The 2003 Margaux is fully mature on the nose. There is ample fruit here, well defined for the vintage with blackberry and cedar, this bottle demonstrating a subtle fungal character that I have not discerned in previous bottles. There are faint scents of rust iron piping that develop with further

A lovely sanguine hint leads off, followed by racy, elegant juniper, tobacco, red currant and damson plum notes that move in unison. Broadens and deepens, adding notes of currant preserves, warm ganache and smoldering tobacco, with a swath of loamy structure.

Beautiful full-bodied wine with notes of pencil shavings/graphite along with black currants, plums, and crushed rocks/mineral. Gorgeously velvety tannins and a long finish of pretty fruit.

A sophisticated Lafite with elegant bouquet of cigar box, dusty black fruit and touch of antique bureau. Big, juicy with spice, sweet tobacco and plum aromas and flavours. Rich, with soft texture and fine tannin, this medium-bodied wine is a classic with focused finish that lingers in the mouth.  

Loaded with warm tar, singed juniper, plum reduction and cassis notes that are perfectly melded, giving this a remarkably supple edge. The finish lets tobacco, bay leaf and incense accents glide in. Shows lovely mouthfeel and superior refinement overall.

Gentle and caressing bouquet full of copious dark cherry and raspberry fruit, a touch of saddle leather and a seam of dark chocolate. Medium-bodied on the palate with fine tannins and gentle in the mouth. Very well balanced, shows lots of energy through the finish with the grip generating mouthwatering

The colour is dark with a beautiful intensity. The nose is fruity, refined, ripe and extremely expressive. On the palate, the wine is rounded and smooth, spicy and very aromatic. It evolves pleasurably towards a delicious finale with fine tannins.

Quintessentially elegant, beautiful, deep bluish/ruby-colored wine from Saint-Emilion, with raspberry, blueberry, and floral notes, impressive density, great precision, freshness, purity and full-bodied.

It exhibits a dense ruby/purple color to the rim along with a luxurious bouquet of cedarwood, lead pencil shaving, white chocolate, cocoa and cassis. Fat, rich, opulent and full-bodied with low acidity and stunning seductiveness and complexity, this noble wine possesses a bountiful, generous, heady style. Subtle, complex aromas of

The nose features notes of warm blackberries, cassis and black forest cake with touches of forest floor, sandalwood, anise, cigar boxes, plus a waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers taut, muscular, densely packed black fruits and exotic spice flavor layers supported by grainy tannins with oodles of freshness

Layers of blackberry and boysenberry fruit, still that hint of juniper berry, certainly a more extrovert Lafite-Rothschild compared to recent vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, very focused and quite linear, again with plenty of black fruit laced with cedar and tobacco.

Stunning length and caressing mouthfeel, as layers of creamed plum, blackberry coulis and steeped black currant fruit glides along seamlessly intertwined with black tea, mulled blood orange, incense and lilac. Full-bodied, rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting taut, muscular fruit, finishing long and earthy.