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Ch Ausone 1er Grand Cru Classé St Emilion 2016 | £1,815 per 3 IB | “a cerebral, intellectual Ausone” 98-100 points, NM

If you are in the league of fortunate collectors who can secure one of 2016’s most sought after wines, then the ethereal, magical Ausone 2016 should be top of your list. This was, quite simply, one of the greatest wines...

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Ch Léoville Las Cases 2ème Cru St Julien | £1,050 per 6 IB | “Yeah, it’s good” 98-100 points, Neal Martin

It is easy to over-eulogise in extremely fine vintages such as this one. But as we reach the zenith of the 2016 campaign there is one wine that fully deserves every glowing adjective in the book; a wine that encompasses...

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Ch l’Evangile 2016 | £1,063.00 per 6 bottles IB | “without question one of the most brilliant and memorable wines of the year”

Released on Friday afternoon (just when we thought the Bordelais were finished with us for the week!) one of the stars of Pomerol, the wonderful Ch L’Evangile.

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Latest releases: Ch Haut Bailly & La Parde de Haut Bailly 2016

More often than not Haut Bailly produces one of the wines of the vintage and their 2016, released today at £498 per 6 IB, is no exception. The dynamic and charming wine director Veronique Saunders and the immensely talented wine...

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Ch Pontet Canet 2016 | £685 per 6 IB | “absolutely brilliant” 96-99, AG

2016 is Alfred Tesseron’s 40th vintage with Pontet Canet, and since the early 1990s he has been making constant improvements. 10 years ago he began converting the vineyards to organic and biodynamic farming with horses.

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