the purity, paired with opulence in the long, velvet-textured, polished, expansive, luxurious finish. The wine is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.5% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055. 865 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Dark in color, the array of floral notes shoot out with violets, lilacs, and roses. From there you find truffle, red and black fruits, cigar box and cedar also come IT is It is the striking nose powered by violets, and lilacs that gets the wine going, before finding all the currants, black cherries, mint, and spice in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is lush, energetic, long, deep, and rich. There is purity, paired with opulence in the long, vibrant, velvet-textured finish, with just a hint of chalk that appears on the backend. The wine is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.5% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Once aging, this is a new, record-setting percentage of Cabernet in the blend. 14% Press wine. 13.5% ABV, 3.6 pH. The harvest took place September 7 - September 20. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. The Grand Vin was produced from 50% of the harvest. Drink from 2029-2065. 96-98 Pts. 5,143 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ripeau (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, orange rind, smoke, chocolate, and cherries show in the nose, and on the lush, round, deep, palate. The wine is polished, fruity, and already delicious . The wine blends 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 1,689 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Roc de Bécot (Puisseguin-St. Émilion)
Medium-bodied, black raspberry-filled, soft, fruity, early drinking charmer which will be fun to enjoy on release. This is the second wine for Brenon Becot. Drink from 2026-2030. 86-88 Pts 1,302 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Rochebelle (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral, with black raspberries, cherries, licorice, and plums that show effortlessly in the nose, and on the palate. The medium-bodied wine is lifted, vibrant, fresh, and bright, but, also complex, floral, and long. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,708 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Rocheyron (St. Émilion)
Red, and white flowers, black raspberries, licorice, espresso, black cherries, and crushed rocks pop in the perfume. On the palate, the wine manages to provide a wealth of ripe, sensuous, creamy black cherries, plums, spice, and dark chocolate with energy, length, and lift from the mid-palate, all the way through to the fruit, and chocolate finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2050. 94-96 Pts. 2,312 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Rol Valentin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black cherries, licorice, and chocolatey espresso open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, creamy, and fresh, with sweetness to the fruits, lift, and energy on the backend. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2039. 91-93 Pts. 1,763 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Rouget (Pomerol)
The perfume pops with its floral display before you find all the black raspberries, cherries, and herbs in the nose. Fresh, creamy, and vibrant, the medium-bodied wine delivers an energetic finish loaded with polished, sweet, ripe, red fruits along with a refreshing sprig of mint on the backend. Drink from 2028-2045. 552 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, spice, black raspberries, cherries, and herbs create the nose. The wine is supple, creamy, fresh, and vibrant on the medium-bodied, palate. The energetic finish leaves you with loads of sweet, ripe, red fruits with a sprig of mint on the backend. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 2,506 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Roylland (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherry, licorice, flowers, cocoa, cinnamon, and plums come through in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is round, lush, chocolatey, and creamy in the mid-palate, which carries through to the finish. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,525 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sacre Coeur (Pomerol)
Flowers, mint, hints of chocolate, and plums fill the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, and a touch chalky, with a minty edge to the bright, red fruits in the finish. The wine was produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 436 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026White flowers, hints of chocolate, and plums are what you initially notice. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, clean, and pure, with elegance, and lift to the sweet, cherries, cocoa, and mint in the finish. The wine was produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,512 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Saint-Pierre (St. Julien)
Lilacs, vanilla, cherry blossoms, and spice show along with chocolate-covered cherries, with a hint of Bourbon in the nose. Medium-bodied, elegant, racy, and refined, the wine focuses on its purity, length, and lift, instead of power, leaving you with a delicate touch of mint on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. 10% of the wine is whole bunch fermented. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,561 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Saint-Georges Côte Pavie (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Savory black cherries, herbs, and licorice with a floral edge in the nose deftly moves to a vibrant, medium-bodied, sweet, chewy, round center of sweet, red berries, chocolate, and espresso. The wine offers an open, forward approach. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 92-94 Pts. 1,786 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sainte Marie Blanc Vieilles Vignes (Entre-Deux-Mers)
Lemon peels, flowers, and orange nuances for the character here, in this fresh, fruity, forward, easy-drinking white Bordeaux. Drink from 2025-2029. 88 Pts 1,510 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sainte Marie Vieilles Vignes (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Dried flowers and cherries are front and center in this medium-bodied, forward, fresh, fruity, easy-to-like, and easy-to-drink wine. This will be perfect to enjoy on release. The wine blends 72% Merlot with 28% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2032. 436 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, fruity, easy-to-like, and easy-to-drink, as well as charming. This will be perfect to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 1,354 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sanctus (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark red fruits, chocolate, and licorice, with a nice touch of minerality, the wine is juicy, fruity vibrant, and round, with soft, black cherry, and salty espresso note in the finish. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,423 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sansonnet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
I like the freshness here, which is exacerbated by its notes of citrus, red fruits, flowers, licorice, smoke, and cocoa. On the palate, the wine is equally complex with its opulent, lush, polished, silky-textures, and crush-rock accents. There is length, and purity here. The change in the in barrel aging program has allowed for more freshness, elegance, and purity to express itself in the wine. The wine blends 87% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV. Harvesting took place September 20 - October 3. Drink from 2028-2045. 94-96 Pts. 2,025 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Saransot-Dupré (Listrac-Médoc)
Round, creamy, juicy, and packed with fruit that is soft, juicy, and sweet, leaving you with dark cherries and chocolate in the creamy, vibrant finish. Drink from 2026-2038. 478 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lush, dark cherries, and even darker chocolate create the initial sensation on the palate. Creamy, and fresh, the soft, fruity, vibrant finish lingers. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,723 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Seguin (Pessac-Léognan)
Soft, fresh, vibrant, bright red berries pop with ease in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, lifted. floral palate. This is already quite nice, yet it has the ability to age as well. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 42% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 494 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Fresh, soft, round, chewy red fruits with accents of tobacco leaf, flowers, and a touch of smoke. The wine is forward, medium-bodied, and smoky in the mid-palate, as well as in the fruit-filled, soft finish. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 42% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 2,066 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sénéjac (Haut-Médoc)
Vibrant, bright and fresh, with sweetness to the fruits, and a nice, crisp, minty edge, the wine needs just a year or so in the bottle. Drink from 2027-2038. 519 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, bright, vibrant, and fresh, with a crispness to the fruits that are competently edged with tobacco leaves, cocoa, spice, and a touch of mint. Drink from 2027-2038. 90-92 Pts. 2,652 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Siaurac (Lalande de Pomerol)
Flowers, tobacco, cherries, mint, and herbs pop in the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, elegant, and already accessible. It is easy to find the freshness in the plums, and cherries with their chocolate accent. The soft-textures in the mid-palate, and in the finish seal the deal. You can open this with pleasure on release , and for more than a decade. The wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Malbec. Drink from 2026-2036. 503 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Plums, flowers, cocoa, and mint pop in the nose with just a bit of air, and swirling. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, elegant, and already accessible. It is easy to find the freshness in the plums, and cherries with their chocolate accent, and soft-textures in the mid-palate, and in the finish. You can open this with pleasure om release ,and for more than a decade. The wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Malbec. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 2,057 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sigalas Rabaud (Sauternes)
Juicy, ripe, and overripe pineapples, apricots, candied white peaches, caramel, flowers, and honey are all over the place. The finish is all about the honey-slathered, ripe, and over ripe, sweet tropical fruits with their racy edge. You can enjoy this early as well as age it. Drink from 2026-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,160 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Simard (St. Émilion)
Mint, flowers, spice, and black raspberries fill the perfume. The wine is forward, medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and lifted, with a hint of herbs, and spice on the open, fruity palate. You can enjoy this now, or age it for a few years. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,666 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Siran (Margaux)
Smoke, flowers, licorice, and black raspberries pop in the perfume, while the soft, elegant, sweet, fruity palate seals the deal. Drink from 2028-2042. 643 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Soft, lush, lifted, and vibrant, the red, and black fruits are sweet, ripe, juicy, and long. There is concentration, and energy here, with a silky edge to the ripe, poloshed berries in the finish. Drink from 2028-2045. 91-93 Pts. 3,085 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Smith Haut Lafitte (Pessac-Léognan)
Chocolate, smoke, blackberries, roses, spices and flowers are on display with only a swirl or two. The palate is even better with its fresh, energetic, full-bodied, creamy display of sweet, ripe, vibrant, elegant, polished black, with red fruit profile. The wine is long, intense, focused, and complex, with a nice aromatic display in the mouth in the finish, which sticks with you for almost 50 seconds. The wine is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2055. 720 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The nose shoots out its tobacco, smoke, camphor, spice, floral, and black, with red fruits with only a swirl or two. The palate is even better with its fresh, energetic, black, with red fruit profile, along with its array of spices, chewy tannins, blue fruits, smoke, and dark chocolate. The wine is long, intense, focused, and complex, with a nice aromatic display in the mouth in the finish, which sticks with you for almost 50 seconds. The key to the vintage was finding the right dates to harvest coupled with a soft, gentle extraction. Picking took place from September 22 - October 5. The wine is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, and is aging in 60% New, French oak barrels for 18 months. 14% ABV. pH 3.65. Drink from 2028-2055. 96-98 Pts. 6,289 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Le Petit (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, chocolate, and cherry aromas pop in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is loaded with elegant, fresh, sweet, ripe blackberries, black currants, and black cherries with nuances of smoke, espresso, chocolate, licorice, and marine influences that pop up in the back of the finish, adding more length, and vibrancy. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2040. 761 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cigar wrapper, mesquite, spearmint, and black with red currants are in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is vibrant sweet, lifted, long, and almost racy, finishing with a long, spicy, energetic, medium-bodied, fruity finish. The wine is made from a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 40% Merlot. 14% ABV, 3.65 pH. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,693 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Sociando-Mallet (Haut-Médoc)
Chewy black currants, blackberries, herbs, cedar, and tobacco show easily. The palate is juicy, and sweet, and chewy. The fruits are sweet, bright, and fresh, with lift, concentration, and energy in the fruit-filled, chalky finish. Drink from 2029-2055. 92-94 Pts. 5,717 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Soutard (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, flowers, black cherries, and chocolate define the core of this wine. The wine is elegant, creamy, fresh, pure, and precise, The finish combines silky tannins, crushed stones, and fresh, red fruits. Drink from 2026-2047. 93-95 Pts. 2,073 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Soutard-Cadet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Inky in color, the wine is equally dark on the palate with its waves of rich, supple, creamy, chocolate-infused, plums, and black cherries. The wine is full, rich, and deep, finishing with a blast of black pit fruits, polished tannins, mint, dark cocoa, and espresso. The wine blends 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. 14.5% ABV. The wine is aging in a combination of new, French oak barrels and amphora. Drink from 2026-2042. 93-95 Pts. 1,961 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Suduiraut (Sauternes)
Even better from the bottle, this is a spell-binding sweet wine that lovers of this genre cannot be without. Intense, electric, and packed with ripe and overripe, honey-slathered tropical fruits, cashews, white peaches, and vanilla beans, Opulent and seductive, with more than enough racy acidity for balance, lift, and freshness. You can enjoy this young for all its sweet fruits, or age it for decades. The choice is yours. The wine was made from 100% Semillon. Drink from 2029-2060. 2,844 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026Intensity is the keyword here. The wealth of ripe, and overripe white peaches, pineapples, pears, roasted cashews, apricots, spice, and vanilla is off the hook! The wine is rich, opulent, and seductive, but there is ample racy acidity giving this sweet treat the lift it needs. Long, and seamless, this is a true, decadent treat, that lovers of sweet wines should have in their cellars. It will age for decades. The wine was made from 100% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2060. 97-99 Pts. 6,496 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes Grand Vin Blanc Sec (Bordeaux)
The aromatic profile evokes a Sauternes, with honeyed citrus, flowers, candied orange rind, and vanilla bean. But then the palate has its own story, with a lush, energetic, crisp, and spicy, fruit-laden profile with a racy, citrus endnote that really hangs with you. You can enjoy this on release and for up to a decade, and maybe longer after that. The wine is a blend of 57% Semillon and 43% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2026-2035. 566 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Honeysuckle, white peach, lemon chiffon, and orange blossoms are all over the nose. Vibrant, juicy, crisp, and loaded with racy, sweet, citrus, and spice, this is ready to go on release and for up to a decade after that. The wine blends 57% Semillon with 43% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2025-2035. 93 Pts. 2,152 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Suduiraut Grand Vin Blanc Sec Pur Sémillon (Bordeaux)
Mango, honeysuckle, lemon meringue, white flowers, and saffron aromatics pop in the perfume. Vibrant, fresh, and with a strong sense of minerality that adds to the orange tropical fruits, roasted nuts, and pineapples, this is richness, balanced with vibrancy, and opulence. Not much is produced, as the production is roughly 200 cases per vintage. Drink from 2025-2037. 93 Pts 2,079 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Suduiraut Lions de Suduiraut Blanc Sec (Bordeaux)
Flowers, green apples, white peach, grapefruit, and spice fill the perfume. The wine is fresh, crisp, refreshing and juicy. You can enjoy this as soon as it hits the stores. The wine blends 57% Semillon, 30% Sauvignon Blanc, and 13% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2030. 91-91 Pts. 2,277 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Taillefer (Pomerol)
Underbrush, red fruits, and just a hint of tobacco open the wine. Medium-bodied, bright, and loaded with high-toned red fruits, this lighter styled wine will be ready to go on release and should be consumed on the young side. Drink from 2027-2031. 465 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, you find a wealth of flowers, plums, and cherries, with bitter chocolate in the nose, and on the palate. Bright, fresh, and almost crisp, there is a refreshing touch of citrus on the backend that adds lift, and complexity. Drink from 2027-2038. 88-90 Pts. 1,703 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Talbot (St. Julien)
Licorice, blackberries, black cherries, flowers, and tobacco create the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is round, creamy, and soft, with a touch of salinity in the fresh, and fruity finish, that makes you want to take another sip. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts. 5,787 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Teyssier (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black raspberries, flowers, and red fruits fill the core of the wine in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate. Forward, fresh, and already fun to drink, this is going to be charming to enjoy on release. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts. 2,221 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Teyssier (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Medium-bodied, fresh, earthy, and fruity, with a minerality essence that accompanies the chewy, dark red fruits in the nose, and on the palate. Drink it over the following decade. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,680 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Tour Baladoz (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate covered, black cherries, licorice, espresso, and black raspberries are readily apparent in the perfume, and on the palate. Medium-bodied, creamy, and vibrant, the fruits are a bit extracted, leaving you with a lot of juice, but a sense of dryness in the finish as well. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,652 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Tour Bayard (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Medium-bodied, forward, and loaded with sweet, vibrant, black cherries, plums, and a hint of espresso. The round, creamy wine finishes with more of those sweet, dark, red pit fruits, with a hint of chocolate on the backend. Drink from 2026-2037. 89-91 Pts. 1,517 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Tour Saint-Christophe (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black raspberries, flowers, black cherries, licorice, and plums pack the perfume. The palate is vivacious, with layers of sweet, black, and red plums, cherries, and raspberries. Texturally, the wine is perfectly poised between its energetic and soft, polished side, finishing with accents of salt, and spice that complement its sweet, red fruits. The wine is made from blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 14.8% ABV, 3.35 pH. The harvest took place from September 18 to October 7. Drink from 2028-2048.94-96 Pts. 4,398 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Tour Saint-Fort (St. Estèphe)
Bright, crisp, juicy, spicy, red fruits shine in this medium-bodied, vibrant, crisp, chewy wine. Drink from 2026-2037. 87-89 Pts 1,618 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Tournefeuille La Cure (Lalande de Pomerol)
Licorice, smoke, cherries, and chocolate aromas pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, round, and supple, with a long, ripe, bitter chocolate, and spicy cherry finish. Produced from a blend of 70% Merlot, and 30% Cabernet Franc, this can be enjoyed in its youth. Drink from 2026-2036. 568 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Produced from a blend of 70% Merlot, and 30% Cabernet Franc, the wine pops with chocolate-covered cherries, mint, and flowers. Forward, soft, round, and supple, this is long, ripe, and lush, with a bitter chocolate, and spicy cherry finish. There is a lot to like here with this Pomerol look-alike. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,477 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Trianon (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, mint, bright red fruits, and licorice show in the perfume. Medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, and forward, the finish is all about the black-raspberries, dipped in chocolate that you find from the mid-palate, through to the finish. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,604 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Trigant (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and vibrant, with sweetness to the fruits, elegance in the creamy textures, and bright red fruits in the finish. You can enjoy this with ease on release. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 40% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,605 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Tronquoy Blanc (Bordeaux)
Flowers, green apples, orange rind, and white peach aromas jump from the glass. The palate is lush, round, and fruity, expressing its tropical nature with ripe, vibrant, pineapple, white peach, mango, and tangerine. The wine is an equal blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2031. 92 Pts. 1,965 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Troplong Mondot (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine is rich, deep, full-bodied, concentrated and intense. The wine is silky, lush, with its creamy textures which come across as gentle, vibrant, and elegant, with depth, and width. The lingering finish displays sweet, red, and black fruits, salted oranges, and a beautiful chalky character on the backend. The key for the vintage here was the terroir which allowed for ample water retention during the heatwaves, and the ability to harvest at their own pace. The wine blends 84% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Cabernet Franc. 14.1% ABV, 3.45 pH. Harvesting started September 5 - October 9. Drink from 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 6,390 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Troplong Mondot Mondot (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherries, flowers, and dark chocolate fill the aromatics. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, and juicy, with black cherries, plums. and chocolate, with a salty edge in the round-textured finish. This is going to be a pleasure to enjoy on release. The wine, is a parcel selection blending 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 2,110 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Trotanoy (Pomerol)
The purity of the red fruit stands out here on the nose, which is accompanied by a pungent, floral display, as well as on the bright, fresh, energetic, full-bodied, supple, and refined palate. The fruits are ripe, deep, and penetrating, as well as vibrant, allowing the berries to come in layers that build in intensity as they linger. The seamless finish lasts for over 50 seconds! The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2029-2060. 1,226 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026The essence of violets, roses, black cherries, black raspberries, spice, smoke, espresso, chocolate, and licorice nuances provide the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, rich, supple, creamy, vibrant. There is lift, intensity, length, and sensuality, with silky tannins. The fruits are ripe, deep, and penetrating. The berries come in layers, that build in intensity, as they linger. The seamless finish remains with you for over 50 seconds! Edouard Moueix feels 2023 provides the essence of each parcels terroir. However, he was not always sure about the vintage. In fact, it took until harvest time before he slowly became confident of the quality here. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. 14.5% ABV, 3.85 pH. The harvest took place September 7 - September 19. Drink from 2029-2060. 97-99 Pts. 4,714 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Trotte Vieille (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Plum liqueur, flowers, licorice, and black cherries, with dark chocolate notes open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is plush, opulent, ripe, and deep. The fruits are bright, fresh, and most importantly, express a touch of minerality with its salty-edged fruits. There is lift, as well as purity, length and creamy tannins in the finish. The wine blends 53% Cabernet Franc, 44% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon.15% ABV. The harvest took place September 8 - October 4. The extended harvest is due to a parcel by parcel selection process, waiting for each block to achieve phenolic ripeness. Drink from 2028-2055. 94-96 Pts. 3,606 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Dame de Trotte Vieille (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, fresh, and fruity, with softenss to the fruits on the palate, leaving you with an already accessible, charming, medium-bodied, vibrant wine that is ready-to-go on release. The wine blends 57% Merlot, with 43% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2035. 89-91 Pts. 1,515 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Valandraud (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black raspberries, licorice, smoke, espresso, black cherries, and chocolate aromas create the complex aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy, and more importantly, energetic, with freshness, and elegant, creamy tannins. Long, intense, and concentrated, yet, light on its feet, the lingering finish keeps on going with its layers of ripe, sweet, fruits, salty chocolate, and espresso notes. Blending 84% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% ABV, 3.5 pH. Harvesting took place September 21 - October 15. Drink from 2029-2055. 96-98 Pts. 3,160 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Valois (Pomerol)
Bright, energetic, medium-bodied, herb accented wine that will offer its best drinking in the near term. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2027-2032. 549 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026With flowers, and cherries defining its aromatics, the wine is soft, medium-bodied, elegant, and refined, with a silky, chocolate, and cherry-edged finish. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 88-90 Pts 1,583 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château de Valois L'Eclat de Valentin (Pomerol)
Produced from a parcel selection of the estates oldest vines, the nose pops with chocolate covered cherries, flowers, espresso, and licorice. Medium-bodied, finesse in style with ample fruit, there is still a bit of oak to integrate, so give it a year or two to evolve and the wine should offer more complexities. This wine would be better if they used less oak in the aging. The wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2037. 552 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026With strong notes of espresso, black coffee, dark chocolate, smoke and deep red fruits, the wine is lively, round, and vibrant, on the palate, with a bit too much oak in the finish. If the oak better integrates, this will be a better wine. Let it age a bit to allow the wood to better integrate. The wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,523 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Vieux Maillet (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, and cocoa fill the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, and forward, allowing you to enjoy all of its sweet, ripe, cherries, black raspberries, chocolate and espresso on release. Drink from 2027-2038. 570 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, floral, and forward, it will take no time at all until all the sweet, ripe plums, cherries, and cocoa begin offering their pleasures. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 1,772 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Villa Carmin (Médoc)
Cedar, tobacco, and currant shine in the perfume. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is fresh, fruity, and quite easy to drink. Drink from 2026-2036. 554 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, fruity, vibrant, and forward, the wine is going to be delicious on release with its layers of black cherries, plums, chocolate, and licorice. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,488 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Villemaurine (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Silky, fresh, lush, polished, and concentrated with layers of sweet, ripe, black, and red cherries, flowers, spice, and incense in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is refined, polished, long and pure, with a sweetness to the berries in the finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 93-95 Pts. 1,760 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Vray Croix de Gay (Pomerol)
Violets, chocolate, truffle, black cherries, and licorice form the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is elegant, supple, soft, and silky. The wine is fresh, vibrant, clean, and pure, finishing with creamy, chocolate-covered cherries, black raspberries, and a hint of Indian spice. The wine blends 98% Merlot with 2% Cabernet Franc. This is the second vintage produced by the same team that also makes Calon Segur. Drink from 2027-2045. 578 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Violets, chocolate, truffle, black cherries, and licorice form the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is elegant, supple, soft, and silky. The wine is fresh, vibrant, clean, and pure, finishing with chocolate-covered cherries, black raspberries, and a hint of peppery spice, that only shows up at the end of the finish. The wine blends 98% Merlot with 2% Cabernet Franc, 14.5% ABV. This is the second vintage produced by the same team that also makes Calon Segur. Drink from 2026-2042. 91-93 Pts. 1,881 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Yon-Figeac (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherry blossoms, licorice, and cocoa come together nicely in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, soft, fresh, chewy, palate, finishing with a touch of salt on the cherries, and licorice on the backend. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,846 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clarendelle (Bordeaux)
Flowers, and red fruits work together perfectly in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate. This is perfect for early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2025-2032. 88-90 Pts 1,894 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clarendelle Blanc (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, and yellow citrus are already available here. The wine is crisp, fresh, and fruity, making this perfect to enjoy for uncomplicated tasting over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2028. 88 Pts. 1,853 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clarendelle (Médoc)
Tobacco leaves, and bright red fruits form the core of this wine. It is soft, forward, fruity, medium-bodied, and ready to go on release. For ordering in an easy restaurant, this is a nice choice. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,804 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clarendelle (St. Émilion)
Forward, fresh, lively red fruits focusing on cherries, currants and red plums. The wine is soft- already delicious for early-drinking, uncomplicated pleasure. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,542 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Lardière (St. Émilion)
Ripe, round, forward, and fruity, with a licorice edge, and hints of chocolate will provide pleasure on release and over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 89-91 Pts. 1,468 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine Bouyer Clos 56 (Pomerol)
Produced from 100% old vine Merlot, the wine pops with chocolate, flowers, cherries, citrus, and licorice. There is a charming, lush, round, creamy quality to the earthy, black cherries, chocolate, and espresso in the finish that resonates. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 1,616 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Badon Thunevin (St. Émilion)
Flowers, crushed rocks, cherries, licorice, smoke, and black raspberries are easy to find, in the nose, and on the palate. Firm, and fresh, with a mineralistic-edge to the sweet, ripe, red fruits on the palate, and in the finish Give this just a year or two to soften, and come together and enjoy it over the next 12 or more years. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,782 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clos Bel Air (Pomerol)
Round, forward, soft, and polished, with a sweetness to the lifted, red, with black fruits, and a touch of cocoa on the mid-palate that sticks with you through to the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,620 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos de Boüard Dame de Boüard (Montagne-St. Émilion)
If you are seeking a soft-textured, elegant, medium-bodied wine with charm, and character, packed with sweet, ripe fruits that you can enjoy with pleasure on release, that sells for a song, this is for you. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,701 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos de l'Oratoire (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black raspberries, incense, and licorice fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy, fresh, and vibrant. The fruits show the influence of the Cabernet Franc with their spice, and floral edge. There is lift to the sweet, ripe, round berries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 93-95 Pts. 3,341 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos De La Molenie (Bordeaux)
Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine is round, forward and loaded with ripe, black cherries. This is perfect for easy, uncomplicated easy drinking over the next few years, and it sells for a song! The wine is an exclusive from Signature Selections. Drink from 2025-2028. 87 Pts. 1,521 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos De La Molenie Blanc (Bordeaux Supérieur)
White peach, and pineapples with a touch of mango on the nose and palate. Fresh, crisp, and fruity, the wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. . Drink from 2025-2028. 89 Pts. 1,507 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos De La Molenie Michelot (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Ripe black cherries, with a hint of cocoa, and espresso show easily in this forward, round, easy-like wine. This is a Signature Selections exclusive. Produced from 60% Merlot, and 40% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2030. 89-91 Pts. 1,575 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos de la Vieille Église (Pomerol)
Chocolate, flowers, espresso, and black cherries in the nose lead the way to a bright, fresh, vibrant, medium-bodied, almost high-toned wine loaded with cherries, raspberries, chocolate-coated strawberries and spicy oak. Drink from 2027-2038. 611 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, black raspberries, licorice, and earth in the nose lead the way to a bright, fresh, vibrant, medium-bodied wine loaded with cherries, raspberries, and chocolate-coated strawberries. Drink from 2026-2039. 90-92 Pts. 2,126 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos des Jacobins (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite chocolatey, with an oaky edge that gives richness, as well as an espresso, dusty-edge to all of the sweet, dark red berries on the palate, and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,909 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos des Lunes Lune d'Or (Bordeaux)
This stunner is fabulous from the initial sniff, with its showy perfume packed with honeysuckle, roasted nuts, pineapples, green apples, and honeyed spices. The palate is equal to the aromatic profile with its generous display of sweet, ripe, tropical fruits, lush, opulent, vibrant, creamy textures and minerality that shows up and lingers in the finish. This is the first vintage produced from 100% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2033. 560 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Honeysuckle, pineapples, green apples, mango, and pears show nicely in the nose, and on the creamy, fresh, and fruity palate. This is the first vintage produced from 100% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2031. 93 Pts. 1,688 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos du Marquis (St. Julien)
Cigar box, blackberries, dark red pit fruits, flowers, and tobacco leaves, along with black currants fill the perfume. The wine is concentrated, juicy, sweet, and ripe. The tannins are soft, ripe, and round. The fruit has a creamy edge in the finish, with just a bit of chewiness to the berries, making it deceptively easy to drink. Yet this can age for 2 decades. The wine was made from a blend of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc. 13.25% ABV. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 2,507 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Dubreuil (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, licorice, espresso, chocolate, flowers, and ripe strawberries show with ease in the perfume. Lush, creamy, polished, and sweet, with concentration, and silky tannins, you can enjoy this with pleasure on release, or age it for more earthy complexity. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 1,831 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Fourtet (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral in nature, with only a swirl you find black raspberries, red plums, cherries, spice, and crushed stones in the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is balanced between its sweet, bright, red pit fruits, and salty, oceanic influences. The fruits are clean, precise, and energetic. There is length, purity, and refinement, with a lingering sensation of minerality that adds to the sweetness of the berries. This is the second vintage where the parcels of Grandes Murailles were integrated into Clos Fourtet. The wine blends 87% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.5% ABV, 3.54 pH. The harvest took place, September 14 - October 3. Drink from 2028-2055. 95-97 Pts. 3,256 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
La Closerie de Fourtet (St. Émilion)
Sweet cherries with flowers forms the character here. On the palate, the medium-bodied charming wine is forward, fresh, and sweet, making this simply delicious on release, making it easy to enjoy in a bistro, or cafe. The wine was made from blending 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. The wine comes from a parcel selection. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,706 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Hédoné (St. Émilion)
Black cherries, flowers, and plums show in the nose, and on the round, supple, fruit-filled palate. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts 1,652 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos l'Église (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Chocolate, flowers, mint, black cherries, orange peel, plum, and licorice fill the aromatic profile. The palate is even better with its multiple layers of chocolately dark red fruits, spice, espresso, and plums. The texture is pure silk and velvet, with an opulent, fruit-packed finish. The blend is 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc ever used in the blend. Drink from 2029-2055. 610 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Chocolate mint, flowers, plums, truffle, black cherries, licorice, and herbs create the aromatic profile. The palate is even better with its layers of silky, sensuous, velvety fruits that linger. The finish is all about the sexy, chocolate-drenched, sweet, elegant plums. The wine is deep, concentrated, opulent, and sexy. Picture molten dark chocolate-coated, black plums coating your palate with lingering, sweet, fresh, lifted fruits that stick with you. The harvest took place September 12-13 for the Merlot and October 1 for the Cabernet Franc. The blend is 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc ever used in the blend. 14% ABV 3.7 pH. Drink from 2028-2050. 94-96 Pts. 3,467 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Lunelles (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, licorice, spice, chocolate-coated black cherries, mint, and black plums get the aromatics going. On the palate, the wine is concentrated, with a salty, black with red fruit core of ripe, sweet, fresh berries. The salty-chocolate fruits linger on the palate, and in the finish with their mineral-driven essence. The wine was made from blending 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc, 14.42% ABV, 3.63 pH. Drink from 2028-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,019 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Manou (Médoc)
Espresso, black cherries, blackberries, licorice, and tobacco form the core of the wine in the nose, and on the palate, with layers of cherries, and currants in the supple, fresh finish. While this is easy to enjoy in its youth, with age, this is going to be even better. Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 2,559 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Marsalette (Pessac-Léognan)
Mint, cigar box, bright red fruits and a hint of blood orange show up in the perfume with little effort. On the palate, the wine is even better. Medium-bodied, forward, accessible, and loaded with juicy, sweet, and spicy red fruits, with a vibrant, crisp finish with a discreet touch of mint in the endnote. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 582 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, blackberries, and barbecue smoke open the nose. Medium-bodied, forward, soft, ripe, and accessible, the wine is sweet, round, and fruity. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 2,161 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Marsalette Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
