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The 2012 Chateau Fleur Cardinale presents a deep and dense color, a powerful nose of ripe fruits, with floral notes. From a feminine style, vintage charm with its noble and silky tannins. This 2012 Chateau Fleur Cardinale finish is long and balanced, offering great aging potential. The 2012 vintage comes with a deep, concentrated colour. The 2012 Chateau Fleur Cardinale wine’s bouquet is equally delightful, with its intense range of aromas dominated by ripe fruit with floral and spicy overtones. This red wine is charmingly balanced and generous on the palate with perfectly smooth tannins. The finish is long and aromatic. In short, a wine with an astonishing personality, embodying both power and elegance. The Château Fleur Cardinale wine is a Grand Cru produced on the Saint-Émilion appellation. Since 2001, the estate has been owned by Florence and Dominique Decoster, who has raised it to Grand Cru Classé status in Saint-Émilion.

Culinary Recommendation: To serve 18 C. Good match with a firm-fleshed fish for a perfect match.

Awards:
92 Decanter
93 Robert Parker
93 Vinous
90-93 Wine Spectator

The 2013 Chateau Fleur Cardinale wine has a soft, round, opulent and elegant with sweet blackcurrant and black raspberry fruit, a hint of cherries, dusty, loamy soil undertones, tobacco leaf, licorice and a touch of background oak. This Chateau Fleur Cardinale wine is medium-bodied, very attractive and can be drunk early on or cellared for 7-10 years. This is, once again, a sleeper of the vintage. This has been one of the outstanding buys in all of Bordeaux for well over a decade. The Decoster family has done a remarkable job in consistently producing some of the most enjoyable as well as complex and delicious wines of St. Emilion.

The 2013 Chateau Fleur Cardinale wine has a final blend of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, produced just over 4,000 cases, which is almost half the winery’s normal production. Their brilliant duo of consultants was Jean-Luc Thunevin and Michel Rolland-s assistant Jean-Philippe Fort.

The 2015 Chateau Batailley Grand Cru Classe is a wine of class, pedigree and nuance. The 2015 Batailley wine from Pauillac is superb. This Pauillac wine beams of supporting tannin give the dark purplish flavors striking energy and cut. Graphite, smoke, violet, mint, dark cherry and plum notes continue to open up in the glass. The Chateau Batailley wine is a Pauillac with distinct Saint-Julien leanings, and that is exactly what comes across here.

The 2015 Chateau Batailley wine is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot, matured in 60% new oak. It was picked between 21 September until 2 October.

94 points James Suckling
94 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
91 points Wine Spectator

The 2016 Chateau Montremblant is a tannic wine for connoisseurs, with 13-15 months barrique storage. Full maturity after a few years in bottle. This Chateau Montremblant has a ruby red colour, complex nose of wild berries, light truffle taste, full bodied, well-balanced tannins, currant, vanilla and chocolate,lasting finish. This St. Emilion wine promises high quality and fantastic value for money.

This 2016 Chateau Montremblant wine has a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15 % Merlot, 15% CabernetFranc – Goldmedaille von Macon.

Food pairing: Aged cheese, beef-based dishes, roast lamb, venison, duck breast.

ABV:13%

A beautiful vintage, the 2018 Chateau Cos D’Estournel half bottle 375ml wine promises a rare experience indeed. This spectacular vintage is endowed with the unique and inimitable signature style of Chateau Cos D’Estournel. With great precision, straight-forward and vibrating with a fantastic energy. The Cos D’Estournel wine offers an intense aromatic expression and a great richness on a palate structured by deliciously silky and perfectly molten tannins.

Balanced and powerful, the 2018 Chateau Cos D’Estournel wine brings together all the elements of a vintage that will be remembered as one of the best of Saint-Estephe in particular and Bordeaux in general. Radiating among the greatest wines of the appellation, the 2018 Chateau Cos d’Estournel wine is destined for age, with a tremendous potential for guard.

