93+/100 PP
"The 2010 Merlot e Cabernet Franc Altrovino is beautiful in this vintage. Dark cherries, plums, graphite and grilled herbs come to life as layers of fruit build to the huge,...
93/100 PP
"The deep crimson-colored 2006 Quinta Sardonia gives up an aromatic array of cedar, Asian spices, incense, and blackberry. Savory and supple on the palate, it has enough unde...
"Wir nennen unseren Terra di Monteverro gerne den kleinen Bruder unseres Spitzenweins Monteverro. Denn der Terra wird aus den gleichen Rebsorten – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc und Pet...
90/100 PP
"The 1999 Sociando-Mallet is an unusually structured, extracted wine in this generally rather forward vintage. Offering up aromas of cassis, cherries and loamy soil, framed b...
"From 1973 to 1982, Walter Schug crafted some of California’s most memorable Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux-style blends as the founding winemaker for Joseph Phelps Vineyards. In this legacy we c...
17/20 René Gabriel
"13: Getrockneter Pflaumentrester, etwas Torf, Rosinen, wirkt etwas trockener, respektive weniger süss als andere, vergleichbare 90er. Eher leichter Gaumen, zeigt feine...
18/20 René Gabriel
"16: Eine unerwartet dunkle Farbe anzeigend, wenig Reife. Geniales, dichtes, noch jung wirkendes Bouquet, deutliche dunkle Medoc-Cabernetnote vermittelnd, zarte Minz...
90/100 PP
"The 2013 Smith-Haut-Lafitte has a composed and quite refined bouquet, certainly one of the best that I have encountered on the Left Bank, with wild strawberry mixed with ced...
90/100 PP
"Once again this estate revealed its excellent quality/price ratio. As one taster so appropriately stated after learning the identity of both the 1989 and 1990 Sociando-Malle...