Wine

The 2014 Chateau Branaire Ducru wine is soft, polished and super-inviting. This 2014 Branaire Ducru offers a mixture of red and black fruit on the nose, suffused with tobacco and pleasant undergrowth aromas, perhaps just missing the precision of the Beychevelle at the moment. The palate is supple on the entry with a slightly grainy texture, the acidity well judged, a little edginess towards the finish that just needs to must more depth, more drive. The 2014 Chateau Branaire Ducru wine should drink well with minimal cellaring. Today, it is among the most accessible of the Saint-Julien’s.

The 2014 Chateau Branaire Ducru wine is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc picked between 24 September with the early-ripening Merlot, and finishing on 11 October.

94 points Wine Enthusiast
93 points James Suckling
93 points Wine Spectator

The 2014 Chateau Calon Segur is a real show-stopper wine. This Chateau Calon Segur is a powerful and seductive, the wine exudes class. Myriad shades of plum, sweet red cherry, pomegranate, spice and blood orange are all on display. Wild flowers, tobacco and host of more aromatic notes develop in the glass. A truly St-Estèphe wine.

This is yet another fabulous showing for the 2014 Calon Segur, a wine that vies for top honors in this vintage. The blend is 67 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 19 % Merlot, 15 % Cabernet Franc and 2 % Petit Verdot.

96 points James Suckling
96 points Vinous
95 points Wine Enthusiast

The 2014 Chateau Canon wine has a very well defined and has a precise bouquet with ebullient raspberry and wild strawberry scents infused with minerals. This St-Emilion wine has aromatics which are utterly captivating. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and very well-judged acidity. There is tension and poise to this Saint Emilion wine, gently fanning out with a delicate spicy finish that lingers long in the mouth.

Though surely destined to be over-shadowed by the extraordinary 2015, this Canon wine deserves a berth in your cellar. This 2014 Chateau Canon is outstanding for the vintage, a sublime wine that might dare rank alongside the 2009 and 2010.

The 2014 Chateau Canon wine is a blend of 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc, the estate moving towards the latter in terms of its new plantings, which will possibly see 40% in 15 or 20 years time. It was picked from 22 September until 6 October for the Merlot and three days later for the Cabernet Franc, matured in around 80% new oak. Drink date 2020 – 2050.

96 points James Suckling
95 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
93 points Wine Spectator

The 2014 Chateau Dame de Trotte Vieille wine offers an intense, deep and almost purple color. The nose expresses large and generous aromas of black fruits. This Saint-Emilion wine has vivacity, a dense tannic structure and a fine and meticulous grain. This Chateau Dame de Trotte Vieille wine has notes of freshly picked blackberries coupled with a touch of fresh liquorice show the strengh and the structure of this wine. This charming classified growth of Saint-Emilion is one of the great classics of this vintage.

The Dame de Trotte Vieille (La Vieille Dame de Trotte Vieille until 2010), is Château Trotte Vieille 1st GCC Saint-Émilion’s second wine. The first vintage appeared in 2002. Produced then from mainly the young vines (total of 12 ha of vines), this second wine is elaborated with the same care as for a “Grand Vin”. The wine is characterized by a generous fruit brought by the softness of Merlot, associated with a high percentage of Cabernet Franc, adding mineral and aromatic hints to the intense fruit.

The 2014 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou is one of the richest, most explosive wines of the year. This St-Julien wine has fabulous aromas of crushed berries such as blackberries and blackcurrants, not to mention spices. Wet earth and cedar, too. Complex. Full-bodied, yet agile and complete. A dense center palate. Ultra-round tannins. Everything in the right balance. The 2014 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou wine is a quintessentially Saint Julien.

99 points James Suckling
96 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
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

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

The 2014 Chateau Petit Figeac Grand Cru Classe wine is an elegant, very delicate, delicious and deep, distinguished, seductive wine. A neighbour of Cheval Blanc, Figeac, with its 40 hectares of vines, today remains the largest estate of the Saint-Émilion commune. The 2014 Chateau Petit-Figeac is laced with the essence of sweet dark cherry, plum, tobacco, mint, licorice and leather. Pliant, supple and expressive, it is a highly appealing second wine. The second wine of Chateau Figeac is a worthy reflection of its older sibling. Hailing from the exceptional terroir of Chateau Figeac, Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé, Petit-Figeac is produced by the same teams, under the direction of Frédéric Faye.

92 points Wine Enthusiast
91 points James Suckling

The 2014 Chateau Pibran wine is soft, pleasant and quite pretty. Sweet tobacco, earthy notes, smoke, iron and cedar add attractive savory underpinnings. Very floral and vivid on the nose with lovely ripe Cabernet character that showcases currants and berries. Full body, tight and silky tannins and a juicy finish. This Pauillac wine has balance and beauty.

This 2014 Chateau Pibran is a bit unusual in that the blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot rather than the more typical 50/50.

92 points James Suckling
91 points Wine Enthusiast
90 points Wine Spectator

The 2014 Moulis of Chateau Poujeaux wine offers an expressive, delicate and complex nose. The 2014 Chateau Poujeaux wine is an absolutely joyous wine. The latter gives off intense black fruit and Morello cherry aromas, but also more floral notes. On the palate, the attack is supple, the wine is dense and the tannins are silky. The 2014 Chateau Poujeaux wine drinks well thanks to great complexity, good finesse and good persistence. This 2014 Chateau Poujeaux is a classic Bordeaux wine.

The 2014 Chateau Poujeaux wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot and 35% Merlot. Alcohol Volume: 13.5%

92 points James Suckling
91 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
90 points Wine Spectator

The Les Tourelles de Longueville Pauillac 2014, was made by Pichon Longueville Baron, one of Bordeaux’s most renowned estates, Les Tourelles de Longueville is the estate’s second wine, typically made of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with small percentages of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

The second wine Tourelles de longueville is named after the turrets that embellish the Château. This 2014 Les Tourelles de Longueville wine has charming aromas of spiced red and black currants, with hints of cedar. Well textured with velvety tannins and a long finish.

94 points Wine Enthusiast
92 points James Suckling