VDT – La ManchaGrape 100% Merlot Tasting Notes Colour : Well covered cherry red color. Nose : Intense aroma, very ripe fruit and balsamic touches.Palate : It is powerful, tasty and pleasantly stimulating. -by Official Website *A family business, Bodegas Munoz is located is located in a part of La Mancha that belongs to the province… Read More »
DO – MentridaGrape50% Syrah20% Merlot15% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Arrayan’s 2007 Seleccion is a blend of 35% Syrah, 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the balance Petit Verdot aged for 8 months in French oak. Purple in color with a nose of spice box, roasted herbs, violets, and… Read More »
Grape100% Pinot NoirRatingsJames Halliday 94 Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes The 2005 Pinot Noir Estate ?°Sigma?± was aged for 18 months in French oak including 30% new Francois Freres barrels. The wine has superb aromatics featuring toasty, mineral, black cherry, and black raspberry notes. This leads to a juicy yet structured velvety-textured wine which will… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes Haut-Brion??s 2001, which was bottled late (the end of September, 2003), possesses an unmistakable nobility as well as a burgeoning complexity. Plum/purple to the rim, this blend of 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 12% Cabernet Franc is playing it close to the vest, having closed down considerably… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes Revealing more grip and tannin since bottling, the 1995 Gruaud-Larose exhibits a dark ruby color, and a nose of sweet black cherries, licorice, earth, and spice. Rich, with medium to full body, high tannin, and subtle oak in the background, the 1995 is nearly as structured and tannic… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 98 Tasting Notes The prodigious, fantastic 2003 Cos d??Estournel is a candidate for ????wine of the vintage.?? A blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon (unusually high for this chateau), 30% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, 17,500 cases were produced from low yields. An inky/blue/purple color is accompanied by a compelling perfume of… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 79 Tasting Notes This herbaceous, medium-bodied, light effort possesses a dark ruby color, attractive berry fruit, and a pleasant earthy, floral bouquet. However, there is little length as well as a compressed feeling to the wine’s personality.(Wine Advocate #128Apr 2000) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 91? Tasting Notes Sweet, toasty, oaky notes interwoven with hints of black olives, blackberries, cassis, and spice box are found in this densely saturated ruby/purple-hued 2005. While rich, with impressive concentration and purity, it is also tannic, full-bodied, and painfully backward and foreboding. This is another long-term prospect that will require… Read More »