Grape Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc Tasting Notes Colour: Pale straw with light green hues Bouquet: Clean, fragrant, grassy aromas with intense array of tropical fruits Palate: Clean fresh zesty palate showing flavours of lemon, mandarin and gooseberry. – by Offical Website . Has a mixture of gentle tropical notes and an almost savoury, certainly mineral, cross… Read More »
AOC – Margaux Cru Bourgeois ExceptionnelGrape 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot , 2% Cabernet FrancRatings Robert Parker 87Wine Spectator 91Tasting NotesA beautiful finale to the decade. Bouquet initially demure but promising, with scents of dark and red fruits and hints of vanilla. Powerful in the mouth, well concentrated, with beautifully ripe and… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 93 Tasting Notes An undeniable star of the vintage, Pichon-Baron??s 2004 boasts an inky/ruby/purple color to the rim as well as a big, sweet nose of melted licorice, chocolate, black currant jam, truffles, and charcoal embers. Soft tannin, full body, and abundant opulence and flesh are atypical for the vintage character,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes This opaque purple-colored, muscular, full-bodied, classically made St.-Julien displays impressive concentration, chewy, highly-extracted flavors of black fruits, iron, earth, and spicy wood, and a powerful mouth-feel. A pure, uncompromising, traditionally-styled wine, it is to be admired for its authenticity, class, and quality. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2035. Readers seeking classic,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes I can??t say enough about how beautifully classic, racy, and gracious the wines of Brane Cantenac have become over the last decade. The stunningly elegant 2006 exhibits a sweet, subtle smoke note intermixed with creme de cassis in its medium-bodied style with superb nobility, concentration, and sweet tannin.… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Still somewhat tannic but very much in the style that Kirwan has favored over recent vintages, this is a full-bodied, muscular, powerhouse effort. The wine still has a dense ruby/purple color, with loads of blackberries, cassis, and some noticeable new oak still lingering in the background. Powerful, rich,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Dark plum/garnet, this elegant, medium to full-bodied, beguiling, seductive 2008 is a sleeper of the vintage. Round and silky-smooth with lovely black cherry and black currant fruit imbued with touches of smoke, herbs and earth, this relatively evolved effort is best consumed over the next 15-17 years.(Wine Advocate… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Made in a pretty, elegant, fruity, dark ruby-hued style, the 2002 offers notes of allspice, plums, and resin, followed by attractive medium-bodied black cherry and currant flavors. Not a big wine, it is a well-balanced, elegant claret for enjoying over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005)… Read More »