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"The freshness on the nose is striking and you could easily mistake this for a 4-5 year old wine. Ripe elderberry and wild blackberry notes are mar...

"Exotic aromas of violets, berry and toasted oak waft from this full-bodied wine. Packed to the brim with fruit and tannins and impressively long o...

The 2005 Xavier Liger-Belair Clos du Chapitre is a Pinot Noir from the Côte de Nuits in Burgundy, produced during an exceptional vintage known for ...

Gérard Raphet produces traditionally styled Burgundy known for its delicate color yet striking aromatic and flavor intensity. These limited, old-vi...

The 1988 Pontet-Canet is a mature Cabernet Sauvignon–dominant red from Pauillac, Bordeaux. Classified as a Fifth Growth in 1855, Château Pontet-Can...

"A rich, dense and creamy texture forms the backdrop for lemon cake, peach, pastry and butterscotch aromas and flavors. Harmonious and concentrated...

"Romanée-Conti can be a rather elusive, at times intellectual wine. There are no such issues with the 2022. Dark and powerful in feel, the 2022 Rom...

The 1966 Domaine Robert Arnoux Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru is a historic Pinot Noir from one of Burgundy’s most prestigious Grand Cru vineyards ...

Located next to Les Amoureuses, this parcel has deep brown limestone soils. The wine offers aromas of red and black berries with spice from oak agi...

"Rather light, but nevertheless charming, elegant, fruity, and clearly marked by wood, the 1981 Calon-Segur reflects both the inconsistency of this...

"The 1986 vintage is atypical due to the high proportion of Cabernet Franc, which accounts for this variety’s two hallmarks: remarkably elegant aro...

Armand Heitz oversees a 20-hectare estate across Chassagne-Montrachet, Meursault, Volnay, Pommard, and Beaune, with an additional 8 hectares in Bea...

Bruno Desaunay-Bissey manages a 14.4-acre family domaine in Flagey-Echezeaux, including prized old vine plots in Echezeaux and Grands Echezeaux. Si...

Armand Heitz, an oenologist and advocate of agroecology, manages 20 hectares across the Côte de Beaune and 6 hectares in Juliénas. His work focuses...

"A wine that hints at the power of a Gevrey grand cru vineyard, but mainly exhibits the softer side. But there is an element of solid tannin before...

"This is a wine that makes you dream. The nose is packed with flowers, sweet tobacco, iodine, spices, raspberries, blackberries, and great freshnes...

"This shows fabulous length with a chocolate, berry and mineral undertone. Licorice and currants too. Full body yet refined with seamless tannins. ...

"1998 was a late flowering year but the grapes achieved perfect ripeness by harvest time. It's an excellent vintage that's generally known as a Rig...

"This is really beautiful and decadent with mushroom, chocolate, plum and sliced-meat character. Even some foie gras. Full-bodied, tight and linear...

"Pichon Baron 2004 impresses by its youthful energy and a floral bouquet brimming with black fruit including cherry. Aeration reveals a delightful ...

"The 2009 Corton is a showstopper. The huge, boisterous bouquet is the first sign the Corton is just as dazzling from bottle as it was from barrel....

"Inky, bluish/black/purple, with notes of spring flowers, licorice, camphor, graphite, and a boatload of blueberry, black raspberry and blackberry ...

"The wood element is important here, but it is based on a firm Cabernet Sauvignon structure, dry but rich tannins. The wine is a great success for ...

"The 1989 Le Pavilion is a prodigious wine. Made from yields of 14 hectoliters per hectare, this parcel of old vines (averaging 70-80 years of age)...

"Combining power with great elegance, this wine displays superripe, rich fruits that are restrained by velvet tannins and the delicious perfumed ch...

"Similar in style to the blockbuster 2005, the 2009 Pavie is another magical, legendary wine from the Perse family that tops out on my scale. Made ...

"I loved this vintage of Haut Brion en primeur and am so happy that it has more than lived up to expectations now that it is well into its sec...

"Another absolute legend in the vintage is the 2005 Château Pape Clément, which is just now starting to hit prime time. Based on 55% Merlot and 45%...

This Puligny-Montrachet, from 40-year-old Chardonnay vines on calcareous clay below Bâtard and Bienvenues-Bâtard, is manually harvested and aged 18...

"Immediate depth to the aromas of dark cherries, plums and blackberries with subtly spicy and cedary oak amid stony, minerally accents. The pa...

"The 2020 Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande has one of the more opulent aromatic profiles amongst the flight of Pauillac wines, displaying bla...

"The complex, explosively fragrant 1999 Cheval Blanc is a blend of 59% Merlot and 41% Cabernet Franc. It is already showing well, which is a good s...

"Bottled after over a decade of maturation on the lees in tank, Defaix's 2007 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillon is drinking brilliantly, offering up aromas o...

"For readers who may not be familiar with the wines of this domaine, they are a kind of a stylistic throw back to older times. There is no artifice...

"This vintage which was immediately acknowledged in Bordeaux as a great success, developed very slowly in bottle, especially those wines that were ...

"This is very fine and racy with refined tannins that are long and really precise. It’s medium-bodied with a lovely, creamy texture. Really long an...

"Spicy and structured, this is a classic Saint-Estèphe. Big tannins are boldly paired with the potential of the ripe black currant fruits that are ...

"The nose is impressively rich with an opulence and sexiness with earth, berry, spice and chocolate character. Black truffles! Full body, with seam...

"Fabulous aromas of crushed berries such as blackberries and blackcurrants, not to mention spices. Wet earth and cedar, too. Complex. Full-bodied, ...

"As is often the case in its youth, this easily possesses the most aromatic breadth of any wine in the range with an utterly kaleidoscopic nose tha...

Calon Ségur, rooted in Roman times, is a historic Saint-Estèphe estate known for its elegant, structured wines. Owned by Suravenir and guided by Vi...

"The Grand Vin 2020 Chateau Leoville Poyferre, which is released in a stylish black bottle commemorating a century for the Cuvelier family, is remi...

"At 30 years of age this can easily go another 30 years without breaking a sweat. There is a softness to the powerful, ever present tannins that th...

"42% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, 18% Meunier from 55% estate vineyards; 16% fermented and matured in oak casks; 30% malolactic. The rise and evolut...