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The 2018 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 93/100 "The 2018 Bellefont-Belcier is superb. Expressive floral and savory top notes play off a core of inky dark fruit in a potent, heady Saint-Émilion loaded with character. Rose petal, lavender, spice and inky red/purplish fruit all open in the glass. The brooding tannins that a great sense of finesse, and 2018 was just the first vintage. There is plenty to look forward to in future years."

Under the leadership of Michel Rolland and his team, his first 2017 vintage is already a masterstroke, signalled as such by Michel Bettane "Le nouveau propriétaire a voulu marquer une forme de rupture avec une sélection parcellaire plus poussée et une vinification plus douce. Une première réussie !".

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The 2017 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2019): 92/100 "The 2017 Bellefont-Belcier matured in 40% new oak for 20 months. This hs a well-defined bouquet with perfumed blackberry, boysenberry and crushed violet aromas, one of the purest that I have encountered in recent vintages. the palate builds on the promise it showed from barrel, fleshy with gentle grip, lightly spiced with a touch of black pepper towards the finish."

Bettane et Dessauve (December 2020): 16/20 “Dense energetic, beautiful vigor in the tannins, classy chalky élan. ”

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96/100 "The 2022 La Dominique is gorgeous, elegant and gracious. Dark red/purplish fruit, mocha, lavender, spice and new leather abound. A wine of exquisite finesse, La Dominique is positevely stellar in 2022. All the elements are so well balanced. I especially admire the wine's energy and class."

J-M Quarin (February 2025): 95/100 "The least we can say is that the ageing succeeded. The first tasting was a surprise, but the second confirmed this great success. Dark, deep, crimson colour. The nose is highly aromatic, with ripe, creamy fruit and a subtle touch of raspberry and truffle. Smooth on the palate, savoury in the middle, at once mellow and powerful, the wine evolves over a long, complex period in terms of its aromas and staying power. A superb wine. Bravo!"

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96/100 "The 2022 La Dominique is gorgeous, elegant and gracious. Dark red/purplish fruit, mocha, lavender, spice and new leather abound. A wine of exquisite finesse, La Dominique is positevely stellar in 2022. All the elements are so well balanced. I especially admire the wine's energy and class."

J-M Quarin (February 2025): 95/100 "The least we can say is that the ageing succeeded. The first tasting was a surprise, but the second confirmed this great success. Dark, deep, crimson colour. The nose is highly aromatic, with ripe, creamy fruit and a subtle touch of raspberry and truffle. Smooth on the palate, savoury in the middle, at once mellow and powerful, the wine evolves over a long, complex period in terms of its aromas and staying power. A superb wine. Bravo!"

The 2021 vintage in the press:

Vinous ( N.Martin - November 2023): 91/100 “The 2021 La Dominique has a very Left Bank-inspired nose, xhich is surprising as the Cabernet components comprise only 15% of the blend - I suspect this originates from the black pepper, a little austere toward the finish but there is a sense of class and restraint here that enhances the freshness and precision.”

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The 2020 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2024): 93/100 “Dominique 2020 has lived up to the promising results obtained in barrel. The nose is wonderfully delineated and precise, with a mix of red and black fruits, cedar, graphite and subtle tobacco scents. The palate is medium-bodied, with fine-grained, energetic and taut tannins, and a slightly creamier finish that's more complex than we might have found ten years ago. This is a wine overloaded with promise - one of the best releases in recent years from an estate that's got its mojo back.”

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “Evolving on smoky, mocha notes, the 2019 is true to its unctuousness, its envelope ready to seduce palates in search of sweetness. Freshness is well preserved in this vintage of concentration. A unifying wine, already open. If we're curious to see how it develops, you can open it now."

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2022): 94/100 “The palate is medium-bodied, with silky tannins, savory red fruits mixed with black pepper and sage, good depth and a spicy, persistent finish. This wine has a bright future ahead of it.”

Jean-Marc Quarin (March 2022): 91/100 “Creamy, truffled nuances. A lot of depth. Delicate on the entry, tender and fruity in the middle, the wine caresses the palate.”

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The 2016 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2020): 91/100 "The 2016 La Dominique has a feisty, intense bouquet that flirts with being overworked, though with aeration it appears to gain more cohesion and control. The palate is medium-bodied with quite dry tannins, grippy and assertive, though it needs more flesh to come through and keep everything on an even keel."

