Bordeaux Region Report

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois

The 2020 Caronne is a very impressive rustic style classic claret. it boasts a moderate peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate with well-balanced with raspberry and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.
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Price: $29.24 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois
Magnum 1.5L

A 2019 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2019 has a good rich colour. There is great concentration and intensity of fruit due to reduced yields. The structure is well complemented by the vibrant juiciness of the fruit.

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Price: $63.64 USD
Stock: 24 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois

A 2019 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2019 has a good rich colour. There is great concentration and intensity of fruit due to reduced yields. The structure is well complemented by the vibrant juiciness of the fruit.

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Price: $27.97 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

St Estephe, 2nd Growth Classification
98 Points James Suckling
98+ Points Robert Parker

Finely structured and vibrant, Cos d'Estournel 2018 is both powerful and balanced, with very soft tannins. It offers a multitude of nuances, including remarkably elegant spices and an extremely long and lingering finish. It is an outstanding vintage with immense cellaring potential that will surley count among the most legendary vintages of the estate.

Blend: 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
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Price: $248.45 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

St Emilion Grand cru
*** 94 Points- Decanter ****
*** 93 Points - Wine Advocate ***

The 2018 Quinault L'Enclos is an impressive wine rated in the outstanding category: a subtle blend of floral, mineral and spicy notes. Already very elegant and fine, one is tempted to taste it immediately, but a few years in the cellar will make it even more delicious!

"The 2018 is a magnificent wine, very impressive. It pulses with energy from start to finish. The aromas alone are simply captivating" - Antonio Galloni -

"The quality of the terroir continues to impress" - Robert Parker - Château Quinault L'Enclos is one of the last estates located in an urban area, in the heart of Livorno. …
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Price: $54.72 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux
*** 89 Points- Wine Enthusiast ***

The 2017 Caronne is a very impressive rustic-style, classic claret. It boasts a moderate, peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate and well-balanced with raspberry notes and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.

Château Caronne St Gemme, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France, 2017

Grapes: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.

Always a reliable property, this estate has produced a wine that is already open and rounded. Its juicy acidity and fine black fruits are on their way, integrating with the wood and developing well. …
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Price: $31.79 USD
Stock: 17 in Stock

Medoc, Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux
Includes Leather Effect Presentation Box
*** 90 Points- Wine Enthusiast ***

A 2017 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine from those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2017 has a good rich colour - browning just a little at the rim. This bottle demands patience when opening as it needs time to develop. Good blackcurrant nose. Plum, damson on the palate with balancing blackcurrant acidity. Dusty tannins on the end palate at first but the tannin softened in the glass, even without food. With food it is excellent. …
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Price: $44.53 USD
Stock: 60 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux

The 2016 Caronne is a very impressive rustic-style, classic claret. It boasts a moderate, peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate and well-balanced with raspberry notes and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.
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Price: $29.24 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

Pauillac 4th Growth Classification, Bordeaux
93 Points - Wine Advocate

Duhart Milon 2016. The Rothschilds are making enormous investments in this estate. This Pauillac is produced by the team who make Lafite, and it has been on top form in recent vintages, receiving impressive scores from the critics. This is the smart buy from this producer as it is invariably half the price of Carruades Lafite but of higher quality.

Reviews:
The 2016 Duhart-Milon has an unusually opulent bouquet for a Pauillac, offering blackberry, raspberry coulis, sage and light cedar aromas. The medium-bodied palate offers fine tannins and well-judged acidity, though overall it comes across a little conservative and does not quite deliver the flair and finesse of the appellation’s top crus. …
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Price: $114.60 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Margaux 3rd Growth Classification, Bordeaux

The 2016 Marquis d'Alsme Becker is pouring deep brick red, the delicate aroma of dark forest fruit tells you that you have a Margaux in your hand. Full bodied, but not heavy, this is a complex blend of grapes and flavours that has nothing going against it. Not as harsh as some Margaux’s are, this wine needs to be savoured in the mouth to explore its full taste.
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Price: $89.12 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Cru Bourgeois, Haut Medoc- Bordeaux

A 2015 vintage Bordeaux wine. This is the beauty of decent Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux if stored well - it makes demands on the taster (patience and consideration). Not a wine for those who prefer to 'pop and pour' who miss out on most of the quality and character.

The 2015 has a good rich colour - browning just a little at the rim. This bottle demands patience when opening as it needs time to develop. Good blackcurrant nose. Plum, damson on the palate with balancing blackcurrant acidity. Dusty tannins on the end palate at first but the tannin softened in the glass, even without food. With food it is excellent. …
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Price: $38.16 USD
Stock: 14 in Stock

Barsac, Sweet White Wine, Bordeaux
***95-97 Points - The Wine Advocate***

This 2015 sweet white wine from Barsac is 100% Semillon this year, and retains a lovely freshness. Textured and with plenty of noble rot in evidence, it displays notes of orange peel and apricots. Intense and scented with a finish that goes on and on.

