One of my absolute favourite wines in 2021 with Figeac's star power clearly on show. Amazing aromatic complexity on the nose; dark chocolate with perfume from the Cabernet Franc - pink flowers, red cherry touches vanilla and cinnamon - such a seductive smell. Pure and focused - so smooth and sleek with a clear tang to the palate. Quite taut, so defined and pure. The minerality comes through the sweet strawberry and raspberry fruit giving that chalky, salty flavour and texture on the palate. Everything is precise and in the right place. You can tell this is ripe, the concentration is there in the fruit, alongside such bright freshness but also these fun and playful red fruit flavours with lively acidity. Classic Bordeaux style with vibrancy, clarity and harmony - you feel the St-Emilion terroir and the understated glamour. This is an epic wine, a brilliant Figeac and contender for wine of the Right Bank. 100% new oak.

97 points, Georgina Hindle, Decanter, Château Figeac 1er grand cru classé (B) St-Emilion 2021

Another pure, elegant 2020 that shines on all accounts, the 2020 Château Robin reveals a vivid purple hue to go juicy cherry and bright blue fruits intermixed with loads of chalky minerality, white flowers, and graphite. Medium-bodied, elegant, and fresh on the palate, it has impressive overall balance, a juicy spine of acidity, and a great finish.

90-92 points, Jeb Dunnuck, Château Robin Côtes de Castillon 2020

Subdued, carefully extracted, this has firm and lively black fruits, and is a definite value pick in the vintage. iI will take a few years for the sombre tannins to fully loosen up, but there are blackberry and raspberry fruits underneath, and plenty of limestone character. From Cousins Thienpont & Heymans.

92 points, Jane Anson, Château Robin Côtes de Castillon 2020