Montrose 2012, Saint-Estèphe 2nd GCC: powerful, fresh, cassis & graphite notes, fine tannins.
The Leoville Las Cases offers a brilliant fruit with intense aromas, freshness, very tasty and long tannins, all for an exceptional ageing capacity.
Château Pontet-Canet 2012, Pauillac 5th Grand Cru Classé, powerful and elegant wine with notes of cassis, cedar, and spices.
Attractive, spicy, earthy St.-Julien with hints of tapenade, black cherries, and soil undertones. Seductive, round, lush style. Excellent, medium-bodied, to be savored for 10-15 years.
Full-bodied, rich and opulent on the palate, with layers of candied black fruit and spicy nuances. Firm, grainy structure, finishes with epic length.
Pichon Baron 2012, Pauillac 2nd Grand Cru Classé: cassis, cedar, fine tannins. Elegant, structured, long aging.
A deep garnet-purple colour, with a meaty, earthy nose of plums and blackberries and hints of eucalyptus and aniseed. Light, mellow structure with an earthy finish.
Refined Margaux with notes of dark fruits, spice, and fine oak, offering silky tannins and great elegance on the palate.
Generous body on the palate, underpinned by firm tannins.
Pichon Baron 2011, Pauillac 2nd Grand Cru Classé: structured wine with cassis, cedar, fine tannins. Elegant, balanced, age-worthy (15–20 years).
Very serious nose of pronounced blackcurrant cordial, warm plums and blackberry, pencil shavings, violets, dark chocolate and star anise plus exotic wafts of sandalwood and cassia.
This vintage is outstanding for its display of well ripened fruit, fine, plump tannins, and a good freshness to ensure classic balance.
Smoke, licorice, coffee, and tobacco leaf notes. A refined wine, which relies more on elegance than power. Good freshness in its medium-bodied, red and black fruit-filled finish.
Superbly refined, seriously elegant.
A homogeneous, well-balanced wine.
The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin in the mouth, a keen line of acidity, fine precision here with a mineral-rich finish that exudes terroir expression.
A harmonious and elegant wine showing no heaviness. A vintage that simply magnifies the noble character of the terroir.
Dense and fresh on the palate, very elegant, long, fairly strict.
Medium garnet-mauve colour, fragrant with crushed black raspberries, black cherries and blackcurrants, with hints of herbs, garrigue and aniseed.
Warm and fragrant vintage, notes of lime, hyacinth, grape. Robust wine, deep flavors, silky and noble tannins.
Elegant and expressive Margaux wine with black fruit, sweet spice, and cedar aromas. Velvety, rich palate with perfect balance.
Full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's rich but lively, with a deep core of fruit and an ample endowment of ripe, powdery tannins
Dense color, fine nose, complex, pure fruit, cedar notes. Mouth round, powerful. Middle fleshy, dense, rich in tannins. Exquisite finish, balanced, sublime tannic frame
A great Pauillac from the 2010 vintage, with aromas of black fruit, cedar and spices. Elegant, structured, rated up to 98+. To enjoy or keep for a long time.
Dense purple in colour, with a sweet bouquet of mocha, dark chocolate and crème de cassis. Full-bodied on the palate, with magnificent fruit and impressively full tannins.
A succulent, charming wine, the 2020 Lacoste-Borie bursts with aromas of sweet berries, cherries, crushed mint and creamy oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy palate.
notes of blackcurrant cordial, Black Forest cake and black raspberries, medium-bodied, the elegance and finesse on the palate is simply bedazzling, (...) Beautiful! robertparker.com