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Light and elegant, the 2021 Cheval des Andes is 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Malbec, 3% Petit Verdot. It achieves a feat that only cool years can provide: smooth texture, agile palate and just the right amount of freshness for a nuanced build. As it breathes, it begins to reveal notes of fresh cherry...

The 2021 is a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.This shows a lot of class, with aromas of blackcurrants, graphite,blueberries, dried flowers, black truffles and a touch of forest floor. The palate is medium-to-full bodied, with seamless tannins that goes on and o...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.This great 73 hectare vineyard has been producing top class Pauillac since the late 1980's when Jean-Michel Cazes of Lynch Bages took control and re-vitalised the property. A brilliant achievement, the 2021 Pichon-Longueville B...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit VerdotTraditionally the finest wine of the Médoc after the first growths. The 2021 Palmer has a discrete bouquet that demands patience. This does not race out of the blocks, rather it unfurls with subtle graphite scents, blackberry, hints of cassis,...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.Beautifully fragrant strawberries and red cherries, just so perfumed and appealing, really a very lovely nose drawing you in. An excellent Petit Mouton in 2021; serious intensity here but also such a liveliness as well as cream...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit VerdotAlfred Tesseron has been making constant improvements here since the early 1990s and Pontet Canet is now one of the leading names of the Médoc. The vineyard has been organic and biodynamic for 10 years and is worked by horses. ...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.Classic chteau on one of the greatest terroirs in Bordeaux. The Cabernet is firmly in the driving seat here, with detailed, graphite-infused black fruit and a background florality that comes through with aeration. The medium-bo...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, MerlotOne of the leading "Super-Second" growths of the Médoc. The vines are situated alongside those of Chteau Latour, just over the St Julien border. The 2021 Léoville Las-Cases is classy, nuanced and so expressive. There's gorgeous depth, and y...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.One of the great names of the Médoc and a true "super-second". The chteau is situated next to Chteau Latour and opposite Pichon Baron The 2021 Pichon Comtesse is epic and certainly among the great wines of this vintage. Rich a...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit VerdotThis much respected property in Pessac-Léognan is run with great care by Olivier Bernard whose family took it over from Claude Ricard in 1983. A medium-bodied DC with a pretty core of ripe fruit that shows liquorice, blackberry...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Carmen?re, Merlot, Petit Verdot.Henri Lurton - proprietor - now producing the best wines in Margaux behind the superstars of Chteau Margaux, Palmer and Rauzan Ségla. Farr Vintners. Dark plum colour, attractive rich texture, with high aromatics and...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.Dark chocolate, bramble tones, not overly floral or fruity with some cedar and cinnamon notes. Lovely high acidity straight away, forward, bright and energetic with lovely crunchy blue fruit on the palate but creamy textured ta...

Bordeaux Blend: Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot.The 2018 Cheval Des Andes is a blend of 70% Malbec - half from Las Compuertas and half from Paraje Altamira - and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon from Las Compuertas. It was aged in barrels and foudres, 50% in new oak. Purplish red in the glass. It sho...

Exuberantly fruity on the nose, the 2019 Napanook is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Despite seeing 40% new French oak, what shines on the nose are the ripe cherries, delicately brushed with wisps of tobacco, sage and bay leaf. It's medium to full-bodied, su...

A fantastic introduction to Napa, with characteristically opulent, ripe black and red fruit, sage and light earthy notes. On the palate it's lithe with soft tannins and fresh acid, and it finishes with a more savoury, appetising note. Lay & Wheeler, UK. With a nose of desert sage and warm cherry, Ot...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet franc, Carménère (1%).

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.At five years old, the tannins are still young and holding on tight, but the blackberry and cassis fruits have both juice and depth. This is a vintage where the phenolics are high, and there is an inky depth overall. Mint and cedar smoke on th...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.The property has been in the Lurton family for over a hundred years, and handled by Henri Lurton since 1992. Henri Lurton relies on the richness of the Brane terrior and his great knowledge of the vineyard to produce this aroma...

A great vintage of the iconic Solaia, full of cloves, sage, graphite, grilled dried herbs, underbrush and roasted cherry pit. There's fruit too, bilberry and cassis, juicy and mouthwatering, both understated and exuberant, ensuring a Tuscan fingerprint despite its majority Cabernet Sauvignon constru...

Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Carménère, 5% Cabernet Franc,5% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot.A stunning example of Almaviva, shot through with the generosity and restrained spice of Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmanère in Puente Alto. Coffee bean, liquorice and cocoa set the tone on the opening beats, ...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc.Violet scented dark black cherries and figs on the nose, quite powerful. Tannins are generous but they're juicy and plump, soft almost chalky, they have a really great impact, filling the mouth together with the fruit. Everythi...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.An irresistible wine from Palmer in 2020, sumptuous and voluptuous, open and appealing yet with all the elements so very carefully set in their place. Rich and evocative on the nose, dark and brooding with softly perfumed violet and rose aroma...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc.Smells lovely, really aromatic and shining out of the glass, forward and expressive with clarity and precision on the nose full of red fruit and floral scents. Sleek and crisp, this has energy and life-force, I love the shape a...

Uca Valley, Mendoza, ArgentinaBlend: Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit VerdotThe style of Cheval des Andes is unique in Argentina, as it reveals the freshness and elegance of the terroir through blends inspired by Cheval Blanc, with great cellaring potential and complexity.Smooth and so seductive, I...