A very elegant style of Mouton this vintage. It feels restrained at first, as if holding back. Notes of violets, cedar and sandalwood accent the ripe hedgerow fruit with a lift of violet and cocoa. This is finely eteched with a core of gravelly intensity that builds and builds through the palate to a finish that brings you back for more. An impressive, classical Mouton with a lot of detail and finesse.

Armailhac this year gives ripe bramble and dark berry fruit from the off with an immediate charm and aromatic intensity. It is quite fine-boned and mid-weight with a sense of liveliness and freshness. It is a wine that will be quite approachable in its youth - lots to like here.

This is particularly well done this year, with notes of violets, bay leaf and baking spice on the nose which leads to dark cherry fruits on the palate. There is a feeling of silkiness and fleshiness on the palate which gives charm while the vibrant acidity helps to add real detail to the finish.

A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot cropped at 43hl/ha. It is a fine and rather restrained style of Beychevelle with some five spice and cocoa notes on the nose which give way to reveal a backbone of ripe bramble fruit. A subtle earthy and sanguine note add intrigue with a frame of sinewy, fine-grained tannin around the hedgerow fruit. The finish is well-focused with a sense of sapidity with accents of kelp and liquorice.

One of the highest ever proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend this year at 90% this is a brooding and restrained Léoville Barton that opens with notes of cedar, graphite and pencil shavings. For the moment it is tense and with a real sense of classicism and energy with firm, supple Cabernet tannins framing the black fruit core. It’s a wine that bridges old and new – precise, tense, and vibrant with a fine gravelly mineral note on the finish.

The Langoa this year is very expressive and perfumed from the outset. It delivers bright red berry and hedgerow fruit with a sense of salinity and sapidity. There are fine and detailed notes of graphite and gravel with a lift of violets and cherry blossom. There is freshness and focus by the glassful here with a lovely sinewy finish with an accent for fresh wild herbs.

The 2024 Clos Fourtet is an impressively perfumed wine. So seductive and ethereal there are aromas of cherry blossom, white pepper and star anise. There is a feeling for energy and vibrancy that runs through the palate here, very much in balance with an obvious terroir signatures. The finish has excellent tension and saline freshness.

A really expressive St-Julien this year, Gloria is bursting with aromas of violets and red berry fruit. The palate is detailed and refreshing with notes of red cherry, tobacco spice and toasted cedar. It has a sinewy grip of tannin while remaining very measured and mineral. A very fine Gloria.

A really expressive St-Julien this year, Gloria is bursting with aromas of violets and red berry fruit. The palate is detailed and refreshing with notes of red cherry, tobacco spice and toasted cedar. It has a sinewy grip of tannin while remaining very measured and mineral. A very fine Gloria.

100% Merlot from clay soils and the first year of Anne-Laurence in their new winery. The wine is vinified in concrete before ageing in foudre with no new oak influence. This has imbued the wine with a real sense of elegance and freshness. A very pretty wine, it offers notes of violets, wild hedgerow fruit and sapidity and energy. It is fine boned with an ethereal quality and a delicate and charming red fruit finish.

A bright and fine-boned Talbot that opens with subtle spice of white pepper, sandalwood and fresh tobacco. The palate offers crunchy hedgerow fruit, fresh violets and bright cherry fruit. There is a sense of balance and coherence here with elegance that shows this has not been pushed too far. It is a wine that will show well after just a year or so in bottle, but with plenty of energy in the tank for mid-term ageing.

A classic, vibrant and tense Montrose of subtlety and focus. It is a true classic, the opens with violet-tinged mineral notes of oyster shell and soy. Notes of smoked cedar, sandalwood, soy and kelp emerge too, shimmering from the core of dark cherry fruit. There is a firm, sinewy frame of tannins but this is not lacking in any elegance of detail. A real classic, with the highest ever portion of Cabernet Sauvignon, all from plots on the famous Terrace 4 soils.

There is an appealing spiced nose of cocoa and espresso that leads with accents of dried herbs and fresh earth. It is a bright and sapid wine with a sense of tension to the tannins and a clear mineral, saline edge. Bright cherry fruit, violets and red berries clothe the refreshing, mid-weight finish.

A classic, vibrant and tense Montrose of subtlety and focus. It is a true classic, the opens with violet-tinged mineral notes of oyster shell and soy. Notes of smoked cedar, sandalwood, soy and kelp emerge too, shimmering from the core of dark cherry fruit. There is a firm, sinewy frame of tannins but this is not lacking in any elegance of detail. A real classic, with the highest ever portion of Cabernet Sauvignon, all from plots on the famous Terrace 4 soils.

A blend of 40% Cabernet Franc and 60% Merlot, this has all the grace and finesse you would hope for this vintage with notes of red cherry iris and peony. There are subtle hints of spice, dried herbs and white pepper with a refreshing saline and mineral note coming through on the finish. A very classy wine this year.

A more delicate Haut-Bailly that is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. This is quite aromatic with notes of violets, cherry blossom and wild herbs. The palate opens with accents of sandalwood and a little white pepper before a lattice of fine-boned tannins clothed in red berry fruits floods the palate. A lot of energy and tension here, transporting the gravelly terroir with charm.

A Cheval Blanc that is all about aromatics and elegance. The nose opens with aromas of lavender, rhubarb, black olive and fresh earth with subtle sandalwood and cocoa spice. There is a coil of tension and energy running through the palate with fine sapidity and a burst of red berry and cassis fruit. Coolness and grace flood the finish with a gentle, sinewy grip of tannin and a little soy and liquorice. A wine that emphasises the terroir with no hint of excess.

