Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Surprisingly accessible as well as supple, this 2001 St.-Julien reveals a deep plum/purple color along with a rich bouquet of smoke, roasted vegetables, black currants, plums, licorice, and Asian spices. Velvety-textured and medium-bodied, with loads of fruit, and a plump, expansive, plush texture, this is an atypically forward… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes An explosively rich, exotic, fruity Montrose, the 1995 displays even more fat and extract than the 1996. There is less Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1995 blend, resulting in a fuller-bodied, more accessible and friendlier style. The wine exhibits an opaque black/ruby/purple color, as well as a ripe nose… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes For this vintage, this wine seems soft and evolved. Medium to dark ruby with an attractive, relatively mature nose of dried herbs, cedar, black cherries and currants, it is medium-bodied, cleanly made, and best drunk over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 83 Tasting Notes A disappointment for Medoc in this vintage, the 1996 Giscours has an evolved plum color with some pink at the rim. The wine is soft, shows some herbaceously tinged berry fruit, hints of licorice and black currants, but not much depth or texture. Obviously, little selection was employed… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes This stunning wine is one of the vintage??s great successes. Administrator Thomas Duroux has fashioned a modern day version of Palmer??s brilliant 1966. Displaying a rare combination of power and elegance, this dense purple-colored offering exhibits notes of blackberries, truffles, flowers, incense, and camphor. Long, classic, and medium… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (85-87) Tasting Notes Revealing much more density than it did last year, this medium-weight 1998 possesses moderately intense, sweet black currant and spice box aromas, medium body, excellent ripeness on the attack, and a narrow mid-palate and finish. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2012.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 90+ Tasting Notes By no means comparable to their sensational 2005 or 2003, but still an outstanding wine, this singular St.-Julien always possesses notes of spring flowers, boysenberries, black currants, and graphite. The complex aromatics are followed by a medium-bodied, classic Bordeaux displaying a deep ruby/purple color as well as moderately… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Undeniably the finest Prieure-Lichine in 30-40 years, this textured, rich, medium to full-bodied 2000 boasts a dark ruby/purple color in addition to a knock-out nose of black cherries, cassis, tobacco leaf, cocoa, and toasty oak in the background. The wine is sweet on the attack, full-bodied, and well-textured,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A well-made, deep ruby/purple-tinged wine with notes of dried herbs, damp earth, incense and new saddle leather, this is a heady, attractive, fruit-driven wine with moderate structure behind its initial attack. Anticipated maturity: now-2013.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker