94 James Suckling
Very meaty on the nose, enhanced by game and dried flowers, but also blurred by a horseradish note. Medium-bodied palate, showing a youthful attack, a fully focused and firm structure with dusty, rustic tannins and long, crisp acidity. A cigar-box note comes through in the aftertaste, adding a welcome detail to an otherwise stern wine. Drink or hold.
90 Robert Parker
The best Vieux-Chateau-Certan of the seventies, the 1975 has excellent power and richness as well as complexity and balance. Medium to dark ruby, with a fragrant, ripe, rich, plummy, cedary, spicy bouquet, full body, big, concentrated flavors, and moderate tannin, the wine is just beginning to reach its apogee. Anticipated maturity: Now-2000. Last tasted, 12/88.
90 Robert Parker
The best Vieux-Chateau-Certan of the seventies, the 1975 has excellent power and richness as well as complexity and balance. Medium to dark ruby, with a fragrant, ripe, rich, plummy, cedary, spicy bouquet, full body, big, concentrated flavors, and moderate tannin, the wine is just beginning to reach its apogee. Anticipated maturity: Now-2000. Last tasted, 12/88.
13 Rene Gabriel