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The cuvée Echappée du Château Tire pé is produced on a confidential basis. Made from 2 ancestral grape varieties, Castet and Mancin des Palus, this cuvée develops notes of wild berries, licorice and white flowers. Full-bodied and crisp on the palate. A very fine cuvée to discover!Aged 16 months in terracotta jars to let the wine express itself naturally.

Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2025: 91/100

Galets rouge du Château Cazebonne develops a fresh, floral expression, with peony and even citrus accents in counterpoint, with suave, almost licorice-like fruit. Absolutely delicious, atypical, this pure Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in jars, nonetheless manifests the finesse and distinction associated with great Graves wines.

RVF : 91/100

The Grand Vin Rouge du Château Cazebonne is the estate's flagship cuvée, representing the most accomplished expression of its terroir. Produced from the best plots, the Grand Vin Rouge is mainly composed of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. This organic wine develops intense aromas of ripe red fruit, such as cherry and plum, accompanied by subtle notes of vanilla and spices, the result of barrel ageing. The palate is both full-bodied and elegant, with silky tannins and a long finish.

RVF: 92/100

The cuvée Les Ormeaux du Clos Puy Arnaud comes from vines with an average age of 30 years. A Cotes de Castillon partially aged in barrel and endowed with fine substance: gourmandise and complexity for this vintage that is slowly reaching its peak.

Here's a very pretty organic Lalande-de-Pomerol in a very successful 2020 vintage. The château des Annereaux produces a wine with a fruity, harmonious attack. The elegant tannins are well-integrated and silky. The aromatic palette is marked by fruitiness and a restrained, mellow woodiness. Good length. An elegance and balance rare in modern Bordeaux. We love this lacy wine.

Le Point 2023: 17/20

Le Grand Vin Blanc du Château Cazebonne is a cuvée made from Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc grapes, emblematic of the Graves region. This organic white wine is distinguished by its elegance, complexity and finesse. The grapes are harvested at perfect ripeness to capture all their freshness and aromatic richness. Grand Vin Blanc offers subtle floral aromas mingled with notes of citrus and white-fleshed fruit, such as peach and pear. On the palate, it has a lovely liveliness with a smooth texture, brought about by barrel aging that adds depth and toasty notes.

RVF : 90/100

This Haut-Medoc du Château Mille Roses comes from 4 parcels classified as Haut-médoc around the Château . The soils are composed of fine, deep gravel. The majority of Merlot grapes give the wine a gourmet flavour, enhanced by silky, elegant tannins. A balanced, fine style, in line with the Margaux produced by the same Château. Very great Haut-Medoc.

Decanter: 90/100

Château Petit Bouquey is a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru only produced when the vintage merits it. A powerful, racy wine with bright fruit. Beautiful tannic structure. Superb with red meat or 7-hour lamb.

The cuvée Echappée du Château Tire pé is produced on a confidential basis. Made from 2 ancestral grape varieties, Castet and Mancin des Palus, this cuvée develops notes of wild berries, licorice and white flowers. Full-bodied and crisp on the palate. Aged for 16 months in terracotta jars to allow the wine to express itself naturally.

The color of Château La Dauphine is an intensely deep purple. The nose is open with notes of wild strawberry and Morello cherry. The palate is ample, gourmand and suave, with notes of red fruits and spices. Decant 3 hours before serving.

Chateau Lilian-Ladouys is a superb Saint-Estèphe, with a beautiful gourmand character. It reveals a greedy, crisp structure made of ripe tannins, but also a very refined woodiness that blends perfectly into an explosion of fruity flavors on the palate. Fresh and elegant in this vintage, this Saint-Estèphe is worthy of the appellation's greatest references. The château has just begun its organic conversion in 2020.

The silky, sapid material offers moderate intensity but displays very nice relief, a fine, alert texture. Above-average freshness enlivens the finish.

RVF : 91-93

Chateau Lilian-Ladouys is a superb Saint-Estèphe, with a beautiful gourmand character. It reveals a greedy, crisp structure made of ripe tannins, but also a very refined woodiness that blends perfectly into an explosion of fruity flavors on the palate. Ambitious and highly successful in this vintage, this Saint-Estèphe is worthy of the appellation's greatest references. The château has just begun its organic conversion in 2020.

L'abeille de Fieuzal rouge is a superb Pessac-Leognan red, fruity and full of energy. This is Chateau Fieuzal's second wine, which requires more time to taste. A great success for Chateau Fieuzal in this balanced 2019 vintage.

This magnificent organic Saint-Emilion grand cru from Château Leydet-Valentin has a generous nose of small black berries, cherries and plums. The palate is supple and greedy, with fine, well-integrated tannins. The ageing is mastered, leaving the wine's fruitiness to the fore. A superb discovery, this Saint-Emilion-Grand-Cru!Close

This Château Mangot 2019 has a demonstrative, gourmand nose on black fruit notes just accompanied by a touch of breeding. The palate is round and greedy, resting on a beautiful substance and fine tannins.

The grand vin du Clos Puy Arnaud is to marturité: powerful and deep, this Côtes de Castillon develops on notes of black fruits, sweet spices, with hints of toast. Superb to drink now!

Like in 1900 from the Château Cazebonne is an original wine made from old Bordeaux grape varieties. The wine develops original notes of potpourri, cinnamon and peach. A blend of old grape varieties: mancin, castets, bouchalès, saint-macaire and jurançon noir, this 2022 maintains a direct relationship with the fruit, but it's hard to imagine such a wine expression in Bordeaux. A balance between concentration and salient uprightness, a touch punchy.'

RVF: 92/100

Watch out, very fine success in 2021. The other Mangot from Château Mangot is a totally mastered sulfur-free Saint-Emilion. This wine is the result of the estate's desire to master the power of the fruit, still without sulfur, and to sublimate it with terracotta aging.