Author Archives: Sindy Leung

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AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 95+Wine Spectator 94Tasting Notes Backward, powerful, and extremely tannic, the dense purple-colored 2003 Mouton-Rothschild, a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot, fashioned from yields of 28 hectoliters per hectare, with a finished alcohol of 12.9%, improves dramatically with… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 93 Wine Spectator 91Tasting Notes Dense purple to the rim, this wine exhibits the classic cassis aroma that is so characteristic of Mouton. Medium to full-bodied, tannic, powerful, and cut somewhat from the 1988 mold, this is a backward, chewy, well-endowed Mouton-Rothschild that will require considerable… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 89Wine Spectator 94Tasting Notes A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the opaque purple-colored, chunky 2001 Mouton-Rothschild does not possess the finesse and stature often achieved by this first-growth. It offers a tell-tale cassis-scented nose, and a monolithic, medium to full-bodied… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 96+Wine Spectator 93Tasting Notes Perhaps the most beautiful packaging ever on a Bordeaux bottle, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild literally produced a work of art in the gold-engraved bottle of 2000 Mouton Rothschild. Of course, one can?ˉt drink the glass, but this is a top-flight Mouton Rothschild,… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 93Wine Spectator 91Tasting Notes The beautiful 1999 Mouton Rothschild may be a modern day clone of their 1962 or 1985. Its saturated ruby/purple color is followed by sumptuous aromas of cedar wood, creme de cassis, wood smoke, coffee, and dried herbs. The wine is forward, lush,… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 95Wine Spectator 93Tasting Notes This beautiful, stunningly dense purple-colored effort (includes about 90% Cabernet Sauvignon) offers up precise notes of graphite, black cherries, cassis, scorched earth, and minerals. Medium to full-bodied with fabulous fruit, impressive richness, refreshing acidity, and sweet tannin, this beauty should be approachable… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 100Wine Spectator 96Tasting Notes A modern day version of the 1959 Lafite, the 2003 Lafite Rothschild was bottled in mid-May, 2005 after achieving 12.9% natural alcohol ¨C hardly an astonishing figure given the vintage?ˉs weather conditions. A combination of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 3% Cabernet… Read More »

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 94Wine Spectator 95Tasting Notes A brilliant offering and a candidate for wine of the vintage, this is classic Lafite that reminded me somewhat of the 1976, although the vintage conditions were completely different. This is a medium-weight, quintessentially elegant style of Lafite with notes of lead… Read More »