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Gold at Air NZ Wine Awards
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The Tonshiefer bottling of Trocken is a dynamite dry Riesling that is sourced from the Leistenberg vineyard in Oberhausen in its entirety this year, and it is a terrific bottle in the making. The wine weighs in at 11.5 percent alcohol (again all natural- no chapitalization for the dry wines this year at Weingut Donnhoff), and offers up a superb nose of grapefruit, fresh oranges, a very complex base of slate and a pungent topnote of orange blossoms. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, crisp and nascently complex,
with a lithesome, dancing filigree, a lovely core and excellent length and grip on the beautifully balanced finish. I would give this fine bottle a couple of years in the cellar to
allow its secondary layers to emerge. High class juice and again a terrific value. 2011-2025. 89+."Martin Gillman
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"From the same stable as Mouton Rothschild and d'Armailhac, Clerc Milon, despite the relatively high percentage of Merlot (44%) combined with 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Cabernet Franc, is dense, rich, tannic, and backward. Surprisingly muscular for this offering, which often exhibits a more precocious side, it offers up abundant amounts of creme brulee, chocolate, cedar, and black currants. This full-bodied Pauillac displays gorgeous purity and depth as well as moderately high tannins in the finish. Because of its freshness, structure, and density, it is reminiscent of a 1996 Medoc. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2028."91+Parker
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PRICE IS THE ALL UP FINAL LANDED COST INCLUSIVE OF GSTThe greatest Haut-Bailly ever made? One can't speak enough of the job Veronique Sanders has done in 2009, allied with the owner, the American banker Robert Wilmers, who has given her carte blanche authority. Tiny yields have resulted in the most concentrated Haut-Bailly I have ever tasted. Eclipsing even the 2005, the 2009 (a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Cabernet Franc) possesses 13.9% natural alcohol. Dense purple to the rim, it exhibits a precise, nuanced nose of mulberries, black cherries, black currants, graphite, and a singular floral component. A wine of profound intensity and full-bodied power, yet stunningly elegant, and never heavy or massive, it builds incrementally on the palate, and the finish lasts over 45 seconds. Remarkably, there is not a hard edge to be found in this beauty. The Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc were harvested between October 7 and 14, which explains their phenolic maturity. The wine's extraordinary freshness, elegance, and precision are nearly surreal. This tour de force should age brilliantly for 40+ years. (Tasted two times.) Drink 2010-2050."
Score: 96-98+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (188)
"Lovely sweet berry and plum aromas, with hints of sandalwood and cedar. Full-bodied, with milk chocolate, berry and vanilla bean character. Thick and dense tannins, but balanced and very pretty. Sneaks up on you. Really powerful in tannins. This could be better than the fab 2005. 60 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 37 percent Merlot and 3 percent Cabernet Franc."
Score: 95-98 James Suckling, WineSpectator.com
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"This is a very strong effort from this estate, which sits just adjacent to Petrus. In fact, they sold part of their vineyard to Petrus in the early 1970s. This is a full-bodied, powerful 2006 with the oak more restrained than it normally is in a young Gazin. Copious quantities of sweet plum, fig, and black cherry fruit are intermixed with cedar and dried herbs in a medium to full-bodied, rich, long, impressively endowed style. This is an outstanding wine, with enough stuffing, structure, and density to age beautifully over a 20- to 25-year period."92 Parker
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"This classically made, dense purple-hued wine exhibits enormous potential, but currently it is forebodingly backward, dense, and broad. Once again, proprietor Anthony Barton delivers a wine with superb concentration, a classic style, and the possibility of three decades or more of ageability. Like most of the finest Leoville Bartons, considerable patience will be required. The 2006 will need 8-10 years of cellaring, and may even rival the 2005. Anticipated maturity: 2016-2035".92-94 Parker
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We have a small allocation of this absolute stunner. Made by Simon Waghorn from the relatively new Kekerengu area, this little microclimte is located south of Blenheim heading down the coast towards Kaikoura- ( the famous Kekerengu store is a landmark in the area ). "Limestone-rich soils give it a distinctive signature and it has strong minerality with herbal and green capsicum flavours in the background. It also has an attractive balance with a suggestion of sweetness neatly matched by tangy acidity to give a pleasantly drying finish. An understated wine with a lingering finish."
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"The best pinot we've ever produced' are the words Greg Hay used for this tiny 1000 bottle production. A masterpiece selected from 4 barrels out of 700 and has been two years in the making. With the normal Peregrine Pinot Noir taking out 5 Gold Medals and named 'Australasian Wine of the Year' by Winestate Magazine- the first time a Pinot Noir has ever been awarded this tittle- it is with much anticapation we offer our tiny allocation of this gem. A beautiful steel inlaid label on the French bottle, which then has its own individual numbered brushed steel cyclindrical canister to hold the bottle in. This has to be the best presented wine we've ever seen. A rare gift to treasure.
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'Best White Wine Buy of the Year' in Michael Coopers Buyers guide where he tastes over 2000 wines. "The 2008 scooped several gold medals and five-star ratings on both sides of the Tasman, and the past three vintageseach waltzed away from the Air NZ Wine Awards with a gold medal. So why is the 2009 so cheap? 'If you over deliver on quality, its so much easier to sell the wine' says Michiel Eradus. The company-owned Breloft Vineyard, in the lower Dashwood, runs for 2 kilometers alongside the Awatere River, in a series of undulating terraces.Th2 2009 is a weighty, rich and rounded wine with sweet-fruit delights, deep gooseberry and lime flavours, a slightly minerally streak and the 'tomato stalk' characters typical of the Awatere. Its priced very sharply." Michael Cooper
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This would normally sell on our shelf for $1850. Limited availabilty due to it being in the rare magnum format- great for the cellar."It is always a treat to taste Australia’s most famous wine, Penfolds’ Grange cuvee (the word Hermitage has been dropped because of legal issues). The 2001 Grange is one of the few vintages of this cuvee to be composed of 100% Shiraz (the others being 1951, 1952, 1963, 1999, and 2000). Aged 17 months in 100% American oak, and tipping the scales at 14.5% alcohol, the 2001 is undeniably one of the top examples of this wine. At this stage, it appears to eclipse the 1998 and 1996. Inky/blue/purple to the rim, with a stunning perfume of blueberries, blackberries, chocolate, graphite, and earth, it boasts good acidity, huge tannins, magnificent concentration, and a multilayered, textured mouthfeel. It is a big, but impeccably well-balanced Shiraz that should shed some of its structure and tannin over the next 4-5 years, and be at its best between 2010-2030+. " 98+/100 R.Parker
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