Robert Parker, 89 pts - " the bargain-priced 2006 Shiraz “The Lackey” ... was aged for 15 months in seasoned American oak and bottled without fining or filtration. It offers a stylish bouquet for its humble price featuring aromas of cedar, bacon, plum, and blueberry. This leads to a....
Wine and Spirits, 93 pts - "WillaKenzie makes just one pinot gris from 18 acres of estate-grown vines in Yamhill. It seduces in its pure scents of lees, cut wheat and rich pear fruit, maintaining a balance from start to finish between crisp fruit flavors and exuberant amplitude. All of that gen....
Robert Parker, 92 pts : "The 2005 Pinot Noir Las Alturas Vineyard possesses a broad texture, deep, sweet fruit, forest floor, black raspberry, cherry, and currant aromas, and beautiful purity as well as seamlessness."
Tom Cannavan/ wine-pages.com, 90 pts - "Gorgeous, if subtle strawberry and cherry nose, before a palate that is flooded with sweet, limpid cherry fruit. Very pure and racy, but has delicious fruit and some genuine Pinot character with a touch of earthy sweetness."
Jancis Robinson 19/20: Very dark purplish crimson. Very well integrated and savoury. It´s almost sitting in an armchair at its club. Lovely and unctuous - wonderful texture - and none of the heat and obvious sweetness of many Toros. Bravissimo! Dry finish. A lovely drink by an....
Stephen Tanzer 92 pts: "Dark red. Explosively fragrant aromas of dark fruits complicated by iron, licorice, incense and cured meat. Lush, sweet and deep, with liqueur-like intensity to the blackberry and cassis fruit flavors. Thick, velvety and long on the finish, with plush ta....
Robert Parker, 93 pts - "a glass-coating opaque purple color. The brooding nose reveals plummy dark fruits, blueberry, licorice, and a hint of chocolate. On the palate it is thick, layered, and voluptuous. The structure is well-concealed and the wine is seamless and very long. It will reward a ....
Robert Parker, 90 pts - "a medium straw-colored with an expressive perfume of lemon-lime and tropical aromas including mango and banana. This is followed by a creamy-textured wine balanced by crisp acidity. Medium-bodied, the wine has excellent depth, bright citrus and tropical fruit flavors, a....
Robert Parker , 94 pts "The 2006 Shiraz (66%) – Cabernet Sauvignon (34%) “Enchanted Path” was made entirely from McLaren Vale fruit. Opaque purple-colored, the wine has a fragrant bouquet of pain grille, leather, smoked meat, game, blueberry, and blackberry. This is followed b....
Robert Parker, 97 pts "The 2006 Shiraz “Carnival of Love” was sourced from a single vineyard. The sensational nose, consisting of violets, lilacs, meat, game, leather, blueberry, and chocolate, leaps from the glass. On the palate this full-bodied wine somehow manages to combine powe....
Robert Parker, 99pts "The 2006 Shiraz “The Velvet Glove” has an awesome nose bordering on ethereal. Aromas of smoke, violets, grilled meat, game, saddle leather, blueberry and chocolate leap from the glass. This full-bodied wine is packed and dense, layered with ri....
RP/92pts - "The 2005 Shiraz “Oracle” was aged in 100% French oak, 50% new. Purple-colored, it exhibits aromas of cedar, damp earth, mint, blueberry, and blackberry. Made in a focused, racy, elegant style, it has luscious flavors, excellent balance, and a long, pure finish. It has se....
RP/92pts - "The 2005 Shiraz “Covenant” from the Clare Valley was aged for 22 months in French and American oak hogsheads, 30% new, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. It exhibits cooler climate hints of mint and menthol, as well as mineral, pencil lead, blueberry, and blackberry liq....
RP/90pts - "The 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon “Killerman’s Run” was aged in seasoned French oak hogsheads for 15 months and was bottled without fining or filtration. Purple-colored, it offers enticing aromas of cedar, tar, black currant, and blackberry. Layered on the palate with sp....