A faint touch of vanilla, waxy lemons, flowers, ginger, and green apple scents pop in the nose. The palate is fruity, and most importantly, fresh, with a nice shot of sweet citrus, more of that ginger and a dab of honey that comes in at the back of the finish. The wine blends 56% Sauvignon Blanc with 44% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 649 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, green apples, white, with spicy accents of ginger, and peppery spice, the wine is bright, fresh and crisp, with a citrus, chalk, and green apple finish. The wine blends 56% Sauvignon Blanc with 44% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 91 Pts. 1,783 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Puy Arnaud (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black raspberries and forest-floor notes create the attention-grabbing perfume. Supple and fruity on the palate, with long notes of sweet, ripe cherries to finish everything off nicely. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2035. 613 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, chalk, and vibrant red fruits with a salty edge come through easily. The palate is energetic, with a liberal dose of crushed stones, and black cherries, leaving you with ample fruit, and mint in the finish. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 2,004 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos René (Pomerol)
The perfume opens with smoke, flowers, licorice, and red fruits. The medium-bodied palate is soft, subtle, fresh, and fruity, with a chalky, cocoa character, and a touch of mint in the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2038. 581 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, soft, silky, and fresh, the fruit delivers a vibrancy, elegance, and creamy character that allows the earthy, cherries, and chocolate to express their essence. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 2,388 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Romanile (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, espresso, incense, cherries, and smoke create the character here. The wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh. and juicy, with a vibrant endnote. This will be fun to enjoy in its youth. Drink from 2026-2034. 90-92 Pts. 1,640 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clos St. Martin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Plums, chocolate, flowers, and black raspberries show with little effort in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, elegant, upbeat, and fresh. The fruits are clean, pure, and long, with a juicy refreshing finish packed with with lingering dark chocolate, espresso, and black cherries, a touch of mint, and chalk in the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a new style for Clos Saint Martin, with much less new oak, and a larger percentage of the wine aging in amphora. Drink from 2028-2041. 93-95 Pts. 1,986 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos Vieux Taillefer (Pomerol)
Chocolate covered cherries, flowers, licorice, and truffle pop in the perfume. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is lifted, energetic, and fruity with a focus on its core of cherries, strawberries and red plums. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release and for over a decade after that. Drink from 2027-2036. 579 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, with a strong floral character, the wine is fruity, with red cherries, red plums, and licorice. The medium-bodied wine is fresh, forward, fruity, and lifted, with a red pit fruit filled finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,807 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Couvent des Jacobins Calicem (St. Émilion)
Black raspberries, flowers, licorice, and cherries form the perfume. On the palate, the wine is lush, creamy, and fresh. Here you find minerality, along with mint that accents the layers of ripe, dark red berries. The long creamy, fruit-filled finish wraps everything up nicely. The wine is made from 100% old vine Merlot planted in 1961. Drink from 2027-2043. 93-95 Pts. 1,808 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Couvent des Jacobins (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Round, fruity rich, and dark, with loads of chocolate covered black cherries, licorice, flowers, and spice. The ripe, sweet, round, creamy finish really works this year. The wine blends 84% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,906 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Croix Canon (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black raspberries, flowers, mint, cedar, and tobacco produce the aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, refined, and bright, the red fruits are vibrant, with a refreshing spearmint edge to the finish. The wine blends 54% Merlot with 46% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 1,922 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Peyfaures Dame de Coeur (Bordeaux Supérieur)
oft, supple, early-drinking charmer with a core of accessible, chocolate-covered cherries, and plums that will be a pleasure to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 87-89 Pts 1,583 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de Cambes (Bordeaux)
Herbs, spearmint, tobacco, licorice, and red berries are on display in the nose, and on the palate. The fruits are vibrant, sweet, chewy, and fresh with a savory, salty accent in the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2037. 90-92 Pts. 2,197 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de Chevalier (Pessac-Léognan)
Smoky black cherries, cigar wrappers, barbecue smoke, cedar, and smoked mint aromatics create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, full of finesse, smoky, elegant and complex. The finish is like eating peppery currants topped with Cuban cigar wrappers. Long, spicy, and intense, this is a vintage that will benefit from at least a few years of aging. The wine blends 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 1,262 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Blackberries, back cherries, barbecue smoke, cedar, smoked mint, and cigar box aromatics create the perfume. The wine is chewy, fresh, long, concentrated, and complex. The finish is like eating peppery currants dripped over Cuban cigars. Long, spicy, and intense, this is a vintage that will benefit from time in the cellar. The wine blends 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV, 3.68 pH. The harvest took place September 7 - September 30. Yields are among the lowest in the appellation at 31 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2029-2055. 95-97 Pts. 6,332 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
I loved this in barrel, and it's even better in the bottle, which is always a great sign. The bouquet bursts with a lively display of flowers, lemons, white peach, Granny Smith apples, vanilla, almonds, and a hint of pineapple, all blending into a rich aroma. The palate is lively, vibrant, and fresh, showcasing its vivid layers of sweet, juicy, creamy, and pure fruits, leaving you with a perfect touch of crushed stones and marine hints that make you want to take another sniff, swirl, and sip. You can enjoy this in its youth or age it for more complexity. Either way, it's a superb treat. The wine blends 70% Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2040. 1,166 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Juicy lemons, white flowers, pomelo, green apples, and a hint of pineapples crowd into the perfume. The palate is packed with ripe, sweet, creamy, yellow citrus, green apples, honeysuckle , crushed stones, and vanilla-tinted orange rinds. You can enjoy this in its youth, or age it for more complexity. Either way, it is a treat. The wine blends 70% Sauvignon Blanc with 30% Semillon, 14% ABV, 3.21 pH. The harvest took place August 28 - September 6. Drink from 2026-2037. 95 Pts. 3,602 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
L'Esprit de Chevalier Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, pomelo, green apples, and honeysuckle fills the perfume. Round, lush, creamy, and yet fresh, there is wealth of ripe, pineapple, mango, tangerine, and lemon curd nuances on the palate that already taste, and show great. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc, and 35% Semillon, 14% ABV. Drink from 2025-2032. 92 Pts. 2,169 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de Chevalier L'Esprit de Chevalier (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, tobacco, and red fruits are all over the place in the perfume. The palate already shows off its refined, soft, silky, red berries, with the perfect hint of cocoa in the nose medium-bodied palate. The finish is soft, elegant, and poised. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2036. 711 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Fresh, bright, red berries, flowers, and cocoa show in the nose. Medium-bodied, the wine is elegant, soft, polished, silky, and vibrant, with sweet, ripe, red berries in the finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. 14% ABV. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 2,248 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de L'Aurage (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black raspberries, licorice, espresso, and floral aromatics fill the core of the wine on the nose, and on the palate. Sweet, vibrant, earthy, and fresh, with good energy, and lift in the chalky, edged, savory finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2026-2038. 91-93 Pts. 2,212 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de la Solitude (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, elegant, refined, soft, and forward, the wine pops with its combination of flowers, tobacco, and cherries. You can enjoy this on release, or age it, as it will develop additional complexity. This is clearly the finest vintage of Domaine de la Solitude ever produced. It is one of the best values in Pessac Leognan available today. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 597 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Smoke, tobacco leaf, and cherries with a touch of spice show up in the nose. The palate is where this shines, with its wealth of rich, supple, smoky, red fruits, and cigar wrappers that linger from start to finish. Give it only a year or two in the cellar and it will be even better. In part, due to low yields, as well as their new cellars, this is clearly the finest vintage of Domaine de la Solitude ever produced. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. 14%ABV. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 2,243 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine de la Solitude Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, white peach, vanilla, pears, and gingery spice aromas pop in the nose. The palate serves up juicy citrus, white peach and sweet, vibrant pear notes with a creamy endnote. This will be a pleasure to enjoy on release. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc, and 35% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 702 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Pineapple, vanilla, green apples, spice, pears, and white peach pop with little effort. The palate is juicy, creamy, and fresh, with sweet, yellow citrus from start to finish. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc, and 35% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 91 Pts. 1,774 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine Simon Blanchard Guitard (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Flowers, citrus, truffle, and cherries already show in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, sweet, round, fruit-filled palate. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release, or age it for more secondary nuances. The wine blends 86% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, with 4% Malbec. Drink from 2026-2036. 91-93 Pts. 1,679 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine Simon Blanchard Au Champ de la Fenêtre (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Black cherries, juicy plums, licorice, chocolate, and herbs, the wine is fresh, filled with dark, red berries, chocolate, black plums, and crushed stones in the finish, with a touch of spice on the backend. The wine is produced from blending 94% old vine Merlot with 6% Malbec. The wine comes from Simon Blanchard, a member of the Stephane Derenoncourt team. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 1,669 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Domaine Virginie Thunevin (Bordeaux)
Flowers, cherries, licorice and espresso already show in the nose. Medium-bodied, forward, soft, fresh, energetic, and fruity, this is going to be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,702 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Echo de Lynch-Bages (Pauillac)
Flowers, currants, and cedar pop in the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, zesty, round, fresh, and vibrant, the savory-edged finish is loaded with ripe, sweet, red fruits, with a touch of herbs, dark chocolate, and spice. Drink from 2027-2040. 89-91 Pts. 2,580 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Enclos de Viaud (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, fresh, fruity, bright, zesty wine with a core of licorice, cocoa, and ripe red fruits defines the wine. On the palate, the wine is going to be easy to enjoy on release with its refined charm that shows on the soft-textured, berries that get even better with their hint of chocolate in the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2035. 573 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, herbs, licorice, cocoa, and pit fruits define the core of the wine. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh, and almost brisk, with a refined edge to the soft-textured, sweet berries that get even better with their hint of chocolate in the finish. This is going to be delicious on release. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts. 1,908 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Enclos Tourmaline (Pomerol)
Flowers, cherries, cocoa, black raspberries, and truffle aromatics fill the bouquet. On the palate, which steals the show, the wine is vibrant, fresh, refined, and elegant, with crisp tannins and a beautiful, pure expression of its fruit. If you can allow it just a few years in the bottle, the wine is going be much better. The wine is a blend of 97% and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2050. 584 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Incense, flowers, cherries, cocoa, and black raspberries fill the bouquet. Silky, elegant, and medium-bodied, this discreet wine is pure, refreshing, and long with a refined character to the red berries, and chocolate-mint nuances in the finish. The wine is a blend of 97% and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2047. 93-95 Pts. 1,939 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Marquis d'Alesme Saam Long (Vin de France)
The striking nose pops with flowers, orange rind, ginger, pineapple, white peach with a touch of Indian, peppery spice. The wine is sweet, fruity, creamy, and complex. There is richness as well as lift. It is a unique profile. Its uniqueness comes from its blend of Petit Manseng, and Albarino. The wine was vinified in stainless steel and aged in used French oak barrels. Drink from 2024-2030. 91 Pts. 1,570 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Fugue de Nénin (Pomerol)
Cocoa, wet earth, licorice and red fruits are easy to find in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and fruity palate The wine will deliver its cherry filled pleasure on release, and for close to a decade after that. Drink from 2027-2035. 584 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Medium-bodied, fresh, sweet, bright, and juicy, the wine is on the red berry side of the style range, and will deliver its cherry filled pleasure on release, and for close to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2034. 89-91 Pts. 1,907 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
G d'Estournel (Médoc)
Blackberries, black cherries, chocolate, and licorice pop effortlessly. The medium-bodied palate is easy-to-like, forward, fresh, and mildly chalky, with a fun, peppery accent in the finish. This is the first vintage to include their new parcels, bringing the vineyard to 24 hectares of vines. You can enjoy this on release. The wine blends 64% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2034. 90-92 Pts. 2,028 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Haut-Carles (Fronsac)
Quite floral in the nose before you find all the black cherries and chocolate. On the palate, the wine is round, polished, sweet, and fresh, with ripe, chocolate, and plums in the finish. Drink from 2026-2025. 585 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Licorice, black cherries, chocolate, and flowers show in the nose. On the palate, the wine is lush, polished, sweet, and fresh, with ripe, chocolate, and plums in the finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 91-93 Pts. 1,755 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château L'Archange (St. Émilion)
Soft, supple, silky, and fresh, the fruits are vibrant, with a red, raspberry edge to the berries, letting the purity, and energy shine this year in the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. This should be ready to go on release. Drink from 2027-2036. 90-92 Pts. 1,738 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
L'if (St. Émilion)
Quite floral in its nature, the wine is spicy, fresh, floral, and exuberant in the nose. On the palate, it is easy to see all the lift, and energy in the wine. The red berries have a vibrancy that gives energy, and length, paired with purity, and a refreshing, spicy endnote. This remains one of the new stars of St. Emilion and is a wine to follow before prices jump. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc, 14.1% ABV, pH 3.37. The harvest took place September 18-October 2. Drink from 2028-2050 95-97 Pts. 2,598 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Mission Haut-Brion La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
Cigar box, smoke, currants, and dark red pit fruits show with ease. On the palate, the wine is dark in fruit, with the essence of tobacco, black currants, spice, and chalk, with a chewy, lifted, finish. Enjoy it while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 48% Merlot, 39.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 12.3% Cabernet Franc, 14.3% ABV. 3.7 pH. Drink from 2025-2040. 91-93 Pts. 3,014 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
La Clarté de Haut-Brion Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Green apples, flowers, spice, and white peach notes create the core of this wine. Juicy, sweet, and fresh, with a lemon rind, and white peach palate, this will offer its charms on release. The wine blends 56.3% Semillon, with 43.7% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2037. 93 Pts. 2,318 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou (St. Julien)
Cinnamon, espresso, roses, cherries, and currants pop in the nose, The palate is medium-bodied, fresh, silky, vibrant, and expansive. You find blackberries, currants, creamy textures, and loads of freshness in the finish. The wine is a blend of 58% Merlot, and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2025-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,087 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
La Dame de Montrose (St. Estèphe)
Orange blossoms, flowers, red berries, and black cherry aromas show up with ease. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, long, and spicy. The fruits are clean, energized, and lively. This is going to offer its significant charms shortly after release. The wine blends 61% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 91-93 Pts. 2,955 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
La Petite Eglise (Pomerol)
Flowers, boysenberries, black cherries, cocoa, and plums are unmistakable in the nose. The palate is creamy, lifted, sweet, and fresh, with ripe, black cherries, freshness, dark chocolate, and the aftertaste aromas of spring flowers. Enjoy this while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. 14.4% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts. 2,520 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Sergue (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, with a nose packed with licorice, smoke, black plums black cherries, and chocolate. There is freshness, bright red fruits, and espresso, with a touch of dryness in the finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle and it should fill out. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2038. 608 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Dark, lush, and creamy, with layers of sweet, ripe, black plums black cherries, dark chocolate, licorice, flowers, and spice. There is richness, and lift from start to finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2038. 89-91 Pts. 2,112 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
La Sirène de Giscours (Margaux)
Flowers and black cherries get the wine going in the nose and on the palate. The wine is fresh, vibrant, chewy, and energetic, with a nice blast of spicy, black cherries, and peppery currants that show in the endnote. Drink from 2026-2038. 1,979 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Lacoste Borie (Pauillac)
Vibrant red fruits, cedar, tobacco, and herbs open the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, crisp, bright, and forward, with a charming, spicy red currant finish. The wine blends 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts 2,258 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Clarence de Haut-Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, red with black currants, smoke, cigar wrappers, and Indian spice create the aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, elegant, smoky, and loaded with tobacco, leafy herbs, juicy plums, and cherries, the wine is bright, long, and energetic, with a smoked herb, currant, and cigar oriented finish. This is definitely a baby Haut Brion that will drink well, quite early in life. The wine blends 55.5% Merlot, 40.9% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3.6% Cabernet Franc. 14.2% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink 2027-2045. 92-94 Pts. 2,460 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Clos du Beau Père Blanc du Beau-Père (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, orange rind, white peaches, and flowers create the aromatic display. The palate is creamy, vibrant, and sweet, with a nice touch of minerality that adds to the lemony finish. This is already quite nice in your glass. The first, and still, the only white wine from Pomerol in over 100 years could only come from Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Produced from blending 50% Sauvignon Blanc and 50% Sauvignon Gris. Good luck finding any, as the production is limited to about 200 cases. Drink from 2025-2031. 597 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026White peach, lemon curd, flowers, orange rind, and mango, with a touch of spice shine in this exotic, crisp, and fruity white wine from Bordeaux. Produced from blending 60% Sauvignon Blanc, and 40% Sauvignon Gris. The first white wine from Pomerol in over 100 years could only come from Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Good luck finding any as the production is limited to about 200 cases. Drink from 2025-2030. 90 Pts. 1,811 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Clos du Beau Père (Pomerol)
Espresso, cocoa, truffle, black cherries, licorice, and smoke fill the aromatics. The palate is creamy, fresh, soft, and fruity, with loads of vibrant, minty cherries, plums, and dark chocolate that linger. For those seeking a unique wine, check out the white wine from Le Clos du Beau Pere! Drink from 2027-2038. 617 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Truffle, black cherry, smoke, and licorice in a forward style, with a crisp, firm, fruity finish is made even better with its shaved, dark chocolate endnote. For those seeking something unique, check out the white wine from Le Clos du Beau Pere! Drink from 2026-2038. 90-92 Pts. 2,235 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Malartic-Lagravière Le Comte de Malartic (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, b right, fresh, raspberries, and red cherries blend together to create a forward, soft, early-drinking charmer. If you do not already know, Le Comte de Malartic is the new name for the second wine of Malartic La Graviere. The wine blends 77% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2031. 88-90 Pts 2,109 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Malartic-Lagravière Le Comte de Malartic Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, lemon rind, and crisp, green apples pop in the nose and on the palate in this juicy, fresh, ready-to-go white Bordeaux wine. Enjoy this over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2029. 90 Pts. 2,016 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Marquis de Calon (St. Estèphe)
Supple, creamy, energetic layers of black, and red berries taste as good as they feel. As the fruit lingers, the wine expands and intensifies. There is a nice depth of flavor, with vibrancy here, made even better with its freshness. The wine is a blend of 50% Merlot, 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. 14.6% ABV, 3.6 pH. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 3,624 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Nardian Blanc (Bordeaux)
Pineapples, flowers, white peach, and honeysuckle notes are easy to spot in the nose, and on the sweet,, fruity, racy palate. The wine is a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc, 15% Muscadelle, and 15% Semillon. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2025-2029. 92 Pts. 2,227 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Le Petit Ducru (St. Julien)
Flowers, black with blue fruits, and tobacco leaf gets the wine started. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, round, supple, and fresh, with a creamy, spicy, black cherry finish. The wine blends 72% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot. 13.7% ABV. Drink from 2026-2037. 91-93 Pts. 2,879 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases (St. Julien)
Creme de cassis pops with your initial sniff before you find the flowers, blackberries, and tobacco notes. The wine is forward, with ample layers of blackberries, and creamy-textured, red currants to age for 12-15 years. This is a perfect introduction to Leoville Las Cases. The wine blends 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 2,838 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild (Pauillac)
Tobacco, smoke, flowers, black with red fruits, and spearmint already pop in the nose. The palate delivers elegantly-textured currants, spice, herbs, and black raspberries in a refreshing, nuanced, medium-bodied, refined style. Perhaps, most importantly, you have lift, sweetness, and creamy textures on the mid-palate, and finish. The wine blends 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2050. 640 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Cigar box, tobacco, flowers, smoke, truffle, mint, and creme de cassis form the nose. On the palate, the wine is packed with ripe, juicy, flavorful currants, herbs, spice, and black raspberries. There is length, purity, and freshness. Perhaps, most importantly, you have lift, sweetness, and creamy textures on the mid-palate, and finish. The wine blends 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot.13.3% ABV, 3.74 pH. Drink from 2028-2050. 92-94 Pts. 2,647 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Brulières de Beychevelle (Haut-Médoc)
Round, plummy, forward, and fresh, this is perfect for early-drinking Bordeaux charm, with ample fruit, and a nice chewy finish. This is going to be delicious on release. The wine is produced from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 40% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2034. 88-90 Pts. 2,166 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Forts de Latour (Pauillac)
Smoke, blackberries, licorice, cigar wrapper, cedar, and currants permeate the nose. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, fresh, forward, and supple. The fruits are clean, fresh, and vibrant, leaving you with a juicy, red with black currant finish. This should drink well early, yet provide pleasure for at least 2 or more decades. The wine was produced from blending 55.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40.2% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. 13.7% ABV, 3.7 pH. The wine represents 41% of the harvest. Drink from 2028-2045. 94-96 Pts. 3,902 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Les Griffons de Pichon Baron (Pauillac)
Opening with a blend of chocolate, flowers, currants, tobacco, and cherries, the perfume quickly moves to an elegant, soft, creamy, and vibrant palate. leaving you fresh, sweet, lifted, spicy red fruits that linger from start to finish. The wine was created from a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ever used in the blend. Drink from 2028-2042. 672 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026On the floral side, with accents of espresso, mint, chocolate, cassis, and blackberries for the core of the perfume. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is elegant, fresh, and chewy, The red berries are soft, refined, bright, crisp, and chewy. This is a perfect example of a modern, styled classic Pauillac, focused on its vibrancy, length, and freshness. The wine was created from a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in the blend.13.2% ABV, 3.8 pH. Drink from 2028-2042. 92-94 Pts. 2,948 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Les Hauts de Smith (Pessac-Léognan)
Spice, flowers, espresso, cocoa, black raspberries and blackberries pop in the nose. Fresh, and fruity, the round-textured palate showcases its espresso, dark chocolate, and sweet, clean red fruits with their spicy side. This should be close to ready-to-go on release, or with just a year or two of aging. The wine is a blend of 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2039. 655 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Cigar wrapper, flowers, black raspberries, and a dab of cocoa pop in the nose. Fresh, and fruity, the round-textured palate showcases its espresso, dark chocolate, and bright, red fruits with their spicy side. This should be close to ready-to-go on release, or with just a year or two of aging. The wine is a blend of 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2038. 91-93 Pts. 2,525 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Les Hauts de Smith Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Waxy lemons, honeysuckle, white peach, vanilla, and pineapples are all over the aromatics. The wine is juicy, fresh, and packed with yellow citrus, which is fresh, refreshing, and even a touch spicy, with its chalky, mineral-driven endnote. This is perfect for early-drinking pleasure, though it can age a bit too The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2025-2033. 659 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, lemon rind, honeysuckle, mango, white peach, vanilla, and sweet pineapples are all over the aromatics. The wine is juicy, fresh, and packed with yellow citrus, along with just a dab of honey in the finish. This is perfect for early-drinking pleasure. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2024-2030. 92 Pts. 2,642 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Pagodes de Cos (St. Estèphe)
Licorice, flowers, cherries, and a hint of chocolate create the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, and focused on freshness over volume. This is a refined vintage for Les Pagodes de Cos, finishing with fresh, red, and dark red fruits, a touch of spice, and just a hint of cocoa in the finish. This is going to be delicious if tasted early, and it will age well too. The wine blends 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV, 3.74 pH. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,708 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Perrières de Lafleur (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Cigar box, mint, spice, crushed rocks, black raspberries, sea salt, and red plums fill the perfume. The fruit is bright, fresh, crisp, and racy, The marine influence is quite strong, adding its salt-crusted nuances to the red berries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. This is the only vintage featuring 100% Cabernet Franc. The property has not decided if this is a trend, or a one-time-only wine. So, if you are a Cabernet Franc fan, get it while it is hot! The harvest took place September 20-September 27. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,787 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Les Tourelles de Longueville (Pauillac)
Dark chocolate-covered cherries, currants, cigar box, and spearmint aromas fill the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is lifted, energetic, fresh, sweet, and round, with a supple, cherry, and plum finish. While you can enjoy this on release, it promises to be better with age. The wine blends 72% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2028-2040. 90-92 Pts. 2,779 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Loudenne Le Château (Médoc)
Light, forward, not overly-complex, but easy to drink with its light citrus character. This will be at its best chilled and on the very young side. Drink from 2025-2028. 640 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Tobacco, cedar, and currants form the character here in this fruity, dark, chewy, and slightly oaky, so give it some time to age, and it will be a delicious, value-priced, Left Bank Bordeaux wine filled with juicy, sweet, black currants. Drink from 2026-2038. 89-91 Pts. 2,381 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Lynsolence (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate covered black cherries, licorice, truffle, and espresso pop in the perfume. The palate is lush, round, and polished, with a spicy edge to the layers of ripe, sweet, back with red pit fruits. 2023 is the first vintage produced without the previous owner, Denis Barraud who passed after making the 22s. Drink from 2026-2042. 91-93 Pts. 2,334 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Madame de Beaucaillou (Haut-Médoc)
Wet forest floor, underbrush, and black currants focus you on the wine. From there, you discover an easy-to-like, medium-bodied, fresh, fruity, vibrant wine with loads of sweet, round cherries, paired with a fun touch of peppery spice that comes in at the end of the finish. The wine blends 59% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2033. 677 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, currants, spice, and mint fill the perfume. Forward, easy-to-like, medium-bodied, fresh, and fruity, with a dab of cocoa in the finish, this is a perfect easy, drinking charmer. The wine blends 59% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot.13% ABV. Drink from 2026-2033. 89-91 Pts. 2,625 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Flowers, peppery, leafy herbs, and black raspberries form the core of this medium-bodied, ripe, dark, meaty, fresh, and spicy wine. The creamy textured finish is loaded with peppery, red fruits. Jean Luc Thunevin is the only vintner in Bordeaux producing this fun to drink, 100% Syrah. This will be best enjoyed in its youth. Drink from 2026-2032. 89-91 Pts 1,920 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos De La Molenie Pas de la Colline (Vin de France)
One of few, or the only Bordeaux produced from blending Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, and Sauvignon Blanc is fresh, round, fruity, and polished, with a bright finish. Clearly, an interesting wine, and blend. Signature Selections Exclusive. This is going to be quite easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-3031. 1,966 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos De La Molenie Pas de la Colline Blanc (Vin de France)
Winning the award for the most unusual blend in Bordeaux, the wine is bright, crisp, and citrusy, but lacking in character. One of few, or the only Bordeaux produced from blending Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, and Sauvignon Blanc is fresh, round, fruity, and polished, with a bright finish. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-3031. 85 Pts. 1,888 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Pauillac de Latour (Pauillac)
Blackberries, currants, licorice, and flowers are on display in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, supple, creamy, and offers its charming, creme de cassis filled core with ease. The wine was produced from a blend of 61.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34.1% Merlot, and 4.7% Petit Verdot.13.5% Abv. Drink 2028-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,110 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Pauillac par Pascale Peyrone (Pauillac)
Red currants, orange rind, chocolate, espresso, cigar box, spice box and cocoa fill the aromatic profile. The palate is supple, creamy, and fresh, there is a nice, vigorous quality to the sweet red fruits, with just the right amount of chocolate to add depth and roundness to the mid-palate and finish. Drink from 2028-2048. 560 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Dark in color, the perfume blasts its blackberries, licorice, chocolate, flowers, and spice notes. The palate is even better with its wealth of dark black, richly-textured, creamy, black, with dark red fruits. The vibrant finish lingers as it builds in intensity. Drink from 2027-2050. 92-94 Pts 2,517 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux (Bordeaux)
White flowers, pomelo, white peach, green apples, and tangerine create the perfume. The palate continues with that theme. It takes a second before the fruits sneak up on you and starts to pop in the finish, leaving with you layers of sweet, vibrant, crisp, juicy, citrus, and green apples, with a complicating touch of chalk on the the backend. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc.13. ABV. 3.15 pH. Harvesting took place only in the mornings, from August 23 - August 30. Drink from 2025-2038. 95 Pts. 3,453 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Pavillon Rouge du Château (Margaux)
Flowers, and spice, along with black cherries, tobacco wrapper, and plums spring from the glass. Elegant, refined, soft-textured, and fresh, the silky-textured, cherries are vibrant, bright, and lifted, with length, and purity. The wine was made from blending 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13.3% ABV. Drink from 2027-2043. 92-94 Pts. 3,755 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lafleur Les Pensées (Pomerol)
Quite floral in nature, you also find cherries, plums, chocolate, and a hint of citrus that is with you from the attack through to the backend. The wine is medium-bodied, ripe, round, and vibrant, with sweetness to the red pit fruits accompanied by a cocoa-infused edge, with drops of tangerine skins that you find on the palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. The harvest took place September 9- September 17. Drink from 2028-2045. 92-94 Pts. 3,155 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Pétrus (Pomerol)
With its distinctive aromatic profile, you find a vivid display of flowers, cherries, black raspberries, orange rind, and chocolate. However, it is the palate that steals the show with its opulent, lush, silky-textural profile, which makes the perfect backdrop for the seamless display of ripe plums, cherries, spice box, chocolate, and citrus that you encounter from start to finish. There is a serious depth of flavor, that is not only concentrated, but fresh, so you enjoy layers of seamless fruits, but, also zippy acidity, providing lift and length. The velvety finish, stays with you for at least 60 seconds. Drink from 2030-2070. 852 Views Tasted May 7, 2026Flowers, chocolate, dried raspberries, cherries, spice, citrus, and a background note of truffle create the aromatic profile. On the palate, it is interesting to note the viscosity, coupled with freshness, length, and purity. There is an elegance that allows the purity in the berries to already express themselves. The velvet-textured finish, with its spices, chocolate, plums, and cherries stays with you for at least 60 seconds. The wine is perfectly balanced, seamless, and well, prefect. The success of the vintage is due in large part to waiting for the right moment to harvest, as well as taking their time to pick. With their deep, blue clay, they harvested September 11 - September 20, 14.5 ABV%, 3.65 pH. It is interesting to note that even though the wine has 30% more tannins, the wine feels soft, and silky. Drink from 2030-2065. 98-100 Pts. 4,193 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Réserve de la Comtesse (Pauillac)
Chocolate, flowers, cherries, mint, and cigar wrapper opens the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is even better with its silky, fresh, soft, expression of Cabernet. The wine finishes with a touch of salt, which only makes you want to take another sip. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV. Drink from 2025-2040. 92-94 Pts. 4,512 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Reignac (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Chocolate, licorice, smoke, espresso, and plums pop in the nose. The plate continues in that same vein with more of those sweet, juicy cherries, plums, and chocolate. You can drink this now, or age it for a few years. Drink from 2026-2033. 654 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Fresh, fruity, soft, and supple, the wine is forward, vibrant, and offers a nice blast of red fruits, mint and spice. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 2,693 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Reignac Blanc (Bordeaux)
Crisp, bright, juicy, and fresh, with a focus on its lemons, grapefruit, honeysuckle, and touch of crushed stones from start to finish. Drink from 2025-2028. 91 Pts. 2,510 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Roc de Cambes (Côtes de Bourg)
Concentrated, round, and juicy, with depth, lift, energy, and vibrance which allows the layers of dark, red berries, spice, and herbs to shine. The finish displays the sweetness, as well as the brightness in the fruit in the mid-palate, which carries all the way though to the chewy, red berry finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 3,659 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Saintayme (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
On the floral side of the style range, the wine also displays cocoa, cherry, herbs, spices, and walnuts. The palate is medium-bodied, with soft, silky and vibrant, red plums, cherries, and chocolate in the finish. This will be ready-to-go on release and age for more than a decade after that. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot, 14.6% ABV. Drink from 2026-2037. 90-92 Pts. 3,086 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Ségla (Margaux)
Spicy mint, cedar, tobacco, and black currant aromas focuses on what is to come. The palate offers its sweet, black cherries, smoke,, licorice, and spice easily. Soft, supple, and creamy, it is easy to see, this is going to be simply fabulous to enjoy on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot, setting a record for the highest proportion of Cabernet ever used in the blend. 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2026-2040. 91-93 Pts. 3,201 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Le Petit Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, tangerine, apricot, and waxy lemons form the nose. On the palate, the wine is sweet, juicy, fresh, and creamy, with a nice display of citrus and floral notes in the finish. The wine is a blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc, with 20% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2034. 726 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Honeysuckle, tangerine, mango, citrus rind, and lemon grass notes dominate the nose. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, fresh, and refreshing with a nice display of citrus, and floral notes in the finish. The wine is a blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc, with 20% Semillon, 14% ABV. Drink from 2025-2034. 93 Pts. 3,191 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Tertre Rôteboeuf (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black raspberries, flowers, smoke, truffle, and cherries are all the place in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is balanced between its freshness, concentration, depth, and energy. The fruit offers an almost racy profile, with its mint-accented, dark red berries, peppery spice, and licorice on the palate. The finish continues with more of those sweet, spicy, and fresh black raspberries. The blend is 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc, 14.5% ABV. Harvesting took place on one day, September 26. Drink from 2028-2050. 94-96 Pts. 4,290 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Valandraud 3 de Valandraud (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, bright, creamy, and sweet, the wine is loaded with red cherries, mint leaf, and a hint of crushed stones. The energetic finish, with its ripe, sweet red berries, and pinch of salt is straight, and juicy. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2026-2034. 91-93 Pts. 2,550 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Vieux Château Certan (Pomerol)
