A full-bodied red with fine tannins and plenty of plum, milk-chocolate and walnut aromas and flavors. It's creamy and attractively textured. Rather flamboyant for the vintage. Generous and formed.…

A complex nose with aromas of blackberries, spices and chocolate. It's full-bodied with wonderfully integrated tannins that show dark fruit and berries with some lavender and violet undertones. Such…

This has linear, very fine tannins that make it minerally and long. Medium body. Dark fruit with lavender and violet undertones. Very fresh acidity. Flavorful and fine. 74% merlot, 14% cabernet…

Such a sense of the limestone terroir on the nose and palate here with wet stone and graphite nuances edged with perfumed red cherries. Super smooth with a grippy but gentle texture. Well integrated…

A slightly richer style of Corbin than we have seen in some recent vintages but it is entirely successful. Plum and blueberry flavours, well balanced with a juicy frame and mouthwatering finish. 40%…

Clearly deeper and richer than the 2013, and in fact as it opens up in the glass you see just how Fonplégade has started to get into its stride at this point, full flowing in energy and depth.…

Complex aromas of intense blackcurrant, dark cherries, plums and hints of chocolate, violet and leafy notes. Generous and appealing, showing tension and precision with slightly grippy tannins.

Some obvious toasty oak aromas here, but this fairly sleek and tannic wine also has plenty of fruit up its sleeve and comes across fresh and lively, rather than heavy or ponderous. Better in 2019.

The 2020 Château Chauvin offers up a vivid purple hue as well as a meaty, powerful nose of ripe black cherries, roasted herbs, jus de viande, graphite, and a terrific sense of minerality. Showing…

The elegance of Saint-Julien is apparent in this non-classified wine from a 27-acre, Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant vineyard. It has ripe black fruits but also restrained tannins and structure. Drink…

92-94 The 2020 Corbin is a very elegant, precise wine. Silky, beautifully perfumed and light on its feet, it impresses with its purity and guile. The Corbin is not an obvious Saint-Émilion; rather,…

Like Burgundy, Les Bachelards owes its existence to the Benedictine monks. The monks of the abbey of Cluny, created the sister abbey of Arpaye and chose to plant the vineyards in the place called Les…

So much black fruit, black walnuts, blueberries, wet earth, black truffles and some graphite. Medium to full body with lots of tension and focus. It runs.

So much black fruit, black walnuts, blueberries, wet earth, black truffles and some graphite. Medium to full body with lots of tension and focus. It runs.