AOC – Margaux Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Grape Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 90 Wine Spectator 90 Tasting Notes A sleeper of the vintage, this well-known, non-classified growth is a deep ruby/purple-colored effort revealing notions of roasted meats, black truffles, licorice, and loamy earth. Sweet tannin, a rich, chocolaty, black currant fruitiness,… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 93 Jeremy Oliver 97 James Halliday 96 Wine Spectator 95 Tasting Notes Colour : A glorious, dark, dense, red purple colour. Nose :The rich bouquet shows an incredible depth of ripe berry spice, tobacco, mocha and green… Read More »
Grape44% Shiraz31% Carbernet Sauvignon24% Merlot 1% Petit Verdot Ratings & Awards Robert Parker 91Rated 4 stars and 17 / 20 by DECANTERRated 17.5 / 20 by JancisRobinson.com90 points by Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, USA Gold Medal – Tri Nations Wine Challenge 2010Tasting NotesThe wine is a deep and dark wine much like the 2006… Read More »
AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 98+Wine Spectator 100Tasting Notes Since I gave this wine a perfect score, I suppose some could see this as a downgrade. I found everything still there for a perfect rating, but I was just struck by how tight and backward the wine was. A blend… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes A terrific effort from Administrator Frederic Engerer and owner Francois Pinault, the dark ruby/purple-tinged 2004 Latour exhibits a strong cassis character intermixed with notes of crushed rocks, earth, cedar, and forest floor. Racy, elegant, but powerful with medium to full body, and sweet tannin, it will benefit from… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A supremely elegant, dense purple-colored effort, the 1998 reveals aromas of cassis, black raspberries, minerals, and currants. Precise, well-delineated, and medium to full-bodied, with magnificent purity and understated elegance, this noble, restrained wine reveals a tannic finish, suggesting 4-5 more years of cellaring is warranted. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2025.(Wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes Dense ruby/purple, with sweet blackberry and black currant fruit with hints of smoke, espresso roast, and new saddle leather, this is another impressively endowed but tannic, backward style of wine. The concentration, brightness, and depth are all present, but I can’t see it being even approachable in less… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes The first of a succession of brilliant wines that have emerged from this previously moribund estate over the last decade, the fully mature 2000 Lascombes is an outstanding effort. Notes of cedarwood, roasted herbs, incense, black cherries, and currants emerge from this medium-bodied, evolved Margaux. Consume it over… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes A wonderful success of the vintage, the 2008 d’Issan exhibits a dark plum/garnet/purple color as well as abundant aromas of flowers, Asian spices, jammy plums and black currants. Broad, savory and medium to full-bodied with sweet tannin and an evolved, already delicious, complex style, this cuvee will age… Read More »