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Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc.This is showing a more open aromatic profile at this stage than the Perrières with evident creaminess to the berry fruits and a softness to the tannins. It closes down on the finish, showing the depth and concentration behind the pleasurable opening. As it set...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.The 2017 Malartic Lagravière is a rich, sumptuous wine endowed with tremendous richness. Raspberry jam, mocha, new oak, liquorice, mint, chocolate and sweet spice are all kicked up a few notches in this flamboyant, exotic Pess...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc.The 1,500 candles in the vineyards (as with Petrus and VCC) were effective against the frost here, and as with much of the region the water stress was causing concern until rain at the end of June, which got everything growing again. The dry July and August saw...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc.The 2019 Lafleur has a more fruit-driven bouquet, perhaps a little less cerebral than its peers in this flight. Mulberry intermixed with pencil box and undergrowth. With aeration, thankfully, it does gain more nuance and complexity. The palate is medium-bodied...

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Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Merlot.Founded by Henri Greloud in 1872, and derived each year from the same small parcel called simply “Lafleur" on the plateau of Pomerol. Château Lafleur is a rare and mythical wine, associating in a singular way power and finesse.The 2021 Lafleur was picked 17...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc.Juicy and bright, tangy, a lovely cleanness to this, with bite and tang, on the fresher, more linear, straight, vibrant side, crisp with bite and purity. Tannins are well integrated though give a mineral, slate, graphite, liquorice and flint grip which is quite...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Bouchet (Cabernet Franc).Château Grand Village is a harmonious and rich wine, centreed around a precise tannic spine. Harvested on the clay- limestone soils of Grand Village, this wine is considered today as the Village of Lafleur. 75% Merlot, 25% Bouchets (Cab Franc).Alway...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc4.37ha estate on the north part of the plateau, owned by Hélène Garcin-Lévêque since 1997 - located in the centre-east of the Pomerol appellation, next to Chateau Clinet,The 2022 Clos L’Eglise is 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, which is a bit more Franc...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, MerlotDarkly scented nose, liquorice, dark chocolate and black bramble fruits, smells rich, intense and fragrant. Smooth and supple, clean, clear and crisp, a nice purity to this with clear minerality and bite. A touch lean, some austerity here tho...

The 2016 Léoville-Barton has a more savoury bouquet than its peers: again, slightly tertiary in style, though very well delineated and manifesting lovely incense and pressed violet aromas with aeration. The oak is neatly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and ripe...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc.The 2017 Haut-Brion is rich and virile, even in a vintage where it has less power than is the norm. My impression is that the 2017 is going to lie dormant for many years before it awakens, but its pedigree is quite obvious. Black cherry, plu...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet FrancFrequently the qualitative equal of sister-chteau Haut-Brion and in some years even better. La Mission's production levels are now smaller than ever and, more than ever, it can be seen as an 'honorary' first growth. 2022 blend is 52% Cabernet...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet FrancThis Pessac Léognan chteau has been making excellent wines in recent years under the management of owner Jean-Jacques Bonnie. The 2022 is 53% cabernet sauvignon, 43% merlot, 2.5% petit verdot, and 1.5% cabernet franc.This is ve...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet FrancThe original "Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove". Margaux is certainly the most stylish, charming and sophisticated of the First Growths. Quality is maintained here by a rigorous selection process and, since 2009, there has been a third wine (Marga...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc.The 2022 Monbousquet is gorgeous. Rich, deep and explosive, the 2022 offers up an exotic mélange of sumptuous red/purplish fruit, lavender, mint and rose petal. Curvy and sumptuous, with striking fruit purity, Monbousquet is super-impressiv...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet SauvignonOwner Bernard Magrez has made serious investments here since the late 1990s and recent vintages have been outstanding thanks to extremely low yields, labour-intensive sorting of grapes and modern wine-making techniques. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet SauvignonStéphane Derenoncourt and Nicolas Thienpont wine from vines situated between Pavie and Troplong Mondot. 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon.Creamy depths of colour and flavour, powerful damson and black cherry fruits, this is utterly compelling and beauti...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, MerlotThis great 73 hectare 2nd growth has been producing top class Pauillac since the late 1980's when Jean-Michel Cazes of Lynch Bages took control and re-vitalised the property. In recent years, under the ownership of AXA insurance the quality continues to rise...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet FrancOne of Bordeaux's most popular second labels and on top form in recent vintages.The 2022 blend is 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot (none was used for the grand vin) and 2% Cabernet Franc.Fully ripe fruits, sm...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit VerdotAlfred Tesseron has been at the helm at this 5th Growth for nearly 50 years and constant improvements have been made in both viticulture and vinification. Grapes are manually sorted by a team of 30 people on specially made sorti...

Bordeaux Blend: Bouchets (Cabernet Franc), Merlot.Founded in 1987 by Sylvie and Jacques Guinaudeau, Les Pensées is situated among the greatest vines of the plateau of Pomerol. The wine derives from a small stretch of Pomerol-clay (0.68 ha) in the center of Lafleur’s gravel-dominated vineyard. Th...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet FrancQuintus is the latest venture of the Dillon family - owners of Chteau Haut Brion. This new 28 hectare estate was created following the purchase and amalgamation of Chteaux Tertre Daugay and L'Arrosée in Saint Emilion - vineyards close to Angélus. In 2022 it is...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, merlot, Petit Verdot2nd Growth, now comfortably established in the super-second league. Huge efforts have been made by owners Chanel to make great wine at Rauzan. A chteau on top form. 2022 blend is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot.Supple textur...