Description: Les Vignobles Foncalieu Les Illustres Coteaux D’Ensérune 2009 pours a deep red, and immediately releases the heady aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant, intertwined with raspberry, vanilla and hints of cinnamon. In the mouth the wine is smooth and expansive, filling up with ripe dark plum and forest fruits, maintaining a perfect balance between freshness […]
Lions Gate Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012
Description: Lions Gate Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012 pours a deep ruby red, and has the aroma of blackberries and mertles along with wood spices. In the mouth, the fruits explode, but slowly fade to reveal toasty vanilla oak hints of spice and subtle vanilla. The flavour lasts for ages and really needs time to appreciate […]
Chateau Lanessan Haut Médoc Delbos Bouteiller 1997
Description: Chateau Lanessan Haut Médoc Delbos Bouteiller 1997 pours a bright ruby red with a complex and elegant aroma of black cherry, cedar and leather. Good structure in the mouth, with loads of black currant, dark berries and some charcoal in the mid-palate. It has a long lingering finish, revealing all the earthy flavours from […]
Bernard Magrez Tivoli Médoc 2004
Description: Situated in the communes of Saint-Christoly and Valeyrac, the Magrez Tivoli vineyard benefits for the superb “Crus du Médoc” terroir. The wine is made from 40 year old vines that grow in the gravelly soil; each grape is harvested individually by hand in the tradition way to ensure that only the best make […]
Lebanon Chateau Musar Red 2005
Description: Seven years in the making, this is the flagship Lebonese wine from Chateau Musar, just released in 2012. 2005 was an exquisite vintage for Chateau Musar and is being written as one of the estate’s greatest. The wine needs to be decanted, and even the label states this, so this is not a grab-and-drink […]
Estevez Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenere 2012
Description: Pouring very deep red, it has the strong aroma of dark fruits and syrah grape. In the mouth, the flavor expands to expose more fruity undertones from the blending of the three grape varieties. Nice clean finish, with only a slight lingering of cherry and tobacco spices, this wine works well with food, but […]
Calvet Bordeaux Superieur 2010
Description: Deep ruby red in colour, this has the gentle aroma of blackcurrants. Somewhat light bodied it has a smooth taste of blackcherry and dark plums, but without any of the woody complexity you might like to find in a higher priced wine. Not refreshing enough or smooth enough to be drunk enjoyably on its […]
Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Description: Pours a deep ruby colour, with an earthy blackberry aroma. The first taste is smooth, a mouthful of blackberry and black plums, but that then expands out to forest fruits and bark flavor with a good complexity. The finish is lingering and dry, with notes of cedar wood and mocha. Best to be enjoyed […]
Echo Falls Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
Region: US, California Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon Description: From the Mission Bell Winery in California, this is a predictable drinking wine. With a soft and spicy blackurrent aroma with taste to match this is easy to drink. Nothing complex and no lingering moments, but more sedentry than a Rioja or Shiraz, make this an ideal evening […]