Region: Alba Grape: 100% Dolcetto Points & Award: Robert Parker 91 Tasting Note: The 2010 Dolcetto d’Alba Munfrina is an energetic, inward wine bursting with blackberries, sweet flowers and crushed rocks. It shows marvelous energy all the way through to the layered, polished finish. This is an impressively structured Dolcetto loaded with class and pedigree.… Read More »
AOC – Margaux Second wine of Chateau Palmer Grape Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot , Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 90 Wine Spectator 86 ~ 89 Tasting Notes Tasted at the Grand Vin Masterclass in January 2010 Deep garnet-purple colour. Blackberry, cloves, cedar and spice on the nose. Crisp acidity and a medium to high level of… Read More »
VDT – La ManchaGrape100% Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting NotesColour : Well-covered cherry-red color. Nose : Powerful fruitiness (or fruity flavour ) aroma, great variety of expression of black ripe fruit ( red currant ) and spices notes ( paprika ). Palate : Mild and meaty , with a fine toasted undertone, firm tannins. S lightly fatty… Read More »
DO – MentridaGrape 100% Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 91+ Tasting Notes The purple-colored 2007 Petit Verdot (100%) spent 12 month in 100% new French oak. It sports an impressive bouquet of roasted herbs, underbrush, brier, blackberry, and plum. Dense, rich, and structured on the palate, it makes up in power what it lacks in… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Aromas of minerals, forest floor, fresh mushrooms, plums, and currants are present in the moderately fragrant bouquet. Angular, with hard tannin, medium body, and sweet plums as well as currants, this 2002 is harder and tougher-textured than from barrel. Like many 2002s, it is reserved and angular at… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes In the bottle, Gruaud Larose appears to have returned to the form it possessed when I first tasted it from cask – a stylish, surprisingly civilized, medium-bodied wine without the muscle and power expected from both this terroir and vintage. It still possesses excellent density, as well as… Read More »