RP/89pts - "The 2007 Riesling “Mort’s Block” is sourced from a vineyard planted by Kevin Mitchell’s father 41 years ago. Medium straw- colored with a slight green tint, it exhibits a fragrant perfume of mineral, gooseberry, citrus, and lemon-lime. This leads to a dry, cr....
RP/98pts - "Absolutely profound, and certainly one of the vintage’s great wines is the 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Inky plum/ruby/purple to the rim, with a big, sweet nose of melted licorice, smoked meats, blackberries, cassis, and earth, the wine is deep, powerful, full-bod....
RP/91pts - "The 2005 Chardonnay Vie di Romans is packed with lush tropical fruit and sweet toasted oak flavors. It offers outstanding depth and concentration in a very New World style of Chardonnay."
RP/90pts - "Gallo’s 2005 Pinot Grigio Dessimis was aged in French oak (32% new) where it also spent seven months on its lees. This is a fat, fully-flavored extreme expression of Pinot Grigio that is not especially varietal but that is instead remarkable for its individuality and opulence.....
RP/90pts - "Despite having been fermented and aged in stainless steel, the 2005 Sauvignon Piere reveals a rich, weighty expression of varietal mint, tomato leaf and minerals notes. Made in an unctuous, luxurious style, it clearly has the stuffing to age, yet I would prefer to enjoy it on the yo....
RP/92pts - "The 2005 Flors di Uis is a blend of 55% Malvasia Istriana, 20% Riesling Renano and 25% Tocai Friulano aged in stainless steel. It is often my favorite of the estate’s wines. Simply put, the 2005 is a stunning, reference-point wine for the region. It reveals superb depth in its....
WS/93pts: "Offers gorgeous aromas of apple pie, cream and vanilla. Full-bodied, with lovely fruit and bright acidity. This is very focused and very lively. There's fabulous ripe tropical fruit and crispness, with a long finish."
Dark aromas of rich spiced fruit: Doris plum, black cherry with toasted spice. The palate combines the rich fruit with pronounced fine, ripe, tannin which brings the sense of toasted, baked clay: say a hot, wood burning oven, still carrying the hint of spice from cooking. The finish sees the spices ....
A complex nose of roasted nuts, brioche and white nectarine integrates well with our Chardonnays' hallmark mineral and flint characters.Rich with restrained power, layers of flavour, and a solid core of minerality. A generous and harmonious wine with a finely focussed and long finish.
WS/87pts - "Intense, with a pretty array of lemon, Golden Delicious and whole wheat toast flavors. A hefty overlay of spicy vanilla oak shapes the finish."
ST/91pts - "Good deep, bright red. Bright, perfumed, sweet aromas of cherry, raspberry, flowers and pepper. Suave, silky and pliant, with enticing sweetness and complexity to the flavors of red fruits, spices and orange zest. An open-knit, ripe style of pinot that offers a captivating blend of ....
RP/88pts: "The 2005 Shiraz Hilltops’ deep ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of chalky earth, deep black raspberries, and cherries. It is a medium-bodied, European-styled, structured example of Shiraz with moderate weight, fine acidity, and noticeable tannin. It should drink well for....
ST/89pts - "Yellow-gold. Smoky peach, poached pear and tangerine aromas convey a ripe personality, with late-arriving spice and floral qualities adding nuance. Fat and ripe, showing a more open-knit personality than usual for this bottling, with deep orchard and pit fruit flavors and a long, br....
ST/93pts - "Flat-out gorgeous nose offers intense aromas of raspberry, cherry cola, blackberry, violet and sexy oak spices. Supple, silky and almost weightless but packing huge flavor impact, with fresh strawberry, raspberry preserve, baking spice and mineral flavors expanding through the long,....
RP/90pts - "The 2006 Shiraz-Grenache “Killerman’s Run is composed of 60% Shiraz and 40% Grenache and was aged for 16 months in older French and American oak hogsheads before bottling without fining or filtration. Dark ruby-colored, it has an alluring perfume of cinnamon, cassis, kir....
