About this Wine: "This sleeper of the vintage is a large-scaled effort produced by a member of the Janoueix family (who also produce the outstanding Lalande-de-Pomerol, Chambrun). It is a powe...

Wine Spectator: Dense, with good mouthfeel, offering notes of velvety, warm raspberry and boysenberry confiture. Kept lively by enticing spice, anise, bergamot and mandarin orange hints. The ...

About this Wine: These wines are simply younger and their roots have yet to grow to their full depth in the gravelly soil. Powerful, very aromatic, long on the palate, with a very persiste...

Wine Enthusiast: Big and structured wine, with ripe jammy fruit. Rich spice, soft tannins and dense texture all come together to give a rounded feel. Acidity at the end makes a final, tight ...

Wine Spectator: A nice, old-school style, with roasted mesquite, tobacco leaf and espresso flavors up front, following through to bittersweet ganache and mulled dark currant notes on the stil...

Wine Spectator: A taut but fresh style, with plum skin, mesquite and mineral notes running along. There's a solid core of steeped blackberry fruit in reserve, and the perfumy finish has laten...

Wine Spectator: Blueberry, licorice and sandalwood, with a solid core of fruit. Velvet and mineral. Lots going on. An impressive wine from tiny yields. 75 percent Merlot and 25 percent Cabern...

About this Wine: "Produced by Bellevue, the is an excellent Bordeaux Blend. From the St Emilion Bordeaux area of France, this Bordeaux Blend features a Dry taste and Red color."

Wine Spectator: Ripe and mouthfilling, but with fresh acidity harnessing the core nicely, keeping the dark plum, blackberry and sage notes wound up, while lilac, sandalwood and black tea fill...

Wine Spectator: Dense, juicy and inviting, with bouncy briar, blackberry, steeped black currant and melted black licorice notes framed by roasted apple wood and graphite notes. The finish cou...

About this Wine: Its firm, well-rounded tannins offer a smoothness ever present over the years. Being highly concentrated, it can be left to age  for many years...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and enticing, with mesquite, steeped plum, lightly mulled blackberry and bittersweet ganache notes all seamlessly layered and carrying through the charcoal-tinged finish....

Wine Spectator: This is tangy, with red currant, roasted mesquite, sanguine and tobacco notes. Already shows range and definition, with solid grip. -J.M.

About this Wine: Production (maximum) : 30, 000 bottles                       ...

About this Wine: Merlot flourishes here, rather than the Cabernet, thanks to Soil rich in clay, and Jeremy manipulates the grape in order to deliver wines that are "succulent, never over-extra...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium ruby. Exotic, high-toned aromas of blueberry liqueur, fruitcake and bitter chocolate. Creamy-sweet and opulent, with superconcentrated dark berry and dark choc...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby-red. Dark raspberry and black cherry aromas, lifted by minerals. Very suave on entry, then minerally and gripping in the middle, with a restrained sweetness and exce...

About this Wine: "A beautiful svelte nose : jammy cherry toasty fruit. Still much too closed but with masses of powerful blackcherry. Sweet & pure. Well-integrated tannins...second wine of Leo...

Wine Spectator: Subtle, yet rich. Refined, yet powerful. Full-bodied, with super silky tannins, yet it's elegant and caressing. Joy to taste. Fantastic l'Oratoire. From the same people who br...

Wine Spectator: This young Bordeaux shows intense aromas of wet earth, stone and berries. It's full-bodied, with super well-integrated tannins and a long, long finish. Very well made indeed, ...