AOC – Pomerol Grape 80% Merlot 20% Cabernet Franc Ratings & Awards Robert Parker 83 ~85 Rated top 40 in Pomerol by various wine critics. Tasting Notes Licorice and berry aromas and flavors follow through to a medium body, with chewy tannins and a medium finish. Turns austere on the finish. Little too much. –by… Read More »
AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1 eme Ratings Robert Parker 98+ Wine Spectator 94 Tasting Notes A sensational effort, the 2006 Mouton Rothschild exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a classic Mouton perfume of creme de cassis, flowers, blueberries, and only a hint of oak. Dalhuin told me that in whisky… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 96 Tasting Notes Sitting next to my former colleague, Pierre Antoine Rovani, at one of the tastings, he commented that he didn’t detect at all, and a subsequent bottle at another tasting did not reveal it either. I do think there is a hint of bay leaf and a meatiness to… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes Typically extracted and powerful (which is atypical in a vintage such as 2008), this offering may lack charm, but it is ????locked and loaded?? with plenty of background oak, huge black cherry and black currant fruit, medium to full body and a boatload of tannin. Forget it for… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes The 1995 Lagrange is similar to the 1996, but the fruit is sweeter, the acidity lower, and the wine less marked by Cabernet Sauvignon. The color is a deep ruby/purple. The wine boasts a roasted herb, charcoal, black currant, mineral, and new oak-scented nose. Medium to full-bodied and… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes Smart consumers should be checking out this estate whose wines have been superb over recent vintages. Under the same ownership as Gloria, it is a classic St.-Julien with sensational concentration and intensity, but more powerful, thick, and muscular than wines such as Ducru Beaucaillou or Beychevelle. The 2005… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Scents of dried Provencal herbs, spicy new oak, red currants, and a hint of cassis jump from the glass of this dark ruby/plum-colored 1999. The wine is soft and seductive, with cherry and licorice characteristics discernable in the flavors. It can be drunk now and over the next… Read More »