Cabernet Franc

Angélique de Monbousquet is the second wine of Château Monbousquet, located in the commune of Saint-Sulpice de Faleyrens. A balanced, rounded velvety and fruity dry row wine with a soft finish. The tannins are somewhat... Read More

Bandurria is a natural wine project started by Roberto Echeveria and his wife Julia. They wanted to break with the traditional wine of the family winery and develop a line of natural wines sourced from their own vineyards. Nestled... Read More

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Dancing Bear Ranch is composed of 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it charges out of the gate with bold crème de cassis, blackberry pie and plum preserves... Read More

Alcoholic fermentation with autochthonous yeasts, bottled without filtering, clarifying or stabilizing

10 months in stainless steel tanks.

96 Points Decanter:

Rich plum colour. This takes its time to open, is pretty subtle at first, but then explodes in juicy fruit. Clear salinity where you can feel the slate scrape of the limestone terroir, alongside well expressed... Read More

James Suckling 95 Points:

Complex aromas of blackcurrant, black olive, clove, oyster shell, pencil lead and tobacco. It’s full-bodied with firm, tightly knit tannins. Concentrated and focused with a very long, spice and... Read More

95 Points James Suckling:

A perfumed nose of mulberries, plums, chocolate orange and cloves. Hints of toffee, too. Medium-to full-bodied with firm, ripe tannins. Caressing, velvety and rich core of dark fruit. So supple and polished.... Read More

Château Haut-Brion is the only classified growth in Pessac-Léognan. Its neighbouring sister estate Château La Mission Haut-Brion, whilst not classified, remains one of the top iconic properties on the Left Bank... Read More

A French wine, rated a Premier Cru Classé (First Growth), produced in the Gironde region. Of the five first growths in the Bordeaux classifications of 1855, it is the only wine with the Pessac-Léognan appellation... Read More

Wine Enthusiast 96 Points:

This is a generous, full-bodied wine. Touches of vanilla indicate the wood aging but that will go as the elegant structure and black fruits come to the fore. The wine’s future is assured, promising... Read More

Wine Spectator 96 Points:

This has the ripe, intense, racy feel of the vintage, with cassis, plum and blueberry compote flavors, carried by a long graphite spine. A textbook 2018 and a textbook St.-Julien.
Barrel Sample: 93-96... Read More

The 2019 Château Lynch-Bages is stunningly good, and it's going to be interesting to compare this to the 2018 over the coming decades. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit... Read More

The freshness and the balance of this vintage combine with the brilliance of the fruit and velvety texture, with an ample yet complex tannic structure, reflecting the true signature of Malartic’s terroir.

Blend: 55.9% Cabernet... Read More

James Suckling 96 Points:

I love the deep and complex nose, in which the cassis and mint of cabernet sauvignon are beautifully married to the more generous blackberry of ripe merlot and the vanilla and toasty notes from the oak... Read More

A seductive Margaux with an intense nose of black fruit and red plums. Some herb and wood notes, too. It’s full-bodied with pretty, pure-berry flavors with some crushed stones and cement. The texture is silky and fine-grained... Read More

93 Points James Suckling:

A firm and linear red with plum, bark, wet earth and mushroom aromas and flavors. Hazelnuts. Medium-bodied with chewy tannins that are integrated and together. Real St.-Emilion. From organically grown... Read More

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Château Margaux (blended of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot) sashays out of the glass with glamorous red currants, candied violets, kirsch and... Read More

Wine Enthusiast 96 Points:

Definite richness alongside classic elegance. It’s a stylish wine, the fruit integrated into a beautiful structure. It’s not all refinement, because there is also a weight to the black plum... Read More

The 2018 Montrose is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Very deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a good amount of air to unlock the vibrant scents of crushed blackberries, preserved... Read More

Intense ruby, almost purple colour with violet hue. The nose is elegant with multi-layered fruit, ripe blueberries, hints of blackberries and ripe plums, discreet spiciness and fine toasting aroma in the background, vanilla and... Read More

The 2014 Pape Clement has quite a potent bouquet with lavish red cherry, kirsch, iodine and pastille-like scents, the oak probably needing another couple of years to fully integrate. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin,... Read More

On the lighter side, but fresh and focused, featuring cassis and bitter cherry notes, lined with subtle iron and floral hints. The finish is tightly focused.