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The 2014 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2020): 93/100 "The delightful 2014 Meyney marks a year when winemaker Anne Le Naour and her team raised theier game once more. A nose of lovely red berry fruit mixed with wilted rose petals and cedar gains intensity with aeration. The palate demonstrates much finer tannins than previous vintages, well-pitched acidity and superb precision on the classically styled finish. This is just entering its drinking plateau."

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The 2012 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2022): 90/100 "The 2012 Meyney offers mainly red fruit on the nose laced with soy and peppery notes, moderate in terms of complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, quite structured with good weight, though it is missing some precision towards the finish that feels a tad bitter."

The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96/100 "The 2022 Lafon-Rochet is pure class. Silky, aromatic and gracious, Lafon-Rochet is quite possibly the most under-the-radar Saint-Estèphe. Bright blue/purplish fruit, lavender, sage, mint and spice are all beautifully delineated. A wine of sublime elegance and class, Lafon-Rochet is exquisite in 2022."

J-M Quarin (février 2025): 95/100 « Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Nez très aromatique, pur, fin, fruité, se développant complexe à l'agitation du verre et très cabernet sauvignon. Juteux en entrée de bouche, particulièrement savoureux au milieu, le vin avance caressant, avec des saveurs complexes dans la persistance. Longue finale séveuse et profonde. C'est superbe. »

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - November 2024): 96/100 “The 2020 Phélan Ségur has a very well-defined and seductive bouquet. There's real complexity here, with ebullient red fruit, crushed stone and dried rose petal scents, revealing more graphite aromas with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, harmonious and poised, with very fine tannins, a keen line of acidity and a very svelte and persistent finish. This is a wine that seems unaware of just how good it is."

J-M Quarin (March 2023): 91/100 “Dark, intense and beautiful color. Very aromatic nose, with ripe, fresh fruit, even a touch cold. Juicy on entry, well-built in the middle, tasty, the wine melts in the finish, juicy, pleasant, without any tannic angle. Very good length."

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 93/100 "The 2022 Les Pagodes de Cos is an elegant, sophisticated wine, notwithstanding its natural textural richness. Black cherry, licorice, leather, incense, chocolate and espresso all saturate the palate. Even with all of its intensity and volume, the 2022 has just enough freshness to keep things somewhat in check. This is a very serious second wine, if that term can even be used."

J-M Quarin (February 2025): 93/100 "Deep, beautiful dark colour. Intense, fine, fruity and pure nose. Meticulous on the palate, very aromatic in the middle, with a lovely touch, the wine melts on the palate, juicy, towards a seductive finish, with present, enveloping tannicity. Very good."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “Les Pagodes also relies on a high proportion of Merlot, resulting in a suave wine with frank, juicy fruit and a beautiful roundness on the palate.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 90/100 “The 2021 Les Pagodes de Cos is a big, potent wine. A blast of plum, blackberry, espresso, chocolate and licorice is dialed up to the maximum. Reader's will find an explosive, almost shockingly full-throttle wine for the year. This feels a bit bombastic to me.”

The 2020 vintage in the press:

Jean-Marc Quarin (September 2023): 93/100 “Dark, intense, youthful color. Moderately aromatic nose, with ripe fruit. Soft on entry, very aromatic in the middle, with a full, fleshy body, the wine glides across the palate, long and sappy. The sensations delivered accelerate in the last third of the palate. It's long and very good. "

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2022): 93/100 "The 2020 Les Pagodes de Cos is dark, sumptuous and super-expressive. There is an element of mystery to the 2020, it's a wine that is not ready to show all of its charms just yet. Ripe dark cherry, plum, new leather, licorice, tobacco, incense and dried herbs all build nicely in a Pagodes that balances fruit richness and energy."

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (March 2022): 93/100 “Pointed out as my best note in Primeurs, this wine confirms this status in the finish. Dark, intense color. Very aromatic nose, with ripe, spicy fruit.”

