Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Region – Nemea Grape – 100% Agiorgitiko Tasting Notes Matures for 14 months in small barrels and has a dark Ruby Red color known as Hercules blood, unique flavour of cherry and dried plums. -by Official Website ——————————————————————————– Ktima Lantides Estate is a family business, established in 1993 by Panos Lantides, focusing on the distinction… Read More »

Region- AOC – Bordeaux Grape – 70% Sauvignon Blanc 30% Semillon Made by Chateau Guiraud (Sauternes 1 er Cru Classe) Dry White Wine from ripe grapes Barrel ageing lasts for 9 months 30,000 bottles produced

AOC – Saint EmillonGrand CruGrape 68% Merlot 26% Cabernet Franc 6% Cabernet SauvignonRating & Awards Silver Medal – Concours des Feminalises (wine judges are 100% female) 88 points by GILBERT & GAILLARD    *Second wine of Chateau Laroze

DO – Rueda Grape 100% Verdeio Ratings & Awards GUIA PENIN 92 Johnradford.com 18/20 Tasting Notes Cuesta de Oro is full-bodied, persistent and aromatic – peach and apricot – offering a superb balance between power and freshness. –by Official Website *fermented in oak

Grape Shiraz  Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 95 Jeremy Oliver 96 James Halliday 95 Wine Spectator 93 Tasting Notes Colour : Inky, deep and dense purple. Nose : Aromatics leap from the glass – sweet fruits, with blueberry to the fore. Spices and a… Read More »

AOC – Sauternes Premier Cru Grape Semillon & Sauvignon Blanc Ratings By Wine Spectator 91 Tasting Notes Offers a wonderful nose of exotic fruits, from mango to fresh pineapple, with just a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with lots of fruit and a long finish. Hard not to drink now. Best after 2010.… Read More »

AOC – Margaux Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Grape 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 54% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot , 6% Cabernet Franc Ratings Robert Parker 89 Wine Spectator 92 Tasting Notes Beautiful color dark and intense. Nose aromas of red fruit and spices smoked. Final fine, very fruity. Complex, pleasant and tasty wine. -by Offical Website Highly-extracted, powerful,… Read More »

AOC – Aloxe CortonSous ChaillotsGrape 100% Pinot Noir

Ratings By Robert Parker 94+ Tasting Notes This is a brilliantly run property year in and year out, and especially since the mid- to late 1980s has produced one of the top four or five wines made in Pauillac in virtually every vintage. With 13.4% alcohol, the 2003 is one of the most powerful efforts… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes The elegant, spice box, cedary, oaky, red and black currant-scented and flavored 1997 Leoville Barton reveals surprising softness, medium body, low acidity, and ripe tannin. Drink it over the next decade. I would not be surprised to see it improve in the bottle, and possibly merit a higher… Read More »