The limited production 2009 Haut-Brisson Reserve ratchets up everything from the color (inky purple) to the aromatics flavor profile and long full-bodied finish. This is a brilliant St.-Emilion that tastes like it came...

A perfect wine in every way, the 2009 Chateau Angelus checks in alongside the 1990, 2000, 2005, 2018, 2019, and 2020 as the finest vintages from this incredible estate. Still deep ruby-hued with no bricking, it has a...

This big wine (nearly 15% natural alcohol) is a blend of 77% Merlot 19% Cabernet Franc and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. It boasts an opaque blue/purple color along with a gorgeous bouquet of charcoal incense truffles blackberry...

Love the soft and velvety tannin with the milk chocolate and fruit character. Full and silky. Long and delicious. So fine. Best wine from this estate in decades. Maybe ever. Best after 2017.

One of my favorite vintages from this incredible terroir located on the upper plateau of Saint-Emilion, the 2009 Château Canon is just about pure perfection in a glass. It delivers a monster bouquet of blackberries...

A blend of 56% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2009 Cheval Blanc has a deep garnet-brick color. It needs a lot of shaking to wake this sleeping giant, then it roars into life with powerful crème...

A good value among over-achieving St.-Emilion estates is La Fleur Cardinale's 2009. Composed of 70% Merlot 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon some of the abrasive tannins noticeable early on in this big wine...

A blend of 70% Merlot and the rest equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon the wine has an opaque purple color and a sweet nose of vanillin roasted coffee beans chocolate and kirsch liqueur intermixed with...

Aromas of blueberries with a toasted oak and meat character. Full-bodied with soft and velvety tannins and a berry toasted oak finish. Rich yet subtle. Needs at least three or four years to come together.

One of the most distinctive wines made in Bordeaux Le Dome has one of the highest percentages of Cabernet Franc of any claret I can think of. Composed of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot it exhibits a certain delicacy...

From a few years before the arrival of Artemis Estates, but I picked it because it shows the potential of the property, even before it converted to biodynamics. Spicy, rich plum fruits, lovely charred oak through the...

Tiny yields malolactic in barrel aging on its lees and no fining or filtration produced an exotic full-throttle St.-Emilion boasting an explosive nose of blueberry pie lead pencil shavings black truffles camphor incense...