by Caspar Bowes

2016 Château d'Arche, SauternesRather a simple nose of (esp) apple fruit. Not much sign of botrytis. Fresh and ginger-spiced palate. Real good tang here and very nice concentration and shape. Mineral freshness. But where's the botrytis?2016 Château Bastor Lamontagne, SauternesRather nice…

2016 Le Blanc d'Aiguilhe, Bordeaux Blanc100SB.There's real spice here. Grapefruit and salted green apples. Nice clean and quite lean long palate with very good energy. Real spice through the length. Nicely intense wine. 2016 Château Bouscaut Blanc, Pessac-Léognan55SB; 45CS.Bit of c…

2016 Château Bouscaut, Pessac-LéognanA smoky-dark pot pourri of a nose showing very, very dark blackcurrant fruit. A rich, cool wine of really good snap. Incisive limestone, firm gripthrough to a very long finish. Snappy-dark, lively fruit. Energy here…and real density of structu…

2016 Carillon d'Angélus, St EmilionFresh, aromatic wine. Airy-pure black fruits and small berries. This is cool and very quickly structured with sticky tannins. Long and fresh and stuffed but perhaps lacking a bit of nuance and refinement.2016 Château Angélus, St Emilion60M; 40CS…

Margaux2016 Château D'Angludet, MargauxA summer pudding of a nose, spicy and fresh. Very, very fresh palate. I like this. Very cool and just about medium weight. Fine, integrated tannin well cached. Quite linear and there's a burst at the death. Very good indeed.2016 Château Brane Canten…