Bright cherry red. Gently floral cherry. Attractive on the nose...
Very ripe black fruit and very toasty. Mocha too – and even more...
100% Merlot. Rich dark fruit laced with vanilla sweetness but...
Smudgy cherry crimson. A little dusty but plenty of cherry fruit...
Dark cherry colour. More intensity on the nose than any in the...
Inky black cherry. Floral and sweet dark fruit. Firm and a bit...
Vineyard encépagement: 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10%...
100% Merlot. Deep crimson. Chocolate and cherry but fresh too...
80% Merlot (9-16 September), 20% Cabernet Franc (19 September)...
Warm, spicy damsons on the nose. A bit dusty. Pretty ripe on the...
Black as the ace of spades. Charry dark fruit. Oak dominates for...
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. Rich cherry crimson. Generous...
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Black core, deep purple rim...
100% Merlot. Chocolate damsons on the nose lifted by a light...
Deep black cherry. Aromatic, ripe fruit with a leaning toward...
Deepest black cherry. Interesting nose – quite spicy and peppery...
5% Cabernet Franc, 95% Merlot. Deep inky core and purple rim...
90% Merlot (5-12 September), 10% Cabernet Franc (19 September)...
Inky black cherry colour. Ripe and intense and rich on the nose...
100% Merlot (picked 16 September). Dusty dark fruit, just a...
90% Merlot (12-15 September), 10% Cabernet Franc (24 September)...
Jean-Pascal Vazart, second in command to Charles Chevallier...
90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. Black core and dark cherry rim...
33 months in new French oak. Black core, dark cherry rim. Smoky...
Deep black cherry colour. Lots of oak char on the nose, a touch...
Vineyard encépagement: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Smells...
Inky crimson. Intensely sweet plummy fruit. Very sweet and juicy...
90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. Deep cherry crimson. Dark and...
Ripe dark fruit with violets and chocolates. Pretty intense on...
Vineyard encépagement: 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.
Mid to...
Bought by Catherine Pere-Vergé in 2002. 100% Merlot. Bright red...
Vineyard encépagement: 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. Lovely...
Deep dark black cherry. Fine, just ripe cherry fruit and just a...
Jacques Guinaudeau describes the 2011s as more 'secret' than the...
Vineyard encépagement: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Deep...
100% Merlot. The more recently replanted vines. Dark cherry...
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Vinified at Le Gay in wooden...
Vineyard encépagement: 95% Merlot, 5% Malbec. Sweet, ripe and...
90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. Black core and dark cherry rim...
Driest vintage of the decade and nearly the warmest of the...
22% Cabernet Franc, 78% Merlot. 25% new oak. Intense black...
19% Cabernet Franc, 72% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. 65% new...
Another property with a cellar under construction (Jean-Claude...
First vintage in the new, neat and architecturally simple but...
Dark cherry crimson. Fine minerally dark fruit, delicate. Hint...
Sweet, perfumed dark and ripe and chocolatey. Deep dark fruit...
Vineyard encépagement: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. Fresh and...
Slight reductive note. Beyond that, bright blackcurrant. Not...
Vineyard encépagement: 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc. Very...
Alexandre Thienpont says happily, 'De retour a Bordeaux' – back...
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Inky crimson. Pure ripe dark...
100% Merlot. Destemmed by hand and fermented, after cold...
