Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Seppelt Great Shiraz 1995

Region Grampians Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Medium purple-red; high-toned black cherry fruit marries with soft French oak on the bouquet; the palate offers cherry, mint and berry fruit flavours, with those utterly distinctive, hallmark fine tannins of Great Western -91 pts by James Halliday

Pelissero Dolcetto d’Alba doc Munfrina 2010

Region: Alba Grape: 100% Dolcetto Points & Award: Robert Parker 91 Tasting Note: The 2010 Dolcetto d’Alba Munfrina is an energetic, inward wine bursting with blackberries, sweet flowers and crushed rocks. It shows marvelous energy all the way through to the layered, polished finish. This is an impressively structured Dolcetto loaded with class and pedigree.… Read More »

Alter Ego de Palmer 2006

AOC – Margaux Second wine of Chateau Palmer Grape Cabernet SauvignonMerlot Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 92 Wine Spectator 89 ~ 91 Tasting Notes Fairly deep color. Very attractive nose features pure fruit aromas that recall black cherry and blackberry. We also pick up violet with some minerality in the background. Powerful, youthful, and complex… Read More »

Penfolds Grange 1978

Grape ShirazRatings*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury RangeExceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine  Robert Parker 93Jeremy Oliver 94Wine Spectator 83Tasting Notes Colour : Medium red.Nose : Complex, cedar/tobacco/gamey with plenty of sweet fruit.Palate : Highly concentrated and beautifully textured wine with lovely, sweet, blackberry/ smoky/ earthy fruit and liquorice, fine grainy tannins and dry finish.… Read More »

Glenelly “The Glass Collection” Chardonnay 2010

grape 100% Chardonnay Ratings & Awards Wine Spectator 88 Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, USA 89 Tasting Notes Clean and direct, featuring a racy edge to the peach, apple and melon notes, backed by a hint of blanched almond on the finish. Drink now. 400 cases imported. – by Wine Spectator . 20,000 bottles produced

Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1999

AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 95Wine Spectator 94Tasting Notes The 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999" on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significant historical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offering from Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant and intensely flavored, and… Read More »

Chateau Latour 2003

Ratings By Robert Parker 100 Tasting Notes There are only 10,800 cases (rather than the normal 15,000-20,000) of the 2003 Latour, a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot (13.3% finished alcohol). A prodigious effort, it boasts a saturated purple color as well as a gorgeous perfume of smoke, cedar, creme… Read More »