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ST EMILION · RIGHT BANK
St Emilion is one of Bordeaux's largest producing appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux put together. St Emilion has been producing wine for longer than the Médoc but its lack of accessibility to Bordeaux's port and market restricted exports to mainland Europe and the region never originally enjoyed the commercial success which funded the great châteaux of the Left Bank.
St Emilion itself is the prettiest of Bordeaux's wine towns, perched on top of the steep limestone slopes upon which many of the region's finest vineyards are situated. However, more than half of the appellation's vineyards lie on the plain between the town and the Dordogne River on sandy, alluvial soils with a sprinkling of gravel.
Further diversity is added by a small, complex gravel bed to the north-east of the region on the border with Pomerol. Atypically for St Emilion, this allows Cabernet Franc and, to a lesser extent, Cabernet Sauvignon to prosper and defines the personality of the great wines such as Ch. Cheval Blanc.
In recent years there has been an explosion of experimentation and evolution, leading to the rise of the "garagistes", producers of deeply concentrated wines made in very small quantities and offered at high prices. The appellation is also surrounded by four "satellite" appellations, Montagne, Lussac, Puisseguin and St. Georges, which enjoy a family similarity but not the complexity of the best wines.
St Emilion was first officially classified in 1954 and is the most meritocratic classification system in Bordeaux, as it is regularly amended. The latest revision was in 2012.
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SCORE LEGEND
DC - Decanter, INT RVF - La Revue Vin du France, FRA
JH - James Suckling, USA JA - Jane Anson, FRA
JR - Jancis Robinson, GBR JMQ - Jean Marc Quarin FRA
MS - Michael Schuster, CAN RP - Robert Parker, USA
ST - Stephen Tanzer, USA TA - Tim Atkin, GBR
VN - Vinous, USA NM - Neal Martin, USA
WE - Wine Enthusiast, USA WS - Wine Spectator, USA
WI - Wine Independent, INT YB - Yves Beck, SWI
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2022 CHÂTEAU ANGELUS
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ A
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2021) & HEV3 (2021)
+104196 · 6x750ml · SOLD OUT
+866157 · 3x750ml
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60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc.
The wine is of a deep, beautiful purplish colour, adorned with dark purple highlights. The nose allures with its freshness and rich aromatic palette that releases fragrances of fresh black fruit and violets.
Harmoniously combining smoothness, finesse and precision, the palate makes its mark with its freshness, salinity and fruity framework. The finish is lingering, mingling silky tannins and delicious spicy notes..
Chateau Angelus is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Angelus is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
DC: 100 || JS: 99 || JL: 99 || JMQ: 99 || RP: 97+ || NM: 97 || JA: 97 || JR: 17.5+
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU AUSONE
· ST. EMILION GC · AOC - WITHDRAWN FROM CLASSIFICATION
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2020
+102920 · 3x750ml
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50% Cabernet Franc, 50% Merlot. Once again showing how great terroir, and a family winemaking heritage stretching back 12 generations, can make one of the best wines in the world. Walnut, cedar, sweet spice, ripe bilberry, blackcurrant and cool plum all rise from the glass. There’s such depth here. On the palate it’s supple, soft and sweet, so gentle on the approach, yet with high concentration and a counterpoint of tart black cherry juice towards the mid palate. The bracing acidity dovetails beautifully with the fine-grained tannins.
Chateau Ausone is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Ausone is a perfect match with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta as well as cheese.
STATUS: OPEN
JA: 100 || JL: 99 || JMQ: 99 || JS: 98 ||NM: 98 || TA: 97 || JR: 18
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU BARDE-HAUT
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC & HVE3
+872853 · 12x750ml
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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.
The 2022 Barde Haut is deep garnet-purple in color. It rocks up with ready-to-go notes of plum preserves, baked blackberries, and Indian spices followed by suggestions of tilled soil, Ceylon tea, and black olives. The full-bodied palate is jam packed with tightly wound black fruits and earthy accents, supported by firm, ripe, rounded tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing long and minerally.
Chateau Barde Haut 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
VN: 96 || JL: 96 || JA: 95 || JMQ: 95
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2020 CHÂTEAU BARDE-HAUT
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC & HVE3
+831114 · 12x750ml
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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. The wine of Château Barde-Haut offer an admirably balanced dialogue between power and freshness, resulting in a product of rare elegance. A good drop of damson and black cherry fruits right up front and holds its line while the more austere tannins come in towards the finish. Expertly extracted, self-contained right now, firm fruits that don't dip through the mid palate alongside a glossy wash of liquorice, black chocolate, sage and anis. This is clearly going to age well. 60% new oak for ageing. Owned by Hélène Garcin-Leveque, this is located right next to Troplong Mondot.
Chateau Barde Haut 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 || JL: 95 || VN: 95 || WI: 94 || DC: 94 || RP: 93 || JMQ: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2021 CHÂTEAU BEAU-SÉJOUR BÉCOT
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+848990 · 6x750ml
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85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Harvest of Merlots from September 21 to October 8 and Cabernets from October 10 to 15. Wonderful burst
of black fruit, blackberry, blackcurrant, violet and a touch of lilac and black cherry. Purity and sharpness.
