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"Things are changing at Domaine Lavantureux: founder Roland’s sons, Arnaud and David, have joined the family business, and they have begun to imple...

"This is an extremely successful Clerc Milon in a run of great vintages at the property. Lovely purity, clear big tannins, and real poise and tensi...

"A few more years of age and this could hit 100 Pts. It is a thrill-a-sip wine. The nose is packed with leafy mint, smoke, cherries, licorice, flow...

"Absolutely pure gold and reminding me of the 2009 (or is it the 2010?), the 2020 Château Smith Haut Lafitte sports a dense purple hue to go with i...

"Appearance: brilliant and limpid straw yellow. Nose: complex aromas of vanilla, almonds, dried fruits and linden-tree. The minerality is marked (t...

"Big, concentrated, powerful, round and deep, the dark fruit matches the equally dark hue. Lush and long, the wine serves up layers of dark red fru...

 "Eye : Deep ruby red with dark tints. Nose : Small red fruit, blackberry, morello cherry Intensely aromatic, powerful and elegant. Palate : Supple...

"Eye : Red black with deep dark tints. Nose : Small black fruits, liquorice and roasted notes and oriental spices. Powerful and intense aromas. Pal...

"Eye : Ruby red with red vermillion tints. Nose : Small red fruits, blackberry and floral violet aromas.Intensely aromatic, powerful but full of fi...

"Eye : Ruby red with red vermillion tints. Nose : Small red fruits, blackberry and floral violet aromas.Intensely aromatic, powerful but full of fi...

"A vintage marked by frost on the 21st of April that fortunately spared several plots of slope vineyards at Yquem. Summer was warm and dry, but Sep...

"The 1986 Rauzan-Segla is held up as one of the best wines of that decade. It eventually offers exquisite aromas of small red cherries, cranberry j...

"Black-ruby. Sweet, expressive aromas of bitter cherry, cocoa powder and caramel. Very sweet and very concentrated, but fresh and nicely defined. I...

"Ripe and fresh. Just what it should be. Deep ruby with red hue. Loads of chocolate, vanilla, tobacco and ripe fruit. Full bodied with lots of velv...

"Decadent aromas here, with meat, ripe fruit and spices. Full-bodied, with round, soft tannins and lots of spicy, earthy and leafy flavors. Long an...

"A stunning wine, as well as one of the sleepers of the vintage, this dense purple-colored 1998 offers up classic Graves aromas of tar, roasted mea...

"A very tannic, structured wine with an opaque purple color and a sweet creme de cassis nose intermixed with damp earth, vanilla, and licorice, thi...

A 1994 Roc de Cambes from Côtes de Bourg, crafted from a 10-hectare estate with 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Malbec.

A standout of the vintage, this wine boasts a deep black-purple hue and an alluring nose of sweet red and black fruits, violets, minerals, vanilla,...

"Aromas of coffee and dark berries, with a hint of prune. Medium-bodied, with soft tannins and a tobacco, chocolate and berry aftertaste. Very pret...

"It is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996, two superb vintages for Haut-Brion. The 1995 seems to have sweeter tannin and a bit more...

"Intense aromas of wet earth, leaves, sweet berries and cinnamon follow through to a full body, velvety and dense tannins and a long and flavorful ...

"It has a brilliant bouquet rich in minerals that infused the pure blackberry and raspberry fruit. It seems to shimmer in the glass, offering hints...

"There’s clarity and beauty to this wine as always with pure dark berry, stones and spices. Some clove too. Full body, firm and silky tannins and a...

"The 2006 Château Haut-Brion has a more ostentatious bouquet than the comparatively reserved La Mission: quite feisty blackberry, briary, kirsch an...

"Since 1959 the estate has kept 50% of production back for a second release when the wine is ready to drink, and this vintage has not yet seen its ...

"Dense and rich Latour with layered and velvety tannins and gorgeous fruit. At the same time, there’s lots of wood. Coffee flavor, too. Full-bodied...

"Dark chocolate and mocha flavors, very dark and intense, this is a big, concentrated wine, flavored with bitter cherries and structured. Certainly...

"The Clos de la Roche Grand Cru lies between the village of Morey-Saint-Denis to the south and Gevrey-Chambertin to the north, where the slope vari...

"Bright, sweet, juicy, fresh, and vibrant, the wine leans to the orange fruit side of the style range with a cornucopia of ripe, and overripe candi...

"The 2006 Château Margaux remains a very youthful wine, unfurling in the decanter and glass with a deep bouquet of blackcurrants, cigar wrapper, bl...

"Power and elegance merge effortlessly in this superb wine. Its pure black currant fruit is tightly coiled, supported by just the right amount of f...

"Always showing well, this bottle of 2005 Château Pontet Canet was just about pure perfection in a glass. Still youthful ruby/purple-hued, with a g...

"This wine promises a great future ahead. It has all the elements in balance—rich tannins, intense black fruits and fragrant acidity—to suggest suc...

"This red shows lots of redcurrants and fresh flowers on the nose. It’s full-bodied with juicy tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Needs a few ye...

"Even in this super-ripe vintage Figeac retains its usual red bell pepper aroma (from the cabernet sauvignon grape) and that adds a light touch to ...

"Still deep in color, the wine is developing secondary aromatics of truffle, cigar box, earth, licorice and blackberries. The tannins are a bit str...

"One of the most pleasant and unexpected surprises in this tasting, the 2006 Pichon Lalande is gorgeous, which is something I can’t say about too m...

"Youthful, firm, full-bodied, structured vintage here. There is a wealth of sweet, ripe fruit. But much of those berries lay hidden behind a wall o...

"The nose on this seems more concentrated than the 2000, and the purity of fruit is stunning, with blueberries, raspberries, fresh flowers, and hin...

"One of the highlights in this range, the 2015 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru is super-expressive. Readers should plan on giving the 2015 at least a few ye...

"Was a 60% loss here…A less overt nose, faintly floral. Supple, directly delicious, a little fat, but just achingly delicious wine of fine freshnes...

"The 2013 Clos de la Roche Cuvée Vieilles Vignes, from vines planted in 1905, has an inviting, delineated bouquet with vibrant wild strawberry, ras...