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Tastings: May 2002
15 May 2002
84PTS
Mt. Boucherie Riesling 2000
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaApple and grapefruit aromas and similar under-ripe green apple and grapefruit flavours. Good weight and balance with a touch of forgivable bitter lime rind in the finish. A fine first effort.Prices:| BC | $13.95 | 750ml |
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12 May 2002
87PTS
Konrad and Co. Pinot Noir 2001
Marlborough, South Island, New ZealandDeep colour stinky barnyard compost with tea leaf and intense raspberry fruit aromas. Soft elegant light and delicious. Good weight with just enough acidity in the finish to keep it fresh. A lovely effort at an affordable price. Drink now.Prices:| BC | $39.99 | 750ml |
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09 May 2002
88PTS
Penfolds Grandfather Port Finest Tawny NV
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaShiraz/mataro blend stored in a solera system of French and American oak that began in the 40s and was made available to the public in 1965. Penfolds is looking for fruit without a dark colour or assertive tannins. Liqueur tawny style with a sweet, clean, dry, nutty finish.Prices:| BC | $84.00 | 750ml |
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93PTS
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe 2000
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceBig barnyard, pepper and earth nose with mushroom and gamey cherry kirsch aromas. It's richer and more concentrated than the 1999 version with ripe cherry and plum fruit flavours mixed with mineral, peppery, spicy flavours. A bit higher acidity with very ripe, smooth tannins and a long smoky, plum, licorice, spicy finish. Should be excellent in a decade's time but it will be approachable sooner.Prices:| BC | $59.95 | 750ml |
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08 May 2002
89PTS
Chateau la Bastide L'Optimée 1998
Corbières, Languedoc, Sud de France, FranceL'Optimée is a new, super-premium red born in 1998 when according to Exell, "Durand's 50-year-old, low-yielding syrah vines produced a highly concentrated crop." L'Optimée is an 80/20 blend of syrah/grenache that is aged for about a year in oak -- only a few hundred cases were made. The nose is open and generous showing some licorice and vanilla. It's another big, chewy, fiery red with plenty of muscle. Exell concurs calling it, "muscular and intense with ripe fruit flavours and tinges of plums and apricots". There is adequate tannin and acidity to promote development in the bottle. Prices:| BC | $19.90 | 750ml |
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06 May 2002
90PTS
Yalumba Tawny Galway Fine Old Pipe NV
AustraliaLight amber with green edges. Peppery, spicy, rancio, dried berry aromas. Round and supple, well balanced. Raisin, spicy, tea earth flavours, very long and supple, elegant style that is not too sweet. Average age 12-15 years.Prices:| BC | $34.95 | 750ml |
| AB | $27.00 | 750ml |
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01 May 2002
83PTS
Willowglen Shiraz Cabernet 1999
South Eastern Australia, AustraliaPeppery weedy nose with some cassis. Dry weedy cassis flavours light and acidic. Dry leathery finish. Not our cup of tea. Not very appealing.Prices:| BC | $9.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Willowglen Shiraz Cabernet 2000
South Eastern Australia, AustraliaThe De Bortoli shiraz cab at $9.95 gets the job done. Look for a soft, peppery, cherry fruit flavours in a round, supple package. Don't expect a big extracted wine but rather a light, balanced picnic-style red with just enough guts to get your attention. Good value.Prices:| BC | $9.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Oxford Landing Merlot 1999
South Australia, AustraliaDill pepper and menthol aromas. Very soft round entry with sweet fruit flavours of cherry and menthol and a dusting of earth. Simple straight-ahead merlot with a soft, round texture.Prices:| BC | $13.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Oxford Landing Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz 1999
South Australia, AustraliaFresh pepper and earth tones on the nose with a whiff of dried prune fruit. Similar soft and round entry to the merlot but drier. There's better intensity here with more spice and pepper in the finish. Think chicken or flank steak.Prices:| BC | $12.95 | 750ml |
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94PTS
Domaine du Pegau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 1999
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceRich open, ripe cherry, blackberry aromas with a peppery, toasted kirsch character. Super rich and ripe in the mouth with intense black fruit flavours that persist well into a smoky/gamy warm finish. Big ripe tannins add heft and weight to a super ripe peppery finish. A blockbuster style worth cellaring and the 2000 will be even better.Prices:| BC | $58.95 | 750ml |
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95PTS
Chateau La Nerthe Cuvée des Cadettes 1999
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceA blend of 39/26/35 grenache/mourvèdre/syrah aged in new barrique for 12 months. Intense dark cherry colour. Open vanilla, cedar, smoky, very spicy, ripe plum aromas mixed with prune, sweaty leather and game notes. Quite complex on the palate with rich, round supple tannins. Intense smoky, cherry, plum, pepper flavours mixed with vanilla and spice. Long, rich and fruity this will require another five to ten years to fully mature.Prices:| BC | $85.00 | 750ml |
