Region Pyrenees Grape Shiraz Cabernet Tasting Notes Good, bright and deep colour; the bouquet is complex, with a lot more fruit evident than in any recent Taltarni red wine, and oak likewise more apparent. The good news continues on the palate, which is more supple and has more mid-palate fruit than hitherto; the length and… Read More »
AOC – Saint Emillon Grand Cru Grape 70% Merlot 20% Cabernet Franc 10% Cabernet Sauvignon Ratings & Awards Bronze medal – Concours General Agricole de Paris Top 100 – Everyday Bordeaux Wine Competition 2008 by Sopexa Hong KongTasting Notes A bright red dress wine with violet tints. To the nose, aromas of red fruits: ripe,… Read More »
AOC – Champagne Grande Cuvee Grape 50% Chardonnay 50% Pinot Noir Ratings Wine Spectator 89 Tasting Notes A pretty golden robe. An expressive and open nose with flavours of fruits and biscuit. In the mouth it has a charming creamy texture, aromatic complexity and a beautiful vinosity-freshness balance. A rich, complex and harmonious finish sensually… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 92 Jeremy Oliver 94 James Halliday 95 Wine Spectator 94 Tasting Notes Colour : Impenetrable deep red/purple. Nose : Blackberry and blueberry fruit interwoven with perfectly tuned, malty, savoury oak, with liquorice and anise notes hovering above.… Read More »
Grape 100% Chardonnay Rating & Awards The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2009 91 Tasting Notes The colour of dry grass with green highlights, the nose is a delicate balance of hay, minerals, butter and stone-fruit. The palate initially appears soft and rounded, giving way to a surprisingly warm and generous finish. – by Offical… Read More »
AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 93Wine Spectator 91Tasting Notes The beautiful 1999 Mouton Rothschild may be a modern day clone of their 1962 or 1985. Its saturated ruby/purple color is followed by sumptuous aromas of cedar wood, creme de cassis, wood smoke, coffee, and dried herbs. The wine is forward, lush,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 96 Tasting Notes It is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996, two superb vintages for Haut-Brion. The 1995 seems to have sweeter tannin and a bit more fat and seamlessness when compared to the more structured and muscular 1996. Certainly 1995 was a vintage that the… Read More »