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The 2015 Malartic Lagraviere Blanc is a blend of 85% Sauvignon Blanc and 15% Semillon...

Ranking with the top 3-4 whites in the vintage, the 2016 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion...

A wine of cut, energy and tension, the 2015 Gazin Rocquencourt Blanc is gorgeous. The...

The intense scent of ripe, yellow pear skin on this wine’s nose holds juiciness, generosity...

I was even more impressed by the 2020 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvée Réservée than the...

Very muscular, meaty and gamey, with wonderful spicy complexity on the full-bodied and highly structured...

Very muscular, meaty and gamey, with wonderful spicy complexity on the full-bodied and highly structured...

Lastly, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Cuvée Da Capo is a bigger, richer wine, as...

A step up, the 2020 Côtes Du Rhône Villages Cuvée Setier offers more purity and...

Mid purple, destemmed, not so much nose here. A significant wealth of dark raspberry fruit,...

A concentrated rich deep purple. Vanilla oak on the nose alongside the deeply concentrated dark...

Here the equally brooding and restrained nose is compositionally quite similar to the straight Gevrey...

Other than being slightly riper the nose is quite similar to that of the straight...

Not quite as deep as the Bourgogne in colour, with savoury red fruit on the...

They now have beehives alongside the vines here. A fine even mid purple, not super...

Notably lighter in colour than Fonteny, with a grace and elegance despite the 100% new...

This is also very cool and restrained if slightly more elegant with its aromas of...

Lovely mid purple, the nose is intense, clean and pure. Brilliant rich fruit from the...

Another of the portfolio’s highlights is the 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Fonteny, a dramatic wine...

The most intense purple black colour. The nose is Serafin at its richest and close...

An ultra-fresh nose freely offers up its aromas of plum, violet, earth and a whiff...

Discreet though perceptible wood frames ripe fruit aromas that derive more from the red side...

The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes bursts with aromas of cherries, grilled squab, dried...

Revisited from bottle, the 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes has turned out to be...

The 2015 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes has a clean and pure bouquet with black...

Elegant and perfectly characterized on the nose and palate, which is becoming rare in this...

The 2018 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots exhibits a deep-pitched nose of smoky, spicy berry...

A distinctly earthy but somber nose features a broad-ranging set of aromas that include wood,...

Positively stunning in the glass, the 2016 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru is dense, powerful and explosive....

Deep, powerful and explosive, the Combottes offers striking dimension and a level of complexity that...

The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny Les Combottes 1er Cru is gorgeous. Deep, powerful and explosive, the Combottes...

Selected (purchased) fruit from Charmes. Positioned mid-slope similar to Chambolle Amoureuses, this plot’s soil is...

Only 900 bottles made, aged 18 months in 3 oak barrels among which 2 were...

Warm, spicy and a bit herbal with some earthy hints. Supple palate is mature but...

Lalou Bize-Leroy turned 91 in early March, and this year she released a masterclass in...

Here too the wood treatment stops just show of overshadowing the more sauvage-inflected nose that...

A markedly spicy nose combines notes of just sliced plum, earth and the sauvage. There...

This too is quite firmly reduced and unreadable today. Otherwise there is exceptional richness to...

From the plot of Les Murots and La Platière in Gevrey Chambertin.This is aromatically similar...

The expressive and ripe nose also evidences a hint of anise on the equally airy...

Here too the wood treatment isn't subtle though it stops short of fighting with the...