Top Vintages
Top Vintages
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Bordeaux | 1 | 90 (VN (AG)) | د.إ951.00 | |||||
Vinous - Antonio Galloni (90)The 2017 Tauzinat L'Hermitage has developed into a lovely wine. Plump, juicy and inviting, the 2017 is simply impeccable, not to mention incredibly delicious. Sweet tobacco, chocolate, black cherry, and dark spice all meld together in this racy yet mid-weight Saint-Émilion. Best of all, the 2017 is a terrific value. Tasted two times. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 92+ (VN (NM)) | د.إ478.00 | |||||
Vinous - Neal Martin (92+)The 2018 Tauzinat l’Hermitage has quite a refined and harmonious bouquet of blackberry, boysenberry, melted tar and light incense aromas. I appreciate the way it unfolds. The palate is medium-bodied with supple yet quite firm tannins, but what I really love about this is the cashmere finish that has a spring in its step. Excellent. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | - | د.إ760.00 | |||||
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Exemplifying the finesse of a classic Bordeaux, the Baron Philippe de Rothschild Pauillac The Rothschild Collection 2017 hails from a legendary winemaker with renowned expertise rooted in the world's most prestigious winemaking region. This Pauillac is a union of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes, carefully selected from high-quality vineyards on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. Masterfully crafted by estate wine-grower, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, this vintage exhibits a captivating complexity. The meticulous maturation process in oak barrels endows a beautifully balanced harmony between profound Cabernet structure and the velvety grace of Merlot. Distinctive aromas of blackcurrant, toasted spices and leather, segue into indulgent layers of dark fruit and earthy truffle, defining the wine's profound character. The Baron Philippe de Rothschild Pauillac The Rothschild Collection 2017 serves as a testament to the winery’s commitment to excellence, cementing its place in the upper echelons of viniculture. |
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Bordeaux | 3 | - | د.إ563.00 | |||||
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Introducing the distinguished Tour Marbuzet 2017, a truly captivating Bordeaux blend that caters to accomplished palates. This Grand Cru Classé encapsulates the essence of France's esteemed Saint-Estephe appellation, with decades of esteemed viticulture traditions reflecting in every sip. The vineyards of Domaine de l'Estournel, the producer of this rich libation, sit on gravelly soils, enabling the blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon to express their flavours masterfully. The microclimate and the painstaking attention to detail during the vinification process result in a wine of complex elegance and robust character. The Tour Marbuzet 2017 leads with sumptuous notes of ripe blackcurrants and cherries, interwoven with subtle hints of spice and leather. This is undoubtedly a wine that proffers both immediate gratification and the potential for a graceful ageing. Enjoy the Tour Marbuzet 2017, an exquisite blend of France's winemaking prowess and centuries-old terroir. |
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Bordeaux | 3 | 89-91 (WA) | د.إ703.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (89-91)The 2018 Tour de Marbuzet is deep garnet-purple colored and scented of cedar, cassis, black cherries and herbs with earth and rocky hints. The palate is full-bodied and firm with good expression and concentration. |
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Bordeaux | 6 | - | د.إ460.00 | |||||
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Indulge in the celestial brilliance of Tour Marbuzet 2020, a delicate but lavish expression from Saint-Estèphe in France. Known for its prestige and consistent superiority, Château Tour Marbuzet meticulously selects its grapes from mature vines, cultivated on garonne gravel-soil. Embodying a dexterous blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, Tour Marbuzet 2020 radiates a beautiful deep garnet colour, evoking notes of smoky oak and dark berries. Produced under the experienced hands of Hervé Duboscq, this vintage wine's well-structured tannins and robust body gracefully integrate with its generous fruit character and spicy undertones, leaving an impressively long and savory finish. Behind each bottle of Tour Marbuzet 2020 is a testimony to Duboscq's dedicated winemaking technique, ensuring every sip is a symphony of balanced intensity and aromatic complexity. Marvel at Tour Marbuzet 2020, an epitome of Saint-Estèphe's class, precision and craft. A delight for the seasoned connoisseur, adding elegant charm to any fine wine collection. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 93+ (VN (AG)) | د.إ928.00 | |||||
Vinous - Antonio Galloni (93+)The 2017 Tour Saint Christophe is a dense, richly constituted wine loaded with tremendous energy and pure power. It is also a bit shut down; so I would prefer to give it a few years in bottle to be at its best. Black fruit, chocolate, leather, licorice and spice build into the potent, virile finish. This is a wine with tremendous promise. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 96-97 (JS) | د.إ720.00 | |||||
James Suckling (96-97)Blueberry and blackberry character with hints of white pepper and chalk. Salty, too. Full-bodied, tight and polished with fantastic texture and length. Very closed and tight with gorgeous tannin quality. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96-97 (JS) | د.إ1,275.00 | |||||
James Suckling (96-97)This is tight with finesse and focus. Minerally and salty with an ultra-fine palate and polished tannins. It goes on and on and on. Strength and finesse at the same time. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96-97 (JS) | د.إ720.00 | |||||
James Suckling (96-97)This is tight with finesse and focus. Minerally and salty with an ultra-fine palate and polished tannins. It goes on and on and on. Strength and finesse at the same time. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 95-97 (WCI) | د.إ670.00 | |||||
The Wine Cellar Insider (95-97)Deep, and dark in color, and equally dark and deep in its fruit, the nose pops with perfectly ripe dark red and black fruits, licorice, smoke, cherry blossoms, crushed rocks and stones. The wine has depth, sensuality, luscious textures and layers of ripe,opulent fruits. The finish lingers with layers of black and red fruits with dark chocolate that feel as good as they taste. This could be the finest vintage of Tour Sant Christophe ever produced, and that is really saying something. The wine is made from blending 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. You can age for 20-25 years. Or if you like,you can also enjoy this on the young side. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 92-93 (JS) | د.إ456.00 | |||||
James Suckling (92-93)This is already nicely salty and chalky with crushed stones. Medium-to full-bodied with medium, firm tannins and a medium, juicy finish. |
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Bordeaux | 387 | 96 (JD) | د.إ674.00 | |||||
Jeb Dunnuck (96)Spice-laden red and black fruits, leafy tobacco, savory flowers, and new leather notes all shine in the 2022 Château Tour Saint Christophe, another brilliant wine from this team. I love its complexity, and it's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with fine tannins, a layered, elegant mouthfeel, beautifully integrated oak, and a great finish. Based on 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc brought up in 25% new French oak, give bottles 3-5 years if you can and enjoy over the following 15+. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 91 (VN (NM)) | د.إ8,665.00 | |||||
Vinous - Neal Martin (91)The NV Trilogie was a fantastic wine, a blend of three vintages of declassified fruit from Le Pin. There are two or three different blends, this one comprising 2013, 2014 and 2015. Again, served blind, I stupidly guessed Saint-Émilion! I know that Jacques Thienpont and Fiona Morrison dislike the speculation that shrouds Trilogie due to its connection. Affordability was their original intention, but you cannot fight market forces and the truth is that this is a delicious, surprisingly complex multi-vintage blend. As one of the only people that ever tasted the declassified 2013 Le Pin, serving as a guinea pig for Jacques on one visit, I can vouchsafe that he made far better use of the fruit that year. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | - | د.إ8,665.00 | |||||
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Bordeaux | 6 | 93+ (WA) | د.إ577.00 | |||||
Wine Advocate (93+)A blend of 55% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Tronquoy-Lalande races out of the glass with bright, exuberant scents of Morello cherries, mulberries, warm plums and fresh blackcurrants plus touches of allspice, candied violets and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, the palate is laden with expressive black and red fruits plus loads of floral accents and a wonderfully plush texture, finishing long and fragrant. |
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Bordeaux | 9 | 94 (WI) | د.إ561.00 | |||||
The Wine Independent (94)The 2019 Tronquoy-Lalande is made from 50% Merlot, 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 6% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it slowly unfurls to offers fragrant notes of rose oil, Indian spices, and licorice over a core of creme de cassis and stewed plums, plus a hint of lavender. The full-bodied palate is firm and sturdy, with grainy tannins and plenty of freshness to match the muscular fruit, finishing long and earthy. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 97 (DWWA) | د.إ1,245.00 | |||||
Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 (97)Powerful aromas of cassis, graphite and coffee framed by creamy oak and leathery undertones. Dense, mouth filling and very serious wine, with grand fruit intensity and well-layered firm tannins with a solid structure. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 97 (DWWA) | د.إ521.00 | |||||
Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 (97)Powerful aromas of cassis, graphite and coffee framed by creamy oak and leathery undertones. Dense, mouth filling and very serious wine, with grand fruit intensity and well-layered firm tannins with a solid structure. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 97 (JD) | د.إ1,760.00 | |||||
Jeb Dunnuck (97)A flat-out gorgeous wine in the vintage is the 2012 Troplong Mondot, which sports an inky ruby/purple color to go with heavenly notes of black currants, smoked earth, plums, licorice and graphite. Full-bodied, seamless, ultra-pure and impressively concentrated, this blockbuster effort needs 3-4 years in the cellar to let the tannins integrate, and it will knock your socks off over the following two decades. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 96 (JD) | د.إ4,275.00 | |||||
Jeb Dunnuck (96)The 2014 Troplong Mondot is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, and this beauty has more intensity, richness, and exuberance than just about every other wine in 2014. A blend of 90% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc brought up in 85% new French oak, it sports a deep purple/plum color as well as a smorgasbord of blackcurrants, blackberries, scorched earth, toasty oak, graphite, espresso, and earth. With full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit, and a rich, yet weightless texture, it’s a big, yet classy, elegant, and seamless wine from Xavier Pariente that should be snatched up by readers. It’s already drinking well but has 20-25 years of prime drinking to go. |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 99 (JD) | د.إ4,925.00 | |||||
Jeb Dunnuck (99)A wine I was able to taste on multiple occasions, the 2015 Troplong Mondot is a tour de force that readers need to snatch up. This cuvee comes from the cool, clay and limestone soils on the upper plateau (it’s the highest point in the appellation) and is a blend of 92% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, harvest between September 30th and October 21st, that was brought up in 85% new French oak. Sporting a deep, inky color as well as a sensational bouquet of creme de cassis, blackberry, toasted spice, licorice and spring flowers, it’s another huge wine from this estate that has perfect balance between its fruit, oak and tannin, a stacked mid-palate, and an incredible finish. I wrote "crazy good" more than once in my notes. It has enough fruit and texture to drink nicely even today, yet needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for two to three decades. It's one of the great wines of the vintage. |
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Bordeaux | 4 | 99 (JD) | د.إ2,545.00 | |||||
Jeb Dunnuck (99)A wine I was able to taste on multiple occasions, the 2015 Troplong Mondot is a tour de force that readers need to snatch up. This cuvee comes from the cool, clay and limestone soils on the upper plateau (it’s the highest point in the appellation) and is a blend of 92% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc, harvest between September 30th and October 21st, that was brought up in 85% new French oak. Sporting a deep, inky color as well as a sensational bouquet of creme de cassis, blackberry, toasted spice, licorice and spring flowers, it’s another huge wine from this estate that has perfect balance between its fruit, oak and tannin, a stacked mid-palate, and an incredible finish. I wrote "crazy good" more than once in my notes. It has enough fruit and texture to drink nicely even today, yet needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for two to three decades. It's one of the great wines of the vintage. |
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Bordeaux | 2 | 98+ (VN (AG)) | د.إ1,380.00 | |||||
Vinous - Antonio Galloni (98+)The 2017 Troplong Mondot is stunning, just as it was en primeur. Rich and ample, yet endowed with striking energy as well, the 2017 is the first vintage made by new CEO Aymeric de Gironde and consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos. The 2017 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up. All of the power that is typical of this site is evident, it seems to come so naturally, and yet picking earlier and then using a lighter hand in the cellar yielded a Troplong of uncommon energy and vibrancy. The 2017 has been nothing short of thrilling on the four occasions I have tasted it from bottle so far. What a wine! |
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Bordeaux | 1 | 98 (JS) | د.إ1,545.00 | |||||
James Suckling (98)This is a very linear red and layered at the same time, showing blackberry, blueberry, black-truffle, bark and stone character. Chalk and minerality, too. It’s full-bodied and well framed with gorgeous intensity and freshness. Muscular with wonderful structure and brightness. Salty and savory notes on the finish. Try after 2024. |
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Bordeaux | 65 | 99 (DC) | د.إ1,795.00 | |||||
Decanter (99)Such a seductive soft perfume to the nose, delicate yet generous aromatics of cherry and rose. The palate is juicy and fresh, charming yet energetic with such crystalline purity and balance. Tannins are smooth but softly textured giving nuance to the flavours where refreshing high toned ripe red and black cherry fruit play alongside mint, dark chocolate and graphite. Clearly powerfully but carefully controlled from start to finish giving such a satisfying overall mouthful and lasting impression. Incredible. |
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