Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Notes of tapenade, red currant, earth, and underbrush jump from the glass of this moderately dark ruby-colored wine. Elegant, medium-bodied restrained, with good acidity, this wine should develop quickly and drink well for 10-15 years. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2014. Last tasted, 3/02.(Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition Jan 2003) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87+ Tasting Notes This big, robust, exuberant offering is excessively extracted with relatively hard, astringent tannins. Nevertheless, there is lots of flavor, and the wine is full, rich, and built for longer term cellaring than most 2007s. It requires 3-4 years for everything to come into balance … hopefully.(Wine Advocate #188… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Given how splendid recent vintages have been, I expected a bit more from Malescot Saint-Exupery, clearly a property on the rebound over the last decade or so. The elegant 2001 is Margaux-like in its fragrant plum, cassis, and floral-scented nose. Medium-bodied, light, but pretty, it offers notes of… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This impressively saturated dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up copious quantities of sweet black currant fruit, vanilla, and minerals. Suave, with sweet fruit on the attack, medium body, ripe tannin, and a lush finish, it will drink well for a decade or more.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Herbal, underbrush notes intermixed with sweet cherry, cassis, and saddle leather characteristics are apparent in this medium-bodied 2005. Displaying rugged tannins, plenty of extract, and a rustic style, it should be at its finest between 2014-2025.(Wine Advocate #176 Apr 2008) By Robert Parker
Ratings by Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This deep ruby/purple-colored 1999 has some tannin to resolve, but it is an elegant, medium-bodied, delicious effort that will reward readers who have the patience to cellar it for several years. It is not a blockbuster in the style of the 2000 or 1996, but the 1999 offers… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Another soft wine, the 2007 d-Armailhac exhibits notes of Chinese black tea, plum sauce, and black currants in a round, superficial but attractive, easy-going, complex style. It is best drunk over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010) By Robert Parker