Robert Parker 2/2012: 90 Punkte One of the cru bourgeois estates in the empire of Bernard Magrez, this may possibly be the best wine Les Grands Chenes has yet made. From old vines (average age...
Hochar Père et Fils Red is sometimes mistakenly referred to as the ‘second wine’ of Chateau Musar but this is not an accurate description. Rather than being made from ‘declassified’ grapes deemed unsu...
90/100 PP
"An outstanding blend of equal parts Barbera and Nebbiolo, the 1997 Monpra reveals the vintage's opulent personality. Opaque ruby/purple-colored, with a big, smoky, internationall...
90+/100 vinous
"Deep ruby red. Red raspberry, violet, lead pencil and spice on the nose; subtle oak tones. Fleshy and firm in the mouth, with the strong acidity of the vintage and a soli...
88-90/100 PP
"Leave it to the Theil family to again produce one of the sleepers of the vintage. A beauty, this 2002 possesses a dense ruby/purple color, sweet aromas of creme de cassis...
90-92/100 PP
"Tasted blind in a tough 1995 horizontal, this Cantemerle embarrassed some of the 'big names.' Not much on the nose. Some green pepper and under ripeness. Quite rich and t...
88/100 PP
"This charming, full-bodied 1999 is a sleeper of the vintage. It reveals beautiful, sweet fruit redolent with notes of raspberries, black currants, and spicy wood. The wine i...