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The 2019 Chateau Haut Batailley wine is an attractive, elegantly styled wine that has lots of juicy Merlot notes of black cherries, graphite, scorched earth, and spice. This Chateau Haut Batailley has a rich, medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced, and with terrific purity on the palate, this brilliant Pauillac.

The grand vin 2018 Chateau Haut Batailley is a beauty and is comprised of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon and 41% Merlot brought up in 60% new French oak.

95 points James Suckling
95 points Jeb Dunnuck
95 points Wine Spectator

A big, powerful wine, the 2012 Chateau Haut Brion possesses stunning richness and intensity. This Chateau Haut Brion from Pessac-Léognan possesses remarkable depth and tons of raw, animal power that is going to require considerable time in bottle to soften. This Chateau Haut Brion wine is certainly one of the candidates for the wine of the vintage, with a dense purple color, classic nose of crushed rock, lead pencil shavings, black raspberry, blueberry and flowers. This is a Cellar Selection which is a powerful wine will need many years.

Chateau Haut Brion is Bordeaux oldest Grands Crus, with a wine making history dating back to the 5th century. From only 46% of the production, this is an absolutely remarkable effort from the Dillon family and their winemaking team of the two Jean-Philippes.

This 2012 Chateau Haut Brion wine has a blend of 65% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc.

98 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
96 points James Suckling
96 points Wine Enthusiast

The 2014 Chateau L’Angelus Grand Cru reveals a very pure and elegant wine. This Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe A, carries a precise attack and a powerful, structured palate with a lovely balance between tannins and freshness. The Cabernet Franc which represents 50% of the blend with Merlot refines the tannic structure, brings elegance.

The Cabernet adds the complexity of 2014 Angelus, leading to a persistent finish. This L’Angelus wine has craftsmanship and terroir-expression here and it should drink well for two decades. The Chateau L’Angelus Grand Cru 2014 is a real head-turner!

Chateau Angelus has one of the longest histories in the St. Emilion appellation. The de Bouard family has an even longer history in the region. In fact, the de Bouard family has been in Bordeaux since 1544, according to family archives. In 1626 the de Bouard family began buying land in the Dordogne where they eventually settled. Chateau Angelus has been considered one of the top estates in the entire Right Bank.

This Chateau L’Angelus Grand Cru 2014 has a blend of 62% Merlot and 38% Cabernet Franc.

James Suckling : 96 Points
Robert Parker : 93 Points
Wine Spectator : 95 Points

A gorgeous second wine, the 2018 Chateau La Dame de Montrose wine has a deep garnet-purple in color. This 2018 Chateau La Dame de Montrose springs from the glass with vivacious notions of redcurrant jelly, mulberries, juicy blackberries and stewed plums, giving way to suggestions of underbrush, wild sage and fertile loam.
Medium to full-bodied, the palate is laden with bright, expressive black and red berry layers, supported by plush tannins and tons of freshness, finishing long with a spicy kick. This La Dame de Montrose 2018 wine will be counted within the greatest vintages of Chateau Montrose.

The expression of the Montrose terroir in a great Saint-Estèphe wine. Showing off a unique identity, the La Dame de Montrose cuvée is produced with the same care and attention as the Grand Vin of Chateau Montrose, the prestigious Grand Cru Classé located on the Left Bank of Bordeaux.

This 2018 Chateau La Dame de Montrose has a blend of Merlot (52%), Cabernet Sauvignon (39%), Cabernet Franc (4%) and Petit Verdot (5%).

93 points James Suckling
93 points Vinous
93 points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2018 Chateau La Dominique wine tasting more like a great Pomerol than a Saint-Emilion. This 2018 Chateau La Dominique is a knockout winner in this great vintage and should be snatched up by readers. It reveals a dense purple hue as well as gorgeous notes of crème de cassis, ripe black cherries, spring flowers, damp earth, and truffle. These carry to a full-bodied, sweetly fruited, sexy 2018 vintage with incredible purity, a solid spine of acidity (the pH is 3.65), ultra-fine tannins, a great finish.

Blending Merlot (85%), Cabernet Franc (12%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (3%), the Chateau La Dominique 2018 expresses the typicality of a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé from a great Bordeaux vintage.

96 points Jeb Dunnuck
95 points James Suckling
95 points Wine Enthusiast

The 2019 Chateau La Gurgue wine is a classic, restrained style of Margaux, with a fresh floral edge, and a gentle raspberry and redcurrant feel to the fruit, given welcome depth on the finish by spiced rosemary and pepper. Slightly higher sand in the soil at this location in Soussans, which means it lacks a little of the concentration you find in the excellent sibling estate Ferrrière.

