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Tenuta San Guido, Toscana65% Sangiovese, 35% Cabernet SauvignonA tangy raspberry and pomegranate attack is followed by some ripe dark fruits wrapped in soft, open-knit tannins. Tenuta San Guido sources the Sangiovese for Le Difese from family friends in nearby Chianti Montespertoli and Chianti Rufin...

Savagnin ouillé is the topped-up version (ie. not made in the old oxidative fashion) of Savagnin. They have been producing this style since their first vintage in 2012. This cuvée is made from many different parcels located in Arbois and Montigny-lès-Arsures. The soils are very diverse: multi-col...

This cuvée is made from several different parcels located in Arbois and Montigny-lès-Arsures. The vineyards sit mostly on hilltops, over marly soils, with more clay than in the sites for the single-vineyard Chardonnays. Their elevation is the highest of the estate (close to 400 m). Fermentation in...

This is the historic red cuvée from Domaine du Pélican. They have been producing it since their inaugural vintage, in 2012. The red grapes have been vinified together - Pinot Noir, Trousseau and Poulsard.

Domaine notes: Beautiful ruby colour which foresees a Digoine a little more serious than usual perhaps? The nose, finely perfumed with notes of red fruits (raspberries, cherry stone), needs a little time and warms up to express this depth, this aromatic intensity and tenderness is quite customary fo...

In the north of the appellation. South-facing. Certified biodynamic. Bright, tangy red fruit. A touch of peppery spice. Firm, chewy tannins need time but the fruit fills the core. Fruit and savoury at the same time. Contrasting and harmonious and likely to be even better with a few more years in bottle. 16.5 Julia Harding MW (JR).

The Bourgogne includes fruit from Pernand and Santenay and Marsannay. Rich deep purple, very ripe cherry, not cooked, but in the opulent style. Slightly firm fruit behind, with a certain glossiness before the crunchy finish. 86-88 Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.The 2023 Bourgogne Rouge is stellar...

From appellation Bourgogne vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet and Meursault along with a bit of St-Aubin and Auxey-Duresses. Mid lemon yellow, with a very engaging correctly ripe Burgundian chardonnay bouquet. Sign up for this. There is still some gas present at the moment which enforces the welcome fr...

Blend: Grenache, Mourvèdre.The 2022 Hommage A Andre Brusset shows red and black fruits, ground pepper, and crushed stone in a mineral-driven profile that needs a few years of bottle age. Nevertheless, it displays beautiful balance and elegance, with good concentration. This 60% Grenache and 40% Mou...

Blend: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre.The 2023 Gigondas Les Hauts De Montmirail is cut from the same cloth yet brings a touch more Syrah character in its darker berries, peppery herbs, graphite, and crushed stone-like aromatics. It's full-bodied, concentrated, has remarkable purity, and a gorgeous fini...

70% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% SyrahA mixture of parcels from" La Crau" with sandy soil, river stones, clay and limestone. from 50 year old vinesA medium ruby wine with a harmonious nose of gentle spice and ripe red fruit. The palate is rich and elegant with a touch of oak. There is well-defined length with balanced freshness. A wine to enjoy now and as a winter warming beef stew.

The 2020 Viré-Clessé Quintainé Cuvée E.J. Thevenet was matured in epoxy-lined vats to regulate the temperate and oxygen ingress. The alcoholic fermentation finished around the beginning of summer. What a beautiful nose: dried honey, dandelion and a touch of lanolin coming through with time. This...

Pretty and quite fresh aromas are composed of mostly earthy red berry scents. The delicious and vibrant lighter weight flavours possess reasonably good depth and persistence on the mildly rustic, dusty and refreshing finale. This could easily be enjoyed young or with 2 to 4 years of keeping. 86-88 B...

The 2020 Pinot Noir Bannockburn is welcoming as well as rich, savory and sinewy, delivering a plump cloud of both lifted and brooding fruit: a portion of whole-cluster fermentation has brought herbal and violet high notes alongside red and black cherry. There's excellent concentration despite this b...

Macération Volgelgarten 0 Intrant is a skin-macerated blend of two-thirds Gewurztraminer and one-third Pinot Gris. The colour is somewhere between orange and dark pink and most alluring. White pepper, dried orange peel and Damask rose all contained in a beautifully pure, bright phenolic frame. (Bone-Dry).91 Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous

A delicate, aromatic, floral and playful dry white produced from vines in the Clos du Capucins and Altenbourg vineyards, fermented in large neutral traditional fuder and bottled early to preserve freshness.Justerini & Brooks.The 2023 Muscat was picked in the Clos des Capucins. Creamy elderflower def...

The 2021 Philip, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, is a fine effort from the Mazzei family. Dried herbs, lavender, sage, mint and liquorice play off a core of blue and purplish fruit. There's plenty to like— that’s for sure—but at the same time, the Cabernet suffers in comparison to Mazzei's superb set of Sangiovese-based wines. 92 Antonio Galloni, Vinous (2024).Drinking Window: 2025 - 2036

The 2021 is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot.A fantastic introduction to Napa and the Dominus style.After recently tasting the 2018 and 2019 back-to-back, Othello is a wine not to be underestimated. Great value.Lots of blackberries, dark cherries and hints of ...

A dark but bright crimson colour. The nose is both intense and complete, the terroir more evident than the vinification. This intense fruit continues on the palate, excellent acidity, the best length so far. This will be a keeper. Drink from 2028-2035.91-93 Jasper Morris MWThe 2022 Savigny-lès-Beau...

Bright energised purple, a little deeper than the Vieilles Vignes cuvée. The nose has a deeper fruit more raspberry at first though the strawberry notes return on the palate. A few tannins here, altogether more gravitas. Fine length. A little more iron in the soil gives this additional structure. D...

Bordeaux Blend: 100% Merlot.The 2020 Lagrange (Pomerol) is soft, supple and easygoing, just as it was from barrel. Bright red-toned fruit, flowers, cinnamon and blood orange are nicely lifted. This mid-weight Pomerol is not super complex, but is wonderfully delicious and charming, all of which make ...

This is the historic red cuvée from Domaine du Pélican. They have been producing it since their inaugural vintage, in 2012. At the time, they decided to vinify together all of their red grapes and thereby created this blend of Pinot Noir (60%), Trousseau (35%) and Poulsard (5%).

"When I reviewed Joannès Violot-Guillemard's 2019s last year, I wrote that appreciable percentages of whole clusters have been deftly handled and married with intelligent cooperage choices to deliver wines with aromatic profiles more reminiscent of the Côte de Nuits' finest addresses than any outd...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.Le Pape is the sibling property of Haut-Bailly, with the same winemaking team, headed by the very talented Veronique Saunders.Velvety richness and concentration to the plum fruits on the first nose. There is some clear tightnes...