Top Vintages
Top Vintages
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Vinous - Neal Martin (91)
The 1992 Ausone is an off-vintage that I had never tasted before. It was actually better than expected. The nose is agreeable with only a slight greenness underneath those tobacco tinged black fruit, a touch of bacon fat emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with coarse tannin, rather ferrous and smudged, earthy with a short finish. It has its shortcomings although it does improve in the glass, gaining more cohesion and vigour, so don’t write it off. Tasted at the Ausone vertical in London.Inc. TAX€5,447.74 -
Inc. TAX€662.38
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Exquisite and profound, the Boyd-Cantenac 1992 boasts the sophistication true wine aficionados covet. This Bordeaux blend hails from the prestigious Margaux appellation, where it was meticulously curated by the venerable Chateau Boyd-Cantenac, a 3rd growth estate revered for its traditional winemaking methods. The blend was vinified in thermoregulated stainless-steel vats before embarking on 18 months of ageing in French oak barrels, enhancing its elegance and complexity. This care resulted in a deep, ruby-hued wine that decants impeccably balanced notes of dark fruits, leather and tobacco, cascading into a finish of refined tannins. With its commendable structure, the Boyd-Cantenac 1992 provides a considerable ageing potential and will reward those with the patience to cellar it. A testament to its respected terroir, this vintage captures the essence of Bordeaux viticulture, providing insight into a moment of exceptional winemaking.
Inc. TAX€990.01 -
Wine Spectator (90)
Outstanding quality from a weak year. Good darkruby color. Intense aromas of chocolate, berry andcedar. Full-bodied, with firm tannins and a longfinish. Starting to show some bottle bouquet, butgood backbone and firmness. Textbook Latour from adifficult vintage.--Latour vertical. Best after 2004. -JSInc. TAX€714.10 -
Wine Advocate (82)
This wine unquestionably possesses an excessive amount of toasty new oak for its fragile, delicate constitution. The wine displays medium to dark ruby color, an aggressively woody, slightly smoky, and herb-scented nose, and medium-bodied, black-cherry-like flavors that are insufficient to stand up to the veneer of wood. Low in acidity, slightly diluted, and full of cosmetic smoke, vanillin, and wood, it should be consumed over the next 5-6 years. Given the frightfully high price asked for the 500+ cases of Le Pin (usually an exotic as well as brilliant wine), this is a vintage when the proprietor should have declassified the wine.Inc. TAX€50,078.77 -
Wine Advocate (88)
The 1992 Mouton has fashioned a flattering, soft, opulently-styled wine with medium body, a healthy dark ruby/purple color, and a big, fragrant nose of jammy cassis, smoky oak, and roasted herbs and nuts. The wine offers a sweet, expansive mid-palate and a lush, velvety-textured finish. It is an ostentatious, flashy Mouton for drinking over the next 10-12 years.Inc. TAX€6,950.84 -
Wine Advocate (90)
The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The normal production of 4,500 cases was severely reduced to only 2,600 cases, resulting in an atypically concentrated, powerful, rich wine with a dark, saturated ruby/purple color, a tight but promising nose of sweet black-cherry fruit, vanillin, caramel, and herb-tinged mocha notes. Concentrated and powerful, with superb density of fruit and richness, as well as wonderful sweetness to its tannin, this is a brilliant effort for the vintage. The wine requires 3-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 15-20+.Inc. TAX€8,345.20 -
Wine Advocate (90)
The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The normal production of 4,500 cases was severely reduced to only 2,600 cases, resulting in an atypically concentrated, powerful, rich wine with a dark, saturated ruby/purple color, a tight but promising nose of sweet black-cherry fruit, vanillin, caramel, and herb-tinged mocha notes. Concentrated and powerful, with superb density of fruit and richness, as well as wonderful sweetness to its tannin, this is a brilliant effort for the vintage. The wine requires 3-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 15-20+.Inc. TAX€16,306.38
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Vinous - Neal Martin (91)
The 1992 Ausone is an off-vintage that I had never tasted before. It was actually better than expected. The nose is agreeable with only a slight greenness underneath those tobacco tinged black fruit, a touch of bacon fat emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with coarse tannin, rather ferrous and smudged, earthy with a short finish. It has its shortcomings although it does improve in the glass, gaining more cohesion and vigour, so don’t write it off. Tasted at the Ausone vertical in London.In Bond€4,495.00 -
In Bond€537.00
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Exquisite and profound, the Boyd-Cantenac 1992 boasts the sophistication true wine aficionados covet. This Bordeaux blend hails from the prestigious Margaux appellation, where it was meticulously curated by the venerable Chateau Boyd-Cantenac, a 3rd growth estate revered for its traditional winemaking methods. The blend was vinified in thermoregulated stainless-steel vats before embarking on 18 months of ageing in French oak barrels, enhancing its elegance and complexity. This care resulted in a deep, ruby-hued wine that decants impeccably balanced notes of dark fruits, leather and tobacco, cascading into a finish of refined tannins. With its commendable structure, the Boyd-Cantenac 1992 provides a considerable ageing potential and will reward those with the patience to cellar it. A testament to its respected terroir, this vintage captures the essence of Bordeaux viticulture, providing insight into a moment of exceptional winemaking.
In Bond€780.00 -
Wine Spectator (90)
Outstanding quality from a weak year. Good darkruby color. Intense aromas of chocolate, berry andcedar. Full-bodied, with firm tannins and a longfinish. Starting to show some bottle bouquet, butgood backbone and firmness. Textbook Latour from adifficult vintage.--Latour vertical. Best after 2004. -JSIn Bond€592.00 -
Wine Advocate (82)
This wine unquestionably possesses an excessive amount of toasty new oak for its fragile, delicate constitution. The wine displays medium to dark ruby color, an aggressively woody, slightly smoky, and herb-scented nose, and medium-bodied, black-cherry-like flavors that are insufficient to stand up to the veneer of wood. Low in acidity, slightly diluted, and full of cosmetic smoke, vanillin, and wood, it should be consumed over the next 5-6 years. Given the frightfully high price asked for the 500+ cases of Le Pin (usually an exotic as well as brilliant wine), this is a vintage when the proprietor should have declassified the wine.In Bond€41,695.00 -
Wine Advocate (88)
The 1992 Mouton has fashioned a flattering, soft, opulently-styled wine with medium body, a healthy dark ruby/purple color, and a big, fragrant nose of jammy cassis, smoky oak, and roasted herbs and nuts. The wine offers a sweet, expansive mid-palate and a lush, velvety-textured finish. It is an ostentatious, flashy Mouton for drinking over the next 10-12 years.In Bond€5,755.00 -
Wine Advocate (90)
The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The normal production of 4,500 cases was severely reduced to only 2,600 cases, resulting in an atypically concentrated, powerful, rich wine with a dark, saturated ruby/purple color, a tight but promising nose of sweet black-cherry fruit, vanillin, caramel, and herb-tinged mocha notes. Concentrated and powerful, with superb density of fruit and richness, as well as wonderful sweetness to its tannin, this is a brilliant effort for the vintage. The wine requires 3-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 15-20+.In Bond€6,945.00 -
Wine Advocate (90)
The 1992 Petrus is clearly one of the two candidates for the wine of the vintage. The normal production of 4,500 cases was severely reduced to only 2,600 cases, resulting in an atypically concentrated, powerful, rich wine with a dark, saturated ruby/purple color, a tight but promising nose of sweet black-cherry fruit, vanillin, caramel, and herb-tinged mocha notes. Concentrated and powerful, with superb density of fruit and richness, as well as wonderful sweetness to its tannin, this is a brilliant effort for the vintage. The wine requires 3-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 15-20+.In Bond€13,570.00