Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This once moribund estate has totally reversed itself. A sleeper of the vintage, the opaque purple-colored 1998 boasts a smoky, licorice, cassis, and mineral-scented bouquet. Full-bodied, powerful, yet elegant, it successfully balances complexity with an unbridled richness and power. Very impressive, particularly in view of its exceptional concentration,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes An attractive, dark ruby/purple-colored effort, this wine offers sweet cassis fruit, copious new oak, a fleshy, succulent texture, and an attractive, well-balanced finish with nicely integrated acidity and tannin. Consume this sexy Margaux over the next 7-10 years.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Readers should note that this property has significantly improved the quality of its wines, and now deserves a serious look in nearly every vintage. The 1996 Kirwan is a highly-extracted, rich, medium-bodied wine with a deep ruby/purple color, and ripe cassis fruit intermixed with a touch of new… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes I downgraded this wine because of the aggressive new oak and vanillin that dominate the wine’s personality. This dark ruby/purple-colored wine displays sweet cranberry and jammy black currant fruit on the attack, but narrows in the mouth with a compressed personality. Nevertheless, there is fine purity, medium body,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Abundant aromas of forest floor, underbrush, earth, black cherry, black currant and a distinctive spicy character emerge from this attractive 2008. Although not one of the most concentrated wines of the vintage, it is well-balanced and distinctive. It will provide pleasure over the next 10-15 years.(Wine Advocate #194… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This is another estate that has been making better and better wine of late, and their 2006 displays a masculine, meaty style, with notes of garrigue, plum, earth, and lots of cassis and underbrush. Its complex set of aromatics is followed by a dense, medium to full-bodied wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes Significantly better from bottle than it was from barrel, the 2005 Rauzan-Gassies appears to be the finest wine this estate has ever produced. Dense purple-hued with a beautiful perfume of camphor, creme de cassis, licorice, bay leaf, and incense, it is a full-bodied, stunningly concentrated, broad, rich Margaux… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A dark plum/ruby color is followed by scents of plums, figs, earth, and dried herbs in this attractive, mid-weight 2004. Good depth, medium body, and a spicy, earthy character suggest it should be consumed over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #171 Jun 2007) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This property is producing better and better wines, although consumers should not expect any home runs yet. The deep ruby/plum-hued, soft, round 2003 displays the vintage??s opulence along with sweet, savory, black cherry and cassis fruit, and hints of smoke, scorched earth, and burning embers. In spite of… Read More »