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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2031 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 93 RP, 92 JS Region: VT Castilla-Leon ABV: 13.00% "Fresh and sharp whisper born from a small harvest, definded by frosts that imparted character. It is not just a verdejo: with its chalky minerality and freshness that awakens the senses, it invites you to a savour it leisurely. Its long, dry finish lingers playfully on the palate, like an irreverent wink for those who enjoy with style. A serious, elegant white and deliciously daring". Do not let this price point question the quality of the wine, with 60%of the juice being made from 100 to 200 year old vines and entering the summer months, this wine is certain to be a crowd pleaser." – Luis Guitierrez - Wine Advocate: June 2025
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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: 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: 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: 2024 - 2045 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 97 RP, 97 AMA Region: Toscana IGT ABV: 14.5% "Elegant, bright ruby red colour with a subtly brightening core. Elegant hints of earth, wet stone and oak on the nose, reminiscent of chocolate powder, black elderberries and some mint after a little airing. Pithy on the palate, with tight-knit, grippy tannins, lots of juiciness, shows good tension, on the graphite, shows vertical progression, powerful finish." * Falstaff - Tasted: Sept. 2025
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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2050 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 99 JA, 98 Falstaff, 98 VV Region: Bolgheri ABV: 14.5% "A dark ruby red colour. Quite a memorable nose, lots of juicy fruit, especially cassis and blueberry, with some smokey notes in the background. Fresh and surprisingly juicy on the palate, grippy, with very well- integrated tannins, good tension, lingers well, a bottle that you simply love to empty!" * Falstaff - Tasted: Oct.2022
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Drinking Window: 2033 - 2043 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 96 JM Region: Morey - St - Denis - Monts ABV: 13.5 - 14% "No malolactic fermentation so far at all, not sulphured, and will probably therefore get to the bottle without Malo taking place. In which case, the Monts Luisants will be filtered for security. Pure and clean colour, with a particularly complex bouquet, some lime blossom, some greengage, and some earthier notes. White fruit on the palate, with a crisp mineral thread, liverly at the finish, indeed a superb finish. I would keep it like this, so let's hope the Malo does not happen. Fuller bodied than the excellent 2021, but just as good." * Jasper Morris, Inside Bordeaux - Tasted: Nov. 2023
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2036 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 95 JD Region: Howell Mountain ABV: 14.1 - 14.2% "The 2023 W.S. Keyes Vineyard Chardonnay opens with layers of Macintosh apple, pear, and a touch of apricot, with hints of vanilla and freshly baked bread. A well-balanced hit of acidity energizes the palate, driving to a refreshing finish." * Chris Carpenter - Wine Maker
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Drinking Window: 2032 - 2042 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 94 - 96 JM, 94 TA Region: Morey - St - Denis - Monts ABV: 13.5 - 14% "Slightly paler in colour than the Domaine's other whites. The bouquet is really fine, speaking more of the terroir than its grape (100% Aligote). Crystalline purity yet with a little flesh behind. Becomes sharper on the palate but a question of youth. Will develop some greengage character later. Really very smartly made. This will be a great success." * Jasper Morris, Inside Bordeaux - Tasted: Nov. 2022
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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2050 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 98 RP Region: Mount Veeder ABV: 14.9% "The Jackson family purchased the Veeder Peak property in 1994, from which the fruit for this Lokoya bottling comes. The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder offers up fabulous spice notes, ranging from cinnamon and clove to anise and sage, all layered atop a dark-fruited base of black cherries and cassis. Full-bodied, concentrated and rich, yet silky smooth, this is tannic but ripe and polished, balanced and long on the finish. Maybe the strongest of the Lokoya bottlings this year?" * Joe Czerwinski , Wine Advocate - Tasted: Oct. 2025
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Drinking Window: 2018 - 2048 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 99 RP, 95 CT Region: Mount Veeder ABV: 14.4 - 14.9% "The nearly perfect, inky/purple-colored 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder boasts abundant aromas of blueberry pie, ink, violets, burning embers, and camphor. The staggeringly intense, provocatively complex aromatics are followed by a full-bodied wine with exquisite concentration as well as a stunningly pure texture. One of the most prodigious 2007 Cabernets I tasted, it should provide magical drinking in 5-6 years, and last for three decades or more." * Robert Parker - Tasted: Dec. 2009
