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Drinking Window: 2015 - 2070 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 WS, 100 WP Region: Pessac - Leognan ABV: 14.00% "Deep dark ruby garnet, black core, youthful reflections, fine chocolate notes on the nose, pleasant dark berry sweetness, delicate crème de cassis, multi-layered. Powerful on the plate, powerful tannins, rather dry style, dark berries on the finish, good acidity, influenced by wood, cocoa on the finish. A Muscle Man!" * Falstaff - Tasted: May 2006
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Drinking Window: 2020 - 2065 Size: 1500mL Critic Scores: 100 RP Region: Pomerol ABV: 13.5%"Made from 100% Merlot (one percent for each rating point I’ve assigned), this wine is explosively rich and compelling. Dense plum/purple, it boasts the remarkable delineation and freshness that are hallmarks of this vintage. From a much smaller production than normal because of Merlot’s poor flowering, the very hot, dry growing and harvest conditions, this is a super-endowed, very rich Le Pin with its exotic new oak largely buried behind its extravagant concentration, power and richness. I don’t know what its natural alcohol level is, but I suspect it is pushing 15% in 2010. Rich, tannic, but exceptionally well-endowed, this is a sublime example of Merlot at its very finest. Forget it for 5-7 years (which is somewhat unusual for Le Pin) and drink it over the following three decades." * Robert Parker - Tasted: Feb. 2013
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Drinking Window: 2024 - 2064 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 JD, 100 WI, 100 TWI, 100 TWCI Region: Pessac - Leognan ABV: 15.0% "If the color does not let you know you're in for a treat, the nose is going to knock you over with its floral, smoke, cigar wrapper, black cherry and cassis notes. The purity of fruit here is off the charts. The wine is all about silk and velvet textures from that point forward. The finish is so expansive, it feels like it keeps on going, moving across an array of flavors long after you've put the wine where it is supposed to go. This is the best wine yet produced by Jean Phiippe Delmas yet. Bravo!" - Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: May 2018
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Drinking Window: 2028 - 2082 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 WI Region: Australia ABV: 14.5% "A robust Grange from a lauded vintage, this wields sheer power with such compelling prowess. Uncompromising Grange. There are rich blackberries and plums on offer, together with brazen oak and abundant notes of blackcurrants, black cherries, charcoal, cola and hard brown spices. So fleshy and intense. Dark-chocolate and cocoa-powder aromas and flavors here, too. The tannins are polished and long, extruding deep into the finish and holding endlessly. Dark chocolate, black cherry, dark plum and more. Impressive. Brazen. One of the great Granges that will drink magnificently for decades to come." * James Suckling - Tasted: June 2022
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JL, 100 JA Region: Pomerol ABV: 14.9% "The last vintage produced by Pomerol legend, Denis Durantou, (who sadly passed away may 2020), is one of his best. A testament to his devotion to his vineyards, the wine explodes with a gorgeous set of aromatics packed with flowers, chocolate, truffle, plums, black cherries, and wet earth. But it is on the palate where the magic takes place. Incredibly concentrated, rich, ostentations, silky and vibrant, the wine offers incredible purity to the fruit, which is a good thing because the finish is not something you want to loose sight of, as its showy display of chocolate-tinged, dark red fruits, licorice, spice, and black cherries lingers builds and expands. Built to age and evolve, give it some time in the cellar and enjoy it for 3 decades with ease. This is exactly the type of wine Denis Durantou truly loved making, Owners of the beauty should toast him and his years of work at L'Eglise Clinet." * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: March 2022
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2077 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 Falstaff, 100 AL, 100 WI Region: Pauillac ABV: 14 - 14.1% "Deep, dark, garnet in color, the wine is equally dark in its fruit, cigar wrapper, smoke, espresso, leaf, cedar, and spice profile. With elegance, power, firmness, and silkiness, the wine on the palate immediately cuts a wide swatch across your palate. All that regal, ripe, sweet, fruit and crushed gravel stick with you almost seamlessly for more than 50 seconds until you reach the endnote with salty, mineral-driven kick in the endnote. This is a fabulous Latour that will age for decades." * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: July 2022
