Burghound: A lightly spiced nose of fresh red berry fruit aromas that carry earth and underbrush notes that merge into light to barely medium weight flavors that possess good detail on t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright medium ruby. Crushed cassis, tobacco leaf, loam and smoky, flinty minerality on the nose, with medicinal pepper, spice and licorice qualities that reminded me of ...

Chuck Hayward: Deep burnished purple black in color with a thick translucent garnet rim, the bouquet initially highlights some fresh, airy herb scents that quickly waft away as some deeper f...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Readers will have to be exceedingly patient with the 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags' Leap District). A big, dark wine, the 2009 is one of the richest wines I have tasted from ...

Neil Mechanic: Light garnet hue with indian brick rim. High beam red cherry and pomegranate are infused with wood smoke and crimini mushroom. A generous palate of strawberry compote, cranber...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: There are 1,000 cases of the exceptional, black/purple-colored 1997 Darmagi Cabernet Sauvignon (3-4% Cabernet Franc was added to the blend). With abundant quantities of smoky,...

Wine Spectator: A beautiful perfume of flowers, mushroom and forest underbrush marks this maturing Barolo, which is tight and linear, with fine tension and mineral elements, followed by notes...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 1996 Shiraz Creek Block exhibits a dense purple color, and a spectacular nose of roasted coffee intermixed with cassis, blackberries, licorice, and spice. The wine display...

John Sweeney: Dark ruby at the core with a bright ruby rim. On the nose, this is textbook Bordeaux-black raspberry, cassis, wet rock, cedar and a touch of toasty oak. The palate is medium...

Christopher Massie: Gorgeous ruby red in color; glistens like a gem stone. Room filling aromatics escape from the glass to include the purest nuances of black berry combined with intense floral t...

Mike Supple: Nice light gold color, with a clear, bright rim. The nose is outstanding; sweet tropical fruits rush forward with nice herbal hints in the background. Mango and fresh green ap...

About this Wine: French for "joy", La Joie emphasizes Cabernet Sauvignon and represents a Pauillac-style wine. The wine is deep purple in color, spicy and intense in the nose, with density...

Burghound: A very ripe and notably earthy nose of cassis and black raspberry merges into round, rich and textured middle weight flavors that are very suave but have a sense that I can on...

Wine Spectator: Elegant and tasty with cedar, plum and currant flavors of moderate depth and intensity. Lacks the richness for greatness, but it's a very good drink. Best after 1992.

Wine Spectator: Distinctive in its earthy style, with the fruit showing through the cedary, wet wood and tobacco flavors that dominate this medium-weight, elegantly balanced wine. Some may fi...

Wine Spectator: Still tannic, but there's plenty of fruit and spice to enjoy, if less clearly articulated than in other vintages.--Léoville Las Cases vertical. Drink now through 1994. (HS)

About this Wine: 0.40 ha of vine planted in 1962...

About this Wine: "...One of the great examples of the appellation, whose owner is the founder of the Pomerol wine syndicate. On the plateau Dr. Alain Raynaud and Chantal Lebreton are the enthu...

Wine Spectator: Tasted from magnum. A bit stalky, with raw, edgy tannins, but it holds together and there's enough cherry and currant fruit, along with herb and anise shadings, to hold your i...

Wine Spectator: A very pretty red for current drinking. Ruby-colored center, and a brick-red edge. Plenty of berry and chocolate aromas. Medium-bodied, with fine, silky tannins and a long, ri...