This has good stuffing, featuring dark plum and blackberry fruit melded with the cocoa and tobacco notes. Offers solid grip on the back end, with the cocoa hint lingering. Shows more heft than purity, but remains solid.
88-91 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '07 Ch Dassault has crushed blackberry and blueberry aromas follow through to a medium body, with fine tannins and a long finish; good core of fruit for the vintage.
A beautiful effort wine from Chateau Dassault; bright strawberry pink color; fresh red berry and framboise aromas; full bodied and quite generous on the palate; beautiful length and balance.
88-90 PTS ROBERT PARKER, JR. The '06 Ch Dassault is a sleeper of the vintage, this sexy, fruity St.-Emilion is loaded with black cherry and cassis fruit; a fleshy mid-palate, and a velvety texture.
92 PTS WINE SPECTATOR. The '05 Ch Dassault has gorgeous aromas of dark chocolate and ripe blackberry, raspberry and spices; full-bodied, with Indian spices, cappuccino and blueberry.
86-88 PTS ROBERT PARKER, JR. The '04 Ch Dassault has copious quantities of cherry and cranberry fruit interwoven with flower, spice box, and herb notes; enjoy during its first 7-8 years of life.
92 PTS WILFRED WONG. Long on fruit and packed on the palate, the bigger-than-life '03 Ch Dassault has gone beyond its previous performances with an extraordinary amount of fruit depth and definition.