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2077 Size: 1500mL Critic Scores: 100 Falstaff, 100 AL, 100 WI Region: Pauillac ABV: 14 - 14.1% "Deep, dark, garnet in color, the wine is equally dark in its fruit, cigar wrapper, smoke, espresso, leaf, cedar, and spice profile. With elegance, power, firmness, and silkiness, the wine on the palate immediately cuts a wide swatch across your palate. All that regal, ripe, sweet, fruit and crushed gravel stick with you almost seamlessly for more than 50 seconds until you reach the endnote with salty, mineral-driven kick in the endnote. This is a fabulous Latour that will age for decades." * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: July 2022
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 Falstaff, 100 JL, 100 WI, 100 AMA Region: Pauillac ABV: 12.5% "Mouton Rothschild hasn't skipped a beat since the sublime 2009 vintage! 2019 continues their winning streak with one of the wines of the vintage. Almost opaque in color, the nose resonates with its showy display of Asian spices, cigar wrapper, fresh herbs, cigar box, blackberries, crushed stone and cassis, Full-bodied, richly concentrated, opulent, and equally refined, the multi-layered display of flawlessness ripe berries, elegant textures, the balance, freshness and flamboyance is what the great vintages of Mouton are all about. The lovely long finish crosses the 60 second mark with ease." * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: March 2022
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Drinking Window: 2023 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 WI, 100 WP Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5% * CALL FOR SPEICAL PRICING *"The head-spinning 2019 Harlan Estate is truly amazing stuff. Gentle cedar notes lead into layered dark chocolate and cassis, somehow impossibly rich yet savory. Full-bodied, concentrated and supple, this is dense, packed with flavor but seemingly weightless, with a lush, lingering finish that combines intensity with freshness to compel sip after sip. Like all truly great wines, it's full of somehow harmonious contradictions." * Joe Czerwinski - Tasted: March 2023
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2064 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 99 - 100 JS, 99 WI, 99 JD Region: Pessac - Leognan ABV: 14 - 14.5% "Another great example illustrating Haut-Bailly's DNA: exquisite classicism. Grand, elegant, complex yet discrete. Ample structure with solid mid-palate concentration filling in, making for impressive architecture. Smooth texture of dark chocolate alike tannins. Dark-toned fruit core with layers of density. Finish with lingering salinity adding some dynamic and lift." * Wine Maniacs - Tasted: May 2021
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 WE, 100 JD, 100 GL Region: Pauillac ABV: 12.5 - 13.5% "Dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, deep core, delicate rim brightness. Somewhat restrained, delicate cassis, ripe dark wild berries, fresh plums, candied orange zest. Complex, tightly meshed, ripe cherries, fine currant. finesse-rich acidity, silky tannins, mineral- salty, very long lasting, a seductive wine of great freshness and delicacy, already very well developed, delicate sweetness on the finish, certain ageing potential for many years to come." * Falstaff - Tasted: Jan. 2023
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2065 Size: 1500mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 WE, 100 JD, 100 GL Region: Pauillac ABV: 12.5 - 13.5% "Dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, deep core, delicate rim brightness. Somewhat restrained, delicate cassis, ripe dark wild berries, fresh plums, candied orange zest. Complex, tightly meshed, ripe cherries, fine currant. finesse-rich acidity, silky tannins, mineral- salty, very long lasting, a seductive wine of great freshness and delicacy, already very well developed, delicate sweetness on the finish, certain ageing potential for many years to come." * Falstaff - Tasted: Jan. 2023
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2035 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JD Region: Ribera del Duero ABV: 15.00% "Its truly a beautiful expression of variety, vintage, and site, reaching perfection. Impeccable, polished and magnificent wine with a lifespan of 18 years". Crafted from 100% tempranillo, dark fruit rules the roost in this well balanced wine. On the nose macerated plums, black cherries and blackberries intermingle with sweet spices, black pepper, cocoa, vanilla and tobacco leaf from the oak, with hints of cedar wood, earth and graphite also coming through. Intense and concentrated on the palate, it's a powerful, complex and multi-layered wine with high acid, sweet fine-grained tannins, and a long finish." * Jeb Dunnuck
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Drinking Window: 2023 - 2043 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 97 JA, 97 AMA, 96 JL, 96 WE Region: Bordeaux ABV: 12.5 - 14% "This pure Sauvignon Blanc wine shows citrus and apricot aromas. Its herbal edge is enriched with toast. Green spices, acidity and final layers of tropical fruits." * Wine Enthusiast - Tasted: July 2024
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Drinking Window: 2029 - 2080 Size: 1500mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 JS, 100 VV, 100 Falstaff, 100 WM, 100 WP, 100 AMA, 100 WA Region: Pauillac ABV: 13.3 - 14% "Garnet in color, a single swirl brings out its cornucopia of scents: flowers, currants, cherries, smoke, leather, lead pencil, Cuban cigar wrapper, orange rind and smoke. The wine is pure silky, elegance in texture. This is perhaps the most sensuous vintage of Lafite ever produced with its dream texture on the palate. In the mid-palate, the wine shifts from black to red to black fruits before moving to its wave of orange citrus, ending with refreshing mint notes. The purity in the fruits is striking. The over 60-second finish is seamless, which is a good thing, because this wine is so good, you never want it to end. The wine is complete from start to finish." ** 8 - 100 Point Perfect Scores!!! Simple AMAZING! ** * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: May 2023
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2060 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 CT, 100 GL, 100 WP, 100 WM Region: Pomerol ABV: 14.4% - 14.5%"It features notes of violets and black winter truffle. The structure is seamless, showcasing an excellent mid-palate with vibrancy, refinement, sophisticated touch, and remarkable aftertaste. It is just as captivating as it was when sampled from the barrel. The texture is reminiscent of liquid cashmere." * Izak Litwar - Great Wines from Bordeaux - Tasted: Oct. 2024
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 WA, 100 VWM, 100 AVV, 100 GL Region: Pessac - Leognan ABV: 13.5% "The first thing you notice is the black, purple hue. Next, it it’s the perfume with its black, blue, and red fruits, incense, curry, flowers, smoke and herbs. Opulent, restrained, elegant and powerful, the wine comes in layers. You can sense the array of exotic spices, mint, blue and black fruits, crushed rocks, black cherries and white pepper on the palate. Full-bodied and dense, the wine somehow remains light on its feet. The end notes, meshing elegance and power bring everything together, as the finish crosses the 60 second mark. This is perhaps even better than the perfect, 2016!" * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: May 2023
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Drinking Window: 2032 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 IL, 100 VV, 100 Falstaff, 100 WP, 100 JMQ Region: Margaux ABV: 14.6% "Deep dark ruby in colour with an opaque core, purple reflections, and subtle brightening on the rim. On the nose attractive fine oak notes, red cherry, cassis, fine floral components and a hint of exotic spice. The palate is full- bodied, with fine fruit, silky tannins, a hint of nougat, very good freshness, perfectly balanced with cherry and saline nuances on the very long finish, incredibly seductive and inviting, with guaranteed ageing potential. This wine is already so inviting today that you will have to hide it away well or buy a lot of it." * 5 - 100 Point Perfect Scores! Stock up now as it will surly be a highly sought after wine.* * Falstaff - Tasted: 2025
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Drinking Window: Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 DC, 100 AGC Region: Howell Mountain ABV: "Black currant, hints of mint, lead pencil and black cherry aromas follow through to a full body with very fine tannins and an endless finish. The texture leaves me breathless and speechless. Incredible length and depth. Hard not to drink now." * James Suckling - Tasted: Sept. 2025
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Drinking Window: Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 AGC Region: Howell Mountain ABV: "The purity of cabernet fruit is phenomenal, with black currant, crushed stone and gravel and some terra cotta. It’s full-bodied with incredible depth and length. It goes on and on. Reminds me of Latour from the late 1940s." "Wow." "Will age forever. Drink now or hold." * James Suckling - Tasted: Sept. 2025
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Drinking Window: Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 AGC Region: Napa Valley ABV: "This is the darker expression of WRAITH, and I tend to prefer it in 2022. The wine is profoundly soulful and deeply penetrating. It’s boldly rich red and black fruits, warming spices, and sinewy tannins unfold in mesmerizing precision, flooding the palate with the most succulent, umami, and lush textures. The WRAITH Holy Quest is a barrel selection that embodies Jayson Woodbridge’s personal journey to fuse his life with wine as ‘a bodyguard, a protector—like body armour—shielding you from the buffeting forces of life.’ During my tasting with him in 2024, he offered this detailed explanation of Holy Quest: ‘[This is] a small, rare portion of WRAITH, [which is a wine] based on the legend of the Knights Templar. On Friday the 13th, the Templars were betrayed and extinguished by the corrupt French King and Pope. These knights, protectors of the realm, wore the Armour of Light. Still, as they prepared to create immortals, they forged the Armour of Night—allowing them to become vaporous at night, solid during the day, and safe only within the sanctity of Templar churches. The WRAITH label speaks to this secret, explaining how only two Templars can pass through the hidden seal—read the label closely." * (JC) Decanter - Tasted: January 2025
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Out of stockDrinking Window: 2032 - 2070 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 GL, 100 AMA, 100 AVA, 100 Falstaff Region: Saint Emilion Grand Cru ABV: 13.7%
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"A high-definition wine. Wow. The aromas are incredible, with roses, strawberries and crushed stones. So perfumed. It’s the magic of perfectly ripe cabernet franc. Medium-bodied with ultra-fine tannins and a firm and silky finish. Sublime length and mouthfeel. Cool, subtle, sophisticated and stunning. So much definition." * James Suckling -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2045 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 VM Region: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru ABV: 14%
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"The 2025 Canon is a total stunner. Deep and sumptuous in the glass, it offers tons of the vintage's textural intensity along with all the vibrant, saline energy that is such a signature here. Dark-fleshed fruit, mocha, new leather, herbs and dried flowers build gradually in the glass, leading to a huge, dramatic finish laced with hints of blood orange, pomegranate and chalk. The interplay of finesse and power is dazzling. Tasted two times." * Antonio Galloni, Vinous -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2033 - 2064 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 WI Region: Saint - Estephe ABV: 13.3%
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"Cassis, currants, smokey tobacco, chocolate, and graphite all define the 2025 Chateau Clos D'Estournel, a powerful, ripe, concentrated beauty based on 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot that's still resting in 50% new barrels. On the palate, it's full-bodied, with a pure, layered mouthfeel, intergrated oak, and a great finish. It stays lively, balanced, and remarkbly fresh despite its weight and richness, and I'd happily put this up with the creme de la creme of the vintage." * Jeb Dunnuck -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2032 - 2070 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 WP, 100 Falstaff Region: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru ABV: 13.0%
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"Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Figeac prances out of the glass with a flamboyant perfume of candied violets, black raspberries, star anise, dark chocolate, and mossy bark, opening out to a profound core of mulberries, cassis, and juicy blueberries. The medium-bodied palate shimmers with a mesmerizing array of perfumed black and blue fruit, framed by very firm, fine-grained tannins and amazing tension, finishing very long with a firework display of mineral and floral sparks." * Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Palate -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2125 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JMQ Region: Pessac-Leognan ABV: 13.1%
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Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2125 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JMQ Region: Pessac-Leognan ABV: 13.1%
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Out of stockDrinking Window: 2034 - 2067 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JMQ Region: Pessac-Leognan ABV: 13.6%
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Out of stockDrinking Window: 2033 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 V, 100 JMQ, 99-100 AMA Region: Pauillac ABV: 12 - 12.5%
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"Lafite-Rothschild was cropped at 27 hl/ha between September 2 and 20. Eric Kohler mentioned that, unlike 2022, it underwent a longer maceration than usual becuase, after 24 days. he felt the wine was at ease with itself and there was no excess. That comes through completely on the deliriously intoxicating nose, replete with nuanced blackberry, bilberry and estuarine scents, all beautifully defined and seamlessly integrated with 900% new oak that is made from Lafite's own cooper. The palate is medium-bodied with finely chiselled tannins. It is blessed with extraordinary harmony and it is so well balanced that you almost overlook the weight and mineralite towards the finish. Just a dab of graohite lingers on the aftertaste. This is very succinct and refinded Lafite-Rothschild that I suspect will drink earlier than the 2022, yet will age with equal grace in the bottle. I admit that, upon returning to my car, it wa only then I realized what a brilliant wine the 2025 Lafite-Rothschild is destinned to become ." * Neal Martin -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2033 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 V, 100 JMQ, 99-100 AMA Region: Pauillac ABV: 12 - 12.5%
