Best Médoc & Haut-Médoc, Moulis & Listrac 2021 wines tasted en primeur

Aromatic and expressive nose, perfumed and black-fruited with dark chocolate and clove. Supple and agile, a lively character but with a stony undercurrent that provides...

Dark and rich nose, full of hedgerow fruits and subtle perfumed aromas - so captivating. Beautifully layered palate - soft, gentle and delicate with ripe...

Cigar box, tobacco, leather, coffee, smoke and dark chocolate on the nose with perfumed blackcurrants. Ripe and chewy on the palate with these savoury elements...

A stand out wine in 2021. Ripe black fruits, a touch of cassis with dark chocolate and fragrant bramble bushes on the nose. Such clarity...

Sweetly juicy and clear on the nose, so floral but clean. The purity is there on the nose and palate, succulent and easy to enjoy....

Allspice, cedar, juniper and blackcurrants - a heady, appealing perfume. Lightly framed with gentle but mouthwatering and succulent red berry fruits mingling with firm tannins...

Such perfume on the nose, really beguiling. Concentrated and intense on the palate, this has power and structure with juicy, succulent and softly fleshy tannins...

Lovely weight and expression on the palate, a good juicy core that strikes just the right balance between high acidity giving freshness and life and...

A beautiful pink-purple in the glass. Chewy but refined, the tannins are plentiful plumping up the liquorice-laced black currants and black cherries but they have...

Such sweetly perfumed blackcurrants on the nose. Chewy and plush with creamy fruit elements alongside sweet black liquorice and vanilla flavours. Tannins are fine but...

Succulent, mouthwatering, direct and linear with a sappy quality to the blackcurrant and black cherry fruit. Grippy liquorice and spice-edged tannins are doing the talking...

Dark, herbal and ripe black fruit notes all edged in perfume on the nose, round and expressive. The palate is succulent with a gentle juiciness...