Bordeaux Region Report

St Julien, 4me Cru Classe, Bordeaux
Magnum Bottle

The 1997 Chateau Talbot has a saturated purple color, and a sweet, earthy, leather, and cassis-scented nose. In the mouth, the wine is fat and opulent, with low acidity. The finish is all glycerin, alcohol, and juicy fruit. It may be almost too low in acidity, but it is drinking well and can be expected to do so for another decade.

Owned by the Cordier family since 1917, the wines of Château Talbot have always enjoyed particular acclaim in the UK. An impressive 107 hectares are under vine here, with around 86% being devoted to Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines are strong, sturdy and built to last, with a certain ‘gout de terroir’. …
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Price: $189.84 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Berry Brothers front Label

The 1996 Beau-site has notes of wood, leather, cedar, lead, blackcurrant. Grippy tannins and good acidity. Fully mature - drink now.

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Price: $82.75 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

St Estephe, 2me Cru Classe
*** 93 Points Robert Parker ***

*** 93 Points Robert Parker ***

Reviews; "Made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, this is a huge, backward wine. The 1996 possesses an opaque purple color, as well as pure aromatics consisting of cassis, grilled herbs, coffee, and toasty new oak. Massive in the mouth, and one of the most structured and concentrated young Cos d'Estournels I have ever tasted, this thick, structured, tannic wine has closed down significantly since bottling. It requires 7-8 years of cellaring, and should last for 30-35 years. It is a fabulous Cos, but patience is required. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2030. …
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Price: $253.54 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Sauternes

This is a classic Sauternes with a great deal of sweetness, plenty of ripeness, and obvious aromas of toasty, smoky new oak. The wine exhibits finesse and complexity, a style of Sauternes that will have its admirers, particularly among those who like to drink these wines as an aperitif.
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Price: $87.85 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The 1996 Chateau Larmande is an exceptionally fine wine. Dark ruby purple colour, lavish aromas of roasted new oak and black fruit taste, medium to full bodied tannin with a velvety texture.

Château Larmande Saint-Émilion Grand Cru estate that dates back to 1585, which makes it one of the oldest in the appellation. Claire Thomas-Chenard runs the estate
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Price: $62.37 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Margaux, 4th Growth Classification

A very tannic, structured wine with an opaque purple color and a sweet creme de cassis nose intermixed with damp earth, vanilla, and licorice, this relatively massive wine has mouth-searing levels of tannin, medium body, and a very backward style that will require considerable patience from its buyers.
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Price: $113.39 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Pauillac, 2nd Growth Classification
*** 94 Points, The Wine Advocate ***
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The 1996 Pichon-Longueville Baron has a deep garnet core with some bricking on the rim. The nose is fragrant and generous with more red fruit than black, cedar and tobacco, fine definition, perhaps a little rustic in keeping with the winemaking at the time, but certainly giving lots of pleasure. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin -- a cohesive Pauillac with plenty of depth and fine balance. The acidity lends this plenty of freshness and it does not shortchange you with plenty of tarry, cedary fruit. You come away with the impression that this Pichon Baron is going to continue to improve although I would not burn anyone at the stake for opening it now. …
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Price: $248.45 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Medoc, Bordeaux

The Chateau Potensac 1996 has plenty of cassis, leaf and cedar to begin with. The wine is fresh and gains in the glass. The fruits have a ripe, creamy edge from the vintage but the wine remains savoury and true. It has ample structure beneath the flesh and is still drinking nicely. A beautiful mature older Medoc.
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Price: $89.12 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Margaux Cru Bourgeois

From the very good 1996 vintage this Chateau Siran has a beautiful mature bouquet with black currants, tobacco and bitterness. Juicy, good sweet and bitterness. The aftertaste is not extremely long, but has good sweetness and even some good tannin. Although completely mature there is some power left and this wine is a true pleasure to drink.
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Price: $113.39 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

St Julien, 4me Cru Classe

The 1996 Chateau Talbot has a sumptuous, complex, Provencal-like bouquet of roasted herbs, cherries, licorice, and underbrush emerges from this dark plum/ruby-colored 1996. Tart acidity provides freshness.

