2022 Bordeaux Blend

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

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.

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 blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc the 2022 Domaine de Chevalier delivers aromas of minty dark berries cherries and ripe plums mingled with hints of licorice coniferous forest and... Read More

Notes of violet chocolate iris and flowers emerge from the 2022 Saint-Joseph a medium to full-bodied sweet and sappy wine with a concentrated structured palate framed by an assertive tannic frame culminating in a long introverted... Read More

Notes of violet chocolate iris and flowers emerge from the 2022 Saint-Joseph a medium to full-bodied sweet and sappy wine with a concentrated structured palate framed by an assertive tannic frame culminating in a long introverted... Read More

The 2022 Figeac is one of the wines of the vintage. Unfurling in the glass with a deep and complex bouquet of dark berries and cassis mingled with hints of violet pencil lead mint and cigar wrapper it's medium to full-bodied... Read More

The 2022 Haut-Bailly offers up aromas of dark berries complemented by accents of iris lilac rose petals graphite and licorice. Medium to full-bodied dense and concentrated dense it's layered and textural with a deep core of... Read More

Offering up aromas of blackberries minty blackcurrants licorice and spices the 2022 Hosanna is full-bodied deep and concentrated with a broad velvety attack that segues into a layered fleshy mid-palate of ripe but lively fruit... Read More

Given the young average age of this estate's vineyards its well-draining soils and the extreme vintage I was a little apprehensive; but the technical team evidently took the conditions in their stride harvesting the east-facing... Read More

A rich and muscular wine that reflects the warmth of the vintage the 2022 La Mission Haut-Brion reveals aromas of dark berries cherries and crème de cassis mingled with licorice spices incense and spring flowers. Full-bodied... Read More

The 2022 Léoville Poyferré has turned out very nicely offering up aromas of crème de cassis cherries violets and creamy new oak followed by a medium to full-bodied rich and fleshy palate that's ripe but lively with supple... Read More

One of the vintage's most powerful muscular wines is the 2022 Lynch-Bages a full-bodied broad-shouldered Pauillac that unfurls in the glass with aromas of cassis cherries mint pencil shavings and petroleum jelly framed by... Read More

Offering up aromas of rich blackberries cassis sweet spices pencil shavings and creamy new oak the 2022 Malescot St. Exupery is medium to full-bodied rich and fleshy with a broad attack that segues into a layered core of expressive... Read More

From barrel I wrote that 2022 Montrose was so compelling that assigning it a bracketed score seemed a mere formality and so it has proven. Unwinding in the glass with a deep and brooding bouquet of cassis wild blueberries violets... Read More

A brilliant wine that likely sits somewhere between the 2019 and 2020 in quality the 2022 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot. Unwinding in the glass with complex aromas of minty cassis cigar wrapper... Read More

The sapid 2022 Saint-Joseph Blanc Les Oliviers presents fragrant quince white peach vanilla melon and pineapple aromatics. Medium-bodied and concentrated this delicious 2022 is well-balanced by soft acidity. - By Nicolas Greinacher... Read More

The 2022 Château Pontet-Canet is brilliant and should easily be up with the crème de la crème from the Médoc. Based on 57% Cabernet Sauvignon 35% Merlot and 4% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot it was vinified mostly... Read More

Another wine showing a fresher juicy style the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard comes from unquestionably one of the finest vineyards in Napa Valley. This deep purple-hued effort offers a lively nose of ripe... Read More