Wine

An extraordinary star of the Saint-Estephe appellation, the magnificent Chateau Cos D’Estournel really shone brightly in the beautiful 2018 vintage. The 2018 Chateau Cos D’Estournel wine was, in fact, the only Cru Classe of Medoc to be twice awarded 100 points by both Vinous and Wine Advocate. The 2018 Chateau Cos D’Estournel wine thus stands as a reward for the efforts of the property’s technical teams, who finally triumphed, through constant attention and intense soil work, over the challenges posed by this difficult vintage.

A beautiful vintage, the 2018 Chateau Cos D’Estournel wine promises a rare experience indeed. This spectacular vintage is endowed with the unique and inimitable signature style of Chateau Cos D’Estournel. With great precision, straight-forward and vibrating with a fantastic energy, the Cos D’Estournel 2018 offers an intense aromatic expression and a great richness on a palate structured by deliciously silky and perfectly molten tannins.

Balanced and powerful, the Cos D’Estournel 2018 brings together all the elements of a vintage that will be remembered as one of the best of Saint-Estephe in particular and Bordeaux in general. Radiating among the greatest wines of the appellation, the 2018 Chateau Cos d’Estournel wine is destined for age, with a tremendous potential for guard.

98 points James Suckling
98 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
97 points Decanter

The 2016 Chateau Croizet Bages wine has a clean and well-defined bouquet with tobacco-tinged black fruit. This Chateau Croizet Bages wine displays elegance. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm and grainy tannin. An impressive, fruit-loaded, fleshy Pauillac wine.

This red wine made from a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc. The ageing is done in barrels of which 50% of the them are new. The 2016 Chateau Croizet Bages remains great value as far as classified Pauillacs.

The Chateau Croizet Bages is a wine estate located on the Left Bank in Pauillac, rated a fifth growth in the 1855 Classification of Médoc and Graves. Its grand vin is based on the classic Bordeaux blend, with Cabernet Sauvignon in the starring role.

93 points James Suckling
93 points Wine Enthusiast
92 points Decanter

The 2018 Chateau d’Aiguilhe wine has a medium to deep garnet-purple in color. This Chateau d’Aiguilhe jumps up out of the glass with exuberant notes of plum preserves, Black Forest cake and blackberry pie, plus hints of potpourri, hoisin and forest floor. The medium to full-bodied palate has a soft texture and oodles of freshness supporting the mouth-coating black fruit preserves, finishing with loads of exotic spice layers.

A magnificent expression of the superb terroirs of Castillon, on the right bank of Bordeaux, the 2018 Chateau d’Aiguilhe wine from Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux is one of the most beautiful references of its appellation.

The product of a very good vintage for the Bordeaux region, the 2018 Chateau d’Aiguilhe wine is made from a blend of Merlot (80%), supplemented by Cabernet Franc (20%).

93 points James Suckling
93 points Jeb Dunnuck
92 points Decanter

The 2015 D’Issan is a total knock-out wine. Spectacularly ripe and intense, the 2015 exudes richness in all of its dimensions. This red wine has a super-ripe dark plum, lavender, spice, savory herbs, iron, smoke and new leather add myriad shades of nuance to this super-ripe, decidedly hedonistic Margaux. A powerful, dense wine, the 2015 is going to need a number of years before it is close to being ready to drink. I was quite impressed with d’Issan both times I tasted it. The 2015 has really come along nicely. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, aged in 50% new oak. It is a fine Chateau D’Issan that shows great classicism. This 2015 Chateau D’Issan has a great ageing potential.

96 points James Suckling
95 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points Decanter

The top wine, the 2018 Chateau D’Issan offers a beautiful, singular bouquet of blackcurrants, new leather, smoked tobacco, scorched earth, and camphor. This 2018 Chateau D’Issan wine carries to a medium to full-bodied, seamless Margaux with wonderful tannins, beautifully integrated acidity, and just a flawlessly balanced, elegant, layered style that’s going to evolve for 20-25 years. It’s one classy 2018 that has loads to love.

A great vintage for the Bordeaux region, 2018 will be remembered at Chateau d’Issan, a magnificent Grand Cru Classé of Margaux. Blending Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) and Merlot (40%), the Chateau d’Issan 2018 seduces with its intense aromas and precision. Each grape variety brings a touch of personality to this wine.

96 points James Suckling
96 points Wine Advocate
96 points Wine Advocate

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 2018 Chateau De Fieuzal Grand Cru Classe wine has a deep garnet-purple color. This 2018 de Fieuzal rocks up with gregarious scents of baked plums, stewed cherries and dried mulberries plus suggestions of Chinese five spice, unsmoked cigars and sautéed herbs. The rich, full-bodied palate has loads of exotic spice and raisin cake layers with a firm, chewy frame, finishing just a little hard.

Blending Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (10%) and Petit Verdot (5%), the Chateau de Fieuzal 2018 showcases the class and signature flavours of this Pessac-Léognan grand cru.

