Decanter, 94 points: Controlled power, gorgeous complexity – a really beautiful wine. The tannins feel fine, well expressed and well balanced, holding the fruit without strangling it, with a gorgeous touch of St-Julien flair and finesse. An...
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Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: There is a lightness about this vintage of Mouton Rothschild. It doesn't take away from its quality but does give the wine poise and an attractive lift. The wine is based on solid tannins, then the ripe fruit builds...
Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: As so often with Montrose, this is a powerful, concentrated and very structured wine. Dense tannins are paired with rich black fruits, although at this stage the wine also has a sense of austerity. Power, severity and...
Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: (94-96). Barrel sample. Showing a judicious blend of new wood and ripe fruit, this is a wine that has a creamed-apple texture. It's full of bright grapefruit, sweet apple and green plum flavors.
Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: Big tannins and impressive fruits are the hallmarks of this impressive wine. It is also subtle, not showing all its flavors at once, hiding beneath tannins and structure. For this fruity vintage, it shows a strong sense...
View From The Cellar, 95 points: 95+ As I noted in November, it was possible that I was underrating the wine a touch at the Salon de Gevrey tasting, as that sample was probably taken from a new barrel which would have been a bit more evolved in the...
Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: (WE93-95 points) A firm and tannic wine, it has the weight to support its tannins. It's balanced, solid and dense, with a powerful shot of black fruits.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Similarly styled to the Suis l'Etoile bottling, yet a completely different blend, the 2011 La Larme de L'Âme is 70% Syrah, 20% Carignan and 10% Grenache that saw 24 months in older demi-muid. It’s a massive wine that has...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (91-92) Scents of creme de cassis, chocolate, and nutmeg entice from the glass of Liger-Belair’s 2011 Moulin-a-Vent La Roche, though the torrefactive aspect here is no doubt prompted in large part by the wine’s low-sulfur...
Burghound, 95 points: (BH92-95 points) A discreet hint of wood allows the slightly riper and definitely more sauvage aromas of earth, humus, dark berries and soft spice notes to shine. There is excellent power to the robust and...
Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: This is typical of the ripe and opulent style of this property with superripe black currant fruit. It's concentrated in flavor, but also structured with smooth tannins. It's a wine both for short-term fruitiness and...
Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, 90 points: This is the first vintage of Jacques Thienpont's new wine, over the border in St-Émilion. Eight hectares of 30-year-old vines, harvested three weeks later than at Le Pin. 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Spicy, ripe and...
Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: (WE95-97 points) Barrel sample. Showing new wood spice, this rich and full-bodied wine also has weighty fruit, with creamy and herbaceous qualities.
Wine Enthusiast, 93 points: This complex wine has rich tannins and layers of new wood atop dark black berries. At the same time, it is rounding out well, offering spice, sweet acidity and a terse freshness that is infectious. It's a very fruity wine...
jamessuckling.com, 93 points: Fabulous aromas of crushed berries, black truffles and cocoa. Full body with super-integrated tannins and a beautiful finish. This is fantastic for the second wine of Lafleur although the owner says the wine comes from a...
Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: A solidly structured wine, it is both elegant and intensely powerful. It is disclosing its fruitiness slowly, at the moment dense and concentrated. A restrained edge provides complexity and balance. It will need aging, so...
Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: A finely balanced wine-its immense tannins are mitigated by the fruit and dark chocolate flavors. It finishes with a hint of smoky wood. - R.V.
View From The Cellar, 93 points: 93+ The 2011 Champeaux had been bottled a bit earlier than the Lavaux St. Jacques and was a bit more recovered from the mise and showing all of the potential that was evident from the barrel sample I tasted in November...
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: Another brilliant wine from Christian Moueix, the 2011 La Providence exhibits copious aromas of black raspberries, forest floor and a hint of spring flowers in its full-bodied, surprisingly rich, dense, creamy-textured...
View From The Cellar, 92 points: 92+ I love the elegance of good Petite Chapelle, and this is a characteristic that the 2011 from Maison Louis Jadot certainly exudes on both the nose and palate. The classic bouquet delivers a lovely mélange of cherries...
View From The Cellar, 92 points: 92+ The 2011 Clos de la Barre is also excellent from Louis Jadot, offering up a deep and expressive bouquet of cassis, black cherries, bitter chocolate, herb tones, woodsmoke, soil and cedary wood. On the palate the wine...
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