Appellation: St. Emilion
RP Score: 100/100
Best Drink Period: 2016-2039
Suggested Decanting Time: 3 hours
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RegionBORDEAUX, France
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Grape90% Merlot
- 10% Cabernet Franc
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Bottle Size75CL
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ColourRed
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SweetnessDry
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BodyFull-Bodied
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Food MatchRoast Beef
- Lamb
- Stew
Critic Reviews
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate (June 2015)
It is a great effort and a superstar of the vintage. Dense purple, it offers notes of white chocolate, blackberry, cassis and licorice as well as a hint of truffle and some subtle background oak. Full-bodied, multi-layered, and spectacularly pure and rich, it is a tour de force, and a great tribute to an incredible woman.
James Suckling - WineSpectator.com (March 2006)
Aromas of blackberry, toasted oak and vanilla. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. So velvety. Seductive.
Stephen Tanzer - International Wine Cellar
Full ruby-red. Spectacularly ripe nose offers plum jam, minerals, licorice, mocha and a whiff of game, all lifted by exotic flowers. Explosively ripe and sweet in the mouth, with uncanny fullness and depth to the flavors of raspberry, smoke and milk chocolate. A blockbuster of a wine with a three-dimensional texture and outstanding weight but with almost magically ripe acidity giving great precision to the flavors and drawing out the finish. Incredible melting tannins saturate the palate and front teeth. Wonderfully suave wine, the best I've ever tasted from this chateau.
Michel Bettane - Decanter Magazine (April 2006)
A reconstruction of the great 1990 vintage, perhaps even with greater body and ageing potential. Marvellous truffle scent, huge body, noble tannins able to compete with the best first growths, and super-precise and harmonious balance. Great wine.