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Chateau Haut-Bailly 2015 Magnum

By 305|2024-07-24T19:03:23+00:00July 24, 2024|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Gifts, Red Wines|

The outstanding weather in 2015 resulted in rich, fruity wines with great balance and excellent structure. Made from very ripe fruit, they have a perfect harmony and a remarkable underlying softness. Powerful Cabernets dominate the blend. Rich, fleshy and dense, they harmonise with the well-structured Merlots. The Petits Verdots are dark and spicy, and bring a touch of complexity to the wine.

Chateau Haut-Batailley 2015

By 305|2024-09-09T13:47:48+00:00July 8, 2022|Categories: $50-$80, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 94 points: "The 2015 Haut Batailley is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot, matured in 60% new oak. It was picked between 21 September until 2 October. It is a level up from the 2015 Lacoste Borie with much more fruit intensity: blackberry, boysenberry, tobacco and cedar aromas. It gathers momentum in the glass and develops a subtle mint accent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, lithe tannin, very well balanced with just a slight tinniness that will disappear by the time in bottle. I love the pencil shaving sprinkled over the aftertaste here. With very good substance and impressive length, this is a classic Pauillac that I suspect will offer 25 or 30 years of pleasure."

Chateau Haut-Brion 2015

By 305|2024-01-10T19:51:11+00:00December 5, 2022|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 100 points: "A blend of 50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Haut-Brion is reticent to begin, languidly revealing crushed black cherries, ripe black plums and wild blueberries with sparks of cinnamon stick, cloves, nutmeg, espresso, unsmoked cigars, tapenade, crushed rocks and lavender. The full-bodied palate possesses wonderfully complementary contrasts of bold black and blue fruit richness and delicately nuanced cherry fruit, baking spices and floral accents, strutting ripe, finely pixelated tannins and seamless acidity that is placed firmly in the background, finishing very long and with plenty of attitude. This impeccably poised, exquisitely perfumed 2015 Haut-Brion possesses the most alluring yet seemingly effortless beauty. While it bears only a passing resemblance in its opulent personality to the now legendary 1989, like that vintage the 2015 cannot fail to hedonically satiate and intellectually edify all lovers of great Bordeaux who drink it. What’s more, it also has the blue-blooded tenaciousness to remain this jaw-droppingly impressive, throughout its many guises over time, and for a very, very long time."

Chateau Haut-Brion 2020

By 305|2023-11-14T16:26:22+00:00May 4, 2022|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, France, Red Wines|

Chateau Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan 2020

Château Haut-Brion 2020 is a dark, radiant red colored wine. Before swirling, the nose already reveals both fresh and spicy notes. The tannins are well-rounded, refined, juicy. Excellent length, even when the wine is no longer in the mouth. A blend of three grape varieties, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, is incredibly accurate and harmonious.

Robert Parker - 100 points:

"The 2020 Haut-Brion is a blend of 42.8% Merlot, 39.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17.5% Cabernet Franc, harvested from 7th to 29th September, with an estimated alcohol of 15% and a pH of 3.8. Opaque purple-black colored, it leaps from the glass with a first wave of vibrant black raspberries, ripe blackberries and mulberries scents, followed by a powerful core of warm cassis, dark chocolate and violets, before bursting into an array of crushed rocks, iron ore, tree bark and black truffles notes. The concentrated, densely packed, full-bodied palate is not in the least bit heavy, delivering a refreshing backbone of red berry and dried herbs suggestions, framed by seamless acidity and very finely grained tannins, finishing on an epically long, fragrant earth note. Simply stunning."

About Chateau Haut Brion

In two recently discovered manuscripts in the Departmental Archives of the Gironde dating from 1521 and 1526, the term “cru” for the locations of “Aubrion” and “Haulbrion”, refers to the wine elaborated on this terroir. These two texts marked the beginning of an evolution spanning over three centuries, ultimately elevating Haut-Brion to the esteemed rank of “Premier Cru Classé” in the prestigious 1855 Classification of Wines of the Gironde. Thus, from the beginning of the 16th century, the first luxury brand in the world is born.

