From the Moueix family of Pétrus, this is a beauty that shows off all that’s good in Right Bank Merlot-dominated wines. Luscious and crammed with succulent plummy fruit, there’s so much full-bodied warmth here that you can’t stop drinking it once you start. A model of food-friendly, elegant wine.
— M.S.
(12/31/1999)
Just hinting at maturity, this rich and stylish wine features finely balanced tannins, a juicy blackberry flavor and fruity ripeness. Using fruit sourced from the small appellation of Canon-Fronsac, on the hill close to Saint-Émilion, this wine is ready to drink and is full of flavor, with concentration on the finish.
— R.V.
(2/1/2013)
It’s appropriate that this wine is served at the Crazy Horse saloon in Paris. Made from a selection of old vines, La Horse is in the modern, polished idiom, a super-ripe wine, very concentrated, packed with blackberry jelly and bitter chocolate flavors. Give it 3–4 years, but its considerable power and intensity is already there.
— R.V.
(6/1/2009)
A full, structured wine, showing attractive damson and blackberry flavors along with a strong element of wood aging. The wine is rich, its juicy Merlot character joined with final acidity.
— R.V.
(5/1/2013)
Merlot-dominated wine, structured while also ripe. The fruit flavors reveal prune and black currant along with a light, dry smoky and tannic character.
— R.V.
(6/1/2011)
Firm and tannic, this has a juicy fruit flavor buried under the dry top layer. It has a strong structure that will soften over several years of aging, yielding a richly juicy wine.
— R.V.
(9/1/2012)
This light bodied wine is now mature. It has smoky meat and red currant flavors that are moulded into a gentle tannic framework, with a soft and elegant aftertaste.
— R.V.
(9/1/2012)
Rich, but edging toward rustic, with its mature leather and berry fruits, topped by dry tannins. It is firm and smoky, in a very old style.
— R.V.
(12/15/2010)