19/20 René Gabriel

"Offenes, nach Passionsfrucht duftendes Bouquet, viel Aprikosen; weit ausladend. Im Gaumen sehr elegant, cremig, auch hier wieder einen sanft exotischen Hauch in der Fru...

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...

94/100 vinous

"The 1999 Monte Bello is gorgeous wine for current drinking, as all the elements have melded together nicely with the passage of time. Cedar, smoke, leather and dried her...

90-92/100 PP

"One-hundred percent new oak was employed for this blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. The 1999 l\'Evangile is sweet, with low acidity, ripe tannin, and a seamless, hedon...

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"This property has come of age over the last five or six years and is now routinely one of the better wines of Pomerol. Its 16-acre vineyard is strategically well placed between Trotanoy and Latour...

Die durchschnittlich 40 Jahre alten Reben des Pinot Noir SD stammen aus der Steilage Bühlertäler Engelsfselsen. Eine maschinelle Bearbeitung des bis zu 75 Prozent steilen Hanges ist nicht möglich. Der...

95/100 PP

"The 1999 Pavie is a candidate for "wine of the vintage". It boasts an opaque ruby/purple color in addition to gorgeous aromas of crushed minerals, smoke, licorice, cherry li...

93/100 PP

"The beautiful 1999 Mouton Rothschild may be a modern day clone of their 1962 or 1985. Its saturated ruby/purple color is followed by sumptuous aromas of cedar wood, creme de cass...