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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. 434 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 537 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 1,008 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Quite floral in nature, it is the vivacious nature, sensuality, and freshness in the fruits that stand out. Picture, velvety-textured, black plums with dark chocolate, saffron, orange peel, cumin, and black raspberries that caress and paint your palate with layers of fruit. There is a sublime sense of purity, paired with elegance and vivacity that sticks with you in the precise finish for close to 60 seconds. Produced from 100% Merlot, 14.4% ABV, 3.77 pH, the harvest took place September 6 - September 17. Yields were only 29 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-2055. 98-100 Pts. 714 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Croix St. Georges (Pomerol)
Flowers, 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. 523 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Clos du Clocher (Pomerol)
Flowers, 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. 695 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 686 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Orange 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. 778 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 591 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. 462 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Grave a Trigant de Boisset (Pomerol)
Mint, 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. 444 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. 376 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Yellow 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. 551 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. 776 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 378 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Chalky, 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. 381 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Lynch-Bages Blanc de Lynch-Bages (Bordeaux)
Yellow 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. 523 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Valandraud Blanc de Valandraud (Bordeaux)
I 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. 454 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Brane-Cantenac Le Baron de Brane (Margaux)
Cedar, 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. 526 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 467 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 716 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. 499 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 901 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. 377 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. 395 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Alcée (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, 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. 500 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. 3,225 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. 428 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. 364 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. 958 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. 411 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. 943 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. 416 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Bastor-Lamontagne (Sauternes)
Candied 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. 535 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Batailley (Pauillac)
Soft, 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. 2,207 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 476 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 22% Cabernet Franc. 14.1%, ABV, 3.5 pH. The harvest took place, September 7 - October 4. Drink from 2029-2060. 96-98 Pts. 2,404 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. 476 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. 402 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beaumont (Haut-Médoc)
Spicy, 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. 638 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beauregard (Pomerol)
Chocolate, 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. 504 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. 1,064 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 454 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beauséjour (Fronsac) Cuvée Prestige (Fronsac)
Leafy 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. 383 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Beauvillage (Médoc)
Medium-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. 423 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Bel-Air (Pomerol)
Flowers, 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. 401 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 447 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 685 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Belgrave (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco 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. 684 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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 496 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 728 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 404 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 447 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Château Bellegrave du Poujeau (Haut-Médoc)
Savory-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. 409 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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 407 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 505 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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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. 426 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. 610 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bernadotte (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, 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. 405 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. 509 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. 1,076 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Issan Blason d'Issan (Margaux)
Flowers, 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. 635 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Bonalgue (Pomerol)
Medium-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. 455 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. 477 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. 1,904 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Chewy, 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. 591 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. 447 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
Cuban 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. 2,899 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 383 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Broustet (Sauternes)
Roasted 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. 392 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. 431 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. 3,199 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. 678 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. 2,084 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. 487 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. 1,436 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantelys (Pessac-Léognan)
Tobacco 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. 401 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantelys Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Pineapple, 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. 417 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. 524 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. 465 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantenac Brown (Margaux)
2023 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. 1,205 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cantereau (Pomerol)
Produced 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. 383 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. 397 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. 478 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cap de Faugères (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Licorice, 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. 498 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. 406 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. 431 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. 658 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. 471 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, 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. 622 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Granny 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. 736 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Certan de May (Pomerol)
Black 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. 593 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Charmail (Haut-Médoc)
Floral, 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. 632 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. 749 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. 527 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. 1,587 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. 541 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Cissac (Haut-Médoc)
Cedar, 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. 478 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. 553 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. 411 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Forward, 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. 435 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. 418 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clerc Milon (Pauillac)
Cedar, 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. 1,661 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. 456 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Clinet (Pomerol)
Lilacs, 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. 1,294 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. 391 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. 455 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. 459 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. 657 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. 431 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. 413 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. 2,675 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. 599 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. 467 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. 515 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. 500 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Coufran (Haut-Médoc)
Chocolate, 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. 432 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Black 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. 475 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Lemon 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. 495 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 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. 433 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins-Lurton Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
White 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. 425 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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Flowers, 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. 999 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. 434 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. 556 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. 428 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. 496 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. 537 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Aiguilhe (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
It 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. 897 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. 517 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. 478 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 757 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. 493 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Arcins (Haut-Médoc)
Flowers, 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. 530 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Armailhac (Pauillac)
Flowers, 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. 1,076 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Arsac (Margaux)
Medium-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. 543 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Issan (Margaux)
Silky, 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. 982 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Dalem (Fronsac)
