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Tag Archives: Cabernet Sauvignon
Cantemerle – The first shall be last and the last will be better than many
Added as an afterthought to the 1855 Medoc classification in 1856, today Cantemerle frequently exceeds the fifth growth status it was awarded at that time. A long-term Coe Vintners favourite, Cantemerle produced one of the best value wines of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bordeaux, Haut-Médoc
Tagged 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cantemerle, claret, en primeur, Haut-Médoc, value
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Seña – product of a united vision
Seña had its genesis in a collaboration between two of the modern wine industry’s leading figures, Eduardo Chadwick and the late great Robert Mondavi. In 1995 Mondavi, Californian wine’s most vociferous and passionate advocate, and Chadwick, of one of Chile’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chile, Tasting notes
Tagged Aconcagua Valley, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Eduardo Chadwick, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Robert Mondavi, Sena
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Miolo ‘Terroir’ Merlot 2005 – Blind man’s bluff!
Tasted blind we were way off the mark, bowled over by this South American beauty. Served blind by our buyer Junior Viana MW, little did we realise he’d had thrown us a classic Brazilian curveball! Close your eyes and you’ll swear … Continue reading
Dominus – where Bordeaux’s finest meets Napa’s hallowed ground
A finer combination of vinous history, experience and culture is hard to imagine. In 1982 Christian Moueix, owner of Chateau Pétrus in Pomerol bought a share of the historic 124 ha Napanook Estate near Yountville in California’s Napa Valley. The … Continue reading
Posted in California, Napa, Tasting notes
Tagged Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Christian Moueix, Dominus, Napa, Napanook, Pétrus, Pomerol, Robert Parker, Yountsville
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