Wine Spectator: Blackberry and violets on the nose, with hints of roses. Sweet tobacco too. Full-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and round tannins. A little tight and reserved now. Give it...

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...

Wine Spectator: Supple and harmonious, with fleshy currant, blackberry and cherry-laced fruit that's rich and concentrated, finishing with a rich core of flavors. Drink now through 2008. 707 ...

Wine Spectator: Enormously complex, with currant jam, black cherry and nicely integrated mocha and vanilla flavors from toasty oak that are mellow and ripe, with lingering chocolate overtones...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pungently aromatic, super-ripe nose of grapefruit, mango and honey. Silky and voluminous, with very strong extract and enough acidity to maintain its freshness. Actually rathe...

About this Wine: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot.

Wine Spectator: There's a streak of minerality and a lacy texture to this floral Champagne, with finely tuned acidity to focus the candied lemon zest, poached pear, nutmeg and ginger hints. A...

Wine Spectator: There's a streak of minerality and a lacy texture to this floral Champagne, with finely tuned acidity to focus the candied lemon zest, poached pear, nutmeg and ginger hints. A...

Wine Spectator: Pleasant red, with berry, cherry and floral character, medium to light body and a crisp finish. Not up to the normal quality of Trot, but a nice drink. Drink now through 2006....

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This wine is light to medium-bodied, with sweet currant and smoke-infused flavors and some oak in the background, but plenty of red fruits, vanilla, and dried herbs. This is a...

About this Wine: Dominus is made solely from grapes grown on the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, California.

About this Wine: Dominus is made solely from grapes grown on the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, California.

About this Wine: Dominus is made solely from grapes grown on the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, California.

About this Wine: "This estate's most renowned offering is their old vine Shiraz (90+ year old vines) called The Dead Arm. The unfined/unfiltered 1999 The Dead Arm Shiraz (2,000 cases) was aged...

Wine Spectator: Like some '99s, it's a bit leaner than the '00s or '98s, but it's well-made, with youthful exuberance of ripe fruit, toasted oak, grilled meat, smoked chestnuts and blood oran...

About this Wine: 2,800 cases made from a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. Aromas of currant, mocha and roasted oak, along with a whiff of prune. Very sweet, layered and opulent; utterly silky and suave. Very long, expanding finish features...

About this Wine: As I have written many times, all of these wines are produced from rigidly cultivated, bio-dynamically managed vineyards. That has been the rule since Michel Chapoutier fi...

Wine Spectator: Wonderful aromas of crushed berries and flowers. Full-bodied, with big, silky tannins that build on the palate. Long and chocolaty in the aftertaste. Much, much better than I ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The proprietors are extremely happy with what they were able to produce in 2000. Even though this vintage has a poor reputation, producers who only included the early-picked g...