AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1eme Ratings Robert Parker 99 Wine Spectator 94 Tasting Notes A beauty, the opaque dense purple-colored 1995 exhibits jammy cassis, vanillin, and minerals in its fragrant but still youthful aromatics. Medium to full-bodied, with exceptional purity, superb concentration, and a long, intense, ripe, 40-second finish, this is a… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes The brilliant, opulent, fleshy 2003 Pichon Lalande (65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot) possesses a high pH of 3.8 as well as 13% alcohol. Reminiscent of the 1982 Pichon Lalande (which never shut down and continues to go from strength to strength), the dense plum/purple-colored… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Medium ruby with purple nuances, this ripe St.-Julien exhibits delicious, sweet cassis fruit mixed with high quality toasty oak. The wine possesses fat, accessible fruit flavors, attractive glycerin, and no hardness. Neither big nor muscular, it is a medium-bodied, elegant, savory, charming, and delicious effort to be enjoyed… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This 1999 is a gorgeously elegant style of wine, with notes of violets, black currants, and sweet oak. This delicate yet authoritatively-flavored wine is, as I said last year, the quintessential example of the finesse and nuance expected of a classified-growth Margaux. It is pure, graceful, with delicacy… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Elegant notes of Chinese black tea, black currants, licorice, and flowers emerge from this excellent, medium-bodied, supple-textured Margaux. As the wine sat in the glass, a bit of raspy tannins started to push through, which lowered my score a point or two. Drink it over the next 7-8… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Dark ruby with some sweet, herbaceous, cherry and black currant notes intermixed with licorice and herb, this ripe, medium-bodied wine seems to finish a bit quickly on the palate. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2014. Last tasted, 3/02.(Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition Jan 2003) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 92+ Tasting Notes Consumers should take note as this estate is clearly benefiting from increased attention from the Rothschilds. The 2003 may be the finest Duhart-Milon made … ever! A blend of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot, it boasts a deep ruby/purple hue in addition to a big, sweet perfume… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes This wine, which had performed well from cask (particularly for the vintage), was severe, tannic, gritty, and attenuated on two of the three occasions it was tasted from bottle. I have lowered the score and added a question mark because the wine lacks the color saturation of the… Read More »