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2020 Boekenhoutskloof Semillon - 6x75cl
- White
- 2022 - 2040
- Boekenhoutskloof
- 6x75cl
- Franschoek, South Africa
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Goedhuis, February 2023
The 2020 Sémillon from Boekenhoutskloof is absolutely knockout. We love its complex nose of fresh lemon, grapefruit, orange and white pear mixed with elderflower, jasmine, lemongrass, wet stone and lanolin. Fermentation in concrete eggs and a 14-month elevage in barrel gives a perfectly silken texture. The tension is superb, an electric acidity runs through the palate and lifts the sumptuous twists of marmalade, hazelnut and bergamot that wrap around the fresh fruit and fill the long enveloping finish. Drink 2023-2040.
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Neal Martin, August 2022, Score: 95
The 2020 Semillon Boekenhoutskloof comes from three parcels of old vines, one parcel planted in 1902 and an adjacent one in 1942 (50% of the blend) and includes a seasoning of Muscat d'Alexandria also planted in 1902 that is purposefully picked underripe. This is aged in 70% new oak. It has a wonderful, vivacious bouquet with honeysuckle, jasmine, lemon rind and lanolin. It's one of the finest Semillon aromatics that I have encountered. The palate has a vibrant, slightly flinty opening and a tiny reduction that according to winemaker Gottfried Mocke, ebbs after a couple of years (he opined this comes from the soils quarts content). Lovely tension here with lemon curd and peach skin notes towards the persistent finish. Superb. Drink 2024-2045. 95 points. Neal Martin, Vinous
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James Suckling, August 2022, Score: 93
Inviting aromas of beeswax, fresh mint, tea tree, sliced peaches and jasmine tea. Medium-bodied with silky texture. Fresh and bright with lovely, rounded citrus and stone fruit character. Mineral undertones to it all. Seamless and elegant. Drink or hold.
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Matthew Jukes, January 2023, Score: 99
Using three parcels of fruit from vineyards planted in 1902, 1936 and 1942 and employing concrete eggs and new barrels for discreet seasoning, this is a delicious wine and somewhat of a hedonistic treat. A dribble of early-picked, whole-bunch, amphora-fermented 120-year-old vine Muscat adds dramatic acid to offset the epic fruit notes in this mesmerising Semillon. I expected a more reserved nose and palate, but this vintage is surprisingly forward with generous lemon balm and nougat notes over a high tensile greengage and pineapple pith palate. Superbly classy from the first molecule to the last flavour memory, minutes later, despite its precocious air, the battery pack of acidity embedded in the core of this wine will power it for a decade with ease.
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Jancis Robinson, December 2022, Score: 18
Very pale. Completely different from the 2010 and the 2009. Much more obvious flintiness and a touch of struck match (more deliberate sulphides). Herbal, grapefruit, with the fine waxy texture of Sémillon even with all this freshness. It's the winemaking that marks the aroma at the moment. Super-smoky on the palate. Full and textured in the mouth, great length. Mouth-watering, powerful, elegant. Long and still embryonic. (JH) 13.5% Drink 2023-2033.
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Tim Atkin, August 2022, Score: 99
Boekenhoutskloof has always made impressive, age-worthy Semillons, but Gottfried Mocke has taken the 2020 to another level of complexity. It's one of the greatest ever Cape whites. Stony, flinty and layered, with wax, lemongrass and nutmeg flavours and subtle struck match reduction. Wow! Drink 2022-2030
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Platter's Wine Guide, August 2022, Score: 95
Delicate silver-gold hue, whiff smoke from partial barrel ferment , mostly wafts of oatmeal quince on waxy round 2020. Same linear persistence as 2019.
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2016 Viña Ardanza Reserva La Rioja Alta - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2022 - 2030
- La Rioja Alta
- 6x75cl
- Rioja, Spain__Portugal
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Wine Advocate, October 2022, Score: 94+
The 2016 Viña Ardanza Reserva was produced with 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha that matured in used American oak barrels for three years, where it was hand-racked from barrel to barrel six times in the case of Tempranillo and five times for the Garnacha, as it had a slightly shorter élevage of 30 months. Against all odds, I found the 2016 to be fresher than the 2015 and less developed, despite the fact that winemaker Julio Sáenz told me he considers it a warmer year. But I have found many wines I like in 2016, and the wine feels very clean and quite harmonious, younger and less developed, with more primary notes and a velvety mouthfeel. 600,000 bottles produced. The wine was bottled in June 2020. Drink 2022-2032.
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James Suckling, October 2022, Score: 95
Savory and complex with dried orange peel, cedar and plenty of sweet spices, walnuts, caramel, dried mushrooms and pine needles. Shows maturity here, with a medium body and superb freshness. Incredibly long finish with lots of truffle and walnut. Lasts over a minute. Very complete now, but you can still hold it.
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2021 Le Difese de Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2023 - 2027
- Tenuta San Guido
- 6x75cl
- Bolgheri, Italy
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Goedhuis, February 2023
2021 Le Difese is everyday drinking perfection. An artful blend of 55% Sangiovese and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, sparkling bright red cherry, cranberry and blood orange fruit sit over layers of darker blackberry and plum. True to its Tuscan roots, it is infused with delicious Mediterranean herbs and salty black olive as well as subtle hints of tobacco leaf and spice. Impressive tension and soft, nimble tannins carry the vibrant core of mouth-watering fruit, finishing with dried floral notes and a sweeping freshness. Delightful. Drink 2023 –2027.
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Jamie Goode, February 2023, Score: 94
14% alcohol. 55% Sangiovese and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. Sweet, forward blackcurrant nose with some woodspice and balsamic hints adding a savoury twist. The palate has taut blackcurrant fruit with some red berries and a firm structure, with a dry, grippy finish. This is a really focused, structured wine that’s firm and dense with nice brightness and purpose. This is one you can cellar with confidence, or enjoy now in its vivid, primary state. Has a real Tuscan feel to it, in a good way.
