88/100 PP

"The excellent, fruit-driven 2005 from Du Retout is a supple, exuberant and expansive style of wine with more fruit and density than usual. It still possesses a still-youthfu...

"Bei Newton Vineyard lesen wir die Trauben ausschliesslich von Hand und vinifizieren alles in kleinsten Mengen separat. Um einen komplexen, lebendigen Charakter des finalen Weines bestmöglich zu er...

91/100 vinous

"San Giusto a Rentennano's 2005 Chianti Classico Riserva Le Baroncole is in a beautiful place. Game, smoke, sage, underbrush, tobacco, soy and floral scents meld into a c...

91/100 PP

"The 2005 Unfiltered Merlot is a beauty, dark ruby/purple with notes of cassis, plum, a hint of mocha, some truffle, and a long, full-bodied mouthfeel. There is tannin to she...

Ab 2019 der 3. Wein von Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou

90/100 PP

"A sleeper of the vintage as well as the finest wine I have yet tasted from this estate, Lalande-Borie is mad...

89+/100 PP

"A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, this is a relatively big 2005 and somewhat larger than usual for Chasse-Spleen. The wine offers fairly high ta...

94/100 PP

"The 2005 Shiraz “Albert” is an old vine cuvee sourced from 50- and 85-year-old vines. Saturated purple in color, it offers up aromas of pencil lead, scorched earth, smoked m...

Der weiße Chateau Musar wird aus den lokalen Sorten Obaideh (möglicherweise der Vorfahre des Chardonnay) und Merwah (verwandt mit Semillon) gekeltert.

"The Chateau Musar White 2005 is a beau...

91/100 PP

"Another “best ever” performance, the Grand-Puy-Ducasse is made in a charming style for a 2005 Pauillac. This deep ruby-hued, very concentrated, precocious, showy effort disp...

95/100 PP

"The 2005 Prado Enea Gran Reserva spends 36-months in oak, nine months in new oak after which it is racked into American oak that is “semi-new” (i.e. a new barrel that is “br...