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| Robert Parker - Bordeaux - November 1998 |
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"A stunning wine. Pichon-Lalande's 1983 has been gorgeous to drink for a number of years. It is one of the finest 1983s, especially for a northern Médoc. The color remains a dark ruby/purple, with a slight lightening at the edge. The knockout nose of roasted herbs, sweet, jammy black currants, and pain grillé is followed by a full-bodied, gorgeously concentrated and well-proportioned wine with low acidity, plenty of glycerin, and a savory, highly extracted, fleshy mouth-feel. This has always been one of the stars of the vintage. 94/100"
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| Tom Cannavan - Wine Pages - December 1998 |
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"Just a fabulous wine. Deep, deep colour with little sign of age. On the nose a wonderful, sumptuous depth of sweet cassis fruit, with elegant hints of cigar-box and mineral notes. The wine is thick and powerful in the mouth, but has layer upon layer of blackcurrant, plum and black cherry fruit, beautifully integrated tannins and barely noticeable acidity…Huge length and a fine, firm finish, but still that lushness of pure, concentrated fruit. This really is a spectacularly good '83 - better than the Latour, Haut-Brion, Las-Cases or Ducru of that year. Magnificent."
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| Decanter Magazine - September 1995 |
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DECANTER AWARD WINNER HHHHH
"Deep mature colour, with lovely scented ripe fruit on the nose. Great length and breeding on the palate - a wine of real class, perfect for drinking now but will keep, as it is still very youthful."
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