94/100 PP

"This wine has always tasted superb. Still a dark purple/garnet color, it offers an exotic bouquet of roasted coffee, caramelized herbs, sweet cassis, blackberries, chocolate...

92+/100 PP

"A big, backward, full-bodied Pomerol, the 2000 Gazin appears to have added weight as well as structure. Still young, it exhibits beautiful notes of sandy, loamy soil interm...

"Pavillon Rouge 1989 possesses all the qualities of this outstanding vintage : concentration, richness and roundness. It is very enjoyable to drink now, but it can of course be kept for a few more...

93/100 JS

"Very fresh still with a licorice and floral character that turned to sweet tobacco and plums. Full and silky, with ripe and fine tannins"
(James Suckling, jamessucklin...

"Pavillon Rouge 1989 possesses all the qualities of this outstanding vintage : concentration, richness and roundness. It is very enjoyable to drink now, but it can of course be kept for a few more...

95/100 WS

"Lots of enticing richness here, with plush suede-coated tannins embedded deeply in a core of fig, blackberry and boysenberry confiture flavors so that the overall impression is...

93/100 PP

"A huge success for this demanding year, this sleeper of the vintage boasts a deep purple color as well as a sweet perfume of creme de cassis, licorice, white chocolate, and new woo...

95/100 PP

"It is not unusual that the 2009 La Lagune is a spectacular effort given the fact that this estate has been making terrific wines over the last decade or more. It boasts a de...

96/100 PP

"This wine continues to get better and better and is certainly one of the great successes in what is a profound vintage for Bordeaux. While the wine still tastes young, it is...

93/100 vinous

"Bright red with an amber rim. Knockout high-pitched aromas and flavors of blackcurrant, blackberry, spices, licorice and violet, plus a note of crushed stone. Silky-smoo...