PAUILLAC · LEFT BANK


Pauillac is the aristocrat of the Médoc boasting 75% of the Médoc's first growths and with grand cru classés representing 84% of Pauillac's production For a small town, surrounded by so many familiar and regal names, Pauillac imparts a slightly seedy impression. There are no grand hotels or restaurants, with the honourable exception of the establishments owned by Jean-Michel Cazes, there is a small port and yacht harbour and a dominant petrochemical plant. But outside the town, there is arguably the greatest concentration of fabulous vineyards throughout all Bordeaux, including three of the five First Growths. Bordering St Estèphe to the north and St Julien to the south, Pauillac has fine, deep gravel soils with important iron and marl deposits, and a subtle, softly rolling landscape, cut by a series of small streams running to the Gironde. The vineyards are located on two gravel-rich plateaux, one to the northwest of the town of Pauillac and the other to the southest, with the vines reaching a greater depth than found anywhere else in the Médoc. Pauillac's first growths each have their own unique characteristics; Lafite Rothschild, tucked in the northern part of Pauillac on the St Estèphe border, produces Pauillac's most aromatically complex and subtly-flavoured wine. Mouton Rothschild's vineyards lie on a on a well-drained gravel ridge and with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon can produce (in its best years) Pauillac's most decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine. Latour, arguably Bordeaux's most consistent first growth, is located in southern Pauillac next to St Julien. Its soil is gravel rich with superb drainage and Latour's vines penetrate as far as 5 metres into the soil. It produces arguably the most long-lived wines of the Médoc.

2017 CHÂTEAU CLERC MILON
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSE
+890675 · 6x750ml
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60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Carménère.
The wine has a rich colour with a garnet hue. The nose opens on blackberry notes mingled with refined hints of roasted coffee beans. With airing, noble, and delicate notes of graphite, flint, and cocoa round off this very attractive array of aromas. A fresh and full-bodied attack leaves an impression of generosity and superb balance, leading into a mid-palate on cherry-stone and dark chocolate flavours underpinned by chiselled tannins. The slightly chalky finish is mineral and very long.
Chateau Clerc Milon is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Clerc Milon is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 95 || DC: 95 || RP: 94+ || WS: 94 || WI: 94 || WE: 94 || JL: 93 || JD: 93 || JMQ: 93 || NM: 92 || VN: 92 || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
17 || 20 || 19 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09 || 08 || 05 || 00 || 96

2016 CHÂTEAU CLERC MILON
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSE
+890683· 6x750ml
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55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenère.
The wine has a very deep, almost black colour with a glittering hue. The refined and elegant nose reveals intense ripe fruit aromas, mingled with liquorice and pepper notes. An ample and precise attack ushers in a dense and creamy mouthfeel which offers a generous and well-balanced range of flavours. The mid-palate coats the mouth with blackberry and bilberry flavours, revealing fine tannins and expressive, spicy oak. Long and lofty, full and rich, the finish unfurls on chocolate notes.
Chateau Clerc Milon is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Clerc Milon is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 96 || DC: 96 || WI: 95 || JD: 95 || RP: 94+ || WE: 94 || JL: 94 || VN: 93 || JMQ: 93 || JR: 17.5+

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 19 || 17 || 15 || 214 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09 || 08 || 05 || 00 || 96

2016 CHÂTEAU D'ARMAILHAC
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+749548 · 12x750ml
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62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.
The wine is dark and deep with purple tints. The intense and complex nose exhales perfectly ripe fruit aromas followed with airing by succulent roast coffee and blackberry notes. From a full and dense attack, the mid-palate reveals elegant and well-rounded tannins which underpin liquorice flavours with hints of refined and elegant oak. The long and flavourful finish lingers on red fruit flavours and chocolate notes.
Chateau d’Armailhac is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 95 || JD: 94 || WS: 93 || RP: 93 || DC: 93 || NM: 93 || JMQ: 93 || VN: 92 || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 18 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 05 || 00 || 96 || 95

2019 CHÂTEAU HAUT BAGES LIBERAL
· PAUILLAC AOC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+831117 · 12x750ml
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80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot.
Château Haut Bages is marked by a very beautiful black fruit, liquorice, and mineral notes. The palate is voluptuous and very aromatic with a hint of salinity. A nice balance and a lot of freshness. The finish combines the power of tannins with elegance. The wine is of great length. The 2019 is a very great vintage with ripe tannins, richness, and power. The style is very representative of the appellation, particularly in terms of its tannic quality.
Chateau Haut Bages Liberal is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes. Chateau Haut Bages Liberal is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 95 || RP: 94 || DC: 93 || VN: 92-95 || JS: 90