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2025): 93/100 "The 2022 Haut-Marbuzet has a refined, finely delineated bouquet with black cherry, bilberry, orange rind and light leathery scents that unfold in the glass. The palate is well balanced with pliant, saturated tannins. As I wrote in my primeur note, this is a less bold and concentrated Haut-Marbuzet. Instead, one finds more precision and terroir expression, especially on the creamy-textured and persistent finish. This is excellent."

J-M Quarin (February 2025): 94/100 "Black colour. Intense nose, with fresh, ripe fruit. Delicious on the palate, with a fine touch that caresses the palate and melts into subtle aromas and a fine grain of persistence. Very good and hard to spit out. The best recent vintage I know.Open young!"

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 94/100 “True to form, Haut-Marbuzet has produced a charming 2021, a silky wine with a caressing texture and smooth tannins. The Merlot grapes give it the roundness and smoothness that have made it such a success”.

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2023): 91/100 “The 2021 Haut-Marbuzet has gained some exuberance since I tasted the barrel sample. Today it's very pure and quite seductive, with black cherry and blueberry fruit and hints of vanilla pod emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy, ripe fruit and a fine bead of acidity, but perhaps it just misses a little complexity on the finish. Otherwise, I have no complaints about this Haut-Marbuzet at all.”

The 2018 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2022): 95/100 “2018 is even more spectacular than 2017 with a more intense heart on the palate and still that lovely freshness on the finish.”

En Magnum (April 2021): 95/100 “Always this aromatic nobility for the cru that imposes the power of its terroir and great ripeness of the grapes. Suave, magnificent texture, on a par with the best crus classés. A great success.”

The 2016 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2020): 90/100 "The 2016 Haut-Marbuzet has a straightforward bouquet of brambly red fruit, a little rustic in style but gaining finesse with a little toughness toward the finish."

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2025): 91/100 "The team under Dominique Arangoïts only conducted the bottling for the 2022 Cos Labory after its acquisition by Michel Reybier. There is a certain strictness on the nose, with touches of melted tar infusing the black fruit tones on the palate. This is a little introverted in style with fluidity that i like. It's not overly complex, yet balanced with decent length. Fine."

J.M Quarin (February 2025): 94/100 "Intense dark red colour. Very aromatic nose, with ripe fruit. Hints of ink and cream. Tender on the attack, then fat in the middle, the wine caresses the palate. It develops into a melting wine, rich in flavours, with a well-coated tannic structure. Long and very good."

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (December 2022): 94/100 “This is a bargain not to be missed. This discreet cru classé, in the shadow of the stars Cos d'Estournel, Montrose or now Calon Ségur, has been playing its part with precision for years. Tastings of the 2005, 2012 and 2019 show that the wines are more than serious, in a style that is always balanced and classically Médoc. A mark of great confidence."

J-M Quarin (March 2022): 92/100 “The wine moves forward with savor, gaining flavor from the middle to the finish, all without ever marking the tannin. Good length. A superb Outsider.”

Amazing value for money in 2016.

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The 2016 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2020): 91/100 "The 2016 Cos-Labory has a lovely bouquet, quite forward and open, offering brambly black fruit laced with violet. The medium-bodied palate presents supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity, and tobacco and cedar toward the classically styled finish, which displays impressive persistance. This is a wine indicative of a château that is imrpoving, and it suggests that the hill of Cos might have two Saint-Estèphe wines worth hunting down."

The 2014 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2018): 90/100 "The 2014 Cos-Labory has a slightly pinched bouquet at first, gradually opening with blackberry and briary scents, just a touch of graphite the palate is medium-bodied with firm tannin, sappy black fruit laced with graphite and black pepper, quite harmonious wth a crisp and posed, satisfying finish. Excellent, traditional Saint-Estèphe and perhaps one of the best Cos-Labory I have tasted thus far."

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 92+/100 "The 2022 Calon Ségur is a young, raw powerhouse with huge tannins. Today, I find the 2022 impenetrably compact and hard to read. Then again, Calon Ségur was quite similar en primeur, so I can't say I am terribly surprised. For the time being, the 2022 is somewhat of a mystery."