What pure, clean aromatic precision! Straight mouth, magnificently tense, structuring length, hyper-precise
tannins for a Beau-Séjour Bécot very close to its terroir and with remarkable airy freshness. This vintage,
unlike solar vintages, leaves this vintage without any filter and surely remains one of those which most
express the Beau-Séjour Bécot terroir. Magnificent in its purity and limestone precision.
Chateau Beau-Sejour Bécot is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
Chateau Beau-Sejour Bécot is a perfect match with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta as well as cheese.
STATUS: OPEN
JL: 96 || RP: 95 || DC: 95 || JMQ: 95
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2022 CHÂTEAU BELLEFONT BELCIER
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC & HVE
+124333 · 6x750ml
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72% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Deep garnet-purple in color. Sexy and floral character. Striking freshness to play off the rich, dark flavors. Polished tannins that adds to all the ripe red berries and licorice. Lingering earthiness and minerality to the finish.
Chateau Bellefont Belcier is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Bellefont Belcier is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
Chateau Bellefont Belcier is a perfect match with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta as well as cheese.
STATUS: OPEN
JS: 96 || DC: 95 || JA: 95 || JL: 95 || TA: 93 || JMQ: 93 || JR: 16
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU BERLIQUET
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSE
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+123578 · 6x750ml
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65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc.
Bright ruby in colour with oodles of bright, fresh fruit and flowers on the nose. The palate is delicate and lifted, a light creaminess propping up the midweight fruit in a compact palate. This is full of freshness, a wine that defies the vintage conditions. Crunchy and approachable, bursting with red berry fruit, it will be delicious to drink right out of the gates. Graphite and light wood spice on the finish
Perfect for cellaring; yet showing very well right now. Open this bottle at home and witness how the flavors evolve and mature over the course of an evening or bring a bottle to your favorite restaurant to savor with a charred steak or short ribs braised in a red wine sauce.
STATUS: OPEN
JL: 95 || JMQ: 95 || RP: 94+ || JS: 94 || DC: 94 || JA: 94 || TA: 93 || JR: 17
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2020 CHÂTEAU BERLIQUET
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSE
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+893372 · 12x750ml
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69% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc. Château Berliquet 2020 is a wine with a strong personality. Fresh pink grapefruit notes immediately burst through the nose and are soon interwoven with a deep terroir structure, rooted in the clay. The wine is dense, a quality also associated with its tannins, polished by the wine’s ageing. Floral vegetation expresses itself through a complexity of South of France aromas: pine, slightly sweet gorse flower, sap and broom. A hallmark of the terroir and the vintage: a mineral, almost saline finish with a long, drawn-out aftertaste.
Perfect for cellaring; yet showing very well right now. Open this bottle at home and
witness how the flavors evolve and mature over the course of an evening or bring a
bottle to your favorite restaurant to savor with a charred steak or short ribs braised in
a red wine sauce.
STATUS: OPEN
WI: 95 || RP: 94 || JS: 94 || JMQ: 94 || DC: 93 || JA: 93 || WS: 92 || VN: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2019 CHÂTEAU BERLIQUET
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSE
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+749536 · 12x750ml
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77% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc. Berliquet 2019 has an assertive character with a full and generous attack. Then the
palate savors the density and tension, with delicate summer fruit aromas. The
minerality of the terroir and the power of the clay evidence the wine's earthy character.
Perfect for cellaring; yet showing very well right now. Open this bottle at home and
witness how the flavors evolve and mature over the course of an evening or bring a
bottle to your favorite restaurant to savor with a charred steak or short ribs braised in
a red wine sauce.
STATUS: OPEN
RP: 94 || JS: 93 || JMQ: 93 || NM: 92 || WS: 91 || VN: 90
VINTAGE NOTES:
19
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2022 CHÂTEAU CANON
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+801686 · 6x750ml
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75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc.
The nose is fresh, revealing the scent of spring flowers through daffodils. It also delights with its depth, led by notes of red fruit. Balanced. The palate is characterised by a fruity structure, with grapefruit aromas mixed with cherry notes. The texture is full and silky, with a long finish.
Chateau Canon is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
STATUS: PRE SOLD OUT
RP: 100 || JS: 99 || JL: 99 || VN: 99 || DC: 98 || JA: 98 || NM: 98 || JR: 18
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU CANON
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+102690 · 6x750ml
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71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc. Crackling with flashes of vibrant red, Château Canon 2021 is an electrifying experience. Raspberry and strawberry
hues leap from the glass, locked in a heady embrace. Then the colour dims to a deep cherry-red, tinged with a
bittersweet < darkness. The body is firm, toned, dense but never overpowering. The mid-palate is a study in
controlled tension and formal precision, enlivened by a radiant splash of orange blossom and a hint of sweetness
more almond than honey. It is the kaleidoscopic complexity of the vintage which most impresses, an impudent
invitation to explore and enjoy. Fruity, floral, herbaceous, smoky: equilibrium incarnate.
Chateau Canon 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: 97 || VN: 97 || DC: 96 || JA: 96 || RP: 95 || JL: 95 || JMQ: 95 || JR: 17
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2016 CHÂTEAU CANON
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+814289 · 6x750ml
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74% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc. This has a glorious nose, focused fruit and is all in lacy delicacy, subtle, graceful, and pure with raspberry and earthy notes - it is just a magnificent balance of freshness, acidity, and fruit. The fruit is also darker and deeper in expression, and not quite so open, but the class and elegance here is extremely striking and it really is one of the top wines of the vintage.
