Tasting Notes
Vinous 91-94
Healthy red-ruby. Red fruit, espresso, iron, tobacco, brown spices and exotic oak scents on the nose. Round and silky in the mouth, but supported by solid structure. Already shows lovely perfume in the mouth. Compared to the softer ’97, this has more penetration and grip. Finishes spicy, firm and quite long.
Robert Parker 86
Served blind at the “Antique Wine Company†Left vs. Right Bank tasting, I was disappointed with this wine (albeit from a challenging vintage for the Pomerolais.) If I could sum it up, it is like a Petrus with a flat tyre and so no matter how hard it tries to pedal, it does not go anywhere. There is a palpable flatness to the nose that is denuded of fruite, whilst the palate has a rather stern entry, gritty tannins and a dry, slightly mean finish. It is by no means a poor wine, but it is a disappointing Petrus even taking into account the challenging growing season, so my advice is stick to the infinitely superior 1995. Tasted November 2011.
