Grape ShirazRatings*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury RangeExceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 90 Jeremy Oliver 87Wine Spectator 94Tasting Notes Colour : Medium-full red/purple colour Nose : It is a beautifully weighted and concentrated wine combining very intense, ripe plummy aromas with smoky vanillin oak. Palate : Already, the wine is supremely complex… Read More »
Grape 100% Pinot Gris Ratings & Awards James Halliday 89 The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2009 92 Tasting Notes Fewer bunches resulted in higher grape sugars in 2010.While oxidative juice handling and fermentation of the pressings in old oak have helped build texture in the wine, the typical gris aromas of spice and pot-pourri… Read More »
AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 96+Wine Spectator 93Tasting Notes Perhaps the most beautiful packaging ever on a Bordeaux bottle, Baroness Philippine de Rothschild literally produced a work of art in the gold-engraved bottle of 2000 Mouton Rothschild. Of course, one can?ˉt drink the glass, but this is a top-flight Mouton Rothschild,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes Medium garnet colour going brick at the rim. The nose is beginning to showing signs of evolution with aromas of leather, game, warm cassis, dried plums and cloves. Medium to high acidity, medium body and medium to firm, fine tannins support earthy, blackcurrant-preserve fruit. Long finish. Drink now… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes The 2003 Gruaud Larose??s dark plum/garnet color is followed by sweet aromas of damp earth, forest floor, herbs, espresso roast, cassis, licorice, and plums. Medium-bodied as well as surprisingly up-front and precocious, it possesses sweet tannin, very nice concentration, and loads of earthy/herbal characteristics intermixed with black fruits,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The 1997 Montrose has turned out better than expected. Although lighter and less concentrated than usual, fragrant aromas of plum liqueur, soil, cedar, and leather are attractive. Round and tasty, with good fruit, low acidity, and fine ripeness, it will drink well for 5-6 years.(Wine Advocate #128Apr 2000)… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 94+ Tasting Notes One of the most beautiful Rauzan-Seglas made in decades, this blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest primarily Merlot and tiny dollops of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot exhibits a gorgeous perfume of spring flowers, subtle mint, black cherries, black currants, licorice, and a hint of new… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This is a big, tannic, muscular effort for the vintage. Langoa Barton’s 1999 is atypically backward and stubborn. However, there is attractive cassis/currant fruit under all the tannin. The question is, will the tannin subside sufficiently for the fruit to fully emerge? Anticipated maturity: 2006-2015.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes I suspect this 2001 will shut down (as most young Calon-Segurs do), although it appears more forward and evolved than the huge, backward, but totally dormant 2000. The plum/ruby-colored 2001 reveals aromas of damp earth, cranberries, cherries, herbs, and forest floor. While lighter than its older sibling, it… Read More »