Chateau Canon 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+ || WE: 98 || DC: 98 || TA: 98 || JS: 97 || NM: 97 || JR: 17.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
16
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2022 CHÂTEAU CANON LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2014)
+848991 · 6x750ml
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50% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Deep, and dark in color, the wine opens with flowers, oceanic influences, plums, smoke, licorice, and black cherries. On the palate, the wine is concentrated, opulent, polished, vibrant, silky and fresh, finishing with multiple layers of chocolate-covered, plums, black cherries, espresso, crushed stones and spices. What makes everything work here is the balance, freshness, and purity in the fruits. .
Serve with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.
STATUS: OPEN
VN: 97 || JL: 97 || JS: 96 || WS: 95 || DC: 95 || JA: 94 || NM: 94 || JR: 17+
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU CHEVAL BLANC
· ST. EMILION GC · AOC - WITHDRAWN FROM CERTIFICATION
· ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/BIODIVERSE VITICULTURE
+848122 · 3x750ml
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53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon.
The 2022 Cheval Blanc has a deep garnet-purple color. It erupts from the glass with an intense perfume of violets, rose oil, and licorice, leading to a vibrant, fruity core of juicy blueberries, fresh blackberries, redcurrant preserves, and raspberry coulis, plus a waft of cinnamon stick. Medium-bodied, the palate begins fragrant and opulent, textures and flavors melting in the mouth like Turkish Delight, leading to a generous core of juicy black, blue, and red berry layers, supported by super-fine, silt-like tannins, finishing very long, minerally and refreshing. So graceful, so singular, so Cheval
Chateau Cheval Blanc is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Cheval Blanc is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Cheval Blanc is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: PRE-SOLD OUT
JMQ: 100 || JL: 100 || WS: 99 || JS: 99 || JA: 99 || VN: 99 || RP: 98 || JR: 18.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU CLOS DE SARPE
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2020)
+766000 · 12x750ml
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85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.
The 2022 Clos de Sarpe is fabulous. Dark, structured and wonderfully deep, the 2022 marries the richness of this warm, dry year with beams of vibrant acidity that lend sizzling tension. Bright red/purplish berry fruit, lavender, rose petal, spice and pomegranate all build, but the wine’s sublime balance impresses most. The 2022 is another important Clos de Sarpe under the guidance of Maylis Marcenat, who continues to bring much-needed new energy to this striking property
Best served with meat dishes such as lamb or steak.
STATUS: OPEN
VN: 97 || JL: 96 || JS: 94 || DC: 90 || TA: 90 || JA: 89
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU CLOS DE SARPE
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2020)
+102922 · 6x750ml
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85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc. Dark purple colour with violet hue and black core. Expressive nose with aroma reminiscent of stewed
blackberries and black cherries, vanilla, and hints of aromatic herbs. On the palate well-structured with medium
body, ripe tannins, juicy fruit, and very good length.
Best served with meat dishes such as lamb or steak.
STATUS: OPEN
VN: 94 || RP: 93 || JL: 93 || DC: 91 || JMQ: 89
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2021 CHÂTEAU CÔTE DE BALEAU
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· FARMING PRACTICES UNKNOWN
+102708 · 6x750ml
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90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. Dense ruby red. The nose is fragrant and dark fruity, cool, and slightly vegetal, and also shows fine, floral
aromas. Tight on the palate, well structured, with noticeable tannin, a delicate, juicy fruit, it's like biting into a
basket of berries, wow, shows a lot of race on the finish and ends with pomegranate and raspberries. At the
same level as last year, but stylistically completely different.
Best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
This Cabernet Sauvignon is ideal to serve with pizza with mushrooms or Gruyère burgers.
STATUS: OPEN
JS: 93 || DC: 90 || JL: 90 || JMQ: 88 || JA: 87
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2021 CHÂTEAU CROIX DE LABRIE
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+102709 · 6x750ml
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90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. From a vintage blasted by frost and mildew, this old-vine, organic 90/5/5 blend of Merlot/Cabernet
Franc/Cabernet Sauvignon retains the estate’s characteristic suppleness and grace. Rich aromas include
raspberries, maple syrup and—after five minutes in the glass—tar and treacle. Some brownies on the attack,
mint and mocha mid-palate and a beautifully enduring finish that includes some anise and mandarins. Fresh
and bright acidity. Elegant and complex with a unique Cabernet Franc lilt that provides the mysterious Angel
in the Bottle of Croix de Labrie. Toujours élégant!
Best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck,
game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Croix de Labrie is also good when matched
with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
JMQ: 95 || JA: 93 || JL: 91
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2021 CHÂTEAU FAUGERÉS
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
+749536 · 12x750ml
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75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The nose has a bouquet of ripe fruit, black cherries, and floral notes. On the palate, the wine is extremely rich
and flavourful with a fine acidity. The finish is characterized by freshness and balance.
Chateau Faugères is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau Faugères 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
DC: 92 || WS: 88 || JA: 88 || JMQ: 87
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2015 CHÂTEAU FAUGERÉS
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
+749536 · 12x750ml
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
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80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon . Rich in anthocyanins and has velvety and finely extracted tannins. There is a freshness on the palate and perfect
balance. The wines are very aromatic, with notes of red berries, menthol and licorice, and a marked mineral
character. A long finish, fruity and fresh.
