2003 Wine

Wine Enthusiast, 90 points: A rich, spicy, new wood-flavored wine from a unique parcel of white grapes next to the famed Clos de Vougeot. The wine is big, rich and densely flavored, packed with fresh apricots, and finishes with a hint of caramel.

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: Fonseca vintage Ports are always among the most attractive and long-lived. This 2003 conforms magnificently to that model. It is structured, rich, powerful and opulent. There are cassis and black fig flavors, as well as...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2003 Shiraz is a full-bodied opulently-styled red that smells of creme de cassis and blackberry liqueur intermixed with smoky meats espresso roast jammy black fruits licorice earth and toasty new oak. It should evolve...

Wine Enthusiast, 92 points: An impressive, finely tannic Port with solid, ripe fruits and great black jelly and fig flavors.

jamessuckling.com, 98 points: A massive Yquem, this has a dense palate that is almost chewy like a red. Full and very sweet, with notes of dried apricot, pineapple, and papaya on the palate. Long, with a vanilla-coconut tart finish. What a wine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: Black pepper sealing wax spices and toast are found in the nose of the potentially exceptional 2003 Warre Vintage Port. A concentrated backward effort its youthful classically ungenerous masculine character reveals black...

John Platter, 95 points: (95 points) The inky colored 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a classic blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot that spent two years in mostly used barrels. It offers a beautiful, elegant...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: (94+ points) A big wine from the Barrett family (14.2% alcohol), this 2003 exhibits earthy black currant fruit, the restrained but intense Montelena style, full body, good richness and impeccable balance, purity and...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: (93 points) The warm vintage of 2003 gives this loads of fruit, like raspberries and strawberry jam. Full-bodied and very fresh with soft, round tannins. A long and yummy wine. Delicious now but please wait to pull the...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 96 points: Cigar box, jammy black raspberry, mint, ash, tobacco, cedar wood, cloves, cinnamon and wet forest floor notes start the fireworks. On the palate, the rich, sensuous, flamboyant, showy wine is a hedonistic treat for the...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 96 points: Just showing great, there is a lot to like here. The wine is rich, almost opulent in texture, but it is not over the top ripe, or hot. Instead, there is a wealth of creme de cassis, dark chocolate cigar box, black cherry...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: The aroma exudes juniper, rosemary, sage, macerated plum and leather, with plenty of sweet plum and fruitcake flavors on the palate. This is balanced in a broad-shouldered way, with a touch of heat on the lingering...