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    FAIVELEY - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Saint Georges - 2016

    • - 95 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    Frost-affected in 2016, in common with the rest of the Premier Cru, the Faiveley holdings were...

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    FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos des Issarts Monopole - 2016

    • - 94 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    Located next to Ruchottes-Chambertin in the corner of the Combe de Lavaux, this is one of those...

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    FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru La Combe aux Moines - 2016

    • - 94 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    The old vine concentration is appealingly evident on this intensely coloured Premier Cru from the...

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    FAIVELEY - Musigny Grand Cru - 2016

    • - 94 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    With 50% whole bunches and only new wood used on this wine, it's unsurprisingly intense. The oak is...

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    DOMAINE DE COURCEL - Pommard 1er cru Les Rugiens - 2016

    • - 95 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    If you don't like Pommard that tastes like traditional, come-back-in-a-decade Pommard, then you...

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    DOMAINE JEAN GRIVOT - Vosne-Romanée 1er cru Les Beaux Monts - 2016

    • - 96 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    Located next to Aux Brûlées, but very different in style, this is savoury and very aromatic, with...

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    CONFURON-COTETIDOT - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru Craipillot - 2016

    • - 95 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    This stony site is comparatively warm, despite its proximity to the cool breezes of Combe de...

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Corton Grand cru Les Renardes - 2016

    • - 97 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    Thibault Liger-Belair has produced one of the best Cortons of the vintage, in a harvest when the...

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru 'Les Saint Georges' - 2016

    • - 97 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    “Great, but not much of it,” is how Thibault Liger-Belair describes his third of a normal crop....

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Charmes-Chambertin Grand cru - 2016

    • - 97 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    “My aim,” says Thibault Liger-Belair, “is to make a Charmes with some tension.” This comes...

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Clos de Vougeot Grand cru - 2016

    • - 96 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    The position of Louis-Michel Liger-Belair's parcel of Clos de Vougeot, close to the wall that...

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Richebourg Grand cru - 2016

    • - 95 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    Featuring the highest ever percentage of whole bunches (40%), this entirely new oak aged red is...

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Vosne-Romanée Aux Réas - 2016

    • - 94 points-

    Tim Atkin MW

    March 2018

    Aux Réas is on the south side of Vosne, touching Nuits-St-Georges. For a “simple” village wine...

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    NIEBAUM-PENNINO - Cabernet Sauvignon 1882 - 2014

    • - 92 points-

    Vinous

    March 2018

    The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon 1882 is a delicious entry-level wine from Inglenook. Plump, juicy and...

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    INGLENOOK - Cabernet Sauvignon - 2014

    • - 94 points-

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    Antonio Galloni, March 2018

    The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a powerful and dense in the glass. Sweet tobacco,...

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    MATHIEU & CAMILLE LAPIERRE - Morgon Cuvée Marcel Lapierre - 2016

    • - 94 points-

    Vinous

    March 2018

    Lurid ruby. Intensely perfumed red fruit liqueur, potpourri and licorice aromas, along with hints...

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    YEALANDS - Sauvignon Blanc Estate Land Made - 2017

    Air New Zealand Wine Awards

    March 2018

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    LUCA - Beso de Dante - 2015

    • - 91 points-

    Wine Spectator

    March 2018

    Powerful and well-structured, with good cut to the dark currant, dark cherry and black olive...

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    CATENA - Alta Cabernet Sauvignon - 2016

    • - 92 points-

    James Suckling

    March 2018

    Another 2016 from this producer with plenty of cocoa and cassis. The crisp acidity makes this bold...

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    MATCHBOOK WINES - Tinto Rey - 2016

    • - 92 points-

    Wine Enthusiast

    February 2018

    Intriguing and complex, this full-bodied wine combines bright elements of orange zest and pineapple...

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    THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Bourgogne Aligoté "Clos des Perrières la Combe" - 2014

    • - 91 points-

    Greg Sherwood MW

    February 2018

    A wonderfully vibrant fresh Aligoté expression showing archetypal pithy aromatics of citrus...

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    TALENTI - Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Pian di Conte - 2012

    • - 93 points-

    Decanter

    Michaela Morris, February 2018

    Talenti's Riserva is crafted from the 2ha Paretaio vineyard at the Pian di Conte estate, near...

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    LUCA - Chardonnay - 2016

    • - 90 points-

    Wine Enthusiast

    February 2018

    At first, this high-altitude Chardonnay comes across as massively oaked, as if extracted from a...

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    EL ENEMIGO - Gran Enemigo Gualtallary - 2014

    • - 96 points-

    James Suckling

    February 2018

    A perfumed and significant red on the nose with crushed blackberries, currant bush and rose petals....

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