Author Archives: Sindy Leung

Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes This wine, which had performed well from cask (particularly for the vintage), was severe, tannic, gritty, and attenuated on two of the three occasions it was tasted from bottle. I have lowered the score and added a question mark because the wine lacks the color saturation of the… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes I was shocked by how backward the 1996 Pontet-Canet was on the three occasions I tasted it in January. This wine possesses superb potential, but it appears a decade’s worth of patience will be necessary. The color is a saturated dark purple. With coaxing, the wine offers aromas… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes An old style Pauillac, yet made with far more purity and richness than the estate’s ancient vintages, this broad-shouldered, muscular, classic wine exhibits a saturated purple color, and sensationally dense, rich, concentrated, cassis flavors that roll over the palate with impressive purity and depth. The wine is tannic… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker (85-87) Tasting Notes An attractive perfume and a good attack are followed by a relatively pinched, narrowly constructed wine that falls off in the mouth.(Wine Advocate #182 Apr 2009) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker (72-75)

Ratings By Robert Parker 82 Tasting Notes This is a relatively lean, austere, mid-weight Margaux that exhibits some pleasant black cherry and black currant fruit as well as dusty, earthy notes in an emaciated style. Drink it over the next 10 years.(Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Herbal, underbrush notes intermixed with sweet cherry, cassis, and saddle leather characteristics are apparent in this medium-bodied 2005. Displaying rugged tannins, plenty of extract, and a rustic style, it should be at its finest between 2014-2025.(Wine Advocate #176 Apr 2008) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Fabulous aromatics of graphite, melted licorice, black truffles, and cassis suggest something profound, but on the palate, the wine does not follow through. Slightly clipped and monolithic, but still very good, this mid-weight Margaux possesses terrific aromatics, but not the flavor/concentration/depth to match the evolved bouquet. Drink it… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This dark plum/garnet-tinged 2003 offers attractive aromas of plums, sweet currants, black cherries, herbs, and earth. Medium-bodied, charming, and better from bottle than it was from cask, it should be consumed over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #164 Apr 2006) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 83 Tasting Notes This is a rather insubstantial, superficial effort with light body, moderately endowed red currant and cherry fruit, and some oak, damp earth, and herbs in the background. Drink it over the next 5-6 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker