"Pikantes Bouquet mit vielschichtigen Gewürznoten nach Kardamom, Nelken, Pfeffer, Piment, Zimt und karibischer Vanille, darunter eine barock aufgefächterte, reiche Frucht nach roter Grütze, getrock...

88/100 PP

"Dark plum/garnet/ruby, with more color saturation than the 1989 or 1990, this wine has notes of new saddle leather intermixed with smoked beef, tapenade, vanilla, and an alm...

90-92/100 PP

"One of the more pigmented and denser colored 2013s, Leoville Barton is atypically forward and tasty at this stage of its development. It possesses a dense ruby/plum color...

93+/100 PP

"The 2018 Pinot Noir Monolith offers a deep, pure, intense but also refined and floral bouquet with plums, algae and tobacco leaf as well as elegant dark berry and cherry ar...

92/100 PP

"It is no longer an insider’s secret that the investments made by the Rothschild family (of Lafite) in Duhart Milon are paying big dividends. A shrewd Pauillac lover’s delight, it p...

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...

91/100 vinous

"The 1989 Grand-Puy Ducasse might be one of the best mature vintages of this Pauillac that I have ever tasted. Deep in colour, it has a well defined bouquet with blackber...

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...

88/100 PP

"Both vintages of L'Arrosee performed slightly better than my original tastings. The 1989 surprised me, as it had been consistently underwhelming in previous tastings. I am a...