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92 points Jasper Morris 91 points Wine Spectator"Rich, round and stitched together with ripe cherry and raspberry fruit, this fluid red also delivers leafy vegetal and spice notes, with hints of earth and oak spice. Lingers nicely on the finish. Best...

91 points Jasper Morris Jancis Robinson"Cask sample. Pale garnet. Slightly smudgy nose. Still quite chewy with fine tannins and marked but not excessive acidity. Needs time but should be a vigorous pleasurable drink eventually. 17/20 points...

92 points Jeb Dunnuck"A pale straw-silver hue, the newest release of the NV Champagne Intuition Brut is based on the 2020 vintage, with approximately half Chardonnay and the rest Pinot Noir and Meunier, and was disgorged in April of 2023. It opens with...

93 points Wine Advocate"Half Grenache, with ... Carignan & Mourvèdre, the 2019 Cairanne is dark & impenetrable in the glass, giving up just brooding aromas of blackberries & dark-skinned plums." Vinous Reverie...

93 points Jeb Dunnuck"The Maret family is known for the top Châteauneuf du Pape, but they also make some brilliant Vacqueyras. Their 2020 Vacqueyras is a 60/40 split of Grenache and Syrah, and it has lots of darker fruits and peppery herb aromatics...

94 points Wine Spectator"Big in stature and scale, with creamy pear and pureed melon backed by stylish oak, flinty minerality and a saline beam of acidity. Decadent and rich, with the energy to keep perfect pace. Reveals dried thyme and heather details...

90 points James Suckling"A crisp and elegant wine for this appellation, with crisp pear fruit and a very satisfying balance of discreet creaminess and herbal freshness on the medium-bodied palate. Polished finish that's lively. This is a complex cuvee of...

92 points James Suckling"This Champagne rosé shows some good complexity on the nose with bread crust and brioche to match some dried cranberries and raspberries. Direct acidity frames the fine layering of bubbles." 91 points Wine Spectator"Ripe...

Vinous Reverie NotesAround 1850, Alexis Seguin owned a small wine estate in Gevrey-Chambertin and grafted his own vines. This knowledge gave him an edge during the phylloxera crisis: he was one of the first in Burgundy – a pioneer, for sure...

2 Stars Guide Hachette"Manual harvest, complete destemming and long aging in vats (16 months), everything has been thought of to create a complex wine that will keep well. The nose, still discreet and youthful, is tinged with scents of fresh blackberry,...

2 Stars Guide Hachette"A recommendable producer across its entire range, who delighted the jury with this racy Sauvignon, with a subtle nose of citrus and white fruits. The palate delights with its caressing texture, its perfectly round flesh, its energy...

Vinous Reverie Notes The Brunet estate is situated in the Loire Valley in what’s known as the premiere cote de Vouvray. Nicolas Brunet is the 9th generation of Brunet winemakers. He upholds the family’s cultivationg &...