The 2020 Bordeaux Futures Campaign has started... albeit a little slowly. Here are the first two exciting wines...

Note: Six packs can be converted to 3 Magnums for a minimal upcharge.

Ch Pavie St. Emilion 2020

I have 3 "loose" bottles available for $359.99 per

Six Pack 750 ml - $2,099 ($349.83 per)

98-100 pts James Suckling / 97-99 pts Wine Advocate / 97 pts Decanter / 96-98 pts Jeb Dunnuck

“The Cabernets dominate the blend on the aromatics, and you can really see they are moving the needle on the architecture and sculpting of this wine. A ton of concentration on the nose and upfront, but it is well balanced by damson and blackberry, and has a sense of energy, uplift and clear minerality. This shows the limestone terroir in a way that, with the best will in the world, the more concentrated style of Pavie just didn't do. There is density and glamour, with layers of black chocolate, graphite and liquorice. It is pretty disarming overall, and will age extremely well.” Decanter

"Composed of 50% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Franc and 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2020 Pavie weighs in with an alcohol of 14.82% and a pH of 3.61. It is aging in French oak barriques, 75% new. Opaque purple-black colored, notes of plum pudding, blueberry pie and dark chocolate-covered cherries charge out of the gate, followed closely by hints of eucalyptus, star anise, unsmoked cigars and fertile loam with a hint of cedar chest. The full-bodied palate is built like a brick house, offering very firm yet wonderfully ripe, velvety tannins and seamless freshness to support the densely laden, muscular black and blue fruits, finishing very long and with loads of mineral-laced layers. As hedonic as it is cerebral this year, it is a beautiful paradox." WA

Ch. Angelus St. Emilion 2020

Six Pack $2249 ($374.83 per 750ml)

98-100 pts Wine Advocate / 98-99 pts James Suckling / 97 pts Decanter / 95-97 pts Jeb Dunnuck

"The 2020 Angélus has an opaque purple-black color, pulling you in with a captivating perfume of kirsch, Black Forest cake, ripe plums, violets and molten licorice, followed by wafts of underbrush, raspberry leaves and graphite, plus a hint of clove oil. The medium to full-bodied palate already offers beautiful balance and expression at this nascent stage, featuring bright, crunchy red and black fruits with remarkable energy and tension. Its amazingly plush, silken texture carries all these shimmering flavors to a very long and fragrant finish. This jaw-dropping expression of 2020 is simply stunning." WA

"Supple damson fruits, I love the aromatics on this and the striking fruits. Silky in texture, balanced and elegant, there are big tannins that slowly but surely creep up on you through the palate. This is a sleek, poised, and confidently-constructed Angélus, with depth to the olive, chocolate, cassis body and a crushed mint leaf kiss on the finish. As often with this vintage it is not an exuberant hug, it is more about discreet power and gorgeous stealing-up of flavours and textures giving depth and subtle power." Decanter

Payment is due July 2020. Expected arrival no sooner than Fall 2022. Prices are net of taxes and tariffs. Pre-Arrival items with future delivery dates from outside the United States may be subject to price adjustment based on tax and tariff schedules in effect on the day of importation of the product into the United States.