Château Tirecul La Gravière, Cuvée Madame Monbazillac --Vintage 199450cls (6) --Vintage 199550cls (6) Both the above wines with U.S. import slip labels Tasting Notes: The 1994 Cuvée Madame may be one of the two or three greatest sweet wines I have ever tasted. Only 20 cases of this wine, harvested grape by grape from five to six passes in the vineyard per day, were made from yields of 5 hectoliters per hectare (approximately one-fifth ton of fruit per acre). It tastes like the essence of orange marmalade infused with honey, and some flowery, fruit cocktail concoction. The wine boasts extraordinary purity, and exceptional sweetness, all buttressed by refreshing acidity. Aged in 100 new oak, the wine reveals no evidence of wood, no doubt because of its phenomenal extract. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 105 June 1996 I have applauded recent efforts of this estate, which goes to unprecedented lengths as well as labor to produce the most amazing sweet wines I have ever tasted. Their two new vintages include a perfect 1995 Cuvée Madame and a totally profound regular cuvée of 1995 Monbazillac. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 111, June 1997