2008 French Red Wine Over $100

Tasted ex-chateau and single blind in Southwold. Ronan Laborde has overseen a fantastic Clinet in 2008. It has an attractive floral bouquet with cassis iodine vanilla and crushed violets with fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied... Read More

Still vibrant color the 2008 Château Larcis Ducasse offers a beautiful bouquet of blackcurrants leafy herbs damp earth and hints of forest floor. This thrilling 2008 is ripe full-bodied has terrific purity of fruit and more flesh... Read More

A cool summer and a beautiful autumn resulted in the grapes being left on the vines for a long time to fully ripen with picking commencing in October. Packed full of Médoc character this has cedar menthol leather and cigar box... Read More

It is hard to call Petrus a “sleeper of the vintage” but the 2008 will merit more attention than most consumers would think. Low yields of 30 hectoliters per hectare resulted in only 25000 bottles of this beauty. A wine of... Read More