Here, you find the delicate balance of its showy, floral aromatics topped with black plums, black cherries, chocolate, truffles, and spice in the perfume. There is intensity, richness, velvety tannins, chalky accents, and waves of restrained, refined, chocolate-infused, vibrant, energetic dark fruit finishing with a touch of spice on the palate. This is not a naturally showy vintage. It will take some time and effort to mature before transforming into a sensuous wine with its underpinning uplifting acidity. But it will be worth the wait. The wine blends 82% Merlot, and 18% Cabernet Franc. 2029-2060. 1,216 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, flowers, chocolate, truffles, blackberries and a touch of cinnamon produce the aromatic profile. Elegance and power do not always go together. But with 2023 VCC, this is exactly what you find. There is intensity, richness, velvety-tannins, chalky accents, and layers of chocolate-infused, dark pit fruits, with wet earth, and spice. The wine is rich, full, and deep, with uplifting acidities providing energy to the long, sensuous finish. The temperate conditions of the growing season, without extreme variances is what allowed the vintage to develop its characteristics. In the cellars, the extractions were slow, soft, and easy. Pump overs were reduced by 30% this year as well. The wine blends 82% Merlot, and 18% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV, 3.74 pH. The harvest took place September 18 - September 29. Drink from 2029-2060. 97-99 Pts. 5,532 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Round, fruity, forward, fresh, and creamy, this ready-to-go, well-priced charmer already offers its licorice, cherry, and chocolate character with just a swirl or two. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release and for at least 10-12 years after that. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 2,859 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Virginie de Valandraud Blanc (Bordeaux)
Flowers, lemons, grapefruit, vanilla, green apples, and orange rind scents pop in the perfume. Bright, fresh, and juicy, with a brisk, yellow citrus, and pineapple, finish, this is going to be great on release for all of its fruit, and freshness. The wine blends 70% Sauvignon Blanc, with 30% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2031. 93 Pts. 3,117 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Blanc de Fontenil (Vin de France)
White peaches, flowers, lemon peels, orange rind, and spice are presented in a bright, crisp, fresh vibrant style with ample, fruit, and complexity that offers the ability to be enjoyed young, or with age for more aromatic complexity. Drink from 2025-2032. 93 Pts. 2,355 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Chenade (Lalande de Pomerol)
Fresh, vibrant, lively, medium-bodied wine packed with sweet cherries, flowers, and chocolate in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, elegant, silky, fresh, and creamy with roundness on the backend with some oak that still needs to integrate. Produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2036. 654 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Sweet cherries, flowers, and chocolate show in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, elegant, silky, and fresh. The fruit is sweet, ripe, and pure, with vibrance, and a touch of cocoa in the finish. Produced from 100% Merlot, 14.3% ABV. Drink from 2026-2036. 90-92 Pts. 3,356 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Pape Clément Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Quite floral in nature, with lemon rind, tangerine, vanilla, honeysuckle, pineapple, and white peach with a dab of honey are a pleasure in your glass. Fresh, vibrant, racy, clean, and pure, with a salty-honeyed note accompanying all of the sweet, ripe, orange, and yellow tropical fruits really works here in the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 60% Sauvignon Blanc, 35% Semillon, 4% Sauvignon Gris, and 1% Muscadelle. Picking took place August 23 - September 7. Drink from 2025-2035. 95 Pts. 3,698 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Aiguilhe Le Chardonnay d'Aiguilhe (Vin de Pays Pyrénees-Atlantiques)
Waxy lemons, sea-salt, green apples, flowers, thyme, and tropical fruits create the nose. There is sweetness, freshness, pears, and citrus in the palate. Enjoy this in its youth for its vibrant, mineral-edged fruits. The wine is produced from 100% Chardonnay. Drink from 2026-2032. 152 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Pears, green apples, flowers, and tropical fruits shine in the nose, and on the fresh, sweet, juicy, crisp, citrus-oriented, fruity, vibrant palate. The wine is produced from 100% Chardonnay. Drink from 2025-2030. 92 Pts. 2,478 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le de Giscours (Haut-Médoc)
Herbal, earthy, spicy, minty, and floral with a core of currants works well in the nose, and on the chewy, spicy, palate. blends 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts 2,950 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Malartic-Lagravière Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Showing even better from the bottle than it did in the barrel, the wine pops with its aromatic display featuring honeysuckle, white peach, almonds, waxy, candied lemons, and pineapple notes that are all over the place. The palate is equal to its task with its sweet, juicy, vibrant, and fresh citrus, pears, and green apples topped with a dash of chalk on the backend. The wine blends 80% Sauvignon Blanc, with 20% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2037. 833 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026White peach, flowers, pineapple, lemon curd, papaya, and orange skin create the bouquet. The palate carries that same theme even further with its bright, zesty, creamy, sweet, yellow citrus, pineapples, and Granny Smith apples with a dash of chalk on the backend. The wine blends 80% Sauvignon Blanc, with 20% Semillon. 13.2% ABV, 3.18 pH. Drink from 2025-2035. 94 Pts. 4,303 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Guinaudeau (Lafleur) Les Champs Libres (Bordeaux)
Green apples, lemons, pomelo, pineapples, and white flowers create the perfume. The wine is bright, and energetic, the fruit, and freshness of a ripe Meyer lemon on the palate. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, picked August 28-August 30. Drink from 2025-2034. 94 Pts. 3,410 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Saint-Pierre (Pomerol) (Pomerol)
Opening with a bouquet of flowers, with various spices and cocoa that accompany its vibrant red fruits in the perfume. The palate enjoys chocolate-covered cherries with an elegant, almost racy, refined edge. The finish leaves you with lift, and delicate touches of mint, chocolate, and sweet, black cherries on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. 10% of the wine is whole bunch fermented. Drink from 2027-2040. 474 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lilacs, vanilla, cherry blossoms, and spice show along with chocolate-covered cherries, with a hint of Bourbon in the nose. Medium-bodied, elegant, racy, and refined, the wine focuses on its purity, length, and lift, instead of power, leaving you with a delicate touch of mint on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% ABV. 10% of the wine is whole bunch fermented. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,536 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bourgneuf (Pomerol)
A truly strong effort for the vintage, the wine already expresses its elegant nature in its wealth of ripe, sweet, vibrant, chocolate-dipped fruits, enhanced by additional notes of spice, orange rind, flowers, and espresso on the nose, palate, and in the lush, energetic finish. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 338 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Flowers, cherries, and truffle, with nuances of chocolate are a treat in the nose. The medium-bodied palate, is vibrant, fresh, and juicy, finishing with black raspberries, cocoa, and a hint of spice that comes in on the backend of the finish. The wine blends 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 92-94 Pts. 2,771 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Green apples, yellow citrus fruits, flowers, and a touch of pineapple pop from the glass. Forward, soft, open, and ready-to-go, the wine finishes with grapefruit, white peach, mango, and just a hint of spice. The wine is produced from 86% Sauvignon Blanc, and 14% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2032. 881 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Yellow citrus, pomelo, white peach, flowers, and Granny Smith apple aromatics shoot from the glass. On the palate, the wine is sweet, vibrant, ripe, round, and fruity, finishing with a blend of ripe, grapefruits, white peaches, mango, and just a hint of spice that shows on the backend of the finish. The wine is produced from 86% Sauvignon Blanc, and 14% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2033. 94 Pts. 3,063 Views Tasted Jun 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Pez (St. Estèphe)
Tobacco leaves, black currants, citrus, a drop of espresso, and flowers open the nose. Round, fruity, soft, and vibrant, the spiciness in the sweet black currants, with its licorice accent, comes through on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 61% Cabernet 38% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 13.5% ABV. 92-94 Pts. 2,616 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Le Benjamin de Beauregard (Pomerol)
Bright red fruits, with a touch of spice, cocoa, and back raspberries. The wine is forward, medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity with a savory-edge in the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2032. 3,310 Views Tasted Sep 8, 2024 |
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Citrus, green apples, flowers and crushed stones open the nose. Fresh, bright, and lovely, the mineral driven finish is long, and vibrant. Drink from 3037-3043. 849 Views Tasted Jan 1, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beauchêne Grande Réserve (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Leafy herbs, flowers, and cherries top the perfume. Medium-bodied, fresh, easy to like and drink, the wine leaves you with refined, sweet kirsch notes from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 330 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beauchêne Hommage a Odette Bernard (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Kirsch, iron, olives, and strawberries fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, silky, and refined, with lift, sweetness, and elegant notes of kirsch to wrap everything up nicely. You can enjoy this beauty on the young side, or age it for more secondary notes. The wine blends 80% Grenache, 15% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2037. 309 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beauchêne Vignobles de la Serriere (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Olives, black cherries, and peppery raspberries crowd into the nose. The medium-bodied palate is fresh, forward, and fruity, with a cherry and black raspberry note in the finish. The wine blends 75% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2033. 318 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Bosquet des Papes A la Gloire de mon Grand-Père (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Very floral in nature, you also find kirsch and strawberries in the perfume. The palate follows the same trajectory with its core of silky, sensuously-textured cherries, chocolate, and kirsch notes. This is going to deliver pleasure on release, as well as age for more complexity. The wine is mostly old vine Grenache with just 1% Cinsault, and 1% Counoise. Drink from 2026-2039. 372 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Bosquet des Papes Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
It takes only a single swirl to find the floral profile in the perfume. The palate, I unhesitatingly say, is even better with its sexy display of creamy red fruits that start strong and keep on going, building in intensity from top to bottom, and side to side. The finish holds on to your sense for at least 45-50 seconds, showing off its display of purity in its fruits effortlessly. The wine was made using mostly old vine Grenache that is more than 80 years of age, along with Syrah and Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2045. 346 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Bosquet des Papes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, dark cherries, garrigue, and spices are working together in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is sweet round, and refined, with a gorgeous kirsch finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 450 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Bosquet des Papes Les 7 de Pignan (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The wine is a bit reticent in the perfume at the moment, so it took some coaxing to bring out the red raspberries, kirsch, and plums. As good as the perfume was, the palate was even better, with a supple, sensuous, silky, and sexy profile in the fruits and the texture. This is a brilliant example of what Bosquet des Papes can do! This is completely effortless to drink. The wine takes its name from the fact that it comes from a selection of 7 different parcels of vines from the Pignan lieu-dit. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache from some of the estate's oldest vines. Drink from 2026-2042. 355 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Chapelle St. Theodoric La Guigasse (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Sweet, and juicy, the medium-bodied wine is fresh, clean, elegant, and pure, finishing with cherries, kirsch and strawberries. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2038. 372 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Chapelle St. Theodoric Le Grand Pin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in nature, the wine is vibrant, fresh, and sweet. There is energy, elegance, and freshness in the fruit in the nose and on the palate. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2027-2040. 403 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Chapelle St. Theodoric Les Sablons (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Produced from 100% old vine Grenache, the grapes are planted on sandy soils and aged in used oak barrels. Medium-bodied, elegant, light, and fresh, there is sweetness to the fruits, lift, and energy. The wine is focused on its purity. Drink from 2026-2037. 328 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Gigognan Cuvée Stephane Henin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lush, ripe, round, and sweet dark red fruits are impossible to ignore on the nose, and on the creamy, vibrant, fruit-filled. rich, meaty, spicy palate. The wine is made from 100% Mourvedre. Drink from 2029-2040. 317 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Beaucastel (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Peppery, meaty, spicy, kirsch, and floral aromatics pop with little effort. The wine is peppery, elegant, lifted, round, long, and clean. The red fruits are sweet, fresh and complex. The wine is already approachable, yet there is the ability to age for up to 2 decades. Drink from 2027-2042. 707 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de la Gardine Cuvée des Generations Gaston Philippe (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deeply colored, the wine pops with dark red fruits on the nose. The palate expresses its opulent nature with ease, delivering espresso tinted, black cherries, spice, and chocolate in the finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 330 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Manissy (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, vibrant, olive-tinted wine with ample peppery kirsch and strawberry notes in the mid-palate and finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 305 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Gigognan Clos du Roi (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, light fresh, elegant, and filled with sweet, juicy strawberries and cherries. This will be easy to enjoy on release. The wine is made from 60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, and 10% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2037. 335 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Gigognan Terre Ferme (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Powerful, concentrated, lush, and packed with layers of dark red fruits, crushed rocks, and peppery herbs this is going to be great with just a year, or two of aging. The wine is made from a Grenache dominated blend along with various amounts of 13 different, AOC allowable grape varietals. Drink from 2027-2039. 308 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Mont-Redon Le Plateau (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Incense, dark cherries, cocoa, flowers, and herbs create the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is sweet, juicy, and fresh, with layers of supple-textured, elegant, black cherries, herbs, and dark chocolate. Produced from a blend of about 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah. There is a plushness and polish here along with nice darkness to the fruits that resonates on the palate and in the finish. The wine is aged in 30% new oak, 20% used oak barrels and the remaining 50% of the wine is aged in tank for up to 36 months before bottling. The wine needs a few years before pulling a cork allowing the wood to better meld into the wine. Drink from 2027-2040. 331 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Saint-Roch (Rhone) (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Produced from 100% old Vine Grenache, initially you notice the dark hue. The perfume, with its floral edge, finishes with supple, lush, red fruits, peppery spice and a creamy endnote. The wine comes from the same family that owns and produces De La Gardine. Drink from 2026-2037. 307 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Forward, round, sweet, ripe, and fruit, with loads of tasty kirsch, and a touch of pepper. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 321 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
L'Oratoire des Papes Clos de L'Oratoire des Papes Les Choregies Blanc (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Incense, licorice, flowers, and red fruits define the core of this medium-bodied, creamy, fruity, cherry-filled charmer, with a nice touch of olives and kirsch in the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 353 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos du Calvaire Les Terres de la Crau (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Olives, herbs, peppery spices, and garrigue surround, the kirsch, and strawberry core of fruit in the nose, and on the palate. There is a touch of heat due to the wine checking in at 15.5%. Drink from 2026-2034. 319 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Saint Michel Cuvée Réservée (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Red fruits, flowers, herbs, and peppery spices create the perfume. On the palate the wine is vibrant, juicy, and bright with white pepper, zesty kirsch, and crisp raspberries. This is already easy to enjoy for all of its raspberries, orange rind and its peppery edge. The wine is a blend of 40% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, and 30% Syrah. Drink from 2027-2037. 328 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Benedetti (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite flowery in the nose, the wine quickly moves forward to charming, but straight forward, fruity palate. Easy to like, and drink, you can pop a cork on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 315 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Juliette Avril (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Strawberries, cherries, and kirsch shop easily in this light colored, red berry, and pit fruit filled wine, with a hint of cocoa that shows up in the finish. This is a wine that relies more on its sense of purity and elegance, than concentration. The wine is produced from blending Grenache and Mouverdre with Syrah. Drink from 2026-2034. 505 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Chante Cigale La Serine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deeply colored, the wine opens with earthy peppery herbs, licorice, spice, and dark red fruits. The palate is dark, deep and peppery, with assorted herbs, and dark red fruits on the mid-palate, and in the finish. This is one of the better examples of Syrah planted in the Southern Rhone. Produced from 100% Syrah, aged in used oak barrels. Drink from 2027-2038. 317 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Chante Cigale Pi (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Luscious, silky, elegant, and sensuous, the wine exudes charm and freshness in its vivid display of sweet, red fruits, cocoa, fresh herbs, and pure kirsch. Produced from 100% old vine Grenache planted in Pignan, this will drink just great young, or you can age it for more complexity. Drink from 2026-2038. 360 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Chante-Perdrix (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Incense, and espresso are what you initially notice before moving on to its ripe, red fruits. The palate is also woody before getting to the wines wealth of round, supple-textured, ripe, red fruits. While you can open this on release, give it a year or two for the wood to better integrate, allowing more of its sweet, ripe fruits to come forward. The wine blends 65% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre and 5% Muscardin. Drink from 2026-2035. 348 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Charvin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Kirsch, flowers, and strawberry, with just a hint of cocoa fill the aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, vibrant, elegant, supple, and fresh, the wine delivers a creamy-textured quality on the palate that carries through to the long, spicy, kirsch packed finish. The wine was made blending roughly 82% Grenache, 5% Syrah, 5% Mourvedre, 4% Counoise, and 4% Vaccarese. Drink from 2026-2040. 565 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Comte de Lauze (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black raspberries, cherries, pepper and olives are found here on the nose, and on the medium-bodied, spicy, ready to go palate. The wine was made from blending 80% Grenache with 20% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2033. 317 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Croze Granier (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Nosing this wine is like walking into a flower store. Medium-bodied, elegant, refined, sweet, and pure, the kirsch stands out on the luscious palate. This will be approachable on release. Drink 2026-2036. 307 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) Boisrenard (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Displaying a dark hue, the wine pops in the nose with an array of spices, chocolate, licorice, and kirsch. The palate continues that theme with a supple, round, fruity mid-palate and finish. The wine was made from an old-vine Grenache-dominated blend from vines ranging in age from 70 to more than 100 years, with old-vine Mourvedre, Syrah, and all other allowable grape varieties in the appellation. Drink from 2026-2038. 398 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Beaurenard (Paul Coulon et Fils) (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Forward, medium-bodied, soft, and fruity, the wine delivers its profile of raspberries, flowers, and kirsch with a spicy edge easily. You can enjoy this with pleasure upon release. The wine blends roughly 50% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre and Cinsault with various percentages of most, if not all of the AOC allowable grapes. Drink from 2026-2036. 363 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Cristia (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark red berries, dashes of cocoa, pepper, cherries, black raspberries, and strawberries pack the nose, and full palate from start to finish. The wine was made by blending 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2036. 332 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de Cristia Renaissance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black cherries are all over the place on the palate and in the aromatic profile. Rich deep, long, and creamy textured, the wine finishes with licorice, cherries, herbs, and strawberry jam notes on the backend. This is a good example of a modern styled Southern Rhone that works. The wine is made from 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. Drink from 2027-2039. 350 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de Cristia Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lusciously-textured layers of creamy, ripe, round, juicy, sweet red fruits topped with licorice, spice, cocoa, and kirsch are already delicious to taste. The wine was made using 100% old-vine Grenache. Drink from 2027-2040. 328 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Ferrand (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, kirsch, and raspberry aromatics pop as soon as you open the bottle. The palate is even better. Medium-bodied, juicy, sweet, fresh, and vibrant, with an array of red fruits, hints of cocoa, and soft textures to wrap everything up nicely. Drink from 2027-2037. 363 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de Fontavin Terre d’Ancetres (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Peppery cherries with a floral edge pop in the aromatics. The medium-bodied palate is soft, silky, refined, and while light in body, the red fruits are supple and sweet. The wine was produced from blending mostly old vine Grenache with Syrah, and Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2037. 310 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de Fontavin Trilogies (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Soft, and supple, the wine offers layers of sweet, ripe, red fruits with a creamy, herb-topped finish. The wine blends roughly 80% Grenache, 15% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2038. 308 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine De L'Harmas (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, garrigue, fennel, and kirsch pop in the nose, while the palate displays its fresh, lighter-styled, refined, kirsch and olive character easily. The wine blends 70% Grenache with 30% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2032. 328 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange Le Coeur de L'Ange (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Round, opulent, and luscious, as well as structured so you need to give it some time, there is a string note of minerality in the finish that is perfect for all of its layers of kirsch and strawberries. Drink from 2027-2042. 318 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Charbonnière (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Initially, you find savory, leafy herbs, and red fruits, with a focus on cherries and strawberries that pop in the nose. The palate is round, fruity, and supple, with lift, and elegance. You can enjoy this on release and for close to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2033. 374 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black raspberries, and cherries pop in the nose. The palate delivers its luscious dark cherry character, and charm with ease. You can enjoy wine on release. Drink from 2026-2037. 333 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Janasse (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, kirsch and strawberries define the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is built from soft, sweet, juicy, and fresh, with a wealth of cherries, and elegant. peppery strawberries, with a cool, refreshing, herbal finish. The wine blends 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 5% Cinsault. Drink from 2026-2036. 406 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Janasse Cuvée Chaupin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Mildly jammy strawberries, cherries, and flowers already emerge on the nose. The palate offers a smooth blend of creamy red fruits and herbs with ease. There is freshness, elegance, and abundant sweet red fruit flavors, with a hint of licorice and refreshing herbs at play. The wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache, with 30% of the fruit fermented as whole clusters. Drink from 2026 to 2038. 536 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Janasse Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
As is often the case, this is one of the top wines of the vintage due to its purity, lift, and concentration. Multi-layered, long, and creamy, there is depth and length to the waves of dark cherries, kirsch, and black raspberries, along with refreshing herbs, spices, and pepper that really stick with you on the palate, and in the finish. The wine is a blend of 82% Grenache, 15% Syrah and 3% Mourvedre, with 30% of the fruit being whole cluster fermented. Drink from 2027-2042. 414 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Mordorée La Dame Voyageuse (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, and cherries form the core of the perfume. On the palate, the wine is ripe, round, and chocolatey, with juicy cherries to finish everything off. Ui can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 90% Grenache, 4% Syrah, 4% Mourvedre, 1% Vaccarese and 1% Counoise. Drink from 2026-2034. 340 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Mordorée Cuvée de la Reine des Bois (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black cherries, chocolate, flowers, and spice pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is rich, round, creamy, fat, and supple, with a smoky edge to the dark black cherries and jammy strawberries in the finish. Give it a year or two for the oak to integrate before pulling a cork. Drink from 2027-2039. 348 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Solitude (Lançon Père et Fils) (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Cherry griotte, garrigue, and pepper get the nose going. The lush, ripe, juicy, red fruits get the palate going with their chalky edge and touches of licorice in the finish. The wine blends 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mouverdre, 5% Cinsault, and 5% Counoise. Drink from 2026 - 2034. 496 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de la Solitude (Lançon Père et Fils) Cuvée Cornelia Constanza (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The perfume is like walking into a flower market with a basket of juicy cherries in your hands. The palate is sweet, juicy, round, and supple, with notes of cinnamon, flowers, kirsch, and raspberries. The wine is concentrated, which happens when our wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache from vines that are over 100 years old. The production is small, averaging about 3,000 bottles per vintage. Let it age a few years so the 30% new oak can integrate, and it will become an even better wine. Drink from 2027 to 2037. 371 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Solitude (Lançon Père et Fils) Cuvée Barberini (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Herbs, black raspberries, spice, and leafy notes pop in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is juicy, round, and fruity, with a touch of wood that needs a bit of to better integrate. The wine blends 60% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 15% Mourvèdre. Aa portion of the wine is aged in 60% new, French oak barrels. Drink from 2027-2039. 351 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Solitude (Lançon Père et Fils) Vin de la Solitude (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
This wine showcases an intriguing blend with a high percentage of white wine grape varietals, which contribute aromatics and a velvety palate texture, yet it is surprisingly deeply colored. The nose is highly floral, bursting with a unique mix of white peaches and kirsch. Sensuous, silky, and vibrant, with a stunning sense of purity, this is simply an exquisite wine. I only wish the antique-shaped bottle would fit in my cellar. The wine was crafted from a blend of 25% Grenache, 22% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre, 20% Clairette rose, Cinsault, Counoise, and the rest from various other varieties. Drink from 2027 to 2042. 372 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Les Trois Sources (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Floral in nature, with black pepper, cherries and herbs in the nose. The palate is sweet, juicy, long, fresh, and fruity, with elegance and early approachability. The wine is generally a blend of 60% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Cinsault, and a myriad of various other allowable varieties. Drink from 2027-2039. 351 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Les Hauts Lieux (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Kirsch, strawberry, peppery herbs, and floral notes define the aromatic profile. The palate is rich with meaty, spicy, dark, and concentrated flavors, featuring a deep, supple texture of fruits. You can taste sweet cherries, plums, and kirsch balanced between power and elegance. Give it a year or two, and the wine will flourish. It was made from a blend of 65% Grenache, 35% Mourvèdre, with a small amount of Cinsault, Counoise, and other assorted grape varieties completing the blend. Drink from 2027 - 2042. 347 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Reserve (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
This is what great Chateauneuf du Pape is all about! Here, you find layer, after layer of sweet, luscious, opulent, creamy dark red fruits that build and expand while it lingers. Balanced, fresh, and vibrant, there is serious depth of flavor, length, and purity from start to finish. The wine is made from 90% Grenache, 5% Syrah, and 5% Counoise. If this seems like your thing, grab a few bottles as the production is extremely limited this year. Drink from 2028-2045. 346 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de Marcoux (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Cherries, and kirsch define the nose. The palate is defined by its medium-bodied, fresh display of kirsch, cherries, and cocoa that finishes with a touch of orange rind that comes in at the backend of the finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 370 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine de Marcoux Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark kirsch, cherries, raspberries, and spice, with a barely noticeable note of cocoa in the perfume. The palate is awash in layers of sweet, ripe, elegant, sensuously-textured red fruits that, with their sense of purity, taste as good as they feel. The wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2040. 495 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Nalys Grand Vin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Forward, soft, and supple, with layers of sweet, ripe, juicy cherries, licorice, and herbs on the palate. The palate is round, sweet, and fresh, leaving you with juicy cherries, strawberries, and peppery spices from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 413 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Nalys Saintes Pierres de Nalys (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers and strawberries define the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh, and fruity, with a core of black raspberries and cherries from start to finish. You can dig into this on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 360 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Panisse Le Mas (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lusty aromas of cherries, flowers, smoke, and raspberries emerge in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is juicy, round, supple, and filled with black raspberries, garrigue, olives, kirsch, and black cherries. Polished and precise, it is already showing well and will continue to improve. The wine is a blend of about 55% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 20% Mourvdre, and 5% Cinsault. Drink from 2026 to 2039. 401 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Pignan Blanc (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Light in color, you find garrigue, flowers, and kirsch in the nose. On the palate, the wine shows off its kirsch-packed core of fruits that offer vibrancy freshness, and elegance along with early drinkability with ease. Drink from 2026-2034. 323 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Pignan Cuvée Spéciale Coralie et Floriane (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Refined, elegant, fresh, sweet, and lively, the wine is forward, fruity, and already fun to drink, with its clean notes of spicy Kirsch that pop effortlessly. Drink from 2026-2035. 327 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Saint Siffrein (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Kirsch, cherries, leafy herbs, and floral notes create the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is packed with soft, refined, sweet raspberries, strawberries, and cherries with hints of spice and bay leaf in the finish. The wine was made from blending Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, and Cinsault. Drink from 2026-2033. 331 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de St. Paul (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Loaded with spicy cherries and strawberries, the wine quickly focuses on its core of red fruits with their supple character, ending with leafy, garrigue notes and olives. This will be quite nice to open on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 326 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine des Maravilhas Santo (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Orange rind, flowers, herb-crusted red berries with olives pop in the nose. The palate is bright, crisp, crunchy and herbs, with chewy red fruits showing in the spicy finish. The wine is produced from blending Grenache with Syrah. Drink from 2026-2032. 312 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine des Maravilhas Espirito (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, olives, garrigue, and tart berries form the nose. The medium-bodied palate is chewy with a strong olive, pepper, and herbal component accompanying the black raspberries and spice in the finish. The wine is shaped by its assemblage as it is produced from 100% Syrah, which is not common in Chateauneuf. Drink from 2028-2036. 312 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine des Sénéchaux (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers and sweet cherries get the perfume going. The palate shows off its core of elegant, refined, kirsch and raspberries, topped with pepper and garrigue, with just a hint of spice that shows up at the back of the finish. The wine is produced by the Cazes family, better known as the owners of Château Lynch Bages in Pauillac. Drink from 2026-2037. 455 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Bois de Saint-Jean (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, cherry-filled charmer that is forward, vibrant, and fresh. The wine was produced from 100% Grenache. You can drink this on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 327 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Grand Tinel (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Sweet, juicy, red fruits, supple, round textures, and a delicious, cocoa, cherry finish, with a peppery edge is what you find here. Drink from 2026-2036. 331 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Grand Tinel Alexis Establet (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, soft, supple, and round, this is already charming in your glass, as its easy to find its spicy, cherry, pepper, and strawberry essence, which shows up with ease. You can enjoy this on release. The wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2036. 331 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Grand Tinel Cuvée Heres (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Pungent aromas packed with flowers and kirsch is what you initially notice. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, elegant soft, sweet, and energetic with a focus on black cherries, pepper, olives and garrigue. The wine is produced from some of the estates' oldest Grenache vines is as usual, effortless to drink. The wine was made from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2027-2040. 331 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Pégau Blanc Cuvée Réservée (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, white peach, and hay create the perfume. Round, sweet, fruity, and lush, this is going to be delicious on release. Drink from 2025-2029. 605 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Pégau Cuvée Réservée (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The wine opens with notes of violets, jammy strawberries, and kirsch in the aroma. On the palate, it is even more impressive. It is fresh, pure, lively, and layered with spices that complement the waves of dark cherries, black raspberries, and cherries. The concentrated finish lingers, with a refreshing hint of mint on the backend that kicks in just as you think it's over. The wine is a blend of 80% Grenache, 6% Syrah, 4% Mourvèdre, and various other AOC-approved grape varieties. 14.8% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 825 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine du Pégau Blanc Cuvée A Tempo (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Spicy, with flowers, sweet pineapple, ripe citrus, and a touch of honeysuckle. The palate is rich, supple, sweet, opulent, and also surprisingly fresh. Drink from 2026-2030. 408 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Durieu L'Eperdu (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and juicy, the wine delivers its sweet cherries, with just a hint of cocoa, adding roundness and depth, along with a touch of sweetness that works. Drink from 2026-2036. 330 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Durieu Lieu Dit Bois Lauzon (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Taking its name from the vineyard where the grapes are planted, with just a swirl, you find its floral and raspberry perfume. On the palate, the wine is packed with sweet, red fruits, with just a hint of herbs in the creamy, finish, The wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2038. 329 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Jean Royer Blanc (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Light, bright, fresh, fruity, and already fine to taste, due to its open, silky, core of red fruits with their hints of spicy accents. The wine was made using 90% Grenache, 5% Syrah, and 5% Cinsault. Drink from 2026-2033. 329 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine L'Abbé Dîne (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, herbs, spices, and cherries form the perfume. On the palate, the wine is focused on its ripe, round, sweet, strawberries and cherries, with just a hint of cocoa on that back end that lingers. This already tastes quite charming. Drink from 2026-2035. 335 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine l'Or de Line (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Cherries, flowers, and kirsch, with a touch of licorice, create the nose. The palate is spicy, vibrant, and peppery, with a strong green olive note in the peppery finish. Give it a year or two before pulling a cork. The wine was made from 30% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, 30% Syrah, and 10% Clairette. Drink from 2026-2039. 335 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine la Barroche Pure Rouge (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
It is the striking purity of the fruits on the nose and palate that makes this wine special. Silky, vibrant, supple, and sensuous, the layers of kirsch are accompanied by crushed rocks, stones, spice, and a hint of cocoa on the back end of the finish. This wine is made from 100% Grenache, hence the name Pure. Drink from 2027-2042. 784 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine la Barroche Julien Barrot (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Supple, open, ripe, sweet, and fresh, the wine is loaded from start to finish with cherries, strawberries, plums, and kirsch. This is already delicious in your glass. Drink from 2026-2038. 770 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
La Fagotière (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, licorice, and red fruits pop with not effort in the nose The medium-bodied, lighter styled palate is fresh, fruity, and already drinkable, with its sweet, red berry charms. Drink from 2026-2033. 335 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Duseigneur Catarina (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Cherries, spice, garrigue, and olives are easy to find in the nose. The medium-bodied wine is loaded with licorice, herbs, and sweet kirsch notes from start to finish. The wine is made from an approximate blend of 85% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 5% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2034. 329 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
E. Guigal (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Forward in style, so you can enjoy this on release, the wine is ready to deliver its peppery strawberries, kirsch and garrigue accented wine on release and over the next 6-7 years from there. Drink from 2026-2031. 447 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Famille Isabel Ferrando Blanc (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
If you want a wine that offers vibrant citrus, pineapple, floral notes, and spice, along with fresh pears, apples, and white peach, with length and purity, you've come to the right place. There's a beautiful sense of purity in the fruit flavors that really stands out as it lingers on your palate through to the end of the finish. The wine is made from 100% old vine, pink Clariettes co-planted with Grenache that is at least 80-90 years old. It is aged in a combination of old barrels and glass globes. Drink from 2026-2036. 632 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos du Calvaire (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Earthy nuances of strawberries, herbs, and licorice, and red fruits. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, fresh, and chewy, with olive accented fruits in the finish. This will be easy to enjoy on release. The wine blends 55% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre, 3% Cinsault and 2% Counoise. Drink from 2026-2032. 481 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Bertrand Stehelin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, kirsch, cherries, and strawberries open the aromatics here. On the palate, the wine merges its elegant side with a chalky, salty edge to the finish. The wine is made from 98% Grenache, 1% Mourvedre, and 1% Syrah. Drink from 2023 - 2033. 336 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Beaucastel Hommage à Jacques Perrin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deep and dark in color, the wine is powerful, concentrated, long, and intense. Full-bodied, spicy, and bold. This is an interesting vintage for Hommage because, while it is not fully mature, there is a sense of ease in its character that allows it to be approachable earlier than previous vintages. Juicy, sweet, with lift and energy, the peppery, meaty kirsch lingers for at least 50 seconds or longer. The wine is composed of 60% Mourvedre, 20% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 10% Counoise. Drink from 2030 to 2055. 465 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de la Font du Loup (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in the nose, the wine is fresh, forward, medium-bodied, fruity, and will be quite easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2035. 401 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Château de la Font du Loup Le Puy Rolland Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Made from 100% old vine Grenache, the flower-packed perfume gets your attention. The palate delivers its medium-bodied, vibrant, kirsch-packed character with ease. Drink from 2026-2037. 508 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Château de la Font du Loup Legend (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, raspberries, and cherries show in the nose. The medium-bodied palate delivers its light, sweet, fresh essence of kirsch with ease. This will be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 359 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de la Gardine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Smoky cherries, strawberries, and flowers kick off the aromatics. The wine is polished, round, lush, and sweet, with a finish that leaves with round black cherries, and plums along with a hint of chocolate. Drink from 2025-2034. 376 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Manissy Terres Blanches (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Orange peel and floral notes dominate the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied palate is vibrant, energetic, and loaded with cherry griotte, olives, cocoa, and crushed rocks. If you did not know, Chateau de Manissy is one of the top producers of Rose' in Tavel. Drink from 2027-2038. 348 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Vaudieu Amiral G (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lush, silky, spicy, energetic red fruits, with character, purity, and a long, sweet, fruit-packed finish. The wine is made from 100% old-vine Grenache planted in sandy soils, not too far from Château Rayas. Drink from 2027-2042. 377 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Vaudieu L'Avenue (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Strawberries, pepper, cherries, and floral notes open the wine. On the palate, the wine is fresh, juicy, bright, and herbal, with lift, and energy, finishing with sweet, peppery, chewy cherries. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2040. 358 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Fortia Cuvée du Baron (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark in color, with equally dark red fruits in the nose, and on the concentrated, fresh, minty, black cherry filled, creamy palate. The wine blends an average of 50% Grenache with a large portion of Syrah and Mourvedre. Drink from 2027-2038. 360 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Fortia Reserve (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Produced from 100% old vine Grenache, without hesitation the wine delivers a blast of black cherries, cocoa, herbs, spice, and crushed rocks. The wine is deep, long, and vibrant. There is good intensity here. Drink from 2026-2042. 355 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Fortia Tradition (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Peppery kirsch, cherries, and flowers spring forward in the nose. The palate serves up earthy, garrigue-tinged, red fruits, pepper, and a dash of licorice in the end note. The wine is produced from a blend of close to equal parts Grenache and Mourvedre with about 10% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2034. 352 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Gigognan Cuvée Cardinalice (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Loads of vibrant, fresh, supple creamy cherries, kirsch and strawberries with a floral edge packs the perfume and the palate. There is energy and a nice saltiness in the fruity, finish. The wine is produced using 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2036. 366 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Jas de Bressy (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Strong notes of garrigue pass your way before you find the wine's core of medium-bodied, bright, red, olive, and herb-tinted fruits. You can enjoy this on release. The wine blends mostly Grenache with Syrah, and Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2033. 359 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château La Nerthe (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Smoke, cherries, licorice, dried herbs, and strawberries form the core of the wine in the perfume and on the lush, juicy, round, and mildly oaky palate. Give it a year or so of aging in the bottle for the oak to better integrate into the wine. Drink from 2026-2034. 470 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château La Nerthe Cuvée des Cadettes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Incense, smoke, flowers, spice, and red berries pack the perfume with aromatics. The palate is ripe, round, and supple with layers of sweet, juicy fruits. Due to the oak underpinnings, the wine requires at least a few years in the cellar before it is ready to go. The wine is made from 40% old vine Grenache, 40% Mourvedre, and 20% Syrah. Drink from 2027-2040. 400 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Maucoil (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The fruity nose, with its raspberry and strawberry notes, is already easy to find. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine continues to focus on its red berry profile, with softness and early-drinking charm. This will drink well and offer pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 409 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Maucoil l'Esprit de Maucoil (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, vibrant, and packed with green olives, garrigue, peppery spice and bright red fruits, the wine is fresh, vibrant, and crisp, with an olive edge to the fruit in the finish. This is going to be great to open on release. The wine was produced using a Grenache-dominated blend with Syrah, Mourvedre, and other allowable grape varieties. Drink from 2026-2036. 365 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Maucoil Privilège (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black, with red raspberries and flowers, pop easily in the perfume. Forward, medium-bodied, lively, and with a touch of cocoa adding richness and more roundness on the palate, this is good to go on release. The wine was produced using a Grenache-dominated blend that includes Syrah, Mourvedre, and several other assorted red and white grape varieties. Drink from 2026-2033. 432 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château Maucoil Parcelle de Pin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
With just a single swirl, you find its kirsch and floral essence. The medium-bodied, fresh, spicy, refined, and fruity palate comes along with a peppery accent that gives a lot of energy to the wine's sweet, ripe fruits. This will drink well young, as well as offer the ability to age, and develop. The wine was produced from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2027-2039. 365 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Château Mont-Redon (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in nature, with spice, licorice and kirsch to round out the perfume. On the palate, the wine is elegant, fresh, and refined, with lift, and sweetness to all of its fruits in the finish. The blend is 55% Grenache, 32% Syrah, and 12% Mourvedre, and various other allowable grape varieties. Drink from 2026-2036. 414 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Château Sixtine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, forward, soft, easy and early drinking wine that delivers its herb-tinted red berries with ease. You can enjoy this on release. The wine is usually a blend of 50% Grenache, 25% Syrah and 25% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2032. 445 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Bellane Urgonien (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, licorice, and red fruits blend together in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, and charming, leaving you with a gentle layer of ripe kirsch. Clos Bellane Urgonien takes its name from the type of limestone in the soil, Urgonien. The vineyard is a tiny 1.14 hectare of vines blending 77% old vine Grenache with 23% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2035. 374 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos des Papes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The striking bouquet of flowers, mint leaf, kirsch, cherries, and citrus stands out in a crowd. But it is the power, precision, and purity on the palate that let you know this is an exceptional wine. Intense yet relaxed, showy and discreet, this is a solid example of what Chateauneuf does best. This is a remarkable wine that needs to be tasted to understand what makes Chateauneuf great! This is a strong contender for wine of the vintage. Drink from 2027-2045. 1,678 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos du Mont-Olivet (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers and red fruits start off the perfume. The palate is even better with its wave of sweet, opulent, supple-textured kirsch. This will be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2038. 616 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Clos du Mont-Olivet La Cuvée du Papet (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black cherries, flowers, and pepper create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is seductive, silky, and lush, with a long finish packed with chocolate-tinted, dark cherries kirsch, and spice. You can enjoy this young, but it is going to age well. Drink from 2027-2040. 524 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Albin Jacumin La Begude Des Papes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black cherries, licorice, smoke, and olives form the perfume. On the palate, the wine is round, smoky, lush, and deep, with olives, cherries, and plums in the finish. The wine was made from blending mostly Grenache, with Mourvedre and Cinsault. Drink from 2026-2036. 388 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine André Brunel Cuvée Réservée (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in its nature, the wine is fresh, soft, and silky, as well as easy to like, and drink up all of its sweet, red fruits on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 451 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine André Mathieu Vin di Felibre (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Initially, you notice the wood, with its incense and espresso notes, before finding the red fruits. On the palate the wine is round, fruity, and oaky, so you should give it some time to age before pulling a cork. The wine was made by blending 80% Mourvedre, 10% Grenache, 5% Syrah, and 5% comes from various allowed grape varieties. Drink from 2026-2036. 375 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Benedetti Les Larmes Papales (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, soft, sweet, fresh, vibrant, fruity, forward, cherry, and kirsch filled wine, with a garrigue and olive to the its finish. This will be ready to go on release. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache from vines planted on La Crau. This is one of the more unique wines from Chateauneuf as a portion of their grapes are dried on straw mats. Drink from 2026-2033. 369 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Scea Berthet Capeau Elixir des Papes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Cherries, orange, and flowers pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is bright, fresh, medium-bodied, elegant, and fruity, The fruit, while not deep, is refined and pure, giving you the essence of its core of kirsch, cocoa and strawberries. This will be easy to enjoy on release. The wine was produced using 100% Grenache. Drink from 2026-2033. 364 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Berthet-Rayne (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, and cherries greet your nose. The medium-bodied, fresh palate is soft, fresh and filled with cherries and just a dash of cocoa in the endnote. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure. Drink from 2026-2034. 446 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Berthet-Rayne Cuvée Cadiac (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Peppery red raspberries and kirsch work in the flowery nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, sweet, and fresh, with touch of salt that comes along with the essence of red fruits and spice. The wine is produced from a blend a Grenache dominated blend along with all the other allowable grape varieties from the appellation. Drink from 2027-2038. 373 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Berthet-Rayne Vieilli en Fût de Chêne (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Layers of plush, creamy, vibrant, herb-tinted fruits pack the palate, finishing with vibrant, strawberries, kirsch, olives and spice. Drink from 2026-2038. 373 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Bois de Boursan (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, supple, fresh, and creamy, the wine is focused on its core of creamy, savory, earthy, cherries, and kirsch, with a bit of strawberry to top things off at the back end of the finish. The wine blends roughly 75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, 3% Cinsault and 2% Counoise. Drink from 2026-2036. 410 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Chante Cigale (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Sweet, fresh, elegant, and refined, there is a lot to like here with its wealth of strawberries, chocolate, and cherries. There is vibrancy, freshness and creamy textures that leave a nice impression from start to finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release, and for at least a decade after that. The wine was made from a blend of 65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, and 5% Cinsault. Drink from 2026-2036. 436 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Galévan St. Georges (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, orange rind, mint leaf, and kirsch are well displayed in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is soft, fresh, and loaded with raspberries, strawberries, spice, and cherries, with a touch of orange rind from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 387 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Giraud Tradition (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, elegant, juicy, garrigue filled cherries and kirsch notes are all over the place. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, elegant, refined, but also clean, pure, and precise with a delicious note of cocoa that comes in at the end of the experience. This is going to be delicious on release. The wine was made from 100% Grenache. Drink from 2026-2036. 394 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Giraud Cuvée les Grenaches de Pierre (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The purity in the fruit is impossible to ignore. starting with the aromatic profile. A superb wine delivering its profile of ripe, sweet, fresh, and pure, strawberries, cherries, kirsch, with lift, energy, and length. This brilliant wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2042. 403 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Grand Veneur Le Miocène (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers and black raspberries form the core of this fresh, elegant, sweet, medium-bodied, refined wine that is perfect to display its sweet kirsch, strawberry and cherry character. The wine is a blend of 70% old vine Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 10% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2034. 434 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Grand Veneur Les Origines (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Licorice, flowers, cherries, and incense open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is lush round, fruity and rich, with loads of ripe, sweet, dark cherries, raspberries an a dollop of spicy kirsch, topped with cocoa. You should give it a year or two of aging, allowing the oak to better integrate. The wine is generally produced from blending 50% old vine Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, and 20% Syrah. Drink from 2028-2038. 407 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Grand Veneur Vieilles Vignes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Rich, deep, round, and lushly-textured, the wine is packed with fennel, cocoa, black cherries, dark plums, and strawberries. Concentrated, long, and fleshy, give it some time, at least a few years, before pulling a cork so the wood can better integrate. Drink from 2028-2039. 447 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Jean Royer Cuvée Prestige (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Red pit fruits, smoke, spices, and pepper kick off the perfume. On the palate, the wine is all about its strawberries, topped with cocoa, pepper, and kirsch, finishing with soft, supple, round textures. The wine was made by blending 80% Grenache with 10% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2036. 407 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Jean Royer Sola Syrah Regalis (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Produced from 100% Syrah, the wine grabs your attention with its deep color. On the palate, the wine is equally dark, with its black cherries, plums, smoked meat, and spicy profile. The palate is full-bodied, concentrated, and chewy with an old-school rustic edge to the finish. It needs a few years before it might begin to soften. Drink from 2028-2037. 380 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Jean Royer Cuvée Les Sables de la Crau (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
With its bouquet of flowers to start things off, before the kirsch, strawberries, and cherries kick in. The palate is medium-bodied, focusing on its elegance and purity, over power and concentration. The wine was made from 100% old-vine Grenache from the La Crau lieu-dit. Drink from 2026-2038. 386 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine la Boutinière (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The earth, leafy herb, and strawberry nose is easy to find,. Medium-bodied, soft and creamy, the wine finishes with olive-tinged, kirsch, and strawberries. This is ready-to-go on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 381 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine la Boutinière Grande Réserve (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, cherries, kirsch, and leafy herbs dominate the nose. The palate is sweet, juicy, and fruity, with a wealth of creamy-textured kirsch, mint, and spices that linger. This will be quite nice for at least a decade or longer, plus you should be able to enjoy this on release, as well. Drink from 2026-2039. 388 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine La Mereuille (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Spicy, with an assertive note of garrigue with green olives that accompany the strawberries and kirsch on the nose and palate. The wine was made from blending about ,70% Grenache, with Syrah, Mourvedre and Cinsault. Drink 2026-2033. 386 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine La Mereuille Cuvée d' Auré (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark in hue, one of the few 100% Syrah wines from Chateauneuf is deep, dark, peppery, smoky, meaty, and packed with black cherries, pepper, and spice. As I mentioned, this is a rare bird, as very few wines from Chateauneuf du Pape are produced using 100% Syrah. Drink from 2028-2040. 403 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine la Sousto Vignobles Lucien Gabriel Barrot (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, cherry griotte, and herb notes pop, when you pop the cork. On the palate, the wine is chewy, focused on its core of olives and bright, tart red fruits. The wine blends 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 8% Mourvedre, 1% Cinsault and 1% Vaccarese. Drink from 2026-2031. 392 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine LePlan-Vermeersch GT-1 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark cherries, black raspberries, and an array of spices fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is sweet, vibrant, forward, and fruity with a kirsch-packed finish, which, while you can enjoy on release, the wine will be better if aged a few years to allow the oak to better integrate. The wine blends Grenache Syrah, and Mouvere. Drink from 2027-2033. 399 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Paul Autard Cuvée La Cote Ronde (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Espresso, incense, coffee bean, and wood aromas are what you initially notice before getting to the all of the sweet, ripe, lush, dark red fruits. But the wine is prominent on the palate and in the perfume. From a blend of 50% Grenache and 50% Syrah, the wine is aged in 50% new, French oak barrels. This is one of the more modern-styled Southern Rhone wines. So, you are either going to love it, or not. Drink from 2026-2036. 401 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Saint Laurent (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Cinnamon, orange, and red fruit aromas start off this medium-bodied, even, lighter styled wine, focused on its red fruits, earth, and herbal palate. This will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2031. 407 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Tour Saint-Michel (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The debut vintage from Tour Saint-Michel created from a blend of 80% Grenache, 15% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre. The wine is round supple, juicy, and creamy with layers of black cherries, black raspberries, herbs, and peppery spices. Drink from 2026 - 2038. 423 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Tour Saint-Michel Feminessance (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deep, dark, peppery, spicy, concentrated, and vibrant, there is a solid depth of flavor, with energy that powers the layers of cherries, licorice, spice, and crushed stones, which adds complexity to the finish. The wine needs a few years to soften, and it will age for 12 or more years with ease. The wine is now produced from 100% Syrah aging in 50% new oak, and 50% old oak barrels. Drink from 2028 - 2040. 444 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Domaine Tour Saint-Michel Le Lien (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Supple, juicy, ripe, and fleshy, the wine is packed with very ripe cherries, black raspberries, spice, and mint. Clocking in at 16% ABV, the wine is moderately hot, but there is no jam, or overly ripe notes. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2027-2038. 430 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Duseigneur Matteo Pictor Pape (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in the nose, on the palate, the wine is soft, juicy, creamy, and fresh, with a sweet, cherry griotte note along with a touch of cocoa, adding complexity to the palate and finish. This will be a pleasure to drink on release, yet it can age for at least a decade or more. The wine is made from 80% Grenache with 20% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2037. 423 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
E. Guigal Ermitage Blanc Ex-Voto (Hermitage)
Slightly nutty, vanilla, honeysuckle, citrus, pears, and white peach aromatics show in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is ripe, round, fresh, and fruity with a refreshing touch of minerality that pops in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 555 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Famille Isabel Ferrando Colombis (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in nature, it also features notes of cinnamon, kirsch, strawberries, and cherries. The palate is elegant, refined, supple, fresh, and creamy. The silky, kirsch-packed finish begins strongly and continues to develop and expand on your palate. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Grenache planted in three terroirs: clay, limestone, and sand. Drink from 2026 to 2042. 601 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Famille Isabel Ferrando F601 (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Kirsch liqueur, black raspberries, herbs, and flowers on the nose. The wine is fresh, silky, sensuous, and vibrant. The purity here is exceptional. Elegant, refined, and deep, this is a sublime expression of Chateauneuf du Pape and old vine Cinsault. The finish is long, seamless, and expansive, lingering for at least 60 seconds. Made from old vine Cinsault planted in 1928 in the gravel and sand terroir of Saint Prefert, the wine is aged in used demi-muids for 18 months before bottling. Only 800 numbered bottles were produced, so if you see it, buy it! Drink from 2027-2050. 609 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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Spices, flowers, and red berries form the nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is loaded with sweet, ripe kirsch and a dash of cocoa, and an array of spices from the vibrant finish. Light, but stylish. Drink from 2026-2033. 587 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Jean-Pierre Boisson Creation d'Emilie (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Dark red berries, smoked meat, and floral aromas pop in the perfume. The palate is sweet, juicy, fresh, and concentrated, with a round, fruity finish. The wine is produced using 85% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, and 5% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2037. 601 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Jean-Pierre Boisson Vieilles Vignes Cuvée Elisabeth Chambellan (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lush, rich layers of dark cherries, black raspberries, and herbs, with floral accents pop in the perfume. On the nose the wine is opulent, lush, and packed with ripe, sweet, fresh fruits, herbs, and spices, with a touch of salt that pops in at the end of the finish. The wine is made utilizing a large percentage of Grenache, with Syrah, and Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2036. 624 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
La Bastide Saint-Dominique (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Ripe, round, and fruity, with layers of sweet, juicy cherries and a creamy finish. The wine is always produced using 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2038. 600 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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La Bastide Saint-Dominique Les Hesperides (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Deeply colored, with layers of chocolate-tinted cherries, currants, plums, and herbs with an opulent kirsch packed finish. Even though this will drink well on release, it will also age quite well. The wine blends 50% Grenache and 50% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2040. 637 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
La Bastide Saint-Dominique Les Secrets de Pignan (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
This is all about the sweet, strawberries and kirsch. Medium-bodied, vibrant, and fruity, the elegant finish is the perfect end to ;eave you with. The wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache. Drink from 2026-2038. 704 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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La Ferme du Mont Côtes Capelan (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Medium-bodied, lighter-styled, short, and slightly drying, I am hoping this is in a strange place at the moment, and later tastings could be better, as I normally like this wine. The wine blends 70% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2033. 688 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
La Ferme du Mont Vendanges d'Octobre (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, oranges, and cherries come forward easily in the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied, soft, forward, and fruity, with elegant layering of kirsch, cocoa, and strawberries from start to finish. The wine is made from blending 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, and 10% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2036. 691 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Le Clos du Caillou La Réserve (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Black cherries, orange rind, flowers, smoke, licorice, and herbs shine with a single swirl in the perfume. Lush, rich, ripe, remarkably pure, deep, elegant, and fresh, this stunner is once again one of the wines of the vintage, and deservedly so. The wine is produced from a blend of 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. Drink from 2027-2045. 894 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Le Clos du Caillou Les Safres (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The wine delivers its concentrated, sensuously textured layers of clean, pure, elegant, sweet strawberries, cherries, with ease. The peppery spice on the back end comes with lift and energy. The wine blends 90% Grenache with 10% Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2039. 753 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Le Clos du Caillou Domaine du Caillou Les Quartz (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Garrigue, smoke, licorice, herbs, cinnamon, and mineral-driven cherries create the core of the perfume. On the palate, the wine delivers lusciously-textured layers of sweet, red fruits, with elegance, and purity as their calling card. The wine is made using 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah. Drink from 2027-2039. 922 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Le Clos du Caillou Tradition (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The perfume focuses you on its cherry, and floral profile. The palate is fresh, supple, fruity, and forward, so you can enjoy all of its ripe, sweet, kirsch on release. The wine is made using 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, and 20% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2035. 725 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Le Vieux Donjon (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Richly colored, with the essence of black cherries, flowers, and licorice that create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is lush sweet, round,, and creamy. The wealth of plums, strawberries and kirsch with spicy herbs, and pepper on the palate is just great! Drink it young, or age it. The choice is yours. The wine blends mostly old vine Grenache with Mourvedre, Syrah and Cinsault. Drink from 2026-2040. 858 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel) (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, cherries, kirsch, licorice, and orange rind get the wine moving in the perfume. The palate is fresh, lively, medium-bodied, and refined, with sweetness to the strawberries and olive-topped cherries in the finish. This will be absolutely delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 728 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
M. Chapoutier Barbe Rac (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Layers of soft, supple, cherries, peppery kirsch, herbs, and spices. The wine is balanced between its soft, ripe, round, lush fruits and its structured side, giving it, its ability to age, and develop. There is a lot to like to here. The wine is produced from 100% old, vine Grenache. Drink from 2027-2042. 734 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
M. Chapoutier Pie VI (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Spice, flowers, crushed rocks, and stones, pepper, and thyme. On the palate the wine shines with layers f chalky, black fruits, herbs, and oceanic influences A bit dry at the moment, lets see where it goes with some aging. The wine blends 50% Grenache with 50% Syrah. Drink from 2027-2038. 710 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
M. Chapoutier Serus (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Southern Rhone produced from 100% Syrah seems to have gained in popularity this year. Serus is the new Cuvee from Chapoutier that is produced from 100% Sryah. Deep in color, the wine is dark, spicy, chewy, long, meaty, peppery and spicy. It seems to be more of a masculine styled wine with a chewy character. It will be interesting to see how this develops over the next decade. Drink from 2030-2042. 712 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Mas de Boislauzon (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Meaty, peppery floral, and fennel notes find their way into the perfume. On the palate, the wine is soft, lush, round, and concentrated with loads of ripe, red fruits, spice, and peppery nuances from start to finish. The wine was made from blending mostly Grenache with a healthy dose of Mourvedre. Drink from 2027-2037. 815 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Mas de Boislauzon Cuvée du Quet (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Smoky, meaty, spicy, floral, and herbal, with dark red fruits is what you will find in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is lush, round, concentrated, deep, and intense. The dark fruits linger and expand on your palate. This is quite stylish with a finish that holds on and builds. This should age quite nicely. The wine blends mostly Grenache with varying amounts of Mourvedre, depending on the vintage. Drink from 2025 - 2040 786 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Mas Grange Blanche la Font des Bessounes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, thyme, oregano, and kirsch notes fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, and fresh, with a kirsch-filled personality. This will drink just fine on release. The wine blends Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre. Drink from 2026-2036. 781 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Roger Sabon Cuvée Prestige (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Luscious layers of chocolatey black cherries, strawberries, and kirsch grab you from the perfume to the palate. Round, soft, supple, and sweet, the wine is already deceptively easy to drink and enjoy. The wine was made blending 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 5% Mourvedre and assorted AOC grape varieties that make up the remainder of the blend. Drink from 2024-2034. 832 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Roger Sabon Le Secret des Sabon (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The wine bursts onto the palate with its vibrant display of flowers, cherries, cocoa, strawberries, pepper, and garrigue in the aroma. Sexy, silky, and sensuous, it has a serious depth of flavor that perfectly complements the array of flavors and textures present. It seems approachable early on, but like all vintages of Sabon Secret, the secret is that these wines can age comfortably for at least two decades. The wine is made from 95% old vine Grenache, with the remaining 5% coming from various permitted grape varieties. Drink from 2028 to 2042. 898 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Roger Sabon Reserve (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Olives, red fruits, herbs, and pepper shine in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is lush, round, ripe, fresh, and vibrant. There is an ease of drinkability, paired with a finish replete with licorice, cocoa, black cherries, and plums with a pepper edge that delivers the goods. The wine blends 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, and 10% Syrah. Drink from 2026-2037. 816 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Château des Fines Roches (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Flowers, kirsch, spices, and just a hint of licorice blend in the aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied, emphasizing freshness, approachability and a silky, kirsch-rich profile. The wine is made from 70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 8% Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Muscardin, and a dash of Counoise. Drink from 2026-2034. 937 Views Tasted Jan 8, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Durieu Cuvée Lucile Avril (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Juicy, sweet, and supple, the wine is packed with dark cherries, cocoa, strawberry, and kirsch. The essence of crushed rocks and stones shines through in the end of the finish. The majority of the blend is Grenache with a bit of Syrah, and Mourvedre comes from a selection of various parcels. Drink from 2026-2038. 786 Views Tasted Feb 22, 2026 |
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2023
Château d'Yquem (Sauternes)
The perfume bursts with a bouquet of flowers, candied lemon peels, pineapple, white peach, orange, mango, vanilla, saffron, and anise. It is a lively, bright, energetic vintage for Chateau d'Yquem. Rich, intense, opulent, sweet, and palate-coating, yet all of that is balanced by its explosive, racy acidity that provides lift, energy, and length. The finish begins slowly, building, intensifying, and expanding, hitting all four sides of your palate with its unique spicy character and its counterbalancing blend of perfectly ripe, sweet tropical fruits and refreshing acidity. The harvest is done in four passes, mostly during the second and third. About 60% of the harvest was included in the Grand Vin. In short, 2023 Château d'Yquem ROCKS! Drink from 2030-2100. 3,281 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2026 |
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2023
Le Domaine d'Argilius (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Quite reductive on the nose before you get to the round-textured, herbal-tinted, black cherries on the palate, and in the finish. 2026-2028. 172 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Brane-Cantenac Blanc (Bordeaux)
White flowers, spice, green apples, pomelo, and a touch of vanilla show in the perfume. The palate is juicy, sweet, and fresh, leaving with a shot of crisp, waxy lemons, orange rind, and spice in the finish. Drink from 2025-2032. 183 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Angélus Le Carillon de l'Angélus (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The floral bouquet and basket of cherries in the perfume will get any taster interested in what comes next. The medium-bodied palate is soft, polished, vibrant, and filled with red pit fruits, and a judicious addition of spice that you taste and feel from the middle to the finish, with a touch of refreshing mint on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 218 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Chapelle d'Ausone (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The nose opens with a unique combination of marine-influenced florals, licorice, and cherry aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, and polished with lively, creamy red berries. It is difficult to believe this is a second wine. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2045. 198 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tronquoy (Saint-Estèphe)
Quite floral in nature, you also find licorice, tobacco, cedar, and red fruits in the attractive perfume. On the palate, the wine is equal to the nose with its layers of soft, ripe, sweet, round, and supple fruits that linger. This is showing much better in the bottle than it did in barrel, which is always a good sign. You can enjoy this just about on release. But it is only going to get better with a few more years in the bottle. The wine blends 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 11% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2040. 563 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cantenac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, and chocolate-covered cherries define the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity, with a sweet cherry-toned finish. This is going to be good-to-go on release and for up to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2034. 176 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Carteau Cotes Daugay (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, oaky, with a lot of fruit, and potential, but the oak has to better integrate, allowing more of the fruits to show. Drink from 2025-2035. 182 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Grissac 1652 (Côtes de Bourg)
