"2010 was a year to remember in Lebanese wine-making history. Even from January it was obvious that this year would be lacking in water as snow fell only once on the 17th January (it was the shortest...
"2009 was a truly memorable year in the Bekaa Valley and a vintage of two halves – before and after the rain! This vintage will go down in history as the year of the two day September deluge – unprece...
"The 2004 Chateau Musar Red has all the musky, spicy, leathery depth this wine is famous for, but it also has a kind of airy lightness which makes it a beguiling drink."
(Simon Hoggart, ‘The Spec...
"Nearly 7 years on, upon its’ release in the spring of 2014, the wine is showing impressive aromas of blueberries, ripe blackberries, cherries and plum fruitcake. The palate is initially soft and roun...
93/100 WS
"This refined rosé shows verve, offering finely meshed flavors of dried black cherry and pomegranate fruit, with notes of almond skin, gingerbread, honey and candied orange zest. A...
94/100 PP
"The Feiler’s 2005 Ruster Ausbruch Essenz – also from Chardonnay and Welschriesling – smells of honey, candied grapefruit rind, spiced apple jelly, and caramel. For all of it...
94/100 PP
"The Feiler’s 2005 Ruster Ausbruch Essenz – also from Chardonnay and Welschriesling – smells of honey, candied grapefruit rind, spiced apple jelly, and caramel. For all of it...
100/100 PP
"The 1990 La Chapelle is monumental. It is almost black in color. Tasted several times in 1996 along with the 1989, 1988, 1983, and 1978, it was easily the most intense and comp...
93+/100 WT
"Und dann endlich die Fassprobe des 2015 Nectar des Bertrands. Ist das nun aus dem viel gelobten Jahrgang 2015 der legitime Nachfolger des 2009ers? Nein, das ist ein anderer Wein,...