94/100 PP
"A spectacular wine, and one that could have been bought for a song when it was released, this blend of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot was cropped at 33 hectoliters per hec...
94/100 Falstaff
93/100 PP
"The opulent 2003 Ornellaia (60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot) presents a dramatic contrast to the 2004 in its sup...
92-95/100 vinous
"Good red-ruby. Classic aromas of black cherry and minerals. Dense, lush and compellingly sweet, with superb depth of dark berry, graphite and mineral flavors. The tin...
Ein "Supertoskaner" vom Feinsten! Gekeltert aus 50 % Cabernet Sauvignon und 50% Merlot, teilt er das Schicksal der anderen "Supertoskaner" (Tignanello, Ormellaia, Solaia,...) und ist nur als Landwein...
93+/100 PP
"A powerhouse effort from this small classified growth St.-Julien estate, the 2003's thick, unctuous-looking purple color is accompanied by an explosive perfume of cigar tobacco,...
95/100 PP
"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 o...
93/100 PP
"The estate's 2003 Turriga is a more linear, structured wine than the Korem. A bold, racy wine, it reveals sweeping elegance in its focused black fruit, bacon fat and wild he...
93/100 PP
"I was surprised by how soft, opulent, even voluptuous the 2001 Cheval Blanc performed out of bottle as this estate´s wines tend to shut down when young. Its deep ruby/purple colo...
92/100 WT
"Deutlich weiter und eigentlich schon voll da der 2003 Hochheimer Reichestal Spätburgunder trocken RR, bei dem man deutlich das heiße Jahr spürt. Die dichteste Farbe der drei Weine,...
94/100 PP
"Sociando-Mallet is the poster child for what cru bourgeois estates can achieve. This is a wine that is consistently of classified-growth quality and also one of the longest lived...