Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Elegant, sweet, leather, currant, and foresty characteristics emerge from this medium-bodied, dark ruby-colored Margaux. It is well-made, with ripe tannin, elegance, and palate presence. This wine will drink well for 8-10 years.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker89 Tasting Notes This may be the largest vineyard in the Medoc, with nearly 300 acres under vine. There was a period in the nineties where Talbot seemed to be a bit off form, but quality over recent vintages has displayed considerable promise. This estate is capable of producing very special wines,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes This wine performed better from cask. Out of bottle, it displays a medium ruby color, and a distinctive nose of underbrush, damp earth, and loamy-tinged black currant fruit. Moderately tannic, with medium body and some angularity, this wine possesses good extract, but not much soul or character. Anticipated… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Dark ruby/purple with hints of melted licorice, underbrush, black currants, and cedar, this is a surprisingly elegant, mid-weight Medoc with relatively high tannins, old-style, classic austerity, and the need for some bottle age. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 15-16 years.(Wine Advocate… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This deep ruby/purple-colored 2005 is a classic Pauillac. A big, sweet kiss of road tar aromas interwoven with cedarwood, smoke, spice box, herbs, and black currants emerges from the glass of this unexpectedly precocious, up-front Pauillac. Fleshy, with medium to full body as well as good acidity and… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This 1999 is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, and 18% Cabernet Franc. The saturated purple-colored 1999 displays a dense, flamboyant bouquet of roasted herbs, cedar, cassis, new saddle leather, and espresso. It is soft, seductive, velvety-textured, and endearing in a concentrated, lush style. It will… Read More »
AOC – Savigny-Les-Beaune Les Vermots Dessus Grape 100% Chardonnay ——————————————————————————– Made from the vineyard of Les Vermots Dessus, which lies between Corton and the Beaune escarpement. Winemaker, Yves Girardin, tends these vineyards that have been in his family for generations and ages his wine in a mixture of new and used French oak barriques to… Read More »