Wine Magnums

Clape’s flagship 2015 Cornas is enormously complex and compelling. Almond skin cherries blood and herbal notes all combine on the nose while on the palate this medium to full-bodied wine is firmly tannic but ripe and balanced... Read More

Even this normally approachable cuvée is pretty darn tannic this vintage. Tasted just prior to bottling Levet's 2019 Cote Rotie Amethyste features scents of crushed stone asphalt black olives and purple raspberries. Full-bodied... Read More

A prospective blend assembled from several barrels for my tasting the 2020 Cote Rotie Amethyste—a blend of five lieux-dits—is dark fruited and plummy yet also vaguely herbal and wiry. In the mouth it's medium to full-bodied... Read More

Based on the 2016 vintage the new NV Brut Rosé from Billarcart-Salmon has turned out nicely mingling notes of red berries and plums with notions of peach dried flowers and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied pillowy and elegant... Read More

An airy cool and layered nose features notes of green apple white flowers and discreet hints of mineral reduction and wood. The almost painfully intense sleek and tension-filled flavors display beautiful cut and minerality while... Read More

Noticeable if not dominant wood frames the overtly sauvage and earthy red and black currant aromas that are trimmed in plenty of spice and floral nuances. The mouth feel of the big-bodied flavors is incredibly rich thanks to the... Read More

The 2009 Pinot Bianco Riserva Vorberg emerges from the glass with floral-infused honey butter chamomile and ripe succulent apricots. This is an especially succulent white that emphasizes texture and lushness over minerality. Layers... Read More

Wonderful cooked apples honey and light vanilla on the nose here. On the palate this full-bodied and brightly acidic white suggests limes hints of yogurt and sliced apples. Nutmeg and sliced herbs too. Quite tight now so better... Read More

The 2020 Calon-Ségur is a brilliant wine from an estate in the ascendant. Wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis red berries fresh mint pencil shavings violets and rose petals it's medium to full-bodied deep and layered... Read More

"The 2015 Hosanna is a blend of 82% Merlot and 18% Cabernet Franc. Now Hosanna is usually quite exuberant on the nose at this early stage however this is a very different Hosanna - much more reserved and introverted yet still... Read More

The 2020 Hosanna is rich and sun-kissed in style offering up aromas of berry liqueur figs licorice aniseed and vine smoke followed by a full-bodied ripe and gourmand palate with a generous core of confit fruit polished tannins... Read More

A beautiful effort that's more sensual and seamless than Thienpont's more structured brooding Pavie Macquin the 2020 Larcis Ducasse unwinds in the glass with aromas of cherries blackberries bay leaf rose petals and licorice.... Read More

I have had perfect bottles of this cuvee but perplexingly the bottles from my cellar tend to be broodingly backward and require plenty of coaxing. This huge wine is in many ways just as massive as Leoville Barton but it possesses... Read More

A rich powerful wine the 2020 Léoville Poyferré offers up aromas of sweet berries blueberry liqueur exotic spices incense and creamy new oak. Full-bodied broad and layered it's deep and concentrated its ample core of fruit... Read More

The vintage that inaugurated the estate's new state-of-the-art winery the 2020 Lynch-Bages has turned out very nicely offering up aromas of crème de cassis and blackberries mingled with notions of pencil shavings spices and... Read More

Sporting a deep purple-black color the 2020 Malescot St. Exupery prances out of the glass with showy scents of ripe black and red currants black cherries raspberry leaves and ground cloves plus wafts of lilacs and tilled soil.... Read More

Aromas of rich cherries cassis burning embers violets and dark chocolate introduce the 2020 Pape Clément a medium to full-bodied rich and fleshy wine that's ripe layered and generously extracted but also a touch deeper and... Read More

The 2020 Clos du Marquis wafts from the glass with aromas of rich berries cherries orange zest pencil shavings and crushed mint. Medium to full-bodied rich and velvety with a sweet core of fruit lively acids and powdery tannins... Read More

2020 was a challenging year that gave them a lot of work in the vineyard but it it paid off. The 2020 Laurel feels very elegant balanced and fresh a little lighter perhaps with perfectly ripe tannins a little in line with 2016... Read More

A blend of 60% Grenache (matured in concrete) and 40% Mourvèdre (matured in new oak) the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus Ex Machina features toasty vanilla-stained aromas of black cherries plums and licorice. Full-bodied richly... Read More