98 points James Suckling
98 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
97 points Decanter

The 2018 Chateau Kirwan Magnum 1.5L wine has a deep garnet purple in color. This Margaux wine gives intense, lifted scents of kirsch, black raspberries and warm cassis with nuances of rose hip tea, tar, fragrant earth and wild sage. This Chateau Kirwan Magnum wine has a full-bodied palate delivers a great intensity of vibrant fruit with loads of earthy nuances and a firm, fine-grained frame, finishing long and perfumed. The 2018 vintage will be remembered at Chateau Kirwan, as a magnificent Grand Cru Classe located in the prestigious Margaux appellation, on the left bank of Bordeaux.

The Blending Cabernet Sauvignon (43%), Merlot (29%, Cabernet Franc (15%) and Petit Verdot (13%), the 2018 Chateau Kirwan Magnum 1.5L wine presents a magnificent, exuberant personality in a wine of great richness, while maintaining a perfect balance. The 2018 Chateau Kirwan Magnum wine is a wonderful Margaux offering great promise for the future.

96 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points Wine Spectator
93 points James Suckling

The 2018 Chateau Lamothe Bellevue wine impresses with its intense blackberry aromas and very well integrated tannins. A great structure and finesse imparted by the limestone soils, and a long finish. This Chateau Lamothe Bellevue is a classic Bordeaux Cuvee from Bergerac, East Bordeaux.

The Bergerac region is the largest wine producing AOC region east of Bordeaux. On the Dordogne River in a stunning landscape the reds are earthy and white wines crisp or sweet such as those from Monbazillac.

This 2018 Chateau Lamothe Bellevue wine is barrel-aged for 8 months. With a blend of 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc- 8 Monate Barrique.

Food pairing: Beef stew and roast pork, ribs and sausages.

ABV:12.5%

The 2019 Chateau Haut Grelot Rouge wine has a ruby color. Hints of vanilla and chocolate on the nose. Tastes like forest fruits, with currant. This Chateau Haut Grelot Rouge has a rich and plummy fruit supported by its silky tannins.

Chateau Haut Grelot has been managed by the Bonneau family for four generations now. Figure of the great wines of Bordeaux, the estate marks the era of dynamism and innovation at the heart of a prestigious terroir to reveal the best quality of its wines.

This 2019 Chateau Haut Grelot Rouge wine has a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon 20% Merlot.

Food pairing: Aperitif, cheeses, charcuterie, roast beef and poultry.

ABV:13%

The 2019 Chateau Mauvesin Barton is gorgeous. This Chateau Mauvesin Barton wine is a lovely acidity on the palate. The tannins are soft but they are mouth coating and really do mask a lot of what is going on right now. A big mouthful but with brightness and verve underneath. Lovely long length and good persistency and freshness.

This estate has been fully renovated and is now producing attractive wines.

93 points Decanter
93 points Wine Enthusiast
91 points Vinous

The 2020 Chateau des Jaume Cru Maury wine is made in heart of the Langudoc-Roussillon region in France. This french wine has ripe spiced red berry fruits on the nose. The palate is rich and juicy with loads of red fruits character layered with hints of vanilla and spice. The Chateau des Jaumes Cru Maury wine has along finish and complex with rounded tannins.

The key variety in the Chateau des Jaumes Maury Sec is Grenache though the appellation regulations also permit Mourvèdre, Syrah and Carignan. The partnership with Carignan, though, is never more successful than here: it brings floral notes, lift, vivaciousness, and helps mitigate Grenache’s punishingly low yields. Maury is rich in old-vine vineyard of both varieties.

The Maury is an appellation renowned for its sweet wines but it also produces fantastic dry red wines like this one that are lesser known and has the appellation Maury Sec. Non-fortified table wines produced in the southern reaches of Maury AOC along the Agly valley have been previously eligible for the Côtes du Roussillon-Villages AOC or to be sold as a vin de pays under the Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes designation.

2014 Vintage: Silver – International Wine Challenge

The Raymond Huet wine has a brilliant ruby colour with a brick red tinge and violet highlights. This Haut-Medoc wine has a fruity bouquet with subtle aromas of vanilla and fresh fruits. This Raymond Huet wine is smooth full bodied, velvety and well balanced wine a supple and delicate character. This French Red wine is powerful and particularly elegant and has a long finish.

