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Bordeaux | 1 | 95 (WA) |
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£1,388.47 |
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Wine Advocate (95)A beautiful wine from Dany and Michel Rolland, this 2005 is surprisingly concentrated and powerful – more so than usual. Deep ruby/purple, with plenty of black cherry and cassis fruit, licorice and a touch of caramel, this wine is still full, youthful, and set for another 15-20 years of longevity. This is a beauty and one of their strongest efforts in the first decade of the 21st century. For a terroir considered well below Pomerol’s superstars, this wine is a major overachiever. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 93+ (WA) |
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£678.04 |
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Wine Advocate (93+)The 2016 Bon Pasteur has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and nose of dark chocolate, kirsch and blackberries with tobacco, bay leaves, damp soil and tar nuances. Medium-bodied with firm, grainy tannins and a lively line, it gives good intensity and an earthy finish. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 96 (JS) |
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£458.44 |
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James Suckling (96)A perfumed nose of dark cherries, plums, mocha, tea leaves, cedar, hazelnuts and cigar box. Full-bodied with fine, creamy and supple tannins. Framed and balanced with a harmonious structure. The tannin backbone runs through the wine. Long and intense with wonderful purity of fruit. Drink from 2026. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-96 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£824.98 |
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James Suckling (95-96)Intense aromas and flavors of black and green olives to the purple fruit with some smoky barrel undertones. It’s full and flavorful. Juicy finish. Chewy at the end. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 95-96 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£537.64 |
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James Suckling (95-96)Intense aromas and flavors of black and green olives to the purple fruit with some smoky barrel undertones. It’s full and flavorful. Juicy finish. Chewy at the end. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£2,560.80 |
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Wine Spectator (95)Tannic monster. Full-bodied, with masses of superripe fruit and mouthpuckering tannins. Port lovers like me love this stuff. Age it for decades to come.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2006. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95+ (WA) |
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£1,468.06 |
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Wine Advocate (95+)The 2005 Le Gay is a massive, masculine Pomerol, very much in the style of Gazin, but showing much more minerality, abundant blue and black fruits, a full-bodied mouthfeel, and loads of tannin in a youthful, backward style, even at age 10. Give this wine at least another 5-10 years of cellaring and drink it over the following quarter-century. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 99 (WA) |
Inc. VAT
£2,233.27 |
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Wine Advocate (99)The 2010 Le Gay is performing sensationally, even better than my wildly enthusiastic tasting notes from barrel might have predicted. Inky opaque purple, and presenting a formidable and foreboding nose of camphor, black truffles, graphite, blueberries and blackberries as well as hints of smoked meats and floral nuances. Just about everything seems to be present in this smorgasbord of aromatics delights. The wine hits the palate with power, richness and purity, full-bodied texture, and enormous intensity, and I was somewhat shocked at the natural alcohol. In a vintage that routinely hit 14.5 to 15% for the Merlot-dominated wines, it was only 13.5% at Le Gay. The final blend is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. This wine needs at least 8-10 years of cellaring, based on its masculinity and structure, and should easily eclipse 20-40 years in a good cellar. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 94 (WA) |
Inc. VAT
£723.23 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The 2011 Le Gay exhibits a deep ruby/blue/purple color in addition to a sumptuous nose of spring flowers, blueberries and raspberries, deep, full-bodied, slightly masculine flavors, and sensational purity, richness and texture. It is another impressive 2011 Pomerol that has the guts, stuffing and structure to age for 15-20 years. |
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Bordeaux | 4 | 95 (JD) |
Inc. VAT
£740.44 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (95)The 2012 from Le Gay sports an inky purple color as well as masculine, lifted notes of plums, violets, licorice and scorched earth. A big, rich, concentrated effort, it has impeccable purity, a firm, focused, structured core, notable acidity, and superb concentration, all suggesting it needs to be forgotten for 7-8 year. It should keep for 15+ years. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-96 (JS) |
