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Couhin-Lurton Blanc 2001 Cru Classe de Graves, AOC Pessac-Leognan
A beautiful, pure
100% Sauvignon, the 2001 Couhins-Lurton offers opulent
notes of grapefruit, honeysuckle, melons, and figs.
It is a light to medium-bodied, well-delineated, crisp
white with a long finish.
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91 points: Robert Parker
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La Louviere 1996 ** Limited Stocks ** AOC Pessac-Leognan
Dark ruby/ purple-colored,
ripe 1996 exhibits an excellent combination of sweet
black currant fruit meshed with notes of Provencal
olives, liquorice, smoke and toasty new oak. With
medium to full body, excellent sweetness, and a layered,
concentrated finish.
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87
points: Robert Parker
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La Louviere 1997 ** Limited Stocks ** AOC Pessac-Leognan
The 1997 is evolved,
with low acidity, as well as intense black cherry
and cassis fruit intertwined with smoky, toasty new
oak scents. Fleshy and forward, with medium body and
rich fruitiness.
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85-87
points: Robert Parker
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La Louviere 1998 AOC Pessac-Leognan
Dark ruby/purple-colored
with a classic scorched earth, smoky, black cherry,
and currant-scented bouquet. Medium-bodied, with sweet
tannin, well-integrated acidity, and excellent flavours
as well as richness.
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88
points: Robert Parker
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La Louviere 2000 AOC Pessac-Leognan
Ruby/purple-colored
with plenty of earthy, black currant, vanilla, graphite,
licorice and smoky cherry aromas as well as flavours.
Medium-bodied with sweet tannin, good acidity, and
a long concentrated finished.
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90
points: Robert Parker
- 91
points: Wine
Spectator
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Tour De Segur 2002 (1500ml) AOC St.
Emilion
Bright red in color
with fruity and spicy flavors. The wine is full and
velverty on the palate, coupled with mellow tannins.
Full and agreeable final.
This is a big, corpulent,
powerful wine that may be short on charm and finesse,
but compensates with its full-bodied, macho display
of fruit, glycerin, and tannin. The saturated ruby/purple
color is accompanied by a chewy, thick, highly extracted,
moderately tannic Margaux.
- 88-90
points: Robert Parker
- 91
points: Wine
Spectator
This is one of the
finest Dauzacs to date. The 1999's opaque purple color
is followed by aromas and flavors of black currant
and blueberry fruit, Asian spices, minerals, smoke,
and toasty new oak. It is powerful and extracted,
with low acidity.
- 88-90
points: Robert Parker
- 89
points: Wine Spectator
A well-made, deep ruby/purple-tinged
wine with notes of dried herbs, damp earth, incense
and new saddle leather, this is a heady, attractive,
fruit-driven wine with moderate structure behind its
initial attack.
- 88-90points: Robert Parker
Clos
Fourtet 1998
Premier Grand Cru Classe, AOC St.
Emilion
A strong effort from
Clos Fourtet, the dark ruby/purple-colored 1998 offers
pure blackberry and cherry aromas with subtle wood
and licorice in the background. Medium-bodied, exceptionally
pure, with low acidity as well as silky tannin.
- 90
points: Robert Parker
Clos
Fourtet 2000
Premier Grand Cru Classe, AOC St.
Emilion
A saturated dark
plum/purple color characterizes this full-bodied effort.
This impressive, dense wine displays plenty of power
as well as notes of charcoal, blackberry jam, licorice,
and toasty new oak.
- 90
points: Robert Parker
Clos
Fourtet 2001
Premier Grand Cru Classe, AOC St.
Emilion
An up and coming
estate in the St.-Emilion firmament thanks to a new
owner, the 2001 Clos Fourtet appears to be even better
than the 2000. Aromas of blackberries, camphor, and
sweet toasty oak emerge from this medium to full-bodied,
heady, seductive, rich, luscious St.-Emilion. Loaded
with fruit and extract, there is not a hard edge to
be found in this beautifully textured, plump, sexy
offering.
- 91
points: Robert Parker
From the House of Gianni
Gagliardo
Preve Barolo DOCG 1996
A pretty wine, with
coffee, cherry and meat character. Full-bodied, with
soft tannins and a medium finish.
The 1996 Barolo Preve
is a full-bodied, classically textured and flavored
wine with savory cedar, cigar box, and black cherries
intertwined with melted road tar. Rich, fleshy, and
purely made.
The 1997 Barolo Preve
is a fat, layered wine with low acidity and powerful
cherry liqueur, spice box, fruit cake as well as dried
herb aromas and flavors. There is good purity in addition
to a rich, fleshy mouth-feel.
- 87-89
points: Robert Parker
- 85 points: Wine Spectator
Preve Barolo DOCG 1990 **Limited Stocks**
Garnet red with light
orange reflections. Intense and pleasant, sweet spicyness,
different notes with the different levels of evolution.
On the palate, the taste is particularly delicate
and lightly tannic, at the same time full and austere.
- 90
points: Wine Spectator
Almaviva 2002 (Taste
notes not available)
La Tour Figeac 1996 (Taste
notes not available)
La Tour Figeac 1999
This medium-bodied
St.-Emilion is a pleasant, straight forward effort
with, smoky, roasted herb and currant fruit. It has
good purity and sweet fruit.
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86 points: Robert Parker
Ch Pichon Baron 1993
An evolved dark garnet
color is followed by vegetal, green pepper-like aromas,
and some sweet, redcurranty fruit.
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84 points: Robert Parker
Clos du Marquis 2000
A terrific Clos du
Marquis, and clearly of second or third-growth quality,
this dark purple-colored wine reveals structure, brooding
backwardness, and rich, expansive character. The wine
exhibits plenty of sweet kirsch black currant fruit
intermixed with high quality, subtle new oak, and
steely, mineral characteristics. Rich and medium to
full-bodied, with ripe tannin, this is a dazzling
Clos du Marquis.
