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  • This luscious, full-bodied Latour was surprisingly open-knit on the three occasions I tasted it from bottle.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • This lush, open-knit, full-bodied Barbaresco will drink well between now and 2014.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Full-bodied and expansive, with sweet tannin giving it a more open-knit, accessible style than most young vintages of Pégau, this is a wine to drink while waiting for the 1998 and 1995 to become fully mature.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • The sweet, open-knit 1990 Bonnes Mares reveals layer upon layer of fruit and huge body, yet there is a sense of elegance and precision to its lavish richness and huge, perfumed personality.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • The 1985 is a gorgeously open-knit Las-Cases with a sweet nose of lead pencil, sweet black cherries and currants, and a hint of underbrush and new oak.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Dense purple, this blend of 95% Shiraz and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon shows great fruit, a very lush, open-knit style with full body, high glycerin, low acidity, and superb purity.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • In contrast to the open-knit, fully mature 1980 La Mouline, the La Landonne is just beginning to open up and reach full maturity.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • The 2000 is open-knit and fat, with higher levels of glycerin as well as a more corpulent style than the structured, backward 2001.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • This cuvée from Baumard exhibits an atypically open-knit style and a rather precocious personality.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • It exhibits an open-knit, opulent, rich, easygoing character with gorgeous levels of earthy, cassis fruit intertwined with scents of herbs, coffee, and chocolate/mocha ice cream.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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