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£1,350.07 |
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James Suckling (95-96)A tight and racy red with walnut skin, pecan nuts, chili and spice. Blackberry. Full body, round texture. Chewy. Very promising. Like the great Le Gays from the 1980s. |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 98-99 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£729.64 |
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James Suckling (98-99)One of the best Le Gays in years. Full-bodied and polished with superfine tannins. Layered. Goes on for minutes. |
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Bordeaux | 5 | 93-95+ (WA) |
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£1,018.87 |
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Wine Advocate (93-95+)The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Le Gay is youthfully mute, opening with black cherries, wild blueberries and mulberry scents with suggestions of violets, licorice and black soil. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers beautifully delineated fruit with oodles of freshness and firm yet beautifully ripe tannins, finishing very long and perfumed. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93-95+ (WA) |
Inc. VAT
£680.44 |
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Wine Advocate (93-95+)The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Le Gay is youthfully mute, opening with black cherries, wild blueberries and mulberry scents with suggestions of violets, licorice and black soil. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers beautifully delineated fruit with oodles of freshness and firm yet beautifully ripe tannins, finishing very long and perfumed. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 97-98 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£671.09 |
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James Suckling (97-98)A tight and dense red with depth of fruit and polished tannins that really impress at this stage. It’s naturally refined and complex with so much dark-berry, chocolate, cedar and hazelnut character. Great wine. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 96-99 (JD) |
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£876.29 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (96-99)From one of my favorite estates in Pomerol, the deep purple-hued 2019 Château Le Gay checks in as 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc brought up in mostly new French oak. This is a ripe, sexy, superrich, blockbuster styled effort with awesome aromatics (cassis, spice, tobacco, damp earth, and chocolate), a deep, layered mid-palate, ripe tannins, and an awesome finish. This is a 2019 barrel sample I thought about drinking. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98-99 (JS) |
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£206.00 |
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James Suckling (98-99)This is a young red with great intensity and vision that starts off slowly and builds with energy and verve. It’s so minerally with salty, chalky and spice undertones to the cool and vibrant, purple and subtle-fruit flavors. The tannins are wonderfully toned and polished and build on the palate to deliver something very special. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98-99 (JS) |
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£644.44 |
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James Suckling (98-99)This is a young red with great intensity and vision that starts off slowly and builds with energy and verve. It’s so minerally with salty, chalky and spice undertones to the cool and vibrant, purple and subtle-fruit flavors. The tannins are wonderfully toned and polished and build on the palate to deliver something very special. |
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Bordeaux | 10 | 95-96 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£609.89 |
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James Suckling (95-96)Opulent and pure with currants and blackberries and some floral and orange undertones. Medium to full body. Fine tannins. Bright at the end. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 87-88 (VN (ST)) |
Inc. VAT
£914.47 |
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Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (87-88)Full deep red. Alluring aromas of raspberry, coffee, brown spices and nutty oak. Lush, fruity and sweet; holds its shape nicely through to the firm, ripe finish. A very good sample. My sample of the '98 was impressively dense and lush, but showed a distinctly oxidized raisiny quality; I assume this example was not representative. Judgement deferred. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | - |
Inc. VAT
£2,150.65 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 82 (WA) |
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£40,984.87 |
