Saint Estèphe

74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot. Same ownership and management as Calon Segur. Lovely supple smooth appeal. Fine tannins and cool Cabernet class. Vincent Millet had a new cuverie at his dispos...(read more)

2% Petit Verdot adds a nice element to this ample, full and impressive wine. There is a touch of chewy intensity to the deep fruit - but ripeness is spot-on, broad but balance is there too. Nicel...(read more)

Another potential sleeper of the vintage from the Cuvelier family (owners of Leoville Poyferre), the 2011 Le Crock is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and...(read more)

There has been a change of régime here, the Charmolüés having sold Montrose to the Louis Roederer Champagne group. The winemaker has also changed, and the new team is led by M. Glumineau, with ad...(read more)

Tasted after the ‘Dame’ (the second wine) 2002 Montrose is both finer and more expressive, still in a very tightly compacted blackcurrant style, very concentrated and very structured. A big and t...(read more)

Swirled in the glass this resembles a huge and perfect ‘black’ tulip, the deepest purple-black. Lots of spicy wood shows first on the nose, which then fills out, rich and full, as it is too on th...(read more)

Deeper even than the Dame in colour, with more blackberry sweet fruit filling out the nose. Cassis depth. Palate is more closed than the Dame, but also more harmonious. Very tannic, but fat and r...(read more)

Capbern has come from nowhere to be seriously popular with our customers in the space of four years, thanks to winemaker Vincent Millet, who is reponsible here as well as at Calon Ségur. Amazing...(read more)

Brightly-scented and well-formed defined fruit purity. Not heavy but well done. Energy and richly oaky classicism. Good direction and flow, crunchy texture. If the acidity shines a touch it is on...(read more)