Andrew Caillard
St-Emilion
Ch Ausone
Medium deep colour. Fresh redcurrant, red cherry, raspberry aromas with touch of herb, sage and liquorice. Beautifully concentrated, almost glossy with supple red fruit flavours, underlying ginger vanilla oak and firm al dente but loose-knit tannins. A chocolaty firm finish. Has all the elements in balance. Lovely. 95 points
Ch Ballestard La Tonnelle
Deep colour. Intense red currant, praline, cedar malt oak. Sweet red currant, praline flavours, fine grainy dry tannins. Finishes exceedingly firm and dry with malt oak notes. Elemental. 86 points
Ch Beau Sejor Becot
Deep crimson. Intense blackberry confit/ jammy, cola aromas with cedar oak notes. Sweet blackberry dark plum fruit, brambly sinewy tannins and underlying savoury oak. Graphite finish. Chewy wine. 88 points
Ch Belair Monange
Medium deep colour. Fresh black cherry, liquorice, aniseed aromas with graphite notes. Sweet black cherry, black currant, aniseed flavours and plentiful al dente tannins. Finishes long and minerally. Classic proportions. Should develop very well. 95 points
Ch Bellevue
Deep colour. Intense dark berry grilled bacon aromas with some liquorice notes. Concentrated dark berry fruits, find grained touch leafy tannins. Finishes sinewy firm, but fresh. 88 points
Ch Berliquet
Deep crimson. Intense rhubarb, red currant, red cherry aromas with cola notes. Sweet musky plum, touch salty flavours, looseknit chocolaty tannins with some ginger oak notes. Minerally salty notes at finish. 92 points
Ch Canon
Deep crimson. Fresh red liquorice, red plum aromas with aniseed herb notes. Fresh chinotto, red plum fruit, underlying ginger oak notes, and firm plentiful al dente tannins. Well concentrated with plenty of sweet fruit complexity and flavour length.94 points
Ch Canon La Gaffeliere
Medium deep colour. Red currant red cherry aromas with cedar, vanilla notes. Sweet red cherry, red currant fruit, plenty of mid palate richness, fine grained cedary tannins. Finishes chalky aldente firm with plenty of flavour length. 92 points
Ch Canon La Gaffeliere
Medium deep colour. Fresh red currant, liquorice, aniseed. Sweet buoyant, chalky cedar tannins, bitter sweet finish. Lovely freshness and vinosity.93 points
Ch Cap de Mourlin
Medium crimson. Red currant coffee aromas with grilled nut, roasted walnut notes. Fresh sweet fruit, juicy red currant flavours and fresh fine grained, slightly muddy tannins. Finishes chocolaty and long with some liquorice notes. 93 points
Ch Cheval Blanc
Deep colour. Intense black cherry, liquorice, cedar, roasted chestnut. Sweet black cherry, liquorice, beautiful chalky tannin, elderberry notes at finish. Very good. 94 points
Ch Couvent des Jacobins
Deep colour. Fresh elderberry, plum, espresso aromas. Well concentrated with plum espresso flavours, underlying vanilla oak. Cedar gonget notes appear at finish. Touch al dente. 92 points
Ch Dassault
Deep crimson. Intense plum, redcurrant, praline aromas. Sweet redcurrant, praline flavours and fine cedar tannins. Builds up brambly and muscular but fruit sweetness pervades. 92 points
Ch Figeac
Medium deep colour. Blackcurrant, red cherry aromas with malty violet notes. Touch salty, blackcurrant, plum fruit, fine plentiful tannins and crisp mineral acidity. Some savoury complexity. 92 points
Chateau Fleur Cardinale
Deep colour. Praline, ripe plum aromas. Sweet and chocolaty. residual sugar? Finishes sinewy bitter firm 84 points
Ch Fonroque
Medium deep colour. Intense red currant, rhubarb aromas. Concentrated rd fruits and underlying cedar notes. Finishes firm and tight. Acidity pokes out. Lacks the weight and drive for development. 83 points
Ch Fontbel
Medium deep colour. Juicy black cherry, liquorice aniseed aromas with some savoury notes. Sweet red cherry, curranty, vanilla note, fine chalky touch sinewy tannins. pronounced acidity. 90 points
