2022 French Red Wine Over $100

An even spicier and more floral-suffused nose is comprised mostly by blue pinot fruit and discreet earth wisps. The succulent refined and vibrant medium-bodied flavors aren't especially concentrated though they do possess... Read More

This is aromatically similar to the old vines Chassagne blend if perhaps just a bit more elegant. The rich and notably more concentrated medium-bodied flavors possess a velvety texture along with fine length on the balanced and... Read More

The 2022 Angélus has turned out beautifully in bottle reflecting the estate's shift toward a livelier more integrated style. Wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet cherries blackberries and mulberries mingled with rose... Read More

A blend of equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Franc the 2022 Ausone unwinds in the glass with aromas of plums raspberries and cherries complemented by hints of crushed mint and spices framed by a lavish patina of creamy new oak.... Read More

There is enough reduction present to mask the nuances of the fruit and floral notes. More interesting are the appealingly textured and vibrant middleweight flavors that are intensely mineral-driven and particularly so on the firmly... Read More

There is a highly attractive freshness to the softly spicy if distinctly earthy nose that features mostly notes of red currant and forest floor. There is good underlying tension to the well-detailed medium weight flavors that... Read More

A hint of wood influence is present here as well on the slightly spicier and more floral-suffused nose of mostly red berries and soft earth. The elegance of the nose contrasts moderately with the beautifully textured yet decidedly... Read More

Relatively firm reduction renders the nose unreadable at present. Otherwise there is outstanding richness and volume to the caressing yet powerful and super-sleek middleweight plus flavors that possess excellent depth and persistence... Read More

A strikingly floral-suffused nose speaks of a variety of spice nuances including exotic jasmine tea. I very much like the mid-palate texture of the intensely mineral-driven medium-bodied flavors that display focused power and... Read More

The 2022 Calon-Ségur is another superb wine from this historic Saint-Estèphe third growth that began a comprehensive renaissance the better part of a decade ago. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis and blackberries... Read More

98-100 Barrel sample. A superb wine, rich and full of balanced structure and dense fruits, this is elegant and powerful. It has the potential to be a great wine, developing over many years.

Having bottled Chateauneuf since the end of the nineteenth century and being prominent members in the town since at least two centuries before this, the Avril family of Clos des Papes have made the estate into one of the great... Read More

The 2022 is an ambitious Deus Ex Machina and likely to rank among the finest renditions of this cuvée ever made. Dark brooding and vertical the 2022 opens with pronounced crème de cassis melted licorice ripe strawberry and black... Read More

Prominent strawberry jam red and black plum licorice rose petal incense and crushed violets present the 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Combe des Fous. Sexy and layered the 2022 touches the palate with sweet-tasting fruit framed... Read More

Six barrels two of them new. A medium to bright purple. The nose is invigorating with as little as 10% whole bunches enough to add a floral note. This is lively on the palate a Fremiets which has remembered it is in Volnay not... Read More

A fascinating plot worked by horse and hand as they cannot get access with the tractor. Super sensual yet with total fi

Here the ripe and fresh nose is quite floral in character with its essence of red cherry aromas where background hints of earth and the sauvage lurk. The rich delicious and similarly scaled flavors prim with sappy dry extract... Read More

Much like the Carelle the expressive nose is airy cool and super-fresh with its essence of red berry spice and rose petal scents. The wonderfully sleek precise and stony middleweight flavors possess a lovely sense of underlying... Read More

An elegant and airy nose portrays the perfumed essence of red cherry raspberry and cool floral wisps. The equally elegant and refined flavors possess a lacy even lilting mouthfeel but with no lack of punch on the precise minerally... Read More

This is aromatically quite similar to the 1er except that it is notably more restrained and requires considerable swirling to coax the nose to reveal its nuances. On the palate though there is noticeably more size weight and mid-palate... Read More

This is aromatically quite similar to the 1er except that it is notably more restrained and requires considerable swirling to coax the nose to reveal its nuances. On the palate though there is noticeably more size weight and mid-palate... Read More

The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos de l'Arlot 1er Cru also showed a little reduction on the nose with brambly red berry fruit and wild hedgerow touches of loam emerging with time. The oak 40% new is neatly integrated. The palate... Read More