France - All Red Wines
France stands as the epitome of excellence when it comes to crafting red wines that showcase the diversity of terroirs, grape varieties, and winemaking traditions.
In Bordeaux, the renowned Left Bank vineyards of Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Margaux, Château Latour, and Château Haut-Brion epitomize the artistry of winemaking. These prestigious estates craft red wines that blend Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec, resulting in wines of depth, structure, and complexity. The wines from the Right Bank, such as those from Pétrus, Château Ausone, and Château Cheval Blanc, offer elegance, refinement, and a focus on Merlot as the dominant grape variety.
In Burgundy, the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune regions are home to iconic vineyards like Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, and Domaine Armand Rousseau. These vineyards produce world-renowned Pinot Noir wines that showcase finesse, complexity, and a captivating expression of their unique terroirs.
The Rhône Valley boasts appellations such as Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In Hermitage, producers like Jean-Louis Chave and Domaine Jean-Louis Grippat craft powerful and age-worthy Syrah-based wines with immense structure and complexity. Côte-Rôtie is known for its elegant and perfumed Syrah wines, while Châteauneuf-du-Pape combines a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre to create bold and full-bodied wines.
Moving to the Loire Valley, the vineyards of Chinon and Saumur-Champigny shine with exceptional Cabernet Franc wines. Producers such as Charles Joguet and Domaine Guiberteau showcase the region's ability to craft wines of finesse, with notes of red fruits, spice, and a characteristic herbal undertone.
Finally, in the south, the Languedoc-Roussillon region is celebrated for its bold and robust red wines. Vineyards like Mas de Daumas Gassac and Domaine Gauby produce powerful and expressive wines that highlight the region's warm climate and diverse terroirs.
France - All Red Wines
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Burgundy | 1 | 97 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$10,867.19 |
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Vinous (97)The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Aux Reignots 1er Cru comes from an expanded parcel, the "extension" only planted (at 16,000 vines per hectare) in 2015 after being fallow for over a century. The total area is 0.1854-hectares. It has a brilliantly defined bouquet with vivid red fruit, crushed limestone and crushed rose petals. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant, lithe tannins, a mixture of red and black fruit. Slightly granular in texture, hints of hoisin toward the finish with a long saline aftertaste. This squares up to the RSV and questions its superiority...it's that good. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 90-93 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$916.58 |
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Vinous (90-93)Deep red. Distinctly wild aromas of black raspberry, violet, leather and game. Very rich and fine-grained, conveying an impression of medicinal reserve to its complex flavors of raspberry, black cherry, licorice and wild herbs. Offers a superb combination of clarity and depth. Finishes juicy and long, with serious ripe tannins and a repeating leathery nuance. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
Inc. GST
SG$1,912.84 |
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Burgundy | 1 | 94 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,372.21 |
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Vinous (94)Good deep red. Unusually closed and less exotic than usual on the nose for this cuvee, hinting at crushed raspberry and Oriental spices, with notes of leather, mocha and minerals emerging with air. Concentrated and sweet, boasting a wonderfully sappy core of raspberry and mineral flavors. The very supple tannins arrive quite late and spread out to dust the palate. The superb rising finish perfumes the mouth. A beauty, but hands off for at least five or six years. |
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Burgundy | 5 | 92-95 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,519.36 |
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Vinous (92-95)(100% vendange entier; 80% new oak; from a healthy crop of 42 hectoliters per hectare):Bright red-ruby. A touch of reduction mostly dissipated to reveal classic Suchots scents of black raspberry, Oriental spices, flowers and fresh herbs, plus an intriguing note of paprika. Wonderfully silky, plush, generous wine with sneaky inner-mouth energy. The wine's sweet oak component will need a few years to harmonize with its fruits and flowers. Finishes with terrific length and substantial ripe tannins. This should ultimately make a wonderfully complete Burgundy. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
Inc. GST
SG$6,712.49 |
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Burgundy | 3 | 91 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$639.72 |
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Vinous (91)The 2016 Vosne-Romanée Village has a complex bouquet with brambly red fruit, smoke and a slight peatiness that develops with time. The palate is sappy on the entry with fine but firm tannin. There is impressive fruit concentration here with a grippy and quite masculine finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle. Excellent. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 88-90 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$924.59 |
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Vinous (88-90)Containing 70% whole bunches, the 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village is a blend of Les Communes, Les Saules and Bossières. It has a very floral bouquet, with wilted rose petals infusing the brambly red fruit, and hints of lavender tucked in just beneath. The medium-bodied palate is strict and linear, offering quite firm tannin and perhaps just requiring a little more finesse toward the finish at the moment. This is quite an uncompromising Village Cru, but intellectually it is very satisfying. |
