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"Currants and crushed blackberries, with hints of flowers on the nose. Full body, yet refined and beautiful with polished tannins and a long finish...

"A highly floral and extremely expressive nose offers a cornucopia of spice nuances to the ripe, pure and airy red and black berry fruit aromas. Th...

"A youthful, very fresh Pétrus, with lively black olive character and an expansive, powerful mouthfeel. Very ripe fruit flavors. This will continue...

"The 2015 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a detailed, precise bouquet, very pure with ripe dark cherries, kirsch, orange sorbet and subtle graphite a...

"A ripe, spicy and still wonderfully fresh nose features almost fully mature aromas that are nuanced by hints of earth and underbrush that are trim...

"Spice and dark black berry and cherry aromas trimmed in subtle oak spice combine with delicious, sweet and relatively powerful medium full flavors...

"Interestingly, this is actually quite similar to the nose of the Grands Ech but it's arguably even spicier and quite cool in the context of the 20...

Founded in 1877 in Beaune, Maison Remoissenet Père et Fils is a historic Burgundy domaine known for grand and premier cru Chardonnay and Pinot Noir...

"A wine with stunning aromatics, the 2003 Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuees bursts forth with scents of jammy red cherries and bilberries. Medium to full...

"The 2019 Lafon-Rochet is every bit as compelling today as it was from barrel. There is a feeling of elegance to the 2019 that is so striking. Swee...

"A very backward nose only grudgingly gives up aromas of spice, acacia blossom, peach, apricot and mildly exotic ripe yellow fruits that complement...

"Amber in color, the strong perfume is loaded with notes of butter, burnt caramel, smoke butterscotch. apricot jam and orange rind. The wine is sur...

"This village-level wine is from vines owned by Louis Ng around the château, which he purchased in 2012. This has come a long way since the first v...

"The 2022 Chambertin is a monumental wine with supremely ripe black cherry, plum, and cassis fruit loaded with spice and floral notes. There is an ...

"Less harmonious at this time than the 1926 or '29, but still feels youthful and alive. Shows some nice wild berry character over earthy, mushroom ...

"So perfumed with exotic, tropical-fruit aromas that draw you into the glass. Full-bodied, layered and textured with soft creamy tannins and light ...

"This displays clear traces of coffee bean, dark chocolate and a swirl of creamy mocha - I can see a parallel with the La Croix 2012. The texture i...

"Gorgeous, silky red that is thickly textured. Full-bodied, with near flawless balance, it delivers layers of mocha, coffee, ginger, blackberry, an...

"With its licorice infused, dark red berry, coffee bean and mocha personality, the wine is round, forward and loaded with sweet, ripe, juicy fruits...

"Very bright and floral with plenty of passion fruit, kiwi and melon on the nose. Juicy and elegant with a stunning balance of fruit, delicate oak ...

"Wonderful nose with strawberries, cherry blossom, and vanilla. The red opens up with blueberries, milk chocolate and sweet licorice. Full and juic...

"The 1999 Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru from Domaine Leflaive is blessed with a stunning gunflint nose that soars from the glass. It is supremely wel...

"So sweet, yet packed with earthy Burgundian terroir, here is a full-bodied, ripe '00 that is silky and yummy, but also a bit jammy, turning a bit ...

"Lean and tight, with lemon verbena, citrus blossom and stone notes. This is balanced, though the structure is more evident now, with a long, miner...

"Still very deeply colored. The wood treatment, along with a touch of menthol, remains evident on the still quite youthful nose of very ripe yet fr...

"This is very deeply colored, in fact so much so that it would make a young port blush! The ripe aromas of red and blue berries, spice and earth di...

"Riper than the 2001 version with fine black cherry fruit plus nicely elegant, complex, delicious, forward flavors and good if not exceptional leng...

"The 2005 Chambertin Clos de Beze offers a smoky, sweet raspberry, rose petal and red licorice nose, a richly-fruited palate boasting ultra-refined...

"This a Petrus with extraordinary balance and depth. It shows such elegance in the nose with complexity of black olives, dark fruits, and flowers. ...

"A blockbuster, dark in color, delivering beautiful cranberry, vanilla and plum aromas, full body and masses of fruit and tannins." 94/100 - Wine S...

"Medium red. Reticent aromas of berries, licorice and herbs. Juicy, penetrating and intensely flavored; brisk acidity is in harmony with the fruit....

"Deft but not invisible oak treatment serves as a backdrop for the elegant and pure aromas of petrol, white flowers, pear and lovely spice nuances....

"A dark, grippy, structured version, with a strong charcoal spine running through the core of dark fig, steeped plum and black currant fruit. Loam ...

"A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Merlot, this wine represents only 34% of Lafite's total harvest. In a less than perfect Medoc vintage, i...

"The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru is a decided success, wafting from the glass with fragrant aromas of orange rind, raspberries, wild berries and pe...

"The 2017 Côte de Brouilly exhibits aromas of cassis, plums and loamy soil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, succulent palate that's nicely con...

Vineyard notes: "Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is a very recent wine estate since created at the beginning of the year 2000 by Count Louis-Michel L...

"Harmonious, balanced and very fresh '89. Color is medium-dark ruby, with lovely fresh floral and raspberry aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, well-in...

Domaine d’Auvenay, part of the Leroy portfolio, is named after Lalou Bize-Leroy’s estate near Saint-Romain. It is her family’s original domaine, pr...

"This is a stunning Clos de Vougeot, a distinct level up from the great 2000. The nose blossoms in the glass with raspberry leaf, wild strawberry a...

"This is the third time that I have tasted the Corton-Charlemagne from Lalou-Bize Leroy. Here, the nose is a little more reticent than the last bot...

"One of the most singular Bordeaux I have ever tasted, it verges on being port-like, but it pulls back because of the extraordinary minerality and ...

"Latour has made truly great wines in the past two decades—and this is one of the best. It has fabulous aromas of black truffles, currants, raspber...

"The 2009 Château Montrose is just pure perfection, and it doesn't get any better. This magical Saint- Estèphe is still youthful yet offers incredi...

"Lemon, lime, minerals, vanilla and a biscuity nuance on the precise nose. Ripe, fat and round; a lovely combination of flesh and backbone. Very pu...

"Brick red, with light chocolate and fruit aromas. Medium-bodied, with earth, berry, tobacco flavors and a fresh yet slightly dry finish." - Wine S...

Xavier Gérard is a rising star in the Northern Rhône. Since taking over his family’s vineyards in Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu in 2013, he has refined a...