Red Wine from Pessac Leognan

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 99 points: (JL97-99 points) Deep in color, with intensity of fruit, silky tannins, length and volume. There is a lot going on here. On the attack, the wine opens with ripe, spice filled plums, moving next to darker fruits. The...

Wine Enthusiast, 98 points: (WE96-98 points) Mint aromas and flavors signal the new wood in which this wine is aging. It has impressive fruit, opulent and dense, balanced by fine acidity, crisp edges and solid tannins. A serious wine that will last...

jamessuckling.com, 100 points: This is a monument for Haut-Brion and reminds me of the great 1998 but in a modern and bright style. Full-bodied, very tannic and superbly structured yet always agile and vivid. Its energy and dynamic nature grabs you by...

Wine Enthusiast, 98 points: (WE96-98 points) Mint aromas and flavors signal the new wood in which this wine is aging. It has impressive fruit, opulent and dense, balanced by fine acidity, crisp edges and solid tannins. A serious wine that will last...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: (91-93) The 2016 Ferran has an intense bouquet of black cherries, blueberry and a slightly minerally edge, very well defined and displaying superb focus. The palate is medium-bodied with silky smooth tannins, very...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 99 points: (JL97-99 points) Deep in color, with intensity of fruit, silky tannins, length and volume. There is a lot going on here. On the attack, the wine opens with ripe, spice filled plums, moving next to darker fruits. The...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 99 points: (JL97-99 points) Deep in color, with intensity of fruit, silky tannins, length and volume. There is a lot going on here. On the attack, the wine opens with ripe, spice filled plums, moving next to darker fruits. The...

jamessuckling.com, 100 points: This is a monument for Haut-Brion and reminds me of the great 1998 but in a modern and bright style. Full-bodied, very tannic and superbly structured yet always agile and vivid. Its energy and dynamic nature grabs you by...

jamessuckling.com, 100 points: This is a monument for Haut-Brion and reminds me of the great 1998 but in a modern and bright style. Full-bodied, very tannic and superbly structured yet always agile and vivid. Its energy and dynamic nature grabs you by...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: (WA98-100 points) The 2016 La Mission Haut Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 19 September and 14 October, one of the longest ever. "We had to be patient and wait for each plot...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: (WA98-100 points) The 2016 La Mission Haut Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 19 September and 14 October, one of the longest ever. "We had to be patient and wait for each plot...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: (WA98-100 points) The 2016 La Mission Haut Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 19 September and 14 October, one of the longest ever. "We had to be patient and wait for each plot...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 95 points: (JL93-95 points) Elegant, finesse styled wine with layers of sweet, ripe, juicy, cassis, blackberry, espresso, spice, earth and tobacco. Fresh, clean, complex and long it's hard to believe this is the second wine! The...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: (WA95-97 points) The 2016 Les Carmes Haut Brion is a blend of 41% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 39% Merlot, with 13.8% alcohol and a pH of 3.55, the lowest acidity for many years. It was vinified in their...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 100 points: (JL98-100 points) With a real intensity of raw material here, the nose pops with smoke, tobacco, flowers, earth, boysenberry and cassis. As time goes on, you find dark chocolate covered plums too. The texture is surreal...