Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Quarisa Treasures Shiraz 2008

Region: Langhorne Creek Grape: 100% Shiraz Points & Awards: 金奬-Challenge du Vin France 2009 銀奬- Finger Lake Int’l Wine Competition 2009 Rated 4 stars by WINESTATE Tasting Note: Colour: Intense red purple Bouquet: Huge lifted fresh flavours of spice and pepper with ripe cherry berry fruit balance with cedar oak Palate: Big long intense mouthful… Read More »

Reserve de la Comtesse 2006 (375ml)

AOC – Pauillac 女爵 (二級莊) 副牌酒 Grapes- 46% Cabernet Sauvignon 32% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 9% Petit Verdot 評分 Robert Parker 89 GAULT MILLAU 17/20 Tasting Note: This beautiful, velvety, seductive effort offers sweet black cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with notions of forest floor and roasted herbs. Luscious, fruity, savory, and long- by… Read More »

3 Stones Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008

Grape 100% Pinot Noir Ratings & Awards Sliver Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show Tasting NoteThe Pinot Noir is immediately aromatic and expressive. An intriguing fruit nose comprising of cherry and ripe red fruitsleads onto a poised palate. The result is a well balanced, firmly structure yet approachable wine.-by Official Website

Penfolds Cellar Reserve Grenache 2002

Grape GrenacheRatings *Penfolds – Cellar Reserve Robert Parker 95James Halliday 95 Tasting NotesColour : Dense crimson, with an almost black core. Nose : A heady, concentrated, fragrant lift of unabashed, youthful Grenache fruit, showing primary raspberry and dark stone-fruit conserve aromas, courted by dark spice, licorice and floral notes. Palate : Expansive and intensely opulent.… Read More »

Pelissero “Piani” Barbera d’Alba DOC 2008

DOC – Barbera d’AlbaGrape 100% Barbera Ratings & AwardsRobert Parker 88 Wine Spectator 89Rated 5 stars by BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, Denmark Tasting Notes The 2008 Barbera d’Alba Piani is uncharacteristically a little bit rough around the edges. Sweet red cherries, herbs, crushed flowers and licorice all make an appearance in the glass, but the wine shows… Read More »

Cantina di Negrar Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOC 2007

DOC – Valpolicella ( Veneto )Grape 70% Corvina15% Rondinella 15% Corvinone Ratings & AwardsSilver Medal – International Wine Challenge 2009Bronze Medal – DECANTER World Wine Awards Tasting Notes colour: garnet red, dense and compact Nose : of great intensity and persistence, with Ethereal, fruity scents of cherries and pickled plum dried floral, dried flowers and… Read More »

Castello di Monsanto “Il Poggio” Riserva DOCG 1997

DOCG – Chianti Classico Grape Sangiovese Ratings Robert Parker 92Wine Spectator 92Tasting NotesThe dark ruby/purple-hued 1997 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio offers a stunning aromatic display of jammy black fruits, balsam wood, dried herbs, licorice, and a Provencal/garrigue smell. Some peppery notes even came through. Full-bodied, concentrated, and fat, with high glycerin levels, a chewy,… Read More »

Chateau Haut-Brion 2006

Ratings By Robert Parker 96 Tasting Notes The 2006 Haut-Brion performed even better from bottle than it did from barrel. Sixty-four percent of the production went into this wine, and while it displays the vintage??s powerful tannins and structure, it possesses superb concentration, and the minerality/scorched earth notes of a great Haut-Brion. Medium to full-bodied,… Read More »

Chateau Gruaud-Larose 2000

Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes A very strong effort for Gruaud Larose, possibly eclipsed by what they have done in 2009, this is a pure, full-bodied Gruaud Larose with plenty of new saddle leather, cedar wood, black currants, cherries, licorice, and Provencal herbs. Spicy, earthy, full-bodied, and rich, it has hit its plateau… Read More »