Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Château Mauvinon 2020 Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
French Red
Black cherry, plum, hazelnut, chocolate and dried flowers are present in the aromas. Blackberry and liquorice appear on the palate. The profile is structured and intense, with powerful, silky tannins and a long, smoky finish. The blend is seventy percent Merlot and thirty percent Cabernet Franc. Grapes are hand-picked and sorted. Vinification uses small containers; maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, with half of the barrels renewed.
Château Brown 2021 Blanc Pessac-Léognan
French White
Floral notes and a light smoky note emerge after swirling. The palate is soft and fresh, with full body, aromatic density and further floral character. Sauvignon Blanc brings tension, and the finish is mineral, taut and very long. The blend is sixty-eight percent Sauvignon Blanc and thirty-two percent Sémillon. Grapes were harvested by hand, then fermented and matured in oak for eight months with stirring on fine lees.
Haut-Bailly II 2019 Pessac-Léognan
French Red
Fresh fruit and a suave structure define the profile. Merlot brings aromatic freshness and roundness, while silky tannins give the wine a soft texture. The blend is sixty percent Merlot and forty percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes were harvested from September 23 to October 10. Rich berry fruit, cassis, cigar wrapper and loamy soil are also present. The tannins are ripe and powdery.
Château Croizet-Bages 2016 Pauillac
French Red
The blend is fifty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty-one percent Merlot and four percent Cabernet Franc. Vinification takes place in stainless-steel tanks, with malolactic fermentation in barrels and tanks. Maturation lasts twelve months in French oak, half of it new. Plum preserves, baked black cherry, cassis, menthol, cigar and cumin notes accompany plush tannins and a long, spicy finish.
Château Tronquoy-Lalande 2009 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
Boysenberry, spring flowers, blackcurrant and ink accompany a supple texture and a long finish. The colour is dense purple, and the profile is full-bodied. The blend is fifty-one percent Merlot, forty-two percent Cabernet Sauvignon and seven percent Petit Verdot. Alcoholic fermentation lasts six to seven days, with an average maceration of eighteen days. Harvest ran from September 18 to October 7.
Château Pichon Baron 2012 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron Pauillac
French Red
Cassis, blackberry and spice accompany a tannic, fresh profile. The wine is made from sixty percent Cabernet Sauvignon and forty percent Merlot. It is a red from Pauillac in Bordeaux, with fruit drawn primarily from gravelly parcels near the Gironde estuary. Production for the inaugural release totalled forty thousand bottles. Maturation takes place in barrels. The wine has a pure, direct, vigorous and full-bodied character.
Château Pichon Baron 2019 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron Pauillac
French Red
Intense purple colour accompanies black fruit, subtle oak and spice. The opening is generous, full and structured, with tannins; the profile also has richness, harmony, tension, minerality and length, with a fresh finish. The blend is fifty-nine percent Merlot and forty-one percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Maturation lasts eighteen months in barrels, using sixty percent new oak and forty percent one-wine barrels.
Château Coutet 2000 Barsac
French Dessert
Golden colour with subtle patina accompanies beeswax, gingerbread, candied fruit, peach liqueur and dried hazelnut. The supple profile includes mineral notes, sweet spice, vanilla and stewed mirabelle, with moderate sweetness and a medium-length finish. The blend is ninety percent Sémillon, nine percent Sauvignon Blanc and one percent Muscadelle. Pronounced acidity is present in this Barsac sweet wine.
La Dame de Montrose 2010 Saint-Estephe
French Red
Dense black colour carries violet highlights, with morello cherry, raspberry, dark tobacco, Havana and a touch of vanilla. The palate has a clean entry and a broad, fresh middle. Precise tannins and a long finish are present. Raspberry, vanilla and mocha recur, while the oak remains discreet. Cabernet Sauvignon forms sixty-four percent of the blend and Merlot the remaining thirty-six percent.
Chateau Gloria 2022 Saint-Julien
French Red
Deep garnet colour accompanies fresh redcurrant, peppered chocolate, mineral notes and white pepper. The wine is full-bodied, with rounded fruit, fine tannins and a long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc make up the blend. Grapes are harvested by hand. Vinification takes place in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks, and maturation lasts fourteen months in oak barrels. Alcohol is 13.8 percent.