95 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points Decanter
93 points James Suckling

The 2019 Chateau de Lamarque wine has a tightly wound bouquet leaning towards the red side of the fruit spectrum, touches of wild mint emerging with aeration leading to a somewhat playful nose. The palate is medium-bodied with a very satisfyingly saline entry. This Lamarque wine evokes an estuary scene with oyster sheds, persistent with a tangy, graphite tinged finish. Undoubtedly one of the best de Lamarque wines that I have encountered from barrel.

On the edges of Haut-Médoc as it heads towards St Julien, this increasingly impressive estate has delivered a complex, well balanced wine in 2019. High levels of Petit-Verdot among the highest in the AOC give not just a deep color but also an impressively spiced chocolate feel, with acidity that leads the palate upwards on the finish and imparts some clear austerity. 33% new oak. 2.6pH, IPT87. Drinking Window 2024 – 2040

95 points JAMES SUCKLING
94 points VINOUS, Neal Martin
92 points DECANTER, Jane Anson

The 2014 Chateau de Mont Sur Rolle Chatagnereaz 1er Grand Cru wine has a bright, very elegant with notes of floral, mineral, with aromas of delicately lemony lime blossom, is defined by its race, its breadth and its freshness. On the Palete the wine is powerful, harmonious, full-bodied with a solid structure. This Chateau de Mont Sur Rolle Chatagnereaz structure will also allow it to be savored after a few years of cellaring.

Culminating at the top of the hierarchy of Vaudois wines, the Premier Grand Cru , introduced in 2012 for the first time, reflects an exceptional terroir with recognized qualities and whose harvest has been subject to production requirements. the highest.

The Chateau de Mont Sur Rolle Chatagnereaz wine is best paired with aperitif, seafood dishes, and cheese dishes.

Awards:
2013 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards
2011 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards
2012 Vintage: Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards
2011 Vintage: 1 Star – Le Guide Hachette des Vins
2010 Vintage: 1 Star – Le Guide Hachette des Vins

The 2015 Chateau De Saint Pey wine has a ruby coat reveals an intense nose of red fruit raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant with roasted notes. The velvety yet powerful entrance is typical of the vintage. This 2015 Chateau De Saint Pey wine has a fine tannins and a harmonious wood add elegance to this bottle. On a lingering finish. This Château Saint-Pey is best served with Deli meats, Red meat, Game meat, Barbecue, and Cheese.

A few minutes from Saint-Emilion, the Château Saint-Pey vineyard covers 17 hectares of Grand Cru. With its rich soil and the diversity of its terroirs, the wines have a more precise quality level.

93 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
91 points James Suckling

The 1994 Chateau de Valandraud Grand Cru is a extraordinarily rich wine is an undeniable success. This Chateau de Valandraud wine is magnificently concentrated, it has pronounced aromas of blackcurrants and young cherries, later developing mocha aromas. The predominance of this St.-Émilion wine is the Merlot grape lends it its suave, seductive character in the mouth.

The 1994 Chateau de Valandraud Grand Cru wine has a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cab Franc.

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

The 2019 Chateau Doyac is structured, with firm tannins and layers of licorice and black coffee flavors. This Doyac 2019 wine looks extremely powerful and at the same time light and lively.

The Chateau Doyac has a thirty hectare estate, which is almost all in one plot, is in a privileged position on the limestone plateau in Saint Seurin de Cadourne in the Haut Médoc, immediately to the north of Saint Estèphe.

This 2019 Chateau Doyac wine has a blend of Merlot 64 % and Cabernet sauvignon 36 %.

The 2020 Chateau du Cleray, Haute Culture de Sauvion wine has an intense, with aromas of fresh fruit: redcurrant, citrus, grapefruit and lemon. The palate shows a good minerality and a touch of richness, with citrus and apple fruit and notes of lime blossom and mint. This Haute Culture de Sauvion is full and fresh, with the typical crispness of Loire valley sauvignon wines.

The Chateau du Cleray, Haute Culture de Sauvion is best to pair with smoked fish, seafood or goat’s cheese.

The 2012 Ducru Beaucaillou was broody and stubborn on the nose: the fruit remaining off-stage while earthy, leathery notes take the limelight. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a tart entry, a keen line of acidity here that lends this energy, a sense of frisson. It settles down as it approaches the finish, gaining harmony all the time with a smooth, lightly spiced finish that lingers in the mouth.

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 2015 Chateau Durfort Vivens wine is firm and dry, this wine blossoms quickly with its delicious fruit and penetrating acidity. This Chateau Durfort Vivens wine has fine tannins sustain this black-currant and berry fruit along with the complex texture and structure. Produced from biodynamic grapes, the wine has great potential.

This is the greatest wine ever made here. Incredible depth of fruit and power yet always polished and in reserve. Super depth of fruit. Layered. Amazing. Made from biodynamically-grown grapes.

97 points Wine Enthusiast
96 points James Suckling
92 points Decanter