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Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes This impressively saturated dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up copious quantities of sweet black currant fruit, vanilla, and minerals. Suave, with sweet fruit on the attack, medium body, ripe tannin, and a lush finish, it will drink well for a decade or more.(Wine Advocate #128 Apr 2000) By Robert… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Herbal, underbrush notes intermixed with sweet cherry, cassis, and saddle leather characteristics are apparent in this medium-bodied 2005. Displaying rugged tannins, plenty of extract, and a rustic style, it should be at its finest between 2014-2025.(Wine Advocate #176 Apr 2008) By Robert Parker

Ratings by Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes This deep ruby/purple-colored 1999 has some tannin to resolve, but it is an elegant, medium-bodied, delicious effort that will reward readers who have the patience to cellar it for several years. It is not a blockbuster in the style of the 2000 or 1996, but the 1999 offers… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes Another soft wine, the 2007 d-Armailhac exhibits notes of Chinese black tea, plum sauce, and black currants in a round, superficial but attractive, easy-going, complex style. It is best drunk over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #188 Apr 2010) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes While austere and astringent, this is a solidly made 2001 offering pleasant herb and currant-tinged flavors, a hint of wet stones/damp earth, and a medium-bodied finish. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.(Wine Advocate #153 Jun 2004) By Robert Parker

Grape 65% Corvina 20% Rondinella 15% Corvinone Ratings & Awards Commended – International Wine Challenge 2009 Tasting Notes colour: intense Ruby Red Bouquet: combinations of red fruits, spicy and vinous. taste: well balanced, full-bodied, velvety and with the right acidity to balance the tannins. -by Officoal Website *Amarone skins added for a second fermentation or… Read More »

DOCG – Moscato d’ Asti Grape 100% Moscato

Region Yarra Valley Grape Cabernets Tasting Notes Excellent hue though not particularly deep; a classic, understated Mount Mary style, beautiful fruit/oak/tannin balance; cassis and blackcurrant dominate, then silky tannins on a very long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Malbec/Petit Verdot. -95 pts by James Halliday N/A -91 pts by Jeremy Oliver

Region: Hautes Cotes de Nuits Grape: 100% Piont Noir Points& Awards: Tasting Note: