2011 Wine

The story of this wine is much more a whoops, than it is an ahah! Lorraine and I had been building a home for our family that started soon after our engagement to each other and went on for 17 years... It was a massive and astonishingly... Read More

Fresh and intense fruity aromas well integrated with a flower touch, gentle spices & lively eucalyptus leaves touch. The aromatic experience continues, the mouthfeel is silky and vibrant. After lively and intense attack, an explosion... Read More

Tasting notes

Garnet red color with orange highlights. On the nose variegated aromas: from important sensations of tar and petrol, to arrive at china. Gradually it opens with more fruity aromas, a fruit that we find recurrently... Read More

First up and seriously perfumed, the 2011 Pinot Noir de Villiers is a gorgeous wine that excels both for its complexity and for its richness and breath on the palate. Giving up notes of ripe cherries, wild strawberries, exotic... Read More

Aromas of mature berry, menthol, coffee bean, toast and dark cooking spice emerge on this bracing wine. The firmly structured palate delivers dried black cherry, espresso, French oak, licorice, chopped herb and tobacco set against... Read More

Critic tasting note: Dense ruby red core, discreet wood, spices, plum and cassis on the nose. Dense palate, medium weight, young but balanced tannin, fresh dark fruit, good length. - 88/100,

Andreas Larsson - Tasted... Read More

Tasted blind at the Sauternes 2011 horizontal tasting. After Yquem and Doisy-Védrines, the Château Guiraud 2011 seems a little muted on the nose, but that is not fair because it is well defined and very focused, gradually... Read More

The small production (4,150 cases) of 2011 La Mission-Haut-Brion displays the nobility and complexity of this great terroir. Burning embers, scorched earth, blueberry, black currant, licorice and spice aromas jump from the glass... Read More

This is a rich, full-bodied and complex wine. It shows dense tannins and equally dense fruits that are powered by the ripe black currant fruit flavors. There is a fresher component at the end, attractive and bright. Drink from... Read More

This is a real bruiser of a wine, and it marks the first of three excellent back-to-back vintages (2011, 2012 and 2013). The growing season was full of surprises and many farming decisions had to be made at the spur of the moment.... Read More

The Dal Forno Romano 2011 Valpolicella Superiore Monte Lodoletta (aged in oak for 24 months) is a texturally rich wine (much bigger than the 2005 vintage that I tasted in the same flight). This is a gritty and powerful expression... Read More

Even better and one of the top two to three wines in the vintage, the 2011 Hermitage Les Bessards (100% Syrah that spent 16 months in 70% new French oak) possesses an inky purple color to go with a fabulously rich, pure bouquet... Read More

With a kiss of volatility on the nose, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon offers generous and layered aromas of juicy black fruit with hints of dusty redcurrant with blackberry jus. Full-bodied, the tannins are still ripe with a firm... Read More