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"Gorgeous aromas of flowers and crushed berries, with hints of licorice. Full-bodied, silky and beautiful, with long, caressing tannins and a brigh...

" A superb effort in this vintage, Angelus's opaque purple-colored 1995 is a massive, powerful, rich offering with plenty of ripe, sweet tannin. Th...

"The 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou is quite evolved, offering notions of incense, tree bark, tilled soil and tobacco with nuances of preserved plums, kirs...

"The 2000 La Conseillante is brilliant and while mature, is still youthful and vibrant. Deep ruby/purple colored and loaded with notions of currant...

"The 2000 Les Forts de Latour has a very perfumed and floral bouquet, beautifully defined, precise and precocious; hints of eucalyptus emerge with ...

"Very beautiful aromas of crushed berry, flowers, currant and Indian spices follow through to a full body, with ultrafine tannins and a long, long ...

"This vintage is unlike the wines Château Margaux produces today, with their silky elegance and almost reticent charm. Instead of today's subtle st...

"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...

"The 1953 Margaux has been delicious for most of its life. Bottles from the cold, damp Paris cellars of the French wine merchant, Nicolas, have exh...

"Yes, there is power to this wine. But more than that, it exudes authority; a dense and solid wine with an impressive presence and texture. It has ...

"The 1945 Chateau d’Yquem got off to an inauspicious start when a rare frost (-2 degrees) on May 2 miraculously only affected two or three leaves a...

"The 2003 Les Forts de Latour has a classy bouquet that is very well defined: graphite infused black fruit that offers wonderful focus. The palate ...

"The character of this wine, a straight line of tannins and black currant fruit flavors, is the model of a classic Pauillac. It has all the structu...

"The 2022 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru has a well-defined and focused bouquet with attractive brambly red fruit, briar, forest floor, and a touch ...

"The 2015 Ermitage Les Greffieux comes from vines located at the base of the hill, just under the le Méal Vineyard. Blackberries, blueberries, liqu...

"Compelling fragrance despite its youth, remarkably fruity and open for a L’Ermite wine at this stage: lavender, orange, mint and fresh blackberry....

"Showing beautifully (if not eyes-roll-back-in-your-head good), the 2022 Hermitage offers sun-kissed blackberry and cassis fruits intermixed with s...

"The 2001 Lafite-Rothschild has a little more precision on the nose compared to the millennial Lafite. It’s vivid and focused, featuring blackberry...

"A wine that’s firing on all cylinders is the 2001 Latour and this beauty over-delivers in the vintage! Based on 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot...

"The nose is like what you smell when you enter a spice market in the Far East. Great concentration and underplayed power on the full-bodied palate...

"Such a concentrated, focused yet bright La Mouline for the vintage. The nose reveals aromas of blackberries, dark plums, violets, undergrowth and ...

"This is ample, stunning and concentrated, with impressive energy. Dark berries, grilled herbs, stones, leather, undergrowth and loads of baking sp...

"A drop dead gorgeous nose of wood and natural spice aromas, black and blue pinot fruit aromas nuanced by hints of violets and floral tones leads t...

"Raised entirely in new oak with all its stems, the 2020 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru has a tough job following the crystalline Les Amoureuses...

"Ruby red with an amber rim. A whiff of volatile acidity blows off to reveal aromas of clove, pine needles and mint; became fruitier with air, with...

"This is extremely aromatic and perfumed with crushed-berry, flower, currant and orange-peel character. Full-bodied, very tight and focused with fa...

"The 2020 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru possesses one of the finest aromatics from Jadot this year with pixelated red bery fruit and perfectly integra...

"I have always loved this wine. It's a giant, yet also sophisticated and reserved. Still dark-ruby colored, with beautiful aromas of fruits and spi...

Often compared to his uncle Henri Jayer, Emmanuel Rouget has built an exceptional reputation in Burgundy. Based in Flagey-Echézeaux, he farms the f...

"This is notably different as the fruit is notably riper though it also is very fresh and cool with sauvage notes that carry over to the intense fl...

"Perhaps all I need to say is, Heart-stopping! From start to finish, this is off the charts. Power, concentration, elegance, refinement, length and...

"... this remains quite fresh with a lightly spiced, elegant and pure nose of still largely primary earth-suffused red and dark berry fruit aromas ...

Bouchard Père et Fils, founded in 1731 and based in Beaune, is Burgundy’s largest vineyard owner, with 130 ha across 450 parcels, including 12 ha o...

"A more elegant and refined nose of notably ripe and almost exclusively black berry fruit aromas that also evidence notes of violets, dried rose pe...

"From a good year in Sauternes, this Yquem burns with fairly intense dried apricot and raisiny flavors." - Wine Spectator

"A smoky, slightly baked character to the fruit and an undercurrent of dark chocolate and ground coffee. The texture is soft, sunny, and supple, wi...

Michel Colin, nephew of Georges Deléger, inherited a portion of the Chevenottes vineyard and merged it with family holdings to form the Domaine Col...

Domaine Rossignol-Trapet, based in Gevrey-Chambertin, crafts Pinot Noir across Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, including grand and premier crus. ...

Domaine des Comtes Lafon, based in Meursault, is one of Burgundy’s most revered producers of Chardonnay, with vineyards in Chassagne-Montrachet, Vo...

Producer Notes: "This Charmes-Chambertin wine has striking aromatic intensity: violet, liquorice, vanilla, quince, and red fruit. The tannins are d...

"This is a generous, full-bodied wine. Touches of vanilla indicate the wood aging but that will go as the elegant structure and black fruits come t...

This eight-hectare domaine, centered in Nuits-Saint-Georges with holdings in Morey-Saint-Denis and Clos Vougeot, farms mostly Premier Cru vineyards...