2021 Futures
This category includes all the wines of which we have only a few cases left, and which will therefore be sold out very soon.
We can only advise you to take benefit of it while there is still time!
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Full-bodied, fat and with a characteristic vanilla woody taste, the dry white wine of Lynch-Bages plays the charm and fabric card. Less than 2000 cases produced each year, far insufficient for global success.
Quarin : 90/100 « Nez intense, fruité et subtil. Bouche délicieuse et particulièrement fruitée, se développant sur un corps fondant et un toucher fin. C'est long, savoureux et incrachable. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 91-93/100 « The 2021 Blanc de Lynch Bages is terrific. The move to increase the Sauvignon Blanc and decrease the Muscadelle yields a white endowed with notable energy and brightness, a style I personally like quite a bit. »
Martin (Vinous) : 87/100 « The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, though I just need a little more weight (more Sémillon?) to fill out the finish. »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Ultra-confidential white wine from Cos d'Estournel, with a predominance of Sauvignon Blanc (75%) on a terroir located at the northern tip of the Médoc. The proximity of the Gironde estuary and the Atlantic Ocean gives the wine its freshness, its mineral notes and its marine accents.
Revue du Vin de France : « Cos blanc mérite aussi l’intérêt des amateurs, c’est l’un des plus accomplis de son histoire. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 93-94/100
Quarin : 92/100 « Bouche immédiatement délicieuse, offrant un corps fondant, avec du goût, un toucher caressant et beaucoup de saveurs entre le milieu et la finale. Déroulé ascendant. C'est long et très bon. »
Dupont (Le Point) : 15/20 « Poire, fruits, blancs mûrs. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 93-95/100 « The 2021 Cos d'Estournel Blanc is fabulous. In fact, the 2021 is one of the finest vintages I can remember tasting. »
Martin (Vinous) : 92-94/100 « The palate is well balanced with a fresh, vibrant entry, and obviously more concentrated than the Pagodes, with a lively and quite weighty, phenolic finish. This has great potential. »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
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Although Les Carmes is adjacent to Haut-Brion and its vines were once part of those of Haut-Brion, the wines produced there are radically different from those of its prestigious neighbour. Due to a particular subsoil with the presence of clay, the vines are mainly Cabernet Franc (42%) and Merlot (40%) and the wines, deep and tasty, have an immediate generosity more typical of the right bank than the left bank. The new team set up following the acquisition in 2010 immediately propelled Les Carmes to the top of the Pessac-Léognan's wines.
Revue du Vin de France : 93-95/100 ♥ « Intense, sombre mais aérien de bout en bout, vibrant, cet assemblage dominé par les cabernets (40 % de franc et 35 % de sauvignon) est animé par des tanins subtilement gainés, presque imperceptibles, qui font la différence et soulignent la pertinence de la “vinification par infusion” appliquée par le domaine, aussi judicieuse en 2021 qu’en 2018... »
Bettane & Desseauve : 95-96/100
Quarin : 97/100 « Charnu dès l'attaque et immédiatement minutieux dans sa texture, le vin brille par son toucher et sa chair en milieu de bouche. Il fond au palais, juteux, nuancé, complexe, profond et noble, dans une superbe construction de laquelle ressort une sensation de sophistication, de pureté et de profondeur. Du grand vin fin. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 96-98/100 « I don't think I have ever tasted a young Carmes with this level of precision. [...] The 2021 is a magical wine. That's all there is to it. »
Martin (Vinous) : 93-95/100 « With a surfeit of freshness on the saline finish, tensile with an almost penetrating minerally aftertaste, this will deserve 5-7 years in bottle. »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
- Potential alcohol:
- 13.5%
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Known for producing one of the firmest and tightest (even robust) Pauillacs available, Duhart-Milon has since 2010 refined its style to gradually approach that of Lafite (same owner and same team). New direction and progress amply confirmed in 2015 and 2016, with an unprecedented charm and fatness. Given the quality of its terroir (the only 4th Grand Cru Classé in Pauillac), Duhart-Milon has certainly not finished its progression.
