90-92 Points | The Wine Advocate
The balance of the final is perfectly revealing the subtle flavour of yellow grapefruit
from vines planted in 1961
It's a bit more flavourful and vinous than the regular bottling of Brut Apanage
The wine is soft and rich in terms of texture with tight tannins
BOND St Eden 2012 Cotes Du Rhone 90-92 Points | The Wine98 Points The Wine Advocate, Robert M Parker Junior From an 11 acre vineyard just north of the Oakville corridor, the 2012 St. Eden shows gorgeous, cedary Christmas fruitcake notes, black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, spice box, earth, and almost first growth Pauillac like cassis and lead pencil shavings. Deep, full bodied, and fabulously concentrated, this stunner flirts with perfection. Slightly more evolved than the Quella or Melbury, this wine