Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The multi-award winning 2008 Ironclad has a tight, leafy nose that unfurls in the glass to reveal blackberry, raspberry leaf, a touch of fresh fig and boysenberry jam. The pal...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chablis Vaillons is impeccable from start to finish. Layers of yellow stone fruits caress the palate in this overt, yet highly sophisticated wine. The underlying mine...

Burghound: A very attractive sense of freshness and immediacy characterize the pretty red berry fruit, stone and earth aromas that lead to ripe, delicious and solidly precise flavors tha...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Complex, fragrant bouquet of pear skin, melon and ginger, along with a bright mineral overtone. Succulent orchard fruit and honeydew flavors are brightened by z...

About this Wine: Dutton Ranch farms over sixty unique, separate vineyards located in the coolest areas of the Russian River Valley, primarily in the Green Valley sub-appellation. Galante and <...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. High-toned, expressive aromas of red fruits, flowers, spices, earth, meat and nutty oak. Silky, spicy and pungent, with lively flavors of strawberry, cranberry and...

Wine Spectator: Lots of raspberry and tobacco flavors slide easily across polished tannins, lingering nicely on the deftly balanced finish. Graceful stuff. Drink now through 2017. -HS

Wine Spectator: This has the perfumy lilac and black tea aromas of the vintage, with supple mulled plum fruit and a streak of iron hanging on the finish. Drink now through 2018. -JM

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Slightly hazy medium red. Musky aromas of raspberry, coffee and smoke. Lush, silky and sweet, with velvety plum and earth flavors spreading out to saturate the palate. Seam...

About this Wine: The northern sites of Kalimna and Ebenezer contribute juicy dark berry fruit and rich mocha flavours to the wine while western sites such as Seppeltsfield give Blackwell i...

Wine Spectator: A fruity Chianti, delivering attractive berry and vanilla aromas and flavors. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky tannins and a delicious finish. Balanced and very pretty. A ne...

Burghound: ...The dense and powerful middle weight flavors possess excellent mid-palate concentration as well as wonderful intensity. Moreover the intense minerality adds both elegance a...

Wine Spectator: Smoky tobacco and ganache notes are out front here, with a lightly chewy edge to the plum, black currant and black cherry fruit flavors. There's a broad, muscular feel through...

Wine Spectator: This is a step up, with very plush layers of raspberry and blackber-ry confiture and plum sauce, liberally framed by a strong graphite note. Lots of black tea and toasty spi...

Wine Spectator: Remarkably knit and defined already, with bright, mouthwatering peach, apricot, persimmon and piecrust flavors. Long and pure. A beautiful wine. Good to see this estate back i...

Burghound: This is also highly perfumed and wonderfully airy with cool red pinot fruit aromas plus hints of underbrush that give way to appealingly detailed, pure and lightly mineral-inf...

Jancis Robinson: Savoury, mineral nose. Vaguely oily citrus, then terrific power and depth on the palate. Very good concentration and staying power and a fine line of citrus freshness all the ...

About this Wine: This wine will require 7-10 years of cellaring, then last for two decades thereafter.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, medium red. Black cherry, violet and a suggestion of almost metallic minerality on the nose, with hints of leather and game emerging with air. Moderately chewy ...

Wine Spectator: Offers lush fruit, with dark raspberry and boysenberry notes, good, graphite-laced structure and bright acidity weaving throughout. The long, smoldering finish features an app...