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Wine Advocate (82)This wine unquestionably possesses an excessive amount of toasty new oak for its fragile, delicate constitution. The wine displays medium to dark ruby color, an aggressively woody, slightly smoky, and herb-scented nose, and medium-bodied, black-cherry-like flavors that are insufficient to stand up to the veneer of wood. Low in acidity, slightly diluted, and full of cosmetic smoke, vanillin, and wood, it should be consumed over the next 5-6 years. Given the frightfully high price asked for the 500+ cases of Le Pin (usually an exotic as well as brilliant wine), this is a vintage when the proprietor should have declassified the wine. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 90 (WS) |
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£28,671.67 |
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Wine Spectator (90)Delicious Le Pin. Exotic and flashy, sporting lots of new wood which lends a smoky, toasted oak character to the berry notes. Medium in body, delicate tannins and fruity finish. Drinkable now. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93 (VN (NM)) |
Inc. VAT
£37,657.27 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (93)Tasted at the Pomerol Comparative Exploration tasting in London, the 1995 Le Pin is a vintage that has never proven its pedigree. Now with two decades under its belt, the aromatics are strangely not that far from those of the 1995 Lafleur despite the absence of any Cabernet Franc. There is a pleasant mineralité here and impressive purity. The palate is fresh and vibrant, a mixture or red and black fruit with a subtle marine influence. Classy and sophisticated, this is unquestionably the finest bottle that I have encountered. Perhaps it was just a late bloomer? Anyway, I am happy to upgrade my score from previous encounters. |
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Bordeaux | 4 | 93 (VN (NM)) |
Inc. VAT
£17,919.64 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (93)Tasted at the Pomerol Comparative Exploration tasting in London, the 1995 Le Pin is a vintage that has never proven its pedigree. Now with two decades under its belt, the aromatics are strangely not that far from those of the 1995 Lafleur despite the absence of any Cabernet Franc. There is a pleasant mineralité here and impressive purity. The palate is fresh and vibrant, a mixture or red and black fruit with a subtle marine influence. Classy and sophisticated, this is unquestionably the finest bottle that I have encountered. Perhaps it was just a late bloomer? Anyway, I am happy to upgrade my score from previous encounters. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 89-91 (VN (ST)) |
Inc. VAT
£29,337.67 |
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Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (89-91)Lot #1: Good medium red. Floral aromas of cassis and raspberry. Creamy-sweet, with an almost eau de vie-like sappy quality. Very long and spicy, with sound underlying structure for this wine. From young vines (just a portion of this juice will go into the final blend): Minerally and smoky on the nose. Less dense and creamy in the mouth, but quite harmonious. Lot #3, from the estate oldest vines (comprising 35% of the total): More saturated red-ruby. Sappy raspberry and chocolate nose shows a hint of surmaturite More sauvage black fruit aromas complicated by a note of cinnamon. By far the strongest component, and the most typical Le Pin. The blend should merit |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£10,677.62 |
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Wine Spectator (100)What amazing aromas. It's like black truffle oil, with cedar and crushed blackberries as well as wet, decadent earth. Full-bodied, with ultraripe and velvety tannins. Goes on and on. Raisins, cappuccino, with mushrooms and meat. So long. A unique experience. I am speechless.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Best after . 450 cases made. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£23,160.04 |
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Wine Spectator (100)What amazing aromas. It's like black truffle oil, with cedar and crushed blackberries as well as wet, decadent earth. Full-bodied, with ultraripe and velvety tannins. Goes on and on. Raisins, cappuccino, with mushrooms and meat. So long. A unique experience. I am speechless.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Best after . 450 cases made. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
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£5,056.40 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Distinctive, with a flash of menthol giving way to a beam of lightly mulled raspberry fruit that carries on through the finish, easily holding sway over the hints of bramble, licorice snap and warm plum compote. Just a touch sedate in feel, perhaps, but if you were a wine with this kind of fruit to burn, wouldn't you just kick back and let it groove too?—Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2030. 500 cases made. — JM |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£25,957.24 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Distinctive, with a flash of menthol giving way to a beam of lightly mulled raspberry fruit that carries on through the finish, easily holding sway over the hints of bramble, licorice snap and warm plum compote. Just a touch sedate in feel, perhaps, but if you were a wine with this kind of fruit to burn, wouldn't you just kick back and let it groove too?—Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2030. 500 cases made. — JM |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95 (WA) |
