The Second Wine of Château Léoville Las Cases, Le Petit Lion is dark and brooding on the nose, fruit focused, fresh and perfumed. The palate presents a fine harmony, with dark fruit, rather saline in character, with black olives, currants, black cherry,...

The second wine of Château Palmer; the 2022 Alter Ego de Palmer offers up aromas of cherries, wild berries and plums mingled with vine smoke and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, deep and brooding, with a layered core of fruit, lively acids and rich,...

The 2021 Pontet-Canet is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. Deep purple-black in color, it pops from the glass with vibrant blueberries, Morello cherries, and cassis scents, plus suggestions of violets,...

The 2020 La Clarté de Haut-Brion is a blend of 74.8% Sémillon and 25.2% Sauvignon Blanc. It opens with intense notes of fresh pineapple, white peaches and lemon curd with suggestions of honeysuckle, paraffin wax and chalk dust. The medium to full-bodied...

A big, smoky, tapenade, plum, black currant, and spring flower-scented nose is followed by a medium to full-bodied, textured, layered wine with sweet tannin, low acidity, and impressive concentration as well as depth. This is a gorgeous, hedonistic yet...

La Tour Haut Brion is a classic, elegant, thoroughbred Pessac-Leognan. Its bouquet develops aromas of cigar box, undergrowth and blackberry jam. Beautifully direct, well-balanced and delicate in the mouth. A truly great wine, now incorporated into La...

80% Sauvignon Blanc 20% Semillon. 20 months in mostly demi-muids. Mirabelle plums, lime leaf, white pepper and pea shoot snap with a rush of candied melon, sweet-sour pineapple, kiwi and ripe yellow pepper. Just the right level of bitter pithiness on the...

The 2005 Giscours is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and the rest tiny dollops of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from this huge estate. It has loads of blue, red and black fruits, licorice, spice, a touch of background oak and earth. It is...

The 2019 Lynch-Bages is composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it gallops out with bold notions of warm cassis, stewed black cherries, and boysenberry preserves, followed by...

Gently reductive aromas of pear, nectarine and gooseberry introduce the 2021 Cos d'Estournel Blanc, a medium to full-bodied, ample and satiny wine that's seamless and enveloping, with a bright spine of tangy acidity.

Beautiful deep red colour with crimson highlights. The bouquet features very ripe fruit with lovely spicy nuances. Refined oak completes an aromatic profile that invariably creates the desire to go ahead and take a sip. The wine starts out very soft and...

The 2018 Pontet Canet is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. It was aged in 55% oak barriques and 45% amphorae. Deep garnet-purple colored, it explodes from the glass with an atomic perfume of raspberry...