Collectors Lot 236
SIX COUNTRIES, ALL 90+
3 – 750 ml bottles each – 24 bottles total
Bevan Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Showket 2007
This opaque purple-hued Cabernet exhibits classic notes of creme de cassis, licorice, and cedar. It is a relatively massive wine ~ very impressive effort! Â RP 95+
Domaine Serene Evenstad Pinot Noir 2006
This wine is a blend of over 70 lots. Medium ruby-colored, it offers notes of cedar, cinnamon, clove, cassis, and raspberry. This is followed by a medium- to full-bodied wine with layers of complex red fruits. Excellent integration of oak, tannin, and acidity, and a lengthy finish. RP 91
Winemakers Collection Cuvee #2 2006
There are 5,000 cases of this wine, a classic Bordeaux. It exhibits a deep ruby/purple hue along with sweet aromas of black currants infused with tobacco leaf, loamy, earthy undertones, spice box, and cedar, with sweet, noble tannin, medium to full body, and outstanding concentration. RP 91
Marchesi de Frescobaldi Castelgiocondo Brunello de Montalcino 2003
This is a brooding, full-bodied red with deep aromas of black raspberry, kirsch, dark spices and some pepper. It has polished tannins, silky texture and a nice long finish.
Bodegas LAN Edition Limitada 2002
This rich red tastes like blackberry jam on toasted brioche. It is thick on the palate, oozing with sweet fruit and oak, with muscular tannins that barely ripple the surface. Yet it remains fresh, with a clean, floral finish. Atypical for the region, extraordinary for the vintage.WS 95
Mollydooker Carnival of Love 2006
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 power with elegance. The sweet tannins are well-concealed and the finish lasts for at least one minute. RP 97
Vina Almaviva Baron Phillipe de Rothschild Vina Concha y Toro 2003
Very dense, with loads of raspberry ganache, black currant and fig fruit layered with loam, tobacco, mineral and cedar notes, this wine has lots of grip on the finish, with impressive balance between the tannins, acidity and oak. Â WS 95
Craggy Range Calvert Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2006
This wine sports an exuberant, almost exotic nose with plush red-berried fruits, mango and over-ripe Satsuma. The palate is medium-bodied, well balanced with fine tannins, intense red-berried fruit, citrus lemon and a hint of orange zest. There is impressive length and real vibrancy to this biodynamic gem, one of New Zealand’s most interesting projects. RP 93
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