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"Lafite-Rothschild was cropped at 27 hl/ha between September 2 and 20. Eric Kohler mentioned that, unlike 2022, it underwent a longer maceration than usual becuase, after 24 days. he felt the wine was at ease with itself and there was no excess. That comes through completely on the deliriously intoxicating nose, replete with nuanced blackberry, bilberry and estuarine scents, all beautifully defined and seamlessly integrated with 900% new oak that is made from Lafite's own cooper. The palate is medium-bodied with finely chiselled tannins. It is blessed with extraordinary harmony and it is so well balanced that you almost overlook the weight and mineralite towards the finish. Just a dab of graohite lingers on the aftertaste. This is very succinct and refinded Lafite-Rothschild that I suspect will drink earlier than the 2022, yet will age with equal grace in the bottle. I admit that, upon returning to my car, it wa only then I realized what a brilliant wine the 2025 Lafite-Rothschild is destinned to become ." * Neal Martin -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2125 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 JMQ, 100 AMA Region: Pessac-Leognan ABV: 13.1%
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"The precision is so seductive and intellectual, with aromas of fresh flowers, iron, graphite, cedar, blood oranges and black fruit. It's medium-bodied with a compact palate of intense tannins that melt into the wine. Rather weightless in nature. It kicks in at the end with incredible intensity and focus."* James Suckling -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2125 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 JMQ, 100 AMA Region: Pessac-Leognan ABV: 13.1%
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"The precision is so seductive and intellectual, with aromas of fresh flowers, iron, graphite, cedar, blood oranges and black fruit. It's medium-bodied with a compact palate of intense tannins that melt into the wine. Rather weightless in nature. It kicks in at the end with incredible intensity and focus."* James Suckling -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 JD, 100 VM, 100 Falstaff Region: Saint-Estephe ABV: 13 - 13.4%
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"A magical, utterly profound wine in the making, the 2025 Château Montrose is a classic blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc that will spend 18 months in 60% new French oak, with 12% press wine included in the final blend. Pure cassis, graphite, liquid violets, and spicy wood define the aromatics, and it's sensationally pure on the palate, with full-bodied richness, beautiful concentration, ripe, polished tannins, incredible class, and a great finish. It reminds me of the 2016 with its finesse... and maybe there's a touch of 1996 here as well." * Jeb Dunnick -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2030 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 RP, 100 JD, 100 VM, 100 Falstaff Region: Saint-Estephe ABV: 13 - 13.4%
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"A magical, utterly profound wine in the making, the 2025 Château Montrose is a classic blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc that will spend 18 months in 60% new French oak, with 12% press wine included in the final blend. Pure cassis, graphite, liquid violets, and spicy wood define the aromatics, and it's sensationally pure on the palate, with full-bodied richness, beautiful concentration, ripe, polished tannins, incredible class, and a great finish. It reminds me of the 2016 with its finesse... and maybe there's a touch of 1996 here as well." * Jeb Dunnick -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2032 - 2065 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 JS, 100 JA, 100 Falstaff, 100 XL Region: Pauillac ABV: 13.1%
- 3 on Order
"Highest Cabernet Sauvignon on record (since 94% for the 2010 vintage), stately and reserved at first, then totally joyful. The right austerity, coupled with squid ink character and fabulous hidden depths that are going to take their time to fully unroll, with the incense of the oak coming through only after a good 10 minutes in the glass, you barely perceive it on the first tasting. What a beautiful Mouton, great stuff from wine director Jean-Philippe Danjoy. 52% Grand Vin, basically pure old vine Cabernet, and an interesting side note - in September there was no weekend picking, a clear indication that there was no stress about the harvest dates." * Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux -
Out of stockDrinking Window: 2032 - 2060 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 100 AVV Region: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru ABV: 14.3%
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