The Haut-Médoc terroir stands on the Garonne’s Left Bank. The appellation of this terroir produces remarkable red wines that are powerful and complex, with exceptional aromatic persistence. A great number of Bordeaux’s classified wines are produced in the Haut-Médoc.

The 2020 Raymond Huet wine is best served with poultry, game, red meat and Sichuan Chicken.

The 2014 Alter Ego of Chateau Palmer wine is a charming, smooth, round, structured and complex. The harvest took place from September 22nd and October 14th, in excellent conditions. This Margaux wine has a blend of 52% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Petit Verdot. Although it seems restrained at first, the wine is more expressive after aeration and releases the full potential of the blend.

This second wine of Chateau Palmer is dense and structured. With ripe swathes of black fruits and juicy Merlot showing strongly, it already displays the potential of the vintage. Generous and ripe, the wine has a fine level of perfumed tannin. Drink from 2023. It is one of the best Alter Ego cuvee since its creation.

93 points James Suckling
93 points Wine Enthusiast
92 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The 2019 Alter Ego de Palmer wine is gorgeous rich dark purple in the glass. This Alter Ego wine has intense aromas of blackcurrants, cedar and ripe tobacco with hints of violets, following through to a full-bodied palate with extremely refined tannins that are well-integrated into the wine and are long and subtle at the finish. Such precision and harmony with structure.

This second wine of Chateau Palmer might be the richest, most concentrated second wine out here, and truthfully, it tastes like a Grand Vin. It is one of the best Alter Ego cuvee since its creation. A Margaux that should be given a long-term lease in your cellar.

96 points James Suckling
95 points Decanter
94 points The Wine Independent

The 2020 Alter Ego de Palmer is a sensational wine in its own right. This Alter Ego de Palmer wine is charming on the nose, deep and seductive, expressive and richly scented. Juicy and succulent but with a richness in terms of texture and depth. Seductive, defined and refined with a chalky, grip to the tannins. Feels rich and charming at the same time with blackcurrant, black cherry, blueberry, pomegranate and a touch of balsamic with an undercurrent of crushed stones and liquorice. A lovely second wine of Chateau Palmer with clear ageing potential.

This 2020 Alter Ego de Palmer wine has a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot. A Margaux wine with great balance from an excellent vintage.

94 points Decanter
93 points Jane Anson
93 points Vinous

The 2013 Amiral de Beychevelle wine is a medium-bodied with a firm, chewy frame, it has lovely freshness and purity, finishing on a mineral note. This Amiral de Beychevelle wine has aromas of currant and orange peel follow through to a medium to full bodied red, solid core of fruit and a light cassis aftertaste. This Saint-Julien wine is firm and silky to taste. The Amiral de Beychevelle wine has a powerful attack with great elegance, young tannins with great aging potential, crunchy fruits, spices, dark chocolate, impressive final finesse.

Chateau Beychevelle is a Premier Cru Classé St-Julien wine property that boasts one of the most impressive châteaux in the whole of the Médoc. Its label depicts a beautiful galley with a large sail, as a consequence of its ownership in the 16th century by the Duc d`Eperon, Admiral of France at the time. The L’Amiral is the second wine of Chateau Beychevelle, from the young vines of the estate, same care is given to these vines the same finesse as the first wine of the domain is enjoyable.

This 2013 Amiral de Beychevelle wine is composed of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

A wine of joy and pure pleasure, the 2015 Carmes de Rieussec is absolutely delicious. The 2015 Carmes de Rieussec wine has a pale to medium golden color and a lovely nose of lemon tart, orange marmalade and preserved apricots with hints of musk perfume and candied ginger. This Sauternes wine is medium to full-bodied, richly fruited and with compelling savory and earthy layers intermingled with the citrus preserves, it finishes with great freshness and length. The 2015 Carmes de Rieussec wine is composed of 87% Sémillon, 7% Sauvignon Blanc and 6% Muscadelle.

93 points Vinous
91 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
90 points Wine Spectator