The 2009 Pol Roger bears all the hallmarks of this lovely, rich vintage. The fine mousse and generous ripe fruit mean this is already a joy to taste. Perhaps it doesn't quite have the tension, pu br...

Departing chef de caves Richard Geoffroy says that 2008 is his best DP vintage since 1990. The first half of the growing season was dull and sunless, but good weather returned in mid-September an br...

This is lush and captivating in feel, with a velvety flow to the mix of plum, blackberry, boysenberry and açai berry compote flavors. A bold streak of licorice runs through the finish, underscor br...

Rich and quite scented, plush with superfine tannins and an abundance of dark ripe fruit, it feels as though designed to give pleasure at a young age. A really juicy, sappy, bowl of fruit.

This has been opening up into full sumptuous expression for the last few years and now at 40 is seriously attractive. Displaying the full panoply of dark fruit, cherry and cassis, with liquorice br...

There is an opulent quality about the nose and the rich fruit gives flesh on the palate. The powerful mix of flavours is under pinned by bilberry and red fruits that give a vibrancy towards the b br...

A fresh nose, and a lightness and elegance, but then the intensity builds and it has a lovely, salivating richness and freshness, with quite a floral and expressive fruit. The longer it stays in br...

More coal black even than Noval iteself. There's a mass of richness and spice combined with a juicy, forward, fresh-acidity-driven core which makes it amazingly fresh and more-ish. There's a grav br...

This is based on wines from Quinta do Seixo and Quinta di Vau. 10,000 bottles were produced from 40% each of Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional, 10% Tinto Roriz, and 5% each of Tinto Cão and Sou br...

Smooth and velvety, mid-weight with figgy sweet dark berry fruit, easy and harmonious with a relaxed feel, not the most distinctive, but there's a lovely chocolatey richness.

Taylor is enormously impressive for its framework and structured intensity, but the fruit was closed up and the flavour balance tending to a slightly cool woodiness. Lovely, and the is spice and br...