Chateau Faugères is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau Faugères 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: 95 || JL: 94 || WS: 93 || WI: 92 || NM: 89 || DC: 88 || JR: 15
VINTAGE NOTES:
15
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2022 CHÂTEAU FIGEAC
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION & ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION (2015)
+123945 · 3x750ml
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35% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon.
The 2022 Figeac combines both Left Bank and Right Bank traits due to its blend (as usual), but this year leans more to the Right Bank despite a slightly lower contribution of Cabernet Sauvignon. It is very well defined, fresh and shows lively black fruit, incense and nuanced Chinese tea aromas. The palate is beautifully balanced with a lightly spiced entry, fine depth and with plenty of concentration counterbalanced by finesse toward the graphite-infused finish. Its saline aftertaste beckons you back for another sip. An appropriate way to start your tenure as a Grand Cru Classé "A".”
Chateau Figeac is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.
STATUS: PRE SOLD OUT
RP: 100 || DC: 100 || JS: 99 || JL: 99 || VN: 98+ || JA: 98 || NM: 98 || JR: 18
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+764028 · 12x750ml
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75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
The 2022 Fleur Cardinale has an opulent bouquet with kirsch, blackcurrant and cedar scents. Blue fruit emerges with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet, slightly candied entry, dry tannins and an earthy finish. Like some other Saint-Émilion wines this year, it needs more brightness and, perhaps perversely, is missing the charm of the previous vintage
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Fleur Cardinale is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
STATUS: PRE SOLD OUT
JS: 95 || JL: 95 || VN: 95 || JMQ: 95 || DC: 94 || JA: 94 || WS: 92 || TA: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+814410 · 12x750ml
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60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Château Fleur Cardinale 2021 takes you by surprise with its chiselled aromatic nose, its bright aromas of
fresh blueberries and raspberries, highlighted by floral nuances. With real density, it unfolds into a beautiful
creaminess. Its fine silky tannins give it a good length with a real freshness. After the tremors of an eventful
beginning, 2021 appears more than any other as a fine vintage destined for the well-deserved rest of a
lengthy maturation.
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
DC: 94 || JL: 93 || TA: 93 || JA: 92 || JMQ: 92 || WE: 91 || JR: 16.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2018 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+891877 · 12x750ml
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74% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. A racy style and an unprecedented freshness of fruit flavor.
The tasting of the first samples confirmed what the lab analyses had already indicated: well-controlled ripeness underpinned by unparalleled acidity levels.
Château Fleur Cardinale 2018 is particularly notable for its magnificent Cabernets Francs, well adapted to the climatology of the vintage.
They give a very beautiful structure to the wine, in a racy style, while perpetuating the signature of Château Fleur Cardinale thanks to velvety tannins.
Best served with meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, chicken, roasted braised and grilled dishes.
STATUS: OPEN
RP: 94+ || JS: 94 || VN: 94 || DC: 94 || WS: 93 || WE: 93 || JR: 16.5+
VINTAGE NOTES:
18
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2014 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+848993 · 12x750ml
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
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70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Dark purplish crimson with black core. Very ripe and perfumed dark fruit – there’s cherry and vanilla and even a slight floral note. Flattering first impression. Then has lovely deep but supple tannins on the palate, very primary and full of energy yet finishes with dry elegance.
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Fleur Cardinale is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.
Chateau Fleur Cardinale is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
JS: 94 || VN: 94 || WS: 92 || WE: 90 || JR: 16.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
14
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2022 CHÂTEAU FOMBRAUGE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+123955 · 12x750ml
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71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc. The colour is deep. The nose releases rich fruity and spicy fragrances. The palate entices with its subtle combination of depth and character, its freshness, fine tannins, gourmet taste and its balance.
Chateau Magrez Fombrauge 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: 95 || DC: 93 || JA: 93 || VN: 93 || JL: 92 || WS: 91 || JR: 16
VINTAGE NOTES:
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2021 CHÂTEAU FOMBRAUGE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+811817 · 12x750ml
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88% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc. With an impeccable balance between fruit, complexity and aromatic length, this wine is characterized by a
sophisticated minerality, consistent from year to year, with soft and supple tannins and a velvety texture. It is
made from the estate's oldest vines, meticulously hand-farmed using organic and biodynamic practices to
bring out the finest quality in each cluster. Predominantly Merlot, the blend includes just enough Cabernet
Franc to imbue the wine with an elegant tannic structure.
Chateau Magrez Fombrauge 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
JA: 93 || JL: 93 || VN: 93 || JS: 92 || DC: 91 || JMQ: 90
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2021 CHÂTEAU FONPLÉGADE
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2013) & BIODYNAMIC (2020)
+102903 · 12x750ml
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88% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc. With an impeccable balance between fruit, complexity and aromatic length, this wine is characterized by a
sophisticated minerality, consistent from year to year, with soft and supple tannins and a velvety texture. It is
made from the estate's oldest vines, meticulously hand-farmed using organic and biodynamic practices to
bring out the finest quality in each cluster. Predominantly Merlot, the blend includes just enough Cabernet
Franc to imbue the wine with an elegant tannic structure.
Chateau Fonplégade is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Fonplegade 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
JA: 93 || JL: 93 || VN: 93 || JS: 92 || DC: 91 || JMQ: 90
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2020 CHÂTEAU FONPLÉGADE
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2013) & BIODYNAMIC (2020)
+888285 · 12x750ml
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90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. The Château Fonplégade 2020 has a beautiful ruby color with bold purplish tints. Fresh cherry nose, complexified by a touch of exotic fruits and ending with subtle floral notes.
Powerful and vibrating mouth, beautiful touch of black fruits, ending by a salt and chalky final.
Chateau Fonplégade is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Fonplegade 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
JA: 95 || JS: 94 || DC: 94 || JL: 94 || VN: 94 || WI: 93 || WE: 93 || JR: 17
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2019 CHÂTEAU FONPLÉGADE
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2013) & BIODYNAMIC (2020)
+881221 · 6x750ml
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90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. With an impeccable balance between fruit, complexity and aromatic length, this wine is characterized by a sophisticated minerality, consistent from year to year, with soft and supple tannins and a velvety texture. It is made from the estate's oldest vines, meticulously hand-farmed using organic and biodynamic practices to bring out the finest quality in each cluster. Predominantly Merlot, the blend includes just enough Cabernet Franc to imbue the wine with an elegant tannic structure..
Chateau Fonplégade is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Fonplegade 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: 95 || VN: 95 || WE: 94 || DC: 94 || WI: 93 || WS: 92 || RP: 91
VINTAGE NOTES:
19
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2020 CHÂTEAU GRACIA
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2020
+888286 · 6x750ml
75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. Dark purple colour with violet hints and a black core. It has a powerful, multi-layered nose with an aroma of plums, cherries, orange zest, cocoa, and hints of toasted oak. The palate is opulent and fresh with velvety tannins and a long length.
Great with BBQ or grilled red meats.
STATUS: OPEN
WI: 94 || DC: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2021 CHÂTEAU HAUT BRISSON
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION (2015) & ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION (2015)
· CONVERSION TO ORGANIC - STARTED IN 2021
+102865 · 12x750ml
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90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. The 2021 vintage of Château Haut Brisson is defined by freshness and elegance. Aromas of blackcurrant mingle
with notes of graphite; the well- balanced palate, with ripe tannins, offers a beautiful impression. There are
hints of spice and black fruit. The finish is fresh and al- most chalky.
Chateau Haut Brisson 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: 92 || JL: 90 || JA: 88
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2022 CHÂTEAU JEAN FAURE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2017)
+123956 · 6x750ml
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71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc.
The 2022 Jean Faure is alluring. Cabernet Franc takes the lead in this wonderfully aromatic, savory Saint-Émilion. Dark-toned fruit, espresso, mocha, incense and dried flowers lend notable complexity. There is quite a bit of potential here.
Chateau Jean Faure is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Jean Faure is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta
STATUS: OPEN
VN: 96 || RP: 95 || DC: 95 || JA: 95 || JL: 95 || WS: 91 || TA: 90
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU LA DOMINIQUE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION & ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION
+749569 · 12x750ml
Website
88% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon.
A rich, heady wine, the 2022 La Dominique offers up aromas of sweet cherries, baked berries and plum liqueur mingled with notions of licorice and melted asphalt. Medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with a rich core of sweet, somewhat jammy fruit but reasonably lively underlying acids, it's framed by plenty of powdery tannin.
Chateau La Dominique is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. It is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta
STATUS: OPEN
DC: 96 || JL: 96 || VN: 96 || JS: 95 || JA: 94 || WS: 93 || JMQ: 93 || JR: 17
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION GC · AOC - WITHDRAWN FROM CLASSIFICATION
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
+866099 · 6x750ml
Website
60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc.
The 2022 La Gaffeliere is drop-dead gorgeous beauty. Refined, sculpted and wonderfully precise, La Gaffeliere simply has it all. Hints of lavender, mint, blood orange, spice and black cherry fruit all race across the glass. Clean mineral notes and fine tannins support the finish. The delineation here is simply breathtaking.
Chateau La Gaffeliere is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau La Gaffeliere is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted braised and grilled dishes.
STATUS: PRE SOLD OUT
VN: 99 || JD: 99 || RP: 97 || JS: 97 || JMQ: 97 || WS: 96 || DC: 96 || JR: 17.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
+102697 · 6x750ml
Website
58% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Franc. Very intense black fruits, with a slight aromatic lift and savoury spice. The acidity is fantastically fresh, but
balances so well with the pure, ripe fruit. There's complexity of crushed rock, mint and clove. This has density
and concentration but is perfectly poised. The tannins are ripe and there is a lovely saline, appetising quality
to the finish, thanks to a higher than usual proportion of Cabernet Franc.
Chateau La Gaffeliere is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau La Gaffeliere 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: 96 || JS: 94 || JMQ: 94 || RP: 93 || DC: 93 || WS: 92 || JR: 16.5+
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2016 CHÂTEAU LA MONDOTTE
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED ORGANIC (2014)
+813904 · 6x750ml
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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. La Mondotte is a concentrated, ripe, rich and intense, minerality driven, style of
Bordeaux wine that is unique to St. Emilion. La Mondotte requires at least 12-15 or
more years before the wines soften and its true qualities begin to emerge.
Chateau La Mondotte is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau La
Mondotte 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: 97 || VN: 97 || WS: 96 || WE: 96 || NM: 93 || TA: 93
VINTAGE NOTES:
16
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2022 CHÂTEAU LAROQUE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
· ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+847783 · 6x750ml
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98% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
Another impressive performance from this estate, the 2022 Laroque offers up aromas of sweet berries, violets, iris and exotic spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered palate with a rich core of fruit that's framed by lively acids, concluding with a taut, chalky finish. Once again, it's the result of a strict selection that sees only 45% of the production released as the grand vin
Chateau Laroque is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Laroque 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
DC: 97 || JA: 97 || RP: 95 || JL: 95 || VN: 95 || JMQ: 93 || JR: 15.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU LAROQUE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
· ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+847783 · 6x750ml
Website
99% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc. Dried flowers, forest floor, licorice, cocoa, wild cherries, black raspberries and strawberries define the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is supple, creamy, fresh, and most importantly, pure with the essence of its sweet, ripe, mildly salty, red fruits, and soft, silky tannins to make the lingering taste, and feel great.
Chateau Laroque is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Laroque 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: 94 || JS: 93 || JA: 93 || JL: 93 || RP: 92+ || NM: 92 || JMQ: 92 || JR: 16.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2020 CHÂTEAU LYNSOLENCE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION (2019) & ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION (2020)
+888352 · 12x750ml
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100% Merlot. When the harvest arrives at the winery, they pass onto a table where we meticulously screen out any possible botrytised grapes, any leaves or leaf stalks. To produce the wine of Lynsolence, following a cold soak for between 6 to 10 days, vinification takes place in a combination of temperature-controlled, 50-hectoliter oak vats and 400-liter, French, oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation is conducted in new, French oak barrels.
The wine of Lynsolence is aged in 100% new, French, oak barrels for an average of 18 months before bottling.
Chateau Lynsolence is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Laroque 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: 96 || JS: 94 || JL: 94 || JMQ: 93 || DC: 89 || TA: 89
Gold Medal - Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits - March 2023
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2022 CHÂTEAU PAVIE
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ A
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+831605 · 3x750ml
Website
52% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Deep dark ruby garnet, inky, opaque core, purple reflections, delicate rim brightening. Fine nuances of liquorice, floral notes, black forest berries, cassis and tangerine zest, inviting bouquet. Substantial, tightly meshed, mineral and taut, tight tannins, ripe and long lasting, dark fruit on the finish, showing great length and certain ageing potential.”
Chateau Pavie 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
JL: 98 || VN: 97 || WS: 96 || JS: 95 || DC: 95 || JA: 95 || TA: 95 || JMQ: 95 || JR: 18
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2022 CHÂTEAU PAVIE MACQUIN
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+866176 · 6x750ml
Website
80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Perfumed and aromatic, smells rich but not too intensely with roses and soft purple flowers. Succulent and really quite crisp and clear, such clarity to the fruit, with both a sharpness of acidity and mineral bite to the tannins. Liquorice, blue fruits, cool chalky tones, You get a sense of the power and structure, it’s wide and full, thick but keeping the freshness and tension with super high acidity giving the mouthwatering nature and a touch of austerity. Precise and detailed with energy and tension as well as depth and clarity. Great potential.
Chateau Pavie Macquin 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
JA: 98 || JL: 98 || JS: 97 || DC: 97 || VN: 97 || TA: 96 || WS: 95 || RP: 95 || JMQ: 95 || JR: 17.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU PAVIE MACQUIN
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+102803 · 6x750ml
Website
79% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep crimson. Intense dark plum, dark cherry, praline aromas. Generous and refined dark plum, dark cherry
dark chocolate flavours, plentiful fine al dente textures, attractive mid-palate density and vanilla/ nougat oak
complexity. Finishes graphite/ sinewy firm with very good mineral length. 79% merlot, 19% cabernet franc, 2%
cabernet sauvignon. 18 months in new and seasoned oak.
Chateau Pavie Macquin 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: 94+ || DC: 94 || JA: 94 || TA: 94 || JMQ: 94 || RP: 93 || JR: 16.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2022 CHÂTEAU POESIA
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
· ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+123961 · 12x750ml
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70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc.
The 2022 Poesia is deep garnet-purple in color. It comes galloping out with energetic scents of black raspberries, fresh mulberries, and juicy black cherries, giving way to nuances of rose oil, truffle oil, and crushed rocks. The concentrated, full-bodied palate delivers thrilling tension, with layer upon layer of red and black fruits supported by velvety tannins, finishing very long and electric. Gorgeous.
Best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
It is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
JL: 95 || NM: 94 || VN: 94 || JMQ: 94 || JS: 93 || JA: 93 ||
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU POESIA
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
· ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+102890 · 12x750ml
Website
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. Far from decorum and worldliness, a sincere wine that speaks of the soul of the vintage and not of its reflection.
In Poesia, only the truth of the terroir makes its mark: The mark of the great wines of Saint-Émilion.
Best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
It is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
JL: 93 || JMQ: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2020 CHÂTEAU POESIA
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
· ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+847777 · 12x750ml
Website
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. Organic. The Château Poesia 2020 sparkles in the glass in garnet red with violet reflections. Sensational aromas of cherry, mulberry and blueberry unfold. Chocolate notes frame this fantastic fruit explosion. Impressions of Asian spices and the wonderful aroma of French heather garrigue join in and create a full-bodied palate. Long and mineral, typical of the Saint-Emilion wines, the enjoyment of this characterful and tannin-strong red wine from the Bordeaux ends. Château Poesia 2020 for many occasions.
Best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
It is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
WI: 95 || JS: 95 || JL: 94 || VN:94 || RP: 93+ || DC: 91 || NM: 91 || JMQ:91
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2021 CHÂTEAU PUY-BLANQUET
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+102711 · 12x750ml
Website
75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. The 2021 Puyblanquet has a high-toned, floral bouquet with violet petals infusing the red berry fruit, hints of
mandarin in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with a pleasant sappiness on the entry, fine acidity
and a minerally finish that lingers in the mouth. This is a solid effort in a tricky growing season. The wines are
fresh and generous and can be enjoyed after just two or three years of cellaring.
Chateau puy Blanquet is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game,
roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Puy Blanquet is also good when matched with Asian
dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
AM: 91-93
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2019 CHÂTEAU QUINTUS
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· CERTIFIED HEV3 (2018) & ISO 14001 & ISI 9001 (2019)
+866100 · 6x750ml
Website
55.4% Merlot, 44.6% Cabernet Franc. The bouquet is powerful, intense, and complex, and bursting with notes of ripe, black fruit, particularly blackcurrant. Spicy, subtle overtones are already perceptible. Starts out broad-based and fleshy, with a remarkably caressing sensation, becoming full-bodied, with smooth, creamy fine-grained tannins mid-palate.
The finish is long, without any hardness whatsoever. A perfect marriage between Merlot and Cabernet Franc, whereby the qualities of each grape variety are expressed to the full. This 2019 Quintus is clearly a tremendous success.
Best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.
It is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
JS: 95 || DC: 95 || WI: 94 || JMQ: 94 || RP: 93 || VN: 93
VINTAGE NOTES:
19
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2022 CHÂTEAU TOUR SAINT CHRISTOPHE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+790377 · 12x750ml
+123949 · 6x750ml
Website
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.
The nose presents a wide aromatic palette, ranging from floral notes to fruity notes (small black berries, ripe cherries) through touches of graphite. The palate is dense, rich, the power is supported by a solid and precise tannic structure, tense.
Chateau Tour Saint Christophe 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: 96 || JL: 96 || DC: 94 || JA: 94 || VN: 94 || RP: 93+ || NM: 93 || JR: 15.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CHÂTEAU TOUR SAINT CHRISTOPHE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+801701 · 12x750ml
Website
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. From the very beginning of the tasting of this very fine vintage, we find the identity of Château Tour Saint
Christophe. Elegant aromas of blackberry and blueberry are combined with delicate floral notes and small
chalky touches. The powerful structure is carried by a beautiful acidity which brings a fresh and sappy side.
Aromas of stewed fruit and black pepper complete the palate, which extends to saline notes.
Chateau Tour Saint Christophe 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: 93 || JL: 93 || VN: 93 || DC: 92 || JA: 92 || JMQ: 89 || JR: 16
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2015 CHÂTEAU TROPLONG MONDOT
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· SUTAINABLE & ORGANIC PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+888357 · 6x750ml
Website
90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc. This 2015 vintage marks a Château Troplong Mondot with the qualities of the
greatest vintages, reflecting the original and innovative reasoned cultural approach
put in place almost ten years ago by Xavier Pariente, in collaboration with Claude and
Lydia Bourguignon. This Troplong Mondot 2015 has a silky and elegant material, with
a complex nose of black fruits, liquorice and spices, accompanied by a nice freshness,
a powerful and full-bodied wine.
Best served with meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, chicken, roasted braised and grilled dishes.
STATUS: OPEN
JS: 98 || VN: 97 || RP: 96 || WS: 95 || DC: 93 || TA: 92 || JR: 16.5+
VINTAGE NOTES:
15
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2022 CHÂTEAU de VALANDRAUD
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - ISO 14001 & ISI 9001 CERTIFICATION
+867460 · 6x750ml
Website
88% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon.
At once fruity and wonderfully fresh, this 2022 vintage entices with its balance and its round and dense tannins.
Valandraud is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Valandraud 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
JL: 98 || JMQ: 98 || JS: 97 || JA: 97 || VN: 97 || DC: 96 || NM: 96 || WS: 95
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2020 CHÂTEAU de VALANDRAUD
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - ISO 14001 & ISI 9001 CERTIFICATION
+848134 · 6x750ml
Website
90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. Purple/black at the core, more viscous than any other wine that I have tasted thus far and another one of those wines where the colour seems almost to have been dripped in from a pipette and has yet to set – if one swirls the glass, one imagines the colour will stay put!
An utterly sumptuous and entirely hedonistic nose of violets and rose petals, confit and Palma violets and candied rose petals, black cherries, concentrated blue berry compote, the graphite rods from the reactor core, tar and baked earth, tobacco leaf, cedar (with more to come) and vanilla. The palate is no less hedonistic, with silky soft and ultra-fine-grained tannins, masses of deep, dark rich cherry and berry fruit, black forest gateau and a rolling-rippling sappy fresh juicy fruit that helps hold this all in some kind of balance, strange though it might seem to think that any kind of balance could be struck. There’s something a little mad and chaotic about this, but it has its own sense of integrity and harmony. Not perhaps for the faint-hearted; but wondrous in all its excess.
