Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes Performing better from bottle than it did from cask, this blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, and 11% Cabernet Franc has put on weight over the last year. It exhibits the classic style of both Las Cases and St.-Julien in its deep black currant notes interwoven with… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This dark ruby-colored, elegant, savory effort offers abundant quantities of herb-tinged, smoky, earthy, black currant fruit intermixed with licorice and toast. Fleshy, medium-bodied, and ripe, with moderate tannin, this is a well-made, classic Margaux that should be at its best between 2005-2017. Last tasted, 3/02.(Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This is another estate that has been making better and better wine of late, and their 2006 displays a masculine, meaty style, with notes of garrigue, plum, earth, and lots of cassis and underbrush. Its complex set of aromatics is followed by a dense, medium to full-bodied wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes Probably the finest Giscours made since the 1975, this black/purple-colored 2000 offers up terrific notes of camphor, creosote, blackberry, and cassis jam intermixed with notions of smoke and earth. Spicy, with low acidity, a big, rich, fleshy, full-bodied palate, outstanding texture, and a long, pure finish, it is,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes A stunning success for the vintage, and possibly the Margaux of the year, this wine, which achieved 13.5% natural alcohol, is a blend of 51% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Petit Verdot. Loads of barbecue smoke, licorice, incense, blackberry, new saddle leather and forest floor notes jump… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (84-86) Tasting Notes Deeper and richer than the minty, red currant-scented, yet lean, angular 1995, La Tour-Carnet’s 1996 exhibits a ruby/purple color, and sweet berry and currant fruit presented in an herb-tinged, spicy, medium-bodied format. Because of its moderate tannin, this wine will need 3-4 years of cellaring; it will keep… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes A sleeper of the vintage, the deep ruby/purple-tinged 2004 Prieure-Lichine is all about finesse and flavor intensity. Not a blockbuster, but rather a wine of sensual appeal, it offers superb aromatics of cherry liqueur, underbrush, cedar, and spring flowers. Silky and soft, with medium body, beautiful fruit, and… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Slightly austere, leafy and herbal, the fresh 1998 lacks concentration, fat and fruit depth. It reveals a hint of herbs interwoven with attractive red and black currant aromas, but the wine falls off on the palate, and requires drinking up as it is likely to become increasingly desiccated.(Wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This is a chunky, monolithic style of Margaux with lots of power and fruit, but displaying a simplistic, firm personality. There??s plenty of stuffing, but complexity, charm, and balance seem to be lacking. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2024.(Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009) By Robert Parker