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Latour is a benchmark for its unwavering consistency and exceptional quality in even the most challenging vintages. The 1996 vintage, in particular, showcases the heavenly results achieved by this renowned winery. This textbook Latour wine is characterised by its immense concentration, richness, polished tannins, and full-bodied yet not overwhelming nature. The wine's phenomenal power and balance make it an extraordinary specimen. We anticipate its continued evolution up to 2030.

Berry Bros. & Rudd

The estate has nearly a quarter of a hectare here, but suffered a 50 percent loss in 2016. Marvellously intense, this has an ethereal, cool, stone component  Ea classic character of this vineyard, with a lick of exotic nectarine on the finish. It was matured equally in a mixture of standard and demis, and with more and longer lees contact than usual, to feed the wine’s textural volume. It will need patience. Drink 2022-2032.

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A legendary wine from Montalcino's greatest producer, the 2006 Sangiovese (labelled as IGT as they had left the Brunello consorzio) is enticingly perfumed. The silky texture and dark sweet fruit hide the framework of strong (but fine) tannins and fresh acidity lifts the wine. 

The 1961 Ducru Beaucaillou is a vintage that I have tasted on a dozen occasions over the years and, although nowadays it can vary bottle to bottle, it remains a formidably Saint-Julien. It shows just a thin circle of bricking commensurate with its age, quite deep at its core. The bouquet is vigorous and enticing with black fruit, autumn leaves, black truffle and, evidenced on this particular bottle, a light ferrous/rusty piping scent. The palate is structured and dense. This has always been a swarthy and muscular Ducru-Beaucaillou, extremely focused and, whilst not displaying the finesse of its peers, there is something aristocratic and deeply impressive. It will clearly give another two decades of drinking pleasure. Tasted blind at La Trompette.

Drink 2019 - 2045

Neil Martin, vinous.com (Oct 2019)

This exceptional champagne is a darling of lovers of grower champagnes—and one can see why. It is exuberant, fresh, and crisp, yet it has excellent depth of flavour as well, with aromas of lemon peel, nectarine, passionfruit, and a hint of smoky, flinty, saline minerality. It is produced from a 1.55-hectare parcel in the village of Congy in the Coteaux du Petit Morin, planted to a mix of Pinot Noir, Meunier, and Chardonnay. The grapes are mostly 2015, fermented in used casks, and blended with a small amount of reserve wine before ageing for five years on the lees. 

It was disgorged in March of 2021 with an extra-brut dosage.

Drink 2022 - 2045

Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (February 2023)

This wine shines with nobility, as it befits its provenance from the most extensive vineyard site (just about 2 hectares) in the illustrious Grand Cru of Le Montrachet. The palate displays a considerable block of fruit for the moment, with the detail as yet hidden. The quality shows in the finish, which stretches out to leave an incredible aftertaste of heady fruit and mineral purity. It is absolutely superb.

Berry Bros. & Rudd

From Les Treux, Clos St Denis and Les Cruots. This wine split the audience - that is to say everybody was reasonably comfortable with the quality, if not the quality price ratio, yet it was not really singing. It did show the requisite density, though the barrel had not fully integrated with the fruit. For all that the fruit was not in dancing mode, the persistence was undeniably there.

Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy.com (December 2018)

Although a Premier Cru this wine always achieves Grand Cru standard in the hands of Charles Rousseau. Simply awesome and worth keeping until 2010.

Pale lemon and lime, with rather an elegant, classy nose, white fruit behind, excellent texture and good acid balance. The village Chassagne offers a firm finish but with a flourish. Gracious fruit, which is not exaggerated. 

Lovely, but keep for another two to three years.

Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy.com (October 2020)