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"The 2013 René et Vincent Dauvissat Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons, a masterpiece of precision and purity given the difficult vintage, featuring appl...

"This vintage featured a cold winter and cool weather at flowering, followed by a dry summer with a hot July and warm days and cool nights in Augus...

"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 ...

 "A very nice wine drinking in the sweet spot. Concentrated, lush, ripe, sweet and easy to enjoy due to its lavish fruit, licorice, dark cocoa, smo...

"Classic Latour, with a savoury, meaty note to the ripe plummy fruit and a hint of leather at the end. Although August was hot, there was rain at h...

"This is exuberant, concentrated and luscious. Full of blood orange, nectarine, saffron, touches of carmalised ginger, truffle and crème brûlée. A ...

"Diverse flowers and herbal high tones in the nose usher in a remarkably polished, refined palate, one no less tactile in its mineral dimensions th...

"The 2011 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre is all about grace. A gentle hint of spice leads to dried pears, crushed flowers, red berries and licorice. Co...

"Bright pale yellow-green. Wonderfully subtle, vibrant nose melds white peach, lime, mint, pungent minerals and toasted bread, plus a suggestion of...

"Very pale lemon color. The nose conveys the high-pitched aromas of lemon, white pepper, lavender and iodiney oyster-shell minerality that only a d...

" The 2014 Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru from Domaine François Raveneau is drinking beautifully, even though I am fully aware of committing infanticide....

"In many years, I have a hard time deciding whether I prefer the Valmur or the Clos in the Raveneau cellars, but in 2014, the Clos is clearly my fa...

"Along with Leoville Las Cases and a few others, this is among the stars of the appellation. Made in a more floral, supple, Margaux-like style, the...

"The 2018 Richebourg Grand Cru boasts one of the most expressive aromatics from barrel, offering dark berries mixed with crushed limestone, pressed...

"An amazing wine continually changing in the glass and showing amazing complexity already. Medium full ruby with a pink rim. Wild berry, Asian spic...

"Château La Croix St.-Georges is an 11-acre estate in Pomerol. It is owned by Jean-Philippe Janoueix and is one of Pomerol’s garagiste estates. Its...

"The first vintage under new owner Martin Bouygues,who convinced Jean-Bernard Delmas to come out of retirement to produce this wine, the 2006 Montr...

"Another 'best ever' performance, the Grand-Puy-Ducasse is made in a charming style for a 2005 Pauillac. This deep ruby-hued, very concentrated, pr...

"Elegant, refined, pure, focused, vibrant, fresh and classic in its nature, it is easy to discern the cedar, tobacco leaf, lead pencil cassis and b...

"Aromatically as you might expect, the wine displays a very ripe, roasted ostentatious nose packed with flowers, cappuccino, dark red fruits, smoke...

"The Château Doisy-Daëne 2014 is bestowed with 144 grams per liter residual sugar and a pH of 3.7. It is much more introspective compared to the Co...

"Contains some exotic fruit--blueberry paste, boysenberry and raspberry confiture, and pastis-soaked currant--but it's a brick house too, with Turk...

"A big, concentrated Pomerol. Impressive aromas of green tobacco, fresh and dried cherries and sweet fruit, with a hint of tar. Full-bodied, with w...

"Everything aligns to make this vintage, which has enjoyed acclaim since the 18th century, a standout in Saint-Estèphe. A team of carefully selecte...

"This is electric, with charged-up, vivid blueberry, fig, blackberry and boysenberry fruit all drenched in pastis and toasted spice and backed by a...

"More backward and reserved, the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Deux-Ex Machina is a blend of 60% tank-aged Grenache and 40% Mourvedre that was aged in 6...

"Speechless, yes, that is how I felt after my first sniff and sniff. From 60% old vine Grenache and 40% Mourvedre, this is thick, fat, rich, lush, ...

"Geological characteristics Château Pavie has diverse terroirs: - Terroir typical of the Saint-Emilion limestone plateau composed of clay-limestone...

"This fabulous Chateauneuf du Pape was popped and poured. It only needed 20 minutes to wake up and offer an array of spicy cherries, earth, garrigu...

"Soil composition : 60% grey clay and 40% sandy gravel, Grape varieties : 80% Merlot & 20% Cabernet Franc Average age of the vines : 35 years."...

"You can taste and feel the intensity from the low yields here. At its core you find layers of earth, garrigue and peppery kirsch, black raspberry,...

"The wine is strongly coloured, dense, exuberant, violent even in its youth, but marvellously resistant to the passage of time. As the years go by,...

"Right from the early days of tasting in spring 2001, this was going to be one of the stars of the vintage. And a star it remains. There is big, ri...

"The 2010 François Gaunoux Volnay Le Clos des Chênes is described as a beautiful wine with a deep ruby color. It offers a complex and expressive bo...

"Le Méal is said to be the warmest terroir on the Hermitage hill, and thus it is no surprise that this bottling fared the best in the challenging 2...

 "This has really developed into a gem. The pepper and garrigue is strong in this one Luke. Plus, there is loads of sweet, fresh, supple textured, ...

"The 1996 Latour is medium to deep garnet in color with a profound earthy, meaty, gamey nose with hints of blueberry preserves, crème de cassis and...