Category Archives: Tasting Notes

Ratings by Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes This light to medium ruby-colored, cassis-scented Pauillac exhibits medium body, good balance, and sweet fruit. Drink this straightforward, picnic-styled claret over the next 5-6 years.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker (83-85)

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Tasted on three separate occasions, this 2001 did not perform nearly as well from bottle as it did from cask. A blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc, it exhibits aromas reminiscent of a Starbuck espresso, melted licorice, black currants, cherries, cedar, a notion… Read More »

AOC – Savigny-Les-Beaune Les Vermots Dessus Grape 100% Chardonnay ——————————————————————————– Made from the vineyard of Les Vermots Dessus, which lies between Corton and the Beaune escarpement. Winemaker, Yves Girardin, tends these vineyards that have been in his family for generations and ages his wine in a mixture of new and used French oak barriques to… Read More »

Region Barossa Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Dense, dark and powerful, a mighty mouthful of black pepper-scented black cherry, stewed plum and licorice flavors that echo beautifully on the long, fine-grained finish. Somehow it finds an elegant balance in the end. Best after 2005. 850 cases imported. -95 pts by Wine Spectator Complex, intense blackberry… Read More »

Region Coonawarra Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Notes Dark, dense and supple, soft enough to be almost watery, with odd mint and vegetal overtones to the ripe Cabernet fruit. Drink now through 2007. 8,532 cases made. -85 pts by Wine Spectator N/A -82 pts by Jeremy Oliver Deep purple-red; sweet cassis fruit and powerful but integrated… Read More »

Region: DOCG- Asti (Piemonte, Italy) Grape- 100% Moscato Tasting Note: 精緻明顯，很新鮮的麝香，木瓜， 梨，良好的平衡甜度，生性活潑。 適宜作為餐前胃用的甜白汽酒或 配上香辣泰國菜餚。

AOC – Pomerol Grape 90% Merlot 10% Cabernet Franc Ratings Robert Parker 89 Wine Spectator 91 16 / 20 by DECANTER Tasting Notes A sleeper of the vintage, this impressively run, small Pomerol estate has turned out a fruit-driven (loads of black cherries and cassis) 2005 revealing notions of smoke, licorice, and wood. It is… Read More »

Grape – 100% Sauvignon Blanc

產區 Wine Region: 西班牙門特里達 DO Méntrida, Spain 葡萄品種 Grape variety: 100% 西拉 Syrah 評分 Rating: Robert Parker 91+ 陳年潛力 Cellar: 7-10 年/years (2014-2017) 釀造工藝 Vinification: 精品酒莊Arrayán 創立自1999年，位於門特里達產區，距首都馬德里僅70公里，產區酒莊因長年供應優質佳釀予皇室貴族而聞名國内外。該酒莊佔地26公頃，以西拉、梅洛、赤霞珠、小維鐸釀造出各款新派名酒，長期得到權威高分好評。頂級西拉紅酒，果實經48小時低溫浸泡及20天不銹鋼桶乳酸恆溫發酵，得以保留最天然清新果味；隨後12個月法國木桶陳釀及12個月瓶内演化，以達至更均衡且具深度的品質。 Bodegas Arrayán was established in 1999, which is located in Méntrida region, just 70 km south of Madrid. The region is famed for supplying premium wines to the… Read More »