The 1995 Coutet Cuvée Madame has a less flamboyant bouquet than other vintages, quite tight at first with dried honey, pain d’épices, barley sugar and wax resin aromas. The palate is well balanced with a viscous...

The 1995 Yquem is deep gold in colour. According to the estate, potential alcohol levels shot up from 16° at the beginning of harvest to 30° within two weeks. The bouquet bursts from the glass, as before, quite...

One of the finest Burgundies I tasted in June, the dark ruby-colored Richebourg offers a compelling, highly-complex nose of super-ripe cassis, plums and black cherries. Its awesomely concentrated and massively-endowed...

A mature bouquet of dried cherry, porcini, leather and woodsy spice marks this sinewy red. Shows formidable tannins, but this is ready to enjoy now, showing fine overall balance.

The 1995 Sociando-Mallet is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc picked between September 14 and 26. It has a fragrant bouquet of thyme, sage, touches of black fruit, briar...

The wild strawberry sweetness and curling floral aromatics of a great older Margaux are creeping in at this point, along with clear white pepper spice, iris flowers and gentle black truffles. This was the first vintage to...