Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Region: Beechworth Grape: 100% Shiraz 評分 James Halliday 96 French oak (30% new) aged 22 months, black berries and vanilla pod with earth notes, fine cedary tannins finished.

Region: Heathcote Grape: 100% Shiraz 評分 James Halliday 96 Wine Spectator 92

雄獅酒莊 AOC – Saint-Julien Grand Cru Classe – 2eme 評分 James Suckling 93-94 Wine Spectator 93-96 Robert Parker 93+

AOC – Pauillac Grand Cru Classe – 2eme 男爵 評分 James Suckling 92-93 Wine Spectator 92 Robert Parker 91

都夏美隆 AOC – Pauillac Grand Cru Classe – 4eme 評分 Robert Parker 89-91 James Suckling 92-93

Region- Mentrida DO Grape – 30% Syrah   30% Merlot   30% Cabernet Sau   10% Petit Verdot Tasting Note: Ageing 8 months in French oak casks; 12 months in the bottle before sale. Aromas of ripe fruit and spices. Hints of cigar box and leather.

AOC – Saint Julien Grapes – Bordeaux Blend Special cuvee by Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, a modern style wine made for the pleasure of earlier drinking.

Full flavoured, food length wine incredibly soft. The spiciness of the shiraz cames through on the palate magically married with its berry fruit characteristics.

DOCG – Chianti Classico (Tuscany, Italy) Grape – 90% Sangiovese     7% Canaiolo      3% Colorino 評分 Robert Parker 90 The estate’s benchmark Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio. Monsanto is one of the small handful of estates to have kept a vast library of its past vintages.