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2009 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou
Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Ducru-Beaucaillou bursts from the glass with an amazing array of black fruit preserves and savory layers—crème de cas...
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2018 Chateau Mouton Rothschild
Deep garnet-purple colored, it straight away pops with bright, vivacious notes of crushed blackcurrants, juicy blackberries and redcurrant jelly wi...
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100
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2003 Chateau Lafite Rothschild
The 2003 Lafite Rothschild comes as close to perfection as any of the great Lafites made over the past three decades. It exhibits a dense ruby/purp...
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2005 Chateau Haut Brion
The mineral-laced 2005 Haut Brion (56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc) is exquisite. With its elegance and finesse, it is not...
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2016 Chateau Haut Brion (1500 ml)
The 2016 Haut-Brion is blended of 56% Merlot, 37.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6.5% Cabernet Franc. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the nose is a...
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1996 Chateau Margaux
It offers everything you desire from this First Growth. It is blessed with breathtaking delineation and freshness on the nose, understated at first...
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2005 Chateau Pape Clement
Dark in color, offering wonderful aromas of licorice, berry, fresh tobacco and currant, with Indian spices. Complex and full-bodied, with supersilk...
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2009 Petrus
Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2009 Petrus gives up glorious scents of preserved plums, redcurrant jelly, dried rose petals, blackberry compote...
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2010 M. Chapoutier Le Pavillon Ermitage Rouge
The red 2011 selections parcellaires are already fruit-forward and seductive. Readers should love them as they are much more evolved than the more ...
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2011 M. Chapoutier Le Meal Ermitage Blanc
Surprisingly, I preferred the 2011 Ermitage le Meal Blanc over the 2012 on this occasion and it showed a more flamboyant, sexy style in its caramel...
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2015 Harlan Estate
There were very small yields in this vintage—about 50% of normal production. The 2015 The Maiden (bottled in early 2018) is deep garnet-purple colo...
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2016 Chateau Cos d'Estournel
Deep garnet-purple colored and starts off a little closed and reticent, opening out slowly and seductively to reveal beautiful lilacs, rose hip tea...
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2016 Chateau Trotanoy (375 ml)
Composed of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Trotanoy is characteristically a little closed at this youthful stage, slowly unfurling to r...
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