Wine Spectator: Delivers wonderful dark chocolate, with raspberry and currant undertones. Full-bodied, featuring soft, silky tannins and a long finish. Very tight still. Needs time. Very laye...

Wine Spectator: Warm and exciting wine from a slightly frigid vintage. Black ruby color. Rich and powerful nose, with loads of currant, smoke and tobacco. Full-bodied and silky, polished and ...

About this Wine: "Monbousquet is a blend of 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks and the wine is...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: ...Its opaque purple color is followed by a glorious nose of candied black fruits, graphite, licorice, and underbrush. It is full-bodied and sumptuous, possessing amazing extr...

Wine Spectator: Delivers sweet tobacco and plum aromas, with a lovely richness. Full-bodied, featuring lots of cedar, tobacco, chocolate and berry character. Long and silky in the palate. The...

Wine Spectator: Serious red. Black licorice and spices, with hints of coffee. Medium- to full-bodied, with juicy tannins and a coffee, mocha aftertaste. Needs a bit more fruit in the midpalat...

Wine Spectator: Delivers cooked berries, with light cream aromas that turn to tobacco and cedar. Full-bodied, featuring big, yet well-integrated tannins and a chewy finish. Needs time still t...

Wine Spectator: Tight and rich. Gorgeous, subtle aromas of blackberry, milk chocolate and licorice. Full-bodied, with a good core of fruit and silky tannins. Long and racy. Serious Lafleur...

Wine Spectator: A wine with harmony. Extremely aromatic, with violet, berry and spice character. Medium- to full-bodied, with fine, silky tannins and a long berry, vanilla aftertaste. A bit m...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Readers need to pay increasing attention to the efforts of the young Emmanuel Cruse, who has racheted up the level of d'Issan's quality.The finest d'Issan in 25-30 years, this...

Wine Spectator: Pleasant red, with berry, cherry and floral character, medium to light body and a crisp finish. Not up to the normal quality of Trot, but a nice drink. Drink now through 2006....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. Aromas of currant, mocha and roasted oak, along with a whiff of prune. Very sweet, layered and opulent; utterly silky and suave. Very long, expanding finish features...

Wine Spectator: Gorgeous aromas of blackberries, violets and currants lead to this full-bodied wine with velvety tannins. Lovely finish delivers a juicy berry aftertaste...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of tobacco, berry and cedar follow through to a medium-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a silky finish. Best after 2003. 25,830 cases made. –JS

Wine Spectator: Gorgeous blackberries, currants and spices on the nose. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a luscious aftertaste. Second wine of Margaux. Best after 2004. 16,665 cases made....

Wine Spectator: Lots of new wood, with smoky, tobacco and cedar character. Medium-bodied, with plenty of berry and tobacco character and a medium, succulent finish. Very good Baron...

Wine Spectator: Features blackberry and mulberry, with hints of mint on the nose. Medium-bodied, offering fine tannins and a milk chocolate, berry and light vanilla aftertaste. Ready to go.-'...

Wine Spectator: Blueberry and fresh spearmint aromas follow through to a full body, with a good amount of plum, meat and mushroom character on the palate.-'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of tobacco, tea and berries, with hints of meat and dust. Medium-bodied, with polished tannins and a fresh and fruity finish. Still rustic. Better than when in barrel, ...

About this Wine: The unique encepagement and the twelve hectares of vines situated on the soils of St Julien endow the wines of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande with an exception...