The 2017 Charles Melton Grains of Paradise Shiraz has a wonderful expression of the traditional Barossa style. Deep in colour and softly perfumed with excellent melding of vanillin and cedar oak aromatics and rich Barossa Shiraz fruit. This Charles Melton Father In Law Shiraz wine as an intense coffee and mocha flavours are supported by firm tannins and richness of mouthfeel.
This Charles Melton Shiraz wine is very rich and opulent with high quality fruit showing lovely voluptuousness, ripe yet defined tannis, moderate oakand terrifically poised balanced. The Charles Melton Nine Popes Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2016 wine is from Barossa Valley, South Australia.
The Charles Melton Shiraz 2006 wine has aromas of a typical pepper notes but nothing overpowering which was a joy to drink. Well integrated tannins and oak influences.
Charles Melton Wines has produced premium Barossa red wines, always at our winery on Krondorf Road, since 1984. It was in the mid 80’s that Charlie and a small band of Barossa winemakers turned their winemaking efforts to what was considered then a couple of unfashionable varieties; Shiraz and Grenache. With these varieties, Charlie built a small range of classic dry reds including a Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvedre blend called the Nine Popes.
The Charles Roux Blanc de Blancs Brut Sparkling wine is very floral and fruity. This Charles Roux Blanc de Blancs is a light bodied sparkling wine offers notes of peach and apricot aromas on the nose. It shows lovely harmony, swathing the palate in crispiness texture and a delicate mandarin orange, while well-meshed acidity keeps this fresh. This French Sparkling Wine has a clean bubbly for easy sipping.
White sparkling wine created from a blend of two varieties: Chardonnay and Aligote. The berries are harvested by hand and subjected to spinning. Subsequent aging wine vinification is completed at least 18 months in the cellars of the economy Vёv Ambalov. As a result, Brut Blanc de Blanc shows lovely fruity, elegant character and a fresh scent, adequately representing the Bourgogne region with its centuries-old traditions of winemaking.
This Charles Roux Blanc de Blancs Brut Sparkling wine is a great aperitif and good for the hot long summer.
Alcohol Content: 11.5%
The 2017 Charmes de Kirwan wine has a lovely garnet red color shows that the wine is still young. The nose is complex, a mix of ripe fruit with fine woody and vanilla notes. With a fresh and gentle attack, the palate is round, ample and juicy and displays some quite ripe red and black berries. This Charmes de Kirwan wine shows fantastic depth and fruit quality for the vintage with crushed currant and flowers to the medium to full body, round and ripe tannins and flavorful finish. The second wine of renowned Margaux property of Chateau Kirwan, this promises high quality and fantastic value for money.
This 2017 Les Charmes de Kirwan is the second wine of Chateau Kirwan, launched in 1993. It is the Grand Vin’s little brother and is generally made from the fruit of the youngest vines and parcels of the vineyard that are less gravelly. The Chateau Kirwan wine confirms the position of the property among the greatest of the appellation.
This 2017 Charmes de Kirwan has a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.
93 points James Suckling
The 2019 Charmes de Kirwan wine has a deep garnet purple in color. This Charmes de Kirwan offers a quintessential Margaux. A fruity wine dazzling with red berries and roses, including the elegance of soft spicy notes—cinnamon, vanilla, toasted nuts and even buttered brioche. With just a trace of tannins. This second wine of Chateau Kirwan is thoroughly round and silky, each sip caressing the palate. No need to wait several years to enjoy, this delicious 2019 Charmes de Kirwan is ready to enchant your taste buds.
This Vintage 2019 Charmes de Kirwan does justice to its name. Bottled in June of 2020, it has already begun to reveal an irresistible, gourmand charm. The 2019 plentiful harvest provided a beautiful selection of varietals for this blend. The second wine of Chateau Kirwan which has been returned to former glories in recent years.
This 2019 Charmes de Kirwan 2019 wine has a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc.
The Chateau Devise d’Ardilley Cru Bourgeois 2011, is a full-bodied wine and soft, balanced tannins with complicated aromas. Especially ripe fruit and green pepper aromas. This wine has elegant oak, leather and nuts flavors.
The 2015 Chateau Angludet is a fine, elegant wine. At each vintage, we seek to achieve the ideal balance between the fruit, the structure, the tannin and the freshness afforded by acidity to guarantee out standing ageing potential. Angludet’s great aromatic finesse becomes apparent from the 3rd year after harvest and continues to develop for decades. Beautiful, deep red with black tints. The nose is ripe and elegant, with fruit predominating. With the 2105 vintage, Chateau d’Angludet changed its name to Chateau Angludet.
This structured Margaux wine comes from the Sichel family-owned estate. It has tannins and a dry character although this dry core is balanced with ripe black currants. Structure and fruit make this a good wine for medium-term aging. Drink from 2023.
93 points Wine Enthusiast
90 points Decanter
The 2016 Chateau Angludet is a fine, elegant wine. A wine of impressive style and character, this 2016 Chateau Angludet exhibits a deep bouquet of cassis, blackberries, loamy soil, burning embers and violets, framed by a deft touch of classy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered, with excellent concentration, ripe tannins and a long, penetrating finish,
This structured Margaux wine comes from the Sichel family-owned estate. It has tannins and a dry character although this dry core is balanced with ripe black currants. Structure and fruit make this a good wine for medium-term aging.
