Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Possessing the finest aromatics of all the 2004 St.-Juliens, Branaire Ducru offers complex licorice, cranberry, boysenberry, and floral notes interwoven with notions of plums and figs. This dark ruby/purple-tinged, medium-bodied, elegant effort offers sweet fruit as well as ripe tannins. Give it 1-3 years of bottle age and… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Finesse, elegance, as well as admirable flavors are characteristics of this dark ruby-colored, lighter-styled 1998. Offering abundant quantities of berry fruit, cassis, and spice box aromas and flavors, and an excellent texture, this evolved, delicious Margaux is best consumed during its first decade of life. Readers are advised… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This property, while in the Pauillac appellation, seems to be more St.-Julien-like in most vintages. With silky tannins, its sweet berry-scented nose intermixed with some forest floor and underbrush offer impressive aromatics. The wine is medium-bodied, with silky, noble sweetness, and a fine, pure finish. It should drink… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Aromas of chocolate along with roasted meats, charcoal, black currants, and damp earthy scents jump from the glass of this dense ruby/purple-colored 2000. Highly-extracted, medium to full-bodied, chewy, not terribly complex, but big, corpulent, and bold, if it pulls itself together and develops additional nuances, this wine will… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 74 Tasting Notes Vegetal, composty aromas are somewhat off-putting. In the mouth, some sweet cherry and currant fruit makes up for the barnyard aromatics. The finish is soft, pleasant, but decidedly mediocre. Drink it over the next 4-5 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker
James Halliday : 90pts Grape 100% Shiraz Rating & Awards Silver Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Medal – New Zealand International Wine Challenge 93 points by WINEFRONT MONTHLY Tasting Notes An abundance of fruit mid palate, with quite a dry finish. This wine will grow with time in the cellar. -by Official Website
Region Eden Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Deep red-purple; a multi-faceted bouquet with a hint of Rh?ne Valley gaminess running through plum, blackberry, mulberry, cedar, leaf and earth; the palate replicates all the flavours plus touches of cedar and cigar box. Despite all this, not quite in the Olympian class of the ’90 and ’91… Read More »
Region – Nemea Grape – 100% Agiorgitiko Tasting Notes Matures for 14 months in small barrels and has a dark Ruby Red color known as Hercules blood, unique flavour of cherry and dried plums. -by Official Website ——————————————————————————– Ktima Lantides Estate is a family business, established in 1993 by Panos Lantides, focusing on the distinction… Read More »