VINTAGE NOTES:
19 || 18 || 17 || 15 || 11 || 09 || 00

2017 CHÂTEAU HAUT BAGES LIBERAL
· PAUILLAC AOC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+TBA · 12x750ml
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72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot.
Bright ruby red color with a fruity and fragrant nose with aromas of cherries and blackcurrant. The finish is supple and round, with a well-integrated freshness. A charming wine, harmonious and easy to drink.
Chateau Haut Bages Liberal is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes. Chateau Haut Bages Liberal is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 94 || WE: 92 || DC: 92 || VN: 92 || WS: 90-93 || JR: 16

VINTAGE NOTES:
17 || 19 || 18 || 16 || 15 || 11 || 09 || 00

2016 CHÂTEAU HAUT BATAILLEY
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+881223 · 12x750ml
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85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot.
Showcasing a beautiful deep colour, this Pauillac wine reveals fruity aromas (black fruits) as well as utterly elegant tannins. The alluring finish is persistent and smooth
Chateau Haut Batailley is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Haut Batailley is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 96 || WS: 94 || VN: 94 || NM: 93+ || DC: 93 || RP: 92+ || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 18 || 15 || 06

2019 CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD
· PAUILLAC AOC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+831125 · 6x750ml
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94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot.
At Lafite, we hesitated for a long time over the best moment to start picking. We took the plunge on September 19th with our finest Merlots. Then came a rainy spell of a few days that was beneficial, lowering the degrees and bringing our Cabernets Sauvignons to perfect ripeness. The first tastings, after running the wines off skins, left us amazed: the wines are pure, with a very precise ripe style. A modern Lafite classic is already in the making. At blending, some nice surprises from our vines from "outsider" plots, which this year have produced pure and elegant wines that were just ahead of some of the regulars in the blend for the Grand Vin. This is particularly the case for Merlot, with some plots of this variety planted on clayey gravel that surpassed our usual great Merlots thanks to their liveliness.
Chateau Lafite Rothschild is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
RP: 100 || JS: 100 || WS: 98 || NM: 98 || VN: 98 || DC: 98 || JR: 19

VINTAGE NOTES:
19 || 18 || 17 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09

2015 CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD
· PAUILLAC AOC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+749573 · 6x750ml
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91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot.
Very dark colour, with purple glints, indicating that the wine is still very much in its youth. The nose is still quite closed, which is to be expected after only a few months in the bottle. But it already presents good depth and plenty of complexity. Notes of fresh strawberries and tobacco, in which the wood has become perfectly integrated. The attack is simultaneously supple and very powerful. The intensity on the palate rises steadily… gently coming to rest on a plateau that is already very high. Not at all aggressive, it continues with great length, and in perfect harmony. This is a Lafite that is currently revealing very little of its potential; to experience it in its full glory will require waiting… for some years.
Chateau Lafite Rothschild is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.

STATUS:OPEN
WE: 100 || JS: 99 || TA: 98 || DC: 97 || RP: 96+ || VN: 96+ || JD: 96 || JS: 95 || JR: 18

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 20 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09

2018 CHÂTEAU LYNCH BAGES
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSE
+871662 · 6x750ml
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72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot.
Deep garnet red in colour, Château Lynch-Bages 2016 has the characteristics of a remarkably mature vintage. The nose is very expressive with notes of dark fruit (blackcurrant, morello cherry, etc.) mixed with fresh touches of mint. The attack is smooth, revealing an exceptional substance, supported by a wonderful freshness. The tannins are already remarkably well-blended.
Chateau Lynch Bages is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JD: 98+ || WS: 97 || JS: 97 || RP: 96 || WE: 96 || DC: 96 || JR: 17+

VINTAGE NOTES:
18 || 20 || 19 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 12 || 10 || 09 || 05 || 00

2008 CHÂTEAU LYNCH BAGES
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSE
+891908 · 6x750ml
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78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.
Lynch-Bages 2008 displays nice aromas of cranberry, dried floral notes, and tobacco. The palate has nice energy and acidity with excellent tannin structure. A very good blend of intensity, depth, and structure.
Chateau Lynch Bages is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
WE: 94 || JD: 94 || RP: 93 || JS: 93 || JA: 93 || JL: 93 || NM: 92 || DC: 92 || JMQ: 92 || WS: 91 || JR: 16.5+

VINTAGE NOTES:
08 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 12 || 10 || 09 || 05 || 00

2015 CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD
· PAUILLAC AOC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+831586 · 6x750ml
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82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
The wine has an attractive, deep and dark colour with a purple tint. The refined and elegant nose reveals fruity wild blackberry and bilberry aromas. Notes of toast, liquorice and blond tobacco then emerge to fill out a rich and complex range of aromas. The fresh, full-bodied and slightly saline attack shows great intensity, opening on smooth and creamy tannins which enfold a silky texture lifted by a touch of minerality. The impression on the palate is very full, rich in ripe fruit and peppery spice flavours. An exceptionally long finish concludes a remarkably balanced wine.
Chateau Mouton Rothschild is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 99 || JD: 99 || RP: 98 || NM: 98 || WE: 98 || DC: 98 || VN: 97+ || WS: 96 || TA: 94 || JR: 19

