Chateau l'Eglise Clinet
Chateau l'Eglise Clinet 2017
99 points$540 eachPrice consistently lowChateau l'Eglise Clinet 2019
99 points$850 eachTypical priceChateau l'Eglise Clinet 2020
99 points$899 eachPrice consistently highChateau l'Eglise Clinet 2022
100 points$999 eachPrice consistently highChateau l'Eglise Clinet 2022 1.5L
100 points$2,160 eachPrice consistently high
Marchese Antinori Solaia
Marchese Antinori Solaia 2020
99 points$799 eachPrice consistently lowMarchese Antinori Solaia 2017
99 points$775 eachPrice consistently lowMarchese Antinori Solaia 2011
99 points$775 eachPrice consistently lowMarchese Antinori Solaia 2022
99 points$825 eachTypical priceMarchese Antinori Solaia 2008
99 points$1,100 eachPrice consistently high
Torbreck The Laird Shiraz
Torbrecks flagship wine, The Laird Shiraz is only produced in exceptional years. The fruit comes from one of the finest Shiraz sites in the Barossa valley; the dry grown Gnadenfrei vineyard dating from 1958. Matured for 36 months in special French barriques coopered by Dominique Laurent, the Laird is the ultimate expression of ultra-concentrated single vineyard Barossa Shiraz.
Torbreck The Laird Shiraz 2017
99 points$800 eachPrice consistently lowTorbreck The Laird Shiraz 2020
99 points$845 eachPrice consistently lowTorbreck The Laird Shiraz 2013 1.5L
99 points$2,200 eachPrice consistently highTorbreck The Laird Shiraz 2012 1.5L
100 points$2,400 eachPrice consistently high
Artadi Vina El Pison, Rioja
The 2 ha El Pison vineyard was planted in 1945 on a gentle sloping site in the shape of an amphitheatre with deep sub-soils. Made entirely from Tempranillo, El Pison is a very rich and intense age-worthy style typically showing great purity of fruit and abundant chalky tannins that benefit from additional cellaring.
Artadi Vina El Pison, Rioja 2021
99 points$799 eachin groups of 2 for $1,598Price consistently lowArtadi Vina El Pison, Rioja 2020
99 points$850 eachPrice consistently high
M chapoutier Ermitage L'Ermite
M. chapoutier Ermitage L'Ermite 2022
99 points$855 eachPrice consistently low
Chateau Palmer 3me cru classe
Regarded a Super Second (but technically a 3me growth), Palmer is capable of producing wines that equal or even outstrip the quality of its famous Premier cru neighbour, Ch. Margaux. Named for the wealthy English military man who bought the estate in the early 19th century, Palmer is now majority owned by the Mahler Besse and Sichel families - famous Bordeaux negociants. Many of the best plots on the property were purchased after the Classification of 1855, explaining in part why Palmer did not warrant higher standing at that time. Certainly today there is no question that the wine is among Bordeauxs best. The estate also makes a separate second label - named Alter Ego - which is made from similarly high quality fruit but treated differently in the winery with the aim of producing a counterpoint in style to the First wine.
Chateau Palmer 3me cru classe 2020
99 points$725 eachPrice consistently lowChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 2015
99 points$990 eachPrice consistently lowChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 2022
99 points$1,050 eachPrice consistently lowChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1988
99 points$1,099 eachTypical priceChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1979
99 points$1,250 eachTypical priceChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1978
99 points$1,299 eachTypical priceChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1975
99 points$1,350 eachTypical priceChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1990
99 points$1,450 eachPrice consistently highChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1985
99 points$1,540 eachPrice consistently highChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1995
99 points$1,599 eachPrice consistently highChateau Palmer 3me cru classe 1989
99 points$2,099 eachPrice consistently high
Chateau Latour 1er cru classe
The formidable fortress depicted on the famed vanilla Latour label was built to withstand the Gironde pirate attacks of the 15th Century. And, truly, as well as the tower still stands, so does Latour and its consistent excellence regardless of vintage. Nominally Pauillac, this First Growth sits almost astride the border of St. Julien and its output as one would expect is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon with 10 per cent awarded to both Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Any experience with Latour is to be savoured with patience this notoriously slow-developing wine requires at least a decade or twos development. But the reward for this patience is a fulsome melange of power, finesse, depth and tone.
Chateau Latour 1er cru classe 2017
99 points$1,295 eachin groups of 3 for $3,885Price consistently lowChateau Latour 1er cru classe 2012
99 points$1,500 eachPrice consistently highChateau Latour 1er cru classe 2009
100 points$3,499 eachPrice consistently high
CHATEAU HAUT BRION 1er cru classe
Chateau Haut Brion is one of the five first Growths of the 1855 Classification of the Medoc. The Chateau was established in 1533 by Jean de Pontac, who was the first to plant vineyards on this prime gravelly site, found in the Graves sub-region of Pessac Leognan. The Chateau is owned today by Prince Robert of Luxembourg, the great grandson of Clarence Dillon. It is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, with three hectares planted to the white varieties of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Chateau Haut Brion is the only property outside of the Medoc in the 1855 classification. A wine of class and breed, Chateau Haut Brion is typically more approachable in its youth, showing floral perfume and elegance, yet possesses the structure required for exceptional longevity.
CHATEAU HAUT BRION 1er cru classe 2023 1.5L
99 points$2,099 eachPrice consistently lowCHATEAU HAUT BRION 1er cru classe 2014
99 points$1,100 eachTypical priceCHATEAU HAUT BRION 1er cru classe 2021
99 points$1,345 eachTypical priceCHATEAU HAUT BRION 1er cru classe 2017
99 points$1,380 eachPrice consistently highCHATEAU HAUT BRION 1er cru classe 2022
99 points$1,699 eachPrice consistently high
Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru
One of the finest and most ethereal of all Burgundies, Domaine-Mugneret Grands-Échézeaux comes from a small 1 hectare plot of old vines averaging in age between 40 and 70 years. Silky and intense with a beguiling perfume of violets, fresh cherries, earth, leather, forest floor and truffle, the wine shows lovely volume and density with the structure to age gracefully over many years.
Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru 2022
99 points$799 eachPrice consistently lowDomaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru 2023
99 points$830 eachPrice consistently lowDomaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru 2022 1.5L
99 points$1,750 eachTypical priceDomaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru 2023
99 points$1,050 eachTypical priceDomaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru 2023
99 points$1,300 eachPrice consistently highDomaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grand Cru 2023
99 points$3,500 eachPrice consistently high
Chateau Cos d'Estournel 2me cru classe
Majestic, intense, full bodied and tannic, Cos dEstournel is considered the leading wine of St Estèphe. Highly tannic in its youth, over time it develops much much like the great wines of adjoining Pauillac. The wine is typically a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, consistently displaying immense power and evident breed.
Chateau Cos d'Estournel 2me cru classe 2021
99 points$499 eachPrice consistently lowChateau Cos d'Estournel 2me cru classe 2022 1.5L
100 points$1,350 eachTypical priceChateau Cos d'Estournel 2me cru classe 2011
99 points$690 eachPrice consistently highChateau Cos d'Estournel 2me cru classe 2022
100 points$690 eachPrice consistently high
