Médoc & Haut Médoc

Some very attractive, toasty oak and bright, ripe dark berries that deliver a fresh and vibrant impression. The palate has a smooth array of vibrant, succulent red plums and berries in a ripe, plush and dense style A ble...(read more)

Deep colour, full and succulent, stays fresh and with supple mid-palate weight and a fine, direct Médoc character. Some charm to the feel, a nice gentle rich aspect to the fruit with spice and vigour, this is anot...(read more)

This ripe wine offers dark-chocolate flavors over tannins and young black fruit. It is dense, piled with tannins and ripe blackberry flavors.

The 2016 Doyac feels a little basic and lacks cohesion on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy, red berry fruit, light on its feet and yet it just misses some complexity and grip towards the finish. One of th...(read more)

68% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot. Good deep colour, quite fleshy and supple feel, fine tannins and fruit depth - well done, very harmonious. One of the Bruno Borie (Ducru-Beaucaillou) stable, this spo...(read more)

The 2019 Clos Manou is superb. Dense, plush and explosive, the 2019 is packed with inky dark fruit, chocolate, spices, new leather and licorice. This extroverted Médoc is super plush.

Amazing glass-coating purple to black colour. Wonderful fruit is the main impression - damsons, very pure coulis de fruit style, harmonious while still taut, smoky cassis, fresh and pure and long. Looks to be another sen...(read more)

Good wholesome aromatic fruit. Delicacy and precision, red fruit with high-toned red currant, then a bit more depth. There's really a very attractive richness here. A little spice. Goes on well.

A high proportion of Cabernet is immediately evident. Rich with lots of volume. Sweet blackberry and bramble, vigourous and weighty. Really good. Proper wine. Tannins present but not over-extracted and there's a nice mid...(read more)

At peak now, but it will maintain this level for a few years. Classic Pauillac notes of cedar, pencil box, dark berry fruit (cassis) and spice, tannins resolved and giving a smooth fulness, well balanced acidity drawing...(read more)

Fresh. Showing Talbot medicinal Cabernet, cool and supple blackcurrant, then firming noticeably, but still fresh, still crisp on the finish.