Ch Franc Mayne
Deep colour. Fresh elderberry, red cherry, cola aromas with vanilla notes. Sweet fruited with plenty of red cherry, redcurrant flavours and fine chocolaty tannins, some aniseed notes. Finishes brambly. 89 points
Ch Frombrauge
Deep colour. Intense dark chocolate, engine oil, dark berry aromas with cedar notes. Richly concentrated and voluminous with dark berry chinotto notes, prounounced malty oak and firm tannins. Elemental and blanced but typical for this producer. 93 points
Ch Grand Barrail La Marzelle Figeac
Medium deep colour. Deep blackberry, plum, aniseed aromas. Rich buoyant plummy ginger flavours and loose-knit chocolaty tannins. A tannin kick at the fish. Very attractive wine. Recommended. 93 points
Ch Grand Mayne
Medium deep colour. Intense dark chocolate Turkish Delight, musk plum aromas. Sweet fruited with savoury, ginger oak notes, fine sinewy long touch al dente tannins. Strong structure but fruit concentration and oak are in balance. Finishes muscular firm but persistent! 93 points
Ch Grange Neuve
Deep colour. Fresh liquorice, black currant aromas, grilled nut flavours, sweet fruit flavours. Quite gritty and brambly at the finish. Well balanced but elemental. 91 points
Ch Haut Simard
Medium deep colour. Fresh roasted walnut, red fruit aromas. Well concentrated juicy and sweet fruited with chocolaty touch bitter tannins but good volume and persistence. 92 points
Ch La Couspaude
Medium deep colour. Fresh vanilla dice, quite oaky aromas. Well concentrated oaky, coffee flavours and chocolaty firm tannins. Oak is too strong but this is just a sample. The final blend will taste differently? 88 points
Ch La Dominique
Medium deep colour. Fresh redcurrant, liquorice, sage aromas, with elderberry notes. Sweet fruited, almost glossy with black fruit flavours and plentiful sinewy tannins. Finishes long with fine graphite finish. Impressive. Very nice weight and balance. 94 points
Ch Lafleur Pourret
Medium Deep colour. Intense redcurrant, red liquorice raspberry aromas, sweet fruit flavours, fine looseknit chalky tannins. Finishes graphite, brambly 86 points
Ch Laforge
Deep colour. Musky plum, praline, sweet fruit, brambly al dente tannins. Lovely richness and vanilla. Finishes firm. 92 points
Ch La Gaffeliere
Medium deep colour. Fresh redcurrant dark chocolate aromas with varnishy notes. Loose-knit palate with redcurrant, praline flavours, mid plate richness, fine grained slightly brambly tannins and underlying savoury notes. I like its scale 91 points
Ch La Tour Figeac
Deep crimson. Fresh praline jammy black currant aromas with espresso notes. Sweet praline, blackberry plum flavours, ginger vanilla oak and strong vigorous tannins. Finishes brambly but fruit sweet. 92 points
Ch Larcis Ducasse
Deep colour. Intense red plum, elderberry, redcurrant aromas - very jammy. Well concentrated red plum, redcurrant flavours, savoury oak and fine brambly dry tannins. Finishes like a fur ball with savoury ginger notes. 90 points
Ch Larmande
Deep colour. Intense blackcurrant, herb, aniseed aromas with vanilla notes. Concentrated cassis. Dark plum flavours and pronounced chalky al dente tannins. Massively structured wine, but sweet fruit keeps together. Malt/ vanilla oak at the finish. 88 points
Ch Laroze
Deep colour. Fresh cola, redcurrant, dark plum aromas and flavours. Cedar oak dominates palate but good fruit concentration and fine grainy tannins. Builds in tannin richness and presence at the finish. 91 points
Chateau Lusseau
Medium colour. Intense ginger, redcurrant, liquorice aromas with some biscuity notes. Redcurrant ginger, cedar, cola flavours, plenty of richness in the mid palate, grilled walnut notes. Finishes chalky firm but nice sweet fruit notes.
