2001 Wine

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 90 points: The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Cyril Henschke (65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 15% Merlot) exhibits a Bordeaux-like austerity as well as aromas and flavors of tobacco smoke, licorice, spice box, red currants...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: “For me, this vintage is what makes Margaux special,” says Margaux winemaker Paul Pontallier. He is right: With its denseness, spice, flavors of black currants layered with dryness and fresh acidity, this is a huge and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The 2001 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots is really beginning to hit its stride, unfurling in the glass with a captivating bouquet with aromas of red berries and darker fruits mingling with notions of forest floor...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: Year in and year out, Jaboulet’s top white is the Hermitage Chevalier de Sterimberg, which is aged in new oak for nine months prior to bottling. The 2001 (a blend of 35% Roussanne and 65% Marsanne) exhibits aromas of ripe...

Wine Spectator, 98 points: Gorgeous aromas of honey passion fruit mango and candied lemon rind. Full-bodied and ultraconcentrated yet balanced and refined. It lasts for minutes on the palate. This has just about everything in the right place...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 90 points: Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index’s 10-Year On horizontal. This has a light nose of red-berried fruit, sandalwood and undergrowth. It might benefit from a little more delineation and vigour, developing aromas of cooked...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The impressive 2001 Proprietary Red Wine a 642-case blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon 7% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc tips the scales at 14.7% alcohol. Its saturated ruby/purple color is accompanied by sweet aromas of...