Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005

Ratings by Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes The brilliant 2005 Grand-Puy-Lacoste exhibits classic Pauillac aromas and flavors of creme de cassis along with stony/floral notes. Proprietor Xavier Borie has created a wine that should rival the brilliant 1982, 1990, 1996, and 2000. Full-bodied with sweet tannin and superb length (a 40+ second finish), the purity… Read More »

Chateau du Tertre 1999

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The deep dark ruby-colored 1999 is an excellent du Tertre. It exhibits aromas of herbs, leather, licorice, red and black currants, sweet fruit on the attack, medium body, and a round, charming, pretty finish. Enjoy it now and over the next 10-12 years. (Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002)… Read More »

Chateau Siran 2006 AOC Margaux

Robert Parker : 86pts Wine Spectator : 87pts AOC – Margaux Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Grape 32% Cabernet Sauvignon 52% Merlot 16% Petit Verdot 2% Cabernet Franc Tasting Notes Raspberries and red fruit, straightforward/correct in the mouth, powerful, slightly linear, gentlysweet, smooth/velvety, fine fruit in the finish, lovely persistence. From a particularly warm month of July,… Read More »

Petaluma Shiraz 2003

Region Adelaide Hills Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Spice and blackberry with hints of leaf, mint and apricot; a powerful palate, with distinct tannins; needs time to soften. -91 pts by James Halliday N/A -87 pts by Jeremy Oliver

Hospices De Colmar Riesling 2011

Region: Alsace Grape: 100% Riesling Tasting Note: Vineyards older than 40 years with exceptional terroir. Flower notes with critus fruit aromas Match with seafood perfectly

Nuiton-Beaunoy Meursault Blanc 2010

產區 Wine Region:  法國布根地默爾索 Meursault, Bourgogne, France 葡萄品種 Grape variety:  100% 霞多麗 Chardonnay 陳年潛力 Cellar:  5-10 年/years (2015-2020) 釀造工藝 Vinification: 1957年由當地葡萄農自發組成,是布根地金丘區唯一的合作社品牌酒莊,至今已有115位專業葡萄農加入團隊,共擁地520公頃,生産30多款展現不同風土特色的美酒。該款村莊級霞多麗以先進氣壓技術搾汁後,再經低溫隔渣取得最純淨汁液進行釀造,法國橡木桶酒泥發酵及陳釀,以得到更香醇及均衡口感。 Formed in 1957 by a group of local grape farmers, Nuiton-Beaunoy is the first and only cooperative winery in Côte d’Or. Today, it brings together 115 associated winegrowers from the region, the total vineyard… Read More »

Echo de Lynch Bages 2008

AOC – Pauillac Second wine of Chateau Lynch Bages Ratings Wine Spectator 85-88 Tasting Notes Currant bush and mint aromas follow through to a full body, with chewy tannins and a medium finish. A little hollow. The second wine of Lynch-Bages. Name change from Haut-Bages-Averous with the 2008 vintage.-by Wine Spectator