Owned by the Cordier family since 1917, the wines of Château Talbot have always enjoyed particular acclaim in the UK. An impressive 107 hectares are under vine here, with around 86% being devoted to Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines are strong, sturdy and built to last, with a certain ‘gout de terroir’. As well as the Grand Vin, small amounts of a second wine Connetable de Talbot and a white wine, Caillou Blanc may be found. …
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Price: $177.10 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Pauillac

Carruades de Chateau Lafite is the 2nd label of Chateau Lafite Rothschild.
After fermentation and maceration, the wines are tasted, selected and put together according to their different qualities. This step is very important because this is where we make the difference between the great "Lafite" and the second wine "Carruades de Lafite". The wines are drained off into oak barrels. We use 100% new barrels for the ageing of Lafite. The year after, these same barrels will be used for the Carruades.




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Price: $375.86 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

St Estephe, Cru Grand Bourgeois Exceptional

The Meyney vineyard is in a single plot, covering an impressive 51 hectares of the St Estephe appellation. It enjoys an attractive position on gravel ridges overlooking the Gironde.. It is planted with 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot and 9% Cabernet Franc. The vines have an average age of about 35 years with a density of up to 7500 vines/ha.


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Price: $80.20 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Pauillac 2eme Cru Classe

1995 Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron
Over the space of a few years, the grand vin of Pichon Longueville Baron has established itself as one of the best crus of Pauillac. Full and concentrated, it has unique, fine-grained tannins which make it absolutely delicious. Indeed, like the best wines of the appellation, it is extremely effective at marrying contrasts: power and finesse.

93 points James Suckling
This is surprisingly delicate and fine now with currant and spice character and hints of nuts. It is full bodied with refined texture and a beautiful finish. Inner quote mark (6/2016)

91 points Vinous
The 1995 Pichon-Baron is a wine that tasted extremely well several years ago, but I wonder how well it is continuing to evolve. …
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Price: $215.32 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

St Julien 4me Cru Classe

The 1994 Chateau Beychevellw has a very fine nose, sweet fruit of cassis in the foreground, on the palate in the beginning the same almost sweet cassisfruit, some earthy tones, little mineralic, herbs, dry and fresh, midweight body, fine with meat, long finish.
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Price: $164.36 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

Sauternes

Château de Fargues imposes itself on the senses and arouses curiosity. The sweetness of the spring flowers is expressed on your taste buds, accompanied by subtle aromas of candied fruit, pineapple or figs, a few tips of quince paste or sun-drenched apricots. You perceive the roasted flavours, the vanilla, spicy, saffron, star anise and also dried fruits. Added to this are enveloping notes of acacia honey, toasted bread, balanced by citrus zest and mineral touches. The wine of Fargues will never cease to challenge and stimulate you. A bottle of Château de Fargues can be kept for a long time, several …
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Price: $114.60 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Pomerol
91 Points Wine Spectator

The 1994 Latour a Pomerol is a wine to be aged., it can nevertheless be enjoyed fairly young. A magnificent wine that combines richness, concentration and elegance.

Comprising two plots with different distinctive locations and soil types, Latour à Pomerol is one of the best wines in the appellation in great vintages such as 1947, 1961 or 1970. The 1961 received Robert Parker's ultimate score of 100/100. Its finesse and rich substance is not unlike the best wines of Pomerol.
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Price: $177.10 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Pauillac 5me Cru Classe

The 1994 Chateau Lynch-Bages reveals a lovely perfumed nose of red fruit, cassis, cedar and graphite. On the palate, the fruit is round and ripe with a long balanced finish. A great wine in its own right and a pleasure to drink now.

