Pauillac
Welcome to the remarkable world of Pauillac, an appellation that stands as a testament to the grandeur and finesse of Bordeaux wines.
Pauillac is home to some of the most celebrated vineyards in Bordeaux, renowned for their impeccable craftsmanship and the sheer magnificence of their wines. At the pinnacle of this appellation lies the iconic Château Lafite Rothschild, a legendary estate that has captivated wine enthusiasts for centuries. Its wines, characterized by their aristocratic finesse, layers of complexity, and remarkable age-worthiness, have become the benchmark for excellence.
Another exceptional vineyard in Pauillac is Château Latour, revered for its consistency in producing wines of extraordinary depth, intensity, and longevity. With its unrivaled pedigree and unparalleled reputation, Château Latour stands as a symbol of Pauillac's winemaking heritage. Château Mouton Rothschild, known for its opulent and opulent wines, delights with its richness, elegance, and artful blending.
Other distinguished vineyards in Pauillac include Pichon Baron, recognized for its precision and structure, and Pichon Lalande, admired for its finesse and feminine charm. Pontet-Canet, with its biodynamic practices and uncompromising commitment to quality, produces wines of immense power, depth, and complexity.
The terroir of Pauillac, with its gravelly and well-draining soils, coupled with the influence of the Gironde estuary, provides ideal conditions for Cabernet Sauvignon, the dominant grape variety in the region. Pauillac wines exhibit a captivating blend of blackcurrant, cassis, cedar, graphite, and hints of cigar box, framed by firm yet refined tannins and vibrant acidity. They possess a remarkable structure, balance, and potential for long-term aging.
Pauillac
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Bordeaux | 1 | 90 (VN (ID)) |
Inc. VAT
£2,625.25 |
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Vinous - Ian D'Agata (90)(73% cabernet sauvignon, 15% merlot, 10% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot; 5.11 g/ltotal acidity; 13.2% alcohol): Dark ruby-red with a hint of garnet at the rim. Crème de cassis complemented by floral, tobacco and incense notes on the brightly aromatic nose. Very well balanced, clean, and juicy, with good inner-mouth perfume and energy to the dark fruit, cedar, herb and graphite flavors. The finish features mounting tannins that teeter on the brink of drying. This seems to have picked up some flesh and volume with bottle age, but I hope the fruit outlives the tannins. It's a lovely wine that lacks only the power of the best vintages. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-100 (WS) |
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£2,750.20 |
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Wine Spectator (95-100)Incredible aromas of violets and currants. Full-bodied and very tannic, but loads of ripe fruit and a superlong finish. What can I say? This is amazing. If you love Lynch, buy this. Score range: 95-100 |
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Bordeaux | 12 | 95-100 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£329.99 |
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Wine Spectator (95-100)Incredible aromas of violets and currants. Full-bodied and very tannic, but loads of ripe fruit and a superlong finish. What can I say? This is amazing. If you love Lynch, buy this. Score range: 95-100 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 94 (WA) |
Inc. VAT
£1,451.80 |
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Wine Advocate (94)A healthy, youthful dark plum/ruby/purple color is followed by a bouquet of smoke, barbecued meats, black currants and new saddle leather. With full body and sweet tannin, this 2003 is strutting its stuff. Although it is not as fine as the 1989, 1990, or 2000, it is a complex, classic Pauillac to enjoy over the next decade. |
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Bordeaux | 5 | 93 (WE) |
Inc. VAT
£1,665.40 |
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Wine Enthusiast (93)92-94 The wine is dominated by the aromas of new wood. It is rich, sweet and packed with new-wood tannins. These dominate the fruit, but also give sweetness. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£1,831.00 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Textbook, with mouthfilling and slightly gutsy black currant, fig and blackberry fruit flavors bound together by singed cedar, iron and tobacco notes. Features a tug of loam followed by a second wave of fruit through the finish. This is just starting to stretch out.—Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£1,711.69 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Textbook, with mouthfilling and slightly gutsy black currant, fig and blackberry fruit flavors bound together by singed cedar, iron and tobacco notes. Features a tug of loam followed by a second wave of fruit through the finish. This is just starting to stretch out.—Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 95 (WSM) |
Inc. VAT
£1,391.20 |
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Wine & Spirit Magazine (95)From a clay and gravel plateau three miles east of Lynch-Bages, this is a blend of sauvignon blanc, semillon and muscadelle planted in 1988. A hot July and a cool, dry August produced this substantial wine with freshness that keeps it sleek and creamy rather than heavy. With long exposure to air it reveals layers of flavor, from mineral to beeswax, preserved lemon peel and lemon meringue. It feels grand, the vinous equivalent of a classic Bentley. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93 (WE) |
