Author Archives: Sindy Leung

Grape 100% Chardonnay Ratings & Awards – 3 stars by Winstate – Bronze Medal – Finger Lake International Wine Competition 2009

Grape 100% Shiraz Ratings James Halliday 96 Tasting NotesVintage 2005 was another vintage of very low yields; the growing season was warm with fruit ripening late in a dry autumn. Sourced from Punters Corner 32 year old vines at the Cellar Door block, the wine spent 18 months in new and seasoned Bossuet French oak.… Read More »

Grape 100% ShirazRatingsRated 4.5 stars by WINESTATE James Halliday 93Tasting Notes Rich old Barossa shiraz with mulberry, tobacco, leather, and light oak overtones. A big wine with long flavours and rewarding characteristics, full of plumy fruit balanced by abundant soft tannins. Very small production runs of each vintage have been done to retain the uniqueness of… Read More »

Grape 100% Shiraz Rating & AwardsJames Halliday 90Silver Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Medal – New Zealand International Wine Challenge93 points by WINEFRONT MONTHLY Tasting Notes An abundance of fruit mid palate, with quite a dry finish. This wine will grow with time in the cellar.-by Official Website Earth, spice, blackberry, dark chocolate… Read More »

Grape 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Ratings  James Halliday 94Tasting Notes The nose is intense with rich and complex blackcurrant and black fruit. Combined with rich vanillin oak, mocha and chocolate notes. The palate structure is deep and intense with complex flavours of blackcurrant, earth, spice and cedar and a very long chewy finish.-by Official Website  A… Read More »

Grape 100% Merlot Rating & Awards James Halliday 93Bronze Medal – Decanter World Wine AwardsSilver Medal – International Wine Challenge London Tasting Notes Strong, clear, bright purple-red; a rich array of red and black fruits drives this wine, tannins and oak mere background presence; has good length and balance.-by Official Website Oh dear; there is… Read More »

Grape 100% Shiraz Ratings James Halliday 93Wine Spectator 88 Tasting Notes Bouquet: Aromas of sweet spicy black fruits and perfumed plums with subtle glimpses of vanilla.Palate: On the palate there is an explosion of black cherries with hints of spice including cinnamon and white pepper. This Shiraz finishes with a creamy velvety texture, the result… Read More »

Grape 100% Shiraz Ratings James Halliday 90Tasting Notes Deep red in colour, with bright blackberry/liquorice fruit, spice and pepper notes with integrated vanillin oak. The palate is medium weight with complex flavours of dark berry and earth giving a long peppery finish with firm tannins. Particularly well balanced and perfumed typical of the 2006 vintage.… Read More »

Grape 100% Cabernet SauvignonRating & Awards James Halliday 94Bronze Medal – Decanter World Wine AwardsSilver Medal – New Zealand International Wine Challenge Tasting Notes This wine displays rich chocolate flavour with minty overtones that enhance the very intense blackberry fruit characters. The tannins are firm, but allow the fruit to dominate. –by Official Website Some… Read More »

Grape 100% Cabernet SauvignonRatings Wine Spectator 90 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep purple in colour. Bouquet: A spicy and multi-layered herbaceous nose with hints of sweet rhubarb and dark berries. Palate: An intense velvety palate showing plums, blackcurrants and dates with nuances of cinnamon, coffee and dark chocolate and fine chalky tannins. -by Official Website… Read More »