2018 Domaine Xavier Monnot - Beaune ToussaintsColour : Red Producer : Domaine Xavier Monnot Label Name : Beaune Toussaints Country : France Region : Burgundy Sub Region : Cote de Beaune Variety : Pinot Noir Vintage : 2018 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : 92 pts Tasting Note : The 2018 Beaune Les Toussaints 1er Cru has a perfumed black currant, bilberry and violet bouquet that has a little more horsepower than the Les Cent Vignes. The palate is quite precocious, displaying fine tannins,

Emilion plateau

It has both modern and classical features

Colour : White Producer : Chateau d'Yquem Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Sauternes Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2016 Capacity : 375 ml - Half Bottle Rating : James Suckling 99 pts

unsmoked cigars and dried lavender

and for collectors who seek the world’s great Merlots outside the narrow confines of Pomerol

particularly in the magnum format with its slower development profile

On the palate

balanced tannins and the lifting support of oak spices and energetic acidity

but is reined in by muscular tannins

which has unmistakable notes of iron ore

13% Merlot

spicy aromas of ripe red berries