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Drinking Window: 2024 - 2034 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 91 CT Region: Sonoma Valley ABV: 12.00% "The alluring nose draws you in with red raspberry, peach galette, and passion fruit unfold with hints of orange peel, white flowers, graham cracker, and white truffle. The palate is mouth-filling, both vibrant and opulent, with an exceptionally fine bead and enduring finish. This wine shows its pedigree from our Le Rêve Cuvée, with elegant structure and depth of flavor revealing itself behind the fresh entry." * Winemaker's Tasting Notes
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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: 2021 - 2050 Size: 1500mL Critic Scores: 98 JA, 97 RP, 97 OB Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5%"The 2016 Cardinale Red Wine is a thrilling blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Merlot crafted by superstar winemaker, Chris Carpenter. the wine was aged in 100% French oak (93% new) for twenty months before bottling. The stunning aromatics almost catch you off guard. Deep aromatics of creme de cassis, graphite, creosote, and blackberry compote all come together seamlessly in the glass. The freshness and intensity of wine is gorgeous, as the silky mouthfeel makes the wine effortlessly glide across the mid-palate. Deep dark fruits collide with chocolate covered espresso bean, tar and anise flavors all marvelously sing in unison on the palate. A truly stunning heavy hitter of a wine, the 2016 Cardinale Red Wine will be very long-lived." * Owen Bargreen - Tasted: Feb 2020
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2046 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 96 WS, 96 WI, 96 WP, 95 RP Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5%"An excellent wine, even if not a great Dominus, the 2020 Dominus delivers waves of dark fruit—think predominantly cassis. A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, it's full-bodied and richly textured, perhaps a bit warm and open-knit because of the summer's heat, but with a long, velvety finish attractively tinged with mocha and dark chocolate." * Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate - Tasted: June 2023
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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2045 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 98 RP, 98 JA, 98 WS, 98 WA Region: Napa Valley ABV:14.5 - 15%"A terrific effort from a challenging vintage, Chappellet's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill—94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot—boasts expressive scents of cassis, blackberries, vanilla and caramel. It's full-bodied, supple, generous, deep and round, expansive on the palate and framed by soft, fully ripe tannins and hints of mocha on the lingering, velvety finish. Showy, impressive and delicious, it should drink well for a couple of decades." * Joe Czewinski, Wine Advocate - Tasted: Feb. 2025
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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2052 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 99 WS, 99 OB, 99 WI Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5%"What must be one of the finest renditions of this wine, the 2021 Cardinale is composed of nearly all Cabernet Sauvignon at 91% with the remainder being Merlot. Stored in 80% new French oak before bottling, this is a massive beast. A brilliant mélange of blackberry combine with tar, graphite, anise and creme de cassis on the plate. Big and round, with refined tannins and a generous mouthfeel, everything is firing on all cylinders." * Owen Bargreen - Tasted: Nov. 2024
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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2048 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 98 AVV, 97 JS, 97 WE Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.1%"Extraordinary and opulent, this densely concentrated, luxuriously textured flagship Napa wine by Florence and Daniel Cathiard of Bordeaux is their first vintage from the former Flora Springs Property. The wine is softly saturated with black currants, blueberries, spearmint and black olives for a comforting, mouth-filing expression that is at once powerful and gentle. It feels layered, deep and creamy." * Wine Enthusiast - Tasted: Sept. 2023
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2038 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 96 JS Region: Puligny - Montrachet Les Pucells ABV: 13 - 13.5%"Very pure and precise, this has great elegance on the medium-bodied palate. Still tightly wound, but the intensity and refined chalky minerality in the tense, superlong finish are stunning. With aeration, a wonderfully subtle aroma of orange blossoms emerges. From a 0.25 hectare vineyard planted in the 1970's. From biodynamically grown grapes. Unfiltered and unfined. Drinkable now but best from 2026." * James Suckling
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Drinking Window: 2021 - 2031 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: No Scores Region: Morey - Saint - Denis Clos des Ormes ABV: 14%"Beautiful aromas of black and red fruits like blackcurrant and cherries. Subtle notes of bramble, violet, licorice, and fruits conserved in liquor. Scents of game, leather, moss, and even truffle, Sustained red structured, this wine lingers in the mouth without flinching. It has just the right balance between body and fruit. With its rounded tannins and mouth-filling generosity." * Winery Notes
