Deux Montille Meursault 2010
US$87.64 "Etienne de Montille and his sister Alix have created a small négociant operation under the play-on-words name Maison Deux Montille Soeur et Frère. It specializes in whites and is committed to buying only grapes and not must. Alix noted that 2010 ""produced wines that are like the very best 2008s with superb purity and even better transparency plus all of the terrific energy and persistence the '08s display. Tasting note: Here too there is enough sulfur to knock down the reticent nose of upper register green fruit and citrus notes that merge into concentrated flavors that possess plenty of dry extract such that there is almost a chewy texture to the long, bone dry, mouth coating and powerful finish that manages to remain quite crisp. This isn't showing much today but there appears to be first-rate underlying material and my score offers the benefit of the doubt." For purchases reaching HK$1,500, delivery and service charges will be waived for any address on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories as well as self-pick orders.
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CHÂTEAU PÉTRUS 1928
US$3,415.55 The oldest reference to the Petrus estate comes in the early years of the 19th century, long after most Médoc estates sprang into life, and certainly lagging far behind those of nearby St Emilion, a number of which have Roman origins. The name itself refers to St Peter, who makes clear his allegiance to the estate by appearing on...
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Clos de la Roche 2003 (Magnum)
US$889.33 "As is his usual practice, Laurent Ponsot was one of the last growers to begin picking reporting that he began on ""September 29th. We had some oidium but really not too much as we treated often and I have an extremely competent team. We did do some sorting but it was really only because of the hail, not for...
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Pichon Lalande - Pauillac 2009
US$186.89 A beautiful effort, the 2009 Pichon Lalande, a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, possesses copious mocha, lead pencil, unsmoked, high class tobacco, black currant, forest floor and herbaceous characteristics. It is a deep purple-hued, charming, surprisingly open-knit Pauillac with wonderful freshness, a plump, fleshy mouthfeel, opulence and unctuosity, medium to full body and...
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Petrus - Pomerol 1928
US$4,897.77 Petrus - Pomerol 1928 Please contact us for further information.
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Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2010
US$204.93 "Frédéric Magnien called 2010 an ""excellent vintage and the resulting wines are classic in every respect. The 2009s are really marked by the vintage whereas the 2010s had a very slow maturation. The flowering was extended and the growing season itself was relatively cool. We waited to pick and began on the 25th of September. The fruit was really...
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Margaux - Margaux 2010
US$940.89 "The 2010 is a brilliant Chateau Margaux, as one might expect in this vintage. The percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the final blend hit 90%, the balance Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and only 38% of the crop made it into the Chateau Margaux. Paul Pontallier, the administrator, told me that this wine has even higher levels of tannin than...
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Lucien Le Moine Meursault 2011
US$109.56 "For more detail on Mounir and Rotem Saouma's general views of the 2011 vintage, please see Issue 50 or the database. As to their whites, they noted that none of the whites had been racked and the lees had been stirred a grand total of only 3 times. There has also been no SO2 added at the time of...
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Lucien Le Moine Clos St. Denis 2011
US$161.11 Mounir and Rotem Saouma established their two-person micro-négoce in 1999 that focuses exclusively on the very best 1ers and grands crus. They describe the 2011 as "another tiny but completely classic vintage that on paper at least closely resembles 2010. The growing seasons though were completely different and it's interesting how you can have what were basically an early...
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CHÂTEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD 1982
US$1,675.55 Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild bought the chateau in 1853 but the legend of ""Mouton"" really began in 1922 with Baron Philippe de Rothschild. Aged of 21and driven by ambition full of originality, he decided to devote his life to forge for the wine an identity and a worldwide fame, which, from its first hours, shone on the image of...
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Les Forts de Latour - Pauillac 2004
US$255.20 Deep garnet colored, the 2004 is intensely perfumed of warm blackcurrant, pencil lead, black olives and a hint of dried Mediterranean herbs. The palate is drinking nicely now with a firm structure balanced by plenty of mid-palate flesh and finishing long. For purchases reaching HK$1,500, delivery and service charges will be waived for any address on Hong Kong Island,...
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Latour - Pauillac 2009 (6 Liters)
US$15,208.90 A blend of 91.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.7% Merlot with just under 14% natural alcohol, the 2009 Latour is basically a clone of the super 2003, only more structured and potentially more massive and long lived. An elixir of momentous proportions, it boasts a dense purple color as well as an extraordinarily flamboyant bouquet of black fruits, graphite, crushed...
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Latour - Pauillac 1982
US$2,126.67 Always somewhat atypical (which I suspect will be the case with the more modern day 2003), the 1982 Latour has been the most opulent, flamboyant, and precocious of the northern Medocs, especially the St.-Juliens, Pauillacs, and St.-Estephes. It hasn’t changed much over the last 10-15 years, revealing sweet tannins as well as extraordinarily decadent, even extravagant levels of fruit,...
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