Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes Light to medium-bodied, with spicy oak, red currant and cherry fruit, this well-made, lightly tannic effort will provide uncritical drinking over the next 5-7 years.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 87+? Tasting Notes Although the new owners were responsible for finishing this wine, serious Bordeaux lovers will have to wait for the 2006 to fully experience their uncompromising efforts. The dark, ruggedly built, rustic, angular 2005 exhibits an impressively saturated color along with aromas of charcoal smoke and black fruits. Aggressive,… Read More »

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Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A fabulous wine for the vintage, this well-endowed St.-Julien exhibits a dense purple color in addition to a sweet bouquet of charcoal, burning embers, blackberries, cassis, and a hint of graphite. Dense, full-bodied, and surprisingly concentrated with more body, texture, and length than most 2007s, the wine possesses… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Performing much better than it did from barrel, Lafon-Rochet??s 2001 exhibits a dark ruby/purple color along with complex aromas of underbrush, melted licorice, black fruits, and tree bark. Smooth, polished tannins are found in this medium to full-bodied, monolithic but attractive, well-endowed St.-Estephe. It is revealing more aromatic… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The 1995 has turned out well, displaying a dark ruby/purple color, and aromas of minerals, black currants, and smoky new oak. In the mouth, it is a medium-weight, backward, well-delineated Pauillac with plenty of tannin, and a true vin de garde style. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2015. This estate has… Read More »

Ratings by Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This property is clearly on the upswing as evidenced by this wine. The open-knit, evolved 2003 is undeniably a sleeper of the vintage and a very good value for a top Pauillac. Deep ruby purple in color with an evolved bouquet of smoked herbs, cedar, creme de cassis,… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A delicious wine, this 1997 reveals plenty of herb, cedary, black currant fruit, medium body, fine concentration and stuffing, low acidity, and a soft, attractive, velvety-textured finish. Neither dense nor long-lived, it is an ideal selection for restaurants as well as consumers looking for a wine to drink… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89+ Tasting Notes One of the finest wines I have tasted from this estate, the 2005 Cos Labory exhibits a deep ruby/purple hue, aromas of road tar, blackberries, creme de cassis, forest floor, smoke, and graphite, medium to full body, and abundant tannin. It is a complete, dense effort with high… Read More »

DOCa – Rioja Grape 95% Tempranillo 5% Graciano Ratings & Awards 90 points by Guia Penin 2012 91 points by Guia Todovino 2012 Silver Medal – International Wine Challenge Catavinum 2012 Tasting Notes Ruby red, clean and bright. Good aromatic intensity, notes of ripe red fruit on the nose over a very elegant balsamic background.… Read More »