Château Durfort Vivens 2016, Margaux - 96/100 James Suckling69. 95 per bottle PRE ORDER ABV 13. 5% This is really superb with beautiful density and ripe tannin texture. Full body and a round and polished texture. Rich and impressive but all in class. Made from biodynamic grapes. Almost all cabernet sauvignon. Mar 2017, www. jamessuckling. com Score 96 100 James Suckling

a year with a slow ripening so that the grapes achieved very good ripeness and full development of aromas and flavors

Make sure you have some of this excellent Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux in your cellar

and in the early 1990s received considerable investment

Olive and redcurrant flavours combine with cranberry to result in a lingering finish and complex mouthfeel

44% Merlot

If well stored

the estate’s sixty-hectare vineyard is a single

66% Cabernet Sauvignon

this is just the opening act

56% Cabernet Sauvignon - 33% Merlot - 11% Petit Verdot

No maceration

caramel and spice