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Kerin O’Keefe, February 2023, Score: 92
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese, this savory, polished red has lovely aromas of dark-skinned berry, grilled herb and whiffs of blue flower. Food friendly and enveloping, the palate offers ripe black cherry, blackcurrant and ground black pepper alongside supple tannins.
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2005 Clos du Marquis St Julien Ex-Chateau 2023 - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2018 - 2030
- Clos du Marquis
- 6x75cl
- St julien, Red Bordeaux
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Goedhuis, April 2006, Score: 89-92+
Superbly balanced with exceptionally fine and velvety tannins, the 2005 Clos du Marquis is rich, sumptuous and wonderfully structured. Drink 2014 - 2024+.
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Antonio Galloni, April 2021, Score: 91
The 2005 Clos du Marquis is in a very attractive place today. Time has softened the tannins nicely, allowing the wine's radiant personality to really shine. Sweet tobacco, cedar, mint, dried flowers and dried cherry are all laced together in this expressive Saint-Julien. There is a bit of rusticity here, but all the elements are well balanced just the same.
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Robert Parker, April 2008, Score: 92
The superb second wine, the 2005 Clos du Marquis, reflects the utter brilliance of the 2005 grand vin. It boasts an inky/ruby/purple color along with a sweet perfume of lead pencil, ripe cherries and black currants, and hints of earth and vanillin. Dense, chewy, fleshy, and full-bodied, this beauty will be drinkable in 3-4 years, and should keep for 15-20. Drink: 2011 - 2028.
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Robert Parker, April 2006, Score: 89-91
As usual, this estates second wine, the 2005 Clos du Marquis, is top-flight. Possessing more alcohol than the grand vin (13.45%), it offers gorgeous purity, plenty of red and black fruits, and a style similar to its more famous sibling. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2035.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2006, Score: 17
Very bright crimson. Energetic bright fruit with lovely suppleness and almost electric impact. Sweet start and lots of chew but still great vibrancy. Very nice wine on its own account - no suggestion of sweeping up the leftovers (this is the second wine of Léoville Las Cases). Silky and winning yet very compact and dense. Lots of tannin but not a heavyweight. Drink 2016-26.
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Jeb Dunnuck, June 2019, Score: 92
The 2005 Clos du Marquis is a rich, concentrated beauty that has ample ripe red and black fruits intermixed with notes of tobacco, scorched earth, and graphite. Rich, concentrated, and powerful, with terrific depth of fruit, it's showing some evolution and maturity today and is drinking spectacularly well, yet it has another 15 years of longevity.
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Wine Spectator, April 2006, Score: 92-94
This is very solid, with currants, minerals and berries on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Lots of licorice and cassis. Tight. Always excellent in top vintages.
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Jane Anson, November 2018, Score: 92
Those dream conditions of 2005 have given a wine that's supple and approachable. The tannins have relaxed and there's a sense of breathing between the lines of dark fruit, liquorice and pepper. It's a gorgeous moment to drink this - it's still young, with firm, brambly fruits but the structure is open, softly textured and welcoming. Rich, impressive and extremely drinkable. 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend.
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2018 Mondot de Ch Troplong Mondot St Emilion - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2023 - 2029
- Château Troplong Mondot
- 6x75cl
- St emilion, Red Bordeaux
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Neal Martin, March 2021, Score: 89
The 2018 Mondot, the Second Wine of Troplong Mondot, has an open, generous bouquet of red cherries and crushed strawberry aromas, well defined and full of joie-de-vivre. The palate is well balanced with gentle, almost caressing tannins, but there is fine structure here and an attractive chalkiness on the finish. This is a fine Mondot that is best consumed over the next 4–6 years.
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Antonio Galloni, April 2019, Score: 90-93
The 2018 Mondot, 100% Merlot, is a fabulous second wine. Rich and luscious to the core, the 2018 is brisk and vibrant, with remarkable nuance and tons of saline-infused energy. Floral and spice notes add perfume to red cherry/plum fruit. Half of the wine comes from Troplong Mondot itself and the other half is sourced from two adjacent parcels that may in time be incorporated into the estate. Look for Mondot to be one of the stars among Bordeaux's more affordable 2018s. Readers should note that Mondot is sold only as a finished wine and not en primeur. More than anything else, in 2018 Mondot is flat-out delicious
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Wine Advocate, April 2019, Score: 89-91
The 2018 Mondot is 100% Merlot; 50% comes from the estate and 50% from the new parcels. Deep garnet-purple colored, it springs from the glass with bright, vibrant red plums, fresh blackberries and kirsch scents followed by notions of wild blueberries, cracked black pepper, underbrush and damp soil with a waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers loads of crunchy red and black fruit, with rounded tannins and plenty of herbal and red fruit sparks lifting the finish.
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Jane Anson, July 2021, Score: 92
This is a 2nd wine that really impressed me En Primeur, and when I have tasted it at the estate since - but it was not released until 2021, as held back until ready to drink. I recommend seeking out, not only is it a delicious wine but it's also instructive in showcasing the flavours, nuance and structure that pure limestone soils can give to a wine - particularly true if you compare it to the richer, more powerful flavours of the main estate wine with their deeper clay-limestone soils. This has a delicacy to it, redcurrant and raspberry fruits, and a slightly austere edge that widens and softens with time in the glass, adding plumpness and texture to the fruits, and giving a mouthwatering finish. 49hl/ha yield.
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2022 Oldenburg Vineyards Chardonnay - 6x75cl
- White
- 2023 - 2028
- Oldenburg Vineyards
- 6x75cl
- Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Goedhuis, March 2023
Oldenburg’s cool continental climate is perfect for making sophisticated ‘Old World’ style Chardonnay. Nic has locked in so much lovely fresh fruit character in this brilliant 2022. Fermented and matured in French oak barrels from Burgundian coopers, there is a gorgeously creamy edge to the mouth-watering citrus and ripe orchard fruit. Whole bunch pressed and wild yeast fermented, we are amazed by the crystal-clear precision of fruit on this 2022, which has a deeply mineral core and impressive backbone of acidity. The finish is long, powerful and delicately spiced. It ticks all the boxes of a great premier cru Burgundy, apart from the price tag! Drink 2023-2028.
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2022 Oldenburg Vineyards Chenin Blanc - 6x75cl
- White
- 2023 - 2028
- Oldenburg Vineyards
- 6x75cl
- Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Goedhuis, March 2023
Winemaker Nic blends some very old bush vine Chenin Blanc with younger vines to make this utterly delicious 2022. A wonderful crispness and tingling energy underlie a sumptuous old vine richness. Lime skin, pink grapefruit and tangerine mix with silky white peach, quince and apricot. Jasmine and lily-tinged, there is a smoky, salty, mineral edge to this very complex wine reminiscent of crushed oyster shell thanks to its ancient granite terroir. Whole bunch pressed and fermented in old oak barrels and Stockinger foudres, this 2022 has wonderful texture and pleasing bite. There is a vibrancy that courses through onto the long, mineral finish, the perfect foil to the rich fruit. Drink 2023-2028.
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2019 Inglenook Rubicon Napa Valley - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2024 - 2044
- Inglenook
- 6x75cl
- Napa valley, North America
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Goedhuis, September 2022, Score: 98-99
Deep garnet colour. Striking black morello cherry, full and generous aromas of mocha and oriental spice with a touch of redwood pine kernel. In tbe palate it has a deep intensity of dark fruit. Black olive, there is an extraordinary degree of substance in this high class wine, it has a Pauillac like quality of restrained power. Fabulously layered . Long, vibrant and energetic with a touch of sweet coffee bean and fresh cocoa on the finish. Quite outstanding Drink 2025- 2050.
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Wine Advocate, October 2021, Score: 96+
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose pops with vivacious notes of warm cassis, blackberry pie and redcurrant jelly, plus hints of crushed rocks, bay leaves and pencil lead. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers a solid, firm and grainy texture with a lively backbone cutting through dense earth-laced layers, finishing long and minerally. Impressive!
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James Suckling, February 2022, Score: 97
Aromas of ripe berries, sweet vanilla, licorice, dark chocolate and bread crust. Notes of dried herbs and pinewood, too. So well grounded. Smooth, with a lingering, silky mouth-feel. Full body and ripe, chewy tannins. Toned and muscular with hints of crushed rocks. Firm, linear finish. Try after 2025
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Jane Anson, June 2022, Score: 100
The depth and power of this wine is striking from the first moment, and even now after two years in bottle it is fresh out of the gate, barely revving up its engines. Black cherry, fennel, slate, tocacco, cigar box, give it a few more years in bottle to fully smooth out, then enjoy this luscious example of Napa Cab. Winemaker Todd DeVincezi, consultant winemaker Philippe Bascaules, 43% new oak.
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2018 Brunello di Montalcino Le Potazzine - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2030
- Le Potazzine
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Wine Advocate, March 2023, Score: 94+
Le Potazzine delivers solid results thanks to the impressive positioning of its vines that straddle the crown of a high-elevation plain. The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino shows bright fruit with cherry and redcurrant, and that makes all the difference. Careful oak aging has enhanced the aromas. I also feel the effects of careful cellar aging in terms of mouthfeel, especially the structure and tannins. The wine is tightly stitched together with a point of sourness on the close. Give it a few more years to soften. Some 15,500 bottles were made. Drink 2025-2038.
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Vinous, October 2022, Score: 94+
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino takes some coaxing to come together in the glass, dusty yet floral, with crushed ashen stones and a core of plum followed by savory herbs and black currant beneath it all. This is elegance personified, casting velvety textural waves of ripe red and blue berries across the palate, all lifted by brisk acidity, and with a flourish of lavender that lights up the senses. A coating of fine tannins lingers, yet the mouth is left watering for more, as nuances of licorice and blackberry slowly fade. The 2018 is a classy rendition of the vintage, elevated by a slightly higher declassification of juice that went into the Rosso di Montalcino. I’d give it another two to three years of cellaring to come fully together. Drink 2025-2033.
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Kerin O’Keefe, December 2022, Score: 97
The beautiful floral nose reveals violet and rose that mingle with perfumed berry and spicy notes. Juicy and savory, the linear palate is all about finesse and energy, delivering tart red cherry, strawberry compote, cinnamon and star anise framed in tense, refined tannins and bright acidity. Drink 2024–2033.
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2018 Brunello di Montalcino Canalicchio di Sopra - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2033
- Canalicchio di Sopra
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Wine Advocate, March 2023, Score: 94
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is elegant and tight with dried cherry, earthy root, pressed violet and exotic spice. The wine's long mandatory aging period has added to its aromatic intensity and textural weight. You also recognize that special complexity that comes with Sangiovese when grown in this sunny appellation on the southern side of Tuscany. This is a solid wine with 36,237 bottles released. Drink 2025 - 2040.
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Eric Guido, Vinous, October 2022, Score: 94
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is understated in the glass, as swirling brings forward nuances of mint, white pepper, dusty black cherries and flowery underbrush. This is a soft and delicate Brunello from Canalicchio di Sopra, also quite mineral in style, impressing with its smooth contours and finesse, while showing rose-tinged red berries and hints of spice. A coating of gentle tannin lingers through the medium-length finale, along with hints of licorice, as the mouth is left watering for more. The 2018 is a total charmer with a beautiful balance, bolstered by the juice that would usually go into the Riserva.
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Kerin O’Keefe, December 2022, Score: 96
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino from Canalicchio di Sopra boasts great aromatics of wild rose, new leather forest floor and perfumed berry that align with whiffs of spice. It’s savory and loaded with finesse, featuring juicy red cherry, botanical herb, white pepper and iron mineral notes framed in taut, lithe tannins. Blending grapes from their Montosoli and Canalicchio vineyards created an ideal, natural balance. Drink through 2038
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2021 Rosso di Montalcino Canalicchio di Sopra - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2024 - 2030
- Canalicchio di Sopra
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Goedhuis, February 2023
Vibrant crushed red berries, subtle violet and spice grace this gorgeous Rosso. The estate’s underlying signature of purity and elegance is very much in evidence here. Lovely floral aromas and hugely refined on the finish. One of the best Rossos on the market. Drink 2024-2030
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Wine Advocate, March 2023, Score: 91
Canalicchio di Sopra takes great care with its entry-level wine, the 2021 Rosso di Montalcino. It displays a warm and generous personality despite its petite stature and pleasantly streamlined mouthfeel. Along the way, this Sangiovese emits dark cherry, cassis, blue flower, iris root and a rusty-mineral note. There is structure here and good fruit weight, which makes this much more than your standard Rosso. The only point of concern is a robust 15% alcohol content. Drink 2023 - 2028.
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2021 Rosso di Montalcino Le Potazzine - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2023 - 2029
- Le Potazzine
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Goedhuis, March 2023
Fragrant and full of finesse, the 2021 is a knockout Rosso that exudes gorgeous scents of forest berries, blue flower and wild herb on the nose. Bright red cherry, blood orange, star anise and black tea flow across the fine taut palate. This will be a joy to drink over the next few years.
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2010 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 890 - 6x75cl
- Red
- La Rioja Alta
- 6x75cl
- Rioja, Spain__Portugal
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2020 Echezeaux Grand Cru Coquard Loison Fleurot - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2030 - 2050
- Coquard Loison Fleurot
- 6x75cl
- Echézeaux, Red Burgundy
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Neal Martin, december 2021, Score: 94-96
The 2020 Echézeaux Grand Cru offers real intensity on the nose, quite powerful with pure dark cherries, cassis, crushed violet and blood orange. Stylistically, this is not unlike Thomas Collardot’s good friend, Sébastien Cathiard’s in style. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine acidity, veins of blood orange and a pinch of sea salt. Lovely structure and focus on the finish. Excellent - this is an Echézeaux from the top drawer.
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2020 Clos St Denis Grand Cru Coquard Loison Fleurot - 3x75cl
- Red
- 2032 - 2050
- Coquard Loison Fleurot
- 3x75cl
- Clos saint-denis, Red Burgundy
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Neal Martin, December 2021, Score: 92-94
The 2020 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru is quite decadent on the nose and judging them side-by-side, I feel that the Clos de la Roche displays a little more delineation and poise. The palate is medium-bodied with a velvety smooth entry, fine acidity, sorbet-fresh black cherry and blueberry fruit laced with a light pinch of white pepper on the finish. Maybe just a little heat on the finish here. Give this 3-5 years in bottle at least.
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2019 Barolo Gavarini Vigna Chiniera Elio Grasso - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2028 - 2042
- Elio Grasso
- 6x75cl
- Barolo, Italy
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Antonio Galloni, November 2022, Score: 96
The 2019 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is classically austere and just gorgeous right out of the gate. Soaring aromatics and fine, sculpted fruit race out of the glass. Crushed rose petal, cinnamon, orange peel and mint are all beautifully delineated. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2019 is going to need years to be at its best, yet it has that embryonic inner sweetness that characterizes the very finest wines here. Superb. Drink 2029-2044.
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2018 Brunello di Montalcino Sorgente Salicutti - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2033
- Salicutti
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Eric Guido, Vinous, Eric Guido Vinous, Score: 94
Opening slowly in the glass, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Sorgente wafts up with a seductive mix of lavender and violets, complementing dusty cherry, plum and a lifting hint of sweet smoke. This glides across the palate, nearly juicy in feel, with racy acidity propelling its depths of mineral-tinged dark red fruits. For all of its energy, the 2018 finishes with a classic feel, as dusty black tea-like tannins linger, and a punctuating flourish of sweet spice resonates on and on. The inner harmony here is something to behold. Without a doubt, Salicutti has proven that their elevation of Sorgente from Rosso to Brunello was indeed warranted. Drink 2025-2033.
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2018 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione Salicutti - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2026 - 2033
- Salicutti
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Wine Advocate, March 2023, Score: 93
Made with certified organic fruit, the Salicutti 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione opens to a light ruby color with pretty color saturation and an elegantly lean appearance. This is exactly what you want to see in a vibrant, young Brunello. I would say that the aromas are textbook as well, in a very positive manner. The bouquet opens to fragrant rose and wild cherry. You get so much varietal character here with background tones of licorice, crushed stone and candied orange peel. There is some tannic firmness, but this will soften with time. This beautiful wine should fully embrace more cellar aging. The Piaggione site is characterized by rocky schistous galestro soils. This is a production of 6,450 bottles and 100 magnums. Drink 2025-2045.
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Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2023, Score: 93
Like cracking open an ashen stone only to find a bevy of dried flowers, curry leaves, cloves and currants, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione makes itself known. This gracefully races across the palate with ripe textural fruits and sweet spices, all energized by a core of juicy acidity. Silky tannins frame the long and classically dry finale, as nuances of salted licorice and medicinal cherry echo on and on. There’s such inner beauty and vibrancy here, yet patience will be required to enjoy the 2018 Piaggione to its full effect. Drink 2026-2033.
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2017 Brunello di Montalcino Teatro Salicutti - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2033
- Salicutti
- 6x75cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Eric Guido, Vinous, Eric Guido Vinous, Score: 94+
A stunning display that invokes cinnamon sticks, dried roses, cherry sauce and spiced blood orange makes the 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Teatro a total pleasure on the nose. This engulfs the senses with textures like pure silk, while mixing vivid sweet strawberry with the tart crispness of cranberry and clove. The 2017 finishes with silky tannins balanced by a residual burst of mouthwatering acidity, as inner rose punctuates with a beautiful floral flourish. Salicutti remains one of the standout producers in the 2017 vintage. Of note, the 2017 Teatro is a late release, as opposed to being an official Riserva. Drink 2025-2033
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2019 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate Elio Grasso - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2028 - 2042
- Elio Grasso
- 6x75cl
- Barolo, Italy
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Antonio Galloni, November 2022, Score: 95
The 2019 Barolo Ginestra Casa Matè is rich, dark and explosive. Dark-fleshed fruit, cloves menthol, licorice, scorched earth, leather and dried flowers are some of the notes that infuse the 2019 with character. Deep and resonant, with tremendous depth, the Ginestra is a wine of unbridled intensity. Swaths of tannin wrap around the huge, substantial finish. This virile, strapping Barolo is quite simply classic Ginestra. Drink 2029-2044.
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2022 Educato Langhe Chardonnay Elio Grasso - 6x75cl
- White
- 2023 - 2030
- Elio Grasso
- 6x75cl
- Piedmont, Italy
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Goedhuis, March 2023
Made since 1990, and only ever in tiny quantities, Educato is the jewel in Grasso’s crown. From a small plot of 35-ear-old vines on chalk and calcareous soils, the 2022 is lively yet graceful, brimming with floral notes, white peach, and greengage. Undeniably Burgundian, while never losing its Piemontese identity, this is an irresistibly delicious Chardonnay that comes highly recommended.
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2019 Ch La Clotte Grand Cru St Emilion - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2027 - 2040
- Château la Clotte
- 6x75cl
- St emilion, Red Bordeaux
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Neal Martin, February 2022, Score: 95
The 2019 La Clotte was picked from September 27 to October 7. It has a complex bouquet of detailed red berry fruit, wild hedgerow, crushed stone and wilted rose petal aromas, engaging and (for the vintage) understated. The palate is medium-bodied, ripe and beautifully poised, with pliant tannins and a judicious touch of spice. This builds wonderfully in the mouth and feels elegant and refined, almost Burgundian on the finish. Wonderful. Drink 2025-2048
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Jancis Robinson, June 2020, Score: 16.5
Restrained nose but good depth. Some dark-berry and spice complexity as it opens. Palate sinewy and firm, the limestone terroir apparent. Plenty of drive on the finish. Powerful and fresh but a bit austere. Needs time. Drink 2026-2036 (JL)
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2022 Bramito del Cervo Castello della Sala Antinori - 6x75cl
- White
- 2022 - 2028
- Piero Antinori
- 6x75cl
- Umbria, Italy
- Available Later
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2018 Brunello di Montalcino Canalicchio di Sopra - 1x150cl
- Red
- 2025 - 2033
- Canalicchio di Sopra
- 1x150cl
- Montalcino, Italy
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Wine Advocate, March 2023, Score: 94
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is elegant and tight with dried cherry, earthy root, pressed violet and exotic spice. The wine's long mandatory aging period has added to its aromatic intensity and textural weight. You also recognize that special complexity that comes with Sangiovese when grown in this sunny appellation on the southern side of Tuscany. This is a solid wine with 36,237 bottles released. Drink 2025 - 2040.
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Eric Guido, Vinous, October 2022, Score: 94
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is understated in the glass, as swirling brings forward nuances of mint, white pepper, dusty black cherries and flowery underbrush. This is a soft and delicate Brunello from Canalicchio di Sopra, also quite mineral in style, impressing with its smooth contours and finesse, while showing rose-tinged red berries and hints of spice. A coating of gentle tannin lingers through the medium-length finale, along with hints of licorice, as the mouth is left watering for more. The 2018 is a total charmer with a beautiful balance, bolstered by the juice that would usually go into the Riserva.
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Kerin O’Keefe, December 2022, Score: 96
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino from Canalicchio di Sopra boasts great aromatics of wild rose, new leather forest floor and perfumed berry that align with whiffs of spice. It’s savory and loaded with finesse, featuring juicy red cherry, botanical herb, white pepper and iron mineral notes framed in taut, lithe tannins. Blending grapes from their Montosoli and Canalicchio vineyards created an ideal, natural balance. Drink through 2038
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2015 Ch Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru St Julien - 12x75cl
- Red
- 2023 - 2037
- Château Léoville Las Cases
- 12x75cl
- St julien, Red Bordeaux
- Available Later
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Goedhuis, April 2016, Score: 94-96
A wine of huge concentration, depth and, most importantly of all, polish. This is an outstanding Las Cases with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is a wonderfully layered wine, focusing on dark cassis fruit, with hints of liquorice and black toffee. It balances a touch of St Julien grace and sweetness, with the typically bold structure that one expects from this fine château marching alongside its neighbour, the great Ch Latour.
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Neal Martin, July 2019, Score: 97
The 2015 Léoville-Las Cases has an almost clinical, brilliantly defined bouquet of mineral-rich black fruit, cedar and veins of fresh mint. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannin, beautifully judged acidity, exquisite balance and tangible energy toward the finish of graphite-infused blackberry and a hint of clove. This is one of the appellation’s most sophisticated offerings in 2015. Chapeau, Jean-Hubert Delon. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.
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Neal Martin, April 2016, Score: 95-97
The 2015 Leoville Las-Cases has the highest Cabernet contents in recent years, 85% and 9% of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc respectively, partly because some of the old Merlot vines were blended into the deuxième vin. Picked between 22 September and 9 October, a total of 15 days picking, it will be matured in 85% new oak. The alcohol level is 13.8%, higher than 2010 for example. Jean-Hubert Delon has crafted an extremely pure and tensile bouquet, almost pixelated with blackberry, briary, slate and oyster shell aromas that blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, svelte and sensual on the entry, the tannins a little edgy with a gentle crescendo: black fruit, tons of minerals, real focus and precision towards the finish. This is a superlative Léoville Las-Cases with the substance to suggest long-term aging will be repaid.
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Antonio Galloni, December 2017, Score: 98
The 2015 Léoville Las Cases is simply captivating. Sumptuous, racy and explosive in the glass, the 2015 is endowed with tremendous energy from start to finish. An exotic melange of crème de cassis, graphite, menthol and licorice bursts onto the palate as the 2015 shows off its alluring personality. Spectacularly rich, dense and full-throttle, with huge tannins that are nearly buried underneath the fruit, the 2015 is an unusual Las Cases. It is also breathtakingly beautiful. Readers who can find it should not miss it. Drink 2030-2055.
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Antonio Galloni, April 2016, Score: 95-98
A vivid, mesmerizing wine, the 2015 Léoville Las Cases is stunning in its beauty. Unusually rich and sumptuous for Las Cases, the 2015 possesses magnificent intensity and power from start to finish. Blackberry jam, charcoal, smoke, licorice and asphalt are some of the many notes that take shape in the glass, but the 2015 truly stands out for its vertical structure and overall intensity. At the same time, the 2015 is an unusually ripe, exotic Las Cases with much more flesh and voluptuousness in its curves than is the norm. In that sense, the 2015, is not at all typical for Las Cases. And yet it is striking. The 14.5% alcohol is the highest recorded here.
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Wine Advocate, April 2018, Score: 98+
Composed of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc and 6% Merlot, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Léoville Las Cases has a slightly closed nose, revealing notes of crème de cassis, baked blueberries and black forest cake with touches of licorice, violets and Indian spices plus a waft of dusty soil. The palate is medium to full-bodied, concentrated and built like a brick house, with firm, ripe, velvety tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and spicy. Drink 2025-2050.
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Wine Advocate, August 2022, Score: 95
Richer and more demonstrative than the 2016, the 2015 Léoville Las Cases dodders up generous aromas of sweet berries, pencil shavings and loamy soil, framed by a deft application of creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, broad and expansive, with a fleshy core of fruit, succulent acids and a giving, gourmand profile, like many 2015s from the Northern Médoc, it's already quite structurally open today, and it will likely attain its peak before both the 2014 and 2016 vintages that bookend it. For many consumers, that may be an advantage. Drink 2025-2055.
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James Suckling, April 2016, Score: 96-97
This is an ethereal young wine with blackberry and violet aromas and flavors. Full body, very firm and silky tannins and a superb finish. Lovely length and purity to this. 85% cabernet sauvignon, 6% merlot and 9% cabernet franc.
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Decanter, April 2016, Score: 96
At 94% (85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Cabernet Franc) this is the highest-ever Cab content in this grand vin. Very dense at first but full of power and elegance, with lots of energy. Beautifully made, and seems more Pauillac than St-Julien. This will be a very great wine.
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Matthew Jukes, April 2016, Score: 19.5++
(85 Cabernet Sauvignon, 9 Cabernet Franc, 6 Merlot) | 85% new oak. | 13.8% alc. | 76 IPT. This is the highest ever alcohol levels at Las Cases (mainly because Cabernet was harvested at 13.5%) and also the highest combined Cabernet percentage ever of 94%. Pierre Graffeuille, commercial director, explained that less and less Merlot will be used here in the future because of global warming. I had to take a deep breath several times while tasting this wine because it not only possesses extraordinary intensity balanced with extraordinary weightlessness but the sheer style and panache here is shocking. Utterly sublime in every way this is a tour de force for Las Cases. The tannins are immense but also fit and lithe and there is, once again, the dramatic spiciness from the July heat spike which seems to joust with the ultra-fine tannins coming from the stunningly ripe skins. The aroma alone is worth the entry fee. This is a truly great wine.
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Jancis Robinson, January 2019, Score: 17.5
Tasted blind. Dark crimson. Bonfire char on the top. Then very smooth, sweet and beguiling. Easy to appreciate. No heat. Early developer, though there is no shortage of tannin here! Drink 2023-2042.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2016, Score: 94
Two records set here: the highest ever percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon and the highest alcohol level at 13.8! This is a ripe style, but has the classic Las-Cases backbone, with cassis and fruitcake notes, fine tannins and excellent oak integration. Drink: 2023-32
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Tim Atkin, May 2016, Score: 94
Two records set here: the highest ever percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon and the highest alcohol level at 13.8! This is a ripe style, but has the classic Las-Cases backbone, with cassis and fruitcake notes, fine tannins and excellent oak integration. Drink: 2023-32
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Wine Spectator, April 2016, Score: 97
Very tightly focused, with both charcoal and iron harnessing the core of dark currant and blackberry fruit flavors. Sleek in feel, but not for lack of depth, as this is brimming with dark fruit and terroir, just in a more austere fashion.
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LPB, November 2022, Score: 97
The 2015 Leoville Las Cases is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Merlot and is deep garnet in color. It prances out with showy scents of raspberry preserves, warm cassis, and chocolate-covered cherries, plus hints of tar, tapenade, crushed rocks, and unsmoked cigars. Medium-bodied, the palate is so velvety and refreshing, delivering delicately played black fruits with loads of earthy accents and compelling restraint on the finish. Drink 2024-2054.
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2021 The Sadie Family Treinspoor Ouwingerdreeks - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2024 - 2042
- Sadie Family
- 6x75cl
- Swartland, South Africa
- Available Later
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Neal Martin, August 2022, Score: 96
The 2021 Treinspoor is Sadie's Tinta Barocca that the man himself likens to Nebbiolo, also opining that it is a wine that needs considerable ageing. These vines were planted in 1974, and the blend includes 40% whole clusters. It has a complex, succinctly defined bouquet with melted tar and graphite infused dark berry fruit, a hint of Lapsang Souchong. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, perfectly-tuned acidity, almost Burgundian in texture yet with more pepperiness towards the finish. So elegant and harmonious - this is stunning from every angle you look at it. Drink 2023-2045.
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Wine Advocate, December 2022, Score: 95
Made from Tinto Barocca, the 2021 Old Vine Series Treinspoor is instantly impressive in the glass with a fresh frame of dark red fruits that sways with just-ripe plum and dark cherry skin essences. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is muscular with a gripping tannic edge that reveals devastating beauty and picturesque, spiced plum and dusty florals across the mid-palate. The wine loosens and uncoils as it sits in the mouth before ending with a fresh, fruited, slightly spicy finish that lingers with a tight graphite sensation. Drink 2025-2042.
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2019 Ch Margaux 1er Cru Margaux - 12x37.5cl
- Red
- Château Margaux
- 12x37.5cl
- Margaux, Red Bordeaux
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Goedhuis, June 2020, Score: 98-99
Shining radiant purple colour. Despite hints of summer pudding and Morello cherry, it’s clear there is plenty more to come. In the palate this initial discretion gives way to a firework of sensations, it really is quite fabulous. There is a breadth of rich fruit and the wine progressively fills out in the palate thanks to its Cabernet Sauvignon (90%) substance. It balances the Cabernet’s directness, with an appealing creaminess. A very full wine with wonderful fruit concentration and a fine degree of freshness. There is nothing ostentatious about this wine, comfortable in its own skin and fully aware of its breeding. Top class.
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Neal Martin, June 2020, Score: 96-98
The 2019 Château Margaux, like many other top names, was tasted in 12-hour intervals after opening. Like the Pavillon Rouge, it is tightly-wound on the nose initially and it is really only after 12-hours that it begins to motor, revealing enticing scents of blackberry, briary, seaweed and crushed stone, perhaps less florality, less violet-inspired aromas compared to previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with very lithe tannins that disguise the considerable backbone of this First Growth. This is imbued with a sense of linearity and focus, a strictness that gradually gives way to more sensuality. It is a beautifully proportioned Château Margaux, somehow "effortless", fanning out nonchalantly with residues of white pepper and fresh tobacco on the finish. Outstanding. Drink 2029-2065
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Antonio Galloni, June 2020, Score: 98-100
The 2019 Margaux is a total showstopper. A thrilling wine that melds together the textural intensity of the year with striking vibrancy, Margaux is just stunning. All the classic Margaux signatures are amplified in such dramatic fashion. The 2019 is a wine of pure and total sensuality. A second sample that arrived very late after having been stuck in customs was shockingly vibrant when I tasted it out of curiosity. I couldn't help myself. In the early going, Margaux is shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. Don't miss it. Estate Manager Philippe Bascaules and his team turned out two spectacular wines in 2019. Note: I did not taste the Pavillon Blanc, as the estate thought it was too fragile to ship. Bascaules describes 2019 as an easy vintage. Flowering was normal and set was good. Yields came in at a healthy 47 hectoliters per hectare, more than 2017 or 2018, the summer heat spikes notwithstanding. Bascaules opted to pick the Merlot early and gave those lots a very gentle extractions at low temperatures, whereas the Cabernet Sauvignon vinifications were a much more typical 20-22 days at 28-30 degrees Celsius. In tasting, the 2019s have more tannins than any other vintage, with the exception of 2018, and yet the wines don't show that at all.
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Wine Advocate, June 2020, Score: 97-100
The 2019 Château Margaux is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, accounting for 37% of the crop. The alcohol came in at 13.9%, the IPT was 75, and the pH was 3.66. Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose begins with intense scents of crushed blackberries, warm cassis and plum preserves before fanning out into a whole array of floral, exotic spice and earth scents: iris, red roses, star anise, cassis, tilled soil, moss-covered bark and black truffles, with an emerging waft of crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate quivers with energy, emitting loads of mineral sparks, featuring bold freshness and fantastically ripe, finely grained tannins to support the delicate, perfumed layers, finishing very long and wonderfully poised. The juxtaposition between the acidity and the richness in this Château Margaux is just extraordinary!
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James Suckling, May 2020, Score: 99-100
The fantastic quality of the cabernet sauvignon really comes through here with black currant, blueberry and raspberry character. It’s full-bodied with such tightness. It’s so beautiful in the center palate. The tannins are wonderfully blended into the wine and flow across the palate. Rather leaner and racy. Ethereal. 37% of the production and 90% cabernet sauvignon, 7% merlot, 2% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot.
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Decanter, June 2020, Score: 98
This expands sideways, vertically and downwards, with a creamy mid palate and a rose petal, peony, raspberry and cassis collision on the nose. This is chewy in its tannic structure, full on and yet delicate and sappy. Fresh, elegant, perfumed and concentrated - clearly will age for decades. This is close in character to the 2009 or 2015, two exceptional vintages at Margaux and classic to the graceful yet concentrated signature of the property. 1% Petit Verdot to complete the blend, 100% new oak although barely discernible already. 37% of overall production in the 1st wine this year. Drinking Window 2029 - 2050
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Jancis Robinson, June 2020, Score: 18.5
Deep colour to the rim. Super fragrance, the aromas pure and persistent with typical Cabernet cassis and graphite notes. Rich and full across the palate but definitely more freshness than the Pavillon. Plentiful tannins provide the drive but absolutely no aggression. Aromatic freshness on the finish aids persistence and length. (JL) Drink 2030 – 2050
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Wine Cellar Insider, June 2020, Score: 98-100
Dark garnet with purple accents in the hue tells you the wine going to be concentrated. The nose, with its showy aromatic display of lilacs, roses, herbs, cigar box, blackberries, dark red pit fruits, gun powder and violets informs you the wine is complex. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, silky, and seductive. It starts off discreetly before moving to its sexy side. The layers of sweet, fresh, vibrant, black and red fruit come on strong and keep on going long after the wine has left the glass. The wine blends 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, reaching 13.9% alcohol. The Grand Vin was produced using only 37% of the harvest. Picking took place September 18 - October 10, making this a fairly leisurely harvest.
