89/100 vinous

"I have long believed the level of a producer can only be truly understood by looking at the small vintages, and this next set of wines is truly surprising. To be sure, none o...

"Pikantes Bouquet mit vielschichtigen Gewürznoten nach Kardamom, Nelken, Pfeffer, Piment, Zimt und karibischer Vanille, darunter eine barock aufgefächterte, reiche Frucht nach roter Grütze, getrock...

90/100 PP

"Obrecht's yellow-golden colored 2019 Chardonnay offers an intense and elegant, slightly oaky bouquet of ripe and concentrated fruit aromas intertwined with notes of crushed...

95/100 PP

"Huet's brilliantly dark yellow colored 2008 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux Première Trie offers a super clear and ripe, concentrated and highly elegant, gorgeously aromatic...

93/100 PP

"The 2006 San Vicente is made from 100% Tempranillo Peludo known for its tiny berries and exceptional aromatics. It was sourced from a single vineyard and aged for 20 months...

93/100 PP

"Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2017 Pinot Noir Land’s Edge Vineyards opens with spicy notions of fenugreek, cumin seed and cloves over a core of baked red plums, blackberry...

90/100 PP

"The 1999 Sociando-Mallet is an unusually structured, extracted wine in this generally rather forward vintage. Offering up aromas of cassis, cherries and loamy soil, framed b...

93/100 PP

"Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2016 Pinot Noir Land’s Edge Vineyards reveals a wonderfully expressive nose of pomegranate, red and black cherries and mulberries with touche...

89+/100 PP

"A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, this is a relatively big 2005 and somewhat larger than usual for Chasse-Spleen. The wine offers fairly high ta...

90/100 PP

17/20 René Gabriel

"It is no secret to anyone following the Bordeaux wine scene that Monbousquet, with its new young, passionate proprietor, is pushing the envelop of quali...