Category Archives: Tasting Notes

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Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Readers should be aware that this is a wine I underrated in my original report on the 1998 vintage. It is performing better out of bottle than it did from cask. With age, the mid-section has filled out and the wine has put on weight. A deep plum/garnet… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Earthy, autumnal, vegetative notes intermixed with sweet cola, black cherry, and black currant are present in this dense purple-colored wine. Firm tannins are present, but the wine has excellent fruit, depth, and texture. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2022.(Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Black currant, licorice, damp earth, moss, and fresh porcini mushroom characteristics emerge from this dark plum/ruby-colored Pauillac. It is not as strong, powerful, or deep as more recent vintages of Batailley, with noticeable, but not excessive tannin as well as medium body. Drink it over the next 7-8… Read More »

Ratings by Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A classic Pauillac as well as a sleeper of the vintage, the 2008 is even better from bottle than I predicted from cask. It boasts a dense purple color along with an impressive display of black currants, licorice, forest floor and graphite, medium to full body, a hefty… Read More »

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Ratings By Robert Parker 85 Tasting Notes Based on its performance from cask, I had hoped this 1995 would be slightly better. Nevertheless, it has turned out to be a good claret, made in a lighter style. The medium ruby color is followed by straightforward, soft, berry, and black currant-scented aromatics. In the mouth, the… Read More »

Robert Parker: 90pts Wine Spectator: 88pts Grape 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Notes The 2009 The Glass Collection Cabernet Sauvignon is matured for 12 months in oak with racking every four. It has a lifted, slightly “briny” bouquet with good definition. The palate is full-bodied with firm tannins, a grainy texture with a dry, quite austere… Read More »

Region Macedon Ranges Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Stacked with dark, concentrated and brooding musky fruit, this lightly peppery shiraz is what Heathcote is all about. Steeped in black plums and cassis and lightly smoky mocha oak, its richly textured palate is both piercing and penetrative, built around firm, fine tannins. A touch of class. -93… Read More »

AOC – Sancerre Grape 100% Pinot Noir Awards Silver Medal – Concours General Agricoie Paris Silver Medal – Concours des Vins de Bourges Bronze Medal – Concours des Vins Sancerre Tasting Notes A salmon pink and brilliant robe. A nose of a pleasant intensity on notes of apricot, peach and wild strawberry. A soft and… Read More »