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The Vintage of the Century, 17 Years On In the spring of 2001, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate published a vintage report that would rock the wine world. As Parker wrote, Bordeaux’s spring of 2000 couldn’t have been less auspicious. One of the worst outbreaks of mildew in memory caused château owners to double up efforts…
Once described by Robert Parker as “topflight wine and a must-buy for true Saint-Émilion lovers,” Chateau Angélus owes its success over the years to Hubert de Boüard, the sixth-generation owner whose strict fidelity to quality has inspired other producers in Saint-Émilion to up their game. Today his daughter Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal manages the estate. Château…
There are many collector-worthy wines among the Italian Super Tuscans, but only one is considered by critics and collectors to be in the class of Right Bank Bordeaux estates Château Petrus and Château Cheval Blanc. That wine is Masseto. Today, we’re honored to share their pristine 2005 release—a library masterpiece with perfect provenance that’s ready…
The first Masseto to earn 100 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, the 2006 is a picture of Merlot perfection from perhaps the greatest vintage ever in the Tuscan Maremma. It’s a beautifully orchestrated wine balancing fruit and aromatic complexity with layers of roasted herbs, purple flowers, and a powerful tannic structure. This will anchor…
2006 Napa Valley Revisited: “A Year Reminiscent of 2006” In 1996, Mary Rocca purchased a 21-acre property situated in the northwest corner of the intersection of Yountville Cross Road and the Silverado Trail, barely a Mike Trout toss from the Stags Leap line. The soils were comprised of light clay loam, strewn with small river…
The 99-point 2009 Château Canon St.-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé is just about perfect. Whether you’re a Bordeaux collector looking to stock your cellar for the future, or a life-is-short red wine lover ready to indulge the moment the bottle arrives, this Right Bank beauty is primed for a starring role at the dinner table, or…
A Little Payback from St. Émilion — Perfect Vintage. Perfect Provenance. On April 10, 2015, we published a story about the Decoster family’s stunning 2012 Château Fleur Cardinale, a wine Robert Parker rated 93 points, calling it the “sleeper of the vintage.” That offer got off to a jackrabbit start. By the time the dust…
Parker: “One would have to go back to the 2005, 1947 or 1961 to find this level of quality” In the spring of 2010, on the eve of the release of the colossal 2009 Bordeaux, American importers turned tail and ran, scared off by the FX markets and Chinese speculators. Stateside collectors turned a cold…
2009: Perfection in St.-Émilion … Spectator’s 92-95pt Bargain of the Vintage In the spring of 2010, on the eve of the release of the colossal 2009 Bordeaux, American importers turned tail and ran, scared off by the FX markets and wild-eyed Chinese speculators. Stateside collectors turned a cold shoulder towards the Right Bank of the…
Parker Revered Winemaker’s Under-$30 Bordeaux Stunner A combination of the winemaking talents of Bordeaux superstar Stéphane Derenoncourt, author of many Robert Parker 100-point wines, an excellent 6-acre hilly clay limestone site, and the phenomenal 2010 vintage has resulted in one of Bordeaux’s greatest Right Bank bargains. The 2010 Bordeaux vintage — a batch of sensationally…
Parker’s 98pt Clos Fourtet — Right Bank Bargain of 2010 In his vintage report entitled “Un Train (2009) Peut Cacher Un Autre (2010) (One Train Can Hide Another),” in describing the back-to-back 2009 and 2010 vintages, Robert Parker wrote: “While Bob Dylan may have been talking about his own country when he wrote the song…
Napa’s Benchmark Merlot Rivaled only by Wine Spectator’s current Wine of the Year Three Palms, Paloma is Napa’s benchmark Merlot. Wine Spectator senior editor Jim Laube says “Paloma remains the greatest Merlot vineyard in California.” This rare library release, the 2010 Paloma Merlot, boasts the same incredible plushness and polish as its predecessors, winning a…
Shaped by world-class winemaker Jac Cole—an author of polished, long-lived wines at Spring Mountain Vineyards, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, and S. Anderson—this 2012 treasure hails from a gorgeous St. Helena property, not to mention one of the finest seasons of all time: Robert Parker declared it “spectacular…a vintage for followers of classic, big, fruit-dominated Napa…
A “tour de force.” A “home run, which is especially impressive in 2012.” That kind of praise from Robert Parker himself is itself enough to set off a scramble among collectors. But then we saw the score for the 2012 Clos Dubreuil—95 points—we did a double-take. This bottle landed above Lafleur and Angélus, matching Cheval…
A Screenwriter’s Dream and THE Can’t-Miss Deal of the 2012 St. Saint-Émilions We’ve got a high-powered studio executive friend in Hollywood. Next time we’re in L.A., we’re going to book a table at Château Marmont, order the truffle fries and a round of dry Martinis, and start regaling her with the dozens of movie ideas…
Ever since the gorgeous Petrus-like terroir of Château de Bel-Air first caught our attention a decade ago, the estate has blossomed into one of the Right Bank’s great values. We finally captured our first allocation last fall—a quick sell-out that was gone before many of our Bordeaux lovers could claim a case. Fortunately, that sellout…
The Fourniers go out strong in a “Merlot year” When we hear about all the foreign money streaming into Bordeaux, it is easy to picture newly-minted Chinese billionaires snapping up all the First Growths they can get their hands on. But every so often we are reminded that the whole region, from the Grands Châteaux…
Matching 93pt St.-Émilion for the price of average Napa Cabernet In early Spring 2015, we tasted barrel samples of 127 Classified Growth and Right Bank 2014s. Negociants, importers, and collectors were still trying to get their arms around the vintage, but most of the buzz on La Place de Bordeaux was about the guy who…
Collector’s Dream Direct from the Château Cellar Under the helm of Nicolas Thienpont and Stéphane Derenoncourt, Château Larcis Ducasse has regularly upstaged its hallowed neighbors, despite its modest asking price. In 2012, earning triple 95-point reviews from Parker, Suckling and Vinous. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate described the 2012 Larcis Ducasse as hitting “the palate with…
The 2012 Domaine Émile Grelier is FLAWLESS—sweet and supple but with good energy, plum, mocha, and spices—the most compelling Right Bank bargain of the vintage. It’s what Robert Parker was getting at in the Wine Advocate vintage report entitled “The Bottled 2012: Bordeaux 1998, 2001, 2006 – Déjà Vu?” when he extolled the virtues of…
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