
Ex-Château
Below you will find a hand-curated selection of wines we purchase ex-Chateau. While you will have to wait a few months for them to be shipped to you, you have a guarantee of their provenance and quality, as they are coming directly from the cellars of our partners in their region of origin. For anyone who knows their fine wines, patience is a virtue, and the wait will be worthwhile!
- Denis Durantou has made stunning, age-worthy wines here, since his breakthrough 1985, that have invariably matched or beaten all the top names of Pomerol in blind tastings at Southwold and elsewhere. The Merlot was picked between the 18th and 26th September ... Learn More
- Produced from an exceptional terroir, Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild is the second wine of Château Mouton Rothschild. This wine offers an exuberant and intense, almost solar nose. It reveals a perfect maturity of the fruit that extends ... Learn More
- The flagship 2018 Vieux Château Certan is based on 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc and was brought up in (I suspect) roughly 50% new French oak. It tips the scale at 14.5% natural alcohol, which is the same as the 2010 (slightly higher than ... Learn MoreChateau Vieux Château Certan 2018$799.00 Per item
- Very deep purple-black in color, it is a little closed to begin, slowly emerging from the glass to reveal subtle woodsmoke, violets, tilled soil and underbrush scents over a core of warm cassis, wild blueberries and redcurrant jelly plus hints ... Learn More
- Produced from an exceptional terroir, Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild is the second wine of Château Mouton Rothschild. This wine offers an exuberant and intense, almost solar nose. It reveals a perfect maturity of the fruit that extends ... Learn More
- This wine represents 50% of the production of the estate | 86 IPT Very smart and much more exuberant than I had expected, Directeur Général Christian Seely prefers this wine to both his 2010 and 2016 and I happen to agree. The balance ... Learn More
- Has a more concentrated, dense, powerful style that is all potential at this point. Dense purple-hued, with lots of crème de cassis, black cherries, smoked meats, lead pencil, graphite, and crushed stone aromatics, it hits the palate with full-bodied ... Learn More
- The 2018 Pavie was picked from 1 to 10 October. The nose is immediately attractive with incredibly pure black fruit with veins of blueberry and peony. It is intense but not overpowering. On the palate, the vineyard’s limestone soils manage to impart ... Learn MoreChateau Pavie 2018 (Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$899.00 Per item
- The 2017 Angélus is impeccable. Bright and energetic, with terrific lift from the 30% Cabernet Franc, Angélus is super-expressive today. There is lovely depth and density to the fruit, even if the finish narrows just a touch. - Antonio Galloni ... Learn More
- The 2016 Angelus is a blend of 40% Cabernet Franc and 60% Merlot. "...it has a very intense bouquet with multilayered blackcurrant, blueberry and floral notes, very refined and precise, not unlike the 2010 in some ways, but I would argue this is more ... Learn MoreChateau Angelus 2016$979.00 Per item
- This shows beautiful sensibility of generous fruit and soft and velvety tannins with an undertone of chocolate and cedar. Full-bodied, pure and supple with a direct delivery of vibrant fruit and real terroir expression. Savory at the end with hazelnut ... Learn MoreChateau Angélus 2018 (Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$1,000.00 Per item
- Deeply colored, the 2018 Cos D'Estournel shows the incredible purity and elegance that this estate delivers these days as well as fabulous crème de cassis, graphite, white flowers, and spicy oak aromas and flavors. Made from 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet ... Learn More
- This has to be up there with one of the most seductive Comtesses on record with layers of alternating softness and concentration combined with a lot of 2016’s elegance and power. The nose on this stands out a mile, getting ... Learn More
- A blend of 90 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, nine percent Merlot and one percent Petit Verdot, this falls into the glass with a deep, dark colour. The nose is already singing of crushed black currants, warm blackberries and chocolate-covered cherries with hints ... Learn More
- A beautiful expression of this terroir, which always seems to yield a more elegant, complex style of wine, the 2018 Château La Conseillante is based on 83% Merlot and 17% Cabernet Franc that saw 70% new French oak. A brilliant perfume of blueberries, ... Learn More
- The top wine, and unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage, the 2017 Haut Brion checks in as 53% Merlot, 40.7% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc. It's cut from the same cloth as the Le Clarence de Haut Brion, only ... Learn More
- Unquestionably one of the great wines in the vintage, the 2014 Mouton-Rothschild offers more flamboyance, depth, and texture than just about every other release out there. Crème de cassis, violets, lead pencil, and ample creamy oak notes all emerge from ... Learn More
- Chateau Gruaud Larose 1982 (Approx Delivery September)$1,240.00 Per item