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2037 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 97 JS Region: Givry Cellier aux Moines ABV: 13 - 14.5% "The stellar 2023 Les Dessus seamlessly combines an explosive array of dark fruit notes, minerals, and elusive savory elements. Firm polished tannins provide structure without astringency and impart an alluring texture." * Wine Review Online - Tasted: June 2025
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Drinking Window: 2025 - 2037 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 96 JS Region: Givry ABV: 13 - 14.5% "This is all dried flowers and spices, making it a unique expression of the Cote Chalonnaise. Made for the ages, but relatively accessible already. Enormously concentrated, but still light on its feet. You really feel that this must have come from a very stony site; those wines can be austere, but this is not. Very limited production. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold." * James Suckling
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2038 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 91 CT Region: Gevrey - Chambertin Champonnet ABV: 13.00% "This too is aromatically elegant with its ripe yet airy aromas of pretty red currant cherry, anise and a floral top note. The intense and overtly mineral-driven medium weight flavors posses a lovely sense of refinement but with good power suffusing the balanced and firm finale." * Winery Notes
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2038 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 93 Burghound Region: Gevrey - Chambertin Champeaux ABV: 13.50% "Ripper yet still agreeably fresh aromas display notes of poached plums, baked raspberry and suggestion of the Sauvage. The exceptionally rich and opulent flavors are dense to the point of being almost viscous yet the bright acidity and minerality give the lingering finish sufficient lift to save the balance." * Winery Notes
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2037 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 93 Burghound Region: Gevrey - Chambertin La Perriere ABV: 13.50% "A slightly riper nose reflects notes of red cherry jam, earth and poached plum. The delicious and even more mineral-driven medium weight flavors posses excellent volume along with ample punch and power that carries over to the youthfully austere and sneaky long finale. Lovely and understated in style and a wine that should age gracefully over the next 12 to 15 years." * Burghound
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2038 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 94 Burghound Region: Gevrey - Chambertin Clos Prieur ABV: 13 - 14% "A discreetly perfumed and layered nose reflects notes of both red and dark berries along with subtle spice and floral elements. The succulent, rich and seductively textured middleweight flavors posses evident minerality and focused power while delivering even better depths and persistence on the lightly austere and beautifully balanced finale. this is lovely and a wine that should also age gracefully." * Winery Notes
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Drinking Window: 2021 - 2040 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 97 AVV, 97 JA Region: Pessac - Leognan ABV: 14.5% "Rich, lush and creamy, with an alluring bouquet of honeysuckle, lemon rind, white peach, vanilla, and honeyed lemon peel, this is simply going to be fabulous on release, providing pleasure for over a decade." * Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: March 2023
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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: 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: 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: 99 JS Region: Pauillac ABV: 13.7 - 14.5% "Clearly going to be one of the all-time great vintages for Pichon Baron. An intensity of color that matches the intensity you taste, and feel, here you find a wine that coats your palate with its multiple layers of rich , dark, deep, black and dark red fruits coupled with smoke, tobacco, Cuban cigars, spice, dark chocolate, and burning oak embers. This incredible wine is perfectly poised on the corner of power, and intensity with an almost, endless, seamless, regal, and refined finish." * Jeff Leve, the Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: Mar. 2023
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Drinking Window: 2027 - 2065 Size: 1500mL Critic Scores: 99 JS Region: Pauillac ABV: 13.7 - 14.5% "Clearly going to be one of the all-time great vintages for Pichon Baron. An intensity of color that matches the intensity you taste, and feel, here you find a wine that coats your palate with its multiple layers of rich , dark, deep, black and dark red fruits coupled with smoke, tobacco, Cuban cigars, spice, dark chocolate, and burning oak embers. This incredible wine is perfectly poised on the corner of power, and intensity with an almost, endless, seamless, regal, and refined finish." * Jeff Leve, the Wine Cellar Insider - Tasted: Mar. 2023
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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: 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: 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
