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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 82 Tasting Notes This is a relatively lean, austere, mid-weight Margaux that exhibits some pleasant black cherry and black currant fruit as well as dusty, earthy notes in an emaciated style. Drink it over the next 10 years.(Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009) By Robert Parker

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

James Halliday 94pts Grape 100% Chardonnay Tasting Notes Vintage 2009 was cool and on normal timing albeit with an early heat wave pre-veraison. Chardonnay grapes were handpicked on the 11th March 2009 from our V&A vineyard at 12 baume and whole bunch pressed to new and used Mercurey French Oak. Fermented with AWRI 1375 yeast… Read More »

Region Yarra Valley Grape Chardonnay Tasting Notes Shy and reserved – slowly unfolding its delicate, nougat-like, floral and waxy bouquet of nectarine, peach, pear and ginger, plus its more pungent mineral, buttery, creamy and lanolin notes. It’s smooth and very elegant, creamy and moderately viscous, with some toasty, honeyed development beneath its more forward presence… Read More »