RP/91pts - "The 2006 Shiraz “Killerman’s Run” was also aged for 16 months in French and American hogsheads. It offers aromas of smoke, bacon, licorice, and blueberry. This is followed by a full-bodied yet elegant Shiraz with ample fruit, soft tannins, and 2-3 years of aging po....
JR/18.5 - "Very, very deep and even showy for a Moueix wine. Quite dramatic and attention-grabbing. Full and meaty and very, very supple. Extremely hedonistic. So ripe and satin-textured that one really has to desperately search for tannin. It´s there, but not as we kno....
RP/98pts - The 2004 Nicolas Catena Zapata is composed of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Malbec. It spent 18 months in 100% new French oak. A saturated black purple in color, it has an aristocratic perfume of pain grille, mineral, espresso, saddle leather, cassis, black currant, and black raspberry. ....
RP/91pts: "The 2006 Amancaya is composed of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Malbec aged for 12 months in French oak, 25% new. It offers an attractive bouquet of cedar, tobacco, damp earth, black cherry, red currants, and black currants. Supple, forward, ripe, and tasty, it conceals enough tannin....
JR/17pts: "Mid-gold, intensely botrytised nose almost reminiscent of a Beerenauslese. Full, confident wine with a certain neatness about it. Not a blockbuster but attractively creamy. Slightly short."
RP/89pts - "Made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, this is a huge, backward wine. The 1996 possesses an opaque purple color, as well as pure aromatics consisting of cassis, grilled herbs, coffee, and toasty new oak. Massive in the mouth, and one o....
ST 88-91: Ruby-red. Ripe aromas of plum, raspberry and espresso. Lush and silky for a 2003 Pomerol, with fairly deep flavors of red fruits and roasted meat. This boasts noteworthy sweetness and breadth in the middle palate; the rich tannins reach the teeth. 88-91 points.
RP/93pts - "Lynsolence’s proprietor, Denis Baraud, is an up-and-coming star of St.-Emilion. Made from yields of 19 hectoliters per hectare, the 2003 (100% Merlot that achieved 14.5% alcohol) is an exuberant, flamboyant, modern-styled St.-Emilion displaying an inky/plum/purple color, a big....
RP - This 60% Cabernet Sauvignon / 40% Merlot blend possesses a gorgeous texture as well as an expansive, exotic softness, and 13% alcohol (according to the proprietor, Madame Denise Gasqueton). Generous and rich, this high class, full-bodied wine will undoubtedly be more approachable than its close....
is a bit left of centre. It has undergone partial Amarone treatment to concentrate its flavour. It’s complex, rich, full bodied and full of dark brooding cassis and mocha characters.....
is a very ripe, powerful wine with lots of colour, flavour and tannin. It’s full and wholesome with a fleshy nose of raspberry and cedary, toasty oak and a full rich palate of red fruits.
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is a top-notch Sauvignon Blanc which is like pure bottled sunshine. It’s got sweet baby pea, lemongrass and tropical notes and just sings across your palate.
obert Parker: (Re 2004). Wine Advocate # 169. Feb 2007. Reviewer :Jay Miller. The 2004 Tinto is 86% Tempranillo, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Merlot fermented in barrel and aged in French oak for 16 months. Inky purple, it has an expressive bouquet o....
Robert Parker. Kirsch liqueur, raspberries, and a personality reminiscent of a Rayas Chateauneuf du Pape are found in the 2004 Zinfandel Home Ranch (a 2,400-case blend of 94% Zinfandel and 6% Petite Sirah and Carignane). From a vineyard planted in 1895, it boasts a dark ruby color as well as savory ....
Robert Parker. Blueberries, blackberries, and exotic, tropical fruit characteristics appear in the deep ruby-hued 2004 Zinfandel Cortina. More dramatic than the Home Ranch, with superb purity, black and blue fruits, impressive opulence, and good underlying acidity, it will drink well for 5-6 years. ....
Pears, melons and almonds on the palate supplement an anise and mineral nose. The process of leaving the wine on its lees - sur lie - until bottling helps add complexity and texture to this wine.
