Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes An excellent dark plum color is followed by scents of tobacco, cedar, black currants, and earth. There is good ripeness, medium to full body, smoky, herb-tinged flavors, and fine length. The tannin is firm, but not excessive. This 1998 is tasting significantly better from bottle than it did… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (84) Tasting Notes Notes of herbs, tobacco, and currant fruit mixed with damp soil aromas can be found in this traditionally made Pauillac. With medium body, grip, and tannin, it is more evolved and softer than expected for this generally age-worthy wine. Give it 1-2 years of cellaring, and consume it… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Batailley’s 1996 is a well-structured, old style Pauillac with a dense ruby/purple color, earthy, cedar-tinged, black currant fruit in the aromatics and flavors, medium body, an excellent mid-palate, good depth, and a moderately tannic, firm, but pure finish. This very good to excellent Batailley will keep for two… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The 1995 has turned out well, displaying a dark ruby/purple color, and aromas of minerals, black currants, and smoky new oak. In the mouth, it is a medium-weight, backward, well-delineated Pauillac with plenty of tannin, and a true vin de garde style. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2015. This estate has… 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 95+ Tasting Notes The 2006 is a wine to stockpile, especially for those in their thirties and forties as it needs another decade to reach maturity, after which it should keep for 30+ years. This vineyard, just south of Mouton Rothschild, has produced an opaque bluish/purple-colored 2006 with an extraordinarily pure… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 96+ Tasting Notes The work that Alfred Tesseron and his winemaking team have done at this estate since 1994 is remarkable. At this fabulous terroir just south of Mouton-Rothschild, Tesseron has made major investments, and instituted incredibly severe selections in both the vineyard and winery. The result is a succession of… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90+ Tasting Notes Backward and powerful for the vintage, this blue/purple-colored 2004 exhibits classic creme de cassis, smoke, incense, and spring flower characteristics. Medium to full-bodied, dense, and excruciatingly tannic, this impressively endowed Pauillac is built for the long haul. However, patience will be required. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2025+.(Wine Advocate #171 Jun… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes One cannot say enough about the labors of proprietor Alfred Tesseron, who has personally overseen the dramatic increase in quality of the wines at Pontet-Canet which started in a significant manner with 1994. This is a classic Pauillac-styled wine (meaning oodles of cassis flavors), as one might expect… Read More »