In Bond
£1,125.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95)A beautiful wine from Dany and Michel Rolland, this 2005 is surprisingly concentrated and powerful – more so than usual. Deep ruby/purple, with plenty of black cherry and cassis fruit, licorice and a touch of caramel, this wine is still full, youthful, and set for another 15-20 years of longevity. This is a beauty and one of their strongest efforts in the first decade of the 21st century. For a terroir considered well below Pomerol’s superstars, this wine is a major overachiever. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 93+ (WA) |
In Bond
£549.00 |
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Wine Advocate (93+)The 2016 Bon Pasteur has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and nose of dark chocolate, kirsch and blackberries with tobacco, bay leaves, damp soil and tar nuances. Medium-bodied with firm, grainy tannins and a lively line, it gives good intensity and an earthy finish. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 96 (JS) |
In Bond
£366.00 |
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James Suckling (96)A perfumed nose of dark cherries, plums, mocha, tea leaves, cedar, hazelnuts and cigar box. Full-bodied with fine, creamy and supple tannins. Framed and balanced with a harmonious structure. The tannin backbone runs through the wine. Long and intense with wonderful purity of fruit. Drink from 2026. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-96 (JS) |
In Bond
£649.00 |
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James Suckling (95-96)Intense aromas and flavors of black and green olives to the purple fruit with some smoky barrel undertones. It’s full and flavorful. Juicy finish. Chewy at the end. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 95-96 (JS) |
In Bond
£432.00 |
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James Suckling (95-96)Intense aromas and flavors of black and green olives to the purple fruit with some smoky barrel undertones. It’s full and flavorful. Juicy finish. Chewy at the end. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95 (WS) |
Inc. VAT
£2,560.80 |
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Wine Spectator (95)Tannic monster. Full-bodied, with masses of superripe fruit and mouthpuckering tannins. Port lovers like me love this stuff. Age it for decades to come.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2006. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95+ (WA) |
In Bond
£1,202.00 |
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Wine Advocate (95+)The 2005 Le Gay is a massive, masculine Pomerol, very much in the style of Gazin, but showing much more minerality, abundant blue and black fruits, a full-bodied mouthfeel, and loads of tannin in a youthful, backward style, even at age 10. Give this wine at least another 5-10 years of cellaring and drink it over the following quarter-century. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 99 (WA) |
In Bond
£1,829.00 |
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Wine Advocate (99)The 2010 Le Gay is performing sensationally, even better than my wildly enthusiastic tasting notes from barrel might have predicted. Inky opaque purple, and presenting a formidable and foreboding nose of camphor, black truffles, graphite, blueberries and blackberries as well as hints of smoked meats and floral nuances. Just about everything seems to be present in this smorgasbord of aromatics delights. The wine hits the palate with power, richness and purity, full-bodied texture, and enormous intensity, and I was somewhat shocked at the natural alcohol. In a vintage that routinely hit 14.5 to 15% for the Merlot-dominated wines, it was only 13.5% at Le Gay. The final blend is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. This wine needs at least 8-10 years of cellaring, based on its masculinity and structure, and should easily eclipse 20-40 years in a good cellar. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 94 (WA) |
In Bond
£592.00 |
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Wine Advocate (94)The 2011 Le Gay exhibits a deep ruby/blue/purple color in addition to a sumptuous nose of spring flowers, blueberries and raspberries, deep, full-bodied, slightly masculine flavors, and sensational purity, richness and texture. It is another impressive 2011 Pomerol that has the guts, stuffing and structure to age for 15-20 years. |
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Bordeaux | 4 | 95 (JD) |
In Bond
£601.00 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (95)The 2012 from Le Gay sports an inky purple color as well as masculine, lifted notes of plums, violets, licorice and scorched earth. A big, rich, concentrated effort, it has impeccable purity, a firm, focused, structured core, notable acidity, and superb concentration, all suggesting it needs to be forgotten for 7-8 year. It should keep for 15+ years. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-96 (JS) |