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Burgundy | 3 | 91 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,113.05 |
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Vinous (91)The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Village has the most fruit on the nose compared to the Village Crus from Nuits Saint-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny, pure dark cherries, raspberry and crushed stone scents, just a touch of wild mint emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a fine bead of acidity, quite sweet with crunchy red fruit towards the finish. Palpable energy here, this is well worth seeking out. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 89-92 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,280.64 |
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Vinous (89-92)(from 60-year-old vines; vinified with 80% whole clusters; this and all of the estate's crus wines were still in barrel in early November): Aromas of raspberry and underbrush. Plush in texture but more restrained than the wines that were already in tank. The fruit is here a bit more medicinal and minty and less sweet at this stage. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins and a spicy element. In an awkward phase. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 91 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$796.68 |
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Wine Advocate (91)The 2016 Vosne-Romanée Hautes-Maizières is very fine indeed, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cassis, rich spices, grilled game and dried flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with an ample, layered mid-palate, succulent acids and a long finish. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 90-92 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$2,379.74 |
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Vinous (90-92)The 2018 Vosne-Romanée Les Hautes Maizières has a very pure, generous bouquet of wild strawberry, Dorset plum and pressed rose petal aromas, all wonderfully defined, especially for a Village Cru. The palate is medium-bodied with quite sharp tannins, and more citric than the other cuvées. There is a pleasant piquancy on the finish. Excellent. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 92 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,754.07 |
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Vinous (92)The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Les Hautes Maizières has an exquisitely defined bouquet with transparent red cherries and crushed strawberry on the nose, very harmonious with light sous-bois aromas percolating through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine backbone, almost a Malconsorts-lite (not written pejoratively I might add!) But there is impressive grip here for a Village Cru with pleasing salinity on the finish. Give it just another 24 months in bottle. |
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Rhone | 1 | 90 (VN) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,520.44 |
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Vinous (90)Good deep, youthful red-ruby color. Pungent, sauvage nose combines game, black pepper, black raspberry, black plum, leather, woodsmoke and fresh blood. Big, rich and full in the mouth, offers Cornas rusticity in all its glory. Fat and peppery. This seems richer but lower in acidity than earlier bottles I've tasted, and could use a bit more clarity of flavor. But very satisfying. |
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Rhone | 1 | 98 (JS) |
Inc. GST
SG$551.08 |
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James Suckling (98)A more floral and perfumed wine than the 2015 Renaissance. Violets add interest to plenty peppery red plums and wild red berries. Darker berries, graphite and stony notes, too. So much here. The palate arrives in silky ribbon-like mode, it has a very long core of blackberries, licorice and spiced plum flavors. Superior definition in the tannin department. A taut finish. Drink from 2025. |
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Bordeaux | 5 | 82 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$997.62 |
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Wine Advocate (82)This medium ruby wine remains closed, but exhibits adequate ripeness of fruit. However, the hard tannins are cause for concern. The 1981 Ausone is a medium-weight wine, with good concentration, but I believe it will always be an austere, tough-textured, charmless wine. It still needs 10 years to soften and develop. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010. Last tasted, 1/90. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 89 (WS) |
Inc. GST
SG$997.62 |
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Wine Spectator (89)Firm and vivid, offering clear cherry, tobacco and cedar flavors backed by firm, round tannins; it blooms on the finish.--The Bordeaux 50. Drink now through 2000. 2,000 cases made. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | - |
Inc. GST
SG$796.68 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (JS) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,552.78 |
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James Suckling (100)A mindbinder of a wine with pure fruit and so much fine tannins and mineral character. It’s hyper tight and super polished. The palate starts off slowly and ends with a bang. Amazing endless finish. What an energy. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (WI) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,394.01 |
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The Wine Independent (100)The 2016 Ausone is a blend of 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot and it has a deep garnet-purple color. It is incredibly closed to begin, offering glimpses of juicy blackberries, plum preserves, and cedar chest, before unfurling to offer a whole array of exotic spices, sandalwood, violets, and notes of crushed rocks, plus a touch of smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is so closed and tightly knit to start off, delivering peeks at mineral, floral, and opulent spice accents, with a rock-solid structure of grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing with epic length. It needs a good 8 years+, but should cellar for at least 40 more! |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,301.36 |
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Wine Advocate (98)The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of baked red and black plums, wild blueberries and boysenberries plus touches of violets, espresso, licorice and melted chocolate with wafts of iron ore and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, the palate is an exercise in poise, featuring beautifully ripe, silken tannins and bold freshness to support the fragrant multi-layers, finishing very long and very minerally. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 99 (DC) |
Inc. GST
SG$1,127.32 |
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Decanter (99)This is powerful and blows away much of the competition with its depth and layers. This needs you to pull up a chair, take a beat, and let the flavours unroll. There is so much density to the blueberry, bilberry and smoked raspberry fruits that they start out knitted down, then as the oxygen opens them up the body of the wine widens and becomes fleshier and creamier, adding chocolate and mocha notes. The limestone scrape is there in spades through the finish, and this is a cleverly constructed wine. As ever Ausone is just a masterclass in how to take apart and then put back together a terroir. Great stuff. First year of official conversion to organic farming. 100% new oak, some in 30hl oak casks. Could go up after tasting in bottle, a potential 100 points. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
Inc. GST
SG$896.96 |
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Savour the epitome of Burgundian excellence with Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2012. Produced by the acclaimed Domaine Bart family, this elegant red wine embodies five generations of cherished winemaking practices. Predominantly yielded from old vines in the premium vineyards of Marsannay, its inception is rather meticulous. Unravel a complex bouquet, resulting from a meticulous fermentation approach with indigenous yeasts at controlled temperatures. Barrel ageing for up to 22 months in 20% new oak lends a striking depth. Experience a harmonic symphony of ripe berry, delicate floral notes, rounded off by earthy undertones. This Pinot Noir's finesse lies in its silky tannins and lasting finish, a testament to the limestone-rich terroir. Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2012 shines through in its vintage's character, reflecting an exceptional year of optimal ripeness and exemplary balance. Relish in the mastery of French oenology with Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2012 - a sublime portrait of terroir and tradition. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
Inc. GST
SG$679.70 |
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Revered amongst vinophiles, the Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 instantly commands respect, crafted meticulously on the prestigious slopes of Chambolle-Musigny, in the heart of Burgundy. The producer, Domaine Bart, richly rooted in viticulture heritage since 1830, is lauded for its relentless pursuit of excellence. Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 is a magnificent expression of the producer's capabilities, exuding an enchanting spectrum of nuanced flavours. The grapes embody the vineyard's unique terroir, ripened to perfection, manually harvested, and gently vinified for 15 days in wooden vats, followed by an 18-month maturation in oak barrels. One cannot ignore the intense, rich ruby colour that perfectly complements the aromatic bouquet of red fruits, woody spice, and mushrooms. The palette is an intricate balancing act between full-bodied power and silken finesse. A triumphant display of French wine craftsmanship, the Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 showcases the zenith of Burgundy's Pinot Noir. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 92 (VN (NM)) |
Inc. GST
SG$665.53 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (92)The 1959 Batailley mirrors previous encounters with this Pauillac. It has a typically opulent bouquet that is the signature of the vintage with mulberry and boysenberry fruit, juniper berries and thyme. I find this example less meaty than previous bottles, though. The palate is well defined with fine tannin, quite tensile with cedar and graphite towards the finish. It does not quite possess the panache of the 1961, which can be marvelous on the day. But I appreciate the generosity after so many years. Tasted at the château. |
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Bordeaux | 6 | 86 (WA) |
Inc. GST
SG$207.37 |
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Wine Advocate (86)This wine is dark ruby-colored, with medium body and notes of weedy black currants intermixed with earth and saddle leather. It has moderate tannin and a firm finish. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2012. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | - |
Inc. GST
SG$209.17 |
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Rhone | 2 | 95.0 |
Inc. GST
SG$331.26 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 87 (VN (ST)) |
Inc. GST
SG$355.23 |
