2019 French Wine

from a large 1.76 ha parcel

The 2019 Carruades de Lafite is a powerhouse that shows little of the radiance it did as a younger wine. That should not be an issue in time. The Cabernet is the highest it has ever been here, at 73%, and that seems to be especially... Read More

The name of the estate comes from its geographical location on the hill of Cos and the name of François Labory, who was the first owner until 1845.

In 2023, Michel Reybier and his family open a new chapter of the history... Read More

ALERT this is the 2022 Wine Spectator Top 100 - Wine #7 !

Ideally positioned a few hundred meters from the village of Barsac in the Simon neighbourhood, Château Simon has thrived here for two centuries.

Established in 1814, Château Simon began as a traditional French farm... Read More

From a 0.25ha parcel (0.6175 acres) planted in 1987

Kermit discovered Sylvain Fadat right after his first release of 1989, a few years later the Revue du Vin de France declared Fadat, “The Chave of the Languedoc,” catapulting him to almost rock-star status in the French... Read More

Jean-Paul Daumen joined his family domaine in the 1992 vintage and has taken it to new heights. Working only 10 hectares of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and 5 hectares of Côtes-du-Rhône, he has farmed his land bio-dynamically... Read More

The petite estate of Domaine du Jaugaret has been in the Fillastre family since 1654. Jean-François Fillastre, the current proprietor, is dedicated to preserving the traditions not only of Jaugaret but of the St. Julien... Read More

This vineyard of two hectares (1ha = 2.47 acres), situated in the municipality of L’île Bouchard, east of Panzoult is planted on a slab of limestone and in close proximity of the Vienne. The roots are established directly... Read More

Sourced from a miniscule 0.41 ha (1.01 acre) parcel.

The “grand cru” of this domaine; recognized as one of the most glorious sites within the appellation, the Chauvenet holdings here are old and produce a wine that... Read More

This vineyard is a gift made in 2011 by Monsieur Jean-Luc Bissey, whose family has been cultivating vines in the region for four generations. He thus maintains the great tradition of Burgundian generosity. The vines are located... Read More

When the Cyrot-Chaudron couple left vineyards to the Hospices de Beaune in 1979, the gift included several plots of very ancient vines. When in perfect condition, yielding small quantities of fine fruit, these have been retained.... Read More

The Sorrel family first set root in Hermitage in 1893, when estate founder Félix Alexandre Sorrel purchased land in ‘Les Bessards.’ Today, the family’s third generation of winemakers—indeed, three... Read More

If each generation leaves its mark on a domaine, André Ostertag’s on Domaine Ostertag can’t be underestimated. In the 1980s, after training in Burgundy, he returned to the family domaine his father built in... Read More

It was in 1998, with the construction of the winemaking and maturing cellars, that the Domaine Roche-Audran was created. The winery stands proudly in an area of preserved woodland at the foot of the Buisson vineyard, on land cultivated... Read More

As a new generation begins to emerge, one name consistently heralded is Marin Fumey, who, not coincidentally, is a cousin of Stéphane Tissot. Marin works out of his family domaine, Fumey-Chatelain, which was founded by... Read More

Although his parents never made wine, Julien Duport's uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather all did, and Julien knew from age four that he was destined to become a vigneron. Just as he finished his schooling in 2003, the... Read More

The domaine, Domaine de L'Épicurieux, was named after the Greek philosopher Epicurus who was known for teaching that the object of life is balanced pleasure derived from tranquility & harmony.

Early on much of their... Read More

Wines from Le Clos du Caillou are Rhône blends at their most intense. Concentrated and richly textured, these organically raised wines capture the spice of older-vine Grenache as grown on the region’s finest terroirs.... Read More