Enter the Dragon!
Thanks for wanting to experience Lucky Dragon wines. If you’re in hospitality, consider the benefits of serving outstanding New Zealand wine with a Chinese label. If you’re not, be one of those most fortunate to experience the vibrancy and excitement that Lucky Dragon brings to your table.
The Dragon, Guardian of the East, is the most famous of mythical creatures. Originating in China and universally recognised as a symbol of Chinese culture, the Dragon embodies the Yang male energy and is associated with the season spring, the colour blue and the element water. It lives for the most part in oceans, rivers, and lakes, but also has the powers of flight, invisibility and transformation.
With the head of a camel, horns of a deer, eyes of a hare, scales of a carp, paws of a tiger and claws of an eagle, it can ascend into Heaven at will. Its breath transforms into clouds, from which come either rain or fire. Four Dragon Kings are said to rule over the four seas.
The Celestial Dragon rules over the Mansions of the Gods; the Spiritual Dragon presides over rain; the Earth Dragon determines the course of rivers; and the Dragon of Hidden Treasure guards precious metals and stones.
The Dragon, loved and respected as the highest symbol of good luck in the animal kingdom.
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Lucky Dragon
Reserve 2003
Cabernet Sauvignon 75%
Merlot 20%
Cabernet Franc 5%
Colour:
Deep crimson red
Aroma:
Elegantly perfumed, hints of oak overlaying intense dark fruits
Palate:
Classic Cabernet Sauvignon, warm mid palate, silky tannins with mild oak characters intertwine with forest fruit, and black plums. A long, quite direct wine with a lingering very classy finish.
Winemaker’s notes:
An elegant structured wine for drinking or keeping, showing well now and will continue to entice well into 2009.
Lucky Dragon
Merlot 2004
Merlot 76% Cabernet Sauvignon 24%
Colour:
Deep bright cherry red
Aroma:
Very perfumed, rich and enticing ripe wild berry fruits laced with faint hints of vanilla.
Palate:
All enveloping sweet fruit fills the mouth; deliciously soft tannins with mild oak characters intertwine with warm fruit, black plums and cherry. Good mid palate weight with a smooth finish.
Winemaker’s notes:
Ripe and luscious fruit captured in a bottle, delicious on its own with friends, or paired with chicken and pork dishes.
Lucky Dragon
Cabernet/Merlot 2005
Cabernet Sauvignon 68% Merlot 32%
Colour:
Dark deep red
Aroma:
Rich wild berries and black fruits braced by quality French oak.
Palate:
Structured and dense mouth filling fruits intertwined with fine oak characters and soft tannins. Good width and with a long finish reminiscent of a more expensive wine.
Winemaker’s notes:
A rich youthful wine good on its own or great with beef or pork dishes. Showing well now and will continue to entice well into 2010.