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Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (87)Red-ruby. Subdued aromas of currant and plum, with a pruney suggestion of incipient oxidation. Supple and plump, with good texture and sweetness but a bit closed in the middle palate. Finishes with even tannins and good length. Seems much softer and riper than a sample I tasted in the spring of '99, but hints of damp earth and nuts suggest that this wine is evolving quickly. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 91 (VN (NM)) |
Inc. GST
SG$161.94 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (91)The 2001 Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse is a little cleaner and more defined on the nose compared to the 2000, offering brambly red fruit, ferrous notes and hints of wild mushroom, quite perfumed though not complex. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly more density and grip compared to the 2000. Soothing and earthy toward the finish, which tapers a little. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 97 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$9,960.00 |
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Vinous (97)The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Aux Reignots 1er Cru comes from an expanded parcel, the "extension" only planted (at 16,000 vines per hectare) in 2015 after being fallow for over a century. The total area is 0.1854-hectares. It has a brilliantly defined bouquet with vivid red fruit, crushed limestone and crushed rose petals. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant, lithe tannins, a mixture of red and black fruit. Slightly granular in texture, hints of hoisin toward the finish with a long saline aftertaste. This squares up to the RSV and questions its superiority...it's that good. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 90-93 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$831.00 |
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Vinous (90-93)Deep red. Distinctly wild aromas of black raspberry, violet, leather and game. Very rich and fine-grained, conveying an impression of medicinal reserve to its complex flavors of raspberry, black cherry, licorice and wild herbs. Offers a superb combination of clarity and depth. Finishes juicy and long, with serious ripe tannins and a repeating leathery nuance. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
In Bond
SG$1,745.00 |
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Burgundy | 1 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$1,250.00 |
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Vinous (94)Good deep red. Unusually closed and less exotic than usual on the nose for this cuvee, hinting at crushed raspberry and Oriental spices, with notes of leather, mocha and minerals emerging with air. Concentrated and sweet, boasting a wonderfully sappy core of raspberry and mineral flavors. The very supple tannins arrive quite late and spread out to dust the palate. The superb rising finish perfumes the mouth. A beauty, but hands off for at least five or six years. |
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Burgundy | 5 | 92-95 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$1,385.00 |
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Vinous (92-95)(100% vendange entier; 80% new oak; from a healthy crop of 42 hectoliters per hectare):Bright red-ruby. A touch of reduction mostly dissipated to reveal classic Suchots scents of black raspberry, Oriental spices, flowers and fresh herbs, plus an intriguing note of paprika. Wonderfully silky, plush, generous wine with sneaky inner-mouth energy. The wine's sweet oak component will need a few years to harmonize with its fruits and flowers. Finishes with terrific length and substantial ripe tannins. This should ultimately make a wonderfully complete Burgundy. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
In Bond
SG$6,150.00 |
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Burgundy | 3 | 91 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$577.00 |
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Vinous (91)The 2016 Vosne-Romanée Village has a complex bouquet with brambly red fruit, smoke and a slight peatiness that develops with time. The palate is sappy on the entry with fine but firm tannin. There is impressive fruit concentration here with a grippy and quite masculine finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle. Excellent. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 88-90 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$840.00 |
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Vinous (88-90)Containing 70% whole bunches, the 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village is a blend of Les Communes, Les Saules and Bossières. It has a very floral bouquet, with wilted rose petals infusing the brambly red fruit, and hints of lavender tucked in just beneath. The medium-bodied palate is strict and linear, offering quite firm tannin and perhaps just requiring a little more finesse toward the finish at the moment. This is quite an uncompromising Village Cru, but intellectually it is very satisfying. |
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Burgundy | 3 | 91 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$1,930.00 |
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Vinous (91)The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Village has the most fruit on the nose compared to the Village Crus from Nuits Saint-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny, pure dark cherries, raspberry and crushed stone scents, just a touch of wild mint emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a fine bead of acidity, quite sweet with crunchy red fruit towards the finish. Palpable energy here, this is well worth seeking out. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 89-92 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$1,165.00 |
