Category Archives: Tasting Notes

AOC – Aloxe Corton Grape 100% Pinot Noir

GrapeCabernet SauvignonRatings James Halliday 96 Jeremy Oliver 95Tasting Notes Medium to full red-purple; a paradigm of everything Cabernet Sauvignon should be: the fragrant cassis/redcurrant fruit and perfect oak integration of the bouquet is followed by an intensely flavoured yet elegant wine on a very long palate flooded with cassis and redcurrant fruit, and crowned with… Read More »

Grape 100% Cabernet SauvignonRatings & Awards Wine Spectator 90 Gold Medal – Tri Nations Wine Challenge 2010 90 points by Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, USA 3.5 stars – Platters Wine Guide 2011 Bronze – Veritas Wine Awards 2010 Tasting NotesThe Glass Collection Cabernet Sauvignon develops a very complex nose with flavours of blackcurrant, cherry,… Read More »

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 92Wine Spectator 90Tasting Notes Only 26% of the crop made it into the final blend, resulting in only 15,000 cases of the 1997 Lafite-Rothschild. Readers should not ignore this wine because of the negative press surrounding the 1997 vintage. It boasts an opaque dense purple… Read More »

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1eme Ratings Robert Parker 91 Wine Spectator 95 Tasting Notes A brilliant offering, which should be drinkable much earlier than the blockbuster 2000, the 2001 Latour boasts an inky/ruby/purple color to the rim as well as a glorious bouquet of black currants, crushed stones, vanilla, and hints of… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes This wine is of first-growth quality, not only from an intellectual perspective, but in its hedonistic characteristics. More open-knit and accessible than the extraordinary 1996, Ducru’s 1995 exhibits a saturated ruby/purple color, followed by a knock-out nose of blueberry and black raspberry/cassis fruit intertwined with minerals, flowers, and… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 98 Tasting Notes I have had this wine three times out of bottle, rating it 97 once and 98 twice. It is a colossal success and a potential legend in the making. Its saturated, dense inky/blue/purple color offers up notes of crushed rocks, acacia flowers, blueberries, black raspberries, and creme de… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 77 Tasting Notes The 1997 Lascombes is made in an up-front, light to medium-bodied, soft style, but at present the oak seems excessive for the moderate quantities of fruit. It will need to be drunk during its first 7-8 years of life. (No tasting note was provided in Issue 128. We… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes Along with the 2000, the 2005 is one of the two greatest d??Issans I have ever tasted. Kudos to proprietor Emmanuel Cruse for creating this beauty. Its dense purple hue is accompanied by aromas of camphor, forest floor, blackberries, cassis, and a hint of spring flowers. Full-bodied with… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes The dense ruby/purple-colored, charming, finesse-styled 1999 Cantenac Brown offers excellent sweetness, medium body, and abundant black currant fruit intermixed with truffle, toasty oak, and subtle dried herb notes. The wine possesses good tannin, lively fruit, and excellent purity as well as balance. It should drink well for 10-12… Read More »