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Deep garnet-purple coloured with showy notes of raspberry coulis, fresh black currants, and plums, plus suggestions of cinnamon stick, lilac, and fertile loam. The light to medium-bodied palate has great tension and fine-grained tannins supporting the vibrant black and red berry flavours, finishing...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec.Juicy and vibrant, a real strawberry and raspberry tang to the palate with grippy, chalky, soft liquorice, chocolate and spiced tannins. Smooth and enjoyable, nicely presented with such ease of drinking - you don't feel they have overdone things at...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet FrancThis is the second wine of La Mission Haut-Brion and it usually contains all the fruit from the Tour Haut Brion vineyard. 2022 is 55.9% merlot, 35.4% cabernet sauvignon and 8.7% cabernet franc.The 2022 La Chapelle de La Mission Haut Brion is...

Bordeaux Blend: Sauvignon Blanc, SémillonA deep and layered white with rich and intense structure. It’s full yet agile with so much energy and intensity. Cooked apple, lime zest and nougat with oyster and sea bed undertones. Fascinating already. 98-99 James Suckling.Notes of fresh pineapple, oran...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet FrancThis Pessac-Léognan property of 30 hectares is managed by Véronique Sanders. Blend in 2022 is 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc.Stunning aromatics, with crushed roses and fragrant spice...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet FrancOne of the world's greatest and most individual wine estates. The family traditions continue here with Jean-Philippe Delmas running the wine-making as his father and grandfather did before him and Clarence Dillon's great-grandson Robert de Lu...

Bordeaux Blend: Sémillon, Sauvignon BlancThe rare dry white wine from La Mission Haut-Brion is made by the same team as Haut-Brion Blanc. It used to be known as Laville Haut Brion but changed its name in 2009. The 2022 is 72% semillon and 28% sauvignon blanc.The 2022 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc con...

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: Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, MuscadelleThe rare dry white wine of Chteau Pape Clément is made from around 50:50 Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc with a touch of Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle.Made from an 18 hectare plot. The purity of fruit is really impressive here with...

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: Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon11 hectares at Smith Haut Lafitte are planted with white varieties - 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Sauvignon Gris and 5% Sémillon. A top Graves blanc.This zooms over the palate from the minute you taste it with energetic acidity, grapefruit, pear...

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot (1%)Daniel and Florence Cathiard transformed this property in the early 1990s and have been making very individual, stylish wines since then which combine flavours of classic earthy Graves with silky and seductive new oak from...

Bordeaux Blend: Sauvignon Blanc.Pale gold in colour, this has enjoyable yellow peach and white pear fruit character, some tart acidities that cut through the fleshy ripeness of the vintage, with gunsmoke and cut grass aromatics - capturing more varietal signature than many in the vintage. Owner Jacq...

Bordeaux Blend: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon.Clear ripeness to the plum colour, this is enjoyable, not quite as much depth as some but that actually fills a gap in this vintage, where there is a lack of unfussy, well balanced, good quality wines that won't need a pick axe to get through the tannins. M...

55% Sauvignon Blanc, 45% Sémillon.A sensational dry white for the vintage! First you get classically Sauvignon Blanc aromas bright, lifted, and immediately expressive, marked by zesty lime, citrus peel, and a distinctive hint of margarita–like salinity that adds both charm and precision. Then com...

In 2025 the wine is 88% Sauvignon Blanc, 12% SemillonThe 2025 Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc is one of the most unique, extroverted whites in Bordeaux. Baked apple tart, candied ginger, pear and buttery Chassagne-like overtones blossom, conveying tons of nuance and character. This is impeccably done. 202...

This Pessac-Léognan property of 30 hectares is managed by Véronique Sanders. A new, state of the art winery has recently been completed.55% Cabernet sauvignon, 36% merlot, 5% cabernet franc and 4% petit verdot.Beautiful fruit to this delicate and refined wine. The tannins are perfectly integrated...

La Mission's production levels are now smaller than ever and it can be seen as an 'honorary' first growth. An equal of sister-chteau Haut Brion.38% Cabernet Sauvignon with 58% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc.The 2025 La Mission Haut-Brion reveals a refined bouquet of smoky cassis, dark berries, spices...

18% Cabernet Franc, 52.60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28.3% Merlot and 1.1% Petit Verdot.Nicely fragrant floral aromatics on the nose, expressive and open. Supple and round with a gorgeous soft crushed velvet texture and excellently integrated acidity that keeps it lifted and fresh but not too piercing. Gr...

This is the closest vineyard to the city of Bordeaux and is a "clos" - surrounded by a stone wall as in Burgundy. Consequently they never suffer frost here and bud burst and flowering are regularly ahead of everyone else. It has a stunning boat-shaped winery designed by Philippe Starck. This unique...

60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% MerlotSleek wet stones, linear, squid ink, fragrant, crushed mint leaf, succulent, super classy, dark leafy, poised and precise, just abrilliant Petitwithso much to recommend. 10% new oak, Fabien Teitgen technical director. 94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.