Bordeaux Blend between $75 and $100

JP Moueix bought this 26ha estate next to Château Ausone in 2008. The château was previously known as Bélair and Christian Moueix added Monange – his grandmother’s maiden name – to pay tribute to the family’s roots... Read More

Deep and generous blackberry fruits and rich chocolate there is good balance here with depth and interest and a ton of flavour. Really good stuff with juice and a drive forward through the palate. 1% Petit Verdot makes up the... Read More

Gorgeous aromas of crushed currant flowers and Indian spice. Full-bodied with fine tannins. A little tight still. Give this time to show what it really has.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2007. 21000 cases... Read More

"The 2014 Haut Bailly has a charming quite intense bouquet with layers of blackberry raspberry coulis black olive and melted tar scents that soar from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin well-judged acidity... Read More

Fully mature the wine has softened. Medium-bodied the oak has mostly melded into the round soft textured wine and the ripe plummy fruit truffle and earthy character shines. Not decanted this is fully ready to go. - Jeff Leve The... Read More

An alluring intriguing style featuring dark fig boysenberry and melted licorice notes wrapped together and flowing through while hints of graphite and warm ganache hang in the background. Feels polished with well-buried racy acidity.... Read More

The 2022 Les Perrières de Lafleur shows just how adapted this higher-altitude site on the plateau of Fronsac is to warmer vintages. Wafting from the glass with aromas of mulberries and raspberries sweet spices and rose petals... Read More

A muscular youthfully structured wine the 2020 Gazin unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries cherries vine smoke spices and licorice. Medium to full-bodied layered and concentrated it's deep and powerful with ample... Read More

One of the sleepers of the 1996 vintage, Lafon-Rochet has turned out an atypically powerful, rich, and concentrated wine bursting with black currant fruit. The opaque purple color gives way to a medium to full-bodied, tannic,... Read More

One of the sleepers of the 1996 vintage Lafon-Rochet has turned out an atypically powerful rich and concentrated wine bursting with black currant fruit. The opaque purple color gives way to a medium to full-bodied tannic backward... Read More

"Just starting to show off its layers of silky juicy fresh plum and dark chocolate character. The wine is soft sensuous and hedonistic. 92 Points" - 92/100 Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider

Tasted at the Union de Grand Cru in London. This estate has been producing excellent white wines of late and the 2010 has a lot to offer. It is bestowed with a fragrant lime and passion fruit tinged bouquet with hints of melted... Read More

We were very much in the years here where Malartic was flexing its muscles and rising through the ranks of Pessac Léognan. With this wine you get not just potential for future development from this point but also tons of pleasure... Read More

The 2016 Phelan-Segur has a really quite superb bouquet, quite Pauillac-like in style with graphite-infused black fruit, subtle tertiary notes and later, pressed flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. There is... Read More