Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes A sleeper of the vintage, with a characteristic not dissimilar from a good St.-Julien, the medium-bodied 2000 offers up scents of vanilla intermixed with black currant and licorice. With moderately high tannin, excellent depth, purity, and overall harmony, it is certainly capable of considerable longevity. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2015.(Wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This wine is dark purple-colored, with an excellent nose of smoke and creme de cassis intermixed with licorice and underbrush. This straightforward offering is full-bodied, dense, deep, chewy, mouthfilling, and substantial. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2015.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes A very good effort from Camensac, the 1997 reveals good cleanliness, elegance, and a spicy, berry, herb, and mineral-scented nose with mocha in the background. The wine is medium-bodied, with low acidity, and attractive density. It should drink well for 5-7 years.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (85-86) Tasting Notes The problem of musty aromas exhibited in many older Camensac wines appears to have been eliminated in the 1995 and 1996 vintages. The 1996 offers a dark ruby/purple color, plenty of sweet berry fruit, medium body, and a straightforward, muscular, ripe style with moderate tannin in the finish.… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes The problem of musty aromas exhibited in many older Camensac wines appears to have been eliminated in the 1995 and 1996 vintages. The softer 1995 is less concentrated than the 1996, but elegant, clean, and satisfying.(Wine Advocate #115 Feb 1998) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes An elegant, fruit-driven, deep ruby/plum-colored effort, the medium-bodied 2008 reveals lots of sweet red and black currant and cherry fruit notes intertwined with hints of cedarwood, underbrush and spice. Drink this round, pure, endearing wine over the next 6-8 years.(Wine Advocate #194 May 2011) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A concoction of red and black currants intermixed with some cedar, seaweed, herbs, and lots of spice offers up an alluring set of aromatics. This well-made, medium-bodied wine has good concentration and light to moderate tannins in a pure, balanced style. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.(Wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes An impressive effort from this Haut-Medoc property, the 2005 Belgrave possesses a deep ruby/purple color as well as notes of damp earth, cedar, herbs, black cherries, and currants, good acidity, moderately high tannin, an admirable, layered texture, and fine purity and overall balance. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2022.(Wine Advocate #176… Read More »