Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 87 Jeremy Oliver 88 James Halliday 94 Wine Spectator 94 Tasting Notes Colour : Magenta with a deep purple core. Nose : An archetypal refined Barossa Shiraz nose with liquorice, blackberry and plum aromas over a tar… Read More »
AOC – Margaux Grand Cru Classe – 3eme Grape Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot , Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 90Wine Spectator 94 Tasting NotesThe inky color has purple highlights.Aromatically it explodes with blackcurrants, blackberries, figs, prunes, gingerbread, sandalwood, mint, cedar, leather, and truffle?-The attack shows a flamboyantly gothic architecture: opulent fruit, an elegant tannic structure, ideal… Read More »
Grape100% ShirazRatings & Awards/ Gold Medal – Challenge du Vin France 2009/ Rated 4 stars by WINESTATE/ Silver Medal – Finger Lake International Wine Competition 2009Tasting NotesColour: Intense red purpleBouquet: Huge lifted fresh flavours of spice and pepper with ripe cherry berry fruit balance with cedar oakPalate: Big long intense mouthful of ripe berry fruit,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This hedonistic, luscious, sexy, opulently-textured Pichon-Lalande is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Exhibiting a dark ruby color with purple nuances, it is open-knit, with plentiful quantities of roasted herbs, smoky oak, vanillin, and creamy black currant fruit. A… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 94? Tasting Notes Another prodigious, but brutally tannic, offering from the affable Anthony Barton, the inky/blue/black-hued 2005 Leoville Barton exhibits a sensational perfume of charcoal, burning embers, underbrush, cedar, creme de cassis, and subtle toasty oak. Painfully concentrated (much like the 2000 was at the same stage), with full body, admirable… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Notes of tapenade, red currant, earth, and underbrush jump from the glass of this moderately dark ruby-colored wine. Elegant, medium-bodied restrained, with good acidity, this wine should develop quickly and drink well for 10-15 years. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2014. Last tasted, 3/02.(Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition Jan 2003) By Robert… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87+ Tasting Notes This big, robust, exuberant offering is excessively extracted with relatively hard, astringent tannins. Nevertheless, there is lots of flavor, and the wine is full, rich, and built for longer term cellaring than most 2007s. It requires 3-4 years for everything to come into balance … hopefully.(Wine Advocate #188… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Given how splendid recent vintages have been, I expected a bit more from Malescot Saint-Exupery, clearly a property on the rebound over the last decade or so. The elegant 2001 is Margaux-like in its fragrant plum, cassis, and floral-scented nose. Medium-bodied, light, but pretty, it offers notes of… Read More »