Robert Parker 100 Points
La Mission Haut Brion 2009, 1.5L [RP 100]
A towering First-Growth-caliber wine from Bordeaux’s monumental 2009 vintage. Dense and layered, it marries blackcurrant, truffle, graphite, and to...
View full detailsLa Mission Haut Brion 2005, 750ml [RP 100]
"The 2005 La Mission Haut-Brion is pure perfection. It has an absolutely extraordinary nose of sweet blackberries, cassis and spring flowers with s...
View full detailsBond St. Eden 2015, 750ml [WA 99]
"Bottled in early 2018, the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 St. Eden springs from the glass with exuberant blueberry pie, potpourri and spice cake ...
View full detailsLatour 2010, 3L [OWC] [WA 100]
"One of the perfect wines of the vintage, Frederic Engerer challenged me when I tasted the 2010 Latour at the estate, asking, “If you rate the 2009...
View full detailsLokoya Mt. Veeder 2016, 750ml [WA 100]
"The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder is composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with gregario...
View full detailsBond St. Eden 2001, 750ml [RP 100]
"Utterly perfect, another wine that seems to have taken on a first-growth Pauillac-like character (think Mouton-Rothschild) is the 2001 St. Eden. W...
View full detailsBond, Melbury 2002, 750ml [RP 100]
"The 2002 Melbury, which comes from a hillside vineyard site near Lake Hennessey, is showing even better than it did in its youth. Probably years a...
View full detailsPavie 2005, 750ml [slightly depressed cork]
"Gérard Perse believes this is the greatest Pavie he’s made to date, although certainly I would argue that list includes the 2000, as well as the 2...
View full detailsHarlan Estate 1997, 750ml [RP 100]
"The 1997 Harlan Estate is one of the greatest Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines I have ever tasted. A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest ...
View full detailsLatour 2010, 750ml [RP 100] [3 Bottle OWC]
"One of the perfect wines of the vintage, Frederic Engerer challenged me when I tasted the 2010 Latour at the estate, asking, “If you rate the 2009...
View full detailsE. Guigal Cote Rotie La Turque 1985, 750ml (writing on label) [RP 100]
"The debut vintage for this wine was especially impressive in view of the fact that the vineyard was so young. The 1985 La Turque's color remains a...
View full detailsHaut Brion 1989, 3L [RP 100]
"This continues to be one of the immortal wines and one of the greatest young Bordeaux wines of the last half-century. Consistently prodigious and ...
View full detailsClinet 2009, 3L [RP 100]
"Clinet has been on a hot streak lately and the 2009 appears to be the greatest wine ever made at the estate, surpassing even the late Jean-Michel ...
View full detailsPavie 2005, 6L [RP 100]
"Gérard Perse believes this is the greatest Pavie he’s made to date, although certainly I would argue that list includes the 2000, as well as the 2...
View full detailsJean-Louis Chave, Hermitage 2003, 1.5L [WA 100]
"Chave's 2003 Hermitage, like the most successful Burgundies from that anomalous vintage, somehow retains a sense of mineral freshness that balance...
View full detailsM. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon Rhone 1991, 1.5L [RP 100]
"This is a Le Pavilion of mythical proportions. Produced from extremely old vines, some dating from the mid-nineteenth century, with yields averagi...
View full detailsHaut Brion 2005, 6L [RP 100]
"The mineral-laced 2005 Haut Brion (56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc) is exquisite. With its elegance and finesse, it is no...
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