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  • International Wine Cellar
    Rating: 97/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 103, July/August 2002 ($625-$695) Dark red, with an amber rim. Liqueur-like aromas of plum, roasted meat, mocha, tobacco, truffle and burnished oak. Fat, lush and smooth, with explosive fruit and powerful underlying backbone. Massive but not at all heavy. Wonderfully tactile wine, finishing with big, chewy-but-ripe tannins and great persistence. (My second bottle showed even more class and delineation, and rat...
  • Robert Parker
    Rating: 97/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate in Issue 129
  • Wine Advocate
    Rating: 100/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 129 on Jun-00
  • Wine Spectator
    Rating: 98/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator
  • Vintage Chart
    Rating for France-Bordeaux-Pauillac: 98 (excellent)<br/><br/>Drinkability: drink now<br/>