2024 Chateau Angelus - St. Emilion (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

The 2024 Angelus is very fine. It is the first vintage I have tasted that captures the newer approach at Angelus, one where the wines are not as extracted as in the past. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather and menthol fill out the layers effortlessly....

2024 Chateau Branaire Ducru - St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

The 2024 Branaire-Ducru offers up a pretty and precise bouquet of cassis, violets and pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, supple and suave, with polished tannins and tangy acids, it's a fine-boned, delicate wine from Branaire that was harvested between 20 Sep...

2024 Chateau Carruades Lafite - Pauillac (Bordeaux FUTURE ETA 2027)

2024 Chateau Gruaud Larose St. Julien (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

The 2024 Gruaud Larose shows excellent potential, bursting with notes of cassis, pencil shavings, iris and violets. Medium to full-bodied, suave and seamless, it's ample and pure, with a precise, refined pro-life and good persistence on the finish. A blen...

2024 Chateau Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

The 2024 Late-Rothschild is a sensual, elegant wine very much in the style of the year. Plush and enveloping, with lovely forward fruit, the 2024 is very Late, perhaps a bit reticent, but super-expressive just the same. Black cherry, pomegranate, bloo...

2024 Chateau Pontet Canet - Pauillac (Bordeaux Future ETA 2027)

The 2024 Pontet-Canet underlines the fact that daring to harvest late paid dividends in this challenging vintage, wafting from the glass with aromas of cassis, black raspberries and plums mingled with accents of rose petals, licorice and exotic spices. Me...