The Chateau Gurgue situated in the Bordeaux appellation of Margaux is a Cru Bourgeois estate, that produced a fairly decent wine until the arrival of Bernadette Villars in 1979. This transformation of the Chateau started with the introduction of modern equipment, and the replanting of old plots. Ten years later fifty great wine tasters, reunited for the “Essay on the Margaux style” chose it as one of the ten benchmark Margaux wines, together with eight Grands Crus Classés and one Cru Bourgeois.

This 2019 Chateau La Gurgue wine is composed of 40% in concrete tanks/eggs and 60% in barrels. 54% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot and 6% petit verdot.

93 Points Vinous Media
93 Points Wine Enthusiast
93 Points Decanter

The 2006 Chateau Lafite Rothschild is a great, great wine made from a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot. The Lafite’s severe selection process (42% made it into the grand vin) resulted in a full-bodied wine boasting an extraordinary perfume of charcoal, truffles, lead pencil shavings, and sensationally sweet, ripe black currant and cedar notes. This 1er Grand Cru Classé wine has a extraordinary intensity, texture, and depth with silky tannins as well as awesome concentration, this has turned out to be a remarkable Lafite Rothschild.

Wine Enthusiast:
Outer quote mark As so often with Lafite, it is power that marks this wine. That, and density of texture. The additional element in this vintage, and at this stage of the wine’s development, is a dominant wood element. The vanilla and tannins from the wood match well with the concentrated tannins of the fruit, which is dark, dense and tight. This is a wine for long-term aging: in 15 years this will have superb richness. This 2006 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine is a Cellar Selection.

96 points Wine Enthusiast
95 points Decanter
95 points James Suckling

The 2007 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er cru classé wine has a ripe red fruit nose is closed at first, then full and round. Following the history of the vintage, this Pauillac wine is lighter than usual and will likely open up sooner. It is important to note the elegant style, which seduces both the nose and the palate. The pleasant tactile effects of creamy tannins gently tickle the palate with well integrated wood and the finish. Aficionados will enjoy opening this 2007 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine earlier than usual.

Wine Advocate-Parker :
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits’ 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Chateau Lafite Rothschild has an elegant cigar box bouquet, with dusky black fruit and a touch of antique bureau–just classic Lafite. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, cedar and tobacco infusing the black fruit, classic in style with a conservative yet focused finish that lingers in the mouth. This is certainly the most subtle First Growth, but one of the most refined too a sophisticated but understated Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine that will age with discrete style.

This 2007 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er cru classé wine has a blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot.

94 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
94 points Wine Enthusiast
91 points Wine Spectator

The 2008 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1er cru classé wine has a very deep, almost opaque purple colour. The bouquet is quite similar to the Duhart: a little sulky and timid at this stage, although it always takes longer to emerge than other Pauillacs. Blackberry leaf, a touch of tobacco and graphite, almost conservative at the moment. After a couple of minutes, those fruits begin to emerge with blackberry, a touch of scorched leather, Christmas cake and all spice. The palate is very well structured, firm tannins, good acidity and a wonderful crescendo. This Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine is very fresh on the finish, subtle oak, unfurling with the passing minutes. The 2008 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine is an Outstanding.

The 2008 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine has a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc.

98 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
97 points Decanter
97 points Wine Enthusiast

In the glass, 2012 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine presents a beautiful structure that is very precise with present tannins and a ripeness that is associated with freshness and precise acidity. This is the general impression that we have when the wine in the mouth. It allows us to understand that it is truly is a great wine from a great terroir. This 2012 Chateau Lafite Rothschild is truly magical to see that regardless of the reputation of the vintage with the help of scientific developments which we enjoyed for the past few years we get results that are extraordinary.

The 2012 Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine is a Cellar Selection. Showing the serious side of Lafite, this is big and dark, powered by tannins as much as fruit. The wood aging is still showing, although that will integrate into the great structure that holds up the ripe black currant fruits. This Lafite Rothschild is totally dominated by some of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux, this wine has strength while also having great freshness. Drink from 2024.

96 points Wine Enthusiast
95 points James Suckling
94 points Wine Spectator

The 2018 Chateau Lafon Rochet is such a classy wine. This Chateau Lafon Rochet has a power and finesse meld together in this Saint-Estèphe that is gorgeous, right from the very first taste. Black cherry, herbs, leather, licorice and dried flowers all build in the glass. In 2018, Lafon-Rochet is richer and bolder than it usually is, and yet all the elements are so nicely balanced.

