Top 100 French Wines 2025 by James Suckling

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Every year, James Suckling and his team taste tens of thousands of wines from around the world to create their renowned rankings. Their selection of the top 100 French wine tastings for 2025 highlights the incredible richness of French vineyards: from legendary vintages from Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne, to more accessible gems from Beaujolais, the Rhône Valley, Alsace, or the Loire. 🍷 The complete Top 100... Read more

Beef tartare and wine: What are the 4 perfect pairings?

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The Cellar Master's Tips for Pairing with Your Tartare 🍷 At Comptoir des Millésimes, we love precise pairings, those that respect both the wine and the dish. And if there's one exercise that's more subtle than it appears, it's pairing with beef tartare. A dish with character, simultaneously fresh, tender, zesty, and delicately spiced, tartare calls for a wine that can accompany it without overpowering it. Because behind its apparent simplicity, beef tartare is a dish... Read more

What wine to serve with sea bass or baked sea bream?

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🍇 Sea bass and baked sea bream are among the great classics of Mediterranean cuisine. Their fine, delicate, slightly iodized flesh calls for wines capable of bringing freshness and precision, without ever dominating the dish. For a successful food and wine pairing, the natural choice is dry, elegant, mineral white wines. Why is white wine the best partner for baked fish? Baking preserves the finesse... Read more

Arrival from the cellar of Alexandre de Lur Saluces

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Exceptional arrival: rare bottles from Alexandre de Lur Saluces' cellar Some lots stand out for their provenance and history. The arrival of these bottles from the private collection of Alexandre de Lur Saluces, the emblematic former owner of Château d'Yquem, is one of them. These wines, preserved with remarkable care, represent a direct testimony to one of France's greatest winegrowing lineages. 👉 Discover the entire selection here:https://www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com/cave-du-marquis-de-lur-saluces Legacy of a former Yquem owner At the... Read more

Top 15 best Saint-Julien: Grands crus de Bordeaux

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Saint Julien wines are highly regarded in the French wine world. The Saint-Julien appellation lies between Margaux and Pauillac, and is the smallest in the Médoc, with just over 900 hectares of vines. Saint-Julien's terroirs are renowned for being exceptional, with soils of gravel, marl and pebbles. There are no Premier Grand Cru Classés in the Saint-Julien appellation area. The first conclusion to be drawn - "if it is... Read more

The best vintages of Château Margaux

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Chateau Margaux, formerly known as "La Mothe de Margaux", is a highly prestigious wine estate in Bordeaux, with a history and renown firmly rooted in French viticulture. - Old vintages of Château Margaux in Stock What are the best years of Château Margaux Comptoir des Millésimes presents the best rated wines of Château Margaux. This ranking is neither fixed nor official, and is based solely on Robert Parker and The Wine Advocate's rating system,... Read more

TOP 15 best Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines

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Comptoir des Millésimes now offers you an exclusive ranking of the 15 best Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines, based on the prestigious Wine Spectator scores. To establish this selection, we have relied on the expert assessments of James Molesworth, a renowned taster on the Wine Spectator team, whose comments have been carefully translated to faithfully convey the sensations perceived during the tastings. This ranking highlights the appellation's most outstanding cuvées, from prestigious estates and... Read more