Red Wine

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The 2008 Asili is a very expressive, deeply flavoured wine with aromas redolent of cherries, plums, prunes and dried fruits. On the palate it has soft, rich red berry flavours with hints of spices, minerals and dried herbs. Firm tannins are balanced by ripe, warm fruit characters. A very satisfying, attractive wine, it will benefit from a few more years...

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A stalwart St Julien, and reliable name over the last decade, Lagrange does not disappoint this year. Toasty oak, warm ripe and inviting damsons and plums. Deliciously ripe and creamy, with no lack of structure.

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There can be few doubts that the 2001 Giusto di Notri is a stunning wine. A blackish ruby/purple with a fabulous nose of textbook Cabernet aromas, black currants and blackberries, graphite, river gravel, and sweet herbs, its potent, dense, and packed palate displays flavors of perfect poise, grace and power intertwined and intermingled, shape and grip at the highest level...

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Due to very low yields in the Aigrots and Grèves vineyards, Lafarge decided to blend the two vineyards together to make one Beaune 1er Cru, a wine which combines the classic depth and elegance of the Grèves with the complexity and verve of the Aigrots. The wine displays a lovely inviting nose of concentrated berries with a lovely elegant floral...

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Again lovely deep colour. This has touches of licquorice on the nose, as well as hallmark assam tea and roasted herbs. On the palate incredibly mineral, with black fruit emphasis and notes of cocoa - even dark chocolate. Really silky, with finely grained ripe tannic structure and vital acidity. There is greater intensity here than with Rennina, a bit more...

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Produced from a small 0.8 hectare vineyard next to Vosne Romanée, this is incredibly elegant, with a mixture of sweet raspberries and intense redcurrants on the nose. Bright and lively possessing real finesse, which is quite something at this youthful stage. The clear harmony here reflects its superb terroir. A great wine. Drink from 2016.

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Consistently one of the most profound wines of Barsac/Sauternes, this wine, made from 100% Semillon, is one of the most ravishing examples of just how much elegance can be built into a powerful race horse style of wine. The classic 1997 Climens boasts gorgeously pure pineapple, citrus, butter, mineral, and floral scents in its soaring aromatics. While it is not...