2019 Chateau Troplong Mondot - St. Emilion

2019 Chateau Pape Clement - Pessac

The 2019 Pape-Clement was a real show-stopper from barrel. Now in bottle since summer 2021, it has a more refined nose that I feel is perhaps just a little closed in as it approaches its first winter. Aeration reveals some lovely rose petal and incense ar...

2019 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte - Pessac

2019 Chateau Calon Segur - St. Estephe

A total knock-out, the 2019 Calon S?gur is shaping up to be truly epic. Rich, dense and explosive, the 2019 soars out of the glass with stunning intensity. Exotic spice, pencil shavings, cr?me de cassis, mocha and licorice are some of the nuances that dev...

2019 Chateau Haut Bailly - Pessac

The palate is quite brilliantly balanced, the tannins extremely fine and framing the slightly earthy black fruit laced with salt. To me, it is a less flamboyant and more terroir expressive Haut-Bailly that has an effortless allure and a sense of sophistic...