Ratings By Robert Parker 80 Tasting Notes This is a mainstream, oaky, soft, fruity wine without much depth or length. It is open-knit, with dried herb and black currant fruit in its moderately intense aromatics. The short finish reveals no hard edges. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #122 Apr 1999) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A beautiful effort that is a model of elegance and symmetry, this 2004 d??Issan possesses a dark ruby/purple color as well as floral, raspberry, cherry, and blueberry aromas interwoven with notions of licorice and toasty oak. Beautiful ripeness, medium body, and a delicate integration of tannin and wood… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Elegant, sweet, floral-infused, black currant and blackberry fruit, along with licorice, earth, and even a note of truffles are present in this medium-bodied wine’s aromas and flavors. Moreover, there is excellent concentration, good purity, and sweet tannin. Not a blockbuster, it is a well-made, symmetrical 1998 to drink… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 76 Tasting Notes With an overwhelmingly vegetal, herbaceous nose to the detriment of any ripe fruit, this wine smells more like a Chinon from the Loire in an under-ripe vintage. In the mouth, the texture has some appeal, but the wine dries out very quickly and the vegetative elements dominate. This… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Smoky and earthy, with copious jammy cassis fruit and sweet tannin, this is an excellent, full-bodied Saint-Pierre. The saturated deep purple color is followed by a persistent, concentrated wine with copious sweet tannin. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2020.(Wine Advocate #146Apr 2003) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes A magnificent sleeper of the vintage, the 2008 Duhart Milon is the shrewd consumer??s wine to purchase by the case as prices do not yet reflect its qualitative resurgence. Composed of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot that came in at 13.09% alcohol, it is a surprisingly intense… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This wine has seemingly gone to sleep and is in a dormant, ungracious stage, exhibiting notes of green tea leaves intermixed with red and black currants in its dusty nose. A medium-bodied wine with moderately high tannin and a certain austerity, it seems to be a much less… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This estate, which tends to turn out forward, soft Pauillacs, has made a firm, structured wine. The color is a healthy dark ruby with purple nuances. The nose offers up aromas of cassis, dusty, earthy notes, tobacco leaf, cedar, and spice. Medium-bodied, with excellent depth and ripeness, and… Read More »