Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Glenelly Lady May 2009

Region: Stellenbosch Grape: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Petit Verdot Points & Awards: 94 points by Robert Parker Rated 5 stars and 18.5/20 by Decanter 92 points by Wine Spectator 93 points by Stephen Tanzer’s international Wine Cellar, USA Rated 5 stars by 2012 Platters Wine Guide Tasting Notes: Racy, vibrant and distinctive, with a mouthwatering… Read More »

Prelude a Grand Puy Ducasse 2009

Region-AOC – Pauillac 2nd wine of Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse (5eme Cru Classes) Grapes – 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot 評分: Wine Spectator: 89 Silver Medal – Challenge International du Vin 2012 Tasting Note: Wine is aged from 16 to 18 months in French oak barrels, 15% new Spicy and generous on the nose. The palate… Read More »

Le Haut-Medoc de Giscours 2006 (Half bottle)

AOC – Haut Medoc Grape 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 50% Merlot Tasting Notes A perfect blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Le Haut-Medoc de Giscours benefits from the meticulous care of the team at Chateau Giscours. This wine is very pleasant in its early years, offering a pure, intense bouquet of fruit and spices and expressing… Read More »

Chateau Potensac 2006 (Magnum)

AOC – MedocCru Bourgeois ExceptionnelGrape 46% Cabernet Sauvignon36% Merlot16% Cabernet Franc 2% Carmenere Ratings Robert Parker 88Wine Spectator 86 Tasting Notes One of the most consistently impressive estates in the northern Medoc, Potensac’ s 2006 (made by the same winemaking team that produces the great Leoville Las Cases) reveals a deep ruby hue, notes of… Read More »

Penfolds Grange 2005

Region: Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Variety: Shiraz, Cabernet Cellar: 36 years (2016-2054) Alcohol: 14.3% Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 97 Jeremy Oliver 95 James Halliday 96 Wine Spectator 97 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep, dark garnet. Nose : At once Grange – a tightly… Read More »

Kies “Dedication” Barossa Valley Shiraz 2006

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 »

Pelissero “Nubiola” Barbaresco DOCG 2005 (Special Format)

DOCG – BarbarescoGrape100% Nebbiolo RatingsRobert Parker 91 Tasting Notes The 2005 Barbaresco Nubiola is an elegant, refined offering. Made in a delicate, feminine style, it possesses highly attractive notes of flowers, spices and small red fruits. Initially somewhat focused, the wine expands beautifully on the palate, where layers of perfumed fruit blossom with notable class… Read More »

Chateau Latour 1997

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1eme Ratings Robert Parker 90 Wine Spectator 88 Tasting Notes A flavorful, savory Latour, without a great deal of density or power, the 1997 exhibits sweet, walnut-tinged, black currant fruit intertwined with minerals and subtle wood. Nicely-textured, with adequate acidity, ripe tannin, and a medium-bodied finish, this smooth… Read More »

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2005

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes The disappointing 2005 Pichon Lalande reveals a much lighter style than one expects from this estate. However, the new owners, the Louis Roederer/Deutz champagne firm, have recently brought in Hubert de Bouard (from St.-Emilion) as a consultant, and the 2006 appears to be a dramatic improvement over the… Read More »