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The 2021 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion contains 22% whole-bunch (to be exact). It has a lovely bouquet with peony and light white flower scents percolating through the black fruit. This is fresh and cohesive. The palate is medium-bodied with a very saline entry, showing black olive mixed with blackberr...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.The 2008 Rauzan-Ségla, a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot, is just beginning to show signs of maturity in the glass. The bouquet has always been a little conservative and foursquare in my opinion, as if the Merlot needs to “gee up" and impa...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.The 2007 La Mission Haut-Brion is one of the great successes of a vintage given the cold shoulder by consumers on initial release. It has an ebullient bouquet of vivid dark berry, warm gravel and undergrowth scents that are complex and beaut...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.The 2005 Latour was mind-blowingly profound in two recent tastings for this report. Deep and sensual to the core, the 2005 is utterly captivating. All the elements are so seamlessly put together. Graphite, crème de cassis, liquorice, dark spi...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.The 2019 Ducru Beaucaillou, which was matured in 100% new oak for 12 months, has a glorious bouquet of cigar humidor, cedar, black fruit and a touch of black truffle, very complex and quite compelling. The palate is still very Pauillac-inspired in style, an...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.Smells quite medicinal and herbal on the nose. This has nice energy on the palate, lively acidity drives the fruit, the tannins are a bit pronounced at this stage and this is drying towards the finish but overall it's balanced, soft and smooth...

Blend: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon.The 2016 Vivaltus is the first vintage of this 100% Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, made with the assistance of Bordeaux winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet, a noteworthy collaboration. Garnet-red in hue. Undergrowth, plum and blueberry hints, wrapped in a cedar ...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.The 2020 Pape Clément Rouge has an incredibly intense bouquet with multi-layered blackberry and bilberry fruit, cedar and black olive compote aromas. Hints of vanilla pod and black truffle emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fi...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.The 2021 La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion is laced with crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, spice and pipe tobacco. La Chappelle is quite floral and delicate in 2021. Its understated personality is quite charming. Bright acids on the...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit VerdotCos d'Estournel is in Saint Estèphe but borders Pauillac and, in particular, the vineyards of Chteau Lafite. This vintage, which can be overly straight and austere, benefits from the house style of Cos, where they are happy to ...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot.G d'Estournel, formerly Goulée. The 2021 G d'Estournel is racy and expressive in the glass. Pretty floral and savoury accents run through a core of dark Merlot fruit. This mid-weight, gracious Haut-Médoc is all charm. The 202...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.The 2008 Mouton Rothschild has a more open bouquet than I expected: blackberry, pencil box, a whiff of the Gironde estuary, a hint of pressed flowers with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet tannin, a little fleshier than the Château Margaux w...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.A delicious wine that stands out from many in the vintage. A ton of personality, with a sappy, raspberry, autumnal berry fruit as it opens and travels through the palate, with rose petals on the edge that give a beautiful uplift along with the...

Blend: 83% Malbec, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot.The 2020 Cheval des Andes is a blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot from Paraje Altamira in the Uco Valley and Las Compuertas in Luján de Cuyo. Aged in French oak barrels, it's purple in the glass with a garnet she...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot.The 2020 Madame de Beaucaillou was picked 11-30 September, matured 20% in new oak for an expected 12 months. It displays good intensity on the nose: blackberry, iodine and iris petals scents, just a scintilla of honey. The palate is medium-bod...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.The 2020 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion needed 10-15 minutes in the glass before it gained clarity, eventually delivering ripe black fruit and hints of dark chocolate and liquorice, quite heady and ebullient. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe,...

Blend: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon.The 2016 Vivaltus is the first vintage of this 100% Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, made with the assistance of Bordeaux winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet, a noteworthy collaboration. Garnet-red in hue. Undergrowth, plum and blueberry hints, wrapped in a cedar ...

The 2009 Solaia is one of the clear standouts of the vintage. Freshly cut flowers, raspberries, spices, mint and liquorice burst from the glass as this fabulous, viscerally thrilling wine shows off its pure class. Today the oak is a bit prominent, but that won’t be an issue by the time the wine is...