Margaux

Deep purple to black. Nose of spice, cakey fruit. Thick feel, fresh, powerful and intense. Tannins build. Intense rich finish keeps its freshness.

At Palmer, in contast to Château Margaux, the decision was that the Merlots (which come from later ripening ground than at Margaux) did have something to give to the blend. The Cabernet Sauvignons were great for th...(read more)

Much more restrained nose than the Pavillon, - you have to go looking for this one. Tight, minerally damson fruit. Overtones of the darkness of sloes. Ample and voluminous it remains right on the point of perfect focus,...(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)

Richly textured and far more approachable than the grand vin, they have done good job of setting out the stall of Ségla as an approachable, gourmet-edged alternative to the more serious and structured Rauzan-S&eac...(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)

65% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon. Good expressive nose. Lots of deep coloured fruit. In the mouth, morello cherries and brambly blackcurrant with a bit of black mineral. Immediate, sweet freshness bu...(read more)

D'Issan’s second wine from younger vines, but as they say 'the same DNA', as it all comes from the same vineyard block as the Grand Vin. (They also own some outlying parcels in the Haut Médoc appellation, but thes...(read more)