Top Pessac-Léognan 2017 red wines

A hugely captivating wine, one of the contenders for red of the vintage. There's an incredible plush, dense texture to the fruit here, with just...

The aromatics here are incredible, and there is the most gorgeous density of black brambly fruit on display. It's graceful but intense, and utterly delicious...

Grilled caramel notes set against sappy black fruit show classic Haut-Bailly balance, with savoury cassis and bilberry shot through with liquorice root and finely-spun tannins...

The 2017s in Bordeaux are truly stunning; this is no exception, possessing a smoky bouquet with mocha, cocoa and toasty notes, and a fresh and...

Rich, deep ruby in colour, and once again Chevalier proves that it has a better handle on difficult vintages than so many other chateaux. It...

Brilliant wine that continues to impress three years on from the En Primeur tasting, with a creamy but restrained texture, precise black fruits with a...

Half the vineyard was affected by frost in 2017, although the grand vin wasn't affected as much as the second wine. The last Cabernets came...

This is a lovely Le Pape, soft, elegant, smooth and extremely elegant. The acidities are relatively high - certainly more apparent than last year -...

Among the deepest in colour, as is often the case with Pape Clement. The fruit feels well defined with blasts of blueberry and raspberry. It...

This is one of the more finessed and well expressed examples of powerful cassis and blackberry fruits in 2017. I love the sense of energy...

The aromatics on the nose are a little subdued at first, but on the palate there is clear density to the fruit, showing great...

This is a lovely fragrant wine, less dense and concentrated than the last two vintages but extremely accomplished. It has beautiful aromatics, gorgeous red fruits...

Charming and elegant, the rich blueberry fruit has good density, even if its not particularly generous. The tannins close the fruit down but have life...

It's interesting to see that at Bouscaut they have dialled down the high percentage of new oak used in the past few years, displaying an...

Clear blackberry brambly fruit character right from the start. The oak notes are evident but this is young and it feels like it has fattened...

This is definitely one of the more successful wines in the vintage. It's still not overly ripe - this is not a vintage for power...

There was no frost to contend with here, and 2017 is the first year that they have been able to use the newly planted Cabernet...

They have controlled the extraction extremely well here, and it has some lovely delicacy on the attack, with firm blackberry and blueberry fruits - the...