Chateau Pichon Baron 2018 Les Tourelles de Longueville Pauillac
French Red
Intense ruby colour accompanies very ripe red fruit, black cherry and mild spice. The wine is silky, delicate and smooth, with fresh, harmonious tannins and a persistent finish. The blend is sixty-six percent Merlot, twenty percent Cabernet Sauvignon, eight percent Cabernet Franc and six percent Petit Verdot. Maturation lasts twelve months, using both new barrels and barrels previously used for one vintage.
Echo de Lynch-Bages 2016 Pauillac
French Red
Fresh fruit aromas appear with oak and spice. The wine is supple and powerful, with balance and round, mouth-coating tannins. The blend is seventy-three percent Cabernet Sauvignon and twenty-seven percent Merlot. Grapes are hand picked and sorted in the vineyard. Maturation lasts twelve months in French oak barrels previously used for one vintage. The vineyards lie on Garonne gravel in Pauillac.
Château Clerc Milon 2007 Pauillac
French Red
Deep purple colour has violet highlights. Garrigue, blackcurrant, cedar, vanilla and toast appear with fleshy red fruit. The wine is full-bodied, fresh and balanced, with supple, close-knit tannins, oak and mocha, and a long finish. The blend is forty-eight percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty-two percent Merlot, seven percent Cabernet Franc, two percent Petit Verdot and one percent Carmenère.
Château Langoa Barton 2015 Saint-Julien
French Red
Intense colour accompanies a bouquet of red fruit, undergrowth and tobacco. The texture is fleshy and tight, with spice, tannins, a silky palate and a long, tense finish. The blend is fifty-four percent Cabernet Sauvignon, thirty-eight percent Merlot and eight percent Cabernet Franc. Harvesting is entirely by hand. Alcoholic fermentation lasts seven to ten days, maceration about three weeks, and oak maturation sixteen to eighteen months.
Château Malartic-Lagravière 2005 Pessac-Léognan
French Red
Very deep red-black colour has purple hints. A delicate nose carries ripe red and black fruit, freshness, menthol, violets, blackcurrant, mineral, smoke and roasted notes. The attack is mellow and rich, with a tight, distinguished and vigorous tannic structure. The mid-palate is broad and generous, with fruit, minerality, toast, wood and balance. The blend is fifty-five percent Cabernet Sauvignon, forty percent Merlot and five percent Cabernet Franc.
Château Rousselle 2016 Côtes de Bourg 3 L
French Red
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Cabernet Franc make up the blend. Red and black fruit include raspberry, blueberry and cherry, alongside liquorice, thyme, rosemary and mineral notes. The wine is supple and smooth, concentrated, fruity, round and full. The finish is notably long, and the average vine age is forty years. This red comes from Côtes de Bourg in Bordeaux.
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005 Pauillac
French Red
Dense purple colour appears with crème de cassis, flowers, wet stones and blackcurrant. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and fleshy, with length and richness. Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for seventy-eight percent of the blend and Merlot for twenty-two percent. The grapes were hand picked. Maceration lasts about three weeks, while maturation lasts sixteen to eighteen months in French oak barrels.
Château Léoville Barton 1999 Saint-Julien
French Red
Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for seventy-two percent of the blend, with twenty-two percent Merlot and six percent Cabernet Franc. The wine has extremely dense colour and a powerful tannic structure. Harvest ran from late September into early October. The end of summer was warm and dry, and the grapes reached full ripeness. Merlot recorded high natural alcohol levels during the vintage.
Château Lynch-Bages 1997 Pauillac
French Red
Intense red colour appears with blackcurrant, menthol, resin and mocha, set against an elegant oak background. The wine is persistent and rich, with concentrated, ripe and rounded tannin. It is blended mainly from Cabernet Sauvignon, with Petit Verdot accounting for two percent. Violet and blackberry are also present. The overall profile combines structure, finesse, elegance and opulence. This Bordeaux red comes from Pauillac.
Château Léoville Poyferré 2010 Saint-Julien
French Red
Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for fifty-six percent of the blend, with Merlot at thirty-four percent, Petit Verdot at seven percent and Cabernet Franc at three percent. Mindel gravel terraces lie over sandy-clay subsoil. Blackberry, black cherry and orange peel accompany a full body, round creamy tannins and a flavourful finish. Violet edging appears around the rim.
Château Rousselle 2016 Côtes de Bourg 6 L
French Red
Red and black fruit, raspberry, blueberry and cherry are joined by liquorice, dried wild herbs and mineral tones. The palate is soft, creamy, fruity, round and concentrated, with a long finish. The vineyard is planted mainly to Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec on limestone slopes beneath brown clay. The wine ages for twelve months in French oak barrels.
Château Phélan Ségur 2022 Saint-Estèphe
French Red
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc form a 56/40/2/2 blend. Almost-black colour has purple reflections. Juicy black fruit, spice, subtle floral notes, black cherry, rose and cedar are present. The palate is fleshy, flavourful and mellow, with power, density, richness and silky, assertive tannins. The finish is persistent and balanced, with menthol notes.
Château Malescot Saint-Exupéry 2018 Margaux
French Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc form a 60/32/8 blend. The vineyard has Pyrenean gravel, ten thousand vines per hectare and an average vine age of forty-five years. Fruit is hand harvested and sorted. The wine ferments in temperature-controlled stainless steel and concrete, then spends thirteen to fifteen months in barrel, seventy percent new. Balance, depth, freshness and silky tannins appear with lightly woody, toasted notes after aeration.
Château Coufran 2009 Haut-Médoc
French Red
Deep crimson colour accompanies blueberry, blackcurrant and fine woody hints. The palate is full and ample, with concentrated, fleshy substance and tender tannins. Merlot forms eighty-five percent of the customary blend, joined by fifteen percent Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyard lies on gravel and clay in the Haut-Médoc appellation, with vines averaging about fifty years of age across a single seventy-six-hectare block.
Château de Carles 2020 Haut-Carles Fronsac
French Red
Fresh blackcurrant, raspberry, cherry, blueberry, violet and cornflower accompany star anise, nutmeg and toast. The wine has freshness, concentration, energy and fine tannins, with a long aftertaste. A fresh-sap character and a slight chewiness are also present in the profile. The vineyard is farmed under a sustainable approach in the Fronsac appellation, within France's Bordeaux region.
Château Malartic-Lagravière 2016 La Réserve de Malartic Red
French Red
Merlot forms sixty percent of the blend, with thirty percent Cabernet Sauvignon and five percent each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Ripe blueberry accompanies a supple, medium-bodied profile and a long, silky finish. Vinification uses thermoregulated stainless-steel or oak vats, while maturation lasts fifteen months in French oak barrels. The cuvée is a red from Pessac-Léognan.
Domaine de Compostelle 2020 Pomerol
French Red
Merlot makes up eighty-five percent of the blend, with fifteen percent Cabernet Franc. Cassis, roasted cherry, black fruit and pepper sit alongside mineral detail, juiciness, violet and incense. The tannins are racy, while the texture is round and supple with freshness. The finish is persistent, smooth and soft. Production totals twelve thousand thirty-four bottles, with maturation divided between tank and barrel.
Château Batailley 2016 Lions de Batailley Pauillac
French Red
Cabernet Sauvignon forms 61 percent of the blend, joined by 31 percent Merlot and 8 percent Cabernet Franc. The wine has balanced, silky tannins, acidity and length. Fruit comes mainly from young vines on gravel and silica soils. Fermentation lasts fifteen days with pumpovers, followed by eighteen months in French oak barriques, divided between one-year-old barrels and forty percent new oak.
Château La Création 2016 Pomerol
French Red
Black fruit, perfume and spice sit within a rich profile, with the oak ageing kept in balance. The blend is 61 percent Merlot, 28 percent Cabernet Franc and 11 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes are harvested by hand, followed by a cold maceration and vinification in temperature-controlled stainless steel. Maturation lasts fifteen to eighteen months in French oak barrels.
Château Coufran 1995 Haut-Médoc
French Red
Dark colour accompanies a powerful red with pronounced Merlot character, substantial weight and a velvety, silky texture. The estate's first wine is usually 85 percent Merlot and 15 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Its 76-hectare vineyard forms a single block on gravel-and-clay soils near Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne in the Haut-Médoc, with an average vine age of around fifty years.