- Chateau d'Yquem is widely regarded as the best Botrytis Semillon in the world, and the only Sauternes to be given a Grand Cru classification in 1855. Always the epitome of true concentration, complexity and sheer class, d'Yquem's are sought after around ... Learn MoreChateau D'Yquem 2006$1,250.00 Per item
- The 2018 Haut-Brion is a blend of 49.4% Merlot, 38.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11.9% Cabernet Franc, harvested September 6 to October 2. Deep purple-black in color, it is much more closed than the La Mission. It holds back for the first few minutes, reticent to reveal ... Learn MoreChateau Haut Brion 2018 (Ex Chateau)$1,487.50 Per item
- A blend of 23.8% Sauvignon Blanc and 76.2% Sémillon, the 2017 Blanc takes its time uncoiling from its tightly wound state, slowly revealing nuances of lemon tart, lime blossoms, green mango and jasmine with touches of cedar chest and sea spray. Medium-bodied, ... Learn More
- Lafite is one of the greatest wines of Bordeaux. It was one of the four Chateaux originally classed as "First Growths" in 1855 and has been owned by the Rothschild dynasty since 1868. Composed of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon with 3.5% Merlot and 0.5% Petit Verdot, ... Learn More
- Since the early 1980's Chateau Margaux has produced many excellent vintages. It is always impressive, whilst remaining fine and elegant. Margaux is certainly the most stylish, charming and sophisticated of the First Growths. So much ash, tobacco and earth to ... Learn MoreChateau Margaux 2018$1,675.00 Per item
- Deep purple-black in color, the nose is more open at the core of the wine than the Le Petit Cheval, strutting out of the glass with bold, ripe black cherries, cassis, warm plums and raspberry preserves notes. With coaxing, a ... Learn MoreChateau Cheval Blanc 2018(Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$1,725.00 Per item
- This wine represents 50% of the production of the estate | 86 IPT Very smart and much more exuberant than I had expected, Directeur Général Christian Seely prefers this wine to both his 2010 and 2016 and I happen to agree. The balance ... Learn MoreChateau Pichon Baron 2018 (3L)(Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$1,750.00 Per item
- Seamless from start to finish, with a thoroughly caressing mouthfeel to the mix of damson plum, black cherry and black currant fruit, inlaid with a range of lilac, lavender and rooibos tea accents. The finish unfurls slowly, revealing a mouth-watering ... Learn MoreChateau Margaux 2017 (Ex Chateau arrival time 6 months)$1,750.00 Per item
- This shows beautiful sensibility of generous fruit and soft and velvety tannins with an undertone of chocolate and cedar. Full-bodied, pure and supple with a direct delivery of vibrant fruit and real terroir expression. Savory at the end with hazelnut ... Learn MoreChateau Angélus 2018 (1.5L) (Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$2,000.00 Per item
- This is such a stunning wine and the impact on the palate is terrific. Very closed and very intense, the fruit is firm and arresting and the length is sensational. The oak, while fairly prominent, joins forces with the acidity ... Learn MoreChateau Haut Brion Blanc 2018 (Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$2,350.00 Per item
- A quintessential Margaux as well as one of the finest wines I've tasted from this estate, the 2018 Château Brane-Cantenac is based on 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, all aged in 70% new French oak. ... Learn More
- This wine represents 50% of the production of the estate | 86 IPT Very smart and much more exuberant than I had expected, Directeur Général Christian Seely prefers this wine to both his 2010 and 2016 and I happen to agree. The balance ... Learn MoreChateau Pichon Baron 2018 (6L)(Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$3,430.00 Per item
- Since the early 1980's Chateau Margaux has produced many excellent vintages. It is always impressive, whilst remaining fine and elegant. Margaux is certainly the most stylish, charming and sophisticated of the First Growths. So much ash, tobacco and earth to ... Learn MoreChateau Margaux 2018 (1.5) (Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$3,482.50 Per item
- Deeply colored, the 2018 Cos D'Estournel shows the incredible purity and elegance that this estate delivers these days as well as fabulous crème de cassis, graphite, white flowers, and spicy oak aromas and flavors. Made from 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet ... Learn More
- This shows beautiful sensibility of generous fruit and soft and velvety tannins with an undertone of chocolate and cedar. Full-bodied, pure and supple with a direct delivery of vibrant fruit and real terroir expression. Savory at the end with hazelnut ... Learn MoreChateau Angélus 2018 (3L) (Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$4,500.00 Per item
- The 2018 Figeac is composed of 37% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Cabernet Franc, harvested September 17 to October 12 with a 3.7 pH and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it charges out of the gate with vivacious black and red cherries, cassis, warm plums and ... Learn MoreChateau Figeac 2018 (6L)(Ex Chateau arrival time 4 months)$5,040.00 Per item