2011 Wine

WB

Extended Tirage Brut is aged for ten years on the yeast and disgorged on demand to ensure freshness. Argyle’s Tirage Library in Dundee has sparkling wines still aging on the yeast, dating back to our first vintage in... Read More

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico by Bertani

If you were writing an entry for Amarone in the dictionary, you might as well put a picture of Bertani’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico. If anything is the purest... Read More

RNDC

Winemaker Notes

A clean, bright, pretty red color, developing to maroon. Intense and highly complex aromas. Notes of ripe fruit, vanilla, pastry, sweet spices (cinnamon, cloves). Balsamic and warm. Good entry on the palate... Read More

BRAVO

It is expressed in a bouquet of ripe berries, sweet spices, vanilla, pepper and cocoa. On the palate it is soft, round, warm and balanced, supported by a nice freshness and a long Mediterranean flavor.

IMPERO

It comes from a blend of Grillo, Catarratto and Insolia grapes, harvested when fully ripe and vinified at a controlled temperature of 20-22°C. Fermentation is stopped by the addition of neutral alcohol, then cooked... Read More

VINIFERA

Forest floor, dried herb, pressed rose and dark spice aromas slowly take shape in the glass. The full-bodied palate offers black cherry steeped in spirits, licorice and clove set against taut, velvety tannins.... Read More

SAL

Cherry, tobacco, spice.

Elite

The year 2011 was an interesting year for many northern and central European countries, as the weather was more than unpredictable in the spring and summer. However, in most countries, the climatic conditions thankfully... Read More

EU

Château de Cérons has always been linked to its vineyard. The property is named after the Marquis de Calvimont, a Bordeaux parliamentarian from Normandy, who during the 18th-century received many artists and intellectuals... Read More

ELITE

Barrel sample. Big and firm tannins are palpable from the start, with a ripe and fruity core underneath. It has concentration along with the typical juicy character of the vintage.

ELITE

A delicious wine that stands out from many in the vintage. A ton of personality, with a sappy, raspberry, autumnal berry fruit as it opens and travels through the palate, with rose petals on the edge that give a beautiful... Read More

ELITE

Chateau Leoville Las Cases is one of the largest and oldest classified growths in the Medoc region of France. The fruit is harvested by hand. The fermentation vessels include a fascinating mix of wooden, cement and stainless... Read More

ELITE

Cabernet Sauvignon largely dominates with 86% of the blend. This year it is uncommonly strong, vigorous and fortunately balanced with lots of smoothness. Then comes the Merlot (10%), the Petit Verdot (2%) and the Cabernet... Read More

ELITE

This is classic Montrose that is a little firm and nanny-ish at this point, although as it opens in the glass you see a generosity to the fruit coming to the fore, with sweet blueberry and raspberry note... Read More

ELITE

The mouth is fleshy with good body, while the tannins prove supple and ripe. The full-flavoured finish is marked by an aftertaste of spicy notes.

Critical Acclaim

WE91
Wine Enthusiast
This is a rich, full-bodied and complex... Read More

EU

Produced by the winemaking team of Château la Dominique in Saint-Émilion, this bijou production wine is richly endowed both with tannins and black fruits. It has a perfumed touch as well as full, generous berry... Read More

IV

BRAVO

Hints of vanilla, chocolate and violet. Full-bodied, velvety, persistent, with soft and balanced tannins.

ELITE

Attractive cherry color, the nose is opulent, intense and very complex with predominant aromas of black and red fruits well integrated with toasted hints from the oak. On the palate, the wine is powerful, polished and well... Read More

Logan

Burgundy writer Clive Coates refers to this Grand Cru as perhaps the finest red wine in the world. Always a tour de force, this wine has uncanny balance. It is very structured, dense, and powerful, it has firm, ripe tannins,... Read More

Elite

DIO

ELITE

The Eisele Vineyard terroir showed its pedigree in 2011. This Cabernet is vibrant and fresh, layered with distinctive minerality and nuance. The ethereal tannins are simply melted throughout, supporting a delicious texture... Read More

RNDC

Founded in 1986 by Miguel Ángel de Gregorio in the hillside town of Briones, Finca Allende is located in an ancient 17th century manor, set in a medieval town square within the heart of Rioja Alta. Roughly translated... Read More

VINIFERA

This is so layered and complex with dark chocolate, mineral, wet stone and black cherry character. So much fruit and polished tannins in this wine yet tight and composed. It needs another three to four years to completely... Read More