AOC – Champagne Premier Cru Grape 60% Chardonnay 40% Pinot Noir Ratings & Awards Wine Spectator 88 / Silver Medal – Vinalies Nationales Tasting Notes A sustained golden yellow robe, a luxurious attack that is supple and pleasant offering magnificent dried fruit flavours (figs, white grapes). Full bodied and fine, in the mouth it is… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 94 Jeremy Oliver 97James Halliday 97 Wine Spectator 97 Tasting 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 :… Read More »
Grape 100% Pinot NoirRating & Awards – James Halliday 89 – Robert Parker 90 – Wine Spectator 88– 93 points by The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2009– Silver Medal – International Wine Challenge, London Tasting Notes Fresh red cherry and strawberry fruit; very attractive wine for immediate consumption. -by James Halliday The 2008 Pinot… Read More »
AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 100Wine Spectator 96Tasting Notes A modern day version of the 1959 Lafite, the 2003 Lafite Rothschild was bottled in mid-May, 2005 after achieving 12.9% natural alcohol ¨C hardly an astonishing figure given the vintage?ˉs weather conditions. A combination of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 3% Cabernet… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92+ Tasting Notes The 2007 Latour (the first wine made in the newly renovated cellars) exhibits a dense ruby/purple color as well as a sweet, expansive bouquet of black fruits and spring flowers interwoven with a striking minerality. The wine??s dense, medium to full-bodied flavors are surprisingly evolved, with soft tannins,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Somewhat light-bodied for a Ducru, with a 1999-like personality, this blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc is a forward, medium-bodied, pretty effort revealing notes of cranberries, black cherries, cassis, and earth. Full of finesse, but lacking concentration as well as depth, it should… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes A wine of extraordinary intensity and accessibility, the 1995 Cos d’Estournel is a sexier, more hedonistic offering than the muscular, backward 1996. Opulent, with forward aromatics (gobs of black fruits intermixed with toasty pain grille scents and a boatload of spice), this terrific Cos possesses remarkable intensity, full… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes In less than five years this property has emerged as one of the appellation??s up and coming stars thanks to the infusion of money from the American conglomerate, Colony Capital, as well as the braintrust that now oversees the winemaking, Yves Vatelot (of Reignac fame) and the internationally… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87+? Tasting Notes Although the new owners were responsible for finishing this wine, serious Bordeaux lovers will have to wait for the 2006 to fully experience their uncompromising efforts. The dark, ruggedly built, rustic, angular 2005 exhibits an impressively saturated color along with aromas of charcoal smoke and black fruits. Aggressive,… Read More »