This terroir is home to a great diversity of soils, including clay loams, clay and sandy soils. The 2018 Chateau Lafont Rochet is the Grand Vin of the estate and is made from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (64%), Merlot (26%), Cabernet Franc (4%) and Petit Verdot (6%).

Produced with the utmost respect for the terroir from the oldest vines in the vineyard, the 2018 Chateau Lafont Rochet expresses the typicality of a great Saint-Estèphe wine.

95 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points Decanter
94 points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2018 Chateau Lagrange wine is charming and gracious. This Chateau Lagrange is sweet, lifted aromatics and mid-weight structure give the 2018 tons of immediacy. Bright red berries, blood orange, mint, spice, rose petal and cedar build with time in the glass. Polished, silky tannins grace the beautifully persistent finish. Simultaneously powerful and harmonious, the wine retains a great aromatic freshness. A great vintage for Chateau Lagrange, already accessible in its youth but also promising a beautiful evolution over time.

A red Grand Vin from Saint-Julien, the Chateau Lagrange 2018 blends Cabernet Sauvignon (67%), Merlot (28%) and Petit Verdot (5%). The wine is aged in oak barrels (50% new oak) for 21 months.

97 points Jeb Dunnuck
95 points Wine Advocate
94 points Decanter

The 2020 Chateau Larose de Gruaud has a lovely softness and texture to this wine with a medium to full body, plenty of fruit and fine velvety tannins. Elegant Saint-Julien wine yet driven with gentle power. This Chateau Larose de Gruaud wine has aromas of spice and flesh, full of raspberry, blueberry, blackcurrant pastille, fennel, hawthorn and liquorice.

This 2020 Chateau Larose de Gruaud wine has a Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot.

96 points James Suckling
95 points Decanter
95 points Wine Spectator

The 2018 Chateau Le Boscq wine is an exceptional vintage for this property, owned by Dourthe Vignobleincredibly. This 2018 Chateau Le Boscq wine has deep garnet-purple colored. This St-Estèphe wine features expressive notes of baked blackcurrants, blackberry pie and stewed plums with wafts of Provence herbs, cigar box and black pepper. Full, concentrated and supported by firm, chewy tannins, it has soft acid and an herbal lift on the finish.

A vintage where St Estephe has soared makes this a smart buy. Such expressive juicy fruit, amazing power and definition, great balance and power. The finish long and floral and lots of iodine and sea spray. Complex, this punches way out of its league. The best ever.

The 2018 Chateau Le Boscq wine is a blend of 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot and was picked 29 September until 20 October.

91 points Wine Advocate-Parker
90 points Wine Enthusiast

The 2018 Chateau Leoville Barton is a gorgeous exotic wine. Crème de cassis, lavender, menthol, licorice and cloves race out of the glass. This 2018 Chateau Leoville Barton wine marries the natural opulence of the year with a pretty classic sense of structure, making for one of the more compelling wines of the year. This 2018 Chateau Léoville-Barton wine lives up to its en primeur promise.

This estate has been on fire in recent vintages, and the 2018 Château Léoville Barton is up there with the best of them. The Chateau Leoville Barton wine is based on 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot that was brought up in 60% new French oak, this classic, flawlessly balanced, straight-up awesome Saint-Julien has loads of cassis and mulberry fruits as well as notes of freshly sharpened pencils, leafy tobacco, chocolate, and earth.

97 points James Suckling
97 points Wine Enthusiast
97 points Wine Spectator

The 2014 Chateau Leoville Las Cases is a Cellar Selection wine. This St-Julien wine has all the elements in place to produce a wine that will last for years. This Chateau Leoville Las Cases wine is powerful fruit, rich tannins and a structure that is built to last. This 2014 vintage is an elegant wine, an exceptional Leoville Las Cases that equals some of the Premier Crus.

This 2014 Chateau Leoville Las Cases wine has a medium-bodied with wondrous purity and tension, the acidity beautifully poised and imparting the palpable sense of energy from start to finish. Where it really excels is on the finish. This 2014 Chateau Leoville Las Cases wine has an exquisite structure, very complex with enormous persistence. This Chateau Leoville Las Cases is one of the best Left Bank 2014.

Picked between 30 September and 13 October over 12 days. This 2014 Chateau Leoville Las Cases wine is a blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc and Merlot, cropped at 33 hectoliters per hectare and matured in 85% new oak. There is 6.8% vin de presse this year.

98 points James Suckling
97 points Wine Enthusiast
96 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate