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.

2016 CHÂTEAU ANGELUS
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ A
+104196 · 3x750ml
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60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc.
With a very dark inky colour, the 2016 Chateau Angelus displays on the nose sensual and dark notes of cedar and bitter orange peels, and a powerful sensation of freshness and tension. Aeration in the glass develops luscious (but not excessive) fruit notes of ripe blackberries and blueberries, with a bright and inviting purity. Smelling this wine is like biting into the ripe grape. Yet, at this time, the nose still hides the richness and depth that this wine will one day provide. The palate is precise and dynamic, with a meaty mid-palate, and silky with creamy tannins. The structure of the wine is impressive, with excellent balance, and it nearly seems to be drinkable now. The whole is impressive and superb, making Angelus among the most exceptional wines of the vintage, with extraordinary ageing potential.
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
WE: 100 || JS: 99 || WE: 99 || JL: 99 || RP: 98+ || VN: 98 || TA: 97 || JD: 97 || WS: 96 || NM: 96 || JR: 17++

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 19 || 00

2020 CHÂTEAU BARDE-HAUT
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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 || JD: 95 || WI: 94 || DC: 94 || RP: 93 || JMQ: 92

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 17 || 15 || 14 || 12

2015 CHÂTEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+847776 · 12x750ml
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80% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Deep ruby red in colour. It has beautiful aromas of red fruits, oak, spices, leather, liquorice, and herbs. The palate is rich, full bodied, and concentrated with firm tannins and high acidity. It is a complex wine, with a structured long finish.
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
WE: 96 || JL: 96 || WS: 95 || RP: 95 || JS: 95 || VN: 95 || DC: 94 || JD: 94 ||
TA: 93 || JMQ: 91 || JR: 16+
#55 - Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2018

VINTAGE NOTES:
15 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 13 || 12 || 09 || 08 || 00 || 76

2014 CHÂTEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+847776 · 12x750ml · OPEN
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87% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon.
There is a wonderful delicacy to this Saint-Emilion red. Tannins are ripe, sweet, and polished with flavors that range from cocoa, licorice, and sweet spices. The freshness in this wine is evident in the lifted finish that is fairly long. A beautiful wine that will age well.
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
NM: 94 || WS: 93 || RP: 93 || VN: 92 || DC: 91 || JR: 16

VINTAGE NOTES:
14 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 13 || 12 || 09 || 08 || 00 || 76

2020 CHÂTEAU BERLIQUET
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSE
+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 || JD: 94 || JMQ: 94 || DC: 93 || JA: 93 || WS: 92 || VN: 92

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 16 || 15 || 09 || 00

2019 CHÂTEAU BERLIQUET
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSE
+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 || JD: 92 || WS: 91 || VN: 90

VINTAGE NOTES:
19 || 16 || 15 || 09 || 00

2016 CHÂTEAU CANON
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+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 || JD: 96 || WS: 95 ||
JR: 17.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 09 || 05

2009 CHÂTEAU CANON
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+801686 · 6x750ml
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75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc.
Very deeply-colored. Subdued, muted nose. Huge concentration, power, and heat with substantial oak presence. A monumental style that slightly overlooks the magical effect
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
JD: 99 || RP: 97+ || JS: 96 || WE: 95 || JMQ: 94 || WS: 93 || JL: 93 || NM: 91 || VN: 91 || JR: 17.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
09 || 19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 05

2016 CHÂTEAU CANON LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+744967 · 12x750ml
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55% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Certified Organic. The nose is fruity, powerful, delicate and offers sweetness as well as minerality. It reveals slight hints of blackberry, black berries and gray pepper associated with discreet hints of flowers, ripe/fresh cherry, licorice, toasted oak as well as a very discreet hint of graphite. The palate is elegant, well-balanced, beautifully powerful (full in finesse) and offers a beautiful silky matter, a great vivacity, a beautiful minerality, an acid frame, tension, a nice deepness, a very nice finesse as well as a beautiful roundness. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of blackberry, fresh/ripe black berries/cassis associated with a hint of fresh/ripe red fruits (cherry…), toasted oak and spices. Tannins are elegant, fine, and nicely mature. Beautiful and gourmand persistence with slight toasted/caramelized notes, chocolate as well as a very discreet hint of salinity. (2027+)
Serve with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes.

