Wine Spectator: Dark and ripe, with a lush edge to the plum sauce and dark fig notes that's held in check by a charcoal frame. Bitter orange and Campari hints flash through the finish, with a...

Wine Spectator: Dark and ripe, with a lush edge to the plum sauce and dark fig notes that's held in check by a charcoal frame. Bitter orange and Campari hints flash through the finish, with a...

Wine Spectator: Dark in aroma and fleshy in feel, but open-knit overall, with enticing tobacco, fig and mulled black currant fruit carried by a loam hint through the broad finish. Drink now t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Very sweet and spicy on the nose, with jammy plum, vanilla and coconut aromas. A supple, elegantly textured midweight, with flavors of bitter chocolate and caramel ...

About this Wine: Land: A plateau of limestone; bordering slopes with chalk and clay soils....

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Chiarlo's major Barbera property is half of a very large estate which he divided with Piero Antinori. It is in an exceptional spot in Agliano d'Asti, something which is easily...

Wine Spectator: Dried lavender, white pepper and talc overtones are sophisticated, leading to a core of polished plum, black cherry and blackberry flavors that are juicy and ripe. This shows ...

Wine Spectator: Blueberry and fresh spearmint aromas follow through to a full body, with a good amount of plum, meat and mushroom character on the palate.-'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This 7.5 acre vineyard has produced an impressively endowed 2001 offering sweet notes of candied cherries intertwined with smoke, licorice, and Provencal herbs. Plump, medium ...

Wine Spectator: Dark, rich and exotic, with oak-framed plum, currant and wild berry, this wine shows a measure of finesse and complexity, turning beefy and firm, with austere tannins. Best fr...

About this Wine: Baron de Ley Rioja Gran Reserva defines the beauty and quality of traditionally styled Rioja. This is a true classic showing finesse combined with power and built to stand the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Morey St. Denis Tres Girard is dark, plush and inviting. Plums, black cherries, violets, spices and licorice are some of the nuances that take shape in the glass in t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright cherry-red. Highly aromatic fruit bomb of a nose: cherry, raspberry and strawberry, with a faintly high-toned wild element. Then juicy more than fleshy in the mouth, of...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, aromatic style, this red is juicy with blackberry, floral, tomato and pear flavors that dance through the long, focused finish against fine tannins. Drink now through ...

Burghound: A fresh and attractively layered nose of wet stone, floral notes, red currant and plum merge into unusually supple, even silky flavors that are remarkably forward and accessib...

About this Wine: The flagship wine, Insignia, is recognized as one of the world's great wines. Thirty vintages have been rated ninety or more points by various wine publications. The 2002 vint...

Wine Spectator: There's lots of currant and blackberry in this, with hints of sandalwood. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins that turn chewy, but also a solid core of fruit underneath, with ne...

Wine Spectator: A muscular, chunky style, with lots of iron-clad grip and streaks of roasted cedar running through the broad core of dark plum, black currant and fig sauce notes. This cuts a ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Penfolds' most impressive Cabernet Sauvignon is the 1994 Bin 707. This murky plum-colored, blockbuster, backward, exceptionally tannic Cabernet displays abundant quantities of...

Christopher Massie: There are few if any producers who outshine Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry in the village, and as the crystalline ruby red robes across the range for his 2010s attest, he's at the...