Margaux

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot. A six-hectare property owned by Éric Léglise, who also owns Château le Coteau. You might think that you don't what to drink anything as young as a 2017, but it woul...(read more)

Dark greyish crimson. Very Cabernet on the nose – cassis and graphite and a nice dusty character. Savoury dark cassis on the palate, nicely balanced in a lightish weight but with plenty of freshness on the finish.

The 2017 Blason d’Issan has a straightforward, slightly Pauillac-inspired bouquet, a little austere in style at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, masculine in style (especially for a Deuxi&egrav...(read more)

A firm favourite in the L&S camp. This year production is sadly down by about 40%, a great shame as the wine really is superb. Some of the losses were immediate (the frost killed off an entire Merlot vineyard in Sous...(read more)

53% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carménère. Sadly around 25% of the crop was lost to frost with the worst damage on the plots behind the park. An enormous amount of work went on in...(read more)

The 2017 du Tertre was picked from 14 September to 2 October, matured in around 45% new oak. The blend has been 85% completed. It has a very pleasant bouquet, pure blackberry, briary and more iris than violet aromas. The...(read more)

Another Margaux estate that has elevated its quality over several years and is according to some, back to matching the greatness they achieved in the 60's and 70's. The 2015 was quite medium bodied which was surprising f...(read more)

64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot. We liked D'Issan a lot in 2015. The wine didn’t feel as ample as its neighbours and the 2016 is demonstrably going the same way except with even more freshness, precision and elegance....(read more)

Supple and fresh. Lightish texture but well-done. Bright, easy. Not grandiose but very pretty.

Very fine fruit, especially fine texture, slinky and sinuous. Quite a dose of tannin on the finish, but this has the fruit to cope.