Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Notes of tapenade, red currant, earth, and underbrush jump from the glass of this moderately dark ruby-colored wine. Elegant, medium-bodied restrained, with good acidity, this wine should develop quickly and drink well for 10-15 years. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2014. Last tasted, 3/02.(Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition Jan 2003) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87+ Tasting Notes This big, robust, exuberant offering is excessively extracted with relatively hard, astringent tannins. Nevertheless, there is lots of flavor, and the wine is full, rich, and built for longer term cellaring than most 2007s. It requires 3-4 years for everything to come into balance … hopefully.(Wine Advocate #188… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Given how splendid recent vintages have been, I expected a bit more from Malescot Saint-Exupery, clearly a property on the rebound over the last decade or so. The elegant 2001 is Margaux-like in its fragrant plum, cassis, and floral-scented nose. Medium-bodied, light, but pretty, it offers notes of… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes A very good effort for the vintage, this inky ruby/purple-colored 2002 boasts sweet, dusty black cherry fruit intermixed with hints of forest floor and barnyard. Medium to full-bodied, chewy, with high tannins and classic structure, this wine, like most St.-Pierres, will require discipline. Anticipated maturity:2010-2023.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes One of the sleepers of the 1996 vintage, Lafon-Rochet has turned out an atypically powerful, rich, and concentrated wine bursting with black currant fruit. The opaque purple color gives way to a medium to full-bodied, tannic, backward wine with terrific purity, a sweet, concentrated mid-palate, and a long,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90+ Tasting Notes Backward and powerful for the vintage, this blue/purple-colored 2004 exhibits classic creme de cassis, smoke, incense, and spring flower characteristics. Medium to full-bodied, dense, and excruciatingly tannic, this impressively endowed Pauillac is built for the long haul. However, patience will be required. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2025+.(Wine Advocate #171 Jun… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Black fruits dominate the moderately intense nose of this saturated ruby/purple-colored 1998. Medium-bodied, savory, and user-friendly, it suffers only from a lack of complexity. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. (Wine Advocate #134 Apr 2001) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Herbaceous, sweet, cedary notes intermixed with black currant and barrique smells as well as some autumnal, foresty notes are followed by a medium-bodied wine that tails off in the mouth and finishes with some aggressive tannins.(Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009) By Robert Parker