Wet earth, assorted greenery, licorice, spice, and red berries create the nose. The light wine is crisp, fresh, and displays strawberries and red cherries with a peppery, green edge from start to finish. Drink from 2027-2031. 175 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château La Croizille (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, licorice, espresso, and black cherries fill the aromatic profile. Soft, fresh, and creamy, the wine leaves you with chocolate, plums, and a nice, mint and saline note in the finish. You can enjoy this young, or age it for more complexity. Drink from 2027-2040. 194 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Adaugusta (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Raspberry, and mint pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft-textured, bright, and fresh, with sweet, strawberries, raspberries and red plums in the finish. The wine is going to be easy to taste on release. Drink from 2026-20376. 180 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Ampélia (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Light, bright, fresh, and fruity, there is a tart note to the cherries and strawberries that shows in the medium-bodied finish. This will be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 216 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Angélus (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The gorgeous expression of Angelus delivers a core of sweet, vibrant, elegant fruit with a beautiful sense of purity, accompanied by its racy freshness. The long, intense, balanced finish is packed with nuances of espresso, chalk, crushed stone, cherries, plums, and cocoa. There is depth and concentration, as well as a lingering sweet red-berry, spice, mint, and floral endnote that entices you to take another sip. The Cabernet Franc makes a strong impression in 2023. The wine blends 60% Merlot, with 40% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2060. 344 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Anthonic (Moulis en Médoc)
The palate is better than the nose, due to the reductive character in the perfume. Soft, medium-bodied, and ready to go, you can enjoy all of chewy, fresh and fruity red berries on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 179 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Arnauld (Haut-Médoc)
Bright, light, soft, medium-bodied forward, and already easy to drink, with its fresh cherry character. Drink from 2026-2033. 188 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château au Pont de Guitres (Lalande de Pomerol)
Light, bright, and fresh red fruits fill the nose and medium-bodied palate. This should be enjoyed on the young side. Drink from 2026-2031. 176 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Ausone (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Deeply colored, the wine is intensely floral, showcasing lilacs, roses, and violets. You also notice notes of espresso, licorice, black cherries, and raspberries, with a pronounced mineral essence. While the nose is impressive, the palate is even better. It is intense, rich, plush, and elegant, offering lift, purity, and refinement, all of which is enhanced by a strong oceanic influence felt through its layers of dark red, black, and blue fruits, espresso, and spice. The seamless finish lingers long after the wine leaves the glass. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc with 40% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2065. 500 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Badette (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, chocolate, cherries, licorice, and espresso are what you find before hitting the core of lush, creamy, soft, polished, sweet, red fruits that taste and feel great. Drink from 2028-2039. 196 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Balestard La Tonnelle (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The combination of red fruits, flowers, and espresso in the nose works well here. Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, with good energy, minerality, and a hint of chocolate that adds to the lingering sweet, vibrant, red fruits from the mid-palate to the finish. Drink from 2027-2040. 222 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Barbe Blanche (Lussac Saint-Émilion)
Underbrush and red fruits form the core here. The wine is medium-bodied, with a spicy, herb-tinted, red berry finish and a tart end note. Drink this on the young side. Drink from 2026-2030. 181 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Barde-Haut (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Spearmint, espresso, black cherries, and blackberries, with a hint of wet-forest-floor aromatics, put on a nice display. The palate is equal to the task. The essence of crushed rocks and stones appears before you encounter layers of sweet, ripe, supple, vibrant red, with black fruits that linger, elegantly balanced between lift and refinement. The wine is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045. 413 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Barre Gentillot Vieilles Vignes (Graves de Vayres)
Chewy, cherry, herbal-toned wine with a chalky edge to the red fruits on the palate, and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 233 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Barreyres (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, soft, herb-tinted wine with a forward character so you can drink its simple, but pleasant red berry profile on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 208 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beau Secret (Haut-Médoc)
Forward, medium-bodied, black cherry-filled wine that will be ready to drink on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 178 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beau-Séjour Bécot (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Pure silk and velvet, with a freshness and energy coupled with its richness that make all the difference this year. With its seemingly endless layers of sweet, luscious plums, cherries, smoke, licorice, cocoa, flowers, spice, and crushed rocks, this is a beauty. The wine is full-bodied, with a gorgeous depth of flavor, seamless texture, vibrancy, and purity of fruit. The silky finish coats your mouth with flavor and the essence of its vineyard as it builds and expands. This is the first vintage produced in their new cellars. The wine is a blend of 77% Merlot and 23% Cabernet Franc, with a dollop of Cabernet Sauvignon as well. Drink from 2029-2060. 1,630 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beau-Site (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, tobacco, and almost bright red berries feature large in the nose, and on the vibrant, crisp, fresh, raspberry and red currant, medium-bodied palate. This will drink well just about on release and age for over a decade. There's a lot of character here without a big price tag. The wine blends 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 193 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beau-Site Haut-Vignoble (Saint-Estèphe)
Light, bright, fresh red fruits with notes of cedar, spearmint, and tobacco come through easily in this medium-bodied, crisp, red currant-filled, early drinking charmer. This will be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2035. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Your first introduction to the wine is its floral bouquet. From there, you discover layers of sweet cherries, smoke, spice, menthol, and a subtle background note of cocoa. The palate is even more impressive with its soft, silky, alluring display of salt-tinged red berries, spice, crushed rocks, stones, and mint, which adds freshness and vitality. The wine is hedonistic and contemplative, making it a pleasure to spend time with. It is effortless to drink, but don’t be fooled; this is also suited for decades of aging. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028- 2055. 371 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) Croix de Beauséjour (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
It is the blend of lift, fresh flowers, and creamy, ripe, red fruits that make and keep this interesting. Vibrant, clean, and pure, with fabulous energy and a touch of minerality in the endnote, ensures this is well worth checking out. Though not much is made, it is well worth seeking out. And the best part is that this should be delicious upon release. Drink from 2026-2034. 208 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bel-Air Eiffel Héritiers Gustave Eiffel (Graves de Vayres)
Light in color, and in fruit, this bright, crisp, red berry wine is simple, direct and should be consumed over the next few years. On a historical note, the vineyard was until recently owned by a descendant of Gustave Eiffel, who designed the Eiffel Tower. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2030. 173 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bel Air Gloria (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers and red fruits work well together in the nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, round, creamy, and easy to drink. Drink from 2026-2035. 188 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bel-Air (Sainte Croix du Mont)
Oranges, tangerines, and mangoes, all topped with honey on the nose, and a vibrant palate. Drink from 2026-2035. 179 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bel Orme Tronquoy de Lalande (Haut-Médoc)
Bright, crisp red fruits topped with assorted green herbs come through in the nose and on the medium-bodied, peppery palate. This will be at its best in its youth, and over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 235 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Belair-Monange (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The floral bouquet showcases an aromatic profile before revealing notes of licorice, tobacco leaves, marine influences, black cherries, and fragrant plums. On the palate, the wine delivers vitality with sweet, fresh, energetic red fruits complemented by a strong sense of minerality, and a refreshing hint of orange that develops on the backend of the finish. Grace and elegance are evident here, standing out in a crowd. Only the second vintage produced in their new, state-of-the-art cellars is made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2029-2055. 366 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bellefont-Belcier (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The display of flowers, cinnamon, cloves, and red berries pops with little effort. Elegant, soft, vivid, fresh, spicy, and refined on the palate, this will be fabulous with just a year or two in the bottle, and it will only get better with more age; in fact, consumers can look forward to 20-30 years of age. The wine is a blend of 72% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2050. 364 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bellevue (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, crushed rocks, flowers, espresso, and licorice fill the aromatic profile. The wine is lifted, vibrant, and elegant. The finish is long, bright, and loaded with ripe fruits, accompanied by a salty edge in the vibrant finish. The wine is produced from 100% old, vine Merlot. Drink from 2029-2045. 217 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Berliquet (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black cherries, raspberries, vanilla, and spice fill the perfume. Silky, refined, and polished, there is a nice sense of purity to the fruits on the palate, and in the energetic, elegant and refreshing finish. This is already providing pleasure, but the best is yet to come if you can wait a few years. This is the first vintage produced in the new cellar, which expanded from 9 tanks to 24 vats, allowing for parcel by parcel vinification. You can taste and feel the difference here. The wine blends 59% Merlot, with 41% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2048. 271 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bertrand Braneyre (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking wine focusing on its core of herb-edged, currants from start to finish. You can drink this on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 182 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Amiral de Beychevelle (Saint-Julien)
Minty, and herbal, with just enough red fruits to keep things interesting. The medium-bodied, fruity palate is already open and inviting, with a crisp vibrancy, paired with roundness to the peppery currants in the finish. This will be delicious on release and for over a decade after that. The wine is produced from 51% Merlot with 49% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2036. 204 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beychevelle (Saint-Julien)
Chocolate, flowers, red with black fruits, and espresso in the nose take a bit of effort before unfurling. The wine provides a reserved sense of creaminess, fresh, energetic red fruits, hints of minty freshness, and spice, adding complexity. Which is a good thing, as here you find length paired with a refreshing elegance from the mid-palate that carries through to the finish. The wine blends 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. This is the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon ever used in the blend! Drink from 2029-2060. 390 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Beynat Cuvée Leonard (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, fresh, light, and fruity, the wine leaves you with sweet plums, chocolate, and spearmint on the palate, which carries through to the backend. Drink from 2026-2032. 182 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Biston-Brillette (Moulis en Médoc)
Espresso, spice, dried flowers, and red berries form the core of this medium-bodied, vibrant, cherry and red currant-filled wine. This can be enjoyed over the next decade. Drink from 2026-2035. 173 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Blaignan (Médoc)
Herbaceous red fruits are what you find in the nose, and on the palate. Medium-bodied, forward, and early drinking, with a drying, herbal finish, this will be best in its youth. Drink from 2026--2032. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Blanche Hermine (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
One of the few St. Emilion wines produced from 100% Cabernet Franc pops off with mint, spearmint, cedar, tobacco leaf and dark strawberries. The palate is medium bodied, bright, crisp, and clean with a focus on its core of cherries and strawberries with their distinctive refreshing note of mint that is there all the way t the end note. You can drink this young. Drink from 2026-2037. 177 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Boutisse (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Fresh, fruity, juicy, and vivid, with a lot of character and charm in its core of sweet, clean red berries, and pit fruits. I really enjoy the balance between softness and polish in the fruits that display in the spicy finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release, or age it for additional complexity. Drink from 2026-2040. 203 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Branaire-Ducru (Saint-Julien)
Espresso, cherries, blackberries, herbs, mocha, and spice already show aromatically. On the palate, the wine serves up layers of soft, sweet, pure, and racy blackberries, plums, spice, and mocha in a forward, vibrant, fresh style, with a soft, refined, flavorful finish. This is a wine that is going to age quite well, yet it will be delicious to drink with just a few years of aging. The wine blends 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5.5% Cabernet Franc, and 3.5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2055. 936 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Brande-Bergere Cuvée O'Byrne (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Medium-bodied, soft, easy-going, early drinking wine with a crisp, bright, herb-tinted, red berry-filled accent in the finish. You can enjoy this on release. The wine is made from a blend of equal percentages of Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2030. 197 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Brondeau (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Medium-bodied, forward, early drinking, licorice, espresso, and red plum-oriented wine that will be at its best during its youth. Drink from 2026-2031. 177 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Brondelle (Graves)
Medium-bodied, with a strong herbaceous edge to the bright, red fruits, the wine leaves you with a vibrant, though, quite light finish. This is going to be at its best for near-term drinking. Drink from 2026-2030. 174 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cadet-Bon (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Black raspberries, flowers, vanilla, underbrush, espresso, cocoa and smoke fill the perfume. Supple, creamy, and fresh on the palate, the wine finishes with a nice blast of sweet cherries topped with chocolate and peppery spices. The wine blends 70% Merlot, with 30% Cabernet Franc. For the first time, 8% of the wine was whole bunch fermented. Drink from 2027-2040. 208 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Calon-Ségur (Saint-Estèphe)
Tobacco, underbrush, assorted spices, blackberries, wild herbs, and espresso form the enticing aromatic profile. Concentrated, long, dense, and intense, there is power, as well as lushness giving you a wine that is rich, balanced, well-defined, supple, creamy, and vibrant, with layers of fruit serving up a depth of flavor length and refinement. The refreshing waves of red with black fruits, sprig of mint, and touches of spice in the finish stay with you for close to 50 seconds in the up-beat finish. The wine blends 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2030-2060. 481 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Canon (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Rich, opulent, heady, and hedonistically-styled wine, the nose kicks off with its showy display of black cherries, black raspberries, violets, roses, lilacs, licorice, mint, tobacco, and an array of spices. The palate is geared for pleasure, with multiple layers of richly textured, flamboyant dark, mildly-smoked red fruits, paired with the essence of minerality and a touch of forest greenery. This is the perfect backdrop for the wine's layers of salt-tinged fruits that linger, build, and expand, allowing you to experience a wine with a beautiful sense of purity and no hard edges. The wine blends 71% Merlot with 29% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029- 2060. 1,376 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Canon-la-Gaffelière (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The Cabernet Franc, as well as the Cabernet Sauvignon, really stand out this year. The bouquet is all about its myriad of flowers, mint, cigar wrappers, spice, licorice, and sweet cherries. Intensely mineral-driven, so you get the essence of crushed rocks, and stones paired with waves of sweet, vibrant, pit fruits that taste as good as they feel. The wine blends 45% Cabernet Franc, 35% Merlot, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2055. 360 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cap de Mourlin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
I like the nose, with its floral accents and red fruits. The medium-bodied palate has nice fruit, but there is a distinctive green note in the mid-palate and finish that takes away from the berries. This easy to enjoy with just about on release. Drink from 2027-2037. 199 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cap Léon Veyrin (Listrac-Médoc)
Showing better in the bottle than it did in barrel, which is always a good sign, the wine kicks off with flowers, red currants, and cedar in the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, medium-bodied, bright, and crisp, with a cherry and red currant profile and a helpful dash of chocolate and spearmint on the backend. Drink from 2027-2036. 188 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cap Saint George (Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion)
Savory herbs, spearmint, cedar, and tobacco accompany the red fruits here. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, forward, and packed with strawberries, raspberries, and cherries, with a lifted, energetic, fresh finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 195 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Capbern (Saint-Estèphe)
Spearmint, tobacco leaf, chocolate, cedar, cherries, and currants pop from the aromatic profile. The palate takes it a step further with its richly-textured layers of sweet, ripe black fruits notes of sea-salt and mint in the finish. This is showing much better in the bottle than it did in barrel, which is always a good thing. The wine blends 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2040. 295 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Capdet (Listrac-Médoc)
Savory fruits with notes of underbrush and cedar in the nose. The palate is bright, vibrant, and decidedly crunchy with a lingering tart note with a hint of spearmint. Drink from 2026-2033. 183 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Capet-Guillier (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Bright and fresh cherries, strawberries, and red pit fruits with touches of smoke, herbs, and flowers pop on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp, and comes with nuances of marine-influenced red berries, olives, herbs, and cocoa in the finish. Allow it a year or two in the bottle, and it will be even better. The wine blends 70% Merlot, with 30% Cabernet Franc, with a portion of the grapes fermented with the stems attached. Drink from 2028-2038. 189 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Carcanieux (Médoc)
Tobacco, cedar, and red fruits define the core of this medium-bodied, early drinking, herbaceous wine. Drink from 2026-2032. 176 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Carignan Prima (Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux)
The black fruit with its light touch of forest greenery in the nose is quite nice. The medium-bodied palate is forward, with a dusty touch to its dark red berries and savory herbs. You can drink this on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Caroline (Moulis en Médoc)
Spearmint, herbs, and bright red fruits already show in the nose, and on the soft, fruity, medium-bodied palate. This will be quite easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Castera (Médoc)
Quite herbaceous in the nose, and on the bright, earthy, herb-laden, and oaky palate. This will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2031. 191 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Chantemerle (Médoc)
Currants, tobacco, and spearmint crowd into the nose. The medium-bodied palate is fresh, crisp and lively, with peppery red currants in the finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 187 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Breton Larigaudière (Margaux)
Quite herbaceous on the nose. Medium-bodied, savory, bright, with red fruits that are on the semi-tart side, cranberries, and strawberries, the finish is herbal with a drying endnote. Drink from 2027-2034. 191 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Chauvin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, raspberries, strawberries, licorice, and mint open the wine. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is soft, sweet, and refined, with a chalky edge on the backend, making it an energetic pleasure to taste on release, or you can wait a bit for more complexity. Drink from 2027-2038. 193 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Chemin Royal (Moulis en Médoc)
Soft, sweet, ripe, red fruits are already on display in the aromatics and on the palate. Light and fresh are the name of the game here. This cherry-filled charmer will be ready to be enjoyed on release, and over the following decade. Drink from 2026-2035. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cheval Blanc (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
A riveting vintage of Cheval Blanc, balancing its opulent character with firm tannins and energy. In 2023, it is the Cabernet Franc that shines, with its pungent aromatic profile, opening with a bouquet of flowers, spices, mint, Cuban cigars, black and red fruits, cocoa, and a hint of orange peel. This is a slow-developing tasting experience: It takes time to get going, holding back some of its personality. On the palate, you experience its full length, purity, vibrance, elegance, and refinement, along with its tannins and energy, as the wine builds in intensity, lingers, expands, and captures your attention for nearly 60 seconds. The château believes it is better than the 2022; I do not agree (Although they are close), though I understand their perspective. The wine blends 52% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. 2030-2065. 558 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Claud-Bellevue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, chocolate-covered cherries, plums, smoke, and licorice make an appearance in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is soft, supple, vibrant, sweet, and fruity, with loads of cherries and plums that linger. Drink from 2027-2035. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Clauzet (Saint-Estèphe)
A solid wine that starts off with tobacco, flowers, spice, espresso, and currants in the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, vibrant, and fruity, with lift and energy to the strawberries and currants in the spicy finish. Drink from 2027-2036. 198 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Clos de Sarpe (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Their blend of oceanic, salty aromas with their smoky edge is completely unique to their terroir. From there, you find concentrated, salty-edged, sweet, ripe pit fruits, spice, and peppery notes that fill your palate as they expand and linger before reaching the long, chalky finish. Give it time to come together. It is worth the wait as this could develop into something as special as it is unique. Drink from 2029-2055. 206 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Corbin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, herbs, licorice, espresso and red pit fruits show easily on the nose, and on the medium-bodied palate. You can enjoy this with ease on release, or age it for more complexity. Drink from 2026-2038. 245 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Corconnac (Haut-Médoc)
Light, bright, and herbal, the wine finishes with herbaceous, red fruits, and spice. This will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2033. 179 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cos d'Estournel (Saint-Estèphe)
Chocolate, mint, licorice, smoke, tobacco, black and blue blue fruits with hints of Asian spices shows in the aromatic profile with only a few swirls. But, as is often the case, with Cos, it is the palate that offers thrills with its creamy, plush, opulent textures. The fruits are lively, spicy and fresh, leaving you with layers of opulent, black, red and blue fruits with a spicy edge that lingers and expands long after the wine has left has the glass. The wine was made from blending 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. The wine is going to be approachable early in its life, yet it has the ability to age for decades. Drink from 2030-2060. 657 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cos d'Estournel Les Pagodes de Cos Blanc (Bordeaux)
Waxy lemons, flowers, honeysuckle, and Marzipan permeate the nose. The palate is vibrant, fresh, juicy, and fruity, with an appealing blend of yellow citrus and a hint of white peaches in the finish. The wine is made from 80% Sauvignon Blanc with 20% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2030. 216 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Cos Labory (Saint-Estèphe)
Chocolate, licorice, black cherries, and smoke aromas get you instantly focused on the wine. On the palate, the wine is fresh, vibrant, and chewy, with black raspberries, and chocolate in the lifted, minty-fresh, and chalky finish. The debut vintage produced by the team from Cos d'Estournel. The wine blends 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2040. 276 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Côte de Baleau (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherry blossoms and licorice fill the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is elegant, soft, fruity, and creamy, focusing on its refined, cherry finish, as it should. This will be quite a pleasure to enjoy on release, and over the next 10-12 years. The wine blends 95% Merlot, with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 229 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Côte Montpezat Cuvée Compostelle (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black cherries, and fresh floral aromas pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is loaded with blackberries, dark cherries, and a hint of cocoa. Soft in texture and with ample sweetness, this will be ready to go on release and should provide up to a decade of pleasure after that. Drink from 2026-2034. 198 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Croix de Labrie (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, smoke, licorice, and plums fill the perfume. There is ample richness on the full-bodied palate, silky tannins, and a finish packed with a chocolate-coated, plummy, chalky, and black cherry lingering note. You can enjoy this young, or age it for more complexity. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc. This is the first vintage with this much Cabernet in the blend. Drink from 2028-2048. 216 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Croix du Trale (Haut-Médoc)
Light, fresh, simple, but enjoyable, medium-bodied with ample red berries that display an herbal edge on the mid-palate, and in the finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 20262032. 188 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château d’Anglade Grande Réserve (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, fruity, and easy to like, as well as already easy to drink. You can enjoy this on release with ease. Drink from 2026-2031. 185 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château d’Argan (Médoc)
Flowers, tobacco, smoke, and cherries fill the nose, and the medium-bodied cherry, and currant, open palate, with a drying finish. This will drink quite nicely on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 181 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Dassault (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, mint, flowers, dark chocolate, and red fruit are already expressive in the aromatic profile. The palate is round, ripe, rich, and lush, with waves of sweet, ripe, deep fruits topped with chocolate and a blast of spicy, espresso that kicks in at the back of the finish. This is the first vintage with Thomas Duclos as the consultant at Chateau Dassault. The wine blends 73% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2040. 204 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Bensse (Médoc)
Tobacco, smoke, flowers, espresso, and blackberries fill the nose. Medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking, oak edged, with a minty finish. This will be ready-to-go on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 184 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Braude (Haut-Médoc)
Espresso, flowers, wet earth, and red fruits permeate the nose. The palate continues with an oaky presence through to the round, espresso, and chocolate topped finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 193 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Candale (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, chocolate, and spicy, red berries create the attention-seeking nose. Fresh, forward, fruity, and juicy, the wine is medium-bodied, with a lively touch across all the red fruits in the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc, which is the first time the estate has featured this much Cabernet in the blend. Drink from 2027-2037. 194 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Chantegrive Cuvée Caroline Blanc (Graves)
White peach, flowers, honeysuckle, and crisp green apples show easily in the nose. The palate is sweet, ripe, energetic, and fresh, with loads of sweet white peaches, and a vibrant, yet, creamy finish. Drink from 2025-2031. 250 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Come (Saint-Estèphe)
Tobacco, cigar box, and savory red fruits pop in the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, and fruity, finishing with a core of soft, bright, red fruits that is going to be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2035. 195 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Cruzeau (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, red fruit, and tobacco wrapper nuances crowd into the nose and palate. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, soft, juicy, and fresh with a sweet, crisp, red cherry filled finish. You can enjoy this on release and for close to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2034. 248 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Ferrand (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate, flowers, mint, truffle and red pit fruits form the complex aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is even better with its gorgeous display of silky, elegant fruit, soft, refined textures, and a beautiful purity to the chocolate-tinted berries on the mid-palate that carries through to the finish. he wine blends 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 224 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Fonbel (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, spice, mint, and cherry aromas pop in the aromatic profile. The palate is medium-bodied, with a vibrancy to its red fruits, and mint leaves, along with a mineral-driven edge to the finish. The wine blends 64% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Carmenere. Drink from 2027-2038. 218 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Haut Coulon (Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux)
Dried flowers, and plums open the wine in the nose before you get to the bright, crisp, red fruits on the palate. This will be at its best in its youth for all of its freshness. Drink from 2026-2031. 177 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de la Croix (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity, with a dash of licorice accompanying all the strawberries, hints of cocoa, and red currants in the finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 197 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de la Dauphine (Fronsac)
A blend of dark red fruits with black raspberries fill the perfume. The palate is even better with its display of sweet, ripe, cherries, and strawberries with salty cocoa notes that pop in at the end of the creamy-textured finish. La Dauphine is now one of the top wines from Fronsac, and they are making a nice white Bordeaux wine too! Drink from 2026-2037. 244 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Laussac (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Dried flowers and dried cherries define the character here in this medium-bodied, sweet, fresh, open wine. The fruity finish is accompanied by a savory touch on the backend. Drink from 2026-2032. 200 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Laussac Cuvee Sacha (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers and herbs leave their impression on the nose. The medium-bodied palate is round, soft, and fruity, with ample, ripe, cherries, and plums that are already quite easy to enjoy. Drink from 2026-2034. 199 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Lussac (Lussac Saint-Émilion)
Medicinal cherries, flowers, herbs, and licorice aromatics display their character readily in this medium-bodied, soft, forward, early-drinking charmer that finishes with a refreshing touch of spearmint along with its core of red berries and pit fruits. Drink from 2026-2032. 200 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Marsan (Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux)
A bit on the herbaceous side in the nose, and on the palate from start to the medium-bodied, savory, chewy finish. Drink from 2026-2031. 197 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Millery (Saint-Émilion)
Flowers, black cherries, blackberries, spice and minty freshness offer their essence in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is charming, soft, and polished with sweetness to the red pit fruits, and a refined, elegant finish that tastes and feels great. While already quite charming to enjoy, it promises to be even better with just a few years of age. This is a wine to look out for as it is owned and produced by the same team that owns and produces Chateau Figeac. Drink from 2027-2042. 221 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Panigon (Médoc)
Medium-bodied with a perfume that is on the floral side, the wine finished with a core of cherries along with a touch of mint in its light, but easy-to-enjoy finish. Drink from 2026-2031. Drink from 2026-2031. 208 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Pez (Saint-Estèphe)
Currants, espresso, tobacco, and forest floor aromas fill the aromatic profile. Fresh, round, and sweet, with a fleshy texture, and a long, minty, fruit-packed finish that lingers. The refreshing touch of mint enhances the finish. The wine is a blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 257 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Pressac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, black cherries, flowers, cherries, and black raspberries fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, and clean, with layers of juicy, plums, cherries and spice in the energetic, salt-tinted, finish. Drink from 2027-2043. 262 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Rayne-Vigneau Grand Vin Blanc Sec (Bordeaux)
White peaches are at the core of this wine, along with honeysuckle and orange rind in the nose, and on the fresh, yet creamy, fruity palate. Drink it young for its sweet, ripe fruits. Drink from 2026-2032. 190 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Rochemorin (Pessac-Léognan)
Quite bright in the nose with its blend of fresh red berries, and tobacco leaves. The medium-bodied palate is equally fresh, with a cigar wrapper, and savory edge to the red fruits in the mid-palate, and in the crisp, high-toned finish. Drink from 2027-2040. 215 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Rouillac (Pessac-Léognan)
Smoke, cherries, and tobacco with notes of cocoa form the core of this forward, soft, medium-bodied, easy-to-drink, and easy-to-like wine. This is going to best at its best in its youth. So enjoy it over the next 7-8 years or so. Drink from 2026-2034. 197 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Saint-Pey (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied with the essence of chocolate, licorice, and smoke before you delve into all of the round, soft, sweet, ripe cherries at its core and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 202 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château de Sours Quarry de Sours (Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, fruity, juicy, sweet, and vibrant, with just the right touch of cocoa in the finish. This is going to be simply a joy to taste on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 217 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Destieux (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, licorice, black cherries, espresso, mint, and chocolate form the nose, as well as shape the round, creamy, fruit-filled palate. You can enjoy this at just a year or two of age, and it should evolve for 12-15 years after that with ease. Drink from 2027-2040. 202 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Dillon (Haut-Médoc)
Espresso, herbs, mint, and crisp, chewy, red berries are what you find here from start to finish. Light on the palate, this should be ready for near-term enjoyment on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 194 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Domeyne (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, currants, tobacco, and a hint of smoke provide the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, bright, and fresh, with a fruity, bright, mildly spicy, red berry finish. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure. Drink from 2026-2036. 214 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Donissan (Listrac-Médoc)
Light, bright, crisp, red berries in a simple, direct, early drinking style with a savory, herbal edge to the berries on the palate and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2031. 201 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Doyac (Haut-Médoc)
Espresso, tobacco, cedar, and red red fruits form the aromatics and palate here. The medium-bodied, round wine shows a lot of oak along with its red fruits in the finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 204 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Cartillon (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, cedar, cocoa, and sweet cherries fill the perfume. On the palate, it's even better, loads of ripe dark, chewy cherries, and a touch of dark chocolate that lingers at the end of the finish. Drink from 2027-2036. 204 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Courlat Cuvée Jean Baptiste (Lussac Saint-Émilion)
Quite floral in the nose, you also find notes of plums, licorice, and coca. Round, sweet, and creamy, this is already quite fun to drink, and it's only going to get better with another year or two in the bottle. The Cuvee is always produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2036. 205 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Du Gazin (Canon-Fronsac)
Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine is quite floral, with additional notes of cherries, cocoa, and black raspberries. Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and fruity, this is perfect for near-term drinking. Drink from 2026-2031. 223 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Moulin-Rouge (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, crisp, fresh, red berries lead the way in the perfume. and on the medium-bodied palate with soft, vibrant, albeit short finish. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2028-2033. 208 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Retout (Haut-Médoc)
Juicy, round red fruits, with cedar, and herbs pop in the nose, and on the palate. The wine is fresh, lively, and ready to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 264 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Taillan (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, mint, and red berries pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is pleasant, with a round, cherry-oriented finish. This is a nice, easy-going, early-drinking wine that will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2032. 215 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Tertre Les Hauts du Tertre (Margaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, savory-edged red fruits are on display in the nose, and on the palate. This will be easy to drink and enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 222 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou (Saint-Julien)
Flowers, mint, cocoa, espresso, black cherries, blackberries, plum sauce, and Asian spices create the aromatic perfume. On the palate, the texture is elegant. There is a supple, creamy character to the fruit that is hard to find in 2023. The berries are ripe, clean, and pure, with a racy freshness, which is the key to the vintage. The long, classic, exquisite finish feels refined as it crosses your palate and lingers. The finish holds your attention for close to 50 seconds. Ducru Beaucaillou continues its unstoppable roll of fabulous vintages. Produced from blending 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 15% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2065. 687 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Dutruch Grand Poujeaux (Moulis en Médoc)
