Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This wine has completely shut down after being in bottle for several years. It still has an impressively saturated ruby/purple color and a nose of sweet berry fruit intermixed with licorice, tapenade, mineral, and herbs. The wine is deep, medium-bodied, with excellent purity and some relatively elevated and… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes This sexy, evolved, dense ruby/purple-tinged 2003 reveals notes of smoke, herbs, black currant jam, licorice and graphite. Full-bodied, opulent and flamboyant, it is another example of a stunning 2003 northern Medoc that can be drunk now or cellared for 10-15 more years. This irregular vintage hit its zenith… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker (87) Tasting Notes Dark plum/garnet-colored, with an evolved, mature, cedary, spice box, fruit cake, coffee, smoky, fruit-scented bouquet, this seductive, medium-bodied, fruit-driven 1997 offers plenty of appeal. Drink this spicy Pauillac over the next 7-8 years. (Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes An impressive effort from this Haut-Medoc property, the 2005 Belgrave possesses a deep ruby/purple color as well as notes of damp earth, cedar, herbs, black cherries, and currants, good acidity, moderately high tannin, an admirable, layered texture, and fine purity and overall balance. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2022.(Wine Advocate #176… Read More »
Tasting Notes Clean pale yellow color. Nose fruity, persistent and elegant aromas. Good backbone on the palate. -by Official Website . Alvarez de Toledo’s new releases include one white wine, the 2010 Godello. This unoaked beauty delivers a lovely perfume of baking spices, melon, peaches, and mineral. Round, spicy, and pleasure-bent, this smooth-textured, impeccably balanced… Read More »
Region: La Mancha Grape: 50% Merlot 50% Tempranillo Points & Awards: Tasting Note: From the same producer that produced our Trophy winning Artero Tempranillo. This Crianza Merlot Tempranillo (a 50/50 blend of both grapes) is from an excellent vintage and spent 6 months in second year American oak barrels. Medium to fuller bodied with rich… Read More »