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 20 || 19 || 18 || 16 || 17 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09 || 05 || 02 || 95 || 86

2011 CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD
· PAUILLAC AOC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+890702 · 6x750ml
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90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc.
The dense ruby/purple-colored 2011 Mouton Rothschild (90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc) displays tell-tale notes of creme de cassis, vanillin and spicy oak, more tannin than many of the Pauillacs, and a solid, medium-bodied, concentrated, muscular Cabernet Sauvignon personality. Still tightly knit and closed, but with lots of potential, it is a big, firmly structured Mouton that may turn out to be slightly austere. However, there are many reasons for optimism as well, so forget it for 7-8 years. It has 2-3 decades of aging potential. Only 54% of the production made the grade for Mouton Rothschild
Chateau Mouton Rothschild is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
TA: 97 || WS: 95 || WE: 95 || RP: 92+ || JR: 17.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
11 || 19 || 18 || 16 || 17 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 10 || 09 || 05 || 02 || 95 || 86

2019 CHÂTEAU PEDESCLAUX
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+866177 · 12x750ml
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72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.
In the unfolding story of Chateau Pédesclaux, 2019 is a vintage that will stand out for its combination of superb fruit and multiple layers of flavor – all thanks to the Cabernets that thrive so beautifully on the legendary gravel terroir of Pauillac. Ten years after the Lorenzetti family bought the property, 2019 will also mark the beginning of Chateau Pédesclaux’s conversion to organic farming..
Chateau Pédesclaux is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Pédesclaux is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta

STATUS: OPEN
JD: 94+ || JS: 94 || DC: 94 || VN: 93 || JMQ: 92

VINTAGE NOTES:
19

2018 CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE BARON
· PAUILLAC AOC   2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+834373 · 6x750ml
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78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot.
Château Pichon Baron 2018 reveals a dark garnet colour. The precise and delicate nose offers notes of fresh fruit, black berries, and spices. The attack is mellow, generous, rounded, and juicy, developing powerful, well-blended tannins. The body is structured with silky, racy tannins. The flavour is carried by the structure, which preserves the mid-palate. The finish is tasty, full, fleshy, and harmonious. The richness is perfectly integrated, and the style is highly characteristic, built to last through the decades, while retaining elegance and distinction.
Chateau Pichon Baron is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Pichon Baron is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, salmon, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
WE: 100 || JD: 97+ || JS: 97 || DC: 97 || VN: 97 || WS: 97 || RP: 96+ ||
NM: 94 || JR: 18

VINTAGE NOTES:
18 || 19 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 08 || 00

2009 CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE BARON
· PAUILLAC AOC   2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+764173 · 12x750ml
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70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot.
Our Grand Vin Château Pichon Baron 2nd Grand Cru Classé in 1855 comes from the very oldest vines grown on the historic plots of the estate. This authentic Pauillac offers an amazing sensory experience with its black fruit flavours and spicy hints. Château Pichon Baron shows great elegance, intensity, and exceptional length on the palate. It is a wine that improves year after year and can age for over 40 years in the cellar. Château Pichon Baron 2009 presents a deep garnet red colour. It has a wide, powerful, and deep aromatic range with notes of dark fruit such as blackberry. The tannins are fleshy, opulent, and juicy. The palate progressively gains amplitude, becoming elegant, precise, complete to finish with a great complexity and charm. Château Pichon Baron 2009 is a very harmonious wine. It is built to last for several decades while remaining highly accessible.
Chateau Pichon Baron is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Pichon Baron is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, salmon, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
DC: 98 || JL: 98 || RP: 96 || WE: 96 || NM: 96 || JA: 96 || TA: 96 || JMQ: 96 || WS: 95 || JS: 95 || JR: 18

VINTAGE NOTES:
09 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 08 || 00

2018 CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE - COMTESSE DE LALANDE
· PAUILLAC AOC   2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+847786 · 12x750ml
+849000 · 3x750ml
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71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot.
The nose opens with aromas of black and red fruits, especially blackcurrant and raspberry, punctuated by delicate floral fragrances of violet and peony. We also find very nice touches of lemon and smoke notes reminiscent of tobacco or cigar box. On the palate, the wine offers a delightful fruity sensation, evolving plenty of generous texture. The palate is precise, fine and balanced, sporting an elegant frame of tannins with a tight grain. Full of tenderness and generosity, the end of mouth is prolonged into a finish of incredible length. A masterful Pauillac in a great vintage for Bordeaux..
Chateau Pichon is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JD: 98+ || WS: 98 || WE: 98 || DC: 98 || VN: 97+ || RP: 97+ || JS: 97 ||
NM: 97 || JR: 18

