2020 French Wine Over $100

A distinctly cool and exuberantly fresh nose features reticent wonderfully spiced notes of various dark berries along with forest floor nuances that include humus and earth. The intensity of the imposingly broad-shouldered and... Read More

The 2020 Beauséjour (Duffau Lagarrosse) is showing well in bottle offering up aromas of dark berries plums licorice rose petals and spices framed by creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied layered and fleshy with a rich core of... Read More

A brooding and reticent nose features liqueur-like aromas of poached plum cassis and cool earth. The delicious intense and overtly stony middle weight plus flavors flashed focused power on the firm compact and tightly wound finale.... Read More

The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Cardeuse opens in the glass with scents of peonies violets plums wild berries dark chocolate and baking spices. Medium to full-bodied lively and perfumed it's bright and fine-boned... Read More

The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie is promising offering up aromas of pear crisp green apple lime zest freshly baked bread and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied satiny and elegant it's fleshy but precise with... Read More

Chartogne-Taillet’s 2020 Blanc de Blancs Chemin de Reims disgorged in October 2024 with a dosage of 2.5 grams per liter is another success. It opens with vivid aromas of fresh apricot grapefruit zest and jasmine mingling with... Read More

Chartogne’s 2020 Blanc de Blancs Hors Série is showing superbly. It opens with a deep bouquet of orange zest ripe pear and white blossoms mingling with lemon confit. Full-bodied and concentrated the wine retains striking vitality... Read More

The 2020 Belair Monange has also turned out nicely in bottle wafting from the glass with aromas of rich cherries plums sweet spices rose petals and creamy new oak. Full-bodied rich and layered it remains fresh despite its ripe... Read More

The 2020 Cos d'Estournel is a bold demonstrative wine bursting with aromas of cassis dark berries and plum liqueur mingled with exotic spices burning embers and petals framed by a generous application of creamy new oak. Full-bodied... Read More

Earthy savory and inviting with smoked meat bay leaf and singed wild herbs infusing a base of plum sauce and cherry. Gains support from fine-grained tannins but a spine of iron gives real form to this layered wine with black olive... Read More

The 2020 Ducru-Beaucaillou unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries pencil shavings violets and pipe tobacco all framed by creamy new oak. On the palate it's medium to full-bodied fleshy and concentrated with a deep... 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

The 2020 L'Evangile was picked quite early as the estate's rather young vines were suffering in the dry conditions and the decision appears to have been judicious as the wine has turned out very well. Wafting from the... Read More

The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and integration that are impressive in such a powerful young Bordeaux. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries and plums mingled... 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

Surpassing the 2019 and rivaling the 2016 as this estate's finest vintage of the last few decades the 2020 Montrose is a monument in the making. Wafting from the glass with aromas of violets dark berries licorice loamy soil... Read More

Aromas of raspberries cassis and cherries mingle with hints of violets raw cocoa and hints of truffle in a perfumed bouquet. The 2020 Palmer is a full-bodied layered and seamless wine that's deep and concentrated with a vibrant... Read More

The 2020 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is very demonstrative out of the gates bursting from the glass without any coaxing to exhibit aromas of sweet cassis and blueberries mingled with notions of clove violets and lilac.... Read More