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Vinous (89-92)(from 60-year-old vines; vinified with 80% whole clusters; this and all of the estate's crus wines were still in barrel in early November): Aromas of raspberry and underbrush. Plush in texture but more restrained than the wines that were already in tank. The fruit is here a bit more medicinal and minty and less sweet at this stage. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins and a spicy element. In an awkward phase. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 91 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$721.00 |
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Wine Advocate (91)The 2016 Vosne-Romanée Hautes-Maizières is very fine indeed, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cassis, rich spices, grilled game and dried flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with an ample, layered mid-palate, succulent acids and a long finish. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 90-92 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$2,175.00 |
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Vinous (90-92)The 2018 Vosne-Romanée Les Hautes Maizières has a very pure, generous bouquet of wild strawberry, Dorset plum and pressed rose petal aromas, all wonderfully defined, especially for a Village Cru. The palate is medium-bodied with quite sharp tannins, and more citric than the other cuvées. There is a pleasant piquancy on the finish. Excellent. |
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Burgundy | 1 | 92 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$1,600.00 |
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Vinous (92)The 2019 Vosne-Romanée Les Hautes Maizières has an exquisitely defined bouquet with transparent red cherries and crushed strawberry on the nose, very harmonious with light sous-bois aromas percolating through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine backbone, almost a Malconsorts-lite (not written pejoratively I might add!) But there is impressive grip here for a Village Cru with pleasing salinity on the finish. Give it just another 24 months in bottle. |
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Rhone | 1 | 90 (VN) |
In Bond
SG$1,385.00 |
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Vinous (90)Good deep, youthful red-ruby color. Pungent, sauvage nose combines game, black pepper, black raspberry, black plum, leather, woodsmoke and fresh blood. Big, rich and full in the mouth, offers Cornas rusticity in all its glory. Fat and peppery. This seems richer but lower in acidity than earlier bottles I've tasted, and could use a bit more clarity of flavor. But very satisfying. |
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Rhone | 1 | 98 (JS) |
In Bond
SG$497.00 |
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James Suckling (98)A more floral and perfumed wine than the 2015 Renaissance. Violets add interest to plenty peppery red plums and wild red berries. Darker berries, graphite and stony notes, too. So much here. The palate arrives in silky ribbon-like mode, it has a very long core of blackberries, licorice and spiced plum flavors. Superior definition in the tannin department. A taut finish. Drink from 2025. |
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Bordeaux | 5 | 82 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$907.00 |
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Wine Advocate (82)This medium ruby wine remains closed, but exhibits adequate ripeness of fruit. However, the hard tannins are cause for concern. The 1981 Ausone is a medium-weight wine, with good concentration, but I believe it will always be an austere, tough-textured, charmless wine. It still needs 10 years to soften and develop. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010. Last tasted, 1/90. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 89 (WS) |
In Bond
SG$907.00 |
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Wine Spectator (89)Firm and vivid, offering clear cherry, tobacco and cedar flavors backed by firm, round tannins; it blooms on the finish.--The Bordeaux 50. Drink now through 2000. 2,000 cases made. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | - |
In Bond
SG$721.00 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (JS) |
In Bond
SG$1,415.00 |
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James Suckling (100)A mindbinder of a wine with pure fruit and so much fine tannins and mineral character. It’s hyper tight and super polished. The palate starts off slowly and ends with a bang. Amazing endless finish. What an energy. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (WI) |
In Bond
SG$1,270.00 |
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The Wine Independent (100)The 2016 Ausone is a blend of 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot and it has a deep garnet-purple color. It is incredibly closed to begin, offering glimpses of juicy blackberries, plum preserves, and cedar chest, before unfurling to offer a whole array of exotic spices, sandalwood, violets, and notes of crushed rocks, plus a touch of smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is so closed and tightly knit to start off, delivering peeks at mineral, floral, and opulent spice accents, with a rock-solid structure of grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing with epic length. It needs a good 8 years+, but should cellar for at least 40 more! |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98 (WA) |
In Bond
SG$1,185.00 |
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Wine Advocate (98)The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of baked red and black plums, wild blueberries and boysenberries plus touches of violets, espresso, licorice and melted chocolate with wafts of iron ore and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, the palate is an exercise in poise, featuring beautifully ripe, silken tannins and bold freshness to support the fragrant multi-layers, finishing very long and very minerally. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 99 (DC) |