"Wow. This is really impressive with a fabulous density and style. So much mushroom, almond and dried apple, apricot character. Fresh and bright. Joyous." James Suckling - 96 points
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Price: $57.27 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Graves Pessac-Leogan, Bordeaux
***95 Points- Robert Parker's- Wine Advocate***
***17/20 Points- JancisRobinson.com***

Olivier Bernard has transformed Domaine de Chevalier during his tenure. In the early days, an ambitious re-planting program was undertaken, which took many years before the fruits of his labours could be enjoyed. Now the estate is in superb health and it seems that Olivier can turn out a great red and white, vintage after vintage. The 2015 is gorgeous; a profound yet reserved Domaine de Chevalier that reveals itself slowly. Initially it is understated with notes of smoky cassis. As it opens up, it displays damsons and raspberry liqueur fruit. It is subtle wine of charm and sophistication with a latent power that will help it to age gracefully for decades. …
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Price: $92.94 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Haut Medoc

Chateau Lamothe-Cissac lies mere moments from the prestigious estates of Lafite and Latour, sharing their hallowed grounds and climate, only without the eye watering price tag they carry.

Dark garnet towards purple in color, with on the nose green pepper, foliage, cassis and tobacco. Medium, perhaps medium to full-bodied, with on the palate somewhat astringent notes of under-ripe black forest fruit, black tea, a touch of tobacco with medium-plus acidity and firm, searing tannins highlighting some notes of bitter chocolate on the moderately long finish.
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Price: $41.98 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Graves Pessac-Leogan
***93 points- Wine Advocate***

The Domaine de Chevalier 2014 is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot and 30% Merlot. It has a fragrant bouquet with blackberry, black plum, cigar ash and woodland scents, complex though not as intense as its white counterpart. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy, quite firm tannin that underpin a classic Domaine de Chevalier that has just the right amount of austerity at this stage. Reserved perhaps, but it is beautifully knitted together with a lovely bay leaf tinged finish. Quintessential Domaine de Chevalier...which is what we all want. Neal Martin- Wine Advocate- Aug 201 …
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Price: $76.38 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

St Estephe, 2nd Growth Classification
** 92 Points - The Wine Advocate **

Powered by its structure and texture, this complex wine is dense, structured and firm. Plenty of dry and taut tannins dominate at this stage, but it is also full of fruit. The wine will age over many years while not being one of those vintages that will mature forever: the fruitiness will see to that. Drink this impressive wine from 2025.
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Price: $189.84 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux
Double magnum 300cl

The 2011 Caronne is a very impressive rustic style classic claret. it boasts a moderate peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate with well-balanced with raspberry and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.
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Price: $280.30 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Haut Medoc, Cru Borgeois, Bordeaux

The 2011 Caronne is a very impressive rustic style classic claret. it boasts a moderate peppery nose. Very tannic with spicy black fruits. Impressive on the palate with well-balanced with raspberry and a touch of black pepper and burnt toast. Good density with a simple, corpulent finish. An easy drinking high quality wine.
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Price: $49.63 USD
Stock: 37 in Stock

Pomerol, Bordeaux

An immensely impressive 2010 Domaine de l'Eglise. Black/ruby in colour, with fabulous, highly extracted flavours suggestive of prunes and black plums, gobs of soft tannin as well as alcohol, yet decent acidity for the vintage, this rich, broad-shouldered Pomerol.
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Price: $76.38 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Pauillac 5th Growth Classification, Bordeaux
*** 92+ Points Neal Martin ***

The name of "Batailley" would come from the "Battle" which took place in 1453 between the French and the English on the lands of the future domain; with the reconquest of Château Latour by the French, this year saw the end of the Hundred Years War. Château Batailley is one of the oldest residences in the town of Pauillac.
Vines have been planted on this land rich in history since the 17th century. In 1855, Château Batailley was classified in the Fifth Grand Cru category of the Médoc.
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Price: $113.39 USD
Stock: 18 in Stock

Haut Medoc 5me Cru Classe, Bordeaux

This Bordeaux has bags of fruit, tannin and acidity, all tied up in an impeccably-balanced, polished package. Sweet cassis fruit is accompanied by a spicy edge and a long, fresh lift. This is very pretty now but ideally wants another five years to really get going, and will easily keep for another five after that.
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Price: $75.17 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

Barsac, Sauternes, Sweet White Wine

This 2009 sweet white wine from Barsac in Sauternes is made from Semillon grapes.

Tasting Notes Magnificent. Deep gold colour and with air rich open nose of lanolin, candle wax, dried orange peel, citrus fruits, crisp apples, floral notes of rose, dried tubers, dried faded potpourri over zesty bright pineapple. Good level of acidity balances the sweetness beautifully. Medium weight complete and wonderfully balanced.


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Price: $62.37 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Margaux 5th Growth Classification, Bordeaux
** 92 Points Robert Parker **

*** 92 Points Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (199), March 2012 ***

Has Dauzac ever made a wine this good? Deep ruby/purple, with notes of graphite and black currants followed by some spicy oak and licorice in a creamy, plump succulent texture that almost reminds me of a Right Bank wine, this 2009 is full-throttle, dense and super-concentrated. It is an amazing Dauzac. Drink it over the next 25 years. Drink: 2012 - 2037


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Price: $89.12 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Saint Julien, Bordeaux

Hortevie is a quality Bordeaux vineyard, located across the road from Ducru-Beaucaillou, who now own it and have added extra polish and finesse. Hortevie is a consistent, forward yet age-worthy claret. Some of Saint-Julien’s typical cedary character has emerged to add intrigue to the long, satisfying finish. The wine was made by Bruno Borie at Ducru-Beaucaillou.

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Price: $54.15 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

St Julien 4me cru classe, Bordeaux

Château Beychevelle is a 4ème Cru Classé St-Julien wine estate with one of the most impressive châteaux in the whole of the Médoc. The 2008 is a blend of 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Elegant and powerful, expressing aromas of red fruit, blackcurrants and spices.
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Price: $164.36 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock