Wine Spectator: A beautifully formed, harmonious red, firm in texture, with bright currant and strawberry flavors at the center, shaded with floral, herb notes as it lingers effortlessly on t...

Wine Spectator: Intense aromas of very ripe fruit, with hints of raisin and meat. Full-bodied, chewy and powerful, with masses of fruit and firm tannins. A blockbuster. Best wine ever from Co...

Mike Supple: Inky purple/black core. Dusty chocolate and violet aromas are underscored by green pepper. On the palate the green pepper is paired with asparagus over chewy tannins. Jammy on...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: With repesct to older vintages, in October I tasted three of Mondavi's more renowned Cabernet Sauvignons. The 1970 Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon (rated 94 points) is a gorgeou...

Wine Spectator: Impressive dried cherry and berry aromas, with just a hint of spicy chocolate. Full-bodied and very rich, with loads of fruit and rich, velvety tannins. Big and powerful Brune...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This is one of the finest Opus Ones to date, offering a dark ruby/purple color, as well as a striking, intense bouquet of sweet licorice intermixed with blackberries, cassis, ...

Wine Spectator: Unctuous, showing delicious fruit and terroir character. Almost delicate, but also full-bodied, rich and ripe, with attractive rose petal, plum, black cherry and currant chara...

John Sweeney: 92% merlot and 8% cabernet franc. Situated in Lugon, near Fronsac; owned by the dynamic Jean-Philippe Janoueix (of La Confession and La Croix St. Georges). A 55-hectare proper...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: An impressive offering from Pic St.-Loup, this wine is concentrated, with beautifully pure flavor and excellent texture. Made with noticeable new oak, is the 1998 Cuvee Har...

Wine Spectator: Intense and savory, with firm, dense, even chewy dried berry, mineral and forest floor flavors. This is drying and cedary, yet with enough complexity and dimension to merit sh...

Wine Spectator: Tightly wound, with firm, chewy tannins wrapped around dense dried berry, licorice and loamy earth flavors. Needs time to spread its wings. Drink now through 2016. -JL

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This property has turned in a very good effort in 1989. It possesses a deep ruby/garnet color, a sweet, chewy, dense texture, full body, plenty of alcohol, and moderately high...

Wine Spectator: Shows a lot of blueberry and dried herb aromas and flavors. Full and juicy, with plenty of good fruit. Still chewy. Best after 2011. -JS

Wine Spectator: Loads of smoky, meaty and berry aromas and flavors in this wine. Full-bodied, with lots of berry, tobacco character and a medium-chewy finish that's slightly papery.--1989 Bor...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Slight SO2 and a whiff of licorice on the nose. Fat, oaky and moderately thick; fairly sweet but doesn't offer the shape or depth of flavor of the '97. The finish, though, is ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Slight SO2 and a whiff of licorice on the nose. Fat, oaky and moderately thick; fairly sweet but doesn't offer the shape or depth of flavor of the '97. The finish, though, is ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Slight SO2 and a whiff of licorice on the nose. Fat, oaky and moderately thick; fairly sweet but doesn't offer the shape or depth of flavor of the '97. The finish, though, is ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Slight SO2 and a whiff of licorice on the nose. Fat, oaky and moderately thick; fairly sweet but doesn't offer the shape or depth of flavor of the '97. The finish, though, is ...

About this Wine: Surrounded by Bātard-Montrachet and lying alongside the old road known as the "chemin de Couches", the "Vide Bourse" climat was only classed comparatively recently (1974) ...

Wine Spectator: A chewy red, showing intense aromas of raisin and spices, with hints of cedar. Full-bodied, with soft, velvety tannins and a long finish. Best after 2010. 17,000 cases made. &...