2019 French Red Wine Over $100

The 2019 Beauséjour (Duffau Lagarrosse) has turned out beautifully in bottle. Wafting from the glass with aromas of wild blueberries raspberries violets rose petals and forest floor framed by a deft application of creamy new... Read More

Like Trotanoy though of course not to the same extent the 2019 Belair Monange is another of the richer more powerful wines in the Mouiex portfolio this year. Offering up aromas of sweet cherries wild berries vanilla pod plum preserve... Read More

The 2019 Clerc Milon is a real success. At more than 70% this blend contains one of the highest proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon in the property's recent history and the result is a wine of real nobility. Offering up aromas... Read More

The 2019 Le Pin is a rich expansive wine that soars from the glass with aromas of raspberry preserve plums wild berries rose petals and licorice framed by a deftly judged patina of creamy new oak. Full-bodied supple and velvety... Read More

A true classic from this estate the 2019 Lynch-Bages has turned out brilliantly unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis and sweet blackberry fruit mingled with licorice mint cigar wrapper and loamy soil. Full-bodied rich... Read More

A true classic from this estate the 2019 Lynch-Bages has turned out brilliantly unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis and sweet blackberry fruit mingled with licorice mint cigar wrapper and loamy soil. Full-bodied rich... Read More

The wine is so perfumed with ripe tannins set beside the black currant purity. The wine does have weight but the fruit is so refined and vibrant. Tannins give a core for aging offering the structure and the density of a very fine... Read More

Notably lighter in colour than Fonteny with a grace and elegance despite the 100% new oak and forthright style. The oak comes through on the vanilla front more than through its tannins. Just a little bit meaty too with good acidity... Read More

The Sérafin vines are in their own little Clos in Les Corbeaux. Rather lighter in colour and again with a slightly meaty nose. A little more delicacy of fruit on the palate even some elegance and floral notes along with a little... Read More

100% new wood. Rich purple just a little bit meaty. There is a wealth of fruit from the start on the palate very clean fills the front of the mouth then continues through to managed wood tannins at the back. Good long clean finish.... Read More

Marcoux's 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is full-bodied dense and tannic. Hints of crushed stone and dried garrigue appear on the nose alongside blackberries and black cherries. It's basically pure foudre-aged... Read More

A brooding and slightly grumpy nose reluctantly offers up an even more deeply pitched nose of cassis black cherry warm earth and spicy top notes. There is impressive richness and volume to the sappy and caressing yet powerful... Read More

Moderate reduction presently overshadows the fruit. Otherwise there is very good vibrancy to the slightly more refined flavors th

Here too there is a whiff of volatile acidity that plays at the edge of perceptibility on the mostly red berry fruit and spice infused nose. There is a lovely sense of refinement to the nicely rich and well-delineated flavors... Read More

A strikingly pretty and overtly floral nose is both cool and elegant while discreetly reveals its aromas of spicy dark berries. The powerful and tautly muscular broad-shouldered flavors brim with sappy dry extract while the intensely... Read More