92 points
Ch de Millery
Deep colour. Fresh elderberry, blackberry aromas with some brambly notes. Sweet blackberry redcurrant fruit, fine gravel tannins. Finishes al dente firm. 86 points
Ch Moulin St Georges
Medium deep colour. Intense liquorice, dark chocolate aromas with herb garden notes. Well concentrated, juicy and richly flavoured. Finishes brambly dry and crisp. Still very elemental. 92 points
Ch Pavie
Medium deep colour. Roasted chestnut, dark plum, cola aromas with plentiful cedar notes. Well concentrated with dark plum, roasted chestnut flavours, fine looseknit but dense chocolaty tannins and plenty of malty complexity. Finishes firm with plenty of flavour length. Very elemental still. 93 points
Ch Pavie Macquin
Medium deep colour. Fresh musky plum, rhubarb, cola aromas with some savoury notes. Rich fleshy wine with strong brambly tannins. Very muscular undercarriage and pronounced acidity. Very drying at the finish. 86 points
Ch Pey de Latour
Medium deep colour. Bright redcurrant, elderberry raspberry aromas. Sweet juicy flavours with firm brambly tannins and crunchy notes. Touch of aniseed at finish. Fresh and simple 86 points
Ch Petit Figeac
Deep colour. Fresh liquorice, red currant, plum aromas. Sweet fruit red plum, blackberry, fine plentiful chalky tannins. Finishes firm and tight. 93 points
Ch Puy Blanquet
Medium deep colour. Fresh cherry, redcurrant aromas with some violet, aniseed notes. Cherry redcurrant fruit with sage, herbgarden notes, juicy mid palate and plentiful chalky firm, touch al dente tannins. Finishes quite brambly and minerally. 88 points
Ch Quinault L’enclos
Medium deep colour. Fresh raspberry, red plum aromas herb garden aromas. Sweet fruit, liquorice, aniseed, savoury oak notes and rich chocolaty tannins. Well controlled tannins. Finishes chocolaty firm but long. 94 points
Ch Quintus
Medium deep colour. Intense praline, liquorice, cassis aromas with some lead pencil notes. Sweet fruited praline, roasted chestnut flavours, plentiful fine graphite sinewy tannins and pronounced acidity. Very wound up and elemental. 88 points
Ch Rol Valentin
Deep colour. Praline, dark berry aromas with cedar chocolate espesso notes. Sweet and chocolaty. Tannins build up some dark cherry Black Forest chocolate cake notes. Chinotto like finish. 92 points
2012 Ch Simard
Medium deep colour. Red cherry, redcurrant aromas, grilled but notes. Touch of vanilla. Well concentrated, dark cherry, liquorice flavours, chalky tannins. Finishes firm. Al dente touch brambly. 89 points
Ch Soutard
Medium deep colour. Red plum, rhubarb, ginger aromas with some cedar notes. Fresh bitter sweet palate with red plum cola flavours, crisp dry tannins and indelible strong acidity. 89 points
Ch Teyssier
Very elegant style with red currant, plum aromas, fine chalky graphite tannins. Brambly tannins. Finishes minerally and long. 90 points
Ch Troplong Mondot
Deep colour. Intense liquorice, black currant aromas with cedar, praline notes, touch of malt. Rich and flavourful with black currant, cedar, allspice flavours, voluminous mid palate, fine grainy, cedar tannins. Elemental, balanced and delicious. 95 points
Ch Trottevielle
Medium deep colour. Fresh aniseed, malt, vanilla, malt notes. Fresh and generous with plentiful redcurrant fruits, fine grained almost sinewy tannins. Builds up very muscular at the finish but fruit concentration and balance make this a very impressive wine. 93 points
Ch Valandraud
Deep colour. Intense dark cherry, dark plum, cedar aromas. Sweet dark cherry, elderberry flavours, fine sinewy but driving tannins. Builds firm and tight. Muscular but fresh. 94 points
Ch Villemaurine
Deep colour. Fresh red cherry, blackberry, plum aromas with roasted chestnut notes. Well concentrated with blackberry, juicy, brambly flavours, underlying savoury notes, fine chocolaty tannins and crisp mineral acidity. Finishes brambly firm. Still elemental but has buoyancy. 92 points
Les Asteries
Deep colour. Violet, blackberry, roasted notes, string muscular tannins. Underlying roasted chestnut notes. Chalky tannin. Graphite energy. 94 points
Bellefont Belcier
Medium deep colour. Fresh raspberry, red cherry with camomile graphite notes. Well concentrated raspberry, red currant fruit and plentiful chalky tannins. Lovely vinosity and crispness in structure. 93 points
Bellevue Mondotte
Deep colour. Intense cola, roasted chestnut, cassis aromas with touches of espresso. Very chocolaty, with pronounced dense al dente/ chalky tannins. Finishes firm and brambly. Quite muddy in texture. 92 points
Chapelle d'Ausone
Medium deep colour. Fresh red currant, rhubarb, red liquorice aromas. Sweet concentrated blackberry, raspberry, hedgerow, brambly wine with fresh leafy tannins. Builds up gently and touch sappy. Elemental but possesses power and energy. 93 points
2012 Clos Cantenac
Medium deep colour. Fresh intense inky plum ginger liquorice aromas with praline notes. Well concentrated plummy, ginger, liquorice flavours with fine chocolaty tannins. Already showing lovely fruit complexity and richness. Fresh slinky, al dente finish with plenty of fruit length. Very good. 94 Points
Clos Fourtet
Deep colour. Fresh red currant, chocolate, pane forte notes with herb garden notes. Sweet redcurrant, plum, rhubarb flavours, touch of cola and ginger fine chocolaty tannins and tangy acidity. Finishes firm and a touch sappy. 91 points
Clos des Jacobins
Medium deep colour. Plum, liquorice aromas and flavours. Sweet fruited with silky fruit and well balanced graphite tannins. Looks good. 93 points
Clos Lunelles
Medium deep colour. Intense ripe red plum, rhubarb, cold stewed fruit notes. Sweet fruited and richly flavoured with ripe plummy fruit and fine looseknit chalky tannins. Quite brambly and chewy at the finish. Tannins not quite ripe. New world in structure. 89 points
Clos Madeleine
Deep colour. Intense blackberry, liquorice aromas with touch of meaty complexity. Concentrated, juicy and rich with beautifully balanced malty oak and long grainy tannins. Firms up with mineral notes. 94 points
Clos L'Oratoire
Medium deep colour. Very pretty redcurrant red cherry aromas with some liquorice notes. Sweet fleshy wine with red currant, chalky tannins and underlying savoury oak. Chinotto, cola, red cherry finish. 92 points
Esprit de Pavie
Medium colour. Fresh red cherry plum aromas with herb garden notes. Firm almost Cabernet like palate with red cherry, redcurrant flavours, fine grained slightly chalky tannins. Finishes long and minerally. 87 points
Grand Corbin Despagne
Medium deep colour. Intense musky red currant, red plum aromas. Well concentrated fruit sweet and supple with fine long grained tannins. Well balanced with fruit matching structure. 92 points
Les Grandes Murailles
Medium deep colour. Fragrant cherry aromas, juicy flavours and underlying savoury oak. Lovely violet perfume pervades across the wine.91 points
L'Arrosee
Medium deep colour. Redcurrant violet aromas with mocha berry notes with fragrant herb garden notes. Sweet redcurrant, plum flavours with fine chalky tannins and crisp long acidity. Finishes chalky aldente firm. 92 points
La Confession
Deep colour. Dark chocolate, dark fruits. Massively extracted with plenty of new cedar oak and firm al dente tannins. Will never come together. 82 points
La Croix Figeac
Redcurrant, musky plum aromas. Sweet fruit flavours, fine grains slightly leafy tannins. Finishes firm and tight. Oak dominates. 88 points
La Mondotte
Deep colour. Fresh redcurrant, red plum, violet, mocha aromas. Well concentrated fleshy redcurrant, red plummy, liquorice flavours, lovely richness and volume. Underlying ginger oak.95 points
Le Carre
Deep colour. Meaty, aniseed, black fruits, roasted chestnut notes. Sweet fruit, black fruits, plummy flavours, fine graphite tannins Burgundy in Bordeaux thick clay of normal limestone 93 points
Le Dome
Deep colour. Intense dark chocolate, sage, violet. Sweet fruit, supple very rich and chocolaty. Lovely depth of flavour. Finishes sinewy and very long. Tannins kick in at the back. 94 points
Le Dragon de Quintus
Medium deep colour. Fresh praline, cassis, herb garden aromas. Cedar, lead pencil, cassis flavours, fine graphite tannins and underlying savoury nuances. Sinewy long finish. 86 points
Le Petit Cheval
Deep colour. Intense aniseed, fennel, sage. Smooth, salty mineral notes, graphite texture, glossy. Firm but no length. 89 points
Montbousquet
Medium deep colour. Lifted elderberry, praline aromas with malt, vanilla notes. Sweet fruited wine with plummy, redcurrant fruit, fleshy mid palate and chocolaty dry tannins. Finishes sinewy firm. A pronounced tannin crispness. Very elemental with touch of volatility. 91 points
Pavie Decesse
Medium deep crimson. Intense roasted chestnut, red plum, praline, sandalwood incense notes. Sweet sandalwood, plummy, chocolaty textures. Finishes sinewy graphite firm, even a touch leafy. But possesses freshness and length. 93 points
2012 Petit Cantenac
Medoum deep colour. Fresh plummy, redcurrant, herb garden, aniseed aromas. Well concentrated wine with in my redcurrant flavours and undying praline, mocha notes, fine graphite firm tannins. Finishes a touch brambly but well sustained flavours to close. 92 points
Pezat
Medium deep crimson. Intense violet, red currant, cassis, savoury oak. Sweet fruit, very textural, dense chalky tannins. Elegantly structured wine. 86 points
Vieux Chateau Mazerat
Deep colour. Rich liquorice, roasted chestnut, plummy aromas. Very seductive, slinky textured wine. Finishes firm and tight. 95 points. Impressive
Virginie de Valandraud
Deep colour. Intense dark chocolate, malty, praline, dark plum aromas with musky violet notes. Sweet fruited palate with chocolaty tannins. Finishes firm touch al dente with oak vanilla notes. Very well put together. 94 points
Pomerol
Ch Beauregard
Deep crimson. Perfumed Turkish delight, plum, raspberry, violet aromas with savoury, vanilla oak notes. Sweet fruit and sweet vanilla ginger oak, plentiful chocolaty tannins. Finishes sweet fruited but with fresh leafy notes. Touch sappy.93 points
Ch Bourgneuf
Medium deep colour. Fresh red plum, leafy, sage aromas with touch of vanilla. Well concentrated and juicy with plenty if redcurrant, jammy flavours, chalky dry tannins, juicy mid palate, mineral acid cut and muscular firm finish. 90 points
Ch Certan de May
Medium deep colour. Fresh aromatic violet, musky plum aromas with aniseed, sage notes. Well concentrated with musky plan, touch peppery flavours, sinewy graphite tannins. Muscular firm finish but good flavour length and vinosity. 93 points
Ch Clinet
Deep colour. Fresh blackberry musky plum aromas with some liquorice notes and underlying savoury oak. Sweet fruit flavours with some sappy/ pippy notes. Finishes brambly firm and tangy. Touch disjointed. 86 points