Flowers, herbs, tobacco, and blackberries show up easily on the nose. The wine is juicy, fresh, sweet, and already easy to drink with its cherries and currant profile. Drink from 2026-2034. 221 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Faizeau Sélection Vieilles Vignes (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Chocolate mint aromas are what initially attract you to the wine. From there, the wine is sweet, supple, and creamy, with chocolate-covered black cherries, licorice, and dark red fruits with a touch of sea salt in the finish. Give it just a year or two in the bottle and enjoy for more than a decade after that. Drink from 2027-2037. 217 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Calice de Faugères (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Spicy, red fruits, espresso and black raspberries create the perfume. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is forward, soft, and elegant, making it as easy to like as it is easy to drink. This is perfect for near-term, delicious enjoyment. Drink from 2026-2032. 217 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Faugères (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
I really like the wine's floral nature. It works perfectly with its layers of plush, polished, rich, ripe, sweet, and most importantly, long, creamy, fruit-filled finish with just a touch of savory, peppery herbs on the backend. This will be a beauty to enjoy upon release, or, if you prefer, age it a few years for greater complexity. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2045. 255 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Ferrand (Pomerol)
On the lighter side, with a focus on its core of bright, fresh strawberries, cherries, and raspberries. Not overly complex, but I like the soft-textures, and elegant feel to the fruits. Drink from 2027-2035. 235 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Figeac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Distinctively floral in the nose, with additional nuances of cigar wrappers, mint, forest floor, and spicy red, with black fruits. The palate is even more joyous. Medium-bodied, elegant, electric, sweet, fresh, and just a touch of spiciness to waves of pure, red with black fruits that exude a gorgeous sense of purity. There are no hard edges. This is the quintessential definition of elegance. For history buffs, this is the 130th vintage under the ownership of the Manoncourt family. Drink from 2029-2060. 967 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Finegrave (Saint-Julien)
Medium-bodied, forward, chewy, crisp, bright, and ready to go, while the wine is not overly complex, but it is already quite nice, and easy in your glass. and crisp. Drink from 2026-2031. 220 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Fleur Haut Gaussens (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Sweet cherries, plums, and a hint of cocoa are in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, fresh, but light palate. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2029. 220 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Négrier H. & Fils Domaine Fleuron de Liot (Saint-Estèphe)
Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, vibrant, and fruity with loads of sweet, ripe, red, and black fruits, in an inviting, energetic style, with a fun, spicy accent to the tangy fruits in the finish. Drink from 2027-2036. 232 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Fonplégade (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, flowers, espresso, orange blossoms, cherries, and black raspberries fill the perfume. The medium-bodied palate balances perfectly between its silky freshness and all of its ripe, round, refined, vibrant fruits. The lingering endnote of salty chocolate and refreshing mint seals the deal. The wine blends 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2045. 273 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Fonroque (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Showing better in the bottle than it did from the barrel, the wine pops with notes of espresso, licorice, black cherries, cocoa and plums in its aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, round, soft, forward and vibrant, the chocolatey, cherry filled palate with its touch of sea-salt on the backend seals the deal. Drink from 2027-2038. 239 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Fontenil Le Defi de Fontenil (Vin de France)
Black plums, flowers, chocolate, spice, and lack raspberries work together in the perfume. The palate is even better with its round, supple-textured, layers of creamy fruits that deliver freshness, spice, and lift, with a complicated note of sea-salt in the finish. Drink it with a bit of age and enjoy it over the next 12-15 years. Drink from 2027-2038. 197 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Franc Lartigue (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherries, and licorice form the nose. The medium-bodied palate is soft, round, and fruity with and an oaky-edge to the palate, delivering chocolate and raspberries and plums with a bit of truffle and chalk in the finish. Drink from 2027-2038. 226 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Franc-Mayne (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate, smoke, licorice, flowers, black cherries, and spice blend together perfectly in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, round, and plush, with some oak that needs to better integrate before you can find, and enjoy all of the ripe, sweet, polished, juicy fruits. The wine was made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2042. 266 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Gemeillan (Médoc)
Licorices, herbs, mint, and assorted leafy aromas with spicy red fruits are what you find here from start to finish. The medium-bodied wine is round-texturally, with a strong herbal and a hint oak note in the finish. This is going to be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 230 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château George 7 (Fronsac)
On the red fruit side of the style range, with a lean to fresh strawberries, mint, cocoa in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, fresh, crisp, soft-textured, chalky, mildly herbal palate. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure. Drink from 2026-2032. 222 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château German Marbuzet (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, mint, currants, and cigar box notes pop in the aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, soft, vibrant, and fruity, the wine finishes with sweet fruits, with just a hint of bitter chocolate that comes in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2027-2038. 219 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Gloria (Saint-Julien)
Flowers and cherries define the nose, and bring you to its vibrant, medium-bodied, red berry, and spice-driven, elegant, and bright finish. Forward in style, the wine will be ready for enjoyment just about on release. The wine is produced from 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2043. 471 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Goudichaud (Graves de Vayres)
Mint, herbs, and red fruits combine on the palate and in the aromatics to produce a simple, pleasant wine for near-term drinking. You can enjoy this with ease. Drink from 2026-2031. 232 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, light, bright, fresh, and focused on the red berry side of the style range. This will at its best in its energetic youth. This will be just fine to enjoy on release. Drink from 2027-2031. 233 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grand Corbin-Despagne (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
From the get-go, the perfume offers its aromatic profile featuring its showy display of Allspice, flowers, licorice, and black raspberries with little effort. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, elegant, and fruity, leaving you with sweet, ripe, refined black raspberries, cherries, and plums that carry all the way through to its creamy, supple-textured finish. The wine is produced from blending 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2048. 321 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Tour Grand Faurie (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, lighter, fresher. styled, fruity wine for early consumption that is going to taste great on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 247 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grand Jean (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Medium-bodied, early-drinking charmer with notes of cherries, currants, and flowers. You can enjoy this lighter-styled wine on the young side. Drink from 2026-2031. 226 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grand Jean La Grande Île (Entre-Deux-Mers)
An interesting blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot offers flowers, greenery, and unclean earth. The wine is dark on the palate, with a drying finish. Drink from 2027-2032. 225 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grand Mayne (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Elegant, finesse-driven wine packed with espresso, smoke, flowers, cherries, plums, chocolate, and licorice. Medium-bodied, refined , soft, and supple, this is already quite charming and is only going to get better from here with a few years in the bottle. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045. 264 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grand Ormeau (Lalande de Pomerol)
Licorice, smoke, dark red cherries and orange rind get you focused on the aromatics. The medium-bodied palate is already delivering its core of sweet, ripe, creamy-red pit fruits on the palate with a finish that is more on the bright, fresh side with its raspberry and strawberry endnotes. Drink from 2026-2036. 255 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grange-Neuve (Pomerol)
Opening with cocoa, cherries, and espresso notes in the nose, the wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh, and focused on the red berry side of the style range. This is going to be good to go on release. It will drink best in its fruity-forward youth. Drink from 2027-2032. 251 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Grange-Neuve la fleur des ormes (Pomerol)
Plums, flowers, and cocoa-dusted plums kick off the wine. The palate is medium-bodied, and vibrant, delivering its plummy fruit, and a touch of cocoa with ease. Drink from 2027-2033 255 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Graves de Pez (Saint-Estèphe)
Mint, tobacco, spice, and black cherries fill the perfume. The palate is spicy, fresh, soft, round, and easy to drink, with its round-edged texture, spicy blackberries, and mint in the finish. This is going to be good-to-go on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 239 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Guadet (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Herbs, forest floor, red berries, and floral notes open the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and crisp, finishing with cherries and strawberries with a peppery edge. Drink from 2027-2038. 246 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Guitignan (Moulis en Médoc)
Mint, cocoa, and red fruits form the core here. Medium-bodied, sweet, round, and already expressive, if you are seeking a serious value play in Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a great choice! Drink from 2026-2035. 228 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haura (Graves)
Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, soft-textured wine with a nice floral note and ample, ripe, fresh red berries that will be at its best in youth. You can open this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2027-2032. 225 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Barrail (Médoc)
Early-drinking charmer with ample round, soft, and vibrant red fruits to allow this accessible charmer to offer pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 226 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Bertinerie (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, soft, and supple on the medium-bodied palate, the wine delivers its cherry, plum, and chocolate palate with ease. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 253 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Beyzac (Haut-Médoc)
Simple, easy-going, cherry-filled, medium-bodied, wine that will be easy to drink on release. 2026-2033. 257 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Coteau (Saint-Estèphe)
Medium-bodied, fruity, and forward, with a light, vibrant strawberry and red currant profile, leaving you with spice and mint accented, crisp, herb-tinted red fruits in the finish. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 268 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut de La Bécade (Pauillac)
Tobacco, cedar, and black currants create the core of the character in this medium-bodied, forward, light, bright, crisp, and crunchy wine, with a strong minty edge in the chalky finish. Drink from 2027-2039. 286 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Gros-Caillou (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Cherries, flowers, and cocoa scents are found in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, round, polished, forward, fresh, and vibrant, with a sweet, already easy-to-like cherry finish. You can enjoy this with please on release. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2033. 269 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Marbuzet (Saint-Estèphe)
Cocoa, espresso, licorice, and smoke add to the wines layers of round, lushly textured, black with red fruits. Supple, fresh, and juicy, there is good length, energy, and a long, creamy finish. You can drink this on the young side, or age it for more complexity. Drink from 2028-2045. 330 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Rocher (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, cherries, and a sprig of mint come together in the perfume. Medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, and soft, there is an easy-going sweetness with good energy and plenty of soft, ripe red fruits to keep everything interesting. on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 65% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Malbec, Drink from 2026-2037. 275 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Selve (Graves)
Cherries and tobacco get the wine going. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is minty, with bright, crisp, red berries, with an herbal edge. You can enjoy this on release and over the next 5-7 years. Drink from 2027-2032. 279 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Veyrac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Not overly concentrated or complex, it is an already delicious wine that is not shy about delivering a medium-bodied display of sweet, ripe, soft, elegant cherries, strawberries, and juicy plums. This shows better in the bottle than in the barrel, which is always a good thing. Made from a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2037. 284 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Bacalan (Pessac-Léognan)
Chocolate, espresso, cocoa and red fruits pop in the perfume. The palate is soft, round, approachable, and most importantly fruit, so you find loads of sweet, red fruits, espresso and chocolate on the mid-palate, which carry through to the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 277 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Bana (Médoc)
The floral notes in the nose are the best part wine. From there, you find a forward, medium-bodied, chewy, tart wine with a crisp edge on the palate and in the chalky finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 270 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Beauséjour (Saint-Estèphe)
Tobacco, cedar, spice, espresso, and currants pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is forward, medium-bodied, soft, round, and fruity, with a minty chalky endnote. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release, and for at least a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2036. 283 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Bernat (Puisseguin Saint-Émilion)
Dried flowers, and dusty red berries open the nose. The medium-bodied, bright, crisp palate delivers bite of red fruits with an herbal, savory edge. Drink from 2026-2032. 270 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Brisson (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Light, bright, fresh, almost high-toned, easy-drinking, soft-textured, medium-bodied wine with a fruity but straightforward finish, making this perfect for near-term, enjoyable drinking pleasure. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 322 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut Lagrange (Pessac-Léognan)
Earthy, leafy, and herbal in the nose, the medium-bodied, bright, crisp palate is displays some red fruits as well as herbs, and spearmint. This will be best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2035. 294 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Maurac (Médoc)
Cedar, incense, flowers, and red fruits work together to form the nose. The palate is sweet, juicy, and fresh with plenty of fruit from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 281 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Sarpe (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Mint, spearmint, cedar, and oak show up before delving into the soft, lush, round layers of polished cherries, plums, spice, and espresso. The energetic theme, with its addition of minerality and spice, adds a lot to the wine. Drink from 2027-2039. 307 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Simard (Saint-Émilion)
Showing much better in the bottle, than in the barrel, which is always a great sign, aromatically the wine pops with flowers, mint, oceanic scents, licorice, and an assortment of cherries. Medium-bodied, with a vibrancy, and strong mineral accent, the wine finishes with minty freshness and red pit fruits. The wine blends 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Franc. This is quite nice to drink today, and it can age for over a decade as well. This is clearly the best vintage of Haut Simard I've ever tasted! Drink from 2026-2040. 289 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Haut-Surget (Lalande de Pomerol)
Touches of cedar, and tobacco add to the cocoa, licorice, and cherries in the nose, and on the palate. The finish is soft, fresh, and polished, forward, and fruity, finishing with strawberries, red plums, espresso, and a hint of cocoa on the backend. Drink from 2026-2036. 280 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Hennebelle (Haut-Médoc)
Lighter styled wine with a profile of currants, herbs, cedar, and mint that can be enjoyed on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 291 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Jean-Faure (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, spice, cedar, cherries, and marine influences create the perfume. The palate is fresh, vibrant, and lively, with an earthy, mineral-driven character that should age quite well. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and it will be even better. The wine blends 65% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, and 6% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2043. 575 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château L'Argenteyre (Médoc)
Tobacco, herbs, cedar, mint, and bright red berries create the character here. Medium-bodied, fresh, and bright, with a load of crisp currants and raspberries in the finish, this will be at its best when tasted over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2032. 278 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château L' Ecrin de Couleys (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, round, smoky wine with blackberries, espresso, cocoa and dark red fruits from start to finish. The wine is on the oaky side, perhaps it could improve with a year or two of bottle age. Drink from 2026-2034. 277 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château L'Eperon (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Medium-bodied, lighter styled Bordeaux with a vibrant, cherry profile that should be consumed over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2029. 280 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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L'Éclat du Château l'Eperon (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Earthy, herb-tinted red berries form the core of this soft, medium-bodied, lighter styled wine that is going to be ready to go on release. Drink from 2026-2030. 283 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château L'Eperon Le Merlot (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Produced from 100% Merlot, the wine is on the herbaceous side with roundness to its cherries. This should be consumed over the next few years.. Drink from 2026-2030. 281 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château L’Indécise Rouge Sainte Foy (Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, light, bright, simple, red berry-filled wine with a drying, savory finish. This will be at its best in its youth. The interesting Right Bank blend is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2032. 315 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Bessane (Margaux)
Black fruits, lead pencil, and herbs form the core of this medium-bodied, bright, crisp, fresh, savory, chewy wine. The finish is a bit dry, so give it a year or two to develop and it should soften a bit. Drink from 2027-2035. 321 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Brande (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Cocoa, flowers, plums, and cocoa define the character of this brisk, fresh, medium-bodied open wine, with a minty-edge that will be perfect to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 317 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Bridane (Saint-Julien)
Earthy, herbal, and loaded with sagebrush and cedar, it is hard to find the fruit. Medium-bodied, bright, crisp, green and peppery, the finish dries out quickly. Drink from 2026-2030. 318 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Clotte (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoky, with accents of espresso, flowers, licorice, cherries, and plums fill the aromatic profile. The palate is even better with its layers of soft, sweet, ripe, plums, cherries, chocolate, vanilla and just right amount of sea-salt that pops in at the end of the finish. You can enjoy this with just a year or two of aging. The wine blends 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 351 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Commanderie (Pomerol)
Flowers, cocoa and cherries pop in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is Light, fresh, and vibrant with a slight touch of greenery in the high-pitched finish. Drink from 2027-2032. 324 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Commanderie (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Spearmint, flowers, and smoky red fruits in the nose mesh perfectly with the medium-bodied, forward, creamy, chocolate-coated, black cherry, licorice, and mint, finish. Drink from 2027-2037. 329 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Confession (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black raspberries, cherries, licorice, and plums shoot from the glass. Medium-bodied, soft, creamy, silky and fresh, the vibrant finish serves all the sweet berries you could ask for. The wine blends 70% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2045. 346 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Croix de Pez (Saint-Estèphe)
Light, bright, crisp, medium-bodied, vibrant, red berry wine with a short, light, tart-edged finish. This will be best consumed over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 315 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Croix Lartigue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Licorice, flowers, incense, and red fruits define the character here. The wine palate is soft, round, and filled with cherries and dark chocolate. The wine will be easy to enjoy release, and for over a decade after that. Drink from 2027-2037. 324 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Dominique (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Sweet cherries and flowers in the perfume let you know everything you need to know that is going to be a nice wine. Elegant is the keyword here. The wine is medium-bodied, soft, refined, silky and fresh with a good sense of purity to the sweet red fruits on the palate and in the finish. Just a year or two in the bottle will add a lot to the experience. The wine blends 88% Merlot, with 12% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2045. 349 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Relais de La Dominique (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Bright, juicy, fresh, vibrant red berries with accents of mint, and espresso are already available here. This is quite nice for early drinking pleasure that you can enjoy while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2027-2031. 327 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Fleur Morange (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, espresso, smoke, black raspberries, and licorice create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is polished and fresh, with lift to the layers of sweet, red fruits. The wine blends 70% Merlot, (Some of which are 100% years of age) with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2040. 379 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château la Fleur Pourret (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The blend of flowers and cherries is perfect for the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is one of the fresh, elegant, medium-bodied side of the style range with its focus clearly set to the purity and refinement on the palate, and in the finish. The wine comes from the Family Manoncourt, which owns Chateau Figeac, and is made by the same team that produces Figeac. Drink from 2026-2032. 373 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château la Fon du Berger (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, blackberries, cedar, and wet earth aromas fill the perfume. The palate is soft, forward, medium-bodied, and already pleasant to imbibe with a nice touch of salt to the red fruits in the finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 362 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La France Delhomme (Médoc)
One of the few Left Bank wines produced from 100% Merlot, the wine is round, supple, and inviting with its juicy, forward, fruity style. This is already a nice, fun wine to drink and it sells for a song. Value seekers should check it out! Drink from 2026-2033. 360 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Gaffelière (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Even better from the bottle than it showed in its barrel tastings, the aromatic profile pops with its floral bouquet of flowers, plums, cherries, cocoa, and licorice. On the palate, the wine is silky, soft, polished, and refined. There is elegance and purity here, with a strong dose of minerality that is apparent in the salted-chocolatey, finish along with its lingering cherries, and plums on the backend. Drink from 2027-2050. 822 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Gorce (Médoc)
Strawberries and herbs blend together to form the core of this medium-bodied, red berry-oriented wine. You can enjoy this on release and for close to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2033. 371 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Grâce Dieu Les Menuts (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate, plums, espresso, and a touch of licorice kick off the wine. The palate is round, soft, and polished, with more of those cocoa and espresso notes, making this quite easy to enjoy on release, though it does show a strong oak component. Drink from 2026-2035. 359 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château la Grâce Fonrazade (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, round, supple, easy-going, with ample ripe, sweet, fruits, but there is some oak remaining that needs to be better integrated for the wine to show even better, You can enjoy this on release, but a bit of patience giving it a year or two in the bottle will help. Drink from 2023-2035. 367 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Haye (Saint-Estèphe)
Mint, underbrush, tobacco, and blackberries form the core of this wine. Medium-bodied, forward, and accessible, with more of those blackberries, mint, and chalk in the chewy, vibrant finish. Drink from 2027-2037. 373 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Marzelle (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, licorice, chocolate, and dark cherries fill the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, soft, and fruity, with a nice touch of sea-salt on the backend of the finish that adds a lot to the experience. La Marzelle is a hot property that keeps getting better and still sells for a fair price. Drink from 2027-2039. 389 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château la Ribaud (Médoc)
Tobacco, cedar, flowers and cherries are front and center here on the nose, and on the soft, round, fruity palate. This is a really nice example of a value priced Medoc wine. Drink from 2026-2033. 374 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Roque de By (Médoc)
Tobacco, dried cherries, licorice, espresso, and flowers define the perfume. While the medium-bodied palate is defined by its open, round, fruity character. Drink from 2026-2034. 355 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Rose Brana (Saint-Estèphe)
Tobacco, flowers, espresso, cocoa, and red pit fruits form the core of this wine. Medium-bodied and chewy on the palate, give it a year or two to often and fill out. Drink from 2027-2037. 357 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Rose Perrière (Lussac Saint-Émilion)
Forward, fruity, and already easy to drink. The wine is medium-bodied with the essence of cherries and plums, and just a touch of cocoa that adds roundness to the finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 358 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Serre (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, mint leaf, orange rind, licorice, and herbs produce an enticing aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, fresh, sweet, and fruity, with espresso, cherries, orange rind, and a refreshing touch of mint in the finish. You can enjoy this with ease on release, as well as age it for more complexity. Drink from 2026-2040. 377 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Tour de Bessan (Margaux)
Herbal with earthy red fruits create the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, with an olive and chewy, with a drying dark berry finish. Drink from 2027-2035. 355 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Tour Figeac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, smoke, cherries, plums, and a refreshing touch of mint are displayed in the perfume. Soft, silky, lush, sweet, and polished, this is ready for release and should remain viable for at least 12-15 more years. The wine blends 65% Merlot, with 35% Cabernet Franc. The wine shows much more character and depth than it did in barrel, which is always a good thing. Drink from 2027-2042. 434 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château la Valière (Médoc)
espresso, smoke, licorice, and cherries create the nose. Round and creamy with softness to its plums and cherries, this is perfect for early, charming, drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2033. 357 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Voute (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate, blackberries, licorice, and flowers form the perfume. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy, and loaded with chocolate-covered cherries, licorice, and a touch of salt in the finish that was made in a forward style that will provide pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2040. 367 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Ladignac (Médoc)
Spearmint, tobacco, spice, and blackberry notes open the wine. Forward, fresh, and chewy, the red fruits have a peppery edge in the medium-bodied finish, drying, tart finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 356 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laffitte-Carcasset (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, licorice, chocolate and black cherries fill the perfume. The palate is equal to the task with its display of round, soft-textured, black with red fruits. While already charming, this will be even better with a few more years in the bottle. Drink from 2027-2037. 381 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laffitte-Carcasset Chardonnay (Vin de France)
Lemons, orange rind, and green apples, with grapefruit fill the nose, and palate. Drink this on the young side over the next year or two. Drink from 2026-2028. 287 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lafite Monteil (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Light, soft, short, and sweet, with a strong herbal note accompanying the bright red fruits on the palate and in the finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 386 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lafon La Tuilerie (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Dark chocolate, black licorice, smoke, espresso, and assorted spices full the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh, juicy, and forward, finishing with cocoa, black raspberries, and sweet, red plums. Produced from 100% Merlot, this will drink well young and age for at least a decade or more. Drink from 2026-2038. 386 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lafon-Rochet (Saint-Estèphe)
The combination of blackberries, flowers, spice, and tobacco is the perfect entree to the wine. The palate is medium-bodied, vibrant, fresh, and gentle, with softness and polish to the mid-palate and a peppery finish. The wine was made from blending 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2045. 448 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laforge (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Initially you find espresso notes before moving on to the chocolate, licorice, black cherries, and raspberries. On the palate, the wine is lush, plush, and polished, with layers of sweet, juicy red pit fruits that develop in the glass. Give it a year, or two for the wine to better integrate with the oak, and should be even tastier. The wine blends 92% Merlot with 8% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2039. 384 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lagrange (St. Julien) (Saint-Julien)
Tobacco, herbs, cedar, currants, blackberries, and a hint of spearmint fill the perfume. Not a showy vintage, more classic in style, with effort, the wine offers its cherry, and currant character. Refined and reserved, a few years of bottle age is warranted. The wine blends 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2029-2055. 561 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lalaudey (Moulis en Médoc)
Medium-bodied, almost light, the wine offers touches of cocoa-dusted red fruits with a short, dusty finish. Drink from 2026-2030. 371 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lamothe Bergeron (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, forward, soft, and fresh, the wine is packed with sweet, ripe, juicy, red and black fruits. This is already showing quite well and will improve with a year, or two in the bottle. Drink from 2026-2035. 383 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lamothe Vincent Heritage (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Licorice and sweet, almost jammy, black fruits crowd into the nose. The palate is not up to the level of the perfume, with its medium-bodied, drying, savory-edged finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 380 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lamothe Vincent (Bordeaux)
From an interesting blend for a Bordeaux Superieur, 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Merlot, the wine is deeply colored. Once past the oak in the perfume, you find a fresh, sweet, fruity, soft, and creamy wine with loads of ripe, plums, and cherries and a touch of chocolate in the finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 405 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Landat (Haut-Médoc)
With a strong herbal edge to the bright, savory red fruits, the medium-bodied wine finishes with tart cranberries and underbrush tones in the endnotes. Drink from 2026-2032. 373 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Langoa Barton (Saint-Julien)
Already offering tertiary notes of tobacco, smoke, cedar, herbs, blackberries and flowers in the nose, on the palate, the wine is dark, chewy, uplifted, concentrated, and I really like the refreshing touch of minty, freshness in the classically-styled finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 869 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laniote (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, espresso and cherries form the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp, soft, forward, and vibrant with a strawberry, raspberry and oaky note in the finish. Drink from 2027-2035. 382 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Larcis Ducasse (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Another 2023 that is showing much better in the bottle than it did in the barrel. The wine has gained weight and complexity, which is always a positive sign. The floral display in the nose kicks things off in the right way before you get to the marine-influences, and nuances of perfectly red with black pit fruits. Full-bodied, plush, round, concentrated, deep, mineral-driven, vibrant, and packed with fresh, lifted fruits, the finish is crisp, ripe, long, and vibrant. The wine is a blend of 86% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 542 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Larcis Ducasse Murmure de Larcis Ducasse (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
With just a hint of espresso coinciding with flowers and blackberries that form the character here in this medium-bodied, ready to go, soft, fruity wine. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure while waiting for its big sister to develop. Drink from 2026-2032. 379 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Larmande (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, high-toned, red fruits, spice, mint, and a touch of chocolate permeate the nose. The palate is round, creamy, fruity, and plush, with a stream of sweet, juicy, ripe, black raspberries, plums, and chocolate that steal the show. Drink from 2027-2040. 401 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laronde Desormes (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Cherries, licorice, and a touch of smoke round out the perfume. The palate is soft and creamy, with just a hint of cocoa that adds to plums in the finish. This will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2031. 368 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laroque (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, crushed rocks, chocolate, smoke, orange rind, and spice create the complex set of aromatics. The palate is equally complex with its layers of lush, polished, sweet, pure, red fruits with their edge of sea-salt. Concentrated, vibrant, and elegant, there is depth and a slightly racy character providing length and complexity on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine was made with 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2042. 1,990 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laroque Les Tours de Laroque (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Sweet cherries, and flowers blend together in the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, elegant, and fresh, there is ample refined, red fruits to carry the finish all the way through. Enjoy it over the next 7-8 years while waiting for its big brother to develop. Drink from 2026-2033. 417 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laroze (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Mint, chocolate, espresso, smoke, and plum aromatics show effortlessly. Medium-bodied, with a fresh, sweet, vibrant core of red pit fruits that are on display in the soft, creamy finish. You can enjoy this with just a year or so of aging, and it will only get better after that. Drink from 2027-2039. 373 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Larruau (Margaux)
Medium-bodied, high-toned, raspberry, strawberries, and crisp red currants form the core of this savory-edged wine. Drink from 2026-2034. 383 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laurence (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Chocolate, plums, flowers, and smoke in the nose let you know what this wine is all about. Round, supple, and creamy, this will deliver its charms on release and for at least a decade after that. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2034. 387 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Laurence Petite Laurence Blanc (Bordeaux)
Fruity, forward, and fun, this medium-bodied, ready-to-drink wine delivers is a blend of flowers, plums, black cherries with ease. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2030. 360 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Bonnat (Graves)
Sweet, bright red fruits, with tobacco and earth, start the wine off. Medium-bodied, forward, fresh, fruity, and soft, the finish is all about its raspberries and cherries. This will be ready to go on release. Drink from 2027-2033. 373 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Boscq (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, espresso and blackberries come to the surface in the perfume with ease. The palate is fruity, bright, crisp, and aromatic, with touches of mint, and tobacco in the brisk and energetic, finish. Drink from 2027-2040. 400 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Bourdieu (Médoc)
Flowers, tobacco, and red berries with a hint of green herbs on the nose and in the forward, medium-bodied, simple, direct, early-drinking palate. Drink from 2064-2032. 373 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Crock (Saint-Estèphe)
Cocoa, cedar, leafy herbs, mint, currants, and black cherries create the enticing aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, lifted, energetic, and fresh, the red fruits are sweet and lively from start to finish, which is where you discover the refreshing minty edge. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 410 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Dôme (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, citrus rind, licorice, sandalwood, smoke, black plums, and black cherries create the perfume. The vibrant, lifted palate offers its layers of salty black cherries, plums, and chocolate with ease. The backend is crisp and vivacious with a polished, racy backend. This is going to be even better with a few years of aging. The wine blends 80% Cabernet Franc with 20% Merlot. Drink from 2029-2052. 412 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château le Monteil d'Arsac (Haut-Médoc)
Forward, medium-bodied, chewy, round, and with a blast of blackberries in the mid-palate, finishing with mint, and a drying endnote. Pleasant, but not very distinctive. Drink from 2026-2032. 388 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Prieuré (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The flowers and black raspberries in the nose easily grab your focus. On the palate, the wine is silky, vibrant, and fresh, with lift, energy, and waves of creamy raspberries, cherries, and spice to top things off. The wine is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045. 390 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Rey Les Rocheuses Parcelles 5 & 6 (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Orange rind, dried flowers, coffee bean, licorice, and red fruits are all over the place here in the nose and on the soft, fresh, elegant, vibrant palate, that delivers a refreshing sprig of mint and a salty edge to the fruits on the backend. This will be easy to enjoy on release! Drink from 2026-2034. 397 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Rey Les Argileuses Parcelles 1 et 3 (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, licorice, mint, cocoa, and red fruits define the character here. Medium-bodied, soft, and fresh, which leaves you with sweet, ripe. delicious red fruits. It is hard to find a better value from the Cotes de Bordeaux appellation. The wine is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2032. 385 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Le Thil (Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, cherries, plums, chocolate, and licorice create the character here in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, soft, and fresh, creamy palate, which already displays its supple, sweet, chocolate-covered cherry core of fruits, with a hint of mint that shows in the finish. This is going to be a pleasure to enjoy on release, and for at least a decade, or more after that. The wine was produced from 92% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2037. 382 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Léognan Le Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