The 2020 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2024): 90+/100 “The 2020 Virginie de Valandraud feels a bit pinched on the nose, without the "flow" of tis peers. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins, an attractive velvety mouthfeel and plenty of depth. It closes with a refined finish. If the nose can gain some complexity, this will be very enticing.”

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The 2010 vintage in the press:

Vinous (S. Tanzer - July 2013): 91/100 "Bright ruby-red. Blackberry, black raspberry, licorice, mocha and espresso on the sexy nose and palate. Plush, sweet, creamy and superripe but with adequate acidity, subtle crushed-stone minerality and substancial sweet tannins giving shape to this seamless wine. Excellent for this bottling. With 24 hours in the recorked bottle, this showed lovely ripe, harmonious acidity. Somehow, this wine shows more consistent ripeness than many second wines from top Medoc châteaux."

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 95/100 "The 2022 Clos de l'Oratoire is a gorgeous, sensual wine. At the same time, it is quite the powerhouse. The 2022 is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, so a bit more Franc than was once the norm. That, along with earlier picking, has brought added aromatic intensity and structure. Rose petal, dried herbs, orange peel, mint and sage play off a core of dark red-toned fruit. Give this time."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 94/100 “The 2021 Clos de l'Oratoire is a gorgeous, dynamic wine. Energetic and brillant, the 2021 sizzles with tension. Bright acids and veins of tannin give the wine its vibrant personality. Dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal, mint and mocha abound. This is a very, very fine Clos de l'Oratoire.”

The 2020 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2024): 92/100 “The 2020 Clos de l'Oratoire has a crisp and pure bouquet with blackberry and raspberry fruit mixed with cedar and potpourri. A judicious dose of new oak adds complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and graphite-infused red fruit, with a linear, fresh and almost Left Bank finish. Excellent.”

La Revue du Vin de France (November 2023): 90/100 “Endowed with natural generosity, the wine is built on a charmingly coated material. It's a well-calibrated wine, driven with a certain precision, with a seductive envelope, right through to an allonge that assumes the richness of this 2020 vintage.”

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Vinous (N. Martin - January 2020): 91/100 "The 2016 Clos de l'Oratoire did not show well out of barrel but finally appears more knitted together. It has one of the most discreet aromatic profiles of the flight, featuring dark berry fruit with perfumed incense and iris, all very focused and harmonious. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins. This feels bold and structured yet retains balance and delineation. It deserves a much higher score."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

J.M Quarin (February 2024): 92/100

Vinous (N.Martin - November 2023): 92/100 “The 2021 Les Grandes Murailles has an intriguing and complex bouquet, slightly feral in style compared to it peers, revealing baked cherries, loam and meat juices - almost Rhône-like! The palate is medium-bodied with a pliant entry, again, a more fleshy Saint-Emilion compared to others, with fine acidity and a dash of white pepper and clove toward the finish. This is thoroughly enjoyable and should give wine lovers 15-20 years of drinking pleassure.”

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96/100 "The 2022 Clos Saint-Julien is a showstopper from proprietor Catherine Papon Nouvel. Paradoxically, it seems to have handled the intense heat and drought better than the Petit Gravet Aîné, even though there is more Merlot here. Then again, this tiny parcel is perched on Saint-Émilion's famed limestone plateau. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, licorice, lavender and menthol all stain the palate. The long, sustained finish is a thing of beauty."

J.M Quarin (February 2025): 95/100 "Dark, intense purple colour. Very aromatic nose, fine, fruity, subtle, deep and particularly fresh, yet very ripe. Meticulous on the entry, very, very tasty in the middle, with class in the touch and an ascending development, the wine rises, rises, long, ample, fragrant and even complex. Long, full, fragrant and even complex. Delicious and very precise. A quality of expression that suggests that a higher step is within reach. Well done and to be continued!"

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The 2021 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - February 2024): 94/100 “Clos Saint-Julien 2021 is sublime. Delicate, silky and wonderfully nuanced, Clos Saint-Julien is exquisite in this vintage. almond, plum, spice, menthol, licorice and mocha are just a few of the many nuances that run through this exceptionally refined and subtle Saint-Émilion.”