Ch Conseillante
Medium deep crimson. Intense red plum, redcurrant aromas with praline roasted nut notes. Sweet fruit flavours, red currant, plum, ginger, aniseed flavours, fine loose-knit grainy/ chalky tannins and fresh linear acidity. Builds up brambly and bitter sweet at finish. 94 points
Ch Gazin
Deep colour. Intense black cherry liquorice, dark chocolate, sweet musky fruit flavours, fine chocolaty dry tannins. Finishes long and chalky. 93 points
Ch Hosanna
Medium deep colour. Attractive blackberry, dark plum, jammy aromas. Fresh sweet fruit, blackberry essence flavours and plentiful leafy touch graphite tannins. Finishes juicy and long with flowing acidity at close. 91 points
Ch La Cabanne
Medium deep colour. Intense blackberry, plum, redcurrant, vanilla pepper aromas. Sweet redcurrant, malt, vanilla flavours aromas and muddy, chalky tannins.Finishes firm but all in balance. Quite classical 94 points
Ch La Croix de Gay
Medium deep crimson. Intense roasted chestnut, red cherry, red currant aromas and flavours, fine grainy tannins, sweet supple fruit. Finishes, firm with graphite, lead pencil nuances. 91 points
Ch Lafleur Gazin
Medium deep colour. Very fragrant red plum, redcurrant, vanilla aromas with hints of praline and cedar. Supple and fleshy with lovely plummy fruit, underlying vanilla oak and deliciously pippy tannins. Finishrs firm. Has lovely vinosity and persistence. 94 points
Ch Lafleur Petrus
Medium deep colour. Gorgeously seductive wine with intense dark plum, cassis, garrigue aromas and underlying savoury notes. Supple, fleshy and deeply flavoured with dark cherry, plum flavours, lovely mid palate richness, plentiful looseknit chocolaty graphite tannins and underlying vanilla goner oak. Finishes chalky firm with recruits and mocha notes at close. Very impressive wine. 97 points
Ch La Grave
Medium deep colour. Intense elderberry blueberry aniseed aromas. Sweet elderberry blueberry fruit with plentiful chalky textures, underlying sweet fruit notes. Finishes aldente firm. Very good flavour length and tannin freshness. 92 points
Ch La Pointe
Deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate, dark plum aromas with ginger, grilled nut notes. Sweet plush fruit flavours with fine grained, al dente tannins. Savoury oak nuances and indelible fresh acidity. Salty mineral notes. 93 points
Ch Latour a Pomerol
Medium deep colour. Very fresh black plum, black berry, raspberry aromas with leafy sous bois notes. Lovely controlled black plum, liquorice flavours, savoury notes, and plentiful graphite tannins. Finishes long and leafy with black plum chinotto notes. Very impressively balanced wine. 95 points
Ch Le Bon Pasteur
Deep crimson. Intense dark plum, praline aromas with cedar notes. Rich ripe and full bodied with plentiful plum, dark berry flavours and strong chocolaty dry tannins. Finishes long and sappy with underlying vanilla malt oak. Impressive but tannins are powerful. Chewy. 93 points
L'Evangile
Deep colour. Intense dark chocolate, espresso aromas. Sweet musky plum flavours, fine chalky dry tannins. Savoury oak complexity. Sweet fruit flavours. Fresh brambly finish. Lovely volume and richness. 95 points
Ch Petit Village
Deep crimson. Fresh redcurrant, Turkish delight, rhubarb, sappy aromas. Juicy fruit, musky plum, raspberry flavours and brambly tannins. Juicy long finish. 87 points
Ch Petrus
Deep colour.Glossy Elderberry, dark berry, praline, violet aromas. Rich ripe and expressive with elderberry dark berry, juicy flavours, plentiful graphite like tannins. Finishes al dente, chewy at the finish. Very chocolaty. Beautiful wine. 97 points
