Category Archives: Tasting Notes

AOC – Volnay"Sous Lurets"Grape 100% Pinot Noir

Region: Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Variety: Shiraz, Cabernet Cellar: 36 years (2016-2054) Alcohol: 14.3% Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 97 Jeremy Oliver 95 James Halliday 96 Wine Spectator 97 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep, dark garnet. Nose : At once Grange – a tightly… Read More »

Grape 100% ShirazRatingsRated 4.5 stars by WINESTATE James Halliday 93Tasting Notes Rich old Barossa shiraz with mulberry, tobacco, leather, and light oak overtones. A big wine with long flavours and rewarding characteristics, full of plumy fruit balanced by abundant soft tannins. Very small production runs of each vintage have been done to retain the uniqueness of… Read More »

DOCG – BarbarescoGrape100% Nebbiolo RatingsRobert Parker 91 Tasting Notes The 2005 Barbaresco Nubiola is an elegant, refined offering. Made in a delicate, feminine style, it possesses highly attractive notes of flowers, spices and small red fruits. Initially somewhat focused, the wine expands beautifully on the palate, where layers of perfumed fruit blossom with notable class… Read More »

AOC – Paulliac Grand Cru Classes – 1eme Ratings Robert Parker 90 Wine Spectator 88 Tasting Notes A flavorful, savory Latour, without a great deal of density or power, the 1997 exhibits sweet, walnut-tinged, black currant fruit intertwined with minerals and subtle wood. Nicely-textured, with adequate acidity, ripe tannin, and a medium-bodied finish, this smooth… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes The disappointing 2005 Pichon Lalande reveals a much lighter style than one expects from this estate. However, the new owners, the Louis Roederer/Deutz champagne firm, have recently brought in Hubert de Bouard (from St.-Emilion) as a consultant, and the 2006 appears to be a dramatic improvement over the… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Dry tannin and a backward, austere, muscular, brooding personality characterize Leoville Barton’s 1999. However, it is packed with grip, body, and depth. Give it 5-6 years of cellaring and hope the tannin melts away sufficiently for the fruit to come forward. It should last for two decades, but… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tastings Notes This dark ruby-colored 2007 possesses aromas of plum sauce, berry fruit, juicy black currants, and a hint of herbs. It is an attractive, mid-weight, fleshy wine with good purity and depth. Enjoy it over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes A floral, elegant, graceful, classic Margaux, the 2001 d??Issan displays medium-bodied flavors (cherries, black currants, and acacia flowers), and an understated, restrained personality without the power of the superb 2000. Drink this pure, well-balanced 2001 over the next 12-14 years.(Wine Advocate #153 Jun 2004) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 78 Tasting Notes Although the 1995 reveals a good color, it has been consistently angular, austere, and too tannic. This is a lean, spartan style of claret that is likely to dry out before enough tannin melts away to reach a balance with the wine??s fruit. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010. Last tasted,… Read More »