2006 Wine

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The purple-colored 2006 Poesia, sourced from an 80-year-old vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo, was barrel fermented and aged for 18 months in new French oak. It is a blend of 60% Malbec and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. It exhibits a...

Burghound, 92 points: (BH89-92 points) This too evidences background notes of wood spice on the slightly riper red berry fruit nose that displays plenty of earth and underbrush on the supple, intense and nicely voluminous flavors that possess...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: This is a dry style of wine, with great acidity and a tightly wrought texture. As with many Gosset Champagnes, this wine has had no malolactic fermentation, enhancing the freshness and crispness as well as the structure...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A blast of cherry, raspberry, mint and mineral aromas and flavors herald this focused, tensile red, which has ripe, sweet fruit, a firm structure, refinement and fine length. The finish is all spice now. Best from 2012...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 90 points: Medium bodied, firm, fresh, crisp style of wine, with an earthy, fresh plum, thyme, smoke and espresso perfume. This is probably close to fully mature.

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Year after year Lynch-Bages is able to produce sumptuous wines typically rich powerful and structured. This is solid the blackberry ripe fruit enveloping this structure with a velvet sheen. This is developing into one of...

Wine Enthusiast, 92 points: You can tell a Dal Forno wine a mile away thanks to the overall intensity and concentration of his well-crafted blends. Three years of oak aging has shaped aromas of Spanish cedar, chocolate, cola, blackberry jam and...

Vinous, 94 points: Deep, bright ruby. Blackberry and blueberry liqueur, licorice, spices, graphite and toffee on the nose, with a pungent mineral lift. Dense, sappy and superconcentrated, with a silky, voluptuous texture to its flavors of...

Wine Spectator, 95 points: Aromas of rose slate and smoke segue into lime and peach flavors in this elegant stately white. It's crisp and trans-parentwith precise balance and a classic Mosel profile. Long mouthwatering finish. Drink now through...

Wine Spectator, 95 points: A kaleidoscope of orchard fruit, with a squeeze of lime served on a wet slate platter. Delicate and fresh, yet concentrated, with a silky, see-through texture. Has great length, with a tangy aftertaste. Drink now through...

Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: As so often with Lafite it is power that marks this wine. That and density of texture. The additional element in this vintage and at this stage of the wine's development is a dominant wood element. The vanilla and tannins...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: Gorgeous aromas of wet earth, stone, blackberry and fresh tobacco. Full body, super silky tannins and a long and beautiful finish. Such polish and complexity to this. Drink now. So beautiful.

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Year after year, Lynch-Bages is able to produce sumptuous wines, typically rich, powerful and structured. This is solid, the blackberry ripe fruit enveloping this structure with a velvet sheen. This is developing into one...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2006 Le Carre rated 93 which was not reviewed in issue #181 is brilliant. Beautiful black fruit crushed rock and new oak aromas a dense purple color a full-bodied mouthfeel and outstanding density as well as richness...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: The 2006 Syrah Reva coming from parcels of dark volcanic soil has off-the-chart richness and intensity. This thick opaque-purple colored wine offers up notes of scorched earth ground pepper and blackberry liqueur...