With strong herbal notes opening the wine before you get to its peppery, red fruits in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with a strong herb, olive, and mint edge on the mid-palate, and in the drying finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 370 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Léoville Barton (Saint-Julien)
Flowers, blackberries, tobacco, cedar, and spice box aromas pop with ease in the perfume. Parked in the middle of classically-reserved, and modernity, there is a chewy, salty edge to the wealth of currants in the mid-palate, and in the finish that really works here. The wine is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2030-2060. 1,570 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Léoville Las Cases (Saint-Julien)
It takes just a bit of effort to explore the perfume, before revealing its essence of ripe blackberries, cigar wrapper, cassis, flowers, espresso, and a variety of spices. Clearly traditional in style, but not harsh, green, or dry. Instead, the wine is restrained, elegant, and regal, with layers of ripe, dark fruits, minerality, cherries, and dried herbs. One of the longest-lived wines of the vintage, but for Leoville Las Cases, it will drink well before or around 10 years of age. It can also evolve for 30 years or more. Made from a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Merlot. This marks only the third time in the estate’s history that the blend contains more Cabernet Franc than Merlot. It is also the smallest amount of Merlot ever placed into the Grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2065. 860 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Léoville Poyferré (Saint-Julien)
Espresso, chocolate, truffle, black cherries with flowers, and cinnamon spice in the background open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is silky, lush, opulent, and sexy. This is a superb accomplishment for the vintage. There is freshness, with ample fruit, sweetness, length, energy, and roundness. Interestingly light on its feet, yet it is no featherweight wine. This will age and evolve quite well, but it is going to offer a lot of pleasure in its youth. The wine is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2028-2055. 1,278 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Les Anguilleys (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, bright, vibrant, floral wine with notes of mint, herbs, and red fruits from start to finish. This will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2031. 380 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Les Gravières (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, smoke. licorice and espresso, with shaved chocolate already pops in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, fresh, round, and fruity, with a nice sweetness and background note of chocolate and minerality that shows up at the back of the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 473 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Les Ormes Sorbet (Médoc)
Bright, crisp black currants and black cherries from the core of this medium-bodied, bright, energetic wine leave you with touches of herbs, spearmint, and dark red fruits in the chewy finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and it should be even better. Drink from 2026-2036. 384 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Les Roches de Ferrand Grande Sélection (Fronsac)
With hints of raspberries, cocoa, and cherries, this medium-bodied, if not light, wine is ready to deliver its simple, but, pleasant fruity charms on release. Drink from 2026-2030. 378 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lescalle (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Light, forward, round, simple, but, pleasant, early drinking, cherry-filled wine. Enjoy this on release, and over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2030. 386 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lesparre Grand Vin (Graves de Vayres)
Peppery red fruits with a cedar and herb edge form the essence here. Medium-bodied, sweet, vibrant, and round, with a touch of chocolate on the back end. This is going to be quite nice for early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2025-2032. 392 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lestage-Darquier Grand Poujeaux (Moulis en Médoc)
A touch of VA shows in the perfume, along with licorice and cassis. The wine is better on its medium-bodied palate with its chewy, mint-accented, bright red fruits. Drink from 2026-2035. 382 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lestage-Simon (Haut-Médoc)
Dark, chewy black currants with a refreshing touch of spearmint fill the perfume and the palate. There is a lot of fruit, with a finish that leaves you with herbs, olives, and more of that minty essence. and olives. Drink from 2027-2033. 383 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lestruelle (Médoc)
Round, fruity, forward, and packed with sweet, ripe, soft-textured, black, with red cherries, this is going to be delicious on release, and over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 382 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Leydet-Valentin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft, supple, ripe, round, and polished, there is quite a bit of oak needing to better integrate here. The wine has promise and a lot of polish, but it needs a bit of time to better come together. The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2035. 392 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lilian Ladouys (Saint-Estèphe)
Chocolate, flowers, spice, and blackberries crowd into the perfume. The palate is even better with its medium-bodied, fresh, soft, juicy layers of fruit that taste and feel great. Give it a bit of time in the bottle, and enjoy it for 15 years after that. This is one of the best deals in Left Bank Bordeaux today! The wine blends 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2042. 645 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Linot (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, blackberries, and tobacco shoot from the perfume. Medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, crisp, and chewy on the palate, with a minty, bright, red currant finish. You can enjoy this upon release. Drink from 2027-2033. 378 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Liversan (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, floral, and currant packed wine with a hint of cocoa in the finish that should be fun to drink on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 391 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Livran (Médoc)
I like the floral bouquet, which is quickly followed by mint leaves and cherries. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine feels soft, bright, and energetic, with dark currants and spearmint in the finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 384 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Louis (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Floral in nature, the wine quickly moves you to its cherry, strawberry, and raspberry, medium-bodied, minty, chocolate-oriented, soft, juicy, vibrant, fruity palate. The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2040. 390 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Lucia (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, espresso, cocoa, and black cherries create the core of the nose and palate here. The wine is creamy, round, lush, and polished. The finish displays chocolate mint, edged fruits, with a bit too much oak at the moment. So allow it a few years in the bottle for the oak to integrate. The wine is made from 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2039. 399 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Magnan La Gaffelière (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Mint, cedar, tobacco, and Fa hint of cocoa ride along with the red fruits in the perfume. The palate is bright, clean, and fresh with salty chocolate notes that show up lightly at the end of the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 395 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Magnol (Haut-Médoc)
Herbs, cedar, and tobacco create the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, and chewy, with a tart red berry finish. Drink from 2027-2032. 406 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Famille Bouey Château Maison Blanche (Médoc)
Flowers, red fruits, Indian spices and a hint of espresso kick off the wine in the nose. Medium-bodied, with soft, though light, and already expressive red fruits finish off the wine on the palate. This is a solid Bordeaux value wine deserving a look from savvy wine buyers not looking for big names. Drink from 2026-2033. 387 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Mangot (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Tobacco, chocolate-mint, espresso, and dark red berries with a nice touch of minerality open the wine in the nose and on the palate. The wine is fresh, lively, vibrant, and balanced, with strong note of spice, and crushed stone that comes in at the end of the finish. Give it just a year or two of aging, and enjoy it over the next 15 or more years with pleasure. The wine is produced from a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2040. 600 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Mareil (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, early drinking, tart, red berry filled wine with a strong cedar, and herbal edge. Drink from 2026-2031. 392 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Martin (Haut-Médoc)
Light, bright, forward, one-dimensional, easy-to-drink wine that will offer its red berries, and minty profile on release. This will be at its best on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 399 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Martin (Saint-Estèphe)
Spice, flowers, espresso, and blackberries fill the nose, and the medium-bodied, bright, chewy, palate. There is a refreshing touch of mint in the chalky finish. Drink from 2027-2033. 412 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Martinho (Listrac-Médoc)
Easy to drink easy to like, medium-bodied wine that is pleasant, but generic. Drink from 2026-2031. 400 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Maucamps (Haut-Médoc)
Blackberries, tobacco, espresso, and underbrush show easily in the perfume. The medium-bodied palate displays chocolate, espresso, and sweet, cherries, and plums from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2035. 403 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Mayne-Vieil Cuvée Alienor (Fronsac)
Cherries, raspberries, flowers and fennel define the core of this medium-bodied, ready to drink, light-styled, high-toned, early-drinking wine. Drink from 2027-2032. 398 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Méaume (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Light, bright, raspberries with a strong savory, herb-edge to the wines crisp character. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2029. 418 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Mejean (Graves)
Light, bright, and quite herbal in the nose, and on the palate. You can enjoy this with ease on release and over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2030. 390 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Meyney (Saint-Estèphe)
Vibrant, fresh, and creamy, the wine is all about its layers of sweet, ripe, juicy, and clean black currants, blackberries, spice, and its energetic, refreshing minty finish. This is another gem that is showing much better in the bottle than it did during the barrel tastings. Drink from 2028-2045. 598 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Meyre (Haut-Médoc)
Floral in nature, with accents of orange rind, and cherries, the wine is medium-bodied, forward, soft, fruity, and round. You can enjoy this with pleasure upon release. The vineyard is biodynamically farmed. Drink from 2026-2035. 400 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Milens (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Candied cherries, and fresh raspberries with floral aromas dominate the perfume. The palate is even better with its touches of chocolate, spice, and mint to accompany all of those sweet, red, soft-textured fruits. This is going to drink great, right out of the gate. Drink from 2026-2036. 410 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Moine Vieux (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, soft, fruity, medium-bodied, fresh, red berry oriented wine with a lean to the raspberry and minty side of the style range, with a delicate touch of chocolate that pops in at the end of the finish. This will be delicious on release and for up to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2035. 405 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Moncets Blanc de Moncets (Bordeaux)
The debut vintage for this blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc serves up a light, creamy, yellow citrus, spice, leeche and tropical fruit, peppery profile. Drink this on the young side. Drink from 2026-2028. 416 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Mondou (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Powerful, lush, round, fruit-forward, rich wine that comes in an over-sized bottle matching its big, boisterous character. Creamy, plush, and polished black cherries and licorice smothered in chocolate, topped with espresso beans is the name of the game here. At this stage, the wine displays a bit too much oak, so it is going to need time to integrate, allowing all the layers of ripe fruits to shine through. Drink from 2028-2040. 405 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Mongravey (Margaux)
Flowers, tobacco, and bright, red fruits with an expresso accent hit the nose. Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and high-toned, this crisp red berry oriented wine will drink well on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 437 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Monlot (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, flowers, smoke, peppery spice, and cherries produced the core of this wine. Medium-bodied, concentrated, and fruity, but with a lot of oak that needs to better integrate. The finish is slightly drying, so give it time to soften. Drink from 2027-2037. 408 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Croix Montlabert (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, sweet, ripe, juicy, and fresh with a core of sweet black cherries, hints of chocolate, and a touch of mint on the palate and in the finish. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure, and over the next few years, while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine is a parcel selection that blends 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2034. 405 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Montrose (Saint-Estèphe)
Simply off the hook in every sense of the word, this is what great wine is all about. For those that crave more details, in the aromatics, with little effort you find smoke, mint, licorice, exotic spices, flowers, crushed rocks, black raspberry, blackberries and currants On the show-stopping palate, there is a gorgeous sense of purity, as well as power, balanced with lift, and elegance. The wine is long, complex, and refined. The wine is intense and refined, with a lingering, expansive finish that hits the 60 second mark and keeps on going as it builds and escalates. The wine is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2030-2065. 3,282 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Poitevin Moulin De Canhaut (Médoc)
Quite reductive in the nose, with an earthy, cedar profile to the fruits in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, herbaceous palate. Drink from 2026-2031. 411 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Moulin de la Rose (Saint-Julien)
Underbrush, tobacco, cedar, and cigar notes paired with red berries get this little-known, Saint Julien going. Medium-bodied, fresh, and ready to go, the palate offers ample fruits and lift from start to finish. This will be at its best over the next decade or so. Drink from 2026-2033. 423 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château du Moulin Noir (Lussac Saint-Émilion)
Herbal in nature in the nose, and in the medium-bodied, plummy, drying palate. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2028. 424 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Moulin Eyquem (Côtes de Bourg)
Cocoa, red fruits, licorice, and earth tones fill the perfume. The palate is soft, lush, fresh, and fruity with just a touch of herbs in the finish. The wine blends 50% Merlot, with equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. This is showing much better in the bottle than it did in the barrel. Drink from 2027-2033. 425 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Moulin Saint-Georges (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
With just a hint of espresso mingling with the flowers, black raspberries, and plums in the fragrance, the wine gets off to a good start. From there, it is the layers of soft, elegant, sweet, silky fruit that grab and maintain your attention. 85% percent Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc create the blend. Drink from 2027-2042. 440 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Moulinet (Pomerol)
Chocolate mint, espresso, licorice, and smoky red fruits pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is creamy, supple, and round, with a bit too much wood showing at the moment. Once the oak fully integrates, this promises to be a better wine. It is interesting to note that 8% of the wine was whole-bunch-fermented. Drink from 2027-2040. 436 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Moutte Blanc (Margaux)
Fresh, bright, and fruity, this medium-bodied, early-drinking, easy-going wine delivers its core of strawberries and red cherries with ease. You should be able to enjoy this on release and over the next decade or so. Drink from 2026-2035. 410 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Muret (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, cedar, forest floor, and cassis notes pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, energetic, medium-bodied, and forward, so you can enjoy its chewy, crisp, red fruits just about on release. I like the refreshing touch of mint that you find on the backend of the finish. This is one of the few Merlot dominated wines from the Medoc, with 60% Merlot, and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. Give it a year or two before opening a bottle, and it will be even better. Drink from 2027-2036. 427 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Ormes de Pez (Saint-Estèphe)
Cocoa, mint, cherries, tobacco and licorice aromas jump from the glass with a single swirl. The medium-bodied palate is and fruity, with peppery edge to the finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and this should be even better. This is showing much better in the bottle than it did during the barrel tastings, which is always a great sign. The wine is a blend of 55% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2042. 555 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Pagus de Lagrange (Haut-Médoc)
I like the tobacco and cigar box notes in the nose. The medium-bodied palate displays its fresh, light, and tasty red fruits with ease. This should offer enjoyment on release. If the name sounds familiar, it should. The vineyard is owned by Suntory, the same people who own Chateau Lagrange, and half of Chateau Beychevelle. Drink from 2026-2034. 419 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Palais Cardinal (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
While it is a bit light in weight, the sweet, cherries are so clean and pure with an elegant character, it is impossible not to be seduced by its sweet, easy-to-like, and easy-to-drink charms. This will be gorgeous on release. Drink from 2026-2036. 418 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Patache d'Aux (Médoc)
Spice, black currants, and floral notes pop in the nose with ease. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is fruity, and fresh, leaving you with savory, black cherries in the round finish. You can enjoy this with ease on release. Drink from 2026-2035. 425 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Pavie Macquin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
With little effort you find an array of flowers, licorice, tobacco, and red fruits, and black plums in the perfume. The palate is edgy, fresh, and with a depth of flavor, which is perfect for the lush, vibrant waves of salt-edged, sweet, pure fruits that fill your palate as it lingers. This is a very strong effort that will evolve without effort for 2 or more decades, yet have the ability to drink well with just a few years of bottle age. The wine blends 82% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2029-2055. 1,489 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Pavie Macquin Les Chênes de Macquin (Saint-Émilion)
Forward, fruity, and already fun to imbibe, the wine is ready to go on release with its open, sweet, red-fruited style. Drink from 2026-2032. 439 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Péby Faugères (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The perfume is packed to the gills with flowers, licorice, crushed rocks, chocolate, and black cherries. The wine is concentrated, lush, creamy, polished, deep, and yet, with all that going on, it is equally vibrant, fresh, and long, with a touch of mint in the chalky endnote. The reduction in the amount of new oak used for the aging has really improved the style of wine being made here. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2029-2050. 442 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Péby Faugères Le Merle (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers and cherries fill the core of this medium-bodied, soft, forward, fresh, creamy wine that is perfect for early-drinking pleasure while waiting for their top wines to develop. Drink from 2026-2033. 425 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Perrin d'Hoge (Bordeaux Supérieur)
A bit light on the palate, though it has its charms with its sweet red cherry core of fruits that you can already enjoy. The wine will be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2031. 413 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Petit Bocq (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers, mint, cigar wrapper, and sweet, red berries fill the aromatics. Medium-bodied, with a vibrant, soft-textured core of ripe, red, with black currants, and a shot of mint and tobacco in the finish that adds complexity and freshness. Drink from 2027-2038. 460 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Petit Faurie de Soutard (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, licorice, chocolate, black cherries, and plums already pop with ease in the nose. The wine is round, sweet, and fruity, with lift and energy, along with a vibrant hit of spice on the backend of the creamy finish. This will be delicious, just about on release. Drink from 2027-2040. 429 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Pey La Tour (Bordeaux)
Black cherries, cocoa, and espresso, with a background touch of licorice hits your nose, and the medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and, bright, fruity palate. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 447 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Peymouton (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, spices, black cherries, licorice, and mint pack the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, sweet, fresh, vibrant, and slightly chewy in the finish. The wine blends 89% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2037. 546 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Peyredon Lagravette (Moulis en Médoc)
tobacco, cocoa, and red berries in the nose, and in the medium-bodied palate. The wine exchanges complexity for early, pleasant drinkability. Drink from 2026-2034. 422 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Phélan Ségur (Saint-Estèphe)
Black cherries, chocolate, licorice and floral aromas with a touch of spices fill the nose. Medium-bodied, but with richness, freshness, balance, and complexity. The wine finishes red fruits, along with refreshing notes of spearmint on the back end. This should be quite nice shortly after release. Drink from 2027-2045. 879 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Piche Leibre (Margaux)
One of the few Bordeaux wines made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon starts off with mint, tobacco, flowers, and red currants in the perfume. Medium-bodied, with fresh, bright, chewy red fruits on the palate, and in the finish. This will probably be best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2036. 416 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Les Griffons Blanc (Bordeaux)
Almonds, white peaches, orange rind, spices, pineapples, and pear aromas are all over the place. The palate is creamy, with fruit sweetness and a touch of ginger and spice that come along for the ride. This is the perfect wine to place inside a blind tasting. The wine is produced from 100% Semillon, from less than 1 hectare of vines grafted onto Cabernet Sauvignon. The grafts came from massal selection of Suduiraut Drink from 2026-2033. 440 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Pierre de Montignac (Médoc)
With a dose of espresso before finding the blackberries, and smoke in the nose, the medium-bodied palate is round, forward, and fruity. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 442 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Plagnac (Médoc)
With a strong spearmint character in the perfume, the wine is medium-bodied, fruity, and vibrant, with ample strawberries and red currants in the finish to make this fun to drink. Drink from 2026-2035. 438 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Plain-Point (Fronsac)
Round, opulent, fruit-filled as well as oaky and forward. The fruits are ripe and creamy. This is not a wine of contemplation, but if you are looking for a value-priced, ready-to-go Merlot and chocolate-packed wine with a lush finish, this is for you. Drink from 2026-2034. 433 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Plain-Point Plain Point Blanc (Vin de France)
An unusual blend featuring Sauvignon Blanc with Gros Manseng is all about its green apples and pineapples with their touch of honey and spice. Brisk and vibrant fruits hit the palate and the finish. Drink from 2026-2028. 341 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Poesia (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Just about equal, but different stylistically from Barde Haut, here you find a vivid display of flowers, oceanic nuances, espresso, mint, chocolate, and red fruits in the nose. The palate has great energy, supple, salt-crusted fruits that display purity and elegance. The wine is showing much better in the bottle than it did from barrel, which is always a good sign. This could be the best vintage of Poesia I have ever tasted! The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2047. 520 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Pontey (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, with a crisp and crunchy core of red fruits that display a hint of salt, adding complexity to the ready-to-go wine. Drink from 2026-2033. 423 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Puy Castéra (Saint-Estèphe)
Flowers and red fruits create the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, almost light, with a strawberry and cherry-oriented finish. You can drink this on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 436 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Puyfromage (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Mint and flowers with a hint of red berries open this Merlot-dominated wine. On the palate, the wine is crisp, bright, and light, with a bite to the strawberries and herbs in the finish. One interesting fact here, is that the wine is aged without any new oak, it only sees aging in cement tanks. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2031. 455 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Puyfromage Albert signature (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Light, bright, vibrant red fruits with a green, herbaceous edge in the nose, and palate, with a strong minty finish. The wine blends 85% Merlot with equal portions of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Malbec. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2025-2032. 445 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Ramage La Batisse (Haut-Médoc)
Simple and direct with a medium-bodied, chalky red currant palate and finish that will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2032. 450 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Réaut (Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking, simple, but pleasant wine that will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2029. 438 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Réaut Carat (Premières Côtes de Bordeaux)
Smoke, mint, black cherries, and licorice fill the perfume. The palate is equal in pleasure with its creamy, soft, and supple layers of fruit, finishing with licorice, dark chocolate, black cherries, and plums, with a touch of spearmint on the backend. Drink from 2026-2034. 437 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Reverdi (Listrac-Médoc)
Tobacco, currants, spice, and flowers form the core of this wine. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with a chalky texture to the red, with black fruits in the light finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 434 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Reynon (Premières Côtes de Bordeaux)
Red fruits with a minty edge create the appealing nose. On the palate, the wine is even better with its sweet and fresh cherry, red currant and strawberry profile. Elegant and vibrant, this will be charming to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2032. 456 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Reysson (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, cassis, herbs, mint, and just a hint of espresso crowd into the perfume. Medium-bodied, round, spicy, and fruity, this is perfect for early drinking pleasure. In fact, this will be just great to enjoy on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 442 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Ricaudet (Médoc)
Espresso, mint, cocoa, and cherries form the core of the aromatics and what you find on the round, forward, open, polished palate. This will be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2024-2034. 450 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Ripeau (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, chocolate, licorice, espresso, smoke, and sweet cherries show in the nose, and on the plush, round, polished, fruit-filled palate. The wine is soft, forward, and even though it is already delicious, it should get better with another year or two in the bottle. The wine blends 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027-2040. 452 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Roc de Calon (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Light, fresh, fruity, soft, and forward, it is easy to find the strawberry and cherries, with a hint of chocolate and mint, in the nose and on the palate. You can enjoy this on release and for up to a decade. Drink from 2026-2032. 431 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Rochebelle (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, tobacco, flowers, and licorice show effortlessly in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is lifted, vibrant, fresh, silky, clean, and pure, with lift, and good energy in the sweet, red pit fruit finish. Drink from 2027-2040. 445 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Rol Valentin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, espresso, spices, and smoky wood crowd into the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, creamy, and fresh, with sweetness to the fruits, lift, and energy on the backend. The wine blends 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2039. 448 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Rollin (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, crisp, red fruits with a greenish tint to the wine on the nose and palate. Drink from 2026-2033. 445 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Roylland (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, mint and fresh red berries define the perfume. The palate comes through with sweet, bright raspberries, plums, and cherries with a delicious creamy finish. Give it just a year or two in the bottle, and it is going to be even better! This little known St. Emilion deserves more attention. Drink from 2027-2040. 444 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Saint Ahon (Haut-Médoc)
Red berries, cocoa, flowers, and espresso aromas open the wine. The medium-bodied palate is soft, round, forward, and focused on its blackberry profile, with a refreshing touch of mint in the finish. Lots of early drinking charm for very little money. Drink from 2026-2032. 437 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Saint Bonnet (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, crisp, and chewy with a tart, red berry finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 433 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Saint-Pierre (Saint-Julien)
Medium-bodied, graceful, and energetic, the wine offers a strong touch of florality before you begin to enjoy its core of sweet, ripe, and fresh, red pit fruits, with accents of cocoa, espresso, and licorice. This is going to be delicious just a year or two after it's released. Drink from 2028-2045. 579 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Saint Christophe (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, simple, pleasant, round-textured, Merlot-based wine without fault, that lacks complexity. This will be at its best over the next few years. Drink from 2026-2031. 439 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Saint-Georges Côte Pavie (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Touches of cocoa, herbs, flowers, and sweet cherries fill the perfume. The palate is equal to the nose with its medium-bodied, vivid red pit fruits and fresh, clean strawberry character. It needs a year or two in the bottle before really coming on strong. The wine blends 80% Merlot, with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 455 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château St. Jean de Lavaud (1.1) (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-bodied, fresh, minty wine with a lean to its core of strawberries, red cherries, and mint. Light in character, but pleasant, you can enjoy this upon release. Drink from 2026-2032. 440 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Saint-Robert (Graves)
This is quite nice and already provides early-drinking charm with its core of sweet, ripe, mildly smoky red fruits with just a hint of cocoa on the backend. Drink from 2026-2034. 438 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Sanctus (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, chocolate, black cherries, and licorice are front and center in the perfume. The palate is round, fruity, lifted, and fresh, with a sweetness and salty accent adding complexity to the wine. Drink from 2027-2040. 443 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Sansonnet (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Lush, opulent, deep, dark, and rich, there is also ample freshness here, exacerbated by nuances of dark red, with black pit fruits, licorice, smoke, espresso and chocolate. The long, intense, polished finish is complicated with its, salty, crush-rock accents. There is serious length, and depth here. The change in the in barrel aging program has allowed for more freshness, elegance, and purity to express itself in the wine. I would like to see even more of it in future vintages. The wine blends 87% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2045. 488 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Segur de Cabanac (Saint-Estèphe)
Medium-bodied with black and red fruits in the nose and palate, finishing with a minty edge to the blackberries on the backend. This will be at its best in release and over the next 7 years, give or take. Drink from 2026-2032. 459 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Séraphine (Pomerol)
Chocolate, flowers, licorice, espresso, and sweet cherries create the attention-seeking nose. The palate is even better with its supple, creamy, opulent character that promises and delivers ample waves of black plums, dark cherries, chocolate, and spice from start to finish. This is my first time tasting this wine. I obviously liked it and look forward to tasting it again. Drink from 2027-2042. 487 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Serin, Château (Haut-Médoc)
Herbaceous, tart red fruits are on display in the nose, and on the light, drying palate. 2026-2032. 460 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Simard (Saint-Émilion)
Spice, smoke, espresso, cherries and cocoa notes fill the perfume. The wine is forward, medium-bodied, round, and creamy, leaving you with loads of sweet, energetic, lightly spiced red fruits from start to finish. You can enjoy this now, or age it for a few years. The wine blends 55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2037. 484 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Soudars (Haut-Médoc)
Quite floral in aromatics before you find its currants and plums. Fresh, bright, and fruity on the palate, with a savory, chalky, plummy finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2034. 469 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Soutard (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate, cherries, licorice, espresso and mint define the core of this wine. On the palate, the wine is supple, juicy, fresh, creamy, vibrant, and long, with an elegant, juicy, fruit and mineral packed finish. Give it just a year or two in the bottle and it is going to be even better. Drink from 2027-2047. 566 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Soutard-Cadet (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Blackberries, blue fruits, licorice, chocolate, smoke, and espresso fill the perfume. The palate is lush, rich, polished, and packed with creamy, chocolate-infused plums and black cherries, culminating in a full-bodied finish with a burst of black pit fruits, polished tannins, mint, dark cocoa, and espresso. The wine blends 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2042. 485 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château St. Georges (Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion)
Flowers, leafy herbs, and plums pop in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is soft, bright, and fresh, with bright red fruits and a light touch of cocoa that comes in at the end of the finish. You can enjoy this upon release. Drink from 2026-2032. 481 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Talbot (Saint-Julien)
Flowers, licorice, blackberries, black cherries, and a hint of chocolate drive the perfume. The medium-bodied, creamy palate packs in all the ripe, sweet fruits, peppery spices, and chalky minerality you could ask for. Drink from 2029-2050. 896 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tauzinat L'Hermitage (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, espresso, flowers, and red fruits define the core of this medium-bodied, bright, fresh, vibrant, red berry and crisp, red pit fruit wine,, with its spicy minty endnote. You can enjoy this on release and for at least a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2035. 491 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tayac (Margaux)
With a perfume of espresso, cherries, and flowers, the wine opens on the medium-bodied palate with sweet, red fruits offering a light, soft touch. This will be easy to enjoy on release. Drink from 2027-2034. 546 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tayac Or Norme (Margaux)
Flowers, cocoa, currants, earth, and cherries create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, medium-bodied, soft, silky, and fruity, with a long, soft, polished finish. The wine is made from an interesting blend 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Petit Verdot, and 20% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2040. 553 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Teynac (Saint-Julien)
Medium-bodied, chalky, and with a strong undercurrent of assorted green herbs, with overly bright red berries, perhaps air and age can add to the wine. Drink from 2026-2031. 549 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Teyssier (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Fresh, and fruity, this medium-bodied, forward, fresh, vibrant wine is loaded with ripe, red fruits made even better with a sprig of mint that comes in at the end of the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2035. 554 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Teyssier (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Cherries, licorice, smoke, flowers, and cocoa fill the core here. Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and fruity, the focus here is on the cherries and strawberries with their touch of cocoa that's there from start to the chalky finish. Drink from 2027-2034. 602 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour Baladoz (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Initially you find chocolate covered, black cherries, flowers, licorice, espresso, and a hint of mint in the perfume. Medium-bodied, vibrant, soft, and juicy, the lively finish shows off its sweet, spicy, black raspberries with ease. Drink from 2026-2038. 549 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour de Capet (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
An interesting wine with 20% Malbec included in the blend, initially, you find aromas of flowers, spice, and a hint of chalk. Medium-bodied with fresh, meaty red berries from start to finish. The wine is produced from 80% Merlot, and 20% Malbec. Drink from 2027-2037. 540 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour de Pez (Saint-Estèphe)
Cocoa, espresso, and red pit fruit aromas fill the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is soft-textured, medium-bodied, fresh, and already disarmingly easy to taste and enjoy. Drink from 2026-2038. 560 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour des Termes (Saint-Estèphe)
Blackberries, flowers, chocolate, and licorice aromas are easy to find. The palate is packed with creamy, supple-textured, deep, dark fruits that start off strong, and keep on going. This is another terrific wine that sells for a song. Drink from 2027-2039. 555 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour Prignac Grande Réserve (Médoc)
The floral nose is quite nice. This leads to a simple but, likeable, round, savory, cherry-oriented finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 549 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour Saint-Christophe (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, flowers, black raspberries, licorice, smoke, and plums pack the perfume. The lively, rich palate delivers layers of salt-tinted, sweet, ripe, vibrant red, with black fruits perfectly poised between its energetic and soft, polished sides, along with a minerality. The wine is made from blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2048. 835 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour Saint-Christophe Angela (Bordeaux)
Blending roasted nuts with ripe pineapples, honeysuckle white peaches, herbs, and a hint of vanilla, the wine is forward, fruity, and ready to go. The wine blends Sauvignon Blanc with other allowable Bordeaux white wine grape varietals. Not much was made. In fact, the production was only 175 cases in total. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2026-2030. 574 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tour Saint-Fort (Saint-Estèphe)