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94PTS
Domaine de Beaurenard Boisrenard Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 1999
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceMade from 60-90 year old vines, unfiltered, 18 months in oak casks. About 70% grenache plus an equal mix of syrah, mourvédre, cinsault. Look for intense black pepper, violet, garrigue, black cherry jam, raspberry and licorice aromas with hints of vanilla and game, great intensity. Earthy, cedary, peppery vanilla flavours with a big whack of black cherry jam, licorice, game and spice. Round and ripe but it finishes with substantial fine tannins. Drinkable now with roast game but will really need seven to fifteen years to fully mature. Try again in seven years. Elegant and classy.Prices:| BC | $78.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Niepoort Redoma Douro Vinho Tinto 1999
Douro Superior, Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalRipe cherry jam, gamey, plum, peppery spice nose with some licorice, vanilla and sweaty leather. Rounder and riper with slightly dry tannins, has strong cedar, vanilla oak flavours with black cherry pepper and coffee throughout the aftertaste. Un-knit but has good early-midterm potential. Should improve in bottle ovr the next two years as the tannins soften and fatten up the palate.Prices:| BC | $0.00 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Quinta do Crasto Douro Vinho Tinto 1999
Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalEarthy, licorice, Bing cherry jam, cedar and garrigue aromas. Ripe, round palate with soft tannins. Nice cherry, licorice, earthy resiny spice flavours. Somewhat dry in the finish but well balanced and ready to drink.Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Ironstone Vineyards Zinfandel 1999
California, United StatesLook for an open cassis raspberry scented nose and a touch of earth. The flavours are similar with spicy pepper leather oak overtones. The finish is lean but warm. The winery suggests you serve with pasta in a light marinara sauce or with beef fajitas.Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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94PTS
Brancaia Il Blu 1999
Tuscany, ItalyA blend of sangiovese, merlot and a dash of cabernet sauvignon all aged in new French barriques for 16 months. Smoky ripe blackberry nose with hints of game and spicy pepper. Very appealing nose. Ripe rich round fruit on the palate with supple tannins and a warm oaky cherry smoked wood finish. It will need a good five years to settle down but you can bet they will pour this all winter in Whistler. Prices:| BC | $59.95 | 750ml |
| AB | $52.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Treana Red 1999
Central Coast, California, United StatesEverything but the kitchen sink goes into the Treana red including, syrah, mourvèdre, grenache, cabernet sauvignon merlot and petite syrah. Big spicy clove and sweaty barnyard undertones. The entry is chunky and rich before the wine smooth out. Big intensity of earthy minty spicy flavours with licorice. A touch dry in the cinnamon/cardamom finish. Unique. Prices:| BC | $59.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Pascal Jolivet Sauvignon Touraine 2000
Touraine, Loire, FrancePurchased grapes from the Touraine region this product line only represents 5 per cent of Jolivet's production. A solid, entry-level pure Sauvignon with textbook varietal aroma and taste. We like the impressionistic art label on this bottling compared to the more conservative main labels. Good value.Prices:| BC | $19.50 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2000
Sancerre, Upper Loire, Loire, FranceA blend of three vineyards this is a young, fresh, clean sauvignon with good acidity set off against a slight residual sugar. The slow fermentation for 6-8 weeks with lees for 4-6 months and no malo results in pure Sauvignon varietal that's neither aggressive or overly grassy. Nice touches of lime, herbs, and green tea. Perfect with a goat's cheese, greens dressed with walnut oil and Asian style dishes.Prices:| BC | $33.95 | 750ml |
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91PTS
Pascal Jolivet Pouilly Fumé 2000
Pouilly-Fume, Upper Loire, Loire, FranceShows light pale colour so typical of Jolivet's well made wines. Look for great flavours of tropical fruits reminiscent of ripe mango and it has to be the best since 1996 with its subtle gooseberries and mineral complexity. Invigorating with wonderful elegance balance and length. Very promising and highly recommended.Prices:| BC | $33.95 | 750ml |
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96PTS
Domaine de Beaurenard Boisrenard Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2000
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone Valley, FranceMade from 60-90 year old vines, unfiltered, 18 months in oak casks. About 70% grenache, rest equal syrah, mourvédre, cinsault. Super aromatic black raspberry jam, pepper, spicy, garrigue, smoky floral game aromas with hint of vanilla and black licorice, wonderful intensity and ripeness. Rich, round, silky smooth ripe tannins but quite substantial in the finish. Almost unctuous on the palate, has very ripe plum jam, black raspberry, peppery, spicy earth flavours with a big dried orange peel, licorice, vanilla and spice finish. Long, concentrated aftertaste and big ripe tannins. Great fruit intensity. This will last for fifteen to twenty years but some may be tempted to drink it now while so ripe and fruity. Classy and relatively good value for a top cuvée.Prices:| BC | $78.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Sandhill Cabernet Franc Burrowing Owl Vineyard 1999
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaOpen leafy cassis nose laced with pepper, resin and mint. A nice soft round entry evolves into a drier acidic red on the palate that is typically a touch herbaceous for cabernet franc. Good effort.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Sandhill Sauvignon Blanc Burrowing Owl Vineyard 2000
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaSweet, ripe fruit entry with a clean, fresh, lemon and orange blossom fruit flavours make this tasty and stylish. A bit sweet and slightly alcoholic but consumers won't mind that.Prices:| BC | $14.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Sandhill Small Lots Program Barbera Burrowing Owl Vineyard 1999
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaLight cherry red colour. Fresh spicy cherry aromas with streaks of pepper, weeds and barnyard. Soft, round and forward on the palate with tarry, rootsy cherry flavours. Like the barbera it finishes warm and acidic. Grilled meat will do the job here.Prices:| BC | $19.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Sandhill Small Lots Program Sangiovese Burrowing Owl Vineyard 1999
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaCherry musk sweaty rootsy character. Sweet round entry with raisiny sour cherry fruit. Slightly off kilter showing acidity and alcohol in the finish.Prices:| BC | $19.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Caliterra Sauvignon Blanc 2000
Region del Valle Central, ChileLovely fresh fruit nose with melon and gooseberries and a touch of butter. Less fruity on the palate more citrus and gooseberry with a dry grassy finish. Solid everyday sauvignon for the price.Prices:| BC | $9.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Pirramimma Shiraz Reserve 1999
McLaren Vale, South Australia, AustraliaSweet vanilla blackberry and leather dominate the upfront aromas with a touch of stewed blackberry in the finish. Coffee bacon blackberry jam is everywhere on the palate. Smooth rich flavourful red at a very fair price.Prices:| BC | $29.00 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Pirramimma Shiraz Stock's Hill 1999
McLaren Vale, South Australia, AustraliaDry rubbery, pruny, bacon nose. Medium weight with a dry, earthy entry. Earthy licorice bacon flavours with some peppery, spicy undertones. Good balance but still has dry tannins in the finish. Needs two years to settle down and fatten up.Prices:| BC | $23.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Pittersberg Riesling Kabinett 2000
Nahe, GermanyOpen Vaseline mineral ripe apple aromas. Good richness and fruit with wonderful balance. Refreshing juicy, lemon/apple flavours with round edges and a soft finish. Very stylish. Estimated BC $22.95 (WA) Prices:| BC | $22.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Kruger-Rumpf Münsterer Kapellenberg Riesling Kabinett 2000
Nahe, GermanyPeachy bruised apple and citrus mineral dust nose. Ripe fruit and much softer and rounder in the mouth. This style is much more appealing to the North American market. Look for green apple and peach flavours to persist thorough the finish. We like the price too.Prices:| BC | $22.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
St. Hallet Semillon - Sauvignon Blanc 2001
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaLook for a fresh lemon and lime zest nose with passion fruit/grapefruit aromas. Very clean and zippy on the palate with similar lemon/lime and grapefruit flavours on entry that round out and finish with a smooth apple lime aftertaste. A fine value un-wooded white that would be perfect with fresh shucked oysters. It will get better over the next year too.Prices:| BC | $15.40 | 750ml |
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88PTS
St. Hallet Faith Shiraz 1999
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaFaith is the ready-to-drink shiraz from St. Hallet showing a gamey/plum fruit nose mix with spice and pepper. The flavours are a jumble of weedy/cassis fruit with vanilla (American Oak) and mocha streaks thorough out. You'll find it soft, round and warm on entry with intense, rootsy, forest floor, black plum fruit flavours.Prices:| BC | $20.90 | 750ml |
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86PTS
St. Hallet Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaAs expected the colour is dark. Pencil lead and smoky leather aromas mix with bell pepper, bacon and resin highlights. It really assaults the palate on entry with alcoholic but soft round fruit packed with blackberry and tart black cherry flavours. The finish is slightly astringent showing some dry, oaky tannins.Prices:| BC | $20.90 | 750ml |
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86PTS
St. Hallett Poacher's Blend 2000
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaLemon, green pea, mineral and pear aromas. Round and soft with a touch of residual sugar, has lemon, mineral, pear and apple flavours with a fig and mango finish. Somewhat hot but fruity and fun to drink with Asian food. BC $14.95 Prices:| BC | $14.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
St. Hallett Poacher's Blend 2001
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaThe Poacher's Blend, made with sémillon, riesling, chenin blanc and chardonnay, has lemon, green pea, mineral and pear aromas. The entry is round and soft with a touch of residual sugar in its pear/apple flavours and fig/mango aftertaste. Should be a favourite with spicy Asian food.Prices:| BC | $14.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Wolf Blass Premium Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
South Australia, AustraliaRich open creamy vanilla/cola nose with blackberry jam and lots of smoky, leather aromas in the background. Rich round and concentrated with more classic Oz character of ripe blackberry mocha fruit. Soft tannins and smooth styling make it ready to drink now but it should improve over the next three years. Not complex but fun to drink.Prices:| BC | $29.95 | 750ml |
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83PTS
Wolf Blass Blue Label Cabernet Merlot 1999
South Australia, AustraliaCedar cigar compost and tobacco with a touch of weedy orange rind. Resiny woody leafy dry red that can scar the palate in the finish. Lean dry hot finish. Not a good showing here.Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Wolf Blass Merlot 2000
South Australia, AustraliaHuge sweet vanilla cherry jam and smoked shoe polish nose. This baby jumps out of the glass. Similar flavours assault the palate before it is attacked by a smoky cedar dry finish. Big and boisterous but too dry in the finish where the smoky oak dominates. Prices:| BC | $18.95 | 750ml |
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83PTS
Wolf Blass Riesling 2001
South Australia, AustraliaPetrol smoky aromas mix with green apple skin and lime rind. Refreshing green apple lime rind flavours streak this skinny almost sour riesling. Quite a lean version; we'd like to see a touch more ripe fruit.Prices:| BC | $14.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Wolf Blass Chardonnay Premium Selection 2000
South Australia, AustraliaRich vanilla spicy lees nose, with just a hint of orange peach. It slides in with a buttery rich viscous manner and then you pick up a big, dry, citrus rind finish followed by buttered popcorn flavours. Somewhat disjointed and acidic in the finish.Prices:| BC | $22.45 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Wolf Blass Chardonnay 2000
South Australia, AustraliaBig, bread dough, yeasty nose with citrus, peach and vanilla characters. Less oak than we've become accustomed to and definitely more elegant. The flavours are citrus and mineral focussed and drier than normal. Very young at this point and could use more time in the bottle. Prices:| BC | $16.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Wolf Blass Chardonnay 2001
South Australia, AustraliaTypical buttery lees nose mixed with floral perfume and a whiff of lanolin smoke and wax. Drier on the palate than we remember and that's a good thing, with melon orange spicy lees and floral citrus blossom taste. Typical Aussie bluster and weight in the finish but its drier and we like that.Prices:| BC | $17.95 | 750ml |
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83PTS
Wolf Blass Sauvignon Blanc 2001
South Australia, AustraliaOddball sweaty/maraschino/canned jalapeño aromas with floral undertones. Super lean on the palate with citrus rind flavours and a dry tart finish. A severe style of sauvignon that is pricey and not all that much fun to drink.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
South Australia, AustraliaThe nose that consumers can't seemed to get enough is all oak and smoke with pencil lead, cedar and rich saddle leather. Surprisingly leaner in the mouth than the nose would suggest and much fruitier with big blackberry and cassis. Smooth and round on entry with just a bit of dry tannin in the finish. Just about perfect for the price.Prices:| BC | $17.95 | 750ml |
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85PTS
Veramonte Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileSpicy pepper and cassis nose with just a wisp of resin. Cool Casablanca-style red lean classic cabernet with pepper spice and cassis. There's more acidity here than you normally see in Maipo or Colchagua. Definitely Euro/Bordeaux style.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Veramonte Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileThe nose of the 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon (also all Maipo fruit with 10 per cent merlot added) is even more herbaceous with hints of barnyard and game. The flavours are similar with herbal, bell pepper highlights. The 2000 vintage was less than perfect and most of the Chilean reds I've tasted reflect just that. This is a buy and drink wine.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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86PTS
Veramonte Merlot 1999
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileSpicy bell pepper earthy aromas with a mix of saddle leather and smoke. A lot of the greenness is gone and we are happy about that. Soft supple spicy toasted oak flavours with a peppery mint leather finish. A touch dry in the finish. Pork is the ticket here.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Veramonte Merlot 2000
