Author Archives: Sindy Leung

Tasting Notes 3 Stones Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay is a fruit driven wine with zestys flavours of white peach, tropical fruit and a delightful hint of lemon citrus. We have crafted the wine to mazmise the stunning fruit character, making it ideal as an aperitif, or matched to pan-seared chicken, fish, or pork. -by Official Website

Grape 65% Corvina 20% Rondinella 15% Corvinone Ratings & Awards Commended – International Wine Challenge 2009 Tasting Notes colour: intense Ruby Red Bouquet: combinations of red fruits, spicy and vinous. taste: well balanced, full-bodied, velvety and with the right acidity to balance the tannins. -by Officoal Website *Amarone skins added for a second fermentation or… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Cantemerle tends to produce somewhat understated and restrained, but finesse-filled wines. The medium-bodied 2008 offers elegant notes of raspberries, red currants, crushed rocks and oak backed up by good concentration, sweet tannin and no hard edges. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. (Wine Advocate #194 May 2011)… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes A beautiful wine of elegance and intensity, this medium-bodied, dark plum/purple-hued 2007 possesses a floral-infused bouquet, sweet, plush, red and black fruit flavors, and an endearing, silky texture. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes As I indicated last year, quality has improved dramatically at this estate, and the 2006 is a quintessentially elegant Bordeaux displaying a dark ruby/purple color, a lovely bouquet of forest floor, sweet cherries, cranberries, and black currants, medium body, a textured, sweet, tannic mouthfeel, and a long finish.… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Cantemerle??s new proprietors believe in producing delicate, beautifully wrought, finesse-styled wines that require some introspection. The deep ruby-hued 2005 displays aromas of licorice, roasted herbs, sweet cherries, and flowers. In the mouth, the wine seems almost light in comparison to its peers, but it possesses an ethereal seriousness,… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Tart acids are accompanied by hints of cranberries, sweet and sour cherries, flowers, and wet rocks. Medium-bodied, vibrant, zesty, and light, this finesse-styled wine can be consumed over the next 7-10 years.(Wine Advocate #171 Jun 2007) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes This is a competent but uninspiring effort. Aromas of figs, plums, and black cherries emerge from this straightforward, soft, medium-bodied, simple, one-dimensional offering. Drink it over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #164 Apr 2006) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 81 Tasting Notes This is a pinched, superficial style of claret with notes of plums and sweet and sour cherries in a medium-bodied, rather dry, angular style. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Medium dark ruby-colored, with an elegant perfume of raisins, red currants, dried herbs, and melted licorice, Cantemerle??s 2001 possesses sweet tannin, medium body, and a light but nicely etched style. Enjoy it over the next 10-12 years.(Wine Advocate #153 Jun 2004) By Robert Parker