92/100 PP \"Even better from bottle than from cask, and one of the finest wines of the vintage, this dense purple-colored 2002 reveals wonderfully sweet notes of charcoal, fresh mushrooms, smoke, ea"...
91/100 PP \"This opaque purple-colored, muscular, full-bodied, classically made St.-Julien displays impressive concentration, chewy, highly-extracted flavors of black fruits, iron, earth, and spicy"...
19/20 René Gabriel
92+/100 PP
"This is an impressively endowed vin de garde that should age effortlessly for 20-30 years. How Anthony Barton continues to fashion uncompromisingly pri...
90/100 PP
"One of the truly fun characters of Piedmont has once again turned in this superlative performance. The 1993 Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra offers up truffle, earthy, spicy arom...
92/100 PP
"Consistent from bottle (I tasted it three times), this is an outstanding offering, although not quite at the prodigious level of the 2000. Civilized and approachable for a young...
19/20 René Gabriel
"19: Die Farbe wirkt noch sehr jung und zeigt in der Mitte noch viel violette Reflexe. Der Ansatz ist nicht mehr ganz so wuchtig wie in seinen Jugendjahren. Die Frucht i...
93/100 PP The 1996 Leoville Barton appears more youthful than the 1996 Langoa Barton in the glass with a healthy deep garnet core. The aromatics unfurl gracefully in the glass revealing briary, wild...
89+/100 PP
18/20 René Gabriel
"Fein aufhellendes Weinrot, zarter Reifeschimmer am Rand. Genialer, vielschichtiger Duft, erst süssliche Pflaumentöne, viel Zedern, dominikanischer Taba...
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95/100 PP
"isgorged in July 2019, Bollinger's 2012 Brut La Grande Année is showing well, offering up an incipiently complex bouquet of crisp yellow orchard fruit, fresh peach, orange o...