2002 Red Wine

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: A beautiful success for a right bank 2002, the dedication and perfectionism of the Perses is evident in this medium to full-bodied, deep ruby/purple-tinged offering. Sweet aromas of mocha, black cherries, cassis, and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: ...a blackberry liqueur-like intensity with chocolatey richness intermixed with blackberries raspberries and cherries. The unctuous texture refreshing acidity and sweet tannin frame-up this magnificent wine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: A terrific effort, this classic blend of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a dark ruby/purple color as well as a complex bouquet of cedar, spice box, black cherries, and cassis. With...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: This appears to be one of the great efforts from Chateau Montelena something I think I was correct about when I gave it an â_oin the bottleâ__ rating in 2006 of 95+. It is still an amazingly young wine that came from old...

Wine Enthusiast, 91 points: A lovely, juicy wine with black tannins and immense fruits. Watch this wine develop over 10 years.

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 95 points: Elegant, refined, charming and displaying more ripeness than you'd expect from the vintage, after a 2 hour decant, the wine opened with cassis, cigar box, blackberry, cedar wood, earth, stone and forest floor aromatics...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Along with Petrus, Clos l’Eglise is one of the finest wines of the vintage in Pomerol. Its deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by a sumptuous perfume of mocha, fudge, vanilla, black cherries, espresso, and plums, a...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Complex aromas of blackberries tobacco and cedar follow through to a full-bodied palate with ripe velvety tannins and a long caressing finish. Very beautiful. Best after 2009. -JS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: Remarkably, the 2002 The Factor may be even more awesome than the 2001. It boasts a blackberry liqueur-like intensity with chocolatey richness intermixed with blackberries, raspberries, and cherries. The unctuous texture...