2003 BOND Melbury (1.5L) USA medium ruby in color

medium ruby in color

"A brilliant sweet wine that tops out on my scale

" The 1996 Chevalier opens with a classic Leflaive bouquet heavy on reduction

Still inky in colour with firm confident tannins

2003 BOND Melbury (1.5L) USA medium ruby in color"The 2003 Melbury comes from a slopeside site on the northern side of Lake Hennessey, opposite the Rutherford valley floor. Winemaker Bob Levy compares the 2003 to the 2006 because of the wet winter and spring and the summers heat spikes. A brilliant effort from sedimentary soil with rocks over compacted clay, it is a gorgeous wine offering raspberry, black currant, spring flower and blueberry characteristics along with a dense purple color, a full