If any château in all of the classified growths consistently outperforms its original status, it is Lynch Bages. Indeed, this château has long been prized by Pauillac lovers who seek good value, yet well made wine. The property is situated just outside the quiet village of Pauillac north of Latour and Pichon Lalande. It is run by the very capable and amiable Jean-Charles Cazes who took over from his father Jean-Michel Cazes in 2006. …
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Price: $215.32 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Margaux 3me Cru Classe

Palmer's 1994 is a successful wine for the vintage. The large Merlot component gives the wine a silky texture, and an up-front, sweet, black-cherry and plum-scented nose with toasty oak and floral scents. Medium-bodied, round, and nicely concentrated, this charming, elegant wine is well-proportioned and harmonious. Neither acidity, tannin, nor alcohol stand out in this well-balanced 1994.
*E-RobertParker.com
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Price: $317.25 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

St Julien, 4me Cru Classe

The 1994 Chateau Talbot shows blackberry, graphite and cedar and then finishes with cedar and cigar. Serve with game or rich meat dishes.

Talbot's vines grow in an ideal location bordering an estuary, on some of the region's most highly prized gravel rises which alone produce great wine. Talbot is one of the oldest estates in the Medoc, and its reputation has been in the hands of experienced managers, and always shown itself to be worthy of its inclusion in the 1855 classification.

This imposing estate owes its name to Connetable Talbot, the English general and governor of the province of Guyenne who was defeated at the famous Battle of Castillon in 1453. …
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Price: $126.13 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

St Julien, 4me Cru Classe

A sumptuous, complex, Provencal-like bouquet of roasted herbs, cherries, licorice, and underbrush emerges from this dark plum/ruby-colored 1993. Tart acidity provides freshness,
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Price: $100.65 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Pauillac

Carruades is the second label wine produced by Chateau Lafite-Rothschild.
After fermentation and maceration, the wines are tasted, selected and put together according to their different qualities. This step is very important because this is where we make the difference between the great "Lafite" and the second wine "Carruades de Lafite". The wines are drained off into oak barrels. We use 100% new barrels for the ageing of Lafite. The year after, these same barrels will be used for the Carruades.




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Price: $477.78 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

St Emilion Grand Cru Classe

Chateau Corbin Michotte is owned by Jean-Noel Boidron. It is a small estate with an area measuring 6 hectares. The grape varieties include 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The density of plantation is 5,865 vines per hectare and the wines produced are Chateau Corbin Michotte with an annual production of 37,000 bottles
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Price: $89.12 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

St Estephe, 2me Cru Classe, Bordeaux

In contrast to the 1989, the 1990 is a spectacular wine, and, along with the 1986, 1982, and 1953, one of the four finest Cos d'Estournels made in the post-World War II era. Bruno Prats believes it is the finest wine he has ever made. In the most recent tasting, the 1990 was even better than in the past, charming me as well as other tasters with its flashy display of opulent Merlot (about 40% of the blend) mixed with ripe Cabernet Sauvignon. It was one of the more forward 1990s in the tasting, which no doubt accounted for its precocious showing. This super-concentrated wine possesses a roasted herb, sweet, jammy black fruit-scented nose, with noteworthy opulence and succulence. …
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Price: $375.86 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Pomerol
***94 Points- Neal Martin for the Wine Advocate

***94 Points- Neal Martin for the Wine Advocate, tasted 2016***

"The 1989 Vieux Château Certan has long been one of my favorite wines of that decade. The bouquet shows no signs of relinquishing that title with gorgeous black truffle, bay leaf, warm gravel and briary scents that are simply beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine line of acidity, "warm earth" on the entry, leather and truffle, great depth here with sublime precision on the finish, which is bridled with hints of mushroom and cloves. Maybe this is reaching its peak? Then again, it shows absolutely no signs of reaching the end of its plateau. …
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Price: $329.99 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

St Julien, 4th Growth Classification
Bin soiled and stained labels.
Special Offer | Was £179 | Now £139

1988 Chateau Branaire Ducru. Nose of black cherry, red cherry, cassis and sage, same on the palate, medium/big body, very tasty, held up well but time is short so you should immediately drink up, elegant, and a long, long finish. Cellar Tracker Tasting 2019.

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Price: $177.10 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock