PRIEURE LICHINE MARGAUX 2003

Robert Parker: 90-92/100
Prieure Lichine demonstrates all the diversity of Margaux wines in one. Made from many scattered parcels of vines from throughout the Margaux geographical designation, the final result is necessarily complex and powerful. The chateau was founded on land originally part of a benedictine priory (prieure). Today its neighbors include chateaux Kirwan, Brane Cantenac and Boyd Cantenac. Prieure Lichine was called Prieure Cantenac until 1953, when it was acquired by the eminent Bordeaux connoisseur and wine writer, Alexis Lichine, author of a best-selling encyclopedia of wines and spirits. This wine shows the unstintng care taken by those involved in making it.