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1996 Chateau Pichon-Lalande Tasting Note
The 1996 Pichon-Lalande is just as awesome from bottle as it was from multiple cask tastings. For Pichon-Lalande, the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon is atypically high. This wine normally contains 35-50% Merlot in the blend, but the 1996 is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot. Only 50% of the estate's production made it into the grand vin. The color is a saturated ruby/purple. The nose suggests sweet, nearly overripe Cabernet Sauvignon, with its blueberry/blackberry/cassis scents intermixed with high quality, subtle, toasty new oak. Deep and full-bodied, with fabulous concentration and a sweet, opulent texture, this wine was singing in full harmony when I tasted it in January. Given the wine's abnormally high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, I would suspect it will close down. It possesses plenty of tannin, but the wine's overwhelming fruit richness dominates its personality. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2025.
96 points Robert Parker
1996 Chateau Pichon-Lalande
Price: TBC | Per Case: £1,700.00ib/12
1997 Chateau Cos' D'Estournel Tasting Note
Forty percent of the harvest made it into this flattering, delicious wine with abundant charm and herb-tinged, blackberry and cherry fruit. A dark ruby color is accompanied by a medium-bodied, appealing St.-Estephe. A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Merlot, it should drink well for 7-8 years.
87 points Robert Parker
1997 Chateau Cos' D'Estournel
Price: TBC | Per Case: £675.00ib/12
1997 Chateau Leoville-Barton Tasting Note
The elegant, spice box, cedary, oaky, red and black currant-scented and flavored 1997 Leoville Barton reveals surprising softness, medium body, low acidity, and ripe tannin. Drink it over the next decade. I would not be surprised to see it improve in the bottle, and possibly merit a higher score.
86 points Robert Parker
1997 Chateau Leoville-Barton
Price: TBC | Per Case: £450.00ib/12
2001 Chateau Brane-Cantenac Tasting Note
This pure, elegant Margaux offers intensely fragrant aromas of melted licorice, black currants, and smoked herbs in a medium-bodied, deep ruby/purple-colored style. A classic Margaux with good purity, but not the size, depth, or power of the 2000, it is a finesse-styled effort with impressive balance. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2014.
89 points Robert Parker
2001 Chateau Brane-Cantenac
Price: TBC | Per Case: £425.00ib/12
2001 Chateau Pontet CAnet Tasting Note
One of the great estates of the Medoc, Pontet-Canet has enjoyed increasing attention as well as a draconian selection process by owner Albert Tesseron ever since his breakthrough vintage of 1994. The 2001 does not possess the power of the 2000 or the huge 2003, but it is still a very fine albeit tannic, lighter wine. A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, and small percentages of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it was produced from modest yields of 37 hectoliters per hectare. Revealing classic cassis aromas, medium to full body, a firm structure with plenty of finesse, a closed personality, and dominant as well as intrusive tannin, it should age well for 12-20 years, but patience will be required. Certainly the concentration appears up to the level of the tannin. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2017.
89 points Robert Parker
2001 Chateau Pontet CAnet
Price: TBC | Per Case: £700.00ib/12
2003 Chateau du Tertre Tasting Note
This dark ruby/purple-colored, luscious, soft, already complex 2003 offers alluring notes of smoked herbs, black cherry jam, camphor, white chocolate, and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, silky-textured, heady, and impossible to resist, it can be drunk now and over the next 12-14 years.
90 point Robert PArker
2003 Chateau du Tertre
Price: TBC | Per Case: £310.00ib/12
2003 Chateau Ferriere
Price: TBC | Per Case: £285.00ib/12
2003 Chateau Fourcas-Dupre Tasting Note
A strong effort for Fourcas Dupre, this dense ruby/purple-hued 2003 possesses earthy black currant fruit interwoven with hints of underbrush and tree bark as well as an attractive texture, medium body, low acidity, and a long, slightly tannic finish. Consume it over the next decade.
87-89 points Robert Parker
2003 Chateau Fourcas-Dupre
Price: TBC | Per Case: £140.00ib/12
2003 Chateau Haut Bages Liberal Tasting Note
A dark ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of cassis, herbs, and underbrush in this spicy, moderately oaky Pauillac. Bitter tannins in the finish make a final judgment somewhat cautionary. Two to three years of cellaring may be beneficial, but whether the fruit or the tannin will last the longest remains questionable. Proceed with caution.
87 points Robert Parker
2003 Chateau Haut Bages Liberal
Price: TBC | Per Case: £265.00ib/6 magnums
2003 Chateau Pichon Lalande Tasting Note
The brilliant, opulent, fleshy 2003 Pichon Lalande (65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot) possesses a high pH of 3.8 as well as 13% alcohol. Reminiscent of the 1982 Pichon Lalande (which never shut down and continues to go from strength to strength), the dense plum/purple-colored 2003 offers gorgeous aromas of blackberries, plum liqueur, sweet cherries, smoke, and melted licorice. Fleshy, full-bodied, and intense, displaying a seamless integration of wood, acidity, tannin, and alcohol, this beauty can be drunk now or cellared for 20 years or more.
95 points Robert Parker
2003 Chateau Pichon Lalande
Price: TBC | Per Case: £1,000.00ib/12
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