
L'ECOLE NO. 41 - Merlot - 2012
- - 90 points-
Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, November 2015Medium red. Red cherry, plum, bitter chocolate and licorice on the nose, with complicating hints...
Detailed press reviewMedium red. Red cherry, plum, bitter chocolate and licorice on the nose, with complicating hints...
Detailed press reviewA juicy flood of earth-to-cherry graphite. The strawberry-cinnamon-cherry fruit keeps whetting the...
Detailed press review“(bottled in early June; a blend from multiple sites; 100% barrel fermented, with a touch of new...
Detailed press reviewThe 2009 Brut Fleuron is round, voluptuous and racy. Explosive and spherical on the palate, the...
Detailed press reviewMonopole. Lightish crimson. Lightly spicy red fruit. Juicy and gentle and finishes fresh. Very...
Detailed press reviewMonopole. Mid cherry. Smells sweet fruited and gentle. Really lovely soft fruit and tannins,...
Detailed press reviewMedium red. A touch of reduction to the aromas of redcurrant, spices, meat and underbrush. Juicy,...
Detailed press reviewThis offers a slightly exotic touch on the nose with rosewater, litchi and juniper berry wrapping...
Detailed press reviewThis Spätlese was harvested at 87° Oechsle from the old vines (planted in the 1950s-1960s) in the...
Detailed press reviewAlready bottled in 2014 (hence the AP ending with 14), this little textbook of a summer wine...
Detailed press reviewThe Veldenzer Elisenberg Kabinett is made from the same fruit harvested at a low 82° Oechsle as...
Detailed press reviewThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon 1882 shows just how compelling this vintage is, even at the...
Detailed press review"A lush, dense syrah with meat, dark berries and hints of herbs. Full body with soft, velvety...
Detailed press reviewBright, sleek and distinctive, with pineapple, grapefruit and mineral flavors set against a tiny...
Detailed press reviewA Sicilian red with tension and structure. Blackberry, walnut and violet aromas and flavors with...
Detailed press reviewPlush and supple, with a juicy quality to the plum, raspberry and wild strawberry flavors. Fresh...
Detailed press reviewFirm, focused and dense, with green olive—accented black fruit flavors, finishing with licorice...
Detailed press review(50% vendange entier; Liger-Belair did only a single punchdown during the vinification of this...
Detailed press reviewA monolithic white, with a rich, smoky mineral character underscoring the firmly cut palate of...
Detailed press reviewA well-spiced, mouthwatering Champagne, with a satiny mousse carrying ripe apple, yellow plum,...
Detailed press reviewThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is exquisitely layered and nuanced, yet also captures plenty of the...
Detailed press reviewA bold, dramatic wine, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask offers plenty of the radiance of the...
Detailed press reviewThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is exquisitely layered and nuanced, yet also captures plenty of the...
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