STATUS: OPEN
JS: 96 || VN: 96 || WS: 95 || JD: 95 || TA: 94 || NM: 94 || DC: 93 || JR: 17-

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 18 || 15 || 14 || 12 || 10 || 09

2011 CHÂTEAU CLOS DE SARPE
· ST. EMILION · GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+766000 · 12x750ml
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85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.
The wines of Chateau Clos de Sarpe are a backwards, tannic, mineral driven throwback to the ancient days of Bordeaux wine. The style of this Bordeaux wine is intense minerality, strong tannins and serious levels of concentration. It is a uniquestyle of St. Emilion wine that requires serious aging to soften and develop its aromatic complexities. The style is powerful, fruit driven and rich with notes of black fruit, smoke and liquorice.
Best served with meat dishes such as lamb or steak.

STATUS: OPEN
RP: 96 || JS: 90

VINTAGE NOTES:
11

2020 CHÂTEAU FAUGERES
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+801707 · 12x750ml
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70% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Intense purple colour with violet hue and almost black core. Opulent and aromatic nose reminiscent of blackberries, Crème de Cassis, wild strawberries, mild spices, and dark chocolate. On the palate rich yet elegant character with good tension, well balanced with a juicy fruit, ripe tannins, and elegant acidity. Fruit lingering in the aftertaste, convincing length, and aromatic depth.
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
WI: 94 || JL: 94 || DC: 91 || JMQ: 87 || JR: 16

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

2020 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+814411 · 12x750ml
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77% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
From new winemaking facilities at this Grand Cru Classé château comes this 75% Merlot dominant blend that also includes Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Rich and sublime aromas of hedgerow wild fruit—blackberries and raspberries—as well as layers of earth. In the mouth this is a layer cake of juicy surprises, including acidity with flavors of clementines, a dark mocha/aniseed matrix mid palate and a finish with a hint of cherries and mint. Rich, juicy acidity and firm though unobtrusive tannins. Once opened, this wine will not last long. A fun though seriously crafted wine—pair with lamb and mint sauce, even oysters with tabasco, or a dessert of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
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: 96 || JL: 95 || WI: 94 || JA: 94 || VN: 93 || JD: 93 || JMQ: 93 || JR: 17

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

2018 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+TBA · 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.
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
RP: 94+ || JS: 94 || VN: 94 || DC: 94 || JD: 94 || WS: 93 || WE: 93 ||
NM: 91+ || JR: 16.5+

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

2014 CHÂTEAU FLEUR CARDINALE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+848993 · 12x750ml
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70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Dark purple red with violet hue and black centre. Densely woven nose with good structured, hints of toasted flavors and cold smoke. In the background opulent fruit. On the palate well-structured with good weight and length. A wine with potential demanding time to develop.
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 || NM: 90 || WE: 90 || JR: 16.5

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

2016 CHÂTEAU FOMBRAUGE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+811817 · 12x750ml
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93% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc.
It's magnificent dark red colour with purple tears. Chateau Fombrauge 2016 releases enamouring fragrance of red fruits, and beautifully ripe tannins in the mouth. The wine is well-balanced and has a fantastic length.
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: 94 || VN: 94 || WS: 92 || RP: 92 || JD: 91

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 14

2020 CHÂTEAU FONPLÉGADE
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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 || JD: 94 || WI: 93 || WE: 93 ||
JMQ: 91 || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 17

2019 CHÂTEAU FONPLÉGADE
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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 || JD: 94 || WI: 93 || WS: 92 || RP: 91 ||

VINTAGE NOTES:
19 || 17

2017 CHÂTEAU FONPLÉGADE
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+831116 · 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
VN: 94 || RP: 93+ || JS: 93 || NM: 92-94 || JA: 92 || JD: 91 || WS: 90-93

VINTAGE NOTES:
17

2020 CHÂTEAU GRACIA
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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 || JD: 94-97 || JL: 94-96 || RP: 93-95+ || NM: 93-95 || DC: 92 ||

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 12 || 11

2020 CHÂTEAU GRAND MAYNE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+888287 · 12x750ml
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74% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Subtle, fruity nose, dark and red berries go hand in hand, with some herbal spice. Fresh and already accessible on the palate, appears balanced, shows life and character, finishes pleasantly long and with stimulating spiciness. Very elegant!
Chateau Grand Mayne is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Chateau Grand Mayne is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Grand Mayne is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.

