Category Archives: Tasting Notes

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Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This impeccably run, Japanese-owned property has fashioned a superb 1996. Opaque purple-colored, with a backward yet promising nose of classically pure cassis intermixed with pain grille and spice, this medium to full-bodied, powerful yet stylish wine possesses superb purity, a nicely-layered feel in the mouth, and plenty of… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 86? Tasting Notes This stern, hard Margaux exhibits a nicely saturated ruby/purple color, but an absence of fruit as well as an angular personality with austere tannin suggest it will become increasingly desiccated with age. It is a far cry from the fabulous effort made by the new proprietor in 2006.(Wine… Read More »

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Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes A candidate for one of the finest St.-Juliens of the vintage, St.-Pierre??s 2006 is one of the smaller productions in this consistent appellation, making it difficult to find in the marketplace. Its deep opaque purple color is accompanied by notes of roasted herbs, charcoal, graphite, and extravagant creme… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes One of the better wines (and also reasonably priced) to emerge from this property over recent years, this dense ruby/purple-colored wine shows a complex nose of earth, underbrush, creosote, creme de cassis, and dried herbs. Sporting a new yellow/orange label that matches the dramatic paint job on the… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 96 Tasting Notes A candidate for the ????wine of the vintage,?? Pontet Canet??s 2008 boasts an opaque purple color as well as copious aromas of sweet blueberries, blackberries and black currant fruit intertwined with lead pencil shavings, subtle barbecue smoke and a hint of forest floor. Full-bodied, with fabulous richness, texture… Read More »

Ratings by Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This is a mainstream, medium-bodied, pleasantly concentrated, charming, evolved Pauillac. Composty, earthy notes intermixed with cedar wood, black currants and cherries jump from the glass of this fragrant, supple-textured wine. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #158Apr 2005) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 87+ Tasting Notes This very good 1996 reveals an element of jammy black currant fruit intermixed with dried roasted herbs, sweet earthy smells, and new oak. It offers excellent definition, moderate tannin, medium to full body, and a long finish. As the wine sits in the glass, elements of the Cabernet… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes It is good to see this estate, which is trapped in the shadows of its across-the-street neighbor, Cos d??Estournel, begin to fashion better and better wines. Soft, sweet tannins and loads of ripe, opulent black currant fruit intermixed with smoke and dried herb characteristics are found in the… Read More »