Top St-Estèphe 2017 en primeur wines

Montrose has solar panels and uses geothermal energy to manage temperatures in the barrel halls and vats. The 2017 is 76% Cabernet Sauvignon (with 20%...

This is gorgeous. Rich, silky, bright and perky, and full of grace. A real purity to the blueberry and blackberry fruits, and soft elongated tannins....

The Indian-inspired 19th century architecture at Château Cos d’Estournel (and its 100-year-old vines) sits in stark contrast to the modern winery, with its 100% gravity-fed...

This is a lovely St-Estèphe this year, firm and bright with bristling fruit right out of the gate - hugely unusual to see that this...

Ruby red colour, medium intensity, fairly delicate in structure with floral notes on the nose. This unrolls in the glass, but it is quieter than...

This is more proof of the consistency of Meyney. It has clear oak finessing, well held together with a cinnamon dusting and white pepper spicing,...

From the same family who own Pedesclaux - and, I believe, new owners of several additional St-Estèphe estates. This has bright, juicy fruit in an...

On an outcrop just behind Calon-Ségur, this property is owned by the Castéja family, with slopes facing east towards the Garonne river. This is a...

Ormes has managed another good vintage after a run of them. This is a lovely wine and a buy for me. Succulent, bristling and charming,...

A good year for Dame de Montrose, showing extremely well balanced plum and damson fruits, and a lovely texture. There was no frost here, as...

There's a little more gravel in the soils here than at Haut-Beauséjour, so the rains of September had less of an impact. There is clearly...

This is enjoyable right off the bat, with its firm dark chocolate, liquorice and cassis character, joined by licks of gourmet patisserie swirling through -...

A Cuvelier-owned estate with 32ha of vines that escaped the frost, yielding 50hl/ha. The talented oenologist Isabelle Davin and consultant Michel Rolland have delivered another...

There's always lovely texture and flesh in this wine, and it's a success in 2017, with an intense end of summer fruit feel and a...

This has a floral edge to it and a depth of blueberry fruit that's a little shy at first but comes through on the mid-palate....

Not giving too much away on the nose, it's austere and closed in on the attack but it opens up well, and will age. Fleshy...