Immerse yourself in the exquisite world of Garde 2020, an exemplary embodiment of masterful viniculture. This red blend is cultivated in the most fertile vineyards of France, benefitting from the region's rhythmically shifting climatic conditions. With every sip, you'll discern a delectable harmony of ripe cherries, plums, and tantalising spice notes — a testament to its impeccable balance of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre grapes.

Honouring traditional wine-making methods, the genius vintners at Garde 2020 hand-select the choicest grapes. Months of meticulous fermentation in French oak barrels bequeath the wine its remarkably smooth finish - a finish hailed in global wine circles for its captivating complexity.

As a showpiece of what the 2020 vintage offered, Garde 2020 captures the essence of time, passion and craftsmanship into each bottle. Not merely a wine, but an ode to the vintner's art; make Garde 2020 your indulgence, your celebration, your memory maker.

Immerse yourself in the exquisite world of Garde 2020, an exemplary embodiment of masterful viniculture. This red blend is cultivated in the most fertile vineyards of France, benefitting from the region's rhythmically shifting climatic conditions. With every sip, you'll discern a delectable harmony of ripe cherries, plums, and tantalising spice notes — a testament to its impeccable balance of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre grapes.

Honouring traditional wine-making methods, the genius vintners at Garde 2020 hand-select the choicest grapes. Months of meticulous fermentation in French oak barrels bequeath the wine its remarkably smooth finish - a finish hailed in global wine circles for its captivating complexity.

As a showpiece of what the 2020 vintage offered, Garde 2020 captures the essence of time, passion and craftsmanship into each bottle. Not merely a wine, but an ode to the vintner's art; make Garde 2020 your indulgence, your celebration, your memory maker.

Immerse yourself in the exquisite world of Garde 2020, an exemplary embodiment of masterful viniculture. This red blend is cultivated in the most fertile vineyards of France, benefitting from the region's rhythmically shifting climatic conditions. With every sip, you'll discern a delectable harmony of ripe cherries, plums, and tantalising spice notes — a testament to its impeccable balance of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre grapes.

Honouring traditional wine-making methods, the genius vintners at Garde 2020 hand-select the choicest grapes. Months of meticulous fermentation in French oak barrels bequeath the wine its remarkably smooth finish - a finish hailed in global wine circles for its captivating complexity.

As a showpiece of what the 2020 vintage offered, Garde 2020 captures the essence of time, passion and craftsmanship into each bottle. Not merely a wine, but an ode to the vintner's art; make Garde 2020 your indulgence, your celebration, your memory maker.

Wine Advocate (90)

A blend of 62% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2021 La Garde possesses a somber, dark bouquet with aromas of wild dark berries, licorice, spices and coniferous forest. Medium-bodied, rich and concentrated, it’s long with structuring tannins and a firm finish. It needs some years in the cellar to chill out.

Vinous - Neal Martin (93)

The 2019 La Louvière has an impressive bouquet of blackberry, raspberry, cedar and sandalwood scents, full of gusto and fine definition. The oak here is nicely integrated. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp and taut, with fine tannins and a focused, fresh, classically styled finish that shows finesse and persistence. Superb.

Vinous - Antonio Galloni (92)

The 2020 La Louvière is a gorgeous, complex wine. Sweet pipe tobacco, cedar, incense, dried herbs and gravel meld into a core of dark red berry fruit. Brambly and savory, the 2020 has a ton to offer. This mid-weight Pessac-Léognan is an absolute delight. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.

Wine Advocate (90)

The 1981 exhibits a more youthful purple hue to its dark plum color than any vintage back to 1970. Somewhat narrowly constructed for a La Mission-Haut-Brion, it reveals plenty of incense, blueberry, black currant and crushed rock notes intertwined with a restrained, smoky character. The wine is medium-bodied, fresh and crisp with good concentration as well as a surprising youthfulness. However, the vintage’s deficiencies – a lack of heat and maturity – show up in the wine’s modest power and concentration. The 1981 does not possess the great richness, depth and intensity of the finest vintages, but it is still an outstanding effort that has aged extremely well. It could hold up for another two decades, but there is no point in deferring gratification.

Wine Advocate (100)

One of the great wines of the vintage, and the last produced under the ownership of the Woltner family, the 1982 La Mission Haut-Brion remains remarkably youthful, exhibiting a saturated ruby-black hue. Unfurling in the glass with rich aromas of black fruits, cigar smoke, loamy soil, black truffle, peat and pencil shavings, it’s full-bodied, broad and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit, ripe tannins and a long, expansive finish. Over the last decade, the wine has become increasingly seamless and elegant, without losing any of its vitality, and it is now clear, if it were ever in doubt, that this wine can stand alongside vintages such as 1961 and 1955 as one of the great La Mission Haut-Brions of the 20th century.

Wine Advocate (100)

One of the great wines of the vintage, and the last produced under the ownership of the Woltner family, the 1982 La Mission Haut-Brion remains remarkably youthful, exhibiting a saturated ruby-black hue. Unfurling in the glass with rich aromas of black fruits, cigar smoke, loamy soil, black truffle, peat and pencil shavings, it’s full-bodied, broad and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit, ripe tannins and a long, expansive finish. Over the last decade, the wine has become increasingly seamless and elegant, without losing any of its vitality, and it is now clear, if it were ever in doubt, that this wine can stand alongside vintages such as 1961 and 1955 as one of the great La Mission Haut-Brions of the 20th century.

The Wine Cellar Insider (100)

There are some famous wines that never live up to their reputation. That is not the case here. Explosive does not begin to express the nose, with all of its tar, smoke, cigar wrapper, pipe tobacco, dark cherries, and plums. But as good as that is, it is the richness and layers of palate-staining fruits that build, expand and resonate for 60 seconds that own the show! 60-90 minutes in the decanter is more than ample here.

Wine Advocate (96)

The 1990 La Mission Haut Brion is a wine that just gives so much pleasure that it seems almost immoral to criticize. For sure, it is not in the same league as the awe-inspiring 1989, yet it has such an engaging, quintessential La Mission bouquet full of warm gravel, chestnut, morels and bay leaf scents that you just fall instantly under its charms. It seems to just grow in the glass. The palate is beautifully balanced with great depth but is still a little grainy in texture, and I noticed how it evolved almost a Musigny-like personality with time in the glass. I suggested back in 2014 that it might improve with continued bottle age. Perhaps now I believe that it has reached the top of its plateau, yet the substance and the persistence—the energy—of this Pessac-Léognan suggests that it will give 20 years of drinking pleasure. No, it's not as good as the 1989 La Mission Haut Brion, then again, few wines are. Tasted May 2017.

Jancis Robinson (18)

61% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon. Looks very much more evolved than the Bahans 1996. Great edge and evolution. Some oyster shells – certainly something edgy and marine on the nose. Fully evolved on the palate. Lovely mellifluous texture. Just gorgeous now with the fruit fully open and the tannins in retreat. A mineral edge. Not especially long or powerful but at its peak. So clean and health giving.

Jancis Robinson (18)

61% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon. Looks very much more evolved than the Bahans 1996. Great edge and evolution. Some oyster shells – certainly something edgy and marine on the nose. Fully evolved on the palate. Lovely mellifluous texture. Just gorgeous now with the fruit fully open and the tannins in retreat. A mineral edge. Not especially long or powerful but at its peak. So clean and health giving.