Chateau La Gorce Medoc 2019

By 305|2024-02-20T17:27:46+00:00December 6, 2023|Categories: $30-$50, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Château La Gorce is an organically farmed Left Bank Bordeaux estate, classified as a Cru Bourgeois. The château is located in the Médoc appellation, the furthest north appellation in Bordeaux, a few miles north of St. Estèphe. Sandwiched between the Gironde river and the Atlantic ocean, with gravel, clay and limestone soils, Médoc wines are concentrated and savoury.

The Cru Bourgeois classification is a well-respected, long-standing classification for Left Bank Bordeaux wines, usually made from a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon. Cru Bourgeois châteaux are typically considered one qualitative step below their Grand Cru Classé neighbors, but are well known for their exceptional value, frequently producing very affordable wines that can nonetheless easily improve for 15-20 years. The Cru Bourgeois classification is made every five years, and is based on a blind tasting by a professional panel as well as other criteria, ensuring quality.

La Gorce is a delicious, satisfying Bordeaux, rich yet dry, ripe but savory. It will appeal to lovers of classic Bordeaux and other French red wines.

Chateau La Mission Haut Brion 2014

By 305|2024-04-08T18:44:38+00:00April 8, 2024|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Chateau La Mission Haut Brion 2014 France, Bordeaux Bottle Size: 750ml

Chateau Labegorce Margaux 2000

By 305|2024-10-26T18:54:47+00:00September 9, 2022|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2014

By 305|2024-04-08T18:12:12+00:00April 8, 2024|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2014 France, Bordeaux Bottle Size: 750ml

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2015

By 305|2023-05-26T19:31:25+00:00November 16, 2022|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Wine Enthusiastic - 100 points | James Suckling - 99 points

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 96 points: "The deep garnet-purple shaded 2015 Lafite Rothschild is blended of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Merlot and was matured for 20 months in new oak barrels from Tonnellerie des Domaines (their own cooperage). It is still sporting a lot of cedar at this nascent stage with a vibrant core of black raspberries, red currants and crushed plums plus touches of cigar boxes, violets and underbrush with a waft of tilled loam. Medium-bodied and elegantly styled with wonderful freshness and depth, it is compellingly earthy/minerally in the mouth with a frame of seductively silky yet very firm tannins and culminating in a very long, racy and pure finish. Boasting spectacular finesse and packed with nuances, clearly, given some of the challenges here in 2015, this is a masterpiece of diligence in the vineyards, careful selection and very clever crafting—bravo! "

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2020

By 305|2023-05-30T13:24:10+00:00May 7, 2022|Categories: $80 And Above, Bordeaux, France, Red Wines|

Deep black color. The nose offers a broad palette of intense and well-defined aromas, with spicy black fruits like blackberries and black cherries on a background of subtle notes of cocoa and tobacco that accentuates the aromatic richness of this wine. On the palate, the attack is frontal, dense, and velvety, accompanied by fleshy and powerful tannins that result in a very complex, long, and extremely tasty structure. A wine of superb balance and subtlety that embodies this vintage at best

Wine Advocate - 97 points

"The 2020 Lafite Rothschild opens in the glass with a deep bouquet of cassis, black truffle, pencil shavings and violets. Full-bodied, fleshy and layered, its broad attack segues into an ample core of fruit framed by supple, melting tannins. Seamless, layered and complete, it's richer and deeper pitched than the 2019, and its notably high pH of 3.94 likely means it will never shut down. It's a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, incorporating just a touch more Merlot from the plateau of Carruades than the 2019."

About Chateau Lafite-Rotschild

Château Lafite-Rothschild is an iconic estate located in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux, and holds the distinguished honor of being classified as a First Growth in 1855. With a rich heritage dating back to 1868, it has remained under the esteemed ownership of the Rothschild family. Presently, the visionary leadership of Saskia de Rothschild, daughter of the revered Baron Eric de Rothschild, guides the legacy of Lafite with unwavering commitment and expertise.

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