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The 2018 Chateau Gloria wine has a deep garnet purple colored. Aromatic black fruit, finely scented without excess sweetness or ripeness. This Chateau Gloria wine is full-bodied with a firm texture of ripe, grainy tannins. This St-Julien wine has a lively line cutting through the dense, savory layers, finishing on a lingering spicy note. A very classy St Julien wine that may warrant a higher score down the line.

This Chateau was created in the 1950’s by the late Henri Martin who was also the regisseur of Chateau Latour. Along with big brother Saint Pierre, the quality here has improved massively in the last few years and this is a top St Julien performer these days. Chateau Gloria is fast becoming one of the most exciting insider wines of the entire Bordeaux region, and that rare species of a non-classified St-Julien.

This 2018 Chateau Gloria wine has a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Usually St Julien’s best value.

94 points Decanter
94 points James Suckling
94 points Wine Spectator

The 2019 Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse wine is class personified. Just as in barrel, from bottle Grand-Puy Ducasse possesses terrific freshness and energy in place of the heavy, extracted style that was the norm just a few years ago. Readers will find a Pauillac endowed with tons of transparency and tons of sheer class. The 2019 Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse is wonderfully sophisticated in every way.

The Grand Vin of the property, the 2019 vintage of the Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse wine is made from Cabernet Sauvignon (53%), supplemented with Merlot (47%).

96 points Wine Enthusiast
95 points James Suckling
95 points Vinous

A beautiful Pauillac, the 2018 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste has a classic nose of ripe blackcurrants, scorched earth, cedarwood, and tobacco. This Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste wine carries to a medium to full-bodied 2018 offering wonderful balance, ripe, polished tannins, and gorgeous purity of fruit. A Red wine that grows on you with time in the glass, it has building mid-palate depth and tannins, again, terrific balance, remarkable purity of fruit, and outstanding length on the finish.

One of the most classic wines in the Left Bank in 2018, this Grand Puy Lacoste is super-impressive right out of the gate. Ultimately a wine of tremendous class that remains restrained and aristocratic in breeding. The blend has a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon (78%) whose character and charm so perfectly express the richness and quality of this distinguished terroir.

96 points Vinous
95 points Decanter
94 points James Suckling

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 2016 Chateau La Dame de Montrose is incredibly expressive today. Supple, radiant and inviting, La Dame Montrose has all the potential to be an overachiever in this vintage. Today, it is quite open, and, even more importantly, flat-out delicious. In some moments, La Dame wine is rather nuanced, while at other times it is a bit more potent. It will be interesting to see what aging in bottle brings, but one thing is certain; the 2016 La Dame De Montrose is a stellar wine.

This 2016 Chateau La Dame de Montrose has a blend of 52% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged in 30% new oak. Drink from 2023.

93 points James Suckling
93 points Jeb Dunnuck
93 points Vinous

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 2019 Chateau Lagrange wine expresses the exceptional richness and great freshness of its fruit and the terroir of this iconic property of Saint-Julien. In this 2019 vintage, Cabernet Sauvignon truly dominates the blend, a first in the history of the domain.

This 2019 Chateau Lagrange is intense and expressive, the aromatic bouquet reveals beautiful notes of black fruit, reminiscent of morello cherries and blackcurrant. On the palate, the attack reveals a full-bodied and fleshy texture, structured by tannins that combine power and velvety smoothness. Endowed with a rare elegance and stylistic signature, the Chateau Lagrange 2019 is certainly in line with the great vintages of the property.

This 2019 Chateau Lagrange wine has a blend of Cabernet sauvignon (80%), merlot (18%), petit verdot (2%).

95 points Decanter
95 points Wine Advocate
95 points Wine Enthusiast