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Tastings: May 2001
05 May 2001
90PTS
Lindemans Macquarie Port NV
AustraliaLindemans port style is lighter than most. A grenache/shiraz blend 85 per cent of which comes from Barossa. Medium body, drier style with lovely nutty flavours and a warm appealing finish. Delicious. Named after Lachlan Macquarie who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Minimum average age of five years.Prices:| BC | $0.00 | 750ml |
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01 May 2001
95PTS
Hugel Gewürztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles 1989
Alsace, FranceAn incredible sweet wine still very much alive, with generous honey, peach, banana, peppery flavours that ride a very rich, creamy texture buoyed by 170grams/litres of residual sugar. Ice wine consistency but more finesse. Huge length with decent acidity on the finish.Prices:| BC | $98.00 | 750ml |
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93PTS
Yalumba Viognier Virgilius 1999
Eden Valley, South Australia, AustraliaBig rich, appealing honey/spice and ginger nose with mineral and candied orange peel in the background. Similar flavours with a buttery nutty mineral finish. Lees fat than the Treana from California. Elegant as you can be with honey, ginger and spice streaks. Perfect for West Coast Asian fusion cuisine.Prices:| BC | $43.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Oxford Landing Chardonnay 1999
South Australia, AustraliaLovely fresh coconut apple melon nose that is very inviting. The flavours are ripe and full of peach and melon. Round and soft finish. Attractive sweet fruit consumer style consumers love.Prices:| BC | $11.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Quinta Vale D. Maria Douro Vinho Tinto 1998
Rio Torto, Cima Corga, Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalVery spicy, peppery, meaty, smoky, cedar vanilla aromas with blackberry and cherry fruit, nice complexity. Very good spicy, cedar, vanilla flavours with black cherry and licorice in the finish. Round and well balanced, will peak in 1-2 years but fine drinking now.Prices:| BC | $29.90 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Quinta do Crasto Douro Vinho Tinto 1998
Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalIntense young nose with cherry, plum, spicy white pepper, earth and clove aromas. Ripe cherry, plum fruit in the mouth with licorice, spice and pepper tones. Supple and well balanced, not as rich and powerful as the '97 so will drink sooner but very good nonetheless. BC $18.95 (WA) Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Quinta do Crasto Douro Vinho Tinto Reserva 1998
Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalGamey, spicy, black cherry jam, licorice and waxy barnyard aromas mark the nose of this red made form 70 year old mixed varietals. Quite complex with ripe, round, supple textures and medium body. Has cherry, cassis, licorice, soya leather flavours. Quite elegant and ready to drink but lacks a bit of stuffing now.Prices:| BC | $29.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Poplar Grove Merlot 1998
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaAll the Poplar reds have a bit of volatility or lifted fruit. This merlot is slightly unclean on the nose but much better in the mouth with earthy cherry smoky fruit flavours. There's a lot of dry tannins in the finish that need to drop away before you can enjoy the vintage.Prices:| BC | $21.90 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Poplar Grove Cabernet Franc 1998
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaDeep colour. Peculiar nose, perhaps overripe and slightly volatile. Smoked spices and herbal undertones. The wine spent 21 months in French oak. Quite dry and tannic, very ripe port like black cherry, smoky, dried spice flavours. A bit overripe and hot, could be better balanced. Only 165 cases made.Prices:| BC | $24.90 | 750ml |
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93PTS
Pascal Jolivet La Grande Cuvée Pouilly Fumé 1999
Pouilly-Fume, Upper Loire, Loire, FranceThe sauvignon blanc for the Pouilly Fume comes off the 2.5 acre "Les Loges" and its chalky vineyard and 50 year old vines. Jolivet uses only the first gentle press juice with complete malolactic fermentation and no oak barrels. Rich fresh weighty complex style showing the depth achieved from the one year ageing on the lees. Outstanding balance here and will improve further with bottle age. Try with a fresh salmon dish.Prices:| BC | $59.95 | 750ml |
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83PTS
Sandhill Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Burrowing Owl Vineyard 1998
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaVegetative smoky spicy nose. Light structure with a dry astringent finish. Not much fruit to enjoy here. Simple red wine.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Sandhill Merlot Burrowing Owl Vineyard 1998
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaQuite a dry profile merlot, obviously Calona is not getting the same fruit as Burrowing Owl. Intense, yet dry lean and astringent. Nice package but we would like to see more fruit.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Mount Veeder Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesBig dark color. Blackberry, peppery tobacco and mint aromas. Quite firm and the structure is holding tight for such a vintage. Long finish with a touch of bitterness and dryness at the end. Typical concentration you would expect from a mountainside vineyard. 12,000 cases. Needs time.Prices:| BC | $60.00 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Caliterra Sauvignon Blanc 1999
Region del Valle Central, ChileThe Caliterra Sauvignon Blanc contains 25 Casablanca juice plus a blend of Maipo and Curicó fruit. Made at L'Arboleda from 100 per cent whole cluster pressed fruit. Look for grapefruit rind flavours with a little less bell pepper aromas and flavours than the '98. Fairly light and soft with just a touch of residual (3 grams per litre).Prices:| BC | $9.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Caliterra Chardonnay 1999
Region del Valle Central, ChileJust bottled with fruit from Maipo, Rapel and Casablanca. Light honey, ripe fruit and hint of oak. Sweet fruit style quite commercial but dry. Creamy hot and round in the finish.Prices:| BC | $10.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Pirramimma Shiraz 1998
McLaren Vale, South Australia, AustraliaOpaque colour. Cooked ripe blackberry almost port-like nose with leather and pepper. Big flavours here led by vanilla, blackberry, pepper and more. There's a rich warm finish, yet the wine is soft and ripe for the most part. Good value here.Prices:| BC | $28.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Pirramimma Petit Verdot 1998
McLaren Vale, South Australia, AustraliaOpen American oak aromas. Floral licorice vanilla tones with spice and saddle leather (reminds us a bit of shiraz). Similar floral lifted black cherry flavours with streaks of acidity running through the raspberry/blackberry finish.Prices:| BC | $27.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Pittersberg Riesling Spätlese 1999
Nahe, GermanyVaseline and mineral aromas dominate the nose. Fine flavour intensity of delicate green apple and peach flavours with a touch of smoke in the finish. Good length and refinement. Delicious drinking.Prices:| BC | $28.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Kapellenberg Riesling Kabinett 1999
Nahe, GermanyRipe apple, peach, mineral, Vaseline and nectarine skin nose that is very appealing. Round and ripe on the palate with intense green apple, mineral, and peach flavours. Excellent acidity and balance with a long nectarine, mineral, peach finish. Excellent value and a steal in Ontario.Prices:| BC | $22.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
St. Hallett Chardonnay The Garden 1999
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaStrong vanilla, toasty oak, honeyed citrus aromas with some lees. Very round and soft with toasty vanilla, mango, honey and apple flavours. Good balance for a fat and somewhat hot chardonnay.Prices:| BC | $21.95 | 750ml |
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91PTS
St. Hallett Sémillon Select 1999
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaMade from 70-year old vines, this has a very open nose of ripe fig, waxy, honeyed, citrus rind aromas with some toasty vanilla and melon in the background, very Barossa. Ripe and round with a somewhat oily texture, has strong citrus, fig, waxy, toasty vanilla and creamy flavours. Soft and elegant but very long and polished, excellent quality sémillon in the ripe Barossa style. Good value.Prices:| BC | $0.00 | 750ml |
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89PTS
St. Hallett Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaSmokey, green bean, peppery, blackberry jam aromas with some vanilla and earth. Ripe and round with slightly dry tannins but has very ripe blackberry jam, cassis, minty peppery flavours with vanilla and oak toast in the finish. Very ripe, somewhat oaky style.Prices:| BC | $21.95 | 750ml |
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91PTS
St. Hallet Blackwell Shiraz 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaThe Blackwell is a mix of both Barossa and Eden valley fruit which ramps up the aromas with more vanilla/mocha overtones and sweaty, saddle leather and blackberry fruit. Huge peppery meaty fruit flavours fill the palate with a smoky vanilla spicy stewed blackberry fruit finish that is almost port-like. Ripe tannins will dissipate in a year or two. Blockbuster Oz.Prices:| BC | $26.90 | 750ml |
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89PTS
St. Hallett Faith Shiraz 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaRipe blackberry jam, spicy, peppery aromas, very intense with some mocha and vanilla. Soft, supple and round with ripe blackberry jam, spicy vanilla and pepper flavours. Very light tannins, delicious younger style.Prices:| BC | $21.95 | 750ml |
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94PTS
St. Hallet Old Block Shiraz 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaSince its inception in 1980, Old Block Shiraz has been made with the best grapes from the winery's oldest Barossa vineyards, averaging 70 to 100 years old. Rich ripe, smoky bacon fat aromas mix effortlessly with plenty of earthy, rootsy, vanilla, and blackberry fruit. Fine balance here with fresh, ripe fruit flavours and a firm structure. The finish is long with smoky, chocolate vanilla, blackberry and licorice flavours. A great bargain.Prices:| BC | $37.90 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Wolf Blass Platinum Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaSuper ripe nose intense blackberry and cassis with just a hint of dill leaf. Rich round smooth red wine with lots of intensity and surprisingly acid. Bags of spicy cassis coffee blackberry flavours but not as much extract as you might expect. Good solid wine consumers will like.Prices:| BC | $69.95 | 750ml |
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93PTS
Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaSmall amounts of shiraz and merlot from Langhorne Creek and McLaren Vale were added to this predominately cabernet wine. Look for a big intense sweaty leather and vanilla nose with super ripe blackberry jam and black pepper. Fabulous rich soft ripe berry fruit. Dense smoky fruit with vanilla and black pepper. Long and intense in a very oaky finish. It's Blass and its Barossa.Prices:| BC | $89.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Wolf Blass Merlot 1998
South Australia, AustraliaMerlot has never been a priority in Australia but like any attentive wine producer Blass is responding to market demand. The Blass merlot is inky dark and boasts that typically attractive sweet-vanilla oak nose that is a Blass hallmark. Sweet, round, ripe and soft it rings all the bells and whistles. Still quite young and fresh it will be even better over the coming winter months.Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Wolf Blass Chardonnay 1999
South Australia, AustraliaFruity Oz style nose, more peach and citrus than oak, which is a nice change for Blass. Buttery, apple, peach flavours but very crisp. Certainly more food friendly with the high acid finish.Prices:| BC | $16.95 | 750ml |
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92PTS
Wolf Blass Platinum Label Shiraz 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaSourced from a 50-year old vineyard in the Eden Valley. Ripe blackberry fruit with streaks of spicy clove and sweaty leather. Rich and ripe with more pepper and spice and some grip in the finish. Delicious drinking now and will continue to be for several years.Prices:| BC | $69.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Blue Mountain Reserve Pinot Noir 1998
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaGood colour with a big stewed fruit and slightly volatile nose. Very ripe stewed fruit flavours with vanilla. Lots of alcohol showing here too. We found it fairly hot and dry but perhaps a victim of the vintage.Prices:| BC | $26.00 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Blue Mountain Pinot Noir 1998
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaFine colour. Smoky bacon resin and black cherry jam aromas. Big tannin package here, with spicy smoky sour cherry flavours. Quite a big red for B.C. and should have considerable ageing potential. Most tend to dry out so tracking the wine every six months is good idea.Prices:| BC | $19.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Blue Mountain Gamay Noir 1998
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaGood bright color. Red berry/black cherry fruit with a peppery nose. Not quite as fruity on the palate with more earth, pepper and dried cherry flavours. Not quite a sipper but will be fine with Fraser Valley duck. Good quality.Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Veramonte Chardonnay 1999
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileApple mineral nectarine fruit says Casablanca with just a dusting of oak. Similar flavours with a round, creamy, texture good vanilla lees honey flavours in the finish. Fine quality and much better than most Australian chardonnay at this price.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Veramonte Primus 1998
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileGreen beans and bell pepper herald most "98" carmenère and cabernets and this wine has both. Again cool/green Casablanca style with cassis fruit nose. Surprisingly much more supple and ripe in the mouth with spicy pepper cassis. A great tasting wine with a disappointing (vegetative) nose.Prices:| BC | $29.00 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Byron Pinot Noir 1998
Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United StatesOpen ripe strawberry and plum jam aromas with spicy, barnyard, carrot and herbal tones. Similar flavours on the palate with nice roundness and finesse. Well balanced and enjoyable. Drink now and over the next year.Prices:| BC | $39.00 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Byron Pinot Noir Nielsen Vineyard 1998
Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United StatesSpicy, orange, celery, raspberry aromas with toasty, sweaty barnyard tones. Round, soft and delicate, more forward than the 98 version. Toasty, earthy, cherry, and spice flavours mark a smooth, elegant and round finish.Prices:| BC | $69.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Byron Chardonnay 1999
Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United StatesFrom Central Coast specialist Ken Brown, who founded Byron and moved it into the Mondavi portfolio, this is very fleshy, tropical, rich chardonnay with deep gold colour and billowing floral, orange-pineapple, persimmon fruit. Lightly toasty, with garlic butter notes as well. Polished, plush textures mark a long warm finish.Prices:| BC | $36.95 | 750ml |
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91PTS
Santa Rita Floresta Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileFloresta, which loosely translates as a 'garden of flowers,' is a new series of blended wines from Santa Rita that's positioned between the high end Medalla Real labels and the super premium Casa Real. Senior winemaker Andres Ilabaca who favours the Bordeaux style makes this 67/33 merlot/cabernet sauvignon blend. Look for a richly textured red that spends eight months in new oak followed by another year of ageing in the bottle. It's a big, meaty, chewy red with a powerful (alcoholic) finish. Long, warm and spicy it's more Californian than Bordeaux but like the syrah/merlot, it has a bright future.Prices:| BC | $31.00 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Santa Rita Floresta Syrah Merlot 1998
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileFloresta, which loosely translates as a 'garden of flowers,' represents a new series of blended wines from Santa Rita positioned between the high end Medalla Real labels and the super premium Casa Real. This 60/40 syrah/merlot blend is the work of winemaker Cecilia Torres who is hoping to tame the robust peppery fruit flavours of the syrah with the soft fruity textures of the merlot. Ageing is in new American oak for about eight months, which gives the wine a bit of a Down Under flavour. An excellent first effort that's sure to be hit with consumers.Prices:| BC | $31.00 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Santa Rita Sauvignon Blanc Medalla Real 1999
Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, ChileAn 80/20 blend of Rapel and Casablanca fruit harvested at 8 to 9 tons per hectare. Slow ripening. Lovely ripe intense flavours of gooseberry fruit and herbs. Fine intensity here in what is a very stylish white wine. Well balanced and long in the finish. Fine quality.Prices:| BC | $10.45 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Santa Rita Sauvignon Blanc 120 1999
Valle del Lontué, Valle del Maule, Region del Valle Central, ChileSanta Rita is expending a significant amount of time and effort working with new clones of Sauvignon Blanc. The 120 series is purely varietal with no oak (except for Cabernet Sauvignon). Look for New Zealand-like aromas of gooseberry and grapefruit. The grapes are picked at three levels of maturity and then blended. A solid everyday sauvignon that finishes just a touch flat.Prices:| BC | $9.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Santa Rita Sauvignon Blanc Reserva 1999
Valle del Maule, Region del Valle Central, ChileThe reserva is an 85/15 blend of sauvignon fruit from Maule and Casablanca. About percent of the wine gets 12 hours of skin contact at a cool 5 degrees prior to fermentation. Grassy gooseberry aromas with decent intensity yet soft and round on the palate. Clean, simple affordable. Prices:| BC | $12.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Santa Rita Merlot 120 1998
Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, ChileDeep cherry-red color. Warm aromas of figs and black cherries. The flavours are a mix of cherries, pepper and leather. Right on the mark despite the cool year. A stylish effort that is soft, round, and easy to drink.Prices:| BC | $10.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Santa Rita Chardonnay Medalla Real 1999
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileVery impressive mouth feel. Lovely peachy grapefruit flavours with just a touch of mineral and grass. Quite stylish. Warm (alcoholic) for Casablanca and a touch green in the finish. Fun to drink.Prices:| BC | $16.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Santa Rita Merlot Reserva 1998
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileBuin, Maipo Valley, Chile A 60/40 blend of carmenère and merlot and a 70/30 blend of stainless steel and barrel fermented juice in new and one year-old American oak. Green tobacco aromas soft, round and easy to drink but not much better than the 120. There is more intensity but it is on the herbaceous side reflecting the cool vintage. BC $15.95 AB $12.50, SK $14.38 (AG) Prices:| BC | $0.00 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva 1998
Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, ChileMade from eight year-old vines. Deep purple red color. Open, up-front mocha chocolate /blackcurrant and cassis fruit. Peppery spicy character and some tannin in the finish. Good extract, full-bodied warm. The finish is long, soft and round.Prices:| BC | $15.45 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon 120 1998
Valle del Rapel, Region del Valle Central, ChileLovely round ripe cabernet fruit that is soft and stylish. Just a hint of wood in the finish. A fine affordable easy drinking red. Fine result in a difficult year.Prices:| BC | $10.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
St. Hallett Gamekeeper's Reserve 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaOpen aromas of pepper, spice, fresh raspberry and earth aromas. On the palate the wine is soft and forward with tons of fresh raspberry/blackberry floral fruit. Elegant, fresh and packed with flavour it is fine for sipping or with light meat dishes.Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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92PTS
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Unfiltered 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesDeep colour. Forest floor and licorice aromas with a whiff of barnyard and cassis and dill brine. Totally different in the mouth: rich and round with fine elegance and finesse. Wonderful tannin management. Fine cassis and peppery vanilla flavours in a long persistent smooth finish. A challenge for young vintners but not Mondavi. Less density but broader range of flavours. Majority Tokalon but there are small amounts of Stags' leap, Carneros, West Napa.Prices:| BC | $165.00 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon SLD Unfiltered 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesTight smoky leather tobacco green bean aromas with black berry and earth creeping in at the back. Fine flavour intensity and elegance. Tobacco spice and pruny cassis fruit mark the flavours. A good effort in a difficult year for cabernet that tastes riper than the nose suggests with some tannins in the finish. Should mature by 2005.Prices:| BC | $65.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Robert Mondavi Zinfandel 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesSpicy, black pepper, licorice, prune, vanilla, and blackberry aromas, much darker fruit and aromatics. Round, soft, elegant style with smoky, black cherry jam, vanilla, spicy earth flavours and a pepper, creamy vanilla cola finish. Elegant, suave style, very balanced although not big fruit.Prices:| BC | $34.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesMedium dark with an open green bean sweaty saddle nose and a touch of orange rind, vanilla and spice - more Bordeaux than Bordeaux. Lovely elegant style in the mouth, fine cassis and blackberry fruit on the palate before the light, dry tannins kick in. Should be fine in two years time. A good '98.Prices:| BC | $46.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville District 1998
Oakville, Napa Valley, California, United StatesLeafy cassis green olive notes mix with sweaty saddle spice and pepper. Extremely soft on entry with round earthy tobacco prune flavours and then long and warm. The alcohol reads 14.5 but it could be higher. The round structure and balanced palate enhances the appeal. Perhaps not typical for Mondavi but certainly correct for the vintage.Prices:| BC | $65.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Robert Mondavi Merlot SLD 1998
Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California, United StatesOpen spice vanilla and tobacco here with rich toasted oak aromas and flavours. Quite plush and round in the mouth with a long silky prune/cedar/oak spice finish. Still needs a year or two but it has quite an attractive mocha character. Not sold in CanadaPrices:| BC | $40.00 | 750ml |
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91PTS
Robert Mondavi Carneros Merlot 1998
Carneros, Napa Valley, California, United StatesBoysenberry, black plums and leafy compost aromas with mocha cherry cassis fruit aromas peeking through. Wow, lots of big merlot character here with a soft round entry and only some dryness at the end. Fine plush round red with mocha cherry earth and spice flavours. Will need two to three years to round into shape. Prices:| BC | $52.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Robert Mondavi Merlot 1998
Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United StatesAttractive toasted oak, pepper and spice marks the nose of this 89 per cent merlot, 6 per cent cabernet franc, 3 per cent malbec and 2 per cent cabernet sauvignon blend. The styling is round and elegant and well polished. Expect less fruit and a more earthy, oaky, cedar and spice style in this '98. Drink now. Prices:| BC | $19.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesLight strawberry, cherry fruit with spicy earth aromas. Soft, round and supple with earthy, toasty oak flavours and a peppery, cherry jam, finish. Elegant, delicate and forward, one to consume now.Prices:| BC | $39.95 | 750ml |
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91PTS
Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir Carneros 1998
Carneros, Napa Valley, California, United StatesMuch spicier, strawberry, cherry fruit aromas with orange rind and barnyard tones. On the palate, much richer and rounder with good intensity of cherry, raspberry, licorice, spice and vanilla flavours. Elegant and focussed with good complexity. Very good, brighter fruit style.Prices:| BC | $51.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir Reserve 1998
Napa Valley, California, United StatesSlightly sweaty, barnyard notes with forest floor, cherry and strawberry jam aromas. Rich, round and elegant with earthy, toasty oak flavours integrated with the spicy, orange, smoky licorice and cherry flavours. Somewhat earthier style with a touch more oak.Prices:| BC | $69.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Robert Mondavi Chardonnay 1999
Napa Valley, California, United StatesSmoky mineral lees with the Napa peach and honey character. Lovely restraint here with a fine mix of orange rind and apples with a creamy lees finish. Bright acidity and firm structure. You can drink it now or wait a year or two. Fine value given the quality.Prices:| BC | $32.95 | 750ml |
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92PTS
Robert Mondavi Carneros Chardonnay 1999
Carneros, Napa Valley, California, United States92 Robert Mondavi 1999 Carneros Chardonnay Carneros, California Refined toasty nutty lees nose with creamy honey/baked apple. Round and persistent in the mouth with bright, apple citrus flavours that don't quit. Smooth long and classy with enough dryness and refinement to attract Burgundy lovers. Excellent. Prices:| BC | $39.95 | 750ml |
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93PTS
Robert Mondavi Chardonnay Reserve 1999
Napa Valley, California, United StatesVery fine waxy lees aromas here with streaks of licorice citrus and pear throughout. On the palate the flavours are super rich and intense with green apple and citrus fruit dominating. The spicy creamy vanilla lees finishes crisp and clean. Excellent effort. Prices:| BC | $57.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Robert Mondavi Sauvignon Blanc SLD 1999
Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California, United StatesLight creamy lees character sits over passion fruit/melon and grapefruit aromas. Firm round middle palate with plenty of acidity and a touch of citrus rind. Dry grapefruit rind and grassy bell pepper flavours mark the finish of this dry white.Prices:| BC | $35.95 | 750ml |
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June 2001