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Chateau de Sales 2020 Red Wine - France

Chateau de Sales, the first wine of the estate, embodies the complexity and refinement of its terroir. A wine to be aged, it is made from rigorously selected grapes with a majority of Merlot. Blend: 79 % Merlot, 14 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 % Cabernet... more

Chateau Gloria 2020 Red Wine - France

A very deep, dark garnet red color. The nose reveals intense notes of cooked fruits, cherry, blackcurrants and wild strawberries with smoked notes. The palate opens softly and gently, with elegant and harmonious tannins. It has a delicate and fresh... more

Chateau Marquis d'Alesme 2020 Red Wine - France

Chewy and very tannic with a solid depth of dark fruit, showing blackberry and currant character. Full and powerful. Real structure here. Barrel Sample: 94-95 The 2020 Chateau Marquis D'Alesme Becker showed well, and this tiny Margaux estate continues... more

Chateau Faugeres 2020 Red Wine - France

Lots of mulled cherries, blueberries, iron, and bouquet garni emerge from the 2020 Château Faugeres, a rich, focused, yet fruit-loaded barrel sample that has a good sense of purity and elegance. I was able to taste two bottles, both showing medium to... more

Chateau Fonbadet 2018 Red Wine - France

Beautiful dark red presentation with brilliant purple reflections. On the nose Fonbadet 2018 expresses intense aromas of cassis, black cherries interwoven with more floral notes such as violet but also finely roasted of toast and spices. The palate is... more

Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot 2020 Red Wine - France

Blend: 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon The 2020 Beau-Sejour Becot is a dense, powerful wine. A rush of black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and sweet oak builds as this towering, vertically explosive... more

Chateau Lafon-Rochet 2020 Red Wine - France

Blend: 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot The 2020 Lafon-Rochet represents the essence of classicism in Bordeaux. Medium in body and finely-cut, Lafon-Rochet is one of the classiest, more refined Saint-Estèphes... more

Clos des Menuts 2018 Red Wine - France

Clos des Menuts is a round, powerful wine for laying down, with subtle tannins. Its deep color is the result of well-controlled extraction. A lovely nose of ripe grapes wrapped in an elegant woodiness with hints of toast and vanilla. These impressions... more

Chateau Chauvin 2020 Red Wine - France

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 more floral nuances with time in the glass, it's medium... more

Chateau de Fontenille 2020 Red Wine - France

A very pleasant ruby color, Château de Fontenille Bordeaux Rouge is elegant and round on the palate with a fine, lingering finish. Well structured and full bodied, this wine represents the character and the authentic personality of the great red... more

Dourthe La Grande Cuvee Rouge 2019 Red Wine - France

For La Grande Cuvée Red, the remarkable task of seeking out the finest terroirs is also undertaken in the extensive red Bordeaux vineyard to pinpoint exactly those areas where Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon have the best chance of reaching full... more

Clos Fourtet 2020 Red Wine - France

Blend: 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc A wine of stature and breeding, the 2020 Clos Fourtet is absolutely breathtaking from barrel. A rush of lavender, graphite, spice, licorice and espresso hits the senses. Vibrant and powerful,... more

Chateau Les Ormes de Pez 2020 Red Wine - France

Blend: 54% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Sauvignon Owned by the Cazes family of Lynch-Bages in Pauillac, this is a fine wine that continues the backbone of this estate. With its tannins firmly in place, sustaining the black plum skin flavors, the wine has fine... more

Chateau Montlandrie 2015 Red Wine - France

Flowers, black licorice, blackberries and minerals all rise to the surface. Transparent. Medium to full bodied, polished and ultra-fine. This is a wine guided for a long time by the owner of Pomerol’s l’Eglise Clinet. Regal. Drink now or hold. The... more

Clarendelle Inspired by Haut-Brion Bordeaux 2016 Red Wine - France

Only ripe, blueberry and blackberry flavors with nice freshness and some healthy, supple tannins within the sleek frame, make this an immediately appealing red Bordeaux that’s very food-friendly. Drink or hold. Fresh and ripe, featuring cassis and... more

Chateau La Perriere Lussac St.-Emilion 2020 Red Wine - France

The estate’s second wine, the Lussac St.-Emilion, is vinified at lower temperatures, with less extraction to preserve roundness, balance and fruit. The parcels are planted on more clayey soils on the southern slopes of the estate. Gourmand and... more

Chateau Le Boscq (Futures Pre-Sale) 2022 Red Wine - France

Blend: 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc Smells fresh and fragranced, bright and clear. Crystalline fruit purity on the palate, such energy and focus too with bite and a cool blue fruit and graphite charm to this.... more

Esprit de Pavie 2017 Red Wine - France

A beautiful easy drinking Bordeaux wine that is seductive, by its maturity and finesse. Aromas of blackcurrant and strawberries. The palate is round, fresh, fruity and slightly earthy. Blend: 65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon This... more

Chateau Potensac 2019 Red Wine - France

After a wet winter, spring was cool and increasingly dry, followed by a hot summer punctuated by showers as we got closer to the harvest period. A complicated vintage in short, where the attention had to be permanent in order to harvest splendid Merlot... more

Clos Lunelles 2020 Red Wine - France

Wonderful aromas of crushed blackberries and raspberries with orange peel and some chalk. Medium-bodied with fantastic tannins that are polished and chewy. Savory and salty with a powdery texture. One of the best I have had. 80% merlot, 10% cabernet... more

Alain Brumont Chateau Bouscasse Madiran 2018 Red Wine - France

Harmony and power, a delicate fruitiness with aromas of blackberries and well-integrated tannins, full-bodied on the palate. This is a wine that stays young for a long time, evolving very slowly, and thus has a good potential to age. Pair with red meat... more

Chateau Peyrat 2020 Red Wine - France

The terroir shows in this clean, mineral driven red wine. It displays a spicy and fresh nose with notes of blackcurrant and red fruits. Blend: 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc more

Chateau Montlandrie 2018 Red Wine - France

his is beautifully crafted for this appellation with soft, fine tannins that give the wine tension and focus. It’s medium-to full-bodied with polish and finesse. Really nicely done for this appellation. Give it another two or three years to soften... more

Chateau Labegorce 2020 Red Wine - France

2020 is a vintage of elegance, harmony and balance. A medley of black fruits, blackberries, blueberries and red fruits, including strawberries and raspberries. An intense aromatic expression supported by a sharp tannic line. A tight, compact Labégorce... more

Chateau Langoa Barton 2015 Red Wine - France

Intense color, red fruits bouquet with hints of sous-bois and tobacco. The texture is fleshy and tight, slightly spicy. Tannins are there but the palate is silky and the finish is long and tense. Blend: 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, 8% Cabernet... more

Chateau Puy Blanquet 2017 Red Wine - France

The wine is fresh and generous and can be enjoyed after just a two or three years of cellaring. Sleek and pure, with cassis and cherry fruit racing along, showing light lilac, iron and savory nuances. Features a piercing, fresh feel through the... more

Chateau Haut Rocher 2019 Red Wine - France

With a beautiful deep color, this Saint-Emilion Grand Cru offers a powerful nose, with aromas of violet, prune, licorice, evolving on spices, truffles, and undergrowth. The palate is ample, balanced, long and fruity. It is a wine for laying down that... more

Chateau La Dominique 2020 Red Wine - France

Chateau La Dominique 2020 offers black fruit and floral aromas. There is a nice balance between fruits and freshness and tight and harmonious tannins. There is a nice length on the palate. Blend: 85% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon... more

Chateau du Tertre 2020 Red Wine - France

This vintage is one of the smallest in production since 1991. The first tastings carried out reveal an exceptional vintage. The Merlot is incredibly fruity and fleshy and are the best Merlots ever made on the property. The Cabernet Franc is powerful... more

Chateau Montrose La Dame de Montrose 2020 Red Wine - France

Made to the same rigorous standards as the First Wine, from grapes grown in the same vineyard, La Dame de Montrose is the estate’s second label. Supple and silky Merlot generally predominates in the varietal mix. Its very pronounced red fruit aromas... more

Chateau Mongravey 2021 Red Wine - France

A nose with delicate woody notes reveals aromas of eucalyptus and scents of red fruits. A precise and distinguished vintage. Pair with beef satay, fried rice or black beans with mushrooms. Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc... more

Chateau Peyrabon 2016 Red Wine - France

Château Peyrabon 2016 comes from the blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. The vintage is rich in color and is seen through its almost ink dress. The nose is immediately greedy, generous in black fruits... more

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Reserve de la Comtesse (Futures Pre-Sale) 2022 Red Wine - France

The density of fruit is serious with blackcurrants, black berries, crushed stone and coffee beans. Yet it’s not heavy and overdone. The palate is full and rich, but also agile and weightless, with tannins that are spread and pretty. Barrel Sample:... more

Chateau Paloumey 2020 Red Wine - France

Appealing and elegant ruby robe. Delicate red fruit aromas. A subtle overtone of wood reveals its spicy bouquet. Remarkable balance with round and ripe tannins. Elegant and silky on the palate, it finishes with a delectable touch offemininity. This is... more

Chateau d'Armailhac 2010 Red Wine - France

Blend: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc Dense, juicy and inviting, with bouncy briar, blackberry, steeped black currant and melted black licorice notes framed by roasted apple wood and graphite notes. The finish courses along with... more

Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere 2020 Red Wine - France

Very nice aromatic freshness for Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere 2020. The bouquet is delicate and complex, with floral, spicy and fruity notes. The palate if full of tension and minerality. Blend: 55% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon The... more

Chateau Petit Village 2019 Red Wine - France

Blend: 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon The Barrel Sample for this wine is above 14% Abv. Plum, mushroom and bark aromas with some wet earth. It’s medium-to full- bodied with round, medium-chewy tannins that are polished and... more

Clau de Nell Cuvee Violette 2020 Red Wine - France

The Cabernet Sauvignon, by its generosity will bring a spicy side, with touches of licorice, as well as a fruity side (cherry, prunes, blackcurrant and blackberry). A variety with a robust and powerful character that will unite with Cabernet Franc to... more