Pauillac

The 2012 Pibran has a ripe, forward, black cherry and raspberry bouquet, the Merlot component very expressive and lending vivacious allure to the aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied with sligh...(more info)

A high proportion of Cabernet is immediately evident. Rich with lots of volume. Sweet blackberry and bramble, vigourous and weighty. Really good. Proper wine. Tannins present but not over-extract...(more info)

Haut Batailley (GPL's stablemate) having been so good, it was hard to believe the extent to which Grand Puy Lacoste moves into another dimension. Lovely expression of fruit, floral, elegant and f...(more info)

So silky and suave, the fruit - blueberry and blackberry - and tannins all coming together in velvet power. Almost as serenely velvety as the Reserve de la Comtesse, just a bit more serious. Simp...(more info)

Pichon Baron did have some problems with drought. The area known as St. Anne, opposite Haut Batailley on the plateau, which usually goes to make Tourelles, suffered a block in maturity. They have...(more info)

Although the Pichon Lalande team said, as one might have expected, that they picked relatively early (they have never been keen on overripe flavours here) there is still a greater fullness and ri...(more info)

75% Cabernet, 15% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. The weakness of the Merlot has resulted in a blend with more Cabernet than usual. and it is very assertive Cabernet, so this is a bit of an oddity, very...(more info)