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...

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 95 points: 95+ The 2001 Recioto della Valpolicella Classico is one of the more vintages of the Recioto, although in subsequent tastings the wine has begun to blossom more fully. Silky, layered and exceptionally polished on the...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Elegant and spicy with blackberry and earth character. Medium- to full-bodied with silky tannins and a medium to long finish...

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...

Burghound, 90 points: There is a slightly curious hint of lactic character that detracts slightly from the overall sense of purity though not so much as to render the almost fully mature aromas of secondary fruit and earth unpleasant. There is...

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Black cherries with fresh basil on the nose open to a full-bodied palate with velvety tannins and a medium finish. A solid wine with a good core of fruit and tannins. Best after 2008. 10000 cases made. –JS

Vinous, 91 points: Medium red; not brown but not especially saturated. Wonderfully complex, evolving Burgundy nose combines still-fresh dark berry and cherry aromas with musky soil tones and spices. Then silky and sweet, even a bit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Surprisingly the nose of the 2001 Riesling Auslese Erdener Pralat had characteristics generally found in Sauvignon Blancs namely freshly-mowed wet lawn and gooseberries. This expansive offering offers rich layers of...