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"Ok, here’s the bunker-buster Michel Rolland wine I was expecting (he consults on this also, he is busy), 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and somehow 5% Napalm. This is the biggest boy in today’s sandbox, rich, textured and gloriously boozy; the nose is like a blueberry bagel and a slice of Christmas cake started playing leapfrog (that is a weird descriptor but try it and tell me I’m wrong). Although robust, the wine is mostly in balance with itself, the tannins are a tad pokey but with food you won’t mind. Will be spectacular in 5 years." - Jordan Carrier, Everything Wine Vintage room consultant

"An elegant, restrained Emillon with a medium body and good aging potential. Leathery raisins swirl around the nose with strawberries and sweet oak, creamy palate and lively finish. As such I was surprised to learn that winemaking consultant/arsonist Michel Rolland (Masseto, Oculus, Pedestal, land mines, booster rockets, etc.) was involved in this, the style is far more graceful than what he’s known for. Gorgeous and inviting, 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc" - Jordan Carrier, Everything Wine Vintage room consultant

"A Semillon-driven hellcat from 30-year-old organic vines, this is a dry white wine made in Sauternes by Domaine de Chevalier, the bonkers-good (and expensive) classified growth of Graves. Thick and viscous with fantastic, layered acidity; pear, honeysuckle and citrus on the nose." - Jordan Carrier, Everything Wine Vintage room consultant

Le Bienfaisance de Chateau Sanctus Saint Emillon Grand Cru 2015 Red Blend 750 mL

"Consistently one of my favourite houses (within the realm of affordability) and a living example that you should always get your homework handed in on time. Just a few hundred metres from Lafite, the 19th century owners of this 16th century house failed, as legend has it, to get their certifications to the adjudicators in time to qualify for placement in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. Now co-owned with Chateau Margaux by the Lorenzetti family, the 21st century has seen a renaissance in quality at Ladouys, and the Merlot-driven wines this Cru Bourgeois has offered in the last 2 decades have been at or above the quality level of Classified Growths (IMO), but without the accordant prices. As frame-forward as any St Estèphe, with deep mineral postholes and bright red fruits with white blossoms and toast. Tight now, Approachable in 5 years, singing in ten. Buy everything you can, this sleeper wakes up as a knight." - Jordan Carrier, Everything Wine Vintage room consultant

"I picture wine from Margaux as a bouquet of lavender wrapped around a pencil, after that pencil has murdered a box of blueberries. Aurore is the Second Wine to the 5th Growth Chateau Dauzac, Cab dominant with just enough Merlot to fill all the holes. The Floral and fruit elements are here as well as tobacco and oaky vanillin – this is a ripe and quite drinkable Bordeaux but could still mellow out a smidge with time. Layered and exciting. Whereas many Second Wines are built from the passed-over barrels for the Gran Vin, Aurore is selected geologically, from grapes on mineral-rich deep gravel. Good structure and a generally good attitude, if you don’t drink Aurore you could hire it" - Jordan Carrier, Everything Wine Vintage room consultant

"For the French in Bordeaux, driving past a historical estate must be like driving past a barn in Chilliwack for us – you really don’t think much about who built it or when, and you only care if it grows something you want. Likewise, nobody cared about the 1700s-era Greysac estate until the Angelli family (one-time owners of Fiat and Chateau Margaux) bought it in 1975, modernized the facility and started to squeeze good juice. Situated near the top of the Médoc, Greysac is more influenced by the whims of the Atlantic so vintage variance is pronounced but this 2015 is way-fab. Nearly equal Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, a medium-to-full body with soft but pronounced tannins and baking spice" - Jordan Carrier, Everything Wine Vintage room consultant