Reviews — Fine Wine Market

Chavost is one of the most interesting new names in Champagne for people who care about both wine and how it’s made: a historic cooperative south of Épernay that has reinvented itself as a producer of zero‑sulphur, no‑additive wines with real personality. The bottles we’ve brought into Symbolic Wines—from Brut Nature Champagne to Coteaux Champenois and a solera‑aged Ratafia—tell that story in very different, but very coherent, ways.

For our 2025 En Primeur selection at Symbolic Wines, Lynch‑Bages and Angélus were non‑negotiable additions: both estates sit at the peak of their respective banks, both have produced standout wines in this dense yet fresh vintage, and both command serious critic attention that underlines their importance in any high‑level Bordeaux cellar.

Our latest 2025 En Primeur allocation brings in both faces of Château Cos d’Estournel—its majestic Saint‑Estèphe Grand Vin and the ultra‑limited Cos d’Estournel Blanc—wines that critics are already placing at the very top of this thrilling Left Bank vintage.

For collectors and long-term drinkers, Bordeaux 2018 and 2019 stand out as vintages that combine ripe fruit, firm structure, and enough freshness to age gracefully for decades. These are the kinds of wines that reward patience, whether the goal is cellaring, vertical collecting, or building a portfolio of bottles with future depth and market interest.