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"This packs some serious density for the vintage, with layers of braised fig, blackberry pâte de fruit and dark currant paste, all inlaid with live...

"The purity of Cabernet Sauvignon fruit is what impresses here. Subtle and energetic plum and currant aromas follow through to a gorgeously harmoni...

"Roederer Estates had owned Pichon Comtesse for three years prior to the 2009 vintage with Gildas d'Ollone as managing director and Thomas Do-Chi-N...

"Cedar, cinnamon, tobacco, cassis and rose notes. It's heady and confident stuff that I've tasted several times over the past few months and have b...

"Quite the bottle here! Spices, such as nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as dried meat and plums with cedar and sandalwood. Full body. Deep and dense i...

"Powerful, rich, tannins that are chewy and physical in the mouth. Liquourice bud, turmeric root, cloves, rose stems, with tight blackcurrant and s...

"The 2008 Lynch-Bages is deep in color with minor aging on the rim. The nose is well-defined but demands coaxing, almost reluctantly revealing blac...

"This extravagantly perfumed wine has great juicy, ripe fruits. The tannic structure is almost secondary in the welter of ripe fruits, but it is en...

"This shows lots of opulent aromas of ripe fruit, light toasted oak, walnut and dried meat. It’s full-bodied, with chewy tannins and plenty of frui...

"Pure perfection, and reminding me slightly of the 1982, the 2009 Château Mouton Rothschild boasts an opaque ruby hue as well as an incredibly perf...

"A subtle whiff of exotic fruit can be found on the lightly wooded aromas of mineral reduction, citrus peel, ginger root and acacia blossom. There ...

"This is the largest cuvee of the domaine. The wine is sourced from both sides of appellation, about 1/3 is from below Chassagne- Montrachet Morgeo...

"Its bigger sister, the 2000 Haut-Brion (a blend of 51% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc) showed incredibly at the tasti...

"Pure perfection and one of truly legendary wines out there, the 2010 is 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc that hi...

"I found the 2020 Grands Echézeaux equally as impressive in bottle as I had out of the barrel. The wine, however, was different – initially relativ...

"Yes, there is power to this wine. But more than that, it exudes authority; a dense and solid wine with an impressive presence and texture. It has ...

"A terrific wine for the vintage, Latour's 1993 reveals an opaque purple color, a backward, cedar, black walnut, cassis, and earth-scented nose, me...

"The 1996 Chateau Margaux, a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc, must be a strong contender for win...

"The nose on this seems more concentrated than the 2000, and the purity of fruit is stunning, with blueberries, raspberries, fresh flowers, and hin...

"1995 Calon Segur offered cassis, earth, spice and tobacco aromas. Full bodied, powerful and tannic in style. Still young, this robust, masculine s...

A delicate bouquet of mineral-infused red pinot and dark berry fruit, accented by hints of violet and subtle wood, introduces this wine. Rich, deta...

"Ready to go, medium bodied, with a fresh, kirsch, spice and garrigue nose, there is a lot of freshness in the sweet, ripe, spicy, peppery, red ber...

"Dense, dark, deep, intense, long, and full-bodied, the wine is continuing to develop, flesh out, soften, and add complexities. Now, you find earth...

"Composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, the medium to deep garnet-brick colored 2000 Ducru-Beaucaillou charges out of the gate with fla...

"The 1996 Leoville Barton appears more youthful than the 1996 Langoa Barton in the glass with a healthy deep garnet core. The aromatics unfurl grac...

"Made from a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon/20% Merlot, slightly sweeter. The wine's bouquet offers aromas of ripe berry fruit intermixed with min...

Wonderfully fruity with prominent notes of cherry and blueberry. Evolving into a spicier profile, the initial intensity softens, revealing a caress...

"Paired up with the 1990 at our vertical tasting, the more powerful and flamboyant side of the 1989 comes through rather dramatically. Along with t...

"Freshly picked blackberries turn into minty dark chocolate and oozing caramel with domineering eucalyptus on the nose. It becomes yet more complex...

"The wine is an opaque ruby-red color. The nose is closed & cedary with hints of black-fruit. The palate has a lovely, rich, ripe, pure redcurr...

Terroir: Clay-limestone, clay-sand at the foot of the slope. Vineyard area currently in production: 19.5 hectares (48 acres) Grape varieties: 50% M...

"Fully mature, fading, medium-bodied with more cedar, tobacco, herb, leaf, forest floor and cigar box than red fruit on the nose and palate. This r...

"Dense and beautifully ripe, this is a rounded rich wine. It focuses on the tropical yellow-fruit spectrum. That gives a full wine with wood-spice ...

"A ripe, toasty wine, very buttery. It has rich, almost sweet yellow fruit balanced with a wonderful mineral texture. The wine, of course, is still...

"Still remarkably dark, intense and youthful in appearance, this Mouton shows more flamboyant characters on the nose than other vintages, with spic...

"The 1990 Château Margaux is really beginning to hit its stride at age 31, soaring from the glass with aromas of blackberries and cassis mingled wi...

"The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the 'wine of the vintage.' The normal production of 4,500 cases was severely reduced to o...

"Sensual and pure on the nose, this offers gorgeous, pixelated red fruit blossoming in the glass with inkwell and violet hints. The palate is lace-...