French Wine On Sale between $75 and $100

Tasted: Jul 04, 2023

Chewy Champagne now, with dried-pineapple and red-apple character. Bread dough as well. It's full-bodied and layered. Mineral, white-pepper and chalk character. You can sense the chalk. Chunky in some... Read More

Very subtle nose of lemon blossom, Amalfi lemon and white flowers with a pronounced yeasty note of freshly baked brioche. Sleek and elegant with racy mineral acidity and just enough dosage to balance this and the fine mousse.... Read More

An elegant Champagne, offering a fine, lacy mousse and a lively but still delicate frame of acidity for notes of apricot and wild cherry fruit, grated ginger and pink grapefruit zest. Simultaneously, this has an underpinning of... Read More

The pink wave sweeping the wine world at present hasn’t left Champagne behind -- but Champagne’s way with pink wine is as distinctive as the rest of its wine offer. You cannot make wines here which are vanishingly... Read More

With ripe, spicy fruit, this is a concentrated, dense wine. It has young, firm tannins that are beginning to integrate with the juicy black fruits and fine, perfumed acidity. This is a serious wine, showing how well this estate... Read More

2023 James Suckling TOP 100 #22

One of the standouts of the year - a wonderful wine with so much to like. Coffee, tobacco, liquorice, dark chocolate, blackcurrants and floral scents on the nose. Smooth, succulent and velvety, this is amazing, juicy and so bright... Read More

A juicy richness to the fruit with dark-berry and sliced-mushroom character on the nose and palate. Full body, chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. Very structured. Try from 2023.

A blend of 50% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2020 Canon la Gaffelière offers up inviting aromas of dark berries, plums, burning embers, rose petals, incense and bay leaf. Medium to full-bodied,... Read More

There is no doubting the potential of the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape l'Avenue, 100% Grenache, aged in older demi-muids (four or five years old). Attractive flashes of mint and licorice accent ripe black cherries on the nose,... Read More

Moving to the special cuvées, the 2023 Châteauneuf Du Pape Clos Du Belvédère Blanc is 100% Grenache Blanc. It has an Hermitage Blanc-like stature and offers ample white currants, acacia flowers, crushed... Read More

The arrival of 22 Premiers Crus in Pouilly-Fuissé from the 2020 vintage was a significant moment for this Mâconnais appellation, and this wine from the `22 vintage is the first to win a place in our Best In Show selection.... Read More

2023 WINE SPECTATOR TOP 100 #25

The 2016 Canon la Gaffeliere is a blend of 55% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon (vines organically certified) picked from 26 September to 15 October and matured in 60% new oak. The yield is 42 hectoliters... Read More

Château Latour à Pomerol is known for producing generous, concentrated wines that strike a perfect balance between elegance and power.

The vineyard is characterised by the diversity of its soils, which brings complexity... Read More

The layers of fruit come through strongly on the nose. Plum and raspberry richness wrapped up with raspberry leaf and sage, this just gently tiptoes through the palate. Extraction is careful and delicate and yet there is a lot... Read More

The 2019 Pavie Macquin has turned out very well indeed, unwinding in the glass with aromas of blackcurrants, cherries, burning embers, black truffle and licorice, framed by a deft framing of new oak that's more discreet than... Read More

#4 TOP 100 Wine Spectator 2022

4th Médoc Grand Cru Classé, Château Talbot comprises 110 hectares of a single vineyard in the heart of the Saint-Julien commune, an outstanding appellation as it counts no fewer... Read More

A rich, silky red, with smoky overtones gracing the black cherry and blackberry fruit flavors. Picks up incense and spice details as this fades elegantly on the finish. Shows fine harmony and length. Drink now through 2030. 1,250... Read More