Valandraud is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Valandraud 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: 99 || JL: 98 || VN: 98 || JMQ: 98 || WI: 97 || WE: 97 || DC: 96 || NM: 96
VINTAGE NOTES:
20
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2016 CHÂTEAU VILLEMAURINE
· ST. EMILION GC GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+765999 · 12x750ml
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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. The wine displays a deep colour, very concentrated, with very suave fruit, lovely freshness, and round tannins. It shows a lovely, full length of flavour on the palate. Château Villemaurine 2016, with its great finesse and precision, expresses wonderfully the typicity of its clay-limestone terroir.
Serve with Roasted duck breast flavored with herbs, or Roast leg of lamb with garlic & rosemary.
STATUS: OPEN
JS: 95 || JMQ: 93 || RP: 92+ || TA: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
16
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2022 CLOS FOURTET
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUSTAINABLE & BIODIVERSE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+813878 · 6x750ml
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90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc.
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Clos Fourtet comes barreling out of the glass with profound notes of ripe, juicy black plums, boysenberry preserves, and Morello cherries, followed by suggestions of lilacs, clove oil, crushed rocks, and wood smoke. The full-bodied palate is rich and concentrated, with densely laden black and blue fruit layers offset by a zippy backbone and firm, rounded tannins, finishing with great persistence.
Clos Fourtet 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: 99 || JL: 99 || DC: 98 || JS:|| NM: 97 || JMQ: 97 || WS: 96 || RP: 95 || JR: 18
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 CLOS FOURTET
· ST. EMILION GC PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - NOT CERTIFIED
+831127 · 6x750ml
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90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc. Deep crimson. Inky dark plum, praline aromas with herb garden/ sage notes. Well balanced wine with dark
plum, blackberry fruits, fine slinky/ chocolaty textures, and dukkah/ vanilla oak complexity. Finishes chalky firm
and minerally. Very good density and torque.
Clos Fourtet 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: 95 || JA: 94 || JL: 94 || VN: 94 || JMQ: 94 || DC: 93 || WS: 92 || JR: 16.5
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2022 CLOS LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION GC 2ND WINE
· HVE3 CERTIFICATION
+124465 · 12x750ml
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85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.
Dark and ripe on the nose, tangy and fresh, a lovely clean, crisp aspect to the strawberry, red cherry and creamy vanilla blueberries giving freshness and cool minerality. Well delivered, has a style about this with definition and detail and above all really appealing acidity that gives lift and a lot of life. Should round out nicely offering lots of easy drinking appeal and unfussy enjoyment.
Beef fillet with truffle sauce; Shoulder of lamb with porcini mushrooms; Leg of lamb Capon stuffed with porcini mushrooms; Brie de Meaux and Melon.
STATUS: OPEN
JA: 94 || DC: 92 || JMQ: 90
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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2021 LE PETIT CHEVAL BLANC
· ST. EMILION GC BORDEAUX BLANC
· ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VITICULTURE
+845039 · 3x750ml
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83% Sauvignon Blanc, 17% Semillon. Yellow colour with green highlights. A nose of great freshness and precision, with a fine diversity of whitefleshed
and citrus fruits. The wine's energy is already perceptible.
On the palate, the attack is full, straight, and full-bodied. It is well balanced between acidity, tension, and
volume. The bitterness gives a long, lingering finish on the palate, giving it a salivating minerality.
Goes well with appetizer course of shellfish, oysters (especially), or cheese and fruit. Chateau Cheval Blanc is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
JA: 95 || JL: 94 || VN: 94 || WS: 91 || RP: 90
VINTAGE NOTES:
21
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2019 LE PETIT CHEVAL BLANC
· ST. EMILION GC BORDEAUX BLANC
· ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VITICULTURE
+881228 · 6x750ml
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79% Sauvignon Blanc, 21% Semillon. The colour is bright, limpid, brilliant, a beautiful yellow-green. The first nose, subtle and delicate, is mainly dominated by notes of flowers, acacia and lime tree. By airing it, the bouquet becomes more complex and develops various aromatic families, citrus fruits, white-fleshed fruits such as peach, pear or apricot, and mineral notes, with an aromatic intensity that gradually becomes more refined.
The attack on the palate is fresh and straightforward thanks to a beautiful acidity that guides the tasting. The density, fat and volume are slowly built up on the mid-palate. The finish, very long and elegant, is enhanced by the beautiful bitters, now the signature of this Petit Cheval white wine.
Goes well with appetizer course of shellfish, oysters (especially), or cheese and fruit. Chateau Cheval Blanc is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.
STATUS: OPEN
DC: 94 || JMQ: 94 || WS: 92
VINTAGE NOTES:
19
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2022 VIRGINIE DE VALANDRAUD BLANC
· ST. EMILION GC BORDEAUX BLANC
· SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - ISO 14001 & ISI 9001 CERTIFICATION
+123969 · 12x750ml
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55% Semillon, 45% Sauvignon Blanc.
Honeyed melon, quince, white flowers, and a touch lemon blossom all define the bouquet, and it’s medium-bodied, beautifully balanced, and has both acidity and richness..
Valandraud is best served with seafood dishes such as oysters, shrimp, and crabs. It also goes perfectly with grilled or roasted fish, as well as soft cheeses such as Brie, Camembert or Roquefort
STATUS: OPEN
VN: 93 || DC: 92 || NM: 91 || JA: 90 || JMQ: 87
VINTAGE NOTES:
22
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