Category Archives: Tasting Notes
Chateau Haut-Brion 2003
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes The blockbuster 2003 Haut-Brion (13% alcohol) possesses extremely high tannin, but that component is well-concealed by a cascade of mulberry, blackberry, cherry, and plum-like fruit. There is even a hint of figs under the blue and red fruit spectrum. While broad and ripe with a sweet, glyceral mouthfeel… Read More »
Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1997
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The 1997 Gruaud Larose is a soft, fleshy effort loaded with olive and licorice-tinged, black cherry and cassis fruit. Smoky, new saddle leather notes also emerge as the wine sits in the glass. Offering excellent richness, medium body, moderate weight, low acidity, and soft tannin, it will provide… Read More »
Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2005
Ratings By Robert Parker 98 Tasting Notes While I am not convinced the 2005 Cos d??Estournel will eclipse the compelling 2003 Cos, it is unquestionably another superb classic from proprietor Michel Reybier and his brilliant winemaker, Jean-Guillaume Prats. Made from an unusually high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (78%) and the balance mostly Merlot with a… Read More »
Chateau Rauzan-Segla 1999
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes The dark ruby/purple-colored 1999 Rauzan-Segla possesses medium to full body, impressive structure, moderate tannin, and excellent plum, black currant, and cherry fruit infused with camphor, earth, and iron characteristics. It is a substantial effort for the vintage. This is a 1999 that will benefit from 2-3 years of… Read More »
Chateau Lagrange 2007
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes An outstanding effort, the seductive, plump, broadly flavored, dense purple-colored 2007 Lagrange boasts sweet creme de cassis, camphor, and subtle spicy oak notes. Generously endowed and medium to full-bodied, it is ideal for drinking over the next 10-12 years.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010) By Robert Parker
Chateau Boyd-Cantenac 2001
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Perhaps the finest wine I have ever tasted from Boyd-Cantenac (time will tell if the 2003 is superior), this deep ruby/purple-colored 2001 exhibits sweet, seriously endowed flavors of licorice, black currants, earth, and spice box. Medium-bodied and elegant yet intensely flavorful, it reveals more depth, texture, and persistence… Read More »
Chateau Calon-Segur 1995
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes As I have said many times since I first tasted this wine, the 1995 Calon-Segur is one of the great sleepers of the vintage (I bought the wine as a future for a mere $250 a case). The wine has closed down completely since bottling, but it is… Read More »
Chateau Talbot 2003
Ratings By Robert Parker90 Tasting Notes From bottle the 2003 is showing as well as can be expected. A soft, sexy, near-term style of claret with a deep plum/ruby/purple-tinged color, a big, sweet nose of anise, creme de cassis, smoke, Provencal herbs, and some spice box, it is opulent, fleshy, not profoundly concentrated, but rich… Read More »