J.M Quarin (February 2025): 97/100 "Black colour. Intense, fine, fruity nose, closer to fresh fruit than black fruit, which makes it a little lively. Meticulous on the entry and then very fragrant in the middle, with a fine fatness that runs across the palate, the wine seems to me a little firmer than expected in its final course, even if it remains very aromatic and long."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 95/100 “The wine is more closed than its neighbors, with fruit that appears ripe and rich. The nose is tight, intense, with notes of black fruit. At this stage, the palate is also very compact and the finish strict. But we're confident, because the texture is beautiful and it will harmonize.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 97/100 and #39 of the Top 100 wines of the year 2024 “A Saint-Estèphe of stature and vertical intensity, the 2021 Calon Ségur dazzles from the very first taste. Spice, menthol, licorice, black cherry, mint and espresso are some of the many notes that build with a bit of coaxing. The 2021 clocks in at a modest 12.9% in alcohol, yet it possesses tremendous density and textural resonance. What a wine! ”

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The 2014 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2024): 94/100 “The 2014 Calon Ségur has a fresh, vibrant nose, a little backward and moody, but there's concentration here, just coiled up nicely at the moment. There are touches of iodine and sea spray present. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, juicy tannins, quite dense and fleshy, but there's huge weight and backbone at the back that I think will mature it in style.”

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 96/100 “To its usual breed and depth, Montrose 2021 adds a hint of brilliance and great distinction in its tannins. A powerful wine indeed, but terribly civilized.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 96+/100 “The 2021 Montrose is an inward, brooding wine-classic Montrose, in other words, just attenuated in its intensity by the cool growing season. Spice, tobacco, cedar, menthol, scorched earth, gravel andtouch of new oak open over time, but the 2021 is really a wine that requires considerable cellaring to reach its potential. Then again it is Montrose. Elegance meets power here.”

J-M Quarin (April 2022): 96/100 “Minutious on the entry, very aromatic and complex in the middle, the wine grows on the finish, very fresh, very tasty, more floral than usual and yet profound. Great persistence with refined tannicity and more perfumed than usual at this age.”

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The 2016 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (October 2020): 100/100 “Big, deep Cabernet Sauvignon nose evoking the hearth of the fireplace. On the palate, this bottle stands out for its stature in the middle of the palate: the wine never ceases to melt accompanied by an extraordinary meticulousness of touch. The finish is complex and noble, with a juicy character and a burst of madness. Fabulous return on the palate with nuances of black fruit and spice, without ever marking the tannin."

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2019): 99/100 “The 2016 Montrose has a tightly wound bouquet that is extremely well focused. This is one of most pixelated aromatics I can remember on a Montrose at this stage, featuring blackberry, boysenberry and cedar and real mineralité underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with fine density and wonderful salinity. There is tremendous precision with razor-sharp tannin, and a brightness on the finish that is exceptional. This is a Montrose that will comfortably sit alongside the canon of great vintages from this Saint-Estèphe estate. As my score implies, it's up there with the first growths. Stunning."

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The 2015 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2019): 95/100 "The 2015 Montrose has a very intense bouquet of blackberry, raspberry coulis, iodine and violet scents that blossom in the glass, demonstrating more exuberance than (what transpired to be) the 2015 Meyney. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very well judged acidity, taut and linear with satisfying freshness and poise on the finish. Maybe this just has the edge over the Meyney. Superb."

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The 2014 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2024): 96/100 “The 2014 Montrose has an engaging, complex bouquet of black fruit, pencil box, pressed violet and warm earth, which gains intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, with excellent tannins framing the mineral-rich black fruit (in fact, this is one of the most mineral-laden 2014 Left Banks I've tasted), the oak is perfectly integrated and the finish has plenty of panache. A magnificent wine that is just entering its tasting phase.”

En Magnum (2022): 93/100 “Developed aroma of cedar, terribly marked by the microclimate of the gravels on the banks of the Gironde in its apparent suppleness, which hides an excellent body and above all an elegance of mouthfeel and ageing worthy of our expectations.”

