The kind of wine that smells expensive and then delivers the palate experience that backs up the promise. Bold and rich and well spiced, this is already satisfying (with an hour's decant) as a Napa Cab replacement for grilled... Read More
The 2018 Octagon was a triumph for the difficult vintage. The 2019 is just a triumph, period, one of the finest examples of this benchmark Virginia Bordeaux blend made to date.
A rich and powerful Margaux with firm tannins and deep fruit complementing the lovely perfume. Worth a decant and richer foods now and will drink well for a couple of decades.
The 3rd wine of this 2nd growth estate comes from younger vines and is mainly Merlot with just a touch of new French oak. Lovely aromas of red fruit and spice with a silky mid-palate and velvet finish that sustains nicely. Ready... Read More
Once again a blend of Merlot and Cabernet, all aged in oak, from the tiny Saint Emilion “satellite” Saint-Georges. Separated from it’s more famous neighbor but just a small stream, Saint-Georges Saint-Emilion... Read More
A hidden gem in Margaux, the property's name translates as sing to the moon, which is what Jose Sanfins was doing when he purchased this small plot of vines while promising to maintain them as a independent estate. It's... Read More
A really delicious second wine from this top St. Emilion estate, with rich blackcurrant and chocolate flavors at the core and stylish accents of cedar and graphite. The plush mouthfeel doesn’t overwhelm the minerality and... Read More
Cadillac is better known for its sweet wines, but this shows off the red wine potential often missed here. It's a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, all aged in wood. There's plenty of Bordeaux character -... Read More
Here’s a terrific, hand-crafted, Bordeaux with big fruit, a velvet mouthfeel, and wide-open personality that invites enjoyment with summer cookouts and more elegant dinners, too. It’s about 85% Merlot plus Cabernet... Read More
Should you drink this intense, young, Bordeaux right now? Probably not as the tannins are still firm and the aromatics developing. It's built to improve for another 20 years and drink well through 2055, maybe longer. But with... Read More
A remarkably stylis Medoc Cru Bourgeois made from 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot and aged in 40% new French oak. There's a lot of cigar box complexity on the nose and palate here with excellent flesh... Read More
A stylish, rich, blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon picked wonderfully ripe and aged in 100% new French oak. Still wants an hour in decanter now and will sing for a couple of decades.
A terrific young Bordeaux from St. Estephe’s Ch de Pez. Blending 53% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon plus Petite Verdot and Cab Franc, it opens with lovely aromatics of cedar, tobacco, blackcurrant and dark chocolate. Complex... Read More
83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Merlot aged in 60% new French oak, this is a richer-feeling Pauillac with a refreshing mineral streak on the firm finish. Very enjoyable now and over the next 20 years.
Blending 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petite Verdot, this started off life as a more powerful-than-average Margaux. But time has worked it's magic here (the Wine Advocate note is from 2020),... Read More
Once you get past the famous wines, Bordeaux is one of the world's best regions for scoring terrific red wine values. Like here in this stylish red from the Cotes de Bourg. The dash of Cabernet Franc shows in the big, lightly... Read More
Moulinat is a true family estate in Entre Deux Mers, currently run by the 5th generation of the Sage family who have owned the property since the early 1800s. The vineyard is first rate, with calcareous limestone soils leavened... Read More
This wants some time in decanter now (2 hours seems about right!), but then there's a lot to enjoy about the 2019 edition of the second wine of St. Estephe benchmark Phelan-Segur.
Essentially the second wine of Ch Fayat, this is textbook Pomerol from 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The new French oak here is nicely absorbed by the deep, robust, concentration of the fruit, showing blackberry and raspberry... Read More
Blending 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot, this is an impressive value in rock-solid Bordeaux. There's excellent drive and sustain to the juicy raspberry and currant fruit and accents of sweet spice... Read More
There’s a lot of real Margaux character this this Cabernet/Merlot second wine from Ch Siran. Very pretty aromas and flavors of red currant, raspberry and sweet spice with a touch of velvet to the mouthfeel and fine-grained... Read More
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