Showing much better in the bottle than it did in barrel, the wine is filled with sweet raspberries, spicy currants, and cherries. Medium-bodied, fruity, forward and already easy to drink, you can enjoy this with ease on release, and for at least a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2037. 552 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tournefeuille (Lalande de Pomerol)
Sweet cherries, licorice, and flowers are all over the place here in the aromatics. The wine is vibrant, soft, silky, and creamy, with more of those sweet, ripe, pit fruits, with a dash of chocolate that comes in at the end. Drink from 2026-2036. 558 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Trapaud (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Assorted green herbs, flowers, and red fruits pop from the blend of 60% Cabernet Franc with 40% Merlot. Medium-bodied, soft, and approachable, the wine will be delicious upon release and for at least a decade thereafter. Drink from 2026-2036. 549 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Treytins (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Quite herbal in the nose, with a peppery edge to the red fruits. The palate continues its display of greenery before its peppery red fruits, and chalkiness chimes in. Drink from 2027-2032. 556 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Trianon (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, herbs, licorice, espresso, and red fruits pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with a core of sweet, ripe, slightly light raspberries and cherries with a soft, refined finish. This will deliver pleasure on release. Drink from 2026-2038. 552 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Tronquoy Blanc de Tronquoy (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, pineapples, white peaches, spice, and roasted pears appear in the perfume. The showy palate delivers an elegant display of tropical fruits in a fresh, refined, mineral-driven style. This is going to be great on release, and will be at its best in its honeyed-fruity youth. The wine blends almost equal amounts of Semillon and Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2026-2031. 622 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Troplong Mondot (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers coalesce with its blend of red and black fruits, Indian spices, tobacco leaf, and herbs. The palate shows vibrant red fruits, greenery, crushed stones, and spice, finishing with creamy tannins, vibrancy, and refinement. This is a slightly discreet vintage, which will benefit from a few additional years of bottle aging. The wine blends 84% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 758 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château TrotteVieille (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black cherries, blackberries, espresso and licorice permeate the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is plush, opulent, soft, creamy, and fresh, with sweetness, lift, and energy that you can taste and feel from start to finish. Give it just a year or two in the bottle and it will be even better! The wine blends 53% Cabernet Franc, 44% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2050. 774 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Troussas (Médoc)
Herbal, cedar, tobacco, and red berry filled, medium-bodied, early-drinking wine that will be at its best in its fruity youth. Drink from 2026-2032. 543 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Valandraud (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate, espresso, perfectly ripe, deep, dark, plums, and black cherry aromatics are all over the place. On the palate, the wine is rich, opulent, intense, deep, long, and palate-staining. It is also equally vibrant, fresh, lush, creamy, and long, leaving you with multiple-layers of ripe, sweet, fruits, salty chocolate, and espresso from start to finish. Blending 84% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2029-2055. 615 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Verdignan (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, underbrush, and black currants fill the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is soft, fresh, and vibrant, with a pleasant sweetness to its black fruits. There is some dryness in this easy-to-drink, fruity wine. 2026-2033. 573 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Vieux Gabarey (Haut-Médoc)
One of the few Cru Artisan's in my tastings opens with flowers, and earthy cherries. From there you find a light, simple. herbaceous, red berry oriented wine that will be at its best in its youth. Drink from 2026-2032. 553 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Vieux Landat (Haut-Médoc)
Mint, tobacco, and red fruit aromas open the medium-bodied, light, bright, crisp, early-drinking afternoon-quaffer. This will be at its best in its youth. 2026-2032. 567 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Vieux Robin (Médoc)
With a nose offering tobacco, cedar, and blackberries, the medium-bodied palate is straightforward, medium-bodied, chewy, spicy, bright, crisp and herbal in the finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 563 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Villars (Fronsac)
Flowers, raspberries, cherries, and strawberries, assorted green herbs, and a hint of cocoa start off the wine. Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and fruity, this is going to be easy to enjoy on release for its lifted strawberry and herb profile. Drink from 2026-2032. 563 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château Yon-Figeac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, smoke, cocoa, and strawberries work together to produce the nose and the medium-bodied, crisp, bright red berry-focused palate. Drink from 2026-2036. 89-91 Pts. 595 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Christine Nadalie Clos La Bohème (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco leaf, cedar, and hints of currants fill in the nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, vibrant, and bright with a core of strawberries and cherries in the finish. This is ready to go. Drink from 2026-2033. 558 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Badon Thunevin (Saint-Émilion)
A blast of black cherries is accompanied by layers of chocolate, crushed rocks, cherries, licorice, spice, espresso and raspberries in the nose, and on the round, fresh, and creamy, juicy palate. Give this just a year or two to soften, and come together and enjoy it over the next 12 or more years. Drink from 2027-2040. 563 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Clos Bertineau Merlot (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Chocolate-covered cherries, flowers, and a hint of smoke are what you initially notice. Medium-bodied, round, sweet, and fruity, the soft finish with its touch of cocoa at the end is quite nice. This isn't going to make old bones, but it is quite pleasant for near-term drinking. The wine is made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2031. 556 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Cantenac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Produced from 100% Merlot, the perfume delivers its herb, licorice, flowers, spice, and plummy profile with ease. The cherry and plum-filled palate is bright, fresh, and fruity, with a long, chewy, marine-influenced finish. This was my first encounter with this wine, and as you can see, I liked it quite a bit. I am looking forward to tasting the 2025 soon. Drink from 2028-2040. 584 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos de l'Oratoire (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, tobacco, spearmint, and spice ride along with all the fresh black raspberries in the nose. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy, and vibrant, with a lot of freshness in the red fruit finish. There is lift to the sweet, ripe, round berries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. This is the one of the vintages of Clos de l'Oratoire I've tasted yet. Drink from 2027-2042. 629 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos des Jacobins (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite chocolatey, with espresso notes that glide along with all of the sweet, red pit fruits in the perfume. Round, fresh, and creamy on the palate, with ample sweet, red berries with a hint of mint, peppery spice, and a shot of espresso on the backend of the finish. Drink from 2027-2039. 580 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos du Marquis (Saint-Julien)
Espresso, cigar box, blackberries, dark red pit fruits, and flowers fill the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, refreshing, chewy, and vivid, with a crispness and energy to the salt-edged, currant finish. The wine was made from a blend of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2042. 694 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos du Roy (Fronsac)
Flowers, cocoa, and plums form the core of this lighter-styled, medium-bodied, early-drinking, soft-textured, vibrant charmer. You can enjoy this as soon as the wine hits the stores and for up to a decade after that. Drink from 2026-2032. 569 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Clos Dubreuil (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Espresso, black cherries, licorice, smoke, flowers and chocolate permeate the nose. On the palate, the wine is lush, and creamy in texture, leaving you with espresso, chocolate, licorice and sweet, black cherries in thee mid palate, and in the finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release, or age it for more earthy complexity. Drink from 2027-2040. 576 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Floridene (Graves)
Flowers, red berries, and a touch of smoky, black pepper greet your nose. On the medium-bodied plate, the wine is fresh, and zesty, with a sweet, and savory strawberry and red plum finish. Give it a year or two in the cellar before popping a cork, and it will be a better wine. Drink from 2027-2035. 591 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Fourtet (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Your initial introduction packs in flowers, red plums, cherries, black raspberries, crushed rocks, and chocolate in the perfume. The palate offers good concentration in a fresh, energetic style, perfectly balancing its sweet, lifted fruits with minerality. There is length, purity, and refinement, with a lingering, vibrant finish. The wine blends 87% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2055. 682 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
La Closerie de Fourtet (Saint-Émilion)
Licorice, flower, and cherries fill the wine in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, forward, fresh, and sweet, palate making this simply delicious on release. The wine was made from blending 85% Merlot, with 15% Cabernet Franc. The wine comes from a parcel selection. Drink from 2026-2032. 570 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Roskam (Pomerol)
Quite floral, with cocoa, cherries and plums in the perfume. The palate is bright, light and airy, with a core of red cherries, cocoa. and mint. You can enjoy it on release, and for over a decade. 2023 marks their debut as being 100% organic. The wine is produced from a tiny parcel of .4 hectares of 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2035. 568 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Saint-Vincent (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Bright, vibrant, crisp, fresh, red fruits are the name of the game here. Medium-bodied, silky, fresh, vibrant an spicy on the palate, there is a touch of peppery, Indian spice on the backend of the finish. Drink from 2026-2036. 571 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Sainte Anne (Pomerol)
Chocolate, espresso, and cherries create the profile here, in the perfume, and on the medium-bodied palate. The wine is not overly complex; instead it is an early- drinking wine with an olive accent to the red fruits in the finish. Drink from 2027-2035. 582 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Clos St. Martin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, black raspberries, mint, and hints of espresso show with little effort in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is vivacious, upbeat, and fresh. The elegant, refined fruits are clean, pure, and long, dark chocolate, espresso, and black cherries, a touch of mint, and salty chalk in the finish. The wine blends 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a new style for Clos Saint Martin, with much less new oak and a larger percentage of the wine aging in amphora. Drink from 2028-2045. 586 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Couvent des Jacobins (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoky, with licorice, flowers, spice, and chocolate-covered cherries fill the perfume. licorice, flowers, and spice. The wine is soft, round, lush, and polished with an easy-going character, making this fun to enjoy just about on release. The wine blends 84% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2040. 577 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Croix Canon (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The perfume is all about its notable floral scents, accompanied by black raspberries, licorice, and mint. Medium-bodied, elegant, and refined, this is going to offer silky pleasures on release and for at least a decade after that, making this is perfect to keep busy with, while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 54% Merlot with 46% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 597 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de Chevalier L'Esprit de Chevalier Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, caramel, flowers, green apples, and spicy white peach aromas fill the perfume. Juicy, fresh, and creamy with a nice vibrancy to the spicy, citrus notes on the palate, this is perfect to enjoy while waiting for the Grand Vin to age. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2032. 604 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Les Sadons (Pauillac)
Quite floral in the nose before you get to the tobacco, red currants, cedar, and spice. Medium-bodied, vibrant, but not overly bright, the fresh finish delivers its red currants, spice, and cherries with a refreshing touch of mint in the endnote easily. It will be easy to enjoy early in life, yet it has the possibility to age and develop as well. Drink from 2027-2038. 583 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Simon Blanchard Guitard (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
The nose is a bit reticent at this stage. With effort, you find mint, flowers, and bright red fruits. The palate is vibrant, lively, and fresh, with lifted strawberries and raspberries that have a creamy, mineral-driven, chalky quality. The wine blends 86% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, with 4% Malbec. Drink from 2028-2036. 575 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Simon Blanchard Au Champ de la Fenêtre (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Strawberries, black cherries, and chocolately-plums with licorice, create the perfume. The palate is even better with its layers of supple-textured, chocolate coated black cherries tinted with minerality that comes in at the end of the finish. The wine is produced from blending 94% old vine Merlot with 6% Malbec. The wine comes from Simon Blanchard, a member of the Stephane Derenoncourt team. This is another 2023 that has stepped up in quality since its barrel tasting. Drink from 2027-2037. 581 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Le Petit Ducru (Saint-Julien)
Flowers, cherries, and a hint of cocoa in the perfume get the wine started. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, forward, fruity, round, and already easy to taste. Drink this in its youth for its fresh, racy fruits, or age it for its earthy complexities. You cannot go wrong either way. The wine blends 72% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2037. 626 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou (Saint-Julien)
The initial fun note of cinnamon stands out before you discover its flowers, cherries, and espresso nuances. Refined and reserved, with ample red fruits that come with a salty, chalky, minty edge, allow it 1-2 years in the bottle, and this is going to be good to go. The wine is a blend of 58% Merlot, and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2028-2043. 659 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Finegrave Evoke Cuvée Speciale (Saint-Julien)
Forward, medium-bodied, soft, elegant, bright, and focused on its sweet red-currant and cherry profile, this wine will be easy to enjoy on release and for a decade after. One of the few Bordeaux wines produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2026-2034. 576 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cos d'Estournel G d'Estournel (Médoc)
Dark red fruits, licorice, smoke, and chocolate pop in the nose and on the palate. Round, fresh, and fruity, and best of all, it is already quite nice to imbibe. This is the first vintage to include their new parcels, bringing the vineyard to 24 hectares of vines. You can enjoy this upon release. The wine blends 64% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2034. 592 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Meyre Gallen de Château Meyre (Margaux)
Fresh, vibrant, flowers, herbs, and red currants are on display in the perfume. Medium-bodied, sweet, lofted red fruits with a hint of dried herbs fill the palate and the finish. Drink from 2027-2035. 580 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Giscours Le de Giscours (Haut-Médoc)
Medium-bodied, bright, vibrant, crisp red fruits fill the nose and chewy palate. The wine. blends 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2036. 641 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château L'Archange (Saint-Émilion)
Flowers, cherries, chocolate, licorice, mint, spice, and espresso fill the nose, before you get to all of the delicious, fresh, and creamy red fruits topped with chocolate on the mid-palate, and in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. This should be ready to go on release. Drink from 2027-2038. 579 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
L'Eclat de Valentin (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, licorice, and chocolate, along with plums and cherries, create the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, round, polished, and fruity, with a charming black cherry finish. This is quite nice now, and with a year or two in the cellar, it will be even better. Drink from 2026-2037. 565 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
L'if (Saint-Émilion)
Flowers combined with red fruits form the aromatic profile. On the palate, it is already easy to enjoy the wines' display of vivid, pure, sweet, ripe red berries with their oceanic influences. There is good lift and energy here due to the wine's purity, and refreshing, spicy endnotes. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2050. 641 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Rauzan-Gassies L'Orme de Rauzan-Gassies (Haut-Médoc)
Vibrant red fruits with strong underbrush currants propel the nose. The medium-bodied palate is simple and direct, leaving you with soft cherries on the backend. This will be at its best for early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2032. 574 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Montrose La Dame de Montrose (Saint-Estèphe)
Truffle, smoke, tobacco, flowers, mint, cocoa, and espresso add to the black cherry aromas are front and center in the perfume. Plush, and polished on the palate, the layers of ripe juicy fruits are vibrant, fresh, long, spicy and energetic, giving you lift and length. While the wine is going to offer its significant charms shortly after release, but there is good potential for aging as well. The wine blends 61% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2043. 905 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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Château La Gorce Pretexte (Médoc)
Black raspberries and strawberries find their way to the surface of the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied. fresh, bright, and crisp, with a strong spearmint nose at the end of the finish. Drink from 2027-2034. 585 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Chateau Haut Troquart La Grace Dieu (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, espresso, spearmint, and cherries form the core here. The palate is better with its soft, round approach paired with chocolate and cherries on the mid-palate, in the oaky finish. Perhaps a year of two of patience will allow the wine to better integrate. Drink 2027-2035. 573 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
La Mondotte (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
The intensity in the aromatic profile allows you to enjoy all of its flowers, cherries, licorice, espresso, and spice tones with ease. The palate delivers a bright, fresh, vibrant profile packed with marine-influenced deep, red berries with their understated sense of elegance and energy. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2029-2055. 674 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château L'Eglise-Clinet La Petite Eglise (Pomerol)
In contention for the best second wine from Pomerol, the wine kicks off with flowers, boysenberries, black cherries, and chocolate. The palate is fresh, creamy, and fruity, with a soft, polished character to its crisp fruit, spice and mint that sticks with you from start to finish. You can enjoy this on release with pleasure. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2038. 734 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
La Rose (Pauillac)
Simple, pleasant, early-drinking wine without complexity or fault. Drink this on the young side. Drink from 2026-2032. 625 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Giscours La Sirène de Giscours (Margaux)
Medium-bodied, fresh, vibrant, and fruity with a floral edge, the wine is soft, elegant, refined and ready-to-go with plenty of early drinking pleasure. This is perfect for enjoyment on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2026-2035. 622 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Calon-Ségur Le Marquis de Calon Ségur (Saint-Estèphe)
Creamy, soft, lush, and polished, the wine, with its vibrant waves of black, and red berries taste as good as they feel. As the fruit lingers, the wine expands and intensifies. There is a good length, loads of clean, ripe, fruits, and a minty, refreshing edge to the finish. You can enjoy this on release, but its best days are yet to come. The wine is a blend of 50% Merlot, 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2040. 706 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cheval Blanc Le Petit Cheval Blanc (Bordeaux)
The pungent nose pops with white flowers, white peaches, pears, orange rind, spice, and mint leaf. The palate continues along the same path, kicking off with sea salt, peppery spice, citrus, pomelo, and crushed stone. The wine is sweet, vibrant, juicy, lively, long, and powerful, resting in the middle of austerity, purity, and elegance. The wine was produced from 73% Sauvignon Blanc and 23% Emilion, 13.5% Drink from 2026-2038. 96 Pts 723 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Léoville Las Cases Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases (Saint-Julien)
Blackberries, flowers, and a hint of tobacco open the nose. Medium-bodied, forward, and already inviting, the fruits show off their spicy, chalky, salty, minty edges with ease. This is a perfect introduction to Leoville Las Cases. The wine blends 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 680 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cos d'Estournel Les Pagodes de Cos (Saint-Estèphe)
Dark black fruits, licorice, herbs, flowers, exotic spices and chocolate-tinted cherries, with just a hint of chocolate create the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, supple, and creamy. This is a refined vintage for Les Pagodes de Cos, finishing with fresh, red, and dark red fruits, a touch of spice, and chocolate-mint in the supple in the finish. This is going to be delicious if tasted early, and it will age well too. The wine blends 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040. 713 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Les Tourelles de Longueville (Pauillac)
Flowers and mint paired with red currants, espresso, and tobacco create the core of the nose and the medium-bodied palate. There is elegance, refinement, and a crispness to the clean red fruits on the mid-palate and in the finish that I really like here. While you can enjoy this on release, it promises to be better with age. The wine blends 72% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2040. 667 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Lynsolence (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Licorice, chocolate, mint, and espresso pop in the perfume. The palate is round, juicy, and fruity, with a chalky edge and more of that sweet mint in the finish. 2023 is the first vintage produced without the previous owner, Denis Barraud, who passed after making the 22s. Drink from 2027-2040. 649 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Marquis de Terme Cuvée 1762 (Margaux)
Forward, fresh, fruity and produced for early drinking pleasure, the wine offers a lot of soft, ripe, red fruits right out of the gate. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2027-2032. 648 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Pantheon (Pomerol)
Packaged in a spiffy looking bottle with a gold wax top, slightly oversized bottle, the wine opens with espresso, chocolate, licorice, plums and smoke in the nose. On the palate the wine is soft, fruity, and forward making it already open and accessible, so you can enjoy it on release. Drink from 2027-2034. 640 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Figeac Petit-Figeac (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Red fruits and flowers fill the perfume. Medium-bodied, sweet, vibrant, and refined, the wine leaves you with freshness and a touch of salt accompanying the red berries, kirsch, and Indian spices. Feel free to pop a cork on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2026-2035. 691 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Saintayme (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Quite oaky in the nose, and on the palate, so it needs time to better come together so you can enjoy all of its sweet, red fruits, flowers and supple, round textures, this will be ready-to-go on release and age for about a decade after that. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2037. 728 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Rauzan-Ségla Ségla (Margaux)
Dark cherries, black currants, spearmint, and floral aromatics focus you on what is to come. The fresh, vibrant palate offers sweet black cherries, smoke, licorice, and spice all the way through to a creamy, soft, and supple finish. This will be fabulous to enjoy on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot, setting a record for the highest proportion of Cabernet ever used in the blend. Drink from 2026-2040. 670 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Angélus Tempo d'Angelus (Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, fruity, and fresh, the wine is already delivering its core of soft, graceful red fruits with ease. This is perfect for lively, early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2026-2033. 1,302 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Une Saison En Enfer (Entre-Deux-Mers)
Plums, flowers, and cocoa shine in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, sweet, and tart, minty, citrus-tinged finish. Drink this on the young side. Drink from 2026-2031. 659 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Vieux Château Certan La Gravette de Certan (Pomerol)
Cherries, cocoa, and flowers show with a single swirl and sniff in the perfume. On the palate, the wine delivers vibrance, harmony, and sweet, juicy red fruits topped with chocolate-mint and espresso. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. This is a fabulous vintage of La Gravette de Certan made from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2038. 728 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Vieux Château Landon (Médoc)
Light, bright, herbal, and soft, this medium-bodied wine will deliver its goods on release, and for drinking over the next 8 to 10 years. Drink from 2026-2032. 655 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Mazerat (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Full-bodied, rich, and almost showy in style, coinciding with their new label and moniker. The wine pops with coconut, espresso, smoke, licorice, and black with red , fruits. The palate combines density with richness, which works for its vivid, spicy, salt-tinted fruits. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2045. 666 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-Saint-Émilion)
Supple, creamy, and fruity, the wine delivers its layers of sweet, ripe, juicy, black with red fruits, licorice, espresso, and a dash of chocolate. This is a delicious value play for those willing to skip the big wines and just want pleasure in the glass. Drink from 2026-2035. 679 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Sigognac L'Enclos (Médoc)
Medium-bodied, chalky stemmy, bright wine with a drying finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 666 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Valandraud Virginie de Valandraud (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft, supple, refined, and creamy, this elegant, junior version of Valandraud delivers the goods. The wine is already serving up its wealth of fresh, ripe, and sweet red fruits that are accompanied by a refreshing sprig of mint in the endnote. Drink from 2027-2042. 687 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Puy Castéra (Haut-Médoc)
Simple, vibrant, crisp red fruits and herbs in the perfume, as well as on the medium-bodied, lean palate. Not much complexity here, just an easy, old-school, early drinking Left Bank wine. Drink from 2027-2033. 663 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Montlabert (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
It is impossible not to want to dig into all the red cherries, black raspberries, licorice, and plums on the palate here. They are soft, refined, and elegant, with a refreshing minty edge in the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2038. 686 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Bishop Rey Chemin De La Reine (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Quite floral in its demeanor, the medium-bodied wine is a gem, loaded with sweet, ripe, vibrant, energetic red fruits and spice. On the palate, the fruits are expressive, long, and clean, with a purity to the berries that sticks with you from the start through to its vivacious finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2037. 692 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Bishop Rey Rouncey (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
With a nice depth of color, the wine is packed with sweet, red, vibrant pit fruits that taste and feel great. The wine is on the vibrant, bright side of the style range, though its depth of flavor sticks with you from start to finish. The wine is produced from 100% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2035. 706 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Suduiraut Pur Sémillon (Bordeaux)
The nose pops with honeysuckle, lemon meringue, white flowers, pears, lemon curd, and ginger-tinted aromatics. The palate delivers its creamy freshness with aplomb. The fruits are definitely touched by a spicy, peppery edge, adding complexity. Not much of this beauty is produced, as the production is roughly 200 cases per vintage. Drink from 2026-2038. 689 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Olivier Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Even better in the bottle than it was during the aging process, this is crispy, juicy, and fresh. The citrus is a blend of vibrant, yellow fruits and green apples with a delicate touch of orange rind in the nose and on the palate from start to finish. This is going to be delicious to enjoy on release, and it can age for a decade or more as well. The wine blends 80% Sauvignon Blanc, and 20% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2035. 762 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château La Louvière Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, white peach, waxy lemons, and green apples make an appearance in the nose. On the palate, the wine is packed with mineral-driven, waxy lemons, white peach, ginger, and pomelo. This is going to be quite nice to enjoy on release for all of its sweet fruit and vibrancy, yet it can age for a decade, and maybe more. Drink from 2025-2035. 831 Views Tasted Mar 25, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cos d'Estournel Blanc (Bordeaux)
White flowers, lemon curd, spice, almonds, oranges, and crisp, green apples form the bouquet. The palate is bright, zesty, fruity, and fresh. The finish has a spicy tone to the sweet, lively yellow citrus in the finish. This is the first vintage including the new blocks, bringing the vineyard to 10 hectares of white wine grape varietals. The wine is a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon. Drink from 2026-2033. 759 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cotes du Rey Fossiles (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Black raspberries, forest leaf, and floral notes create the aromatic profile. The round-textured, medium-bodied palate is soft and fruity, leaving you with sweet, almost peppery black raspberries from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2034. 391 Views Tasted May 19, 2026Black raspberries, forest leaf, and floral notes create the aromatic profile. The round-textured, medium-bodied palate is soft and fruity, leaving you with sweet, almost peppery black raspberries from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2033. 646 Views Tasted Mar 30, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine de la Font du Roi Lieu Dit Les Combes (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Loaded with sweet, bright strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and flowers, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, and ready to go. This will be delicious on release. Drink from 2026-2033. 701 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Saint Jean (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Elegant, silky, and fresh, the wine delivers its core of medium-bodied, red pit fruits and berries topped with thyme, pepper, and garrigue from start to finish. Drink from 2026-2037. 759 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Saint Jean Deus-Ex Machina (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Full-bodied, deep, dark, concentrated, and loaded with sweet, dark berries, pepper, licorice, smoke, and herbs, this is a hedonistic wine that will benefit from a few years in the bottle before you pull a cork. Drink from 2028-2040. 843 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Clos Saint Jean La Combe des Fous (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Lush, rich, and intense, the wine is full-bodied, deep, and packed with dark red fruits, flowers, spice, pepper, and garrigue. The long, flamboyant, fruit-packed finish is almost too much of a good thing. Drink from 2028-2042. 900 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Santa Duc La Crau Ouest (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Quite floral in nature before you move to its wealth of sweet, ripe, clean, elegant, peppery red berries, with a soft, vibrant endnote. The wine was made from 100% old-vine Grenache from the La Crau lieu-dit and was aged in terra-cotta amphorae. Drink from 2026-2038. 797 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Santa Duc Le Pied de Baud (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Bright, fresh, vibrant, and floral, the wine delivers waves of sweet, ripe, juicy, pure notes of kirsch, strawberries, cherries, and peppery herbs with ease. Medium-bodied, with a vivacious, crisp edge to its red fruits, the wine blends 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, and 10% Cinsault. Drink from 2027-2038. 815 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Santa Duc Habemus Papam (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
The wine opens with a vivid display of flowers, kirsch, and a pronounced mineral note on the nose. The palate loads you up with a myriad of red berries and pit fruits with a nice array of peppery spices along with a savory edge. The wine was made from blending close to 64% Grenache 25% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, and 1% Counoise. Drink from 2027-2038. 841 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Domaine Santa Duc Les Saintes Vierges (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
Elegant, refined, fresh, and floral, there is good energy here that adds lift and vibrancy to the wine's medium-bodied, soft-textured array of red fruits, spice, and herbs. The wine blends close to 80% Grenache, with 10 Mourvedre, and 10% Counoise. Drink from 2026-2037. 838 Views Tasted Apr 1, 2026 |
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2023
Château Rieussec (Sauternes)
Following the bouquet of flowers that greets your nose, you are treated to an array of honey-topped tropical fruits, vanilla, honeysuckle, and apricots. The bright, vibrant palate is filled with fresh, sweet, almost unctuous fruits with accents of oranges, tangerines, and spice, all backed by racy acidities. Drink from 2028-2055. 957 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château de Rayne-Vigneau (Sauternes)
Honeyed coated apricots, pineapples, vanilla, honeysuckle, and candied oranges create the core of this sweet gem. Rich, ripe, round, sweet, and energetic on the palate, the spiced, honeyed, tropical fruit finish is balanced by all the zippy acidity. Drink from 2028-2055. 910 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château Nairac (Barsac)
White peaches, pineapples, oranges, and honeysuckle create the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, with balanced sweetness and lift, this would work beautifully chilled, with savory cuisine, such as spicy foods, or with white meat courses. Drink 2026-2043. 835 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château Cantegril (Barsac)
Flowers, Indian spices, oranges, pineapples, and honeysuckle crowd into the nose, and sweet, lively palate. Could this be the best value in Sauternes? Drink from 2026-2043. 904 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château Haut-Bergeron (Sauternes)
Honeysuckle, candied tangerines, apricots, and overripe pineapples all drizzled with nut honey create the character here. The vibrant, sweet, fresh finish wraps everything up perfectly. This is a great value for sweet wine lovers. Drink from 2027-2043. 921 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château Liot (Sauternes)
Light, fresh, sweet wine that is best consumed chilled as an aperitif. Drink from 2026-2037. 899 Views Tasted Apr 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château Climens (Barsac)
Sweet and racy, with elegance and lift, the wine is packed with flowers, pineapples, apricots, mangos, nuts, and a touch of saffron that hits every part of your palate. The long finish lets you enjoy the purity in the ripe and overripe fruits all coated with honey. Drink from 2028-2060. 531 Views Tasted May 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château Coutet Opalie Sec (Bordeaux)
Once past the floral bouquet, the wine is defined by its wealth of citrus, green apples, pineapples, and tangerines. The mild touch of sweetness pairs perfectly with its chalky finish. Drink from 2026-2032. 526 Views Tasted May 2, 2026 |
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2023
Château d'Arche (Sauternes)
On the orange side of the style range, with tangerines, mango, candied orange rind, apricot, and pineapple at its core in the perfume, and a bright, sweet, vibrant, almost tangy, honeyed finish. Drink from 2028-2045. 434 Views Tasted May 4, 2026 |
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2023
Château Lafite Rothschild Carruades de Lafite (Pauillac)
Flowers, tobacco, currants, spice, and cigar box fill the aromatic profile. The medium-bodied palate is soft, silky, elegant, fragrant, bright, and fresh, making the perfect frame for all the sweet, ripe, refined fruits. The wine is sneaky in its length, as it lingers on the palate, with fruit, as well as freshness. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 40% Merlot. Drink from 2028-2048. 376 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Grand Village Blanc (Bordeaux)
Pomelo, lemons, white peach, flowers, and crisp green apples define the core of the wine. Fresh, and exuberant, with a citrus-filled character on the palate, this , blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc, and 20% Semillon is ready to go. Drink from 2026-2031. 461 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Grand Village Les Champs Libres (Bordeaux)
White flowers, vanilla, Granny Smith apples, white peach, tangerine, and pineapples create the perfume. On the palate, the wine is zesty in character with its blast of Meyer lemons, white peach and pineapple on the palate, from start to finish. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2026-2034. 377 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Latour Les Forts de Latour (Pauillac)
Smoke, herbs, forest leaves, cedar, mint, cigar wrapper currants, and blackberries permeate the nose. Vibrant, elegant, clean and fresh, the juicy fruits lean towards the sweet, bright, red with black currant side of the style range, with touches of pepper, blackberries, and marine influences that show up at the backend of the finish. This should drink well early, yet provide pleasure for at least 2 or more decades. The wine was produced from blending 55.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40.2% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. 13.7% ABV. Drink from 2028-2050. 620 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Lafleur Les Perrières de Lafleur (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Flowers, mint, smoke, cherries, and marine influences fill the perfume. The fruit is sweet, bright, fresh, and energetic, with an herbal, peppery character that rides on top of the black raspberries, cherries, and plums. The marine influence is quite strong which adds the complexity of oceanic nuances to the berries on the mid-palate, and in the finish. This is the only vintage featuring 100% Cabernet Franc. So, if you are a Cabernet Franc fan, get it while you can! Drink from 2027-2040. 809 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Latour de Latour (Pauillac)
Currants, blackberries, black cherries, tobacco, and floral notes pack the perfume. On the palate, the wine is fresh, creamy, juicy, and fruity. Open in style, this is already charming in your glass, and will offer nice drinking for 12-15 more years. The wine was produced from a blend of 61.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34.1% Merlot, and 4.7% Petit Verdot.13.5% ABV. Drink 2027-2040. 706 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Margaux Pavillon Blanc (Bordeaux)
Pineapples, white peaches, spice, and orange ring nuances create the perfume. The palate continues with that theme. The citrus is lively, crisp, and sweet, with a bright tone to the fruits in the zesty finish. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2026-2038. 744 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Château Pavillon Rouge (Margaux)
Black cherries, plums, spice, and flowers pop in the nose. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is refined, forward, sweet, fresh, and most importantly, charming. The finish is bright, with a minor touch of greenness on the backend .The wine was made from blending 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2040. 768 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
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2023
Lafleur Les Pensées (Vin de France)
Smoky cherries paired with flowers and chocolate aromatics is your introduction to the wine. On the palate, the wine is silky, round, polished, and elegant, delivering layers of sweet, chocolate-infused black cherries from start to finish. The wine blends 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2045. 791 Views Tasted May 7, 2026 |
