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Château Latour 2010 Barrel sample Red (Pauillac)
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97-99. This has great beauty, with delicious fruits at the beginning. The structure comes from behind, with such sweet fruit tannins, then chocolate, an edge of wood and finally acidity reigns supreme.
— R.V.
(6/25/2011)
Château Léoville-Barton 2010 Barrel sample Red (Saint-Julien)
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97-99 A big, solid, wood powered wine. The power is all there, new wood offering an immense structure, while the acidity gives the necessary freshness. A solid wine, very concentrated, with an immensely long future.
— R.V.
(6/25/2011)
Cayuse 2008 En Cerise Vineyard Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))
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- $70
A subtle, complex, utterly distinctive mix of flavors, with opening streaks of butter cookie, then mushroom broth, tightly wound berry fruit, earthy coffee grounds and even darker streaks of espresso and smoke and licorice. It is deeply layered with flavors that just keep piling on. Amazing wine.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Charles Smith 2008 Royal City Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $140
An Amaro-like mix of bitters and herbs; this is exceptionally dense and dark. The fruit is a grace note; the big flavors come from herb, earth, rock, barrel and more. Licorice, baking spices, smoke, black cherry, Bourbon barrel, and on it goes. Huge and dense and seemingly endless.
— P.G.
(12/15/2011)
Château Léoville Las Cases 2009 Red (Saint-Julien)
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- $360
A beautifully structured wine, with its tannins layered between the ripest black plums, damsons and black currants. It is opulent while remaining dense, concentrated and very serious. Certainly a wine for long-term aging.
— R.V.
(4/1/2012)
Château Léoville-Barton 2009 Red (Saint-Julien)
- Cellar Selection
- $135
A major success of the vintage. The wine exhibits extreme richness of the fruit, with all its sweet blackberry flavors. It also has underlying firm structure, density and solid tannins. Bring in the acidity at the end, and this is both impressive and ready for long-term aging.
— R.V.
(2/1/2012)
Château Margaux 2009 Red (Margaux)
- Cellar Selection
- $1900
A massive wine for Margaux, packed with tannins and ripe fruit. It has more Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, giving intense black currant flavors with enticing acidity balanced by the sweetness of the fruit. Ripe swathes of this opulent fruit are also elegant and structured.
— R.V.
(2/1/2012)
Château Palmer 2009 Red (Margaux)
- Cellar Selection
- $380
A beautiful wine, with the firmest tannins surrounded by perfumed fruit. It is dense, of course, but this density is balanced with great elegance, blackberry fruits, sweetness and final juicy acidity. The wine is structured, a powerhouse of concentration while preserving this complete style.
— R.V.
(2/1/2012)
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