92 Wine Enthusiast

This adventurous, well-named blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Chardonnay is indeed stony on the nose but also offers honey, nectarine and white flower aromas. The palate is tense with a citrus pith texture, as flavors of grapefruit peel and crushed rock sail into the finish. — Matt Kettmann

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Aromas of blackberries, blueberries, dried herbs, smoke and cigar box. Sage and violets too. Full body with fine tannins and vivid acidity. Fleshy texture with a fragrant, vibrant finish. Drink from 2022.

89 Wine Spectator

Lively and light on its feet, this creamy white offers a pretty mix of poached apricot, tangerine, stone and white blossom flavors. Snappy finish. Drink now. 15,000 cases imported.

100 Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Here it is: A quintessential Sassicaia that represents the excellence of the vintage and also respects the unique taste profile of this distinguished Tuscan blend of Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc. The Tenuta San Guido 2021 Bolgheri Sassicaia offers impeccable balance, excellent freshness and absolutely no signs of over-ripeness. The fruit balance is ideal with a hint of crunch and lasting tension from pulp and skins. The tannins are deftly managed with firm grip and enough velvetiness to add volume and length. There is no greenness on the bouquet that instead offers mulled herbs and spice, with cinnamon and clove, layered delicately between mostly red and some purple berry fruits. Redcurrant, blueberry, sweet pomegranate and Rainier cherry run strong in this vintage. A fragrant hint of heritage rose emerges with time. The oak tones are geared toward gingerbread, hazelnut, cigar, sandalwood and something like a grilled sweet red pepper. To the palate, it offers nice weight with no heavy glycerin, and a rinse of acidity that adds to the wine’s natural energy, brightness and viscosity. That marked freshness opens the wine up to long aging potential, but you still need to give it more time in bottle.

99-100 Decanter

In 2021, ‘we had a nicely paced harvest... surely a very fortunate vintage for us, for Bolgheri,’ said Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta at the launch in London of the 2021 vintage of Sassicaia. Welcome rain in mid-August came at just the right time to save the harvest, and production ended up being slightly higher than in 2020. Around eight to 10 separate vinifications were made, fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and spontaneous malo. The wines were racked to second- and third-use barriques in December 2021, then racked into a mixture of new and used barriques in March 2022. The last step was to make the final blend in stainless tanks, where the wine underwent micro-oxygenation before bottling and further maturation in bottle. Rich dark fruit and herb aromatics are pockmarked by blueberry and petrichor, leading into an intense and vertical palate that's super-fresh with a delightful breezy, saline character. Textured, integrated tannins emphasise the refinement of Sassicaia, showing just a touch of youthful dustiness. Tangy, bright black, blue and red berry fruits overlay underlying hints of dark chocolate and forest undergrowth in a remarkably precise fashion, with pomegranate and a stony minerality surfacing on the mid-palate. 2021 demonstrates lovely sapidity of fruit along with that characteristic freshness and lightness of step, finishing long and poised. Superb. 99-100.

99 Kerin O'Keefe - kerinokeefe.com

The gorgeous 2021 Sassicaia stuns with its class, extreme elegance, energy and depth. It’s remarkably fragrant, featuring enticing aromas of cassis, cedar blue flower, exotic spice and a whiff of sea breeze. The delicious palate is focused and loaded with finesse, delivering ripe raspberry, black currant, blood orange, star anise a hint of coffee bean accompanied by taut, fine-grained tannins. Bright acidity gives it racy tension and provides impeccable balance and serious aging potential. Drink 2029–2041. Abv: 14% Kerin O’Keefe January 2024 ©kerinokeefe.com

94 Descorchados - Descorchados

Santa Cruz de Coya comes from four small, century-old vineyards that together add up to 12,000 plants—a little less than three hectares—all on granitic soils in the Nahuelbuta Mountains. It was fermented in a raulí trough and in concrete and then aged for a year in different containers, in concrete as well as in old barrels. The style of the país variety grown on the southern bank of the Biobío is rather delicate, with little concentration, and that's clear here in this perfumed and subtle país. It smells of flowers, earth, and red fruits, and the palate has firm and nervy tannins supporting a fragile weight rich in juicy red fruit flavors. As usual, this is a paradigm of the variety in South America.

93 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2021 Chianti Classico Filetta di Lamole is fabulous. In fact, it is the best edition of this wine yet, as it marries all the aromatic intensity and energy of Lamole with an extra kick of fruit and mid-palate pliancy. Dark red cherry, plum, spice, rose petal, crushed rocks and herbs build into the layered finish. What a wine.

