Category Archives: Tasting Notes

AOC – Saint Estephe *Third label wine from Chateau Calon Segur, named after a Roman Chapel, which is located in the vineyard of Calon Segur.

AOC – Margaux Cru Bourgeois ExceptionnelGrape 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 54% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot , 6% Cabernet FrancRatingsRobert Parker 89Wine Spectator 92Tasting NotesBeautiful color dark and intense. Nose aromas of red fruit and spices smoked. Final fine, very fruity. Complex, pleasant and tasty wine.-by Offical WebsiteHighly-extracted, powerful, chewy, ripe black currant aromas mixed with fennel,… Read More »

AOC – Aloxe Corton Grape 100% Pinot Noir

GrapeCabernet SauvignonRatings James Halliday 96 Jeremy Oliver 95Tasting Notes Medium to full red-purple; a paradigm of everything Cabernet Sauvignon should be: the fragrant cassis/redcurrant fruit and perfect oak integration of the bouquet is followed by an intensely flavoured yet elegant wine on a very long palate flooded with cassis and redcurrant fruit, and crowned with… Read More »

Grape 100% Cabernet SauvignonRatings & Awards Wine Spectator 90 Gold Medal – Tri Nations Wine Challenge 2010 90 points by Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, USA 3.5 stars – Platters Wine Guide 2011 Bronze – Veritas Wine Awards 2010 Tasting NotesThe Glass Collection Cabernet Sauvignon develops a very complex nose with flavours of blackcurrant, cherry,… Read More »

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 92Wine Spectator 90Tasting Notes Only 26% of the crop made it into the final blend, resulting in only 15,000 cases of the 1997 Lafite-Rothschild. Readers should not ignore this wine because of the negative press surrounding the 1997 vintage. It boasts an opaque dense purple… Read More »

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1eme Ratings Robert Parker 91 Wine Spectator 95 Tasting Notes A brilliant offering, which should be drinkable much earlier than the blockbuster 2000, the 2001 Latour boasts an inky/ruby/purple color to the rim as well as a glorious bouquet of black currants, crushed stones, vanilla, and hints of… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes This wine is of first-growth quality, not only from an intellectual perspective, but in its hedonistic characteristics. More open-knit and accessible than the extraordinary 1996, Ducru’s 1995 exhibits a saturated ruby/purple color, followed by a knock-out nose of blueberry and black raspberry/cassis fruit intertwined with minerals, flowers, and… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 98 Tasting Notes I have had this wine three times out of bottle, rating it 97 once and 98 twice. It is a colossal success and a potential legend in the making. Its saturated, dense inky/blue/purple color offers up notes of crushed rocks, acacia flowers, blueberries, black raspberries, and creme de… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 77 Tasting Notes The 1997 Lascombes is made in an up-front, light to medium-bodied, soft style, but at present the oak seems excessive for the moderate quantities of fruit. It will need to be drunk during its first 7-8 years of life. (No tasting note was provided in Issue 128. We… Read More »