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The 2015 Chateau Haut Batailley wine has a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot, matured in 60% new oak. It was picked between 21 September until 2 October. It is a level up from the 2015 Lacoste Borie with much more fruit intensity: blackberry, boysenberry, tobacco and cedar aromas. It gathers momentum in the glass and develops a subtle mint accent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, lithe tannin, very well balanced with just a slight tinniness that will disappear by the time in bottle. With very good substance and impressive length, this is a classic Pauillac that I suspect will offer 25 or 30 years of pleasure.

94 points James Suckling
94 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
91 points Wine Spectator

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

One of the hidden jewels of the vintage, the 2018 Chateau Haut Marbuzet wine is absolutely gorgeous. Pliant and deep in the glass, with terrific persistence, this 2018 Chateau Haut Marbuzet has so much to offer. Sweet red cherry, blood orange, dried flowers and mint add layers of nuance, but it is the wine’s balance that is most impressive. The palate is full-bodied, firm, rich and spicy, finishing long. In 2018 Haut Marbuzet has an extra kick of flavor intensity.

This 2018 Chateau Haut Marbuzet wine from Saint-Estephe has a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot.

96 points James Suckling
94 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points Wine Enthusiast

The Chateau Haut-Brion 2007 has a perfumed bouquet with abundant red fruit, sage, sandalwood and black olive scents that just seem to soar from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, beautifully judged acidity and a gentle build in the mouth towards the savory/meaty finish. There is class interwoven into this Haut Brion from start to finish, and the persistence is very impressive.

The Chateau Haut-Marbuzet 2012 wine has a dense colour and very good concentration of ripe fruit, Merlot and new oak make this seductively approachable, but it will last well.

The 2000 Chateau Kirwan is a wine is made for cellaring. This Margaux wine is slowly following its evolutionary path. It oscillates between periods of closure and openness during which one discovers a vast aromatic palette filled with a mix of black fruits, the scents of woody underbrush, and hints of minerals. The 2000 Chateau Kirwan wine is a full-bodied, muscular, and a power house.

This Margaux estate is enjoying a renaissance with full-flavored, muscular wines being produced. The finest Kirwan I have ever tasted, the 2000 is a full-bodied, multidimensional, rich, powerhouse exhibiting a black purple color and a sweet, chewy, concentrated style with superb intensity, ripeness, and length. This red wine should last for decades. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2025.

94 points Wine Enthusiast
93 points James Suckling

The 2011 Chateau Kirwan wine has a dense ruby purple coloured. This Margaux wine is chunky, rich, and slightly masculine. This 2011 Chateau Kirwan wine is medium-bodied and fleshy. This Chateau Kirwan, reveals excellent extraction of fruit and flavor, sweet, but noticeable tannins and a nicely textured mouthfeel as well as finish. Eric Boissenot, the Médoc’s master oenologist, seems to have had a big influence on the style of the wine in 2011, because this Margaux third growth is very drinkable and appealing.

The 2011 Chateau Kirwan wine has a blend 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 9% Petit Verdot.

90 points James Suckling
92 points Tim Atkin MW

The 2017 Chateau Kirwan wine is a real gold standard in Margaux. The beautifully crafted bouquet is typical of a 2017 vintage Margaux, exuding pure aromas of black berries, evolving upon aeration fragrances freshly cut tobacco leaves. On the palate, the wine displays the typical mouthfeel of a Margaux wine, a velvety texture enhanced by a brilliant acidity that stretches into an elegant and fresh finish.

The Chateau Kirwan wine confirms the position of the property among the greatest of the appellation. With its freshness, elegance and balance, the 2017 Chateau Kirwan wine displays a style faithful to the signature of the estate.

The Chateau Kirwan is situated on the top of the beautiful Cantenac plateau, Chateau Kirwan is one of the most celebrated references of the prestigious Margaux appellation, on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. Under the leadership of talented Managing Director Philippe Delfaut, this superb estate with an Irish name has in recent years undergone a great modernisation and restructuring project.

95 points Wine Enthusiast
93 points James Suckling
92 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The 2018 Chateau Kirwan wine has a deep garnet purple in color. This Margaux wine gives intense, lifted scents of kirsch, black raspberries and warm cassis with nuances of rose hip tea, tar, fragrant earth and wild sage. This Chateau Kirwan wine has a full-bodied palate delivers a great intensity of vibrant fruit with loads of earthy nuances and a firm, fine-grained frame, finishing long and perfumed. The 2018 vintage will be remembered at Chateau Kirwan, as a magnificent Grand Cru Classe located in the prestigious Margaux appellation, on the left bank of Bordeaux.

The Blending Cabernet Sauvignon (43%), Merlot (29%, Cabernet Franc (15%) and Petit Verdot (13%), the 2018 Chateau Kirwan wine presents a magnificent, exuberant personality in a wine of great richness, while maintaining a perfect balance. The 2018 Chateau Kirwan wine is a wonderful Margaux offering great promise for the future.

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

The 2019 Chateau Kirwan wine has a deep garnet purple in color. This Chateau Kirwan offers a quintessential Margaux bouquet with vivid black and blue fruit laced with crushed violets, a sensual and generous nose that will please many. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy rounded tannins, one of the texturally creamiest within the Margaux appelation. This elegant wine reveals a persistent and delicious finish.

Chosen as a 3rd Classified Growth of Margaux during the great classification of Médoc wines in 1855, Chateau Kirwan has belonged to the Schÿler family since 1925. The dynamic Philippe Delfaut has endowed the estate with new infrastructures and elevated it to the height of its appellation. Chateau Kirwan today belongs to the elite circle of Margaux Grands Crus.

This 2019 Chateau Kirwan wine has a blend of 59 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 28 % Merlot, 6 % Cabernet-franc, 6 % Petit Verdot, 1 % Carmenère.

97 points Wine Enthusiast
95 points James Suckling
93 points Decanter

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

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

This 2009 Chateau La Fleur Petrus wine offers a deep, layered bouquet of blackberries, plums, chocolate, dried flowers, and earth. This Pomerol wine is a big, voluptuous, opulent example of this cuvée, with a power-packed, deep, rich style. This red wine has ripe tannin and a huge finish. Just across the road from Pétrus, la Fleur-Pétrus shares some of the same intensity. Drink this sensational wine anytime over the coming 2-3 decades.

The 2009 Chateau La Fleur Petrus wine has a blend of 90/10 Merlot and Cabernet Franc aged in 50% new oak. This tour de force shows how impressive the 2009 vintage was for Bordeaux.

97 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
97 points Wine Spectator
96 points Wine Enthusiast