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileThe 2000 Merlot is made with Maipo fruit while the winery waits the maturing of its Casablanca merlot vineyard. Strong cassis and herbal aromas mix with peppery, tobacco and minty/menthol flavours. The textures are supple which make this medium-weight red ready to drink now. The blend is 80/17/3/ merlot/cabernet sauvignon/carménère.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Veramonte Chardonnay 2001
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileThe 2001 chardonnay boasts a similar fresh fruit style and easy drinking demeanour. Tirado has continued to reduce the amount of wine that goes through the malolactic fermentation (reducing the wine's buttery flavours and bringing out more fruit.) You'll love the apple/mineral/nectarine fruit that is Casablanca with just a dusting of oak and the creamy honey flavours in the finish.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc 2001
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileThis wine is simply delicious and the perfect advertisement for Casablanca fruit. It is a delicious mix of refreshing juicy grapefruit, green apples and ripe mango with a lively mineral streak in the finish. It is simply, a super versatile summer sipper.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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90PTS
Veramonte Primus 1999
Valle de Casablanca, Region de Aconcagua, ChileThe best Primus yet and obviously one that benefits from the superior and very dry 1999 vintage. Unlike previous version this Primus boast ripe fruit but it remains unique almost icon-like in its styling for owner Agustin Huneeus and winemaker Raphael Tirado. Primus is focused on carménère (60 per cent), with an additional 30/10 split of cabernet sauvignon and merlot. In '99 the carménère was ripe and it makes all the difference in the flavour and supple round character of this wine. While it's not super premium it represents fine value at under $30.Prices:| BC | $29.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Santa Rita Floresta Petite Syrah Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileAlto Jahuel, Maipo Valley, Chile Floresta, 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. This is a massive red from the highly concentrated '99 vintage. The blend is 40/40/20, petite syrah / merlot / cabernet sauvignon. It was blended after the first racking and aged for one year in new French oak. Expect a big, peppery, gamy concentrated red that sears the palate with alcohol. I never thought I would complain about a Chilean red with too much intensity but this might be the one. Prices:| BC | $31.00 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Santa Rita Merlot Reserva 1999
Valle del Maipo, Region del Valle Central, ChileThe Santa Rita Reserva Merlot comes from the much-respected '99 vintage. You should love its rich, plummy, fruit and black pepper edgings. Soft and silky this is Maipo styling at its best. Very affordable.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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87PTS
St. Hallett Gamekeeper's Reserve 1999
Barossa Valley, South Australia, AustraliaThe Gamekeeper's is a blend of Rhone-based grenache, shiraz, mourvèdre and touriga from Portugal. It opens with spicy, peppery, mushroom aromas with gamey, blackberry tones. Very soft and round, a forward style with berry jam, spicy, peppery earth flavours, almost sweet with the ripe fruit. Very drinkable, good house wine.Prices:| BC | $15.95 | 750ml |
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94PTS
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Unfiltered 1999
Napa Valley, California, United StatesSuper dark colour. Young black fruit nose with very fine intensity. Touch of licorice and forest floor earthy. Intense dense fruit cassis and pepper and earthy undertones. Silky tannins reflects the work in the vineyard. Big fruit and its at the core.Prices:| BC | $165.00 | 750ml |
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89PTS
Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir Carneros 1999
Carneros, Napa Valley, California, United StatesOpen spicy, cherry jam, smoky vanilla and cedar aromas with a touch of compost and barnyard. Very round, soft and elegant on the palate with good mouth feel, has nice cherry, strawberry jam fruit flavours and a spicy, smoky, vanilla finish. Polished and drinking well now.Prices:| BC | $49.95 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Robert Mondavi Sauvignon Blanc SLD 2000
Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California, United StatesOpen vanilla jalapeno, grass and grapefruit rind. Intense mineral pear grapefruit and grass flavours that run through the lengthy finish. Fairly austere with lean herbal undertones. Sophisticated and food friendly but don't look for the traditional Napa richness.Prices:| BC | $35.95 | 750ml |
| AB | $24.95 | 750ml |
| MB | $24.50 | 750ml |
| ON | $34.95 | 750ml |
| QC | $26.15 | 750ml |
| NB | $29.70 | 750ml |
| NS | $38.20 | 750ml |
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88PTS
Robert Mondavi Fumé Blanc 2000
Napa Valley, California, United StatesStrong mineral grapefruit rind and bell pepper aromas with just a wisp of passion fruit. Identical flavours in a crisp lean dry package that reminds us of some white Graves. Bring on the grilled squid. Prices:| BC | $28.45 | 750ml |
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June 2002