A very elegant style of Mouton this vintage. It feels restrained at first, as if holding back. Notes of violets, cedar and sandalwood accent the ripe hedgerow fruit with a lift of violet and cocoa. This is finely eteched with a core of gravelly intensity that builds and builds through the palate to a finish that brings you back for more. An impressive, classical Mouton with a lot of detail and finesse.

This is particularly well done this year, with notes of violets, bay leaf and baking spice on the nose which leads to dark cherry fruits on the palate. There is a feeling of silkiness and fleshiness on the palate which gives charm while the vibrant acidity helps to add real detail to the finish.

Armailhac this year gives ripe bramble and dark berry fruit from the off with an immediate charm and aromatic intensity. It is quite fine-boned and mid-weight with a sense of liveliness and freshness. It is a wine that will be quite approachable in its youth - lots to like here.

A really expressive St-Julien this year, Gloria is bursting with aromas of violets and red berry fruit. The palate is detailed and refreshing with notes of red cherry, tobacco spice and toasted cedar. It has a sinewy grip of tannin while remaining very measured and mineral. A very fine Gloria.

A really expressive St-Julien this year, Gloria is bursting with aromas of violets and red berry fruit. The palate is detailed and refreshing with notes of red cherry, tobacco spice and toasted cedar. It has a sinewy grip of tannin while remaining very measured and mineral. A very fine Gloria.

The 2024 Clos Fourtet is an impressively perfumed wine. So seductive and ethereal there are aromas of cherry blossom, white pepper and star anise. There is a feeling for energy and vibrancy that runs through the palate here, very much in balance with an obvious terroir signatures. The finish has excellent tension and saline freshness.

Bright and refreshing, with vibrant notes of white peach, citrus, and white grapefruit. The palate is clean and focused, with a fine line of acidity and a subtle floral lift of jasmine. A touch of salinity on the finish adds complexity, making it a crisp, thirst-quenching white.

One of the highest ever proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend this year at 90% this is a brooding and restrained Léoville Barton that opens with notes of cedar, graphite and pencil shavings. For the moment it is tense and with a real sense of classicism and energy with firm, supple Cabernet tannins framing the black fruit core. It’s a wine that bridges old and new – precise, tense, and vibrant with a fine gravelly mineral note on the finish.

The Langoa this year is very expressive and perfumed from the outset. It delivers bright red berry and hedgerow fruit with a sense of salinity and sapidity. There are fine and detailed notes of graphite and gravel with a lift of violets and cherry blossom. There is freshness and focus by the glassful here with a lovely sinewy finish with an accent for fresh wild herbs.

Coming from four parcels of vines in the Condrieu appellation this wine has been aged almost entirely in older oak to avoid masking the delicate fruit flavours. It is a coiled and saline example of Condrieu with a real sense of tension. It offers vivid aromas of white peach, honeysuckle and apricot while the palate is wonderfully refreshing with a hint of white grapefruit and a real sense of purity and focus on the finish. An excellent Condrieu from Graeme and Julie.