Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Ratings By Robert Parker (78-81)

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Ruggedly constructed, with a deep ruby/purple color, this big, rich St.-Julien offers notes of animal fur, black currants, spice box, licorice, and a notion of new oak in the background. Chewy, heady, and muscular, it is a well-made, substantial 2001 to consume between 2007-2015. If more finesse develops,… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This wine may merit an outstanding score after several more years in the bottle. Although it has closed down since bottling, it is an impressively endowed, rich, sweet cassis smelling and tasting Lafon-Rochet. The wine’s impressively saturated deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by vanillin, earth, and spicy scents,… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes One cannot say enough about the labors of proprietor Alfred Tesseron, who has personally overseen the dramatic increase in quality of the wines at Pontet-Canet which started in a significant manner with 1994. This is a classic Pauillac-styled wine (meaning oodles of cassis flavors), as one might expect… Read More »

Ratings by Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes The 1997 Grand-Puy-Ducasse is dark ruby-colored, with a sweet black fruit-scented nose intermixed with weedy scents, vanilla, and earth. The mid-palate is plump and round, but the wine displays an abrupt finish with a certain austerity and angularity. This offering requires more flesh and concentration to merit a… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Even in the highly acclaimed 2005 vintage, Du Tertre remains under most consumer??s radar. Made by essentially the same winemaking team as Giscours, this cuvee exhibits a dense purple color, followed by earthy, truffle, smoky blackberry, floral, and cassis aromas. It is a beautifully pure, medium to full-bodied… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A medium dark ruby color is followed by aromas of sweet currants and new oak in this moderately intense, soft, low acid, charming St.-Estephe. The wine possesses sweet tannin and an up-front personality that will provide plenty of pleasure over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002) By… Read More »

Robert Parker: 94pts DOCa – Rioja Grape 100% Tempranillo Tasting Notes Dark concentrated cherry red wine, lively and potent in nose with leather, liquorice and black pepper aromas. The primary compote fruit aromas are maintained. Balance between its tannins and acidity. A full body with an elegant bitter finish. It long persists on the palate.… Read More »

AOC – Bordeaux – Rose Grapes Blend with Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot * Made by Chateau Giscours

Region Barossa Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes This still young, full-bodied, pure, incredibly rich 1999 exhibits a kinky nose of Asian spices, ground pepper, flowers, and autumnal forest floor notes. It possesses an inky/blue/purple color, full body, fabulous fruit, good acidity, sweet tannin, and a long finish. As it sat in the glass, a licorice… Read More »