VINTAGE NOTES:
18 || 20 || 19 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 10 || 06

2015 CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE - COMTESSE DE LALANDE
· PAUILLAC AOC   2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+847786 · 6x750ml · SOLD OUT
+896449 · 12x750ml
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68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot.
A classic Pauillac nose offering blackcurrant, blackberry, and cedar. A light, creamy, long, and well-balanced palate dominated by complex notes of blackberry, tobacco, and graphite.
Chateau Pichon is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
VN: 98 || JS: 97 || DC: 97 || JD: 97 || RP: 96 || WE: 96 || NM: 96 || WS: 95 || JR: 18

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 20 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 14 || 10 || 06

2006 CHÂTEAU PICHON LONGUEVILLE - COMTESSE DE LALANDE
· PAUILLAC AOC   2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+891910 · 6x750ml
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64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot.
It is great to see Pichon-Lalande back on superb form in 2006 with a wine whose purity and linear cassis fruit is reminiscent of their cracking 1996. General Manager Gildas d'Ollone and his team have produced a cerebral yet beguiling Pichon-Lalande full of sensual, exotic aromatics and pure supple flavours. This is a massive Pichon softened by a silky texture and velvety finish. New owners Louis Roederer must be delighted with their first vintage here, and rightly so. Drink: 2015-2030.
Chateau Pichon is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
RP: 95 || WE: 94 || JL: 94 || WS: 92 || JMQ: 87 || JR: 16.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
06 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 10

2018 CHÂTEAU PONTET CANET
· PAUILLAC AOC     5TH GRAND CRU CLASSE
+896493 · 6x750ml
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70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot.
Biodynamic. What strikes the taster immediately is the energy these wines display, the expression of tension and intensity: they are bright and brilliant, as though freed of any constraint. Their internal balance combines contained power, uncommon precision of fruit and undeniable class. They seduce by their full-bodied fruit, the finesse of their mouthfeel and their natural elegance, delivering a natural emotion which enhances their seductive charm.
Chateau Pontet Canet is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Pontet Canet is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
RP: 98 || JS: 98 || WE: 98 || VN: 98 || JD: 97+ || DC: 95 || JR: 17+

VINTAGE NOTES:
18 || 20 || 19 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09 || 00

2015 CHÂTEAU PONTET CANET
· PAUILLAC AOC     5TH GRAND CRU CLASSE
+763531 · 6x750ml
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.
Biodynamic. Vibrant and deep in color. The nose is a fusion of red and black berries, graphite and spices. The palate's structure is particularly dense and long with chiseled tannins of incredible precision.
Chateau Pontet Canet is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Pontet Canet is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 98 || WE: 97 || VN: 97 || RP: 96+ || DC: 96 || JD: 95 || WS: 94 || NM: 94 || TA: 94 || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 14 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 09 || 00

2015 CARRUADES DE LAFITE
· PAUILLAC AOC   2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+890674 · 6x750ml
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57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc.
Beautiful deep colour that sparkles in the glass. The nose is of course still very young, with primary notes of early ageing. Superb notes of spices and fresh raspberries. On the palate, the attack is supple and rounded. The wine then presents young, lively tannins, whose excellent quality will be revealed with time. The finish is complex and harmonious with beautiful burnt notes. This Carruades needs five to seven years to open up and has all the characteristics of a wine that will continue to improve for many more.
Best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Lafite Rothschild is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, salmon, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 94 || WE: 94 || TA: 94 || WS: 91 || RP: 91 || NM: 91 || WI: 91 || DC: 91 ||
JL: 91 || VN: 91 || JMQ: 90 || JR: 16.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 11

2015 LES FORTS DE LATOUR
· PAUILLAC AOC   5TH GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+890677 · 6x750ml
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63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36.5% Merlot, 0.5% Cabernet Franc, 0.9% Petit Verdot.
Les Forts de Latour 2015 needs a little air to release a deep and powerful nose of cordial cassis, boysenberries, plum and black. chocolate, with suggestions of Chinese five spices, clove oil, violets, and crushed stones. The palate has absolute flavor, bursting with rich, ripe black fruit and plenty of spicy sparkle, while being framed by beautifully sumptuous tannins, finishing long and mineral. Not at all heavy, on the contrary, Les Forts de Latour 2015 is both expansive and very refreshing. In terms of evolution, it has hardly budged since I last tasted it in 2017. If it drinks very well at the moment, it has easily 20 good years of aging, maybe more. Impressive.
Best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 95 || RP: 94+ || DC: 94 || VN: 94 || JD: 94 || NM: 93 || TA: 93 || WS: 91 || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 16 || 10