Category Archives: Tasting Notes

L.Dupatis Chablis 1ER CRU 2010 Montmains

AOC – Chablis 1er Cru Grape – 100% Chardonnay Tasting Note: The bouquet is typical of French white wines: fresh, light and fruity with very little vanilla & mineral flavor. Good aromatic strength, good length.

Clos du Clocher 2007

AOC – PomerolGrape  80% Merlot 20% Cabernet FrancRating & Awards Robert Parker 83 ~85Rated top 40 in Pomerol by various wine critics. Tasting Notes Licorice and berry aromas and flavors follow through to a medium body, with chewy tannins and a medium finish. Turns austere on the finish. Little too much. –by Wine Spectator   *Owned… Read More »

Bodegas Orusco “Main” Tempranillo, Vinos de Madrid DO 2010

DO – Vinos de MadridGrape 90% Tempranillo10% Syrah and Cabernet Ratings & Awards "100 Best Buy" by WINE ENTHUSIAST Tasting Notes Bright cherry red, nose expresses with notes, fruity aromas of wood and with hints of spices. The palate is meaty and structured. *20,000 bottles produced -by Official Website 

Penfolds BIN 707 1999

Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Jeremy Oliver 95Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Colour : An opaque mauve, with a black centre and dark crimson rim. Nose : Varietal notes of blackcurrant and a hint of leaf are immediately apparent, with black olives and… Read More »

Punters Corner Coonawarra Shiraz 2005

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 »

Clos du Clocher 2007 (Double Magnum)

AOC – Pomerol Grape 80% Merlot 20% Cabernet Franc Ratings & Awards Robert Parker 83 ~85 Rated top 40 in Pomerol by various wine critics. Tasting Notes Licorice and berry aromas and flavors follow through to a medium body, with chewy tannins and a medium finish. Turns austere on the finish. Little too much. –by… Read More »

Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 2006

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1 eme Ratings Robert Parker 98+ Wine Spectator 94 Tasting Notes A sensational effort, the 2006 Mouton Rothschild exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a classic Mouton perfume of creme de cassis, flowers, blueberries, and only a hint of oak. Dalhuin told me that in whisky… Read More »