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Wine Advocate, April 2022, Score: 100
Is the 2019 Château Margaux the wine of the vintage? A strong case in its favor could certainly be made. Soaring from the glass with aromas of blackberries, raspberries, rose petals, violets, pencil shavings and vine smoke, it's full-bodied, layered and sensual, with a strikingly vibrant core of fruit that's framed by ripe, powdery tannins and bright acids, concluding with a penetrating, mouthwateringly saline finish of almost interminable duration. Complex, elegant and utterly compelling, this is a brilliant Bordeaux that anyone with the requisite disposable income is going to want to own. Drink 2029 - 2069. 100 points. William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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2016 Les Forts de Latour Pauillac Ex Château March 2022 - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2022 - 2040
- Château Latour
- 6x75cl
- Pauillac, Red Bordeaux
- Available Later
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Goedhuis, April 2017
A scent of cassis, with a lift of fresh mint tea. This wine focuses on purity and direction of fruit, a very polished style, commencing generous and full and then a feeling of substance and power slowly builds as the wine lingers in the palate. A noticeable Pauillac core and depth, whilst approachable now, it remains youthful and has a great future ahead of it.
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Neal Martin, August 2020, Score: 95
The 2016 Les Forts de Latour offers a pure, seductive bouquet of gorgeous, graphite-tinged black fruit, focused and full of tension. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and good balance and grip. This is a classic, tobacco- and graphite-driven Pauillac with a very persistent finish. There is something regal about this Les Forts de Latour, one of the finest vintages in recent years. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.
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Antonio Galloni, January 2022, Score: 96
The 2016 Les Forts de Latour is the clear highlight among these new releases from Latour. The first thing that is evident about the 2016 is the pedigree of the vintage. Undisputedly great. Readers will find a potent, dark Forts de Latour endowed with massive concentration and tons of depth. The 2016 won't be ready to drink anytime soon, but it holds tons of promise. Hints of gravel, sage, licorice and pencil shavings linger. The 2016 was impressive a few years ago. It is even better today.
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Wine Advocate, November 2018, Score: 95
Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Les Forts de Latour opens with cinnamon stick, cloves and star anise scents with hints of crème de cassis, kirsch, wild blueberries and hints of black tea and violets. Medium to full-bodied, it has very firm, grainy tannins and is wonderfully intense with layers of bright fruit and loads of red berry sparks, finishing long and minerally. This is a superb showing for Les Forts and I would not be at all surprised if it far exceeds my conservative drinking window estimation!
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2018 The Sadie Family Columella - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2023 - 2040
- Sadie Family
- 6x75cl
- Swartland, South Africa
- Available Later
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Neal Martin, February 2021, Score: 95
The 2018 Columella was 50% destemmed, spent six weeks on the skins and was matured with 10% new oak. It has a very precise and extremely focused bouquet of blackberry and bilberry fruit, crushed stone and wilted rose petals, conveying wonderful energy and elegance. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity, plenty of red fruit tinged with dried orange peel, cedar and hints of espresso, and a very persistent, structured finish that leaves black pepper on the aftertaste. Drink 2023-2042
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Wine Advocate, February 2021, Score: 95
Deep ruby at the core with a pale ruby edge, the 2018 Columella explodes from the glass with high-toned, dark red fruit aromas of black raspberry, dusty plum and dark cherry skin in the glass, with an alluring essence of dust-blown red flowers and a kiss of baking spices layered through the nose. Medium-bodied and bursting with flavor, the 13.5% alcohol wine shows impeccable balance, succulent acidity and lifting tannins, making way for a delightful mineral tension sensation across the mid-palate. The wine somersaults in the mouth, revealing new layers of black olive and dusty black cherry skin before concluding with a long, evolving finish marked by a dusty, red-berried essence that begs me back for more. This is a wine where, once you have a sip, you can’t help being seduced by its intoxicating aromas that will leave your head spinning. Another stunningly brilliant vintage of Columella. Bravo! Drink 2023-2042.
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2021 The Sadie Family Soldaat Ouwingerdreeks - 6x75cl
- Red
- 2023 - 2040
- Sadie Family
- 6x75cl
- Swartland, South Africa
- Available Later
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Neal Martin, August 2022, Score: 95
The 2021 Soldaat, which includes 40% whole cluster, is markedly pale in colour, yet Sadie mentioned this wine actually contains a lot of tannin. It has a beguiling, very distinctive red cherry and redcurrant nose, a noticeable reduction (Sadie also mentioned that this Soldaat had been bottled with a lot of carbonic gas). The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins, very transparent with a touch of sage and white pepper. Vibrant and poised on the brittle finish, it delivers quite a stony aftertaste. Startling purity here - magnificent. Drink 2023-2045.
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Wine Advocate, December 2022, Score: 94
Lighter in color this year, the 2021 Old Vine Series Soldaat is brilliant with a fleshy, ripe, crunchy red fruit essence that sways with an aroma of dusty cherry blossom. Medium-bodied and with 13% alcohol, the palate is fresh yet possesses a nervous energy that uncoils as the wine sits on the palate before revealing a delightful tannic grip. The Grenache concludes with a fine, floral finish and will need additional time in the bottle to come together but will drink fantastically over the next 12- 14 years. Just give it some time, and your patience will be rewarded. Drink 2024-2036.
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