Ratings By Robert Parker 89+ Tasting Notes A very tannic, structured wine with an opaque purple color and a sweet creme de cassis nose intermixed with damp earth, vanilla, and licorice, this relatively massive wine has mouth-searing levels of tannin, medium body, and a very backward style that will require considerable patience from its buyers.… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Evolving quickly, the dark plum/garnet-colored 2004 reveals notes of tobacco leaf, forest floor, black fruits, new saddle leather, licorice and earth, good, rather than great, depth of fruit and medium body. Drink this mid-weight effort over the next 10-15 years. (Wine Advocate #196Aug 2011) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This is an up and coming Pauillac estate that is making better and better wines. Moreover, they remain realistically priced. This is a Medoc 1998 that is revealing more mid-palate, flesh, concentration, and sweeter tannin than it did during its previous year and a half in barrel. A… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A concoction of red and black currants intermixed with some cedar, seaweed, herbs, and lots of spice offers up an alluring set of aromatics. This well-made, medium-bodied wine has good concentration and light to moderate tannins in a pure, balanced style. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.(Wine… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes This fully mature, elegant 2000 tails off slightly in the finish. Notes of forest floor, bay leaf, licorice, red currants, and cranberries are offered in a Burgundian-like, fresh, vibrant format. The tannins have melted away in this medium-bodied, finesse-styled effort. Consume it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate… Read More »
Wine Spectator : 90pts IGT – Toscana Grape 100% Chardonnay ——————————————————————————– Born in 1980 from a challenge of Fabrizio Bianchi to create a white wine of great character in an area which was not especially dedicated to it, this selection of Chardonnay from the Valdigallo vineyard, 3.50 hectares at an altitude of 260 metre a.s.l.… Read More »
Region Coonawarra Grapes Shriaz Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Notes Firm and flavorful, a succulent mouthful of anise-scented blackberry and mineral flavors. Has a density and intensity that promises much with cellaring. Nice now, best from 2000 through 2005. -91 pts by Wine Spectator Medium to full red-purple; a powerful, concentrated bouquet with excellent fruit and oak… Read More »