Wine Spectator: An extrovert, with enticing plum, anise and blackberry fruit and a long, supple finish. There's plenty of stuffing and grip, but this is velvety and nicely assimilated, with p...

Wine Spectator: Solid, with a very juicy core of lightly mulled plum and blackberry fruit, a polished apple wood note that runs along the edges and a solid, gravel-tinged finish. Sports nice ...

James Suckling: This organic wine shows lots of dark fruits and mineral character with hints of wood. It is really enticing. This seems almost like a St. Emilion in structure with its intense...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Clos Manou, a well-run estate in the northern Medoc, has fashioned a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot that achieved 13.5% natural alcohol...

Wine Spectator: This sports a very ripe, focused beam of linzer torte and cassis notes, with dark toasted anise, violet and fruitcake showing up on the finish. Fairly extracted, but with the ...

Wine Spectator: Very solid, with a graphite spine that drives through the core of dark plum, currant and blackberry fruit. The finish lets the anise and violet notes play out, retaining some ...

Wine Spectator: Very lush and expressive, with caressing plum sauce, mulled blueberry and blackberry fruit and melted licorice and warm fruitcake flavors, all gliding together through the fin...

Wine Enthusiast: Densely structured wine, full of honey, cinnamon, and sweetness. The acidity gives just the right counterpoint.

Wine Spectator: This sleek red shows nice intensity to its damson plum, black cherry, toasted vanilla and tobacco flavors, with a bright, floral-tinged finish. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: This starts with a caressing mocha and freshly brewed espresso crema note, but there's plenty of pleasantly austere charcoal and singed iron behind that, along with an ample c...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Bourgogne is understated and classy from start to finish. An intensely spiced bouquet melds into juicy dark berries in a fleshy, feminine Bourgogne that should drink ...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, flattering style, with lots of boysenberry, fig and raspberry preserves notes laced with toasted spice, fruitcake and licorice snap. Starts overt, but finely beaded ac...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Restrained aromas of pineapple, coconut and minerals. Tightly wound and intense, with strong citrus fruit flavors accented by crushed stone and salty mi...

Wine Spectator: Riveting acidity carries the sweet pea, māche, chalk and kaffir lime notes in this superracy, light-bodied version.-J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This dense ruby/purple-colored, opulently-styled 2011 displays terrific fruit intensity, velvety, well-integrated tannins, surprising density and richness as well as decent ac...

Wine Spectator: Very ripe, with boysenberry and fig notes laced with spice and blueberry. Juicy and focused on the finish. All pleasure. Tasted non-blind. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: A fresh, elegant style, with a lively mesquite and sanguine spine that cuts through the silk-textured damson plum, cherry and blackberry fruit. The long, mineral-tinged finish...

James Suckling: It's a little short but I am impressed with the character of dried oranges, pineapple and spices. It full and round with good acidity and a freshness.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: From very sandy soils east of St.-Emilion, this 2010 also has a big, ball-busting level of alcohol. It offers up loads of black cherry fruit, some underbrush and loamy soil un...

Wine Spectator: This has a brambly, chewy feel, with dark currant and steeped fig notes allied to a smoldering tobacco edge on the finish. Pleasantly rustic, boosted by the oomph of the vinta...