France

2023 Wine Spectator Wines of the Year Number 3 The Château Lynch-Bages

Composed of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot aged for 18 months

Made from 50 year old vines, the Savigny-Lès-Beaune comes from three parcels

With its deep garnet red colour and purplish-blue hues, Lynch-Bages 2017 offers

The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet

This is very tight and compacted with a condensed palate of currant

Stone fruit, hints of cedar and undergrowth form the aromatic structure of

This time around this is in full blossom. This is earthy, soily

A beautiful range of Beaune 1er Cru from the Late, Great Benoit

Quite fruity and expressive. Notes of cherry, rhubarb, hunts of cedar and

"The 2016 Tour des Termes, one of Hubert de Boüard's consultancies, has

Rich purple colour with a concentrated nose showing dark inky fruit and