Domaine Du Prieuré Saint Just
Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg
Les Chaignots Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2016
Love these wines. 2016 is a beautiful rendition, rich, spicy, and mineral, layered with oak framed vibrant fruit, sweet spices, violets and game, with a seductive, velvety and expansive palate with fine grained tannins. Drinking beautifully now but with a long life ahead. More Vosne than NSG which is just the way I like it. Last sips were the best. — 5 months ago
Château Léoville Poyferré
Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2011
Silky smooth nose, velvety and soft, with forewarned black currants, just a LITTLE pepper, dark cherry and maybe a little pine forest floor? Some sediment and still grippy tannin, but starting to really loosen, with prominent ripe red fruits of dark , brooding plum, cherry and dark fruits, with hints of graphite, wood, and smoke over a still zingy finish. — 5 months ago
Château Pavie
Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2017
This rating is just my taste. Not a reflection of the quality of the wine. I generally don’t care for the St Emilion region. The wine is just too austere for me. It’s 22% cab franc. It had a slight puckering dried out character without balance to me. Definitely can tell it’s a well made wine. Perhaps with a strong food pairing this would be a better experience for me but it was a wine I didn’t enjoy drinking. — 22 days ago
Château Langoa Barton
Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2009
The 2009 is amazing.
No decanting, just opened up an hour or so before dinner.
Stunning Bordeaux. Fabulous fruit and character. If we have another bottle of this vintage, we'll try to push it back a few more years.
Trump ought to be shot as a traitor. People who vote for Trump in 2024 ought to be slapped, hard.
Sorry, that's me speaking, not the wine. 🙂 — 3 months ago
Château Meyney
Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2017
Delicious and with a decidedly old-school feel, like a bunch of the 2017s I’ve tried. Nose has just-ripe cassis, cedar, deep clay-like earthiness. It’s focused a linear in the mouth, so different than the dense 18s that followed. There’s nice acids and the tannins are there but in check. Zero jamminess. Lots of savory notes. Great value at a little over $30. — 5 months ago
Château Canon-la-Gaffelière
Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2016
Amazing bright fruit. Very smooth and elegant. Notes of cassis and cranberry. Just yummy! — 3 months ago
Château Léoville-Las Cases
Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990
Tasting the 1990 Léoville Las Cases just a few days after the 1989, it is clear which is the best vintage…this one. It has a sublime nose of melted black fruit, tar, cedar and bay leaf that shrugs off the heat of that summer better than most others. At 33 years of age, you could just lose yourself in these aromatics. The palate is clearly holding up well: beautifully defined and supple yet with typical Las-Cases backbone and depth. It builds magnificently in the glass toward a harmonious finish that reminds me of the 1985 in terms of its fleshiness. Wonderful. Tasted at the Lia's Wings/book dinner at Medlar restaurant. (Neal Martin, Vinous, December 2023)
— 4 months ago
Andrew Cullimore
Medium deep ruby , slightly wider more garnet rim . Spicy cassis and grafite , with some wood spice on the nose , quite austere and aloof . On the palate nice grafite tinged cassis , with mineral backbone , slightly austere personality. Refreshing acidity and slightly grippy tannins . Ok length . This is quite an austere wine at the moment with just enough mid palate to cover the bones . This needs a little more time , 2-3 years perhaps and will last well a further 6-10, but I don’t think this has the fruit for long term aging . — 16 days ago