Grape 100% ShirazRatings & Awards– Gold Medal – Finger Lake International Wine Competition 2010– Silver Medal – Selections Mondiales des Vins Canada 2010 Tasting Notes Take a deep breath and smell the fresh ripe berry fruit aromas.Sip and savour the savour the long and flavoursome palate of fresh lively dark fruit and deliciously smooth fruit.… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 99 Tasting Notes Am I being too stingy with the 2003 Chateau Margaux? A wine of extraordinary complexity and intensity, it reveals a deep purple color, a style not unlike the 1990 Margaux (possibly even more concentrated), a velvety texture, and notes of spring flowers interwoven with camphor, melted licorice, creme… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes A star of the vintage, this classy, cedary, black currant, and sweet cherry-scented, dense ruby-colored Las Cases exhibits a beautiful dosage of new oak, medium body, expansive, ripe, concentrated flavors, plenty of glycerin, and exceptional purity. It is low in acidity, and already delicious. Anticipated maturity: now-2016.(Wine Advocate… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 95 Tasting Notes The 2005 Montrose is an exceptionally tannic, broodingly backward offering displaying a dense ruby/purple color along with a provocative perfume of crushed rocks, flowers, cassis, black raspberries, and blueberries. It continues to add weight and richness, good traits considering the substantial, forbiddingly high tannin levels and zesty acidity.… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes This once moribund estate has totally reversed itself. A sleeper of the vintage, the opaque purple-colored 1998 boasts a smoky, licorice, cassis, and mineral-scented bouquet. Full-bodied, powerful, yet elegant, it successfully balances complexity with an unbridled richness and power. Very impressive, particularly in view of its exceptional concentration,… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Herbaceous, earthy, truffle notes intermixed with sweet cherries, plums, and currants are present in this soft, medium garnet wine, which is surprisingly evolved and best drunk over the next 10-15 years. I like the wine??s plushness, and the concentration is certainly very good, but this is on a… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes An uninspiring effort from one of my favorite estates, La Lagune’s dark ruby-colored, elegant, medium-bodied 2000 reveals plenty of new oak, but lacks concentration, expansiveness, and persistence. It is a pretty wine, but short and insubstantial. Anticipated maturity: now-2011.(Wine Advocate #146 Apr 2003) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes A sleeper of the vintage from proprietor Bernard Magrez, the 2002 exhibits a deep plum/purple color, a sweet nose of tobacco-infused creme de cassis fruit, espresso roast, and white chocolate, dense, medium-bodied flavors, ripe tannin, and impressive concentration as well as length. Anticipated maturity:2007-2017.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005)… Read More »