In Bond
SG$1,025.00 |
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Decanter (99)This is powerful and blows away much of the competition with its depth and layers. This needs you to pull up a chair, take a beat, and let the flavours unroll. There is so much density to the blueberry, bilberry and smoked raspberry fruits that they start out knitted down, then as the oxygen opens them up the body of the wine widens and becomes fleshier and creamier, adding chocolate and mocha notes. The limestone scrape is there in spades through the finish, and this is a cleverly constructed wine. As ever Ausone is just a masterclass in how to take apart and then put back together a terroir. Great stuff. First year of official conversion to organic farming. 100% new oak, some in 30hl oak casks. Could go up after tasting in bottle, a potential 100 points. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
In Bond
SG$813.00 |
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Savour the epitome of Burgundian excellence with Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2012. Produced by the acclaimed Domaine Bart family, this elegant red wine embodies five generations of cherished winemaking practices. Predominantly yielded from old vines in the premium vineyards of Marsannay, its inception is rather meticulous. Unravel a complex bouquet, resulting from a meticulous fermentation approach with indigenous yeasts at controlled temperatures. Barrel ageing for up to 22 months in 20% new oak lends a striking depth. Experience a harmonic symphony of ripe berry, delicate floral notes, rounded off by earthy undertones. This Pinot Noir's finesse lies in its silky tannins and lasting finish, a testament to the limestone-rich terroir. Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2012 shines through in its vintage's character, reflecting an exceptional year of optimal ripeness and exemplary balance. Relish in the mastery of French oenology with Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2012 - a sublime portrait of terroir and tradition. |
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Burgundy | 1 | - |
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SG$615.00 |
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Revered amongst vinophiles, the Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 instantly commands respect, crafted meticulously on the prestigious slopes of Chambolle-Musigny, in the heart of Burgundy. The producer, Domaine Bart, richly rooted in viticulture heritage since 1830, is lauded for its relentless pursuit of excellence. Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 is a magnificent expression of the producer's capabilities, exuding an enchanting spectrum of nuanced flavours. The grapes embody the vineyard's unique terroir, ripened to perfection, manually harvested, and gently vinified for 15 days in wooden vats, followed by an 18-month maturation in oak barrels. One cannot ignore the intense, rich ruby colour that perfectly complements the aromatic bouquet of red fruits, woody spice, and mushrooms. The palette is an intricate balancing act between full-bodied power and silken finesse. A triumphant display of French wine craftsmanship, the Bart Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 showcases the zenith of Burgundy's Pinot Noir. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 92 (VN (NM)) |
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SG$602.00 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (92)The 1959 Batailley mirrors previous encounters with this Pauillac. It has a typically opulent bouquet that is the signature of the vintage with mulberry and boysenberry fruit, juniper berries and thyme. I find this example less meaty than previous bottles, though. The palate is well defined with fine tannin, quite tensile with cedar and graphite towards the finish. It does not quite possess the panache of the 1961, which can be marvelous on the day. But I appreciate the generosity after so many years. Tasted at the château. |
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Bordeaux | 6 | 86 (WA) |
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SG$182.00 |
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Wine Advocate (86)This wine is dark ruby-colored, with medium body and notes of weedy black currants intermixed with earth and saddle leather. It has moderate tannin and a firm finish. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2012. |
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SG$182.00 |
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Rhone | 2 | 95.0 |
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SG$295.00 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 87 (VN (ST)) |
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SG$316.00 |
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Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (87)Red-ruby. Subdued aromas of currant and plum, with a pruney suggestion of incipient oxidation. Supple and plump, with good texture and sweetness but a bit closed in the middle palate. Finishes with even tannins and good length. Seems much softer and riper than a sample I tasted in the spring of '99, but hints of damp earth and nuts suggest that this wine is evolving quickly. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 91 (VN (NM)) |
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SG$139.00 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (91)The 2001 Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse is a little cleaner and more defined on the nose compared to the 2000, offering brambly red fruit, ferrous notes and hints of wild mushroom, quite perfumed though not complex. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly more density and grip compared to the 2000. Soothing and earthy toward the finish, which tapers a little. |
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