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...

An utterly profound Lynch-Bages, this wine continues to remind me of a hypothetical blend of the 1990 and 1989. Interestingly, when I asked Jean-Michel Cazes to rank his top four vintages of Lync br...

Meaty savoury nose, liquorice and stewed plum, delicate spice, beef reduction, some herbal touches. The palate is showing nice evolution, with mature fruit, plums and prunes, liquorice, spice, ce 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...

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...