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Aromas of blueberry and blackberry with spearmint, as well as stone, following through to a medium to full body with polished, refined tannins and pretty fruit at the finish. Try after 2022, when it will have opened a little.

92-93 Jonathan Choukroun - Vert de Vin

The nose is fruity, fresh, well-balanced and offers a good definition, gourmandise and power. It reveals notes of cassis, blackberry and small notes of blueberry associated with a touch of wild strawberry as well as slight hints of flowers, vanilla, liquorice and very discreet hints of spices. The palate is fruity, juicy, elegant, precise, well-balanced and offers a good definition, gourmandise, tension as well as a small creaminess. On the palate this wine expresses notes of cassis, blackberry, juicy raspberry and small notes of blueberry associated with small touches of liquorice, toast, vanilla and slight hints of coffee

92 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2018 du Paradis has come together nicely in élevage. Punchy red berry fruit, crushed flowers, spice and mint give the 2018 its effusive personality. Fresh, vibrant and delineated, this charming, mid-weight Saint-Émilion has plenty to offer. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.

91 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

This is perfumed with note of jasmine and acacia as well as cloves, white pepper and an attractive tropical backbone. Vivid and crunchy on the palate with a medium to full body and a thick, oily texture. Long finish. Drink now. Screw cap.

90 International Wine Report

The 2023 Quartz Sauvignon Blanc is bright and lively, this beings with vivid aromas of lychee, lime zest, herbs, wet stones and white floral notes all bursting from the glass. On the palate this is nicely balanced with a lovely combination of bright acidity, citrus and fresh tropical fruits all leading up to the mouthwatering finish.

94-96 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

As to the Grand Vin 2022 Château Clerc Milon, it reminds me of the 2018 with its full-bodied, ripe, yet elegant style. Cassis, graphite, espresso roast, and lead pencil notes define the aromatics, and it has a beautiful spine of acidity, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It shows the ripe, exuberant yet structured style of the vintage beautifully. The blend is 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Carmenère, harvested between the 9th and 26th of September, with an alcohol content of 14.5%, a pH of 3.83, and an IPT of 74. The élevage here is 55% new French oak. Tasted multiple times with consistent notes.

95-96 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Focused and bright with plenty of fruit but oranges and minerals in the mid-palate. Really fresh with a fresh bitterness.

93-95 William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2022 Clerc Milon is beautiful, offering up aromas of cherries, raspberries and plums mingled with hints of pencil shavings and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's taut and lively, with a vibrant core of fruit framed by fine, chalky tannins. Its clay-limestone terroir lends it a distinctive signature that sets it apart from the rest of the portfolio.

95 Georgina Hindle - Decanter

Fragrant, perfumed black berries and purple flowers. Smells intense and concentrated, deep, dark and rich. Bold and characterful from the first sip, supple and generous, a lovely shot of strawberry and red cherry fruit gives the tang and immediate excitement while the tannins, stoney and cool, enter and give the frame and focus for the finish. Really well made, great drive but plush at the same time, it’s silky yet well defined and also weighty and forward. A big mouthful that is just so juicy and fun, lively, expressive, well worked and so easy. A step-up from Pastourelle. Super accessible and really enjoyable with the sweet juicy tang that I adore and stony minerality on the finish that is moreish. Immediate pleasure on offer. 12.8% press wine. 1% Carmenere completes the blend. HVE3 certified. Ageing 18 months in French oak barrels, 55% new. 3.83pH.

93-95 Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Independent

The 2022 Clerc Milon is a blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Carmenere. Deep garnet-purple in color, it races out with vivacious notes of fresh blackcurrants, black raspberries, and boysenberries, leading to touches of bay leaves, Indian spices, and garrigue. The full-bodied palate is packed with black fruit and savory layers, framed by firm, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long with an herbal lift. pH 3.83, TPI 74.

95 Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

The depths are evident in the velvety texture and colour, and it stretches out through the palate with slow confidence. Plenty of grip and supple tannins that cradle the cassis and bilberry fruit, studded with olive, cocoa bean, white pepper, slate, clear spice, intense phenolics and this is excellent quality. Caroline Artaud technical director. Old vine Carmanère no doubt helps add the spice and eucalyptus edge. 63% of production in this wine, 55% new oak, 3.83ph. 37hl/h yield.

91-93 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2022 Clerc Milon is plump, juicy and vibrant, with terrific energy and tons of class. Sumptuous black cherry, gravel, licorice, menthol and spice are beautifully dialed up in this decidedly flamboyant edition of Clerc Milon.