Inc. VAT
£1,185.40 |
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Wine Enthusiast (93)Rich, impressively ripe fruit, the fruit dense and black, with juicy black plum flavors followed by dusty tannins. The wine is chunky, powerful for the year, the dryness smoothed by new wood. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98.3 |
Inc. VAT
£1,982.64 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98.3 |
Inc. VAT
£1,995.36 |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 98.3 |
Inc. VAT
£1,274.52 |
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Bordeaux | 6 | 98.3 |
Inc. VAT
£1,256.52 |
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Bordeaux | 28 | 98-99 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£1,134.12 |
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James Suckling (98-99)What incredible precision and clarity here. Currants, mineral, mint and lead pencil. Full body, with super refined tannins and a long, long finish. I am loving this young wine. It just builds on the palate. Goes so long. 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 17+ (JR) |
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£1,312.60 |
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Jancis Robinson (17+)Outstanding blackcurrant fruit with a long, intense, flavoursome palate. Fine but extremely powerful tannin which deserves much more bottle age. Impressive and intense without being over-extracted. (RH) |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 91-94 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£1,166.20 |
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Wine Spectator (91-94)Pure and racy, delivering a core of violet, cassis and cherry, well-framed by a sleek, iron-coated structure. Features a long, taut, focused finish. Shows the austerity of the vintage, but this remains long and pure, with fine cut. Score range: 91-94 -JM |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 97 (JA) |
Inc. VAT
£763.32 |
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Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux (97)Wine of the Year 2022 Inky plum in colour, you can see this is rich and textured even before going anywhere near the nose, which then displays ripe fruit. Gorgeous quality, a wine that is packed full of graphite, pencil lead, waves of violet, cassis, liqourice, and chewy but well defined tannins. Leaps out of the glass and is clear proof that, when it gets it right, the 2014 vintage equals the 2015 in this northern sector of the Médoc. Good value also compared to the 2015 and 2016 - a must buy for me. 70% new oak, Eric Boissenot consultant. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (VN (NM)) |
Inc. VAT
£691.92 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (96)The 2015 Lynch-Bages has an intense nose of black fruit, cedar and pencil box aromas. This is muted at first but it only takes a few swirls to unleash the aromas. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced, with grainy tannins, real depth and grip. This has dispensed with some of its surliness and there is now more brightness toward the finish. The 2015 is excellent. |
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Bordeaux | 6 | 98-99 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£949.32 |
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James Suckling (98-99)This is really back-ended thanks to a powerful and almost endless finish. Full-bodied, dense and powerful with incredible concentration and length. Round and polished tannins. Layered. This unravels bit by bit. Energetic acidity gives it such superb freshness. This is at the 2010/2009 level. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 90 (VN (ID)) |
Inc. VAT
£2,553.60 |
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Vinous - Ian D'Agata (90)(73% cabernet sauvignon, 15% merlot, 10% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot; 5.11 g/ltotal acidity; 13.2% alcohol): Dark ruby-red with a hint of garnet at the rim. Crème de cassis complemented by floral, tobacco and incense notes on the brightly aromatic nose. Very well balanced, clean, and juicy, with good inner-mouth perfume and energy to the dark fruit, cedar, herb and graphite flavors. The finish features mounting tannins that teeter on the brink of drying. This seems to have picked up some flesh and volume with bottle age, but I hope the fruit outlives the tannins. It's a lovely wine that lacks only the power of the best vintages. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-100 (WS) |
In Bond
£2,256.00 |
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Wine Spectator (95-100)Incredible aromas of violets and currants. Full-bodied and very tannic, but loads of ripe fruit and a superlong finish. What can I say? This is amazing. If you love Lynch, buy this. Score range: 95-100 |
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Bordeaux | 12 | 95-100 (WS) |
In Bond
£272.00 |
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Wine Spectator (95-100)Incredible aromas of violets and currants. Full-bodied and very tannic, but loads of ripe fruit and a superlong finish. What can I say? This is amazing. If you love Lynch, buy this. Score range: 95-100 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 94 (WA) |
In Bond
£1,174.00 |
