Ratings By Robert Parker 80 Tasting Notes This is a mainstream, oaky, soft, fruity wine without much depth or length. It is open-knit, with dried herb and black currant fruit in its moderately intense aromatics. The short finish reveals no hard edges. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #122 Apr 1999) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A beautiful effort that is a model of elegance and symmetry, this 2004 d??Issan possesses a dark ruby/purple color as well as floral, raspberry, cherry, and blueberry aromas interwoven with notions of licorice and toasty oak. Beautiful ripeness, medium body, and a delicate integration of tannin and wood… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Elegant, sweet, floral-infused, black currant and blackberry fruit, along with licorice, earth, and even a note of truffles are present in this medium-bodied wine’s aromas and flavors. Moreover, there is excellent concentration, good purity, and sweet tannin. Not a blockbuster, it is a well-made, symmetrical 1998 to drink… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 76 Tasting Notes With an overwhelmingly vegetal, herbaceous nose to the detriment of any ripe fruit, this wine smells more like a Chinon from the Loire in an under-ripe vintage. In the mouth, the texture has some appeal, but the wine dries out very quickly and the vegetative elements dominate. This… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Scents of dried herbs, underbrush, cassis, and currants emerge from this attractively perfumed, supple, spicy, medium-bodied St.-Julien. It possesses a succulent texture, low acidity, and soft tannin. Enjoy it over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Typically stern, masculine, firm, and almost completely closed, this dark plum-colored, medium-bodied Pauillac offers hints of earth as well as black currant fruit in a virile, monolithic format. It possesses good weight and depth, and aging may bring forth more character and charm. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2014.(Wine Advocate #153… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes After bottling, the 1995 Lynch-Moussas is a very good wine, with a dark ruby color, spicy, cedary, cassis fruit in its moderately-endowed nose, good ripeness and flesh on the attack, and a dry, clean, moderately tannic finish with grip and delineation. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2016. Lynch-Moussas is clearly on… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87? Tasting Notes A dark ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of cassis, herbs, and underbrush in this spicy, moderately oaky Pauillac. Bitter tannins in the finish make a final judgment somewhat cautionary. Two to three years of cellaring may be beneficial, but whether the fruit or the tannin will last… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (89) Tasting Notes Because of its low acidity and evolved style, the 1997 Clerc-Milon deserves consumers’ attention. Readers will enjoy its forward, concentrated, cassis/blackberry notes intertwined with coffee, smoke, spice, and chocolate. Drink this lush, hedonistic offering over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert Parker