91 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Fresh nose with white peaches, sliced apples and white blossoms. Medium-bodied, crunchy and lightly salty on the palate, with juicy acidity coming through. Vibrant in the finish. Drink now. Screw cap.

93 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2022 La Casilla blends grapes from limestone soils with 20% each from limestone and clay and covered by boulders à la Châteauneuf. It fermented in oak vat and matured in those vats and 600-liter barrels for nine months. It has a spicy and smoky twist from the wood, which gives it a slightly more commercial profile, to make it different from P.F. It's young and undeveloped, still a little raw, in need of a few more months in bottle but with a fresh palate, balsamic and long. 14,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2023.

100 Wine Enthusiast

This is a grand, ageworthy wine from consistently stellar Winemaker Bill Easton. It delivers flavors of smoked plum, dry-aged beef and blueberry-blackberry compote wrapped in a velvety structure of superfine tannins and a full feel, while lighter, intricate spice elements weave through from the first whiff to the lingering finish. Best from 2026–2036.

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Bright aromas of flowers, cedar and currants follow through to a medium to full body. Slight, silky tannins that give the wine beautiful form and length. Better in 2021 when the wine comes together..February/2018

93 Wine Enthusiast

There's a pleasantly rustic combination of bay leaf and loamy earth on the nose of this bottling, along with a tangy while dark-cherry aroma. The palate lands with an impressive heft, combining bold dark-red fruit with eucalyptus leaf and mace, and cut by a persistent acidity.

95 Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

The wine is gorgeously expressed and elegantly lifted on the nose showing blackcurrant, dark plum, cigar and toasted almond characters. It is superbly weighted and concentrated on the palate, delivering excellent depth and intensity, backed by fine texture and firm, chalky tannins. Sturdy and lingering. At its best: now to 2027.

95 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2015 Branaire Ducru is a gorgeous, totally sexy wine. Rose petal, lavender, mint, sweet red berry and gently spiced notes give the wine much of its gracious, lilting personality. Precise and nuanced to the core, the 2015 Branaire is all class. It's easy to overlook Brainaire in the context of Saint-Julien, where most of the other important wines are much more powerful. Branaire always speaks with a hushed, discreet voice. Readers who appreciate finesse will find much to admire here. The 2015 is a wine of pure and total sensual pleasure. In 2015, the blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, aged for 18 months in French oak, 60% new. Don't miss it. Tasted two times.

94-97 Jasper Morris, MW - Inside Burgundy

Bright fresh purple. A brilliantly exuberant nose, floral and fine, with a fabulous depth behind. One of several startlingly fine wines from Echezeaux this year, I think. Coming after the power of the Cortons, we can see a fine elegance here. Tasted: December 2021.

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

The 2020 Échezeaux Grand Cru Les Rouges du Bas bursts with aromas of ripe cherries, berries and plums, mingled with notions of rose petals, raw cocoa and loamy soil. Full-bodied, ample and dramatic, it's broad and enveloping, with succulent acids and a rich core of fruit.

89 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

Black raspberries, wild strawberries, flowers, and peppery, Provençal notes all shine in the 2021 Vacqueyras Les 2 Monardes, a medium-bodied, forward, undeniably delicious Vacqueyras offering supple tannins and a good finish. It's rock solid and well worth enjoying over the coming 4-6 years or thereabouts.

94 Wine Enthusiast

The nose is defined by a delicate sweetness, as undertones of clove and orange peel bring nuance to leading aromas of vanilla and strawberry, followed by a crack of black pepper. On the palate, fruit leads the way, but a hint of that bitter, spicy element perseveres all the way through the warm, acidic finish.

94 Wine Enthusiast

The estate, dating to the 16th century and now home of an impressive modern sculpture collection, has produced a beautifully balanced wine. Acidity goes with black-currant fruits that have been smoothed by wood aging. Developing into an elegant wine, it will be ready from 2026.