Revue du Vin de France : 93-95/100 « L’assemblage offre une part très importante aux cabernets, ce qui lui convient bien. Il est joliment enrobé, fin et racé, avec de l’allonge et une finale crispy. La bouche est dotée d’un bel éclat. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 93-94/100
Quarin : 92/100 « Soyeux dès l'entrée en bouche, avec un profil élancé, ce vin gagne du goût entre le milieu et la finale. Il s'achève en parfum plus qu'en matière, sans pour autant en manquer. »
Dupont (Le Point) : 16,5/20 « Joli fruit, droit, élégant. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 90-92/100 « The 2021 Duhart-Milon is a potent, brooding wine. »
Martin (Vinous) : 90-92/100 « The palate is medium-bodied, fresh and focused, with sappy black fruit and fine depth. This is a typically classically styled Duhart-Milon »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%
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Mouton-Rothschild's upgrade in 1973 from second to first grand cru classé was as legitimate as it was deserved in view of the quality of its terroir, a plateau of 90 hectares of deep gravel to the north of Pauillac, with Lafite-Rothschild as a neighbor. Despite this promotion, and even though it regularly tops the rankings in tastings, Mouton-Rothschild remains to this day the least expensive of the Médoc's premier crus classés. Its powerful, full-bodied style and its ability to age well have led Mr. Bettane to write "perhaps the most formally perfect wine in the Médoc...".
Revue du Vin de France : 97-98/100 ♥ « Un gros calibre du millésime ! Gainé, il affiche la droiture propre aux 2021, avec de la chair et du moelleux en bouche. Sans creux, il déroule des flots de saveurs fruitées et intenses. Longueur proverbiale. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 96/100
Quarin : 97/100 « Minutieux en entrée de bouche et en même temps plein, le vin caresse le palais particulièrement bien construit, juteux, sèveux et noble. Il avance complet et profond vers une longue finale complexe, avec une étonnante qualité de chair. C'est superbe. »
Dupont (Le point) : 18/20 « Bouche élégante, tendue, fraîche, structure tannique impressionnante. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 94-96/100 « The 2021 Mouton Rothschild is a potent, tightly wound Pauillac that will need a number of years to come together. »
Martin (Vinous) : 93-95/100 « The 2021 Mouton Rothschild marks a return to the classic style of this First Growth after three hot vintages. »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
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Appointed cellar master in 1994, Mr. Chevallier focused on developing Lafite-Rothschild wines without losing any of the characteristic bouquet of blackcurrant, graphite and cedar. This objective was quickly achieved, placing Lafite at the top of the 1st classified growths (this was already the case in 1855), and revered as such by the Chinese market. The incredible qualities of Lafite's terroir make it a unique vintage and give Cabernet Sauvignon (more than 90% present each year) its most beautiful aromatic expressions.
Revue du Vin de France : 96-98/100 « On trouve une proportion très élevée de cabernet dans ce Lafite 2021 (96 % de l’assemblage). Le vin se montre logiquement très droit à ce stade, avec une bouche longiligne, serrée, mais très précise et ciselée. Un vin d’immense persistance saline. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 98/100
Quarin : 97/100 « Magique, ce vin va crescendo en finale, distingué, long et noble, avec un très beau retour du parfum, aux nuances de fruits mûrs, d'encre et de réglisse. Un miracle de la nature. »
Dupont (Le Point) : 18,5/20 « Une très grande longueur en bouche. »
Galloni (Vinous) : 95-97/100 « In some ways, the 2021 reminds me of the 1996, but with the greater delineation found in today's wines. I can't wait to see how it ages. The 2021 is one of the stars of the Left Bank. »
Martin (Vinous) : 95-97/100 « Sapid and classic in style, head winemaker Eric Kohler suggests that it is a return to the style of Lafite-Rothschild of the nineties in terms of freshness. »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
- Potential alcohol:
- 12.5%
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Become a first grand cru classé in 2012, just reward for 20 years of effort by Mr. Neipperg (Canon-La Gaffelière, Clos de l'Oratoire) on this small vineyard of 4.5 ha adjoining Troplong-Mondot. A very large Saint-Émilion, fleshy, intense and penetrating, but with a confidential production.
Revue du Vin de France : 94-96/100 « Fruit rouge très mûr sur des notes d'orange sanguine. La bouche complexe, vibrante d’énergie et pourvue d'une belle concentration est structurée par un tanin soyeux. Cette nouvelle Mondotte, plus austère, n’en est que plus séduisante. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 95-96/100
Dupont (Le Point) : 17.5/20 « Bouche vive, très droite, savoureuse, grande persistance »
Galloni (Vinous) : 93-95/100 « Like all of the Neipperg wines, La Mondotte shows terrific energy and drive. [...] The purity of the flavors is striking. I am so looking forward to tasting the 2021 in bottle. »
Martin (Vinous) : 91-93/100 « Much less powerful than the La Mondotte of old. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, juicy and ripe, well balanced with a silky smooth finish. »More- To keep or to drink:
- Available February 2024
- Potential alcohol:
- 13%