92/100 PP

"The 2006 Marananga Shiraz was aged in a mix of new and used French oak for 18 months before bottling without filtration. Opaque purple/black in color, it offers up a splendid...

95/100 PP

"Siepi enters a new chapter with this vintage, a beautiful achievement by the Mazzei family and their talented consulting enologist Carlo Ferrini. The Mazzei 2006 Siepi is in...

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An astonishing year - where to start?
The winter was cold in Lebanon and as has happened in the past, snow covered the Bekaa Valley for more than two weeks, leaving the soil untouched for 45 days...

92/100 PP

"Stephan von Neipperg´s flagship estate (and, in my opinion, one that should have been upgraded to a premier grand cru classe in the new St.-Emilion hierarchy) has turned in anoth...

89/100 PP

"The commendable 2009 Mas d’En Compte Tinto is a blend of 50% Garnacha, 45% Carinena and 5% Cabernet that is aged for 14 months in 30% new French oak and the remainder in lar...

Intensivfarbiges Rubinrot, fast schwarze Mitte. Eine kraftvolle, von schwarzer Frucht geprägte Nase, Brombeeren und Cassis, ergänzt durch wunderbar balsamische Noten, Crémant-Schokolade, Weisser Trüff...

Purpurrote Farbe, granatfarbene Nuancen. Eine tiefgründige Nase nach reifen Zwetschgen, Holunderkonfitüre und Bourbon-Vanille, auch Kakao. Eleganter Auftakt, abgelöst von viel Intensität an dunkelbeer...