93/100 vinous

"The 2001 Pichon Baron has less fruit intensity on the nose compared to the 2000, and more red fruit, laced with smoke and blood orange – traits that I have noted on prev...

92/100 PP

"This traditionally run Bodegas estate bottles all of its wines. The 1989 Castillo y Gay Grand Reserva Especial, which represents 25% of the estate's production, and is produ...

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...

93+/100 PP

"The limited production but phenomenal 2004 Cote Rotie La Belle Helene is one of the candidates for the wine of the vintage. Tannic and dense ruby/purple, it is more masculine...

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...

"Cabernet sauvignon used to exist in Provence before phylloxera. Blended with syrah it would produce excellent wines. The two grape varieties associated with the limestone terroir of the domain giv...

19/20 René Gabriel

"55 % Merlot, 42 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 % Cabernet Franc. Mitteldunkles Granat-Rubin. Nobles, verhaltenes Bouquet, Erdnoten, Trüffel, Tabak, Zedernholz und trockene Bac...

18/20 René Gabriel

"16: Er war in einer Serie zwischen dem Giscours und Margaux - alle auch von 2001! Mir gefiel er am Besten und er hatte am meisten Druck in der Nase. So richtig saufig! (18...