Tobacco, toast, French oak and cured meat aromas lead the nose. The rather lean palate offers dried cherry, licorice, oak-driven spice and a green note of powde... Read more >
The bouquet is clear, characteristic, fruity and flowery with scents of Golden apple, Williams pear, acacia flowers and lily of the valley. Taste is harmonious,... Read more >
A red wine with an intense, violet-ruby colour. The bouquet is fruity with strong plum, cherry, and mulberry notes. The aroma also has a vegetable edge of ripe ... Read more >
Sweet aromas of black cherries, black currants, smoke and earth emerge from this deep plum/purple-tinged. Medium to full-bodied with impressive purity and equil... Read more >
Doisy-Vedrines 2010 has an animated bouquet with strong scents of tangerine, pink grapefruit and dried honey. The palate is medium-bodied with a more promising ... Read more >
A wine of extraordinary charm and elegance, the dark garnet-colored 1985 Ducru-Beaucaillou has a floral, cedary nose intermixed with red and black currants as w... Read more >
There have been many great Glorias over the years as this property consistently over-performs. The 2009 may be the finest yet produced. Loaded with notes of Chr... Read more >
Deep garnet with purple-blue glints. Pleasant nose intermixing ripe black fruits, bellpepper, cedar, roasted coffee and menthol undertones. The palate shows sed... Read more >
An excellent wine from proprietor Bernard Magrez, this blend of 57% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot exhibits a dense... Read more >
“Elegant … displays an endearing finesse, freshness, and purity.
…gorgeous, irresistible, sensual finish that washes serenely across the mouth. Is it the... Read more >
This primordial-styled, incredibly tannic St.-Julien reveals a dense purple color along with aromas of roasted meats, tapenade, cassis, melted licorice, and cho... Read more >
This wine has a shimmering red dress madder bright reflections. Thenose plunges us into an intense bouquet of black and red fruitsembellished with licorice. The... Read more >
This has a ripe rounded plum-scented bouquet that is actually quite refined and Margaux-like in style. Good definition. The palate is medium-bodied, sports a lo... Read more >
Tasted at the Montrose vertical in London, the 2010 Montrose was the youngest vintage by some 115 years, but it is undeniably one of the best. It is a blend of ... Read more >
"This splendid Pauillac estate's 2011 exhibits an impressively saturated ruby/purple color as well as notes of spring flowers interwoven with creme de cassis,... Read more >
The 2010 Pichon Lalande is performing extremely well and at the top of the range I predicted several years ago. A final blend dominated much more by Cabernet Sa... Read more >
This fabulous, opaque ruby/purple-colored 2012 comes from an up-and-coming, overachieving estate in St.-Estèphe, owned by the proprietors of Montrose.
delive... Read more >
"This has an exuberant nose with prunes with some floral nuances. The palate is juicy and straightforward with soft tannins and a clean, yet short, finish. Drin... Read more >
