Barrel Sample. This is a soft wine, with ripe blackberry flavors and ample acidity. Perhaps the fruit tannins are too extracted, as a bit more structure would be welcome.

The 2019 Château Carbonnieux sports a deep purple/ruby hue to go with a brilliant nose of red and black currants, spring flowers, spicy oak, and hints of tobacco. It's beautiful on the palate as well…

Dense and layered with dried apples, pineapples, mangos and lemons. Full body, bright acidity and a long, flavorful finish. Drink now.

91-93 The 2021 Carbonnieux is gorgeous. It has more than enough mid-palate depth and overall richness to fill out its frame. Dark red cherry, plum, cinnamon, spice and incense all flesh out with a…

This wine that has a fine fruitiness that is balanced by firm tannins. Its spice from the oak aging gives the wine an extra complexity that will remain as it ages.

Very ripe fruit on the nose, with hints of tobacco and cedar. Full-bodied, with big, chewy tannins, yet soft and luscious. Best after 2007.

Drinking beautifully, the 2008 Château Malartic-Lagravière has terrific complexity, and while mature, it's still youthful and lively, with clean dark fruits, notes of tobacco and cigar, medium to…

Pape Clément Pessac-Léognan 2020 | Cabernet/Bordeaux Blends from Pessac-Léognan, Left Bank, Bordeaux, France

As to the Grand Vin 2019 Château Pape Clement, it reveals a dense purple hue to go with stunning aromatics of crème de cassis, graphite, lead pencils shavings, scorched earth, and tobacco.…