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The 2010 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N.Martin - May 2024): 99/100 “The 2010 Montrose has a show-stopper nose with powerful, intense, mineral-rich black fruit, becoming quite with aeration. Potpourri hints complement tobacco notes. The palate is fresh, vibrant and weighty, yet paradoxically, it has wonderful finesse. There is a symmetry about this Montrose, coupled with a tremendous length that leaves you wanting more. Brilliant.”

J-M Quarin (February 2023): 97/100 “Dark, intense, very slightly evolved color. Nose remarkable for its ripeness and freshness. Smells of black fruits. Elegant woody nuances. Blind tasting, the palate is reminiscent of Château Latour. Fat, powerful, full-bodied, with lots of fruit, it's a marvel. Very tasty finish, legitimately firm, because too young. A chalky nuance in the final persistence. If not, wait two or three years."

En Magnum (2022): 95/100 “Very rich in color and texture, nobly mentholated, with a particular velvety texture where we feel the influence of Jean-Bernard Delmas and the style developed at Haut-Brion. Long, complex, perhaps a little less northern Grand Medoc than the 2018s and 2020s will be.”

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 96/100 “Cos 2021 has an admirable structure, with nerve and depth. A great classic, balanced, silky and easy to digest."

J.M Quarin (February 2024): 96/100

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2023): 93/100 “The 2021 Cos d'Estournel has retained a Cabernet Sauvignon-driven nose, with pencil shaving scents infusing the black fruit, and a touch of dark chocolate and loam coming through with aeration. It is well-defined and composed, though it doesn't have the complexity of some of the great recent vintages from the estate. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins on the entry. Showing modest depth, it's quite sapid, with a touch of brininess to the fruit. This is not flamboyant Cos d'estournel, but it is very well composed and lingers temptingly on the finish. Give five to seven years in bottle.”

The 2020 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2024): 95+/100 “The 2020 Cos d'Estournel has a more understated bouquet than its peers, demanding more coaxing from the glass to reveal its gravel-tinged black fruit—quintessential Saint-Estèphe, really. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, white-pepper-infused black fruit, gentle grip and quite a persistent finish. It's a bit uncompromising at the moment, but it should evolve into an excellent wine.”

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (March 2022): 96/100 “Dark, intense and beautiful color. Very aromatic nose, with ripe fruit. Nuances of spices and blackberries. Smooth on the attack, juicy in the mid-palate, very tasty, the wine caresses the palate. It evolves on a touch and noble flavors towards a great complex finish, tasty, with a meticulous tannic framework. A delicious ensemble."

Vinous (N. Martin -February 2022): 97/100 “The 2019 Cos d'Estournel was picked from September 23 to October 7 at 43hL/ha, matured in a judicious 55% new oak, and bottled in July 2021 by gravity. It is more backward on the nose, and there's nothing wrong with that for a Grand Vin. Biding its time, it opens to deliver lovely, very pure scents of blackberry, raspberry coulis and touches of graphite and violet, the latter having developed during barrel matuation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, and the texture is a little more crunchy than when tasted from barrel sample. Gone is the silkiness; in its place there is backbone and grip, features that will stand this Cos d'Estournel in good stead for considerable cellar aging. Its displays more classicism in bottle compared to barrel, and exhibits more Saint-Estèphe DNA."

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The 2016 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin (August 2019): 98/100 “The best ever! Dark, intense, purple and beautiful color. Intense, fine, ripe-fruited nose. Powerful. Soft on the attack, then dense and melting, with class in the touch, the wine glides between the middle and the finish, ascending in its unfolding, complex and long. It has a lot of energy, and a lot of taste too."

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2020): 100/100 "In my last sighted review of the 2016 Cos d'Estournel, I wrote: "I suspect it will close down for a period in tis youth". Perhaps it is already beginning to shut down, because though this wine was deeply impressive, it fell just a notch short of ethereal previous bottles, despite its"pixelated black fruit" on the nose and "sublime balance" on the palate. I tasted the wine twice thereafter, though this time with a 4-6 hour decant, and this revealed the Cos d'Estournel that has amazed since I first tasted it out of barrel."