Grape 100% Chardonnay Ratings James Halliday 96 Jeremy Oliver 96 Tasting Notes COLOUR Light straw with pale yellow hues. NOSE Aromas of new season peach and freshly cut apple are complemented by fresh grapefruit and dried lychee. The powerful fruit is in harmony with an array of spicy characters partially derived from high-quality French oak.… Read More »
Grape 100% Cabernet SauvignonRating & Awards James Halliday 94Bronze Medal – Decanter World Wine AwardsSilver Medal – New Zealand International Wine Challenge Tasting Notes This wine displays rich chocolate flavour with minty overtones that enhance the very intense blackberry fruit characters. The tannins are firm, but allow the fruit to dominate. –by Official Website Some… Read More »
AOC – MargauxGrand Cru Classe – 3emeGrape Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Petit VerdotRatings Robert Parker 91 Wine Spectator 90 Tasting Notes Beautifully dense garnet red.The nose opens with notes of plum, crystallized blackberries, vanilla, cinnamon, and, with air time, smoky and musky notes appear.Clear fruitiness and vigorous freshness on the attack, following through with a… Read More »
AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1 eme Ratings Robert Parker 96 Wine Spectator 95 Tasting Notes The 2005 Mouton Rothschild will have to take a back seat to the prodigious 2006, but administrator Philippe Dalhuin deserves considerable credit for pushing Mouton to higher quality levels over recent years. A blend of 85% Cabernet… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The 1999 Pichon Lalande performed inconsistently. This wine is a blend of 47% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Petit Verdot. It offers a complex, evolved bouquet of cedar, underbrush, red currants, and spice box. The dark ruby color is not as saturated as many… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89+ Tasting Notes This muscular, highly-extracted, structured 2007 reveals a boatload of tannin (unusual for this vintage). The wine??s dark ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of cassis, new saddle leather, and forest floor offered in a structured, backward, almost unapproachable format. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring, and if the… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes An excellent d’Issan, with more noticeable tannin than the 1996, the 1995 possesses a deep ruby color, an excellent spicy, weedy, licorice, and black currant-scented nose, sweet fruit on the attack, and very good purity, ripeness, and overall balance. The wine is well-made and more backward than the… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes The noteworthy, classic Margauxs from this estate remain under most consumers?? radar. Displaying low acidity and a forward style, the exotic 2003 is undeniably fragrant, complex, and sexy. Its dark ruby/purple color is followed by sumptuous aromas of truffles, underbrush, plums, cassis, and a hint of figs. The… Read More »