STATUS: OPEN
WI: 94 || DC: 94 || JL: 94 || NM: 94 || JD: 94 || JA: 93 || JS: 92 || JR: 16+

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 16

2020 CHÂTEAU LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+866099 · 6x750ml
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60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc.
Certified Organic. Purplish purple. What intensity and complexity in this bouquet, which is marked by notes of peonies, raspberries, for the freshness, blackcurrant, for the maturity, and spices. Juicy and delicious attack. The wine has character, race and is endowed with tight and carrying tannins, in phase with the temperament of the structure. A wine which continues its march forward and which confirms its greatness!
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
JS: 97 || NM: 96 || WS: 95 || RP: 95 || DC: 95 || JA: 95 || JMQ: 95 || JR: 17+

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 16 || 15 || 11 || 05

2016 CHÂTEAU LA GAFFELIERE
· ST. EMILION · PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+764172 · 6x750ml
+890690 · 6x750ml
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70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc.
Certified Organic. Château La Gaffelière 2016 boasts a very dark colour, inky with blue highlights. This wine displays remarkable class and a disconcerting aromatic and gustatory depth. Pure and tense from the olfactory attack, the nose expresses aromatic brilliance with freshly picked black fruits. Stirring reveals a very aromatic freshness. The entry is dynamic, the mid-palate expresses a very refined tannic structure, which is delicate, so fine in fact that we forget the presence of tannins. The wine is dense, very dense but without giving up its elegance. This is an aesthetic wine: truly 3-dimensional.
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
WE: 97 || JS: 96 || VN: 96 || RP: 95+ || WS: 94 || DC: 93 || JR: 16.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 20 || 19 || 15 || 11 || 05

2016 CHÂTEAU LA MONDOTTE
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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
JD: 98+ || JS: 97 || VN: 97 || WS: 96 || WE: 96 || NM: 93 || TA: 93

VINTAGE NOTES:
16

2019 CHÂTEAU LAROQUE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+847783 · 12x750ml
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97% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc.
This was one of the big success stories of 2018, and the 2019 is a more then worthy successor. A gorgeous bouquet of flowers, blue fruits, licorice, and pure cassis greets the nose. An enticing and bright attack of red fruit coats the palate - it's really seductive package, full of bittersweet red cherry. Bright and clear with admirable freshness and lift, the 2019 finishes with beautifully lacy tannins, flecked with notes of cocoa nibs and griotte. Very impressive.
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
JD: 95 || RP: 94 || JS: 94 || VN: 94 || DC: 93 || WS: 92 || JMQ: 91

VINTAGE NOTES:
19 || 18

2020 CHÂTEAU LYNSOLENCE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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 || JD: 92+ || DC: 89 || TA: 89
Gold Medal - Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits - March 2023

VINTAGE NOTES:
20

2020 CHÂTEAU MANGOT
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+847779 · 12x750ml
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80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
This cru, from the St Emilion Grand Cru appellation, is a faithful portrait of our 4 terroirs spread between the foot of the slopes, slopes, terraces, and plateau. The blend is also representative of the 21 plots that make up our vineyards. After tasting the grapes, we harvest them plot by plot according to grape variety, but also and above all according to terroir, altitude, exposure, and age of the vines.
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
RP: 94 || DC: 94 || JS: 93 || JL: 92 || VN: 92

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 18

2018 CHÂTEAU MONBOUSQUET
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+848998 · 6x750ml
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60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a small richness as well as concentration. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and small notes of violet combined with small touches of crushed raspberry, hints of caramelization, tonka bean as well as very slight hints of vanilla, subtle hints of cornflowers and a hint of cardamom. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers good definition, Gourmandise, an acidulous frame, a good finesse of the grain, density, fleshiness, a small creaminess as well as tension. On the palate this wine expresses fleshy/juicy blackberry, crushed / juicy cassis and small notes of fleshy / juicy raspberry associated with small touches of violet, vanilla as well as subtle hints of chocolate, cardamom, and a very discreet hint of tea. Tannins are elegant and a bit firm.
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
JD: 96 || JS: 95 || WS: 95 || RP: 93+ || DC: 91 || NM: 89-92 || JR: 15.5