92-94 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

"As usual, I was able to taste through multiple parcels destined for the 2021 Côte Rôtie. All of the samples show solid, classic aromatics, more medium-bodied profiles, and soft, relatively tame tannins, and this will clearly will be a more mid-weight, yet balanced, charming Côte Rôtie from this estate that will be loved by the Jamet lovers out there. Jean-Paul commented that he used slightly less stems in 2021 (although most lots saw upwards of 80% whole clusters) and chapitalized to raise the alcohol 1%, which is common in the vintage. I suspect this will be relatively accessible in its youth given its more rounded tannins and should evolve similarly to the 2014."

83 Wine Enthusiast

"A ripe, rather heavy-feeling wine with a touch of sweetness. It has strawberry flavors, an edge of bitter almonds and only light acidity."

92 Billy Norris - Vinous Media

The 2023 Chardonnay (Santa Lucia Highlands) is notable for its juxtaposition of inner sweetness, lemon-like sourness and tongue-tingling minerality. It's all Wente clone from 40-year-old vines, so there’s a mass of complexity and expressiveness afoot. Native-fermented in neutral barrel, the 2023 is cool-toned, with toasted almond, peppermint and apricot nuances coursing through its veins. A dusting of sweet spice seasons the finish. Nicely proportioned through and through, the 2023 delivers quite a lot for wine the price.

94 Wine Enthusiast

Deep-ruby in the glass, this wine has aromas of black plum, Red Delicious apple peel, mocha and orange blossom. It is juicy at first sip, with flavors of black cherry and raspberry. Vigorous tannins then coat the tongue and gums, bearing notes of bittersweet chocolate, olive paste and violet that dissipate in a floral-laced finish.

94-96 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

The second wine of this terrific château is the 2022 Aromes De Pavie, an even split of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon (the same blend as the 2020). It might be the greatest second wine in the vintage, displaying a classic Pavie style in its ripe red and black fruits as well as notes of camphor, chocolate, violets, and graphite. Rich and powerful, with medium to full-bodied richness, it's going to be ideal for drinking on release and over the following 15-20 years.

93-94 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

A juicy and rich wine with medium chewy tannins and a medium body. Racy. Plenty of crunchy fruit and energy. 50% merlot and 50% cabernet franc.

93 Georgina Hindle - Decanter

Perfume and red summer berry fruits, aromatic and expressive. Plush and round but sharp and bright, this has a nice instant tang and shot of acidity that gives energy and life before the liquorice and flint tannins come into play. Feels nicely complete, if young and excitable. It’s serious but vibrant too. A touch too tannic but not harsh, more ripe and fleshy, but still with detail and definition and even though it’s massy you still get the mineral, flintiness with a lovely salty aftertaste. Charming and appealingly accessible. Ageing 50% new oak, 50% one year old barrels. Acidity 3.68. 3.74pH.

91-93 Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Independent

The 2022 Aromes de Pavie is composed of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Franc with a pH of 3.74. Yields were 28 hl/ha. Deep garnet-purple in color, it prances out of the glass with showy scents of juicy black plums, black cherry compote, and kirsch, plus wafts of rose oil, chocolate mint, and tapenade. The full-bodied palate is firm and chewy, packed with black fruit preserves, finishing with a spicy kick.

93 Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

This is a well made wine with interest, and an impressive reflection of the terroir, carefuly made, can feel the construction and gentle extractions, showing a distinctive identity of loganberry, blackberry and oyster shell salinity. The most impressive of the Pavie range if you are looking to open a bottle within the next five to eight years. Harvest 22 September to 24. It remains 100% dedicated plots, none of the new additions (Pavie Decesse and Bellevue-Mondotte) are included here. Vines 50 years average age, 50% new oak.

90-92 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2022 Arômes de Pavie is a blend of equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Franc. It is undoubtedly a serious wine that offers a striking mix of fruit depth and vibrancy, all framed by incisive tannins that need to soften. Élevage will be critical in determining where this ultimately goes.