Ratings By Robert Parker 90 Tasting Notes Made in the tell-tale Kirwan style (medium to full-bodied, lots of muscle, concentration, and thickness), the dense purple-colored 2008 offers sweet blackberry and cassis fruit along with a layered mouthfeel. A sleeper of the vintage, this 2008 remains backward and thus will benefit from 2-3 years of cellaring.… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker Tasting Notes A terrific wine and probably a great value given the pricing for this vintage, Malescot Saint-Exupery??s 2002 exhibits a deep ruby/purple color, notes of anise-infused plum, blackberries, and cherries, broad, full-bodied flavors, wonderful density, yet tremendous purity and elegance. A noble wine that exudes gravitas, give it 2-3 years… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This dense ruby/purple-colored blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot has filled out nicely during its upbringing in wood. It exhibits a fruitcake, cedar, spice box, plum, black raspberry, and currant-scented bouquet, excellent richness, moderate levels of sweet tannin, fine purity, and a complex style. Anticipated maturity:… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 94 Tasting Notes The 2000 Grand Puy Lacoste is even better than such recent vintages as 2005 and 2009. A broad, classic, large-scaled effort, it boasts a deep blue/purple color as well as tell-tale notes of creme de cassis, subtle smoke, flowers, and unsmoked tobacco. Powerful, full-bodied flavors have shed a… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes A dense plum/purple color is followed by a supple, evolved, medium-bodied wine revealing an elegant bouquet of red and black currants, charcoal, toast and earth. Enjoy this impressive 2008 over the next 12-15 years.(Wine Advocate #194 May 2011) By Robert Parker
Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes Although somewhat lean and austere, the 2002 offers attractive ripe cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with notions of damp earth, spice box, and new wood. It is a pleasing, but restrained, angular Haut-Medoc to consume over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr 2005) By Robert Parker
Tasting Notes 3 Stones Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay is a fruit driven wine with zestys flavours of white peach, tropical fruit and a delightful hint of lemon citrus. We have crafted the wine to mazmise the stunning fruit character, making it ideal as an aperitif, or matched to pan-seared chicken, fish, or pork. -by Official Website