2021 Bordeaux Blend

The 2021 La Fleur-Pétrus has realized all the potential it showed in barrel and stands out as a real success on the Right Bank. Wafting from the glass with notes of cherries dark berries licorice anise violets and baking chocolate... Read More

A terrific achievement the 2021 Cheval Blanc is a blend of 52% Cabernet Franc 33% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of raspberries and cherries mingled with notions of cigar wrapper vine smoke... Read More

Simply a wonderful wine the 2021 Maya oozes class with deep complex aromas of violets and cassis earthy loam and hints of tobacco and mint. It's just medium to full-bodied cool silky and finessed. Supremely elegant but concentrated... Read More

A tasting of the various constituent lieux-dits revealed that the Bachesson parcel had a peppery side and its characteristic rose scent and an unmistakably granitic texture. The Chalaix lieu-dit was precise fine with no huge concentration... Read More

The 2021 Dominus is a 3700-case blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc with 40% of the wine matured in new French oak. Black cherries and cassis lead the way accented by scents of crushed stone and pencil shavings.... Read More

The 2021 Dominus is a 3700-case blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc with 40% of the wine matured in new French oak. Black cherries and cassis lead the way accented by scents of crushed stone and pencil shavings.... Read More

Deep garnet-purple colored the 2021 The Diplomat Teralc prances out of the glass with showy notions of juicy blackberries and plum preserves followed by hints of licorice dried mint and tilled soil with a waft of sassafras. The... Read More

The 2021 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a beauty bursting with aromas of dark berries plums rose petals violets warm spices and cigar wrapper. Medium to full-bodied supple and seamless it's fleshy and enveloping with melting tannins... Read More

One of the wines of the vintage the 2021 Léoville Las Cases is reminiscent of a hypothetical blend of the 1999 and 1996—only better. Offering up incipiently complex aromas of cassis plums and dark berries mingled with loamy... Read More

A brilliant and intensely individual wine the 2021 Les Carmes Haut-Brion shows immense potential. Wafting from the glass with aromas of rich berries and plums mingled with notions of raw cocoa loamy soil rose petals burnt sage... Read More

This estate is one of the most dynamic in contemporary Bordeaux so it's no surprise that the 2021 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a terrific wine—though its a very atypical blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Cabernet... Read More

I love the white from these two brothers, and their 2021 Saint Joseph Les Oliviers Blanc is rock-solid, offering a clean, pure, crisp style as well as notes of white peach, honeyed grapefruits, and a touch of chalky minerality.... Read More

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard checks in as 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot that's from 30-year-old vines in the Coombsville appellation in the southern part of Napa Valley. It has a classic old school... Read More

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Houyi Vineyard comes from a great vineyard (which is now owned by Realm) on Pritchard Hill. Lots of gravelly earth and mineral as well as blue fruit chocolate leather and violet notes emerge on the... Read More

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hartwell XX is another perfect wine in this lineup. From vines around the estate in Stags Leap, its saturated purple hue is followed by a deep, majestic, massively concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon offering... Read More

The 2021 Bolgheri Rosso Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia is a nicely extracted and rich blend of Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. This vintage is very generous even opulent with dark fruit that is framed... Read More

A blend of Cabernet Franc Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon and a small part Petit Verdot from Bibbona on the Tuscan Coast the Tenuta di Biserno 2021 Biserno is heavy on the Cabernet side of the spectrum with rosemary and lavender that... Read More

The Tenuta di Biserno 2021 Il Pino di Biserno is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. The Cabernet-adjacent aromas come through nicely with dark fruit blackberry and exotic spice. The wine is full-bodied... Read More