Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

9.3

Initial pour was impressive with dark blackberry sage and leather. What I found interesting was the noticeable amount of acid in comparison to the soft almost undetectable tannin. — 3 days ago

KP, Tom and 7 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Ron Siegel

9.4

Another great btl that improved with air showing mostly black fruits, full bodied with notes of currant, mocha, cedar, leather & tobacco — 11 hours ago

Ira, Tom and 9 others liked this

Château Lassègue

Saint Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend

Some Dude

9.1

This wine has a special place in my heart for a couple reasons. First, I was drinking a 2012, which is the date my partner and I met.
But mostly it’s because this wine is delicious. Wonderful richness of the cellar with dark blue fruit and pencil shavings, tobacco and really well balanced acidity and tannins. We had the 2012 in 2025 and this wine has plenty of time to go. — 4 days ago

Château de Saint-Cosme

Côtes du Rhône Syrah 2024

Peter Sultan

9.0

I’ve seen this label so many times it was easy to dismiss. A big, dark, joyous bottle ( including the bottle itself, which is hefty). Syrah all the way. — 11 days ago

Doug, Daniel and 4 others liked this

Doug Powers

@Peter Sultan, St. Cosme CdR has long been a great QPR red, the Gigondas single cuvées are outstanding!!!

Peter Sultan

Yes’um @Doug Powers ! I should have said I’ve drunk it a million times before so easy to dismiss, but it tastes fresh & different than bottles from at least a decade ago. A serious QPR indeed..

Château Canon-la-Gaffelière

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Bob McDonald

9.5

This wine screams right bank Bordeaux supported by a blend of 55% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. A dark Ruby red in colour this has a lovely perfume with aromas of plum, cigar box, dried bracken and roses, tobacco and spice. Cinnamon and nutmeg from the oak. 70% of the French Oak barrels were new. Medium plus bodied. The tannins are there but lessening in impact. 14.5% ABV. This wine was #2 in the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 of 2013. A near neighbour of the aristocratic Chateau Ausone. — 14 days ago

Somm, Paul and 17 others liked this

Somm David T

Had dinner at Chateau Guiraud, which is the same ownership in 2014. Dinner after a multiple vintages tasting at 8 Chateau’s in Sauternes during En Primeur and then tastings 50 Sauternes in an hour before dinner. The final wine was Cannon.

Bob McDonald

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

The ownership has a style...which...works over multiple BDX concerns. A bit heavy and gratuitous but it smooths over the various vintage speed bumps here and there. Always pleasant and cordial. Plenty of Howdoyoudo? Attention to detail evident. The various ownership property labels a safe harbor in an uncertain BDX world.

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2019

Carl D.

9.0

A vineyard that was rescued by the family that is coming into its own. — 9 hours ago

Château Pavie Macquin

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

Good but not great. A bit flat honestly. — 10 days ago

Douglas, Tom and 4 others liked this

Château Langoa Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

David White

9.3

NYE starter and it’s maturing nicely, classic St Julien notes and berry flavours, soft integrated tannins and good mouth filling feel with longish finish. — 4 days ago

Dave, Tom and 4 others liked this

Somm David T

Young here but a fabulous over deliver producer.