Grape 100% Riesling Rating & Awards Robert Parker 91 Wine Spectator 89 James Halliday 88 Gold Medal – International Wine Challenge, London Tasting Notes Bright pale straw with green tinges. The aroma is perfumed and complex with elements of lime zest, fennel, cummin and a hint of talc. The palate is firm with subdued herbal/vermouth… 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 »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95+ Tasting Notes An extraordinary wine, the classic 2008 Latour (13.5% natural alcohol) is composed of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc (40% of the production made it into the grand vin). Its dense purple color is followed by hints of espresso roast, cassis, burning embers, truffles and… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes It is good to see this wine showing much better from bottle than it did from barrel, where it had a certain leanness and herbaceousness. There is still a hint of dried herbs in the classy nose of red and black currants, cedar wood, and spice box. The… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes Made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, this is a huge, backward wine. The 1996 possesses an opaque purple color, as well as pure aromatics consisting of cassis, grilled herbs, coffee, and toasty new oak. Massive in the mouth, and one of the most structured and concentrated… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes Another brilliant effort from this estate, the 2004 Lascombes (a blend of 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot) exhibits a deep blue/purple hue along with a sweet perfume of blueberries, black raspberries, cherries, incense, smoke, and spring flowers. While opulent, underneath the full-bodied richness of… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This dark ruby-colored, elegant, attractive effort offers spicy new oak, medium body, excellent concentration as well as depth, surprising softness, and early appeal. As with many Medocs, Lagrange??s tannins have become much friendlier after bottling. Anticipated maturity: Now-2015. Last tasted, 3/02.(Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition Jan 2003) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (90-92) Tasting Notes New owner, Syrian Simon Halabi, has instituted a severe selection process (only 35% of the production was utilized), resulting in what may be the finest Cantenac-Brown I have ever tasted. Halabi has given his staff carte blanche in order to get this estate back on track after a… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes As I predicted from barrel, this stunning effort is a wine to buy by the case. Its opaque ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of graphite, barbecue smoke, blackberries and black currants. The full-bodied, textured 2008 Saint-Pierre reveals a skyscraper-like mouthfeel along with tremendous viscosity and unctuosity. One… Read More »