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RP 94
IWC 94
France
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Rhone
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Hermitage/Crozes-Hermitage
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94 points Robert Parker: "One of my favorite white Hermitage to drink now is the 1997, which has much in common with the 2000. It is an unctuously-textured, full-bodied white with an evolved personality. However, there is no doubting its user-friendly, forward style or honeyed character. (Apr 2002)"
94 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Complex, pure aromas of peach, apple, honey, acacia flower, linden and hawthorn. Offers great richness allied with floral lift. Almost miraculously elegant and not at all heavy. Finishes with outstanding persistence-and surprisingly dry given the wine opulence. This actually finished with a bit over two grams per liter residual sugar, said Chave, who added that it might well have turned out topheavy had he fermented with commercial yeasts (the less efficient wild yeasts tend to produce more glycerine and a bit less alcohol). An extraordinary white Hermitage. (Jan/Feb 2000)"
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$38.95
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Portugal
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Madeira
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Madeira Wine Guide: "Bright tawny color with straw-colored rim, intense nose of dried fruits, caramel and toffee. The palate is sweet and shows lots of acidity to counter-balance the sweetness, in fact the acidity carries the wine through to the toffee-ish finish, with a little coffee and also caramel on the way. Well done. Tasted 3/2008."
San Francisco Chronicle: "Cossart Gordon, arguably the oldest of the Madeira shippers and now another of the Madeira Wine Co. labels, is better known for its nonvintage wines, but this 1997 is full of briny tang -- more than you'd expect for the somewhat sweet Bual. Lots of iodine and hazelnut, papaya and burnt orange, with an intense acidity to enliven it. (12/19/10)"
Medium rich. Aged for 11 years in oak casks. Made from the grapes of a single year's harvest. The wine is aged in the traditional 'canteiro' system, whereby the oak casks are placed high up in the hot, dry lofts of the lodge and left for years to develop their charactiveric flavor and complexity.
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$569.95
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RP 99
IWC 95
United States
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Cabernet & Blends
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California
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99 points Robert Parker (The World's Greatest Wine Estates): "Close to perfection, the saturated blue/black-colored 1997 Maya exhibits complex aromatics of creme de cassis, smoke, spice box, iron, and espresso. The wine has a viscous texture, huge, concentrated, ripe fruit, remarkable body, and a seamless, multi-layered finish. The tannin, acidity, and alcohol are all beautifully integrated. This is profound stuff! Anticipated maturity: now-2030. (2005)"
95 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Saturated full ruby. Explosive aromas of blackberry, black cherry, bitter chocolate, camphor, black licorice and violet. Extremely dense and thick without being heavy. Superb flavor intensity and depth. The thoroughly ripe tannins coat the entire palate. The slow-mounting, extremely long finish offers wonderful grip and vibrancy. A great vintage for Maya. (May/Jun 2000)"
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$68.95
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IWC 93
RP 93
Portugal
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Port
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93 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "[$90 list] Full saturated ruby. Inky, brooding aromas of syrupy black fruits and violet. Dense, thick and tactile, with superb depth of flavor and compelling juicy sweetness. Finishes with powerful tannins and superb grip. Not as flamboyantly aromatic as this wine normally is in its youth, but structured for long, slow development in bottle. (May/Jun 2000)"
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$1,199.95
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RP 100
WS 97
United States
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Cabernet & Blends
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California
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100 points Robert Parker: "The 1997 Harlan Estate is one of the greatest Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines I have ever tasted. A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this enormously-endowed, profoundly rich wine must be tasted to be believed. Opaque purple-colored, it boasts spectacular, soaring aromatics of vanilla, minerals, coffee, blackberries, licorice, and cassis. In the mouth, layer after layer unfold powerfully yet gently. Acidity, tannin, and alcohol are well-balanced by the wine's unreal richness and singular personality. The finish exceeds one minute. Anticipated maturity: 2001-2030. (Dec 2000)"
97 points Wine Spectator: "A great bottle, ripe, intense, structured, focused and concentrated, with youthful, vibrant, layered flavors, gaining velocity and length. There's a tremendous finish.--Non-blind Harlan retrospective. Drink now through 2020. (2010)"
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$399.95
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WS 97
RP 96
IWC 94
United States
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Cabernet & Blends
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California
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97 points Wine Spectator: "Dense, rich and focused, youthful and concentrated, with hints of maturity on the edge of the core currant, mineral and spicy berry flavors. Wonderful vibrancy and intensity for a wine this age, which only bodes well for the future. A classic. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.--'97 California Cabernet retrospective. Drink now through 2020. (2008)"
