Region: Coonawarra Grape: 100% Chardonnay Points & Awards: Gold medal – 2011 Winewise Small Vigneron Award Tasting Note: Pale straw colour, the nose has fresh bright honey melon fruit aromas and complex mocha coffee notes from the oak. The palate is complex and textured with a fine balance and softness. Bottled in March 2011
AOC – Margaux Second wine of Chateau Palmer Grape Cabernet SauvignonMerlot Petit Verdot Ratings Robert Parker 92 Wine Spectator 89 ~ 91 Tasting Notes Fairly deep color. Very attractive nose features pure fruit aromas that recall black cherry and blackberry. We also pick up violet with some minerality in the background. Powerful, youthful, and complex… Read More »
Grape ShirazRatings*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury RangeExceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 93Jeremy Oliver 94Wine Spectator 83Tasting Notes Colour : Medium red.Nose : Complex, cedar/tobacco/gamey with plenty of sweet fruit.Palate : Highly concentrated and beautifully textured wine with lovely, sweet, blackberry/ smoky/ earthy fruit and liquorice, fine grainy tannins and dry finish.… Read More »
grape 100% Chardonnay Ratings & Awards Wine Spectator 88 Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar, USA 89 Tasting Notes Clean and direct, featuring a racy edge to the peach, apple and melon notes, backed by a hint of blanched almond on the finish. Drink now. 400 cases imported. – by Wine Spectator . 20,000 bottles produced
AOC – PaulliacGrand Cru Classes – 1emeRatings Robert Parker 95Wine Spectator 94Tasting Notes The 1999 Lafite Rothschild sports an engraved "1999" on the bottle along with an eclipse to mark that significant historical event of August, 1999. It is a quintessential offering from Lafite Rothschild. This prodigious wine is both elegant and intensely flavored, and… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 100 Tasting Notes There are only 10,800 cases (rather than the normal 15,000-20,000) of the 2003 Latour, a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot (13.3% finished alcohol). A prodigious effort, it boasts a saturated purple color as well as a gorgeous perfume of smoke, cedar, creme… Read More »
Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A classy, complex bouquet of lead pencil, mineral, earth, cassis, and flowers jumps from the glass of this dark ruby/purple-colored 1997. Evolved and elegant, with noticeable tannin, it exhibits both breed and class as well as moderate weight, excellent depth, purity, and symmetry. Enjoy it now and over… Read More »