Wine Spectator: Packed with slightly heady loganberry, blackberry and roasted fig notes, this sports ample toast, a thick cocoa coating and a slightly chewy feel through the finish. Should so...

Wine Spectator: Tasty, with plum cake, braised fig and mulled cherry notes all woven with a lacing of sweet tobacco. Rounded, open-knit finish. Shiraz, Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache,...

Wine Spectator: Eucalyptus, balsamic and licorice aromas signal this Barolo, whose cherry and tobacco flavors add depth and interest. Dense and traditional in style, with sweet, ripe fruit an...

Wine Spectator: Though rich, this is also beefy, with black cherry, broth and tobacco notes. The tannins are firm, but there's plenty of flesh and ripe fruit for balance. Fine length. Best fr...

Wine Spectator: Dark and powerful, yet elegant, with a delicious core of crushed raspberry, blackberry and damson plum notes tightly woven with silky tannins. The minerally finish lingers on ...

Wine Spectator: This lush, expressive red is rich with ripe fruit flavors of blackberry and cassis, framed with coffee bean and dark chocolate. The tannins are firm but well-integrated, and j...

Wine Spectator: Very lush and expressive, with caressing plum sauce, mulled blueberry and blackberry fruit and melted licorice and warm fruitcake flavors, all gliding together through the fin...

Wine Spectator: This has overt spiced toast, anise and mocha notes to soak up, but there's a good core of black cherry and blueberry fruit that should be up to the task. Slightly rustic cedar...

Wine Enthusiast: Soft, silky and fruity, filled with fresh, ripe raspberries, cherries, red currants, cola, mocha, sandalwood and cinnamon spice. Pleasant and easy to drink. - S.H.

Wine Spectator: This jammy red shows layers of game and baking spice flavors to the ripe cassis and kirsch notes, which linger with a floral aftertaste. Drink now. -NW

Wine Spectator: Striking, rich and opulent, elegant and refined, with ripe, dense blackberry, melted black licorice and touches of cinnamon and baking spice. Ends with fine-grained, detailed ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, dark red. Black cherry, menthol and minerals on the nose. Ripe, suave and sweet in the mouth; less fleshy but more minerally than the 2007. Best today on the dry, s...

Wine Spectator: Macerated cherry and earth notes mark this meaty, sanguine red. These components are offset by thick, dense tannins and the fin-ish is compact. Requires time. Best from 2014 t...

Wine Enthusiast: ...exceptionally ripe fruit and sweet, smoky oak appeals to you, you'll love this wine. It's an explosion of pineapple jam, tangerine and vanilla cream flavors, brightened wit...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright red. Spice-accented aromas of raspberry and cherry-vanilla show a ripe quality and pick up a smoky note with air. Lush and expansive on the palate, offering pungent r...

Wine Spectator: Ultraripe and showy, with juicy wild berry, blackberry and currant flavors that are complex and concentrated, with a tight focus and a long, lingering aftertaste. Not shy abou...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc coming in at 13.5% natural alcohol exhibits notes of blueberry pie intermixed with chalk dust, as well as hints of subtle oak, ...

Wine Spectator: Got patience? You'll need it to wait this brute out fully. A chunk of tar sits between you and the core of black currant, hoisin sauce and roasted Black Mission fig fruit flav...

Wine Spectator: Got patience? You'll need it to wait this brute out fully. A chunk of tar sits between you and the core of black currant, hoisin sauce and roasted Black Mission fig fruit flav...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Volnay Clos des Angles emerges from the glass with fragrant red fruit. This is a relatively soft style of Volnay that shows the open, accessible personality of the ye...