The 2020 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a total stunner. For the first time I can remember, Les Carmes Haut-Brion marries all of its elements so well that nothing stands out. In the past, the high…

This offers alluring waves of ganache-tinged plum sauce, blackberry reduction and steeped açaí fruit flavors, while tobacco and singed mesquite.

Tasting Notes: With a classic mature Bordeaux nose of forest floor, leather, tobacco, blackcurrants and some smoke, this rare 1979 bottle is dense, with well-integrated toasty oak and lots of spice.…

The white of the vintage is the 2016 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, which comes from a high-density planting of 30-year-old vines located west and south of the town of Léognan. A blend of 75% Sauvignon…

Chateau Haut-Bailly Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe 2016 750 Ml Chateau Haut-Bailly Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe 2016 750 Ml

As so often, La Mission is rich, voluptuous, opulent and always a wine that seduces when it is young. But watch for those firm tannins, pure black plum and chocolate flavors, and wait for the dense…

Wonderful depth of fruit here with blackberries, wet earth, mushrooms, dark chocolate and violets. Full-bodied, tight and poised with polished and compressed tannins. Consistent finish. Linear and…

A tight, solid red with crushed-berry, sandalwood, stone and cement flavors. It's full-bodied, yet very tight and compact with excellent depth and intensity. Closed and austere, but there's both…

99 JS / 98 Wi / 97 Vm / 97 Ja / 97 De / 97 We / 97 Wci / 96+ Wa / 96 Jd / 96 Fs / 17.5+ Jr. #2 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2022. #22 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022 Extremely…

Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 La Mission Haut Brion should be considered as one of the wines of the vintage, perhaps even outclassing the gaff across the road! It has an…