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The 2020 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2022): 96/100 "The 2020 Clos Saint-Julien is a gorgeous, sumptuous beauty. Crème de cassis, blueberry fruit, lavender, licorice and spice infuse the 2020 with tons of nuance to match its flamboyant personality. Clos Saint-Julien is a heady, voluptuous Saint-Émilion that truly delivers the goods. Superb."

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2022): 94/100 "The 2019 Clos Saint-Julien is just as fabulous from bottle as it was i barrel. Dense and explosive in feel, the 2019 captures the more opulent side of the year in grand style. Dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender, cloves menthol and licorice all wrap around the palate, framed beautifully by plush, soft contours. Proprietor Catherine Papon-Nouvel has once again turned out a captivating wine from her tiny 1.2-hectare vineyard on Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau."

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The 2019 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (September 2022): 94/100 “Powerful, spherical, this 2019 palpitates in radiant black fruit matched by scents of spring flowers. The whole retranscribes the elegant signature of the soils. The palate marries fruit and flowers in a sober manner, and the finish is dynamic and full-bodied.”

Vinous (N. Martin - December 2021): 95/100 "The 2019 La Clotte has a complex bouquet of detailed red berry fruit, wild hedgerow, crushed stone and wilted rose petal aromas, engaging and (for the vintage) understated. The palate is medium-bodied, ripe and beautifully poised, with pliant tannins and judicisous touch of spice. This builds wonderfully in the mouth and feels elegant and refined, almost Burgundian on the finish. Wonderful."

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The 2018 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 95/100 "The 2018 La Clotte represents another under the Vauthier family. Bright, focused and tightly wound, the 2018 is going to need at least a few years to soften, but its pedigree is evident, even in the early going. Sage, mint, lavender, rose petal and blood orange meld into the vibrant, polished finish."

The 2016 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - December 2018): 96/100 "The 2016 La Clotte, part of the Vauthier family's portofolio, was outstanding out of barrel, and now that it is in bottle, I have no reason to alter my view. The sophisticated, beautifully defined bouquet features mineral-rich black cherry and raspberry fruit; hints of violet and bay leaf emerge with time. The sublimely balanced palate is sensual and refined, offering a fine bead of acidity and a silky-smooth texture. The very persistent, refined finish is exceptional. This must surely be the hidden gem of Saint-Émilion in 2016. It's just a shame that only 10,000 bottles were produced."

The 2014 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - February 2017): 92+/100 "The 2014 La Clotte is a striking wine that hints at the potential the Vauthier family will likely be able to coax from this site. Punchy red stone fruit, pomegranate, blood orange, spice and menthol are front and center. Supple and pliant, with terrific underlying structure, the wine is absolutely gorgeous. Bright mineral notes and Cabernet Franc aromatics infuse the finish in a super-expressive Saint-Émilion endowed with real class."

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 97/100 "The 2022 Larcis Ducasse is a huge, vertical wine. readers will have to be patient, as the 2022 will need quite a few years to shed some of its considerable baby fat. Dense dark red fruit, new leather, licorice, rose petal and mocha are all broadly sketched. Imposing and vertical in build, this is immensely promising. The 2022 spent 14 months in oak (40% 225-liter barrels, 40% 500-liter barrels and 20% foudre), then three months in ceement. I can't wait to see how this develops."

J-M Quarin (February 2025): 95/100 "Beautiful dark red, slightly evolved. Nose of medium intensity, fine and fruity. Juicy on the palate, rich in the middle, with class in the touch, the wine melts away, fragrant and flavoursome with a good length without any tannic angle."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 93/100 “This is a medium-bodied wine, always elegantly tannic, with a very well-cared-for palate and a delicious texture."

J.M Quarin (February 2024) 93/100

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 94/100 “The 2021 Larcis Ducasse has turned out better than I expected. It is a shy, introverted Larcis built along super-classic lines - the sort of Saint-Emilion that will emerge only with a number of years in bottle. Spice, tobacco, cedar, menthol, licorice and dried herbs all build effortlessly in the glass. This is such a classy, elegant wine. Tasted three times.”

The 2015 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2019): 95/100 "The 2015 Larcis-Ducasse [...] is broody and introverted, perhaps closed down for the time being. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin, quite masculine and strict. It feels like there is a lot of Cabernet Franc here (although there is just 13% in the blend). Yet there is plenty of freshness, quite classic in style with a long and precise finish. Excellent, but not as immediate as its peers."