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,...

Clos Apalta is an ultra-premium single-vineyard wine from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. This is a full-bodied, rich, powerful and complex release composed of 64% Carmenere, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot. It's showy, heady, hedonistic, aromatic...

Crafted from 100% Montepulciano grapes from old vines which give a very low yield, the wine opens with heady aromas of sour cherry, blackcurrants and ripe plums along with hints of wood smoke, leather and tobacco. To complement the intense character of...

Maturing nicely, with mellowing cherry, rose, anise, iron and just a hint of truffle, yet remains vibrant and taut, a reflection of the stellar 2016 vintage. Still firm, linear and complex, this is integrating nicely and persists on the multidimensional...

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...

Clos Apalta is an ultra-premium single-vineyard wine from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. This is a full-bodied, rich, powerful and complex release composed of 64% Carmenere, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot. It's showy, heady, hedonistic, aromatic...

The powerful 2013 Clos Apalta is a blend of 70% Carmenère, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot, fermented in vats and barriques with native yeasts and aged in 100% new barrels for 28 months. Fabulous dark berry, blueberry and fresh herb...

Tenuta Nuova is Casanova di Nuri's southern expression of Brunello. The 2016 vintage has layered aromatics of black raspberry, menthol, baking spice and cedar. The palate is intensified and has another gear, with mouth-filling cherry fruit, tobacco, and...

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...

Macán is the result of a unique partnership between Vega Sicilia and Benjamin de Rothschild born out of a meeting between Pablo Álvarez and Benjamin de Rothschild in 2003. Macán is a modern and very personal take on the premium quality and highly...

The 2015 Bolgheri Superiore Guado Al Tasso is another star performer from a vintage that was tailor-made by some higher being specifically for the blended red wines of Tuscany. This mix of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc and 2%...

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...