Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Vintages Shop Online October 18, 2012 Release

8 of 12 products reviewed, the other 4 were either not available for tasting or tasted at all - no notes just scores, though the top scoring wine does have a note ...

Three-and-a-Half Star Wines (*** 1/2) ...
Inniskillin Okanagan 2007 Discovery Series Petit Verdot ($28.00 - #303768) ... British Columbia, Canada
Delas Freres Francois de Tournon Saint-Joseph 2009 ($33.00 - #17525) ... Rhone, France
Tedeschi 2007 La Fabriseria Valpolicella Classico Superiore ($29.00 0 #97600)  ... Veneto, Italy

Four Star Wines (****) ...

Edmond Briottet Creme de Cassis de Dijon ($N/A - #306522) ... France
Santa Carolina 2007 Herencia Carmenere ($99.95 - #228387) ... Chile
Jim Barry 1999 The McRae Wood Museum Release Shiraz ($65.00 - #237669) ... Australia
Domaine de la Vieille Julienne 2009 Chateauneuf-de-Pape ($73.00 - #303032) ... Rhone, France

Four-Plus Star Wines (****+) ...
Pintas 2008 Character ($36.00 - #292599) ... Portugal - lovely dark fruit and good spice notes while a mineral character finds its way through all those rich and robust flavours.


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