Our top wines in March

There were 272 wines scoring 17 or above in March, from all four corners of the Wineiverse. A selection of the best follow. The first six wines were standalone notes – that is, they were uploaded into the database without appearing in the front end of the website, so may have passed readers by.

• Three classics: Ch Montrose 1982, Ch Climens 1989, Pol Roger 2002
• A top Carignan by O Fournier from Maule
• Two cracking Furmints from István Balassa: Betsek and Szent Tamás
• The month's top scorer: Ch d'Yquem. But which vintage?
• A delicious Zierfandler/Rotgipfler blend. Naturally...