VINTAGE NOTES:
18

2016 CHÂTEAU PAVIE
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ A
+813894 · 6x750ml
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60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon.
On the nose, the 2016 vintage of Château Pavie offers an intense and well-defined bouquet of black fruits, interspersed with floral and mineral (graphite) notes. Medium-bodied on the palate, Château Pavie 2016 exhibits ripe and silky tannins that delicately line the palate. It is a velvety and charming wine.
Chateau Pavie is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. 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
RP: 100 || JS: 100 || JD: 99 || NM: 98 || VN: 98 || WS: 97 || DC: 97 || WE: 96 || JR: 17

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 19 || 18 || 11 || 10 || 01 || 00

2020 CHÂTEAU PAVIE MACQUIN
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+888354 · 6x750ml
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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.
Organic. Top nose, what a fragrance, stunning, spice, terroir, floral tones, plums, ripe fruity and yet cool, terrific. In the beginning strong, concentrated, a lot of finely woven tannins and a top acidity give structure, a wine with class, power and yet a lot of elegance. Here a stone and fruit meet.
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: 100 || JL: 98 || WI: 97 || DC: 97 || JD: 96+ || JA: 96 || RP: 95+ || WS: 95 || WE: 95 || JR: 16.5+

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 18 || 16 || 15 || 14 || 13 || 12 || 11 || 00

2020 CHÂTEAU POESIA
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+847777 · 12x750ml
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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
JD: 96 || WI: 95 || JS: 95 || JL: 94 || VN:94 || RP: 93+ || DC: 91 || NM: 91 || JMQ:91

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 18

2019 CHÂTEAU SANSONNET
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+763515 · 12x750ml
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90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc.
This wine, which has great keeping potential, displays an intense ruby colour. When aired, it releases aromas of sour cherry and blackcurrant. Big on the attack, it evolves harmoniously on the palate towards an expression of fine tannins with a ripe fruit flavour.
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: 96 || WI: 95 || VN: 95 || JS: 94 || NM: 94 || WS: 93 || DC: 93 || JMQ: 93

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

2020 CHÂTEAU TOUR SAINT CHRISTOPHE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+790377 · 12x750ml
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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc.
From the very beginning of the tasting of this very fine vintage, we find the identity of Cha^teau 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: 96 || JD: 96 || WI: 95 || JL: 95 || WS: 93 || DC: 93 || JA: 93 || VN: 93 ||
JR: 16

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

2020 CHÂTEAU de VALANDRAUD
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ B
+848134 · 6x750ml
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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 || JD: 99 || JL: 98 || VN: 98 || JMQ: 98 || WI: 97 || WE: 97 || DC: 96 || NM: 96

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

2016 CHÂTEAU VILLEMAURINE
· ST. EMILION GC   GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+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 || VN: 90-93

VINTAGE NOTES:
16 || 11

2019 CLOS FOURTET
· ST. EMILION GC   PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
+848137 · 6x750ml
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90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc.
Purplish purple. Finesse and elegance are the first two adjectives that come to mind when smelling the bouquet of Clos Fourtet 2019. Inviting notes of raspberries and cherries as well as floral nuances. Touch of black pepper and liquorice. On the palate the wine is marked by freshness. It has finesse, length and displays a beautiful tannic structure. The tannins are tight, perfectly integrated and in phase with the acid structure. A Clos Fourtet built on finesse and persistence. Very nice success.
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
JD: 97+ || WI: 97 || DC: 97 || VN: 97 || RP: 96+ || JS: 96 || NM: 96 || WS: 95

VINTAGE NOTES:
19 || 18 || 17 || 16 || 12 || 00

2019 LE PETIT CHEVAL BLANC
· ST. EMILION GC   BORDEAUX BLANC
+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 || 20 || 18

2020 LE PETIT CHEVAL BLANC
· ST. EMILION GC   BORDEAUX BLANC
+845039 · 3x750ml
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80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon.
A particularly successful vintage for Le Petit Cheval Blanc, with bergamot, citrus, slightly grapefruit, fruity touches of pear, white flesh fruit. Freshness and a mineral note that probably comes from the ageing in large vessels. The nose is bright, fresh, precise, and clean. The palate is vibrant, with a beautiful attack, freshness, tension, a relatively strong acidity, salinity, and nice bitters that lengthen the mouth, and which compose with a beautiful volume, wide, creamy. A very nice balance for a wine that is already accessible, from its youngest age.
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
WS: 92

VINTAGE NOTES:
20 || 19 || 18