As always, a vibrant and spicy white from the Cathiards. It opens with a nose of ginger, lemongrass and white grapefruit pith. The palate is very driven and saline with a real sense of purity and ocean freshness. The finish is fresh and vibrant with a fine bitter lemon twist.

While definitely showing plenty of Lynch Bages signature, this feels beautifully classic and understated. It opens with a subtle spiced nose of sandalwood and a little cedar before a fine mineral tinge floods the palate with notes of oyster shell, violets, and iodine. There is a bright cherry blossom note with a fine, tense and sinewy structure to the tannins. The finish is long and mineral with a sense of restraint.

While definitely showing plenty of Lynch Bages signature, this feels beautifully classic and understated. It opens with a subtle spiced nose of sandalwood and a little cedar before a fine mineral tinge floods the palate with notes of oyster shell, violets, and iodine. There is a bright cherry blossom note with a fine, tense and sinewy structure to the tannins. The finish is long and mineral with a sense of restraint.

Capturing the energy and aromatic vibrancy of the vintage, this is a chiselled style of Angélus with a fluid and saline tension on the palate. There is charm and freshness but also a more serious mineral element that flows beneath the surface. Notes of violets, pomegranate, rhubarb lift on the finish which finishes with real vibrancy and tension.

A bright and vibrant Suduiraut this year made with 100% Semillon and coming in at 130g/l of residual sugar. This is so expressive from the moment it hits the glass with aromas of marmalade, saffron, orange peel, and honeysuckle. There is tension and a burst of freshness on the palate with honeyed apricot and hints of exotic fruit and grilled pineapple that emerge with air. Perfectly balanced, this is a wonderfully fine Sauternes that will evolve with elegance and grace.

A bright and vibrant Suduiraut this year made with 100% Semillon and coming in at 130g/l of residual sugar. This is so expressive from the moment it hits the glass with aromas of marmalade, saffron, orange peel, and honeysuckle. There is tension and a burst of freshness on the palate with honeyed apricot and hints of exotic fruit and grilled pineapple that emerge with air. Perfectly balanced, this is a wonderfully fine Sauternes that will evolve with elegance and grace.

A very classic Lafite, not exuberant but rather a wine of vivid detail. There is nowhere to hide in the wine – rather like looking inside a Swiss watch. It transports the beautiful, gravelly Pauillac soils with notes of soy, iodine, graphite and sapid hedgerow fruit. There is bright acidity here, notes of violets and plenty of mineral-etched detail with a fine lattice of tannins. A fine Lafite to drink over the next thirty years.

A vibrant and linear style of Carruades that offers notes of red berries and a little cedar and coffee spice on the nose. The palate has detailed, sinewy tannin, a hint of fresh herbs, with a cranberry lift and saline quality on the finish. A more early drinking style of Carruades that shows some of the accessibility of the vintage.

This is a bright and detailed Duhart with notes of espresso, dried herbs and a little cocoa note on the nose. The palate is saline and with a real sense of purity and direction. Flavours of dark cherry, violets, and a little soy linger on the finish. A sinewy and sapid Duhart this year.

This is a detailed and charming Gruaud with mid-weight and a real lift of violet and espresso perfume. Opening with subtle spice of sandalwood and bay the palate reveals notes of red berry and some cassis fruit. Lots of tension here and a rather understated elegance.

72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% Petit Verdot. A bright and aromatic Branaire that is more finesse and charm than density. There are notes of violets and cocoa dusted cherries. There is a fine freshness and sense of elegance on the palate with fine boned tannins on the finish.

72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% Petit Verdot. A bright and aromatic Branaire that is more finesse and charm than density. There are notes of violets and cocoa dusted cherries. There is a fine freshness and sense of elegance on the palate with fine boned tannins on the finish.

This is very seamless and pure in style opening with fine spiced cherry fruit, five spice, wild strawberry and kirsch. A little detail of tannin which grip slightly but there is a purity and elegance here. The fruit is medium bodied and strawberry and red fruit focused. A lovely energy here and excellent intensity for the vintage.

The 2024 La Fleur Petrus is quite a serious and brooding wine. Restrained at first there is plenty of spice with aromas of white pepper and sandalwood. Quite strict on the palate with sinewy tannin, red cherry fruit and a little liquorice note there is plenty of tension and energy. With time this might gain some weight and become more rounded on the palate.

The 2024 La Fleur Petrus is quite a serious and brooding wine. Restrained at first there is plenty of spice with aromas of white pepper and sandalwood. Quite strict on the palate with sinewy tannin, red cherry fruit and a little liquorice note there is plenty of tension and energy. With time this might gain some weight and become more rounded on the palate.

A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 15% Merlot, the 2024 Batailley opens with charm and distinctive floral notes of violets and iris. Classical in profile, there is an understated elegance here. Gravelly and mineral, it is mid-weight, fresh and vibrant – a wine that has captured the growing season, and plenty of tension to unfold in the coming years.

A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 15% Merlot, the 2024 Batailley opens with charm and distinctive floral notes of violets and iris. Classical in profile, there is an understated elegance here. Gravelly and mineral, it is mid-weight, fresh and vibrant – a wine that has captured the growing season, and plenty of tension to unfold in the coming years.

A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 15% Merlot, the 2024 Batailley opens with charm and distinctive floral notes of violets and iris. Classical in profile, there is an understated elegance here. Gravelly and mineral, it is mid-weight, fresh and vibrant – a wine that has captured the growing season, and plenty of tension to unfold in the coming years.

A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 15% Merlot, the 2024 Batailley opens with charm and distinctive floral notes of violets and iris. Classical in profile, there is an understated elegance here. Gravelly and mineral, it is mid-weight, fresh and vibrant – a wine that has captured the growing season, and plenty of tension to unfold in the coming years.