In Bond
£1,093.00 |
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James Suckling (95-96)A tight and racy red with walnut skin, pecan nuts, chili and spice. Blackberry. Full body, round texture. Chewy. Very promising. Like the great Le Gays from the 1980s. |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 98-99 (JS) |
In Bond
£592.00 |
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James Suckling (98-99)One of the best Le Gays in years. Full-bodied and polished with superfine tannins. Layered. Goes on for minutes. |
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Bordeaux | 5 | 93-95+ (WA) |
In Bond
£817.00 |
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Wine Advocate (93-95+)The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Le Gay is youthfully mute, opening with black cherries, wild blueberries and mulberry scents with suggestions of violets, licorice and black soil. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers beautifully delineated fruit with oodles of freshness and firm yet beautifully ripe tannins, finishing very long and perfumed. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93-95+ (WA) |
In Bond
£551.00 |
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Wine Advocate (93-95+)The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Le Gay is youthfully mute, opening with black cherries, wild blueberries and mulberry scents with suggestions of violets, licorice and black soil. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers beautifully delineated fruit with oodles of freshness and firm yet beautifully ripe tannins, finishing very long and perfumed. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 97-98 (JS) |
In Bond
£540.00 |
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James Suckling (97-98)A tight and dense red with depth of fruit and polished tannins that really impress at this stage. It’s naturally refined and complex with so much dark-berry, chocolate, cedar and hazelnut character. Great wine. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 96-99 (JD) |
In Bond
£711.00 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (96-99)From one of my favorite estates in Pomerol, the deep purple-hued 2019 Château Le Gay checks in as 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc brought up in mostly new French oak. This is a ripe, sexy, superrich, blockbuster styled effort with awesome aromatics (cassis, spice, tobacco, damp earth, and chocolate), a deep, layered mid-palate, ripe tannins, and an awesome finish. This is a 2019 barrel sample I thought about drinking. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98-99 (JS) |
In Bond
£169.00 |
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James Suckling (98-99)This is a young red with great intensity and vision that starts off slowly and builds with energy and verve. It’s so minerally with salty, chalky and spice undertones to the cool and vibrant, purple and subtle-fruit flavors. The tannins are wonderfully toned and polished and build on the palate to deliver something very special. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98-99 (JS) |
In Bond
£521.00 |
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James Suckling (98-99)This is a young red with great intensity and vision that starts off slowly and builds with energy and verve. It’s so minerally with salty, chalky and spice undertones to the cool and vibrant, purple and subtle-fruit flavors. The tannins are wonderfully toned and polished and build on the palate to deliver something very special. |
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Bordeaux | 10 | 95-96 (JS) |
In Bond
£489.00 |
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James Suckling (95-96)Opulent and pure with currants and blackberries and some floral and orange undertones. Medium to full body. Fine tannins. Bright at the end. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 87-88 (VN (ST)) |
In Bond
£730.00 |
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Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (87-88)Full deep red. Alluring aromas of raspberry, coffee, brown spices and nutty oak. Lush, fruity and sweet; holds its shape nicely through to the firm, ripe finish. A very good sample. My sample of the '98 was impressively dense and lush, but showed a distinctly oxidized raisiny quality; I assume this example was not representative. Judgement deferred. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | - |
In Bond
£1,789.00 |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 82 (WA) |
In Bond
£34,122.00 |
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Wine Advocate (82)This wine unquestionably possesses an excessive amount of toasty new oak for its fragile, delicate constitution. The wine displays medium to dark ruby color, an aggressively woody, slightly smoky, and herb-scented nose, and medium-bodied, black-cherry-like flavors that are insufficient to stand up to the veneer of wood. Low in acidity, slightly diluted, and full of cosmetic smoke, vanillin, and wood, it should be consumed over the next 5-6 years. Given the frightfully high price asked for the 500+ cases of Le Pin (usually an exotic as well as brilliant wine), this is a vintage when the proprietor should have declassified the wine. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 90 (WS) |