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Wine Advocate (94)A healthy, youthful dark plum/ruby/purple color is followed by a bouquet of smoke, barbecued meats, black currants and new saddle leather. With full body and sweet tannin, this 2003 is strutting its stuff. Although it is not as fine as the 1989, 1990, or 2000, it is a complex, classic Pauillac to enjoy over the next decade. |
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Bordeaux | 5 | 93 (WE) |
In Bond
£1,352.00 |
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Wine Enthusiast (93)92-94 The wine is dominated by the aromas of new wood. It is rich, sweet and packed with new-wood tannins. These dominate the fruit, but also give sweetness. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
In Bond
£1,490.00 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Textbook, with mouthfilling and slightly gutsy black currant, fig and blackberry fruit flavors bound together by singed cedar, iron and tobacco notes. Features a tug of loam followed by a second wave of fruit through the finish. This is just starting to stretch out.—Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
In Bond
£1,408.50 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Textbook, with mouthfilling and slightly gutsy black currant, fig and blackberry fruit flavors bound together by singed cedar, iron and tobacco notes. Features a tug of loam followed by a second wave of fruit through the finish. This is just starting to stretch out.—Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 95 (WSM) |
In Bond
£1,123.50 |
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Wine & Spirit Magazine (95)From a clay and gravel plateau three miles east of Lynch-Bages, this is a blend of sauvignon blanc, semillon and muscadelle planted in 1988. A hot July and a cool, dry August produced this substantial wine with freshness that keeps it sleek and creamy rather than heavy. With long exposure to air it reveals layers of flavor, from mineral to beeswax, preserved lemon peel and lemon meringue. It feels grand, the vinous equivalent of a classic Bentley. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93 (WE) |
In Bond
£952.00 |
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Wine Enthusiast (93)Rich, impressively ripe fruit, the fruit dense and black, with juicy black plum flavors followed by dusty tannins. The wine is chunky, powerful for the year, the dryness smoothed by new wood. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98.3 |
In Bond
£1,615.00 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98.3 |
In Bond
£1,638.00 |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 98.3 |
In Bond
£1,043.50 |
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Bordeaux | 6 | 98.3 |
In Bond
£1,028.50 |
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Bordeaux | 28 | 98-99 (JS) |
In Bond
£926.50 |
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James Suckling (98-99)What incredible precision and clarity here. Currants, mineral, mint and lead pencil. Full body, with super refined tannins and a long, long finish. I am loving this young wine. It just builds on the palate. Goes so long. 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 17+ (JR) |
In Bond
£1,058.00 |
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Jancis Robinson (17+)Outstanding blackcurrant fruit with a long, intense, flavoursome palate. Fine but extremely powerful tannin which deserves much more bottle age. Impressive and intense without being over-extracted. (RH) |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 91-94 (WS) |
In Bond
£936.00 |
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Wine Spectator (91-94)Pure and racy, delivering a core of violet, cassis and cherry, well-framed by a sleek, iron-coated structure. Features a long, taut, focused finish. Shows the austerity of the vintage, but this remains long and pure, with fine cut. Score range: 91-94 -JM |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 97 (JA) |
In Bond
£617.50 |
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Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux (97)Wine of the Year 2022 Inky plum in colour, you can see this is rich and textured even before going anywhere near the nose, which then displays ripe fruit. Gorgeous quality, a wine that is packed full of graphite, pencil lead, waves of violet, cassis, liqourice, and chewy but well defined tannins. Leaps out of the glass and is clear proof that, when it gets it right, the 2014 vintage equals the 2015 in this northern sector of the Médoc. Good value also compared to the 2015 and 2016 - a must buy for me. 70% new oak, Eric Boissenot consultant. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (VN (NM)) |
In Bond
£558.00 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (96)The 2015 Lynch-Bages has an intense nose of black fruit, cedar and pencil box aromas. This is muted at first but it only takes a few swirls to unleash the aromas. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced, with grainy tannins, real depth and grip. This has dispensed with some of its surliness and there is now more brightness toward the finish. The 2015 is excellent. |
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Bordeaux | 6 | 98-99 (JS) |
In Bond
£772.50 |
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James Suckling (98-99)This is really back-ended thanks to a powerful and almost endless finish. Full-bodied, dense and powerful with incredible concentration and length. Round and polished tannins. Layered. This unravels bit by bit. Energetic acidity gives it such superb freshness. This is at the 2010/2009 level. |
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