96 points Robert Parker: "The prodigious 1997 Insignia (83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot) lives up to its pre-bottling promise. Tasted on three separate occasions, every bottle has hit the bull's eye. The color is a saturated thick-looking blue/purple. The nose offers up explosive aromas of jammy black fruits, licorice, Asian spices, vanillin, and cedar. Full-bodied as well as exceptionally pure and impressively endowed, this blockbuster yet surprisingly elegant wine cuts a brilliant swath across the palate. A seamless effort with beautifully integrated acidity, sweet tannin, and alcohol, it is still an infant, but can be drunk with considerable pleasure. Anticipated maturity: now-2025. (Dec 2000)"
94 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Full ruby. Supersweet aromas of blackberry, cassis, bitter chocolate, espresso and tobacco. Thick and seamless yet bright and sharply defined. Very long and spicy on the aftertaste, with excellent grip. Sweet tannins coat the teeth. Williams says the selection for Insignia is based on quality and concentration rather than on a particular flavor profile. (May/Jun 2000)"
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$63.95
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JG 92
IWC 91
France
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Champagne
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92 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 1997 Lebrun Servenay is a lovely bottle that tastes to me as if it has a significant percentage of the final blend that has been barrel fermented, but this may also simply be the characteristic of the ’97 vintage. The nose is deep and showing lovely secondary layers of complexity in its mélange of ripe apple, pear, wheat toast, lovely soil tones that are redolent of both chalkiness and wet stones, a bit of crème patissière and spring flowers. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and focused, with a lively core of fruit, lovely framing acids, refined bubbles, and impressive length and grip on the complex, soil-driven finish. This is a classic example of the Côte de Blancs, and is most impressive for a 1997 vintage wine. I would opt for drinking this fine wine over the relative near-term, as it is in full bloom and drinking beautifully. 2007-2012+? (May/Jun 2007)"
91 points Josh Raynolds (International Wine Cellar): "Light gold with a fine, steady bead. Suave floral and minerally bouquet offers ripe apple, yellow plum and a whiff of bitter cherry pit. Fleshy orchard fruit flavors are sharpened by zesty mineral bite, picking up a gentle honey quality with air. Intriguingly complex Champagne, combining supple white and yellow fruit character with firm minerality, and finishing with gentle grip and impressive length. Here's another winner from the often-neglected 1997 vintage. (Nov/Dec 2007)"
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Italy
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Veneto
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Other
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$159.95
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IWC 94
United States
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Cabernet & Blends
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California
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94 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Full deep ruby to the rim. Superripe aromas remain just this side of surmaturite: black plum, black cherry, roast coffee, dark chocolate, menthol. (I might have picked this blind as ripe-year St. Julien.) Great lushness and depth on the palate; pliant, seamless and thoroughly ripe, but with strong supporting structure under the seductive flesh. Finishes with noble, broad tannins and great freshness; mint and licorice notes contribute to the impression of grip and snap. The crop level was 2.5 tons per acre, which Draper says was the highest ever at this estate, and the alcohol is 12.9%, on the high side for Monte Bello. Another outstanding vintage for this wine. (May/Jun 2000)"
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$219.95
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Piedmont
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Barolo
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$129.95
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WS 94
RP 93
CG 93
United States
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Cabernet & Blends
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California
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94 points Wine Spectator: "Elegantly framed, with rich, appealing herb, currant, chocolate and black cherry flavor that's complex and concentrated, finishing with firm, well-integrated tannins... (10/31/00)"
93 points Robert Parker: "The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon is a model of symmetry and grace deftly married with super concentrated blueberry, blackberry, and cassis flavors infused with subtle new wood. This medium to full-bodied, seamless, youthful beauty will benefit from 2-3 years of cellaring, and should last for two decades. (Dec 2000)"
93 points Connoisseurs' Guide: "There is drama aplenty in this deep, complex, sturdy wine. As it reaches into its tenth year, its blatant fruit is fading but its underlying solidity is going to keep it going for years to come. It also shows faint hints of mushroom and cedar, and those aspects can be expected to grow over time. We would expect it to be very good condition for the next five to eight years, but it will need to be tracked during that period to see how it shapes up for the longer haul and to see if it lives up to its three-decade structure. (Apr 2007)"
Stephen Brook (The Finest Wines of California): "Dense but stylish, savory nose. Suave, concentrated, and delicious, with good acidity and excellent balance. Drinks well now but has ripe tannins and will evolve further. (2011)"
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Australia
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Red
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