This Chateau Angludet wine has a blend of Merlot 38% – Cabernet Sauvignon 50% – Petit Verdot 12%.
92 points Wine Enthusiast
91 points Wine Advocate
The 2014 Chateau Baron de Brane Cantenac has a deep red colored wine with a restrained fruit-driven nose. A slightly sweet yet mellow attack. This Chateau Baron de Brane Cantenac wine is very rich, satisfying mid-palette. This Margaux Red Wine has a light, slightly dusty and tertiary bouquet that is defined. The palate is medium-bodied with dry tannin, light tobacco infused red berry fruit with an austere finish.
The 2014 Chateau Baron de Brane Cantenac wine is a blend of 65.4% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and a pinch of Carmenère.
This 2014 Chateau Baron de Brane Cantena is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes. At the same time the Chateau Brane Cantenac is a perfect match with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, salmon, mushrooms and pasta as well as cheese.
The 2018 Chateau Baron de Brane Cantenac wine has a deep red colored wine with a restrained fruit-driven Nose. This Chateau Baron de Brane Cantenac wine has a very pure and charming bouquet with brambly red fruit, cedar and pencil shavings, very assured for a Deuxième Vin. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannin on the entry, the fruit a little darker than the nose suggests, segueing into a well-defined second half with brown spices and hints of leather. This is an intriguing Baron de Brane wine. The 2016 Baron de Brane is a blend of 65% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc.
The 2018 Chateau Brane Cantenac is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes. Chateau Brane Cantenac is a perfect match with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, salmon, mushrooms and pasta as well as cheese.
91 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
An exceptional Premier Grand Cru Classé, Chateau Beau Sejour Becot 2018 displays all the grandeur and elegance of a Saint-Émilion wine born in a magnificent vintage. Dense, rich and explosive, this 2018 Chateau Beau Sejour Becot wine has it all. Soaring aromatics and a huge spine of tannin give the 2018 its regal contours.
The 2018 vintage was barreled down late, and it is still coming together, especially in its aromatics, but its potential is evident. A wine of tremendous character and personality Beau Séeour Bécot dazzles in 2018. It is an utterly captivating Saint-Émilion from Juliette Bécot and Julien Barthe, along with their consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos
This Chateau Beau Sejour Becot wine shines bright in the Saint-Émilion appellation, on the right bank of Bordeaux. It has a blend of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
99 points Wine Spectator
97 points Wine Advocate
97 points Vinous
The 2015 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot wine has a very intense bouquet with copious black cherries, kirsch and blueberry fruit, just a slight warmth of alcohol but nothing too much to get concerned about. The palate is rounded and sexy on the entry, quite plush for this estate, rounded and caressing with a slight savory element from the Cabernets imparting more complexity on the finish. Maybe not the longest Saint-Émilion in terms of longevity but very delicious.
This 2015 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot is a blend of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Anticipated maturity: 2020 – 2040.
The 2009 Chateau Belair Monange wine is an extraordinary terroir, now exploited by Edouard Moueix, the son of Christian, seems to be coming to life in a dramatic fashion. Never a hedonistic wine, but very intellectual, the 2009 Chateau Belair Monange wine suggests a liqueur of crushed rocks intermixed with black currants and black cherries. Still somewhat closed, medium to full-bodied, and impressive rather than seductive, this is a structured wine that needs to be forgotten for at least a decade, and then drunk over the following 30+ years. If readers are looking for the quintessential example of a terroir-dominated wine, this is Lesson 101 in terroir.
The 2014 Chateau Belgrave has a straightforward but pure bouquet with blackcurrant and raspberry coulis. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet plummy fruit, moderate acidity, though the finish feels slightly over-extracted and therefore is missing just that bite and race you are looking for. This is a well-made Belgrave wine to enjoy over the next decade.
The Chateau Belgrave 2014 has a dark and concentrated in appearance. The complex bouquet is bursting with harmonious notes of cedar, liquorice and mint, and develops notes of dark fruits, of cherry and blackcurrant. Creamy and velvety on the attack, the wine is enshrouded in a concentrated, smooth tannic structure. The intensity of the subtle vanilla-edged fruit accompanies the lengthy finish of this Château Belgrave with its typically Saint-Julien-esque elegance.
The 2015 Chateau Belgrave wine has a dark ruby plum-colored. This Belgrave wine exhibits classic Médoc notes of tobacco leaf, unsmoked cigars, spice box, blackcurrants and cedar wood. This 2015 Chateau Belgrave has a medium-bodied, with relatively ripe, soft tannins, and a nice, lush finish. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.
The Chateau Belgrave is owned by the famous négociant firm of Dourthe, this 2015 Chateau Belgrave is a solid effort from a property that has tremendous upside.
The Chateau Belgrave is a winery in the Haut-Médoc appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus, Fifth Growths in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. At the time of classification, the winery was called Château Coutenceau. The “Bellegrave” designation first appeared in 1845, when Bruno Devès, a negociant in Bordeaux, remodelled the estate, favoring wine growing on gravel terroirs.
91 points Wine Spectator
