Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Ratings By Robert Parker 76 Tasting Notes With an overwhelmingly vegetal, herbaceous nose to the detriment of any ripe fruit, this wine smells more like a Chinon from the Loire in an under-ripe vintage. In the mouth, the texture has some appeal, but the wine dries out very quickly and the vegetative elements dominate. This… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Smoky and earthy, with copious jammy cassis fruit and sweet tannin, this is an excellent, full-bodied Saint-Pierre. The saturated deep purple color is followed by a persistent, concentrated wine with copious sweet tannin. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2020.(Wine Advocate #146Apr 2003) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes A magnificent sleeper of the vintage, the 2008 Duhart Milon is the shrewd consumer??s wine to purchase by the case as prices do not yet reflect its qualitative resurgence. Composed of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon and 27% Merlot that came in at 13.09% alcohol, it is a surprisingly intense… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This wine has seemingly gone to sleep and is in a dormant, ungracious stage, exhibiting notes of green tea leaves intermixed with red and black currants in its dusty nose. A medium-bodied wine with moderately high tannin and a certain austerity, it seems to be a much less… Read More »

Ratings by Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This estate, which tends to turn out forward, soft Pauillacs, has made a firm, structured wine. The color is a healthy dark ruby with purple nuances. The nose offers up aromas of cassis, dusty, earthy notes, tobacco leaf, cedar, and spice. Medium-bodied, with excellent depth and ripeness, and… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Aromas of chocolate, sweet cherries, dried herbs, and a hint of tapenade jump from the glass of this medium-bodied, silky, soft, pretty Margaux. Enjoy it over the next 10-12 years.(Wine Advocate #171 Jun 2007) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes This medium-bodied, peppery, herbaceous offering lacks depth. The color is a dark ruby, and the wine reveals nice berry and cassis fruit, but little else. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. (Wine Advocate #134 Apr 2001) By Robert Parker

Robert Parker: 90pts DOCa – Rioja Grapes Tempranillo with small proportions of other regional grapes Ratings & Awards Gold Medal – Iberwine Awards 2012, Spain Gold Medal – Selections Mondiales de Vins Canada 2011, Canada Bronze Medal – International Wine Challenge 2011, UK Bronze Medal – Challenge International du Vin 2012, France 91 points by… Read More »

AOC – Moulins Grapes 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot 10% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 92 Wine Spectator 93~96 Jancis Robinson 16.5 / 20 Decanter 4/5 International Wine Cellar 90~92 / 100 Wine Enthusiast 91/100 Tasting Notes The final blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and… Read More »

Region Barossa Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Medium red-purple; a very traditional style, with red and black fruit flavours merging into vanilla oak on the bouquet; riper, dark berry fruit comes through on the smooth but not particularly complex palate; for once, seems slightly off the pace. -87 pts by James Halliday Traditional warmer year… Read More »