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Ratings By Robert Parker 88+ Tasting Notes Just emerging from a relatively disjointed, awkward stage, this dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up notes of new saddle leather, a hint of chocolate, black currants, and earth. The wine is medium-bodied, relatively tannic, yet has good underlying sweetness. It still seems a bit disjointed and potentially too austere,… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes Another sleeper of the vintage for this property that has been doing impressive work over recent vintages, the 2004 (a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot) displays a dark ruby/purple color along with classic aromas of cedar, creme de cassis, earth, spice, and wood. Medium to… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker86 Tasting Notes A pleasant, dark ruby-colored, elegant Pauillac, the 1998 displays hollowness on the mid-palate along with notes of red and black currants, tobacco, dried herbs, and earth. Although solidly-made, there is not much depth. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2012. (Wine Advocate #134Apr 2001) By Robert Parker

Ratings by Robert Parker 92 Tasting Notes While not at the level of the phenomenal 2005, Grand-Puy-Lacoste has produced another classic wine with the creme de cassis fruit that I often find in both Mouton Rothschild and Pontet-Canet, yet both of those vineyards are closer to the Gironde River. This wine has a pure personality,… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A dense purple color is followed by layers of concentrated blackberry fruit intertwined with damp earth, mushroom, and sweet, toasty barrique smells. With ripe tannin, medium to full body, a layered texture, and a concentrated, impressively endowed finish, this is the finest Du Tertre since their 1979. This… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This elegant, tasty, mid-weight Bordeaux is defined by its classicism, finesse and pure, spicy, red and black currant fruit. With good depth and a silky texture, it is best consumed over the next 5-6 years.(Wine Advocate #194 May 2011) By Robert Parker

Grape 100% Chardonnay Tasting Notes Gleaming straw-green; a complex wine in mainstream Margaret River style, with a mix of white flesh stone fruit, grapefruit, fig and cashew; good balance and length. – by James Halliday Barrel fermented in French oak barriques, 40% new, and aged for 10 months, the 2008 Chardonnay gives toasty apple tart… Read More »

DO – Ribera del Duero Grape 100% Tinto Fino / Tempranillo

Region Tasmania Grape Chardonnay Tasting Notes Light to medium yellow-green; the bouquet has some slightly herbal overtones – typical of very cool grown chardonnay – to the citrus and melon fruit, nuances of almond/cashew, and balanced and integrated oak. The palate is very subtle and sophisticated, again with those nutty cashew characters, and brisk acidity.… Read More »