Wine Spectator: This is wonderfully pure and unadorned, with a thoroughly engaging, vibrant beam of linzer torte and steeped cherry notes coursing along, with only embers of singed spice and ...

Wine Spectator: Lightly mulled plum and blackberry fruit is woven with singed wood spice and black tea leaf notes, while a roasted alder wood accent takes over on the finish. Needs to mellow ...

Wine Spectator: Solidly built, with notes of singed vanilla bean and a flicker of espresso framing the core of plum, red currant and steeped cherry fruit. Toasty but sleek, with a perfumy edg...

Wine Spectator: Very bright and lively, with lots of verbena, lime and white peach flavors harnessed for now by a blanched almond note. Really pure, with a flash of shortbread on the lengthy ...

Wine Spectator: Offers a mix of dark black currant and bright damson plum fruit flavors, intertwined with singed mesquite and bergamot notes. The long, taut finish should flesh out with modes...

Wine Spectator: This has a creamy melon frame, but the core of verbena, straw and tarragon is vibrant and lively, showing nice cut and a lingering quinine edge on the finish. Sémillon, Sauvig...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Made from a similar blend, with slightly more Cabernet Sauvignon and less Merlot, the slightly austere 2008 exhibits black currant, herb and damp earth characteristics. Consum...

Wine Spectator: A blockbuster wine for this appellation, with masses of fruit and velvety tannins, toasty oak and chocolate. 75 percent Merlot, 25 percent Cabernet Franc and 5 percent Caberne...

Wine Spectator: This dense red delivers a deep well of black cherry, currant and plum flavors, with tobacco, chocolate and toast. The firm tannins are well-integrated, and the finish is smoky...

Wine Spectator: Solid, if a touch chewy along the edges right now, as briar, cocoa and licorice snap notes are out in front of the core of pastis-soaked plum and blackberry fruit. There's lot...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A major sleeper of the vintage, this blend of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is another "best ever" performance. Notes of tobacco leaf, hot rocks, sweet kirsch and ...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, fleshy style, with lots of fig and mulled blackberry and blueberry fruit. Good toast and ganache notes thread this together, with a muscular feel on the finish. An ove...

Wine Spectator: A bold, modern style, with overt spice aromatics and mouthfilling blueberry compote, plum sauce and fig paste flavors. Dark anise and graphite fill in on the finish. Not shy, ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark red. Very ripe aromas of plum, blueberry jam and licorice. Tactile, plush and slightly liqueur-like, but a saline quality and good limestone lift leaven the wine's sweetn...

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Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Aromas of crushed blackberry and musky espresso. Dense, lush and supple, with the spicy dark berry flavors accented by pepper, licorice and herbs. Plenty of f...

Mike Supple: Opaque purple core with a ruby rim. Pretty floral aromas over dark plum, cassis and cherry fruits with a toasted biscuit note, all accented by fresh anise. The palate is rich ...

About this Wine: Surface of the exploitation:    30 ha
Density of plantation:    5500 vines/ hectare
Average Age of the stocks:    27-30 year...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good ruby-red. Sexy aromas of black cherry and minerals. Supple, sweet and easygoing if a bit reduced today. In a round, slightly chunky style. Finishes with decent purity of ...

Wine Enthusiast: Made by the winemaking team at Cos d'Estournel, this is a very soft, generous wine that burst with fruit in the mouth. The structure is easy, gently tannic but not more. The p...