In Bond
£23,861.00 |
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Wine Spectator (90)Delicious Le Pin. Exotic and flashy, sporting lots of new wood which lends a smoky, toasted oak character to the berry notes. Medium in body, delicate tannins and fruity finish. Drinkable now. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93 (VN (NM)) |
In Bond
£31,349.00 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (93)Tasted at the Pomerol Comparative Exploration tasting in London, the 1995 Le Pin is a vintage that has never proven its pedigree. Now with two decades under its belt, the aromatics are strangely not that far from those of the 1995 Lafleur despite the absence of any Cabernet Franc. There is a pleasant mineralité here and impressive purity. The palate is fresh and vibrant, a mixture or red and black fruit with a subtle marine influence. Classy and sophisticated, this is unquestionably the finest bottle that I have encountered. Perhaps it was just a late bloomer? Anyway, I am happy to upgrade my score from previous encounters. |
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Bordeaux | 4 | 93 (VN (NM)) |
In Bond
£14,917.00 |
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Vinous - Neal Martin (93)Tasted at the Pomerol Comparative Exploration tasting in London, the 1995 Le Pin is a vintage that has never proven its pedigree. Now with two decades under its belt, the aromatics are strangely not that far from those of the 1995 Lafleur despite the absence of any Cabernet Franc. There is a pleasant mineralité here and impressive purity. The palate is fresh and vibrant, a mixture or red and black fruit with a subtle marine influence. Classy and sophisticated, this is unquestionably the finest bottle that I have encountered. Perhaps it was just a late bloomer? Anyway, I am happy to upgrade my score from previous encounters. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 89-91 (VN (ST)) |
In Bond
£24,416.00 |
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Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (89-91)Lot #1: Good medium red. Floral aromas of cassis and raspberry. Creamy-sweet, with an almost eau de vie-like sappy quality. Very long and spicy, with sound underlying structure for this wine. From young vines (just a portion of this juice will go into the final blend): Minerally and smoky on the nose. Less dense and creamy in the mouth, but quite harmonious. Lot #3, from the estate oldest vines (comprising 35% of the total): More saturated red-ruby. Sappy raspberry and chocolate nose shows a hint of surmaturite More sauvage black fruit aromas complicated by a note of cinnamon. By far the strongest component, and the most typical Le Pin. The blend should merit |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (WS) |
In Bond
£8,890.00 |
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Wine Spectator (100)What amazing aromas. It's like black truffle oil, with cedar and crushed blackberries as well as wet, decadent earth. Full-bodied, with ultraripe and velvety tannins. Goes on and on. Raisins, cappuccino, with mushrooms and meat. So long. A unique experience. I am speechless.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Best after . 450 cases made. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 100 (WS) |
In Bond
£19,284.00 |
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Wine Spectator (100)What amazing aromas. It's like black truffle oil, with cedar and crushed blackberries as well as wet, decadent earth. Full-bodied, with ultraripe and velvety tannins. Goes on and on. Raisins, cappuccino, with mushrooms and meat. So long. A unique experience. I am speechless.¿'88/'98 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2008). Best after . 450 cases made. -JS |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
In Bond
£4,211.00 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Distinctive, with a flash of menthol giving way to a beam of lightly mulled raspberry fruit that carries on through the finish, easily holding sway over the hints of bramble, licorice snap and warm plum compote. Just a touch sedate in feel, perhaps, but if you were a wine with this kind of fruit to burn, wouldn't you just kick back and let it groove too?—Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2030. 500 cases made. — JM |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (WS) |
In Bond
£21,615.00 |
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Wine Spectator (96)Distinctive, with a flash of menthol giving way to a beam of lightly mulled raspberry fruit that carries on through the finish, easily holding sway over the hints of bramble, licorice snap and warm plum compote. Just a touch sedate in feel, perhaps, but if you were a wine with this kind of fruit to burn, wouldn't you just kick back and let it groove too?—Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015). Drink now through 2030. 500 cases made. — JM |
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