2014

93 points Wine Enthusiast"The second wine of Cos d'Estournel is powerfully packed with tannins and dark ripe fruit. It is enormously rich and intense while keeping a fine smooth texture. There is a dark core that is going to allow the wine to develop...

99 points James Suckling"So much violets, licorice, pencil, flowers and currants define this on the nose before it moves to fresh mushrooms. It’s full-bodied yet compacted with tension and a compressed center palate. Incredible, fine-grained...

97 points Vinous"In a departure from usual Nikolaihof practice – given that it had by then been filtered and assembled into tank – I was offered my first taste of this wine shortly before the initial, December 2017 bottling. The wine was...

93 points James SucklingVery aromatic with cassis and stone character that follows through to a medium to full body, silky tannins and a fresh finish. Fine texture. Try in 2022. 92 points Wine Advocate"The 2014 Haut Batailley has a very subtle bouquet,...

94 points Allen Meadows, Burghound"An attractively ripe and more complex nose features aromas of wild red berries, plenty of earth, wet stone, spice and sauvage hints, all of which is trimmed in a deft amount of oak. There is a sleek muscularity to the...

Jancis Robinson“40% Mourvèdre, 40% Carignan, 20% Syrah. Argilo-calcaire soils around the village.Deepish crimson. Peppery and lightly reductive. Chewy, dry, finely dry. Dark finesse but with lovely fruit underneath. Peppery and almost salty...

Vinous Reverie NotesAn award-winning vintner, Philippe Girard has won many medals and honors for his wines, particularly his premiers crus. He now works with his son, Arnaud, to create wines that gain complexity and character with age. He is the latest...

* Hachette Guide (Very successful)"A rarity in the Côte, with 46% land use, the communal appellation is in the minority compared to the 1 ers crus in Volnay. This flirts with the next level: beautiful deep ruby ​​color, fine nose of plum, ripe...

92 points Wine Enthusiast"This robust young wine is slightly smoky, with concentrated black cherry and juicy purple and black fruit flavors. A streak of clean earth underscores the tannins, and there's a residual grape soda flavor that accentuates its...

Jancis Robinson"Mid cherry. The fruit is quite dark but still deliciously scented. Firm, savoury and spicy on the palate, quite unusual for 2014. A little chewy but you wouldn’t need to wait too long for this if you were drinking it with food. Very...

Vinous Reverie NotesMarsannay, the Côte de Nuit’s northernmost winegrowing region, was overlooked when the Institut National des Appellations d’Origine (INAO) originally delimited AOCs in the 1930s. The region finally received its...

Jancis Robinson"Surprising amount of TDN on the nose already. Quite developed but still fresh and lively. Creamy texture comes as a surprise. Lots of lime fruit even though the bottle age is showing in a hint of kerosene. More savoury and tight on the...