Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Another soft wine, the 2007 d-Armailhac exhibits notes of Chinese black tea, plum sauce, and black currants in a round, superficial but attractive, easy-going, complex style. It is best drunk over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes While austere and astringent, this is a solidly made 2001 offering pleasant herb and currant-tinged flavors, a hint of wet stones/damp earth, and a medium-bodied finish. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #153 Jun 2004) By Robert Parker

Grape 65% Corvina 20% Rondinella 15% Corvinone Ratings & Awards Commended – International Wine Challenge 2009 Tasting Notes colour: intense Ruby Red Bouquet: combinations of red fruits, spicy and vinous. taste: well balanced, full-bodied, velvety and with the right acidity to balance the tannins. -by Officoal Website *Amarone skins added for a second fermentation or… Read More »

DOCG – Moscato d’ Asti Grape 100% Moscato

Region Yarra Valley Grape Cabernets Tasting Notes Excellent hue though not particularly deep; a classic, understated Mount Mary style, beautiful fruit/oak/tannin balance; cassis and blackcurrant dominate, then silky tannins on a very long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Malbec/Petit Verdot. -95 pts by James Halliday N/A -91 pts by Jeremy Oliver

Region: Hautes Cotes de Nuits Grape: 100% Piont Noir Points& Awards: Tasting Note:

DOCa – Rioja (Spain) Grapes – 85% Tempranillo 15% others varieties Come from selected old vines of minimum 45 years and low yield 20 months ageing in 50% French and 50% American new oak barrels Tasting Note: Red cherry high notes. Clean nose, with good intensity. Memories of ripe fruit, preserve (jam) on a background… Read More »

AOC – Saint Julien Cru Bourgeois Superieur Grape 65% Cabernet Sauvignon30% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc Rating & Awards Rated 4 stars, highly recommended by DECANTER 89 points by Guide des Vins Gilbert & Gaillard 2010 Tasting Notes The 2006 vintage still turned out very well, as timely leaf-and bunch-thinning enabled all the grape varieties to… Read More »

IGT – ToscanaGrape 100% Cabernet SauvignonRatings & Awards Robert Parker 94 Wine Spectator 90 Tasting Notes Lots of vanilla and currant character on the nose and palate. A very New World style. Full and soft. Long finish. A little one-dimensional now, but a fun and flavorful wine. Cabernet Sauvignon. Best after 2009. -by Wine Spectator… Read More »

Grape Shiraz  Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 87 Jeremy Oliver 88 James Halliday 94 Wine Spectator 94 Tasting Notes Colour : Magenta with a deep purple core. Nose : An archetypal refined Barossa Shiraz nose with liquorice, blackberry and plum aromas over a tar… Read More »