A firm dark ruby/purple-colored wine with notes of compost black currants espresso roast and some soy this medium to full-bodied relatively powerful and concentrated wine shows elevated levels of tannin which have kept me...

(94 - 96 points) An exceptional wine, the 2002 Clos Vougeot (harvested at 14.2% natural potential alcohol) explodes from the glass with aromas of coffee-laced black cherries, spices, and blackberries. Medium to...

Lovely expression of fruit and terroir. Cherry jam, licorice and spice aromas and flavors mingle with a velvety texture and solid tannins in this pure, elegant red. Good proportions and a fine length. Best from 2008...

Plenty of juicy, sour cherry and raspberry notes, matched to a vivid structure. Really elegant, offering ripe tannins but very lively acidity. Subtle length on the finish. Drink now through 2009. 970 cases made, 400 cases...

Surprisingly lively and fresh, this is still a seriously impressive wine. The high proportion of Semillon is now coming to dominate the Sauvignon, to give a wine that is finely shaped, full of creamy flavors of wood and...

Bubbling over with crushed berries, currants and spices, with tobacco notes. Beautiful. Full-bodied, with gorgeously velvety tannins and a long finish of pretty fruit. This is a racy yet elegant Lafite. Classy. Best after...

The saturated ruby/plum-tinged 2002 reveals a tight but promising nose of underbrush new saddle leather damp earth black currants and cherries. It is a strongly structured potent effort with medium to full body and...

Tasted blind at Farr’s 2002 Bordeaux tasting. This has a ripe nose with brambly black fruits, just a hint of farmyard brett, with hints of wild heather and peat. Very good lift and vigour. A medium-bodied palate, very...

The 2002 Lynch-Bages is showing brilliantly, after a four-hour double decant, wafting from the glass with an utterly classic nose of cassis and loamy soil mingled with hints of cedar and oak vanillin. Medium to...

Very pretty aromas of blackberries spices and milk chocolate. Medium- to full-bodied with a solid core of fruit and a silky mouthfeel. Still tight but refined and long. Just as I remember.--Non-blind Château Montrose...

Gorgeous subtle aromas of crushed raspberries and light vanilla with hints of spices. Medium- to full-bodied with wonderfully seductive silky tannins. Beautiful slinky finish. Pétrus is very fine indeed in this vintage...

These most recent two bottles of the 2002 Clos des Goisses were both magnificent. The wine is starting to really drink with great style at age twelve, and though it remains early days in the evolution of this wine, it is...

Tasted blind at the Valandraud vertical at the property, the 2002 Valandraud has a slightly foursquare bouquet at first, but it seems to gain focus and precision in the glass, a mixture of red and black fruit, orange zest...