Black 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. 812 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. 547 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Dauzac (Margaux)
Flowers, 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. 671 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. 608 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. 516 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Carles (Fronsac)
Flowers, 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. 606 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chambrun (Lalande de Pomerol)
Rich, 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. 528 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chantegrive (Graves)
Leafy 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. 564 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Chantegrive Blanc (Graves)
Floral 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. 548 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. 631 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. 633 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. 605 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Fieuzal (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, 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. 1,748 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Fieuzal Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, 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. 681 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. 586 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de France (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, 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 570 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. 624 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. 684 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de la Huste (Fronsac)
Bright, 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. 643 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de la Rivière (Fronsac)
Black 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. 549 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. 562 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Malleret (Haut-Médoc)
Tobacco, 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. 533 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. 513 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 477 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. 506 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Portets (Graves)
Earthy, 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 535 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. 781 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château de Sours Quarry de Sours Blanc (Bordeaux)
Honeysuckle, white peach, citrus, and flowers create the character here. This is perfect for young, early-drinking pleasure. Drink from 2024-2027. 88 Pts. 485 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Desmirail (Margaux)
Tobacco, 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. 602 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. 525 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Deyrem Valentin (Margaux)
Round, 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. 772 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Doisy-Daëne (Barsac)
Vanilla, 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. 823 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Doisy-Védrines (Sauternes)
Candied 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. 599 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. 564 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Domaine de L'Eglise (Pomerol)
Soft, 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. 746 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. 585 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. 534 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Petit Puch (Graves de Vayres)
Medium-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. 495 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château du Tertre (Margaux)
Chocolate, 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. 867 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. 514 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. 469 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. 2,981 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Duhart-Milon (Pauillac)
Black 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. 1,099 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. 534 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château d'Escot (Médoc)
Medium-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. 540 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. 567 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. 529 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. 635 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fayat (Pomerol)
Medium-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. 603 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ferrande (Graves)
Smoke, 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. 525 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Ferrande Blanc (Graves)
Ginger, 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. 524 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Feytit Clinet (Pomerol)
The 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. 827 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. 3,135 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. 1,249 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. 536 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. 540 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. 540 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fleur La Mothe (Médoc)
Medium-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. 610 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. 690 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fonbadet (Pauillac)
Mint, 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. 587 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. 738 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fonréaud (Listrac-Médoc)
Red, 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. 659 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. 579 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fontenil (Fronsac)
Dark 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. 629 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fourcas Dupré (Listrac-Médoc)
Round, 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. 776 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Fourcas Hosten (Listrac-Médoc)
Cedar, 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 568 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. 667 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. 557 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Garraud (Lalande de Pomerol)
Chocolate-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. 703 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Gazin (Pomerol)
There 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. 897 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Giscours (Margaux)
Flowers, 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. 1,926 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. 1,586 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. 592 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. 733 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. 668 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand Village (Bordeaux Supérieur)
Black 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. 978 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. 688 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand-Puy Ducasse (Pauillac)
Espresso, 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. 922 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (Pauillac)
Concentrated, 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. 1,840 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. 572 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. 1,441 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. 624 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Guillot Clauzel (Pomerol)
On 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. 878 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. 1,005 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 550 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 1,009 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. 596 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. 567 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Bailly (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, 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. 1,534 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Bailly II (Pessac-Léognan)
Spicy 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. 675 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Batailley (Pauillac)
Chocolate, 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. 951 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. 581 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 594 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 737 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 3,158 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 937 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. 660 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Chaigneau (Lalande de Pomerol)
Medium-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. 586 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. 619 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Haut-Maillet (Pomerol)
Medium-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. 634 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 629 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Hosanna (Pomerol)
Black 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. 1,035 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 596 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 886 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Joanin Bécot (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Cherries, 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. 786 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 970 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château L'Eglise-Clinet (Pomerol)
The 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. 1,457 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château L'Enclos (Pomerol)
Elegant, 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. 586 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 568 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 590 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château L'Evangile (Pomerol)
Violets, 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. 1,081 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Branne (Médoc)
Round, 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. 563 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Cabanne (Pomerol)
Flowers, 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. 678 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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 599 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 558 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 666 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 551 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. 687 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Conseillante (Pomerol)
Violets, 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. 2,022 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. 604 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. 587 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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 558 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Croix du Casse (Pomerol)
Plums, 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. 710 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 837 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. 557 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Fleur de Boüard (Lalande de Pomerol)
Flowers, 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. 672 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Fleur de Boüard Le Plus (Lalande de Pomerol)
Dark 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. 608 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château La Fleur de Boüard Chardonnay La Fleur de Boüard (Atlantique)
Bright, vigorous yellow citrus, and white peaches are fresh, and refreshing in this easy-to-like, ready white wine. Drink from 2025-2028. 90 Pts. 480 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 575 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 563 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. 670 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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. 619 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
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 wit |