Ch Plince
Medium deep colour. Fresh dark plum, blackberry aromas with touch of elderberry and liquorice. Sweet and juicy with plentiful rich dark plum, elderberry fruit, liquorice notes and fine chalky, touch al dente tannins. Spicy incense notes. Plenty of vigour behind quite a rigid structure but everything in balance. 92 points
Ch Trotanoy
Medium deep colour. Dark plum, blackberry essence, liquorice, aniseed aromas with savoury nuances. Richly flavoured chocolaty wine with deep set dark plum, praline flavours, fine chocolaty al dente tannins. Finishes firm and long. Lovely vinosity and freshness. Superb. Very strong 96 points
Beau Soleil
Deep colour. Fresh floral aniseed, musky red plum, with violet notes. Very juicy wine with plummy, liquorice flavours and muscular long tannins.91 points
Clos Rene
Medium deep colour. Fresh pippy, aniseed, red currant aromas. Well concentrated with a core of redcurrant fruits and firm graphite tannins. Finishes brambly dry. Tannins are slightly unripe. 87 points
Le Pin
Deep colour. Fresh blackberry, violet, dark plum aromas with cedar notes. Well concentrated, slightly sappy, chinotto flavours, bitter sweet tannins. finishes leafy capsicum. 92 points
La Serre
Medium colour. Light red cherry, cola aromas with touch of ginger oak. Well concentrated wine with red fruits, plentiful ginger oak and velvety, chocolaty tannins. Finishes chalky firm and savoury with mocha vanilla notes. 88 points
Providence
Medium deep colour. Red currant, plum, herb with black liquorice. Fresh juicy with beautiful depth of red and black fruits, fresh looseknit chocolaty tannins and inky liquorice flavours at the finish. Really good. 96 points
Vieux Chateau Certan
Medium deep colour. Intense, blackberry, praline, chocolate violet, aromas. Musky plum. Sweet fruit, plummy, fine chalky dense tannins, underlying savoury oak, minerally flinty notes at finish. Very supple with juicy fruit notes and crunchy acidity. 97 points
Cotes de Francs
Ch Marsau
Deep colour. Impressive liquorice, cassis, graphite aromas. Sweet and glossy with cassis, liquorice flavours, aniseed notes. Tannins are quite brambly at the finish giving a slightly peppery kick. 88 points
Entre-Deux-Mers
Marjosse
Medium deep colour. Intense floral violet, camomile with leafy edge. Very fresh. Juicy redcurrant flavours and fine chalky textures. Finishes chalky firm with leafy notes. A lovely wine. With plenty if personality. 93 points
Bordeaux AOC
La Source du Chateau de Sours 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense praline, blackberry cassis aromas with cedar ginger notes. Sweet fruited wine with slightly oaky flavours, but good underlying buoyancy and richness. Chocolaty but persistent finish. 92 points
Whites
Clos Nardian
Medium colour. Lemon curd, pearskin yeasty aromas herb. Sweet lemon curd yeasty tonic water. Finishes chalky dry. Lovely minerally wines. 90 points
Monbousquet Blanc
Pale colour. Fresh herb, lemon curd, grapefruit,spearmint aromas with some yeasty complexity. Fresh voluminous with grapefruit, tonic water, yeasty flavours, loose-knit chalky textures and fine cutting acidity. Delicious to drink, but this type of wine can be enjoyed at a fraction of the price in Australian examples. 93 points
Rose
Bordeaux AOC
La Source Rose 2012
Pink salmon. Fresh light redcurrant, raspberry, herb-garden aromas. Fresh supple